Chapter 376: Take the initiative

Zhang Axiao watched Ye Heng leave, and said to the refugees around him: "Brother Ye said, he is from Pingcheng in Guping Prefecture, I know that there is a war going on there, if we go, we may really die, I am determined to follow Brother Ye, do you have anyone who is unwilling to go? Those who are unwilling to go can stand up now and share some of your food, you can find another way!"

The refugees looked at each other, but no one came forward. The fact that they were able to chase after them speaks for itself. Those who changed their minds had long since slipped away halfway through. And looking at people in small details, what Ye Heng did today has been recognized by them, and he is confident to follow such a person to fight.

"Brother Ye ordered, if you are willing to go, follow me, our goal is Pingcheng, he said that we will not be able to go through until noon the day after tomorrow at the earliest, this is the first thing we do to join Brother Ye, I don't know what you think, I think we will rush over tomorrow night." This is not to be angry, but to fight for Brother Ye, and don't let others look down on us. I've decided to go overnight, and if you're willing to go, let's go!" Zhang Axiao said loudly.

"Listen to you, let's go!" a group of people echoed, carrying the food onto the wooden cart, and a strong young man grabbed the wooden cart and shouted "on the road", and all the refugees set off in the direction of Pingcheng.

At dawn the next day, Ye Heng and Snow Wolf appeared outside Pingcheng City, and the soldiers guarding the city saw that these two were back, and opened the city gate without saying a word.

After Ye Heng entered the city, he immediately went to Gao Lang, gathered several major generals in Pingcheng together, and then reported what he saw and heard in Linhan Prefecture to everyone.

After hearing this, everyone was filled with righteous indignation and scolded Jiang Zhikun for not being a thing.

"Damn, if the battle is over and I, Gao Lang, am lucky not to die, I will definitely go to Lintai City to settle accounts with them! What a group of selfish, ruthless and unrighteous villains, how can such a person become the governor of a state!" Gao Lang scolded.

"I won't let go of these brutes who have lost their conscience!" Li Quan gritted his teeth and said.

"Whether they can send troops or not, whether they can help or not is their business, what is the matter of killing the soldiers who went to ask for help? These people are all true heroes who are loyal to the country, and they have not died at the hands of the enemy, but they have been mutilated, it is really intolerable!" Gao Lang still said angrily.

"It seems that there is no hope for reinforcements, and we can only defend the city on our own. Li Quan said a little frustrated.

"Defend yourself, defend yourself, we have not had reinforcements all this time, and we are not still fighting!" Gao Lang said loudly.

"Why are there no reinforcements, aren't Brother Ye Heng just reinforcements?" Li Quan said with a smile.

"Brother Ye Heng is my own person, I don't treat him as an outsider!" Gao Lang retorted.

"By the way, there may be a group of refugees coming the day after tomorrow, the number is not more than a hundred, although their combat strength is limited, but they are determined to kill the enemy and serve the country, and everyone will welcome them when the time comes. Ye Heng reminded.

"Isn't this just reinforcements? It's not just the army that is the reinforcement, all the people who come to support us are reinforcements! What's wrong with the refugees, as long as they all have the heart to serve the country and kill the enemy, they are much more noble than those villains who eat the court's money but don't contribute to the court!" Gao Lang said loudly.

"General Gao, then after they come, I will leave it to you to arrange, their combat strength is limited, but such things as digging ditches and transporting stones are completely competent, I have to go to the blacksmith to help, so I don't have to worry too much. Ye Heng said.

Gao Lang nodded and said: "Now there is one more person and one more strength, Brother Ye Heng, thank you for bringing new manpower to Pingcheng! The rebels estimate that new grain and grass have been delivered in the past few days, and the people of the Taiyin Sect are afraid that they will also come, and when they settle down the army, they will inevitably come to attack the city, we must be careful to be careful!"

Ye Heng looked at the map in front of everyone, and muttered, "Why do we have to wait for them to attack the city, can't we take the initiative to attack?"

"Take the initiative, yes, why wait for them to attack us, can't we fight them?" Gao Lang slapped his thigh and shouted excitedly.

"Brother Ye Heng, what do you think, say it and listen to it!" Li Quan's eyes flashed, and he hurriedly urged.

"Look, this is where the rebels are stationed, at the foot of this mountain, if we send a team of cavalry out of the city from the north gate, make a detour behind them, and then swoop down from the hillside, suddenly launch an attack, and cross through their camp, can we catch them off guard?" Ye Heng drew an arc with his finger on the map, saying his plan.

"I think it's feasible, but we have to fight quickly, and we must not fall in love with the war, once we fall into the camp of the enemy army, it is very likely that the whole army will be annihilated!" Li Quan immediately discovered the loophole in this plan and immediately reminded.

Ye Heng pointed to the map and said, "So we have to take it by surprise, when they reacted, we had already penetrated the enemy's camp and quickly returned to the city." The enemy army is likely to be unwilling to be attacked, and will send troops to chase and kill, we set up traps outside the city in advance, here, here, and here, as for how to set up traps, I am not very good at it, everyone discussed and decided. Our infantry can lie in ambush here in advance, the archers are arranged behind the infantry, and the tripping horse is set up before the trap, as long as the enemy rushes to the front of the cavalry, the archers immediately attack, pay attention, tell them not to shoot people at the first time, but to shoot horses, as long as the front of the war horse falls to the ground, the forward is blocked, and the rear soldiers rush forward, it will definitely be a mess! At this time, shoot the enemy again, and at the same time the infantry attack, and our cavalry can turn back at this time and charge the enemy, so that it should be very easy to surround and kill the rebels who come to pursue us. But we can't fall in love with the battle, and immediately return to the city after eating the pursuers, after all, their army is far superior to ours, and we will suffer if we are caught up by their support. ”

Ye Heng told his plan in detail, and all the generals felt that it was feasible, so they began to refine the details according to this plan, and discussed for more than an hour, and since the start of the war, the first counterattack plan for Pingcheng was decided. After the meeting, the generals took their separate actions and began to prepare for the implementation of the plan.

In the evening, after dinner, when Ye Heng was about to gather the cavalry, a soldier came over, saying that someone outside the city was looking for him. Ye Heng followed the soldiers to the East City Gate and found that it was Zhang Axiao who led a group of refugees.

Ye Heng opened the city gate and welcomed everyone in, and personally brought them to General Gao Lang. General Gao Lang arranged a place for them to rest, and informed the gang to prepare a meal for them, and then told them to rest well tonight and arrange tasks for them tomorrow.

After Ye Heng gathered the cavalry, he set off from the north city gate before it was dark, and made a detour to the back of the rebels according to the plan. Gao Lang and Li Quan led the elite soldiers selected during the day out of the city after dark and marched towards the predetermined direction. 89 Literature Network

Everything was going according to plan, and when dawn came, when the heavens and the earth were at their darkest, Ye Heng ordered the hooves of the war horses to be wrapped in animal skins to reduce the sound of the war horses marching, and then led the cavalry to slowly approach the enemy camp.

When the cavalry came to the half-waist, Ye Heng shouted in a low voice, and led everyone to charge towards the enemy camp! All the cavalry leaned over their horses and did not make a sound, just like a pack of wolves attacking, pounced on the sleeping enemy soldiers.

As soon as they entered the rebel camp, they immediately took out the torches prepared in advance from both sides of their horses, lit them, and set them on fire in all directions.

The sentinels immediately noticed the mutation and sounded the alarm!

The rapid and loud sound of the alarm bell immediately alarmed the sleeping rebels, and many soldiers ran out of the camp without bothering to get dressed, and took their weapons. The new coach immediately led the elite to run to protect the grain and grass, and after the lesson of arson and burning the grain before, he ensured the safety of the grain and grass as soon as possible.

Ye Heng led the cavalry to charge all the way outward, and did not love to fight, when he encountered someone blocking the way, he only waved a knife, and he didn't care about the life and death of the enemy, he just wanted to kill the camp quickly. The cavalry following behind them also did not entangle with the enemy, maintained a formation and rushed outward, even if the enemy appeared not far away, they did not break away and act alone.

The large battalion of 80,000 troops was stationed, although they were united, but the cavalry rushed up, and without warning beforehand, the rebels were caught off guard and quickly killed. Therefore, not many enemy soldiers were killed, but the enemy camp was in chaos around the beacon smoke.

Rushing out of the rebel camp, five hundred cavalry immediately galloped in the direction of Pingcheng. When the new commander of the rebel army saw that the grain and grass were safe, he was first at ease, and then he became angry with shame! Isn't this embarrassing to himself when he was harassed by a small group of enemy troops just after he took office and before he could show his strength?

"Bring my horse and pursue this enemy!" the commander shouted, and immediately someone helped him lead the horse, and some of the cavalry in the army had already chased after him. While waiting for the horse, the commander instructed the generals around him to calm the morale of the army and organize men to extinguish the fire.

The war horse was brought in, and the boss led his guards to chase him out, and there were some masters wearing Taiyin Sect uniforms around him. After the initial confusion, the cavalry in the army was ready to go at this time, and when they saw the commander leaving the camp, they immediately followed.

Not long after Ye Heng led his troops out of the enemy camp, he deliberately slowed down to give the enemy a chance to pursue.

"Captain, the enemy is catching up!" It didn't take long to find that the pursuers were coming, and someone behind immediately reported to Ye Heng.

"How many people?" Ye Heng asked.

"Captain, there aren't many of them!" someone immediately reported.

"Stop!" Ye Heng gave an order, and the whole army stopped.

Ye Heng turned his horse's head and looked at the pursuing enemy army.

"Hmph, only a few hundred people dare to pursue us, come, let them see the strength of our Pingcheng cavalry, rush!" Ye Heng snorted coldly and led the crowd to kill back.

When the pursuers saw the enemy who had attacked the camp returning from killing, they shouted, "Brothers, the opportunity for meritorious service has arrived, kill!"

The two sides quickly approached and soon rushed together!

A charge, people kept falling off their horses, after the Pingcheng cavalry crossed the pursuers, they turned the horse's head again, Ye Heng swept around, and found that his own losses were not large. Looking at the pursuers again, I found that they lost more than half of them. After all, Ye Heng's side is a carefully selected elite in the army, and the chasing side is a mixed army that is not organized and temporarily put together, and the judgment is made.

"Brothers, rush!" Ye Heng shouted again and rushed towards the pursuers again. Although the pursuers sensed that the situation was unfavorable, they had no choice but to fight hard, and they also charged at the Pingcheng cavalry. The remaining pursuers did not dare to continue the battle and immediately fled back to the original route.

"Brothers, this is the first battle we have fought since the formation of the Pingcheng cavalry, and everyone has fought very beautifully! The enemy must still have a large number of pursuers behind, do you dare to fight again?" Ye Heng asked in a loud voice.

"Fight, fight, fight!" shouted the soldiers.

"Then we'll wait here and kill him again!" Ye Heng said heroically.

It didn't take long for the rebels to appear with a large number of pursuers, and Ye Heng roared: "Charge!" rushed out first, and the cavalry immediately followed.

The commander of the rebel army received a report from the soldiers who had fled back, and knew that this small group of cavalry was not far away, and the pursuit was even more urgent. It's just that when he just discovered the figure of the enemy, he saw that this cavalry actually rushed towards him.

"Bold maniac, there is really no one in sight! Kill me!" the boss shouted, leading the army to rush forward!