CHAPTER XVII
After the order, Liu Guangshi explained some small tasks in the camp, and then fell asleep.
His Chinese army was not very far from the city wall, and the enemy was not strong enough to defend the city, but he was not afraid, the enemy would faint and attack the camp at night.
Moreover, although his subordinates are not elite, several generals are still good generals, and the camp is built without leakage, which is very strict, Liu Guangshi himself has seen it, and he is also very relieved.
If the enemy comes, the movement will be great, and if they do not wait for the approach, the camp will be alarmed, and they will be ready for battle, and they will categorically make it impossible for the other party to curry favor.
If there are fewer people, I am afraid that it will not be enough to fill the stuffing, so what is there to fear?
In the night, there was no lighting except for a few campfires fixed in the camp. In the spring of March, the weather gradually warmed up, but it was still very cold at night, and in the camp of the besieging army, except for a few sleepy-eyed soldiers on duty, tens of thousands of troops in the whole army were buried in simple tents to rest, and there was no sound in the whole camp except for a slight snoring.
In the second half of the night, except for the faint starlight in the sky, the original half-moon vanity also disappeared. The campfire in the camp had long since been extinguished, and the entire camp was shrouded in darkness.
A group of soldiers on duty patrolled to the outskirts of the camp, and in the cold weather, they shrunk down, put their guns and spears across their chests, and clasped their hands together to keep warm.
There was no sound but the sound of their own footsteps.
This team of patrols, but they were soldiers from the Central Plains, who had followed bandits, and also participated in several uprisings against the Jin army.
The blood that originally fought against aliens and fought to the death against the enemy for the land and relatives gradually disappeared in the process of running around. The bandits who took refuge and the so-called rebels were more for their own interests, and there were few major events for the sake of resisting Jin. What you see in your eyes and what you hear in your ears is completely different from what you thought when you first joined the army. When he arrived in Liu Guangshi's department, there were fewer fights with the Jurchens, and there were more bandits and rebels who were suppressed, his hands were stained with the blood of his own people, and his heart and intestines became harder.
This way to the south, although he did not attack the state capital, the big city, the gold and silver treasures looted very little. However, they swept along the way, pulling out many villages and sweeping many towns along the way. Although more than half a year ago, Jiangnan was attacked by the Jin soldiers, and also suffered looting and destruction, in the end, because the Jin soldiers delayed for a short time, the so-called search of mountains and seas, in fact, is only a rough effort, and the harassment and looting of the people are not serious. The land of Jiangnan is already the richest place in the world at this time, with more than 50,000 people in the whole army, robbing and snatching along the way, the handsome little ladies cannot have a share, most of them belong to the officers, but the silver money and jewelry, everyone can more or less get a little light. Although as a pawn, he did a lot of hard work, and when he was grabbing money, no one cared whether it was Liu Shuai's old department or the new subordinate army.
When he invaded Lin'an again, he burned and looted in such a rich and prosperous city, never joined the army, but he didn't care. robbed a lot, fled farther south, bought a land and a house, married a wife and had a son, but it was much better than being a soldier.
At the thought of being able to enter the city to rob, although they were assigned to patrol in the second half of the night in this cold night, everyone was also hot in their hearts, and they couldn't wait to fly to the city of Lin'an now.
"Smack."
In the middle of the line, a crisp sound shocked everyone, and the little officer who took the lead immediately turned around and asked in a low voice, "What sound?" ”
A sergeant at the end of the line replied, "It was the tip of my spear that swept to the ground, and I don't know what it scraped to make such a big noise." ”
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and scolded with a smile: "You guy is not careful, you scared us." ”
They all came from one place, and the officer who led the team was not easy to reprimand excessively, so he had to persuade in a gentle tone: "Everyone bring up some spirits, and there will be another hour before you get off duty, and if something happens, we will all be reprimanded." ”
Everyone lazily replied, "Yes, we can save it." ”
There was nothing to say at the moment, and everyone continued to move on.
The iron spear in the hand of the little general, who had scraped the tip of the spear against the hard object, straightened it up slightly and continued to walk. I had just taken two steps, but suddenly I felt that something was wrong. The tip of the spear in his hand was scraped to the point that it was nothing else, but it looked like human armor.
He was suddenly startled in his heart, and immediately jumped up and shouted, "No! ”
Before the words fell, someone suddenly jumped up behind him, and the cold light flashed in the dark night, and a cold long knife had slashed straight at his neck, and after a muffled sound, blood was spilled, and the little soldier could no longer make a sound, and half of his body fell to the ground.
Where the head fell, the light of the knife flickered, and a large group of soldiers with white cloth wrapped in their arms suddenly emerged from the darkness, swinging their knives and slashing. Pity this small group of more than ten patrol soldiers suddenly encountered the enemy army attacking the camp, and before he could react, he was killed by the other party as if he were chopping melons and vegetables.
After killing the patrols, there was already a commotion in the camp, but the night was dark and there was no trace of anyone in the dark, but the more than 200 soldiers who touched the camp were all wrapped in white cloth with their arms, although they could also distinguish between the enemy and the enemy in the dark.
They kept sneaking into the enemy's tent, shouting loudly, and waving their broadswords in their hands, killing and wounding the enemy and making the camp even more chaotic.
When the whole battalion was rolling up like boiling water, the soldiers of the attacking battalion were silent, slowly withdrawing from the enemy camp, and when they reached the edge of the city, they snorted, and the soft ladder hung down from the city, and more than 200 people climbed up a few rope ladders and returned to the city after a short while.
Because there was no one in the dark, the army outside the city had been chaotic for most of the hour, and the generals of Rao is various departments got up and pressed their troops, but they just couldn't stabilize the general's heart for a while.
In the dark night, I don't know how many soldiers died under the swords of their own people.
It wasn't until Liu Guangshi was in a hurry and ordered a few tents to be lit, so that his Chinese army was the first to settle down, and then the rest of the troops did the same, that the whole army calmed down and no greater riots formed.
After Wang De heard of the change, he immediately led his own elite troops to run out of the camp and stand guard not far from the city to prevent the enemy from killing out in a big way, and taking advantage of the chaos to rush across the entire camp.
After the whole army was stabilized, Liu Guangshi was furious, and first whipped several officers who were in charge of guarding the camp at night, and then asked people to check the losses.
This small night attack actually caused his army of more than 50,000 people to be chaotic for half the night, except for a few hundred people who died at the hands of the enemy, the rest of the more than 2,000 people were killed and wounded, most of them were wronged under the knife of their own people.
He was angry and strange in his heart, and he didn't know why this Miao and Liu suddenly grew so much and dared to use this small group of dead soldiers to attack his camp at night.
After dawn, because of this big loss, the army's heart was unstable, but it was not easy to attack the city for a while, so they had to pull out the camp and set up the village, retreat the camp for several miles, re-set the camp, strictly organize the camp, and send more people to guard the night to prevent the enemy from sneaking up again.
Outside the city, Liu Guangshi's army retreated, but the forbidden army at the head of the city cheered loudly for a long time.
There are many enemies, and Liu Guangshi is a famous general after all, although he is quite watery, it also makes the defenders of the city very afraid. After this battle, he found that this handsome man was not as great as he imagined.
In this way, it is natural that the morale will be greatly boosted.
Miao Fu has been added to the official at this time, for the imperial camp to control, Wudang army festival envoy, he issued orders again and again, ordered people to take out the treasury of wine and meat, and ordered to give the strong men who went out of the city last night to touch the camp each fifty yuan of reward, the rest of the army, also have their own rewards, for a time the city head long live the cheers of the sound of the loud, the sound shook the sky, although Liu Guangshi's military horses were separated by several miles, but it was also heard clearly.
On the one hand, morale is high, on the other hand, it is lost by hanging its head, the ancients fought with cold weapons, and the victory or defeat was actually only a millimeter, and the three armies could not win the spirit, once the morale was low, it was difficult to recover. If it weren't for the fact that Liu Guangshi's troops were strong and strong, and had the advantage of conniving at robbery after breaking the city, this battle would have been decided.
Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan comforted the soldiers at the head of the city, awarded wine and meat rewards, and made trouble until the evening, seeing that there was no movement in the enemy camp in the distance opposite, the two of them were very happy, knowing that the enemy could not have the move to the city today, the two put their hearts at ease and went down to the city together.
The two of them are both festival envoys, but Miao Fu is the commander of the imperial camp, but Liu Zhengyan is the deputy commander, half a level lower than Miao Fu, so everything is dominated by him. Since Liu Guangshi started his troops to go south, Miao Fu has done everything very properly, and he touched the city last night, which was also arranged by this person. Liu Zhengyan didn't really look at the other party very much, but by this time, he was already convinced.
The two of them went down the city, and after arriving at the corner of the city, Liu Zhengyan looked at Miao Fu and smiled at him: "Today's work is over, there is no more danger." But what to do tomorrow, please ask the general to show me. ”
In this way, if Miao Fu is regarded as a chief, it is also the reason why Liu Zhengyan respects Miao Fu's arrangement.
Miao Fu laughed and said to Liu Zhengyan: "Brother Liu, don't be like this, in the past few days, in fact, Miao has arranged little by himself, and most of them are following the plans of others." ”
"Oh?"
Liu Zhengyan's face changed color, and he asked in surprise: "Who is so powerful?" ”
Miao Fu looked mysterious, and only smiled: "This person is in my mansion, Brother Liu and I went to see him, so he naturally understood." ”
Liu Zhengyan was confused, but it was inconvenient to ask again, so he had to follow Miao Fu behind him, and with Miao Fu, he went to his residence.