Chapter Seventy-Two: Night Attack
The document of the victory report of Sun Jian, the tiger of Jiangdong, together with the head of Hu Zhen, the commander of the Xiliang Army, was sent to the camp where the princes of the 18th Route of the Kwantung were located, and were picked up by a special person and placed in the big tent and placed on the table of the alliance leader Yuan Shu.
At the right time, Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei, had learned from secret channels that his younger brother Bao Zhong was beheaded by Hua Xiong, the guard general of Bishui Pass and the captain of the Xiao Cavalry School, and his head was even passed to the Dong Mansion in Luoyang, the capital city, which became the rank of the murderer Hua Xiong.
After learning the news, Bao Xin was defeated by the grief of losing his brother, and now he learned that Sun Jian, the tiger of Jiangdong, who had always been at odds, actually beheaded Hu Zhen, the commander of Xiliang, and his heart was immediately filled with jealousy, after all, everyone in the world was looking at this, how could he let that mad tiger be so showy.
Yuan Shu, the leader of the alliance, learned of Sun Wentai's good news, and picked up the dough that was lost by the "Bingzhong General" Bao Zhong in battle, and naturally felt both happy and emotional, after all, although Sun Jian, the vanguard officer, was invited by himself, he was appointed by himself in the end, and the credit was indispensable to share the profit.
However, when Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei, finished discussing with his staff, he immediately entered the big tent at night and shared the stakes with the alliance leader. Yuan Shu, the eldest son of the Yuan family of the third prince of the fourth dynasty, quickly changed his opinion of Sun Jian, and decided to follow Bao Xin's suggestion to withhold the grain and grass sent to the vanguard army, and wait until the Sun family army ran out of food and messed up, leaving the mess for himself to clean up.
In the extended camp of the princes of the Eighteenth Road, there are people from everywhere, including the secret room sent by Li Ru, the leader of the secret spy system of the Xiliang Army. After learning that the alliance leader withheld grain and grass and killed himself, he hurriedly wrote the information into a secret letter and sent it to the principal in Luoyang, the capital.
After Li Ru learned of this, in addition to transcribing and copying a copy, he handed it over to the Dong Mansion to be sent to Prime Minister Dong Zhuo for a look, and at the same time conveyed the matter to the generals of Bishui Pass.
After Hua Xiong, the governor of the Xiliang Army, learned of this, he compared it with what he said in detail who entered the customs at night, and immediately understood the thoughts of the Kwantung Qunxiong: "It is still Dong Xiang's magnificent equipment, meritorious service must be rewarded, and there must be punishment, where will it be like those gate lords, military strategy and battle formation have not been learned well, and they have learned a lot from the courtiers by demolishing each other and attacking each other." In my opinion, most of the princes of the Eighteen Roads are a bunch of wastes who have not achieved enough things and have more than enough failures!"
Hua Xiong didn't dare to say anything, after all, not long ago, Hu Zhen, the commander of the Xiliang Army, was beheaded by Sun Jian's generals. If the Tiger of Jiangdong is a waste, then the guards of Bishui Pass, who can't even win against waste, don't want to face Sun Wentai's own self, isn't it even as good as waste.
At this time, Li Su, a native of Wuyuan and Zhou, and the grain supervisor Li Su escorted a batch of grain and grass from the capital Luoyang into the customs, and learned that the Sun family army was cut off from the grain and grass by the allied army of the eighteenth princes, and couldn't wait to avenge Hu Zhen, and hurriedly offered a plan to Huaxiong, the governor of Bishui Pass.
"Dudu, tonight I will lead a thousand Xiliang iron horsemen to go down the pass from the path, with a number of people and horses wrapped in hooves, and take advantage of the night to sneak attack the north gate of Liangdong County, where the Sun family army is stationed, and the general can lead the army to attack its south gate and east gate, surround three and one, and let go of a way out, Sun Jian, the mad tiger, will definitely throw himself into the net, and he can be captured alive. ”
Hua Xiong was very surprised in his heart, he never thought that Li Su, who was usually happy to boast, also had a belly of bad water, looked up at the sky, without any intention of warning, looked around, and even Hua An, a fellow villager who was knowledgeable and interested, could not give useful hints.
"In this way, there is a good chance that tonight's night attack will be successful. Li Su led a thousand iron horsemen, and no matter whether they succeeded or failed, there was no threat to my position. ”
Thinking of this, Hua Xiong's mind suddenly settled down, and he nodded heavily, which could be regarded as an agreement to Li Su's plan, but in order to ensure safety, he still decided to wait and see first, and sent Zhao Cen, who was the last idle of the generals, to lead the night attack on most of the Sun family's army in Liangdong County.
Later, Hua Xiong, the governor of the Xiliang Army, who was guarding all matters at Bishui Pass, ordered the soldiers who participated in the night attack plan to return to the camp to sleep in advance, and arranged for people to place twice as many torches and bonfires on the wall.
At midnight, Bishui Pass slowly lowered the suspension bridge, and Li Su and Zhao Cen led a large group of men and horses to leave quietly and advance in the dark to Liangdong County, which was more than ten miles away. When they were about to arrive at their destination, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry and the elite archers, totaling more than 5,000 people, were evenly divided into three points and locked a city gate in Liangdong County.
However, the real goal of this trip, the main formation of the Sun and Liu coalition forces, is waiting in the mountains and forests not far from the county seat. When they took advantage of the brilliance of seeing the moon from time to time, and saw the county town that had sneaked out of Bishui Pass and was preparing to attack the army at night, they all looked at Ye Zhiqiu, who provided information, and deeply admired his keen judgment ability.
"This county, which was abandoned by the war, is now a large barracks, but there is no one in it, and it will definitely be seen strangely. Therefore, most of the subordinates in the city must be left to resist and fight on the spot, and the two elites will join forces to attack on the periphery. ”
Ye Zhiqiu's status in the Sun-Liu coalition army has risen sharply because he estimated that the guards of Bishui Pass will send troops to attack at night, and now his words have a little weight, not only will Zhongshan Taishou Liu Bei listen attentively, but even Sun Jian, the tiger of Jiangdong who has been famous for a long time, is willing to listen to other people's thoughts in addition to the voice of the staff gradually becoming unanimous.
"It's a pity! This Dao's Qi Hope Technique did not find that Hua Xiong, the guard of Bishui Pass, arrived here, otherwise this pass that blocked the advance of the army could be taken in one go tomorrow. ”
Liu Bei believed everything Ye Zhiqiu said, after all, he was such a person, as for Sun Jian, the tiger of Jiangdong, he would rather believe that the checkpoint guards would be greedy for merit, and I am afraid that he would appear on the battlefield in Liangdong County at the right time.
At the same time, the rooster and dog thieves in the Xiliang army, who were accustomed to opening doors and locks, used all kinds of small tools or clever methods to easily climb over the city wall of Liangdong County, which was a few feet high, and quietly killed the soldiers patrolling back and forth on the city wall.
They just stretched out their hands and gently greeted each other, and the three city gates were launched at the same time in no particular order, and the city gates burst open, and the iron cavalry of the Xiliang army quickly rushed into the city, and the rest of the archers and infantry continued to pour in, and saw people who were different from their own clothes, regardless of men, women, and children, all slashed and killed.
When Ye Zhiqiu saw this scene, he couldn't help laughing: "The Xiliang army is greedy for merit, and most of the people and horses in this night attack have entered the county seat. When they found out that the sneak attack at night had failed, and that they had become the turtle in the urn, I believe their faces must have been very ugly. ”
Liu Bei, the Taishou of Zhongshan, and Sun Jian, the tiger of Jiangdong, looked at each other and smiled tacitly, and then the two raised their hands at the same time and slashed forward heavily, and then they rushed forward by example, leading the elite under their command to kill the county not far away.
The mountains and forests are damp, and the wisps of night mist are connected into a piece, such as the cloud brocade woven by the goddess, and like a lake that is not alarmed, and the elite knights of the Sun and Liu families are rushing down tacitly, like the black clouds set off by the storm, overwhelmingly crushed, and like the monstrous waves rolled up by the alien beast whale, vowing to swallow the Liangshui Guanxi Liang army that attacked the Liangdong County station at night.