Chapter 181: Take Yanping City lightly
Arriving at *City before dark,This is Feng Changqing's plan.,But after arriving in *City,Things are not planned.,All you can do is improvisation.。 As the fog became thicker and thicker, they almost lost their way, and when they were only less than ten miles away from the city, they found many routs one after another.
He Chang led people to arrest dozens of defeated soldiers, and asked for a surprising news from them. The city has been breached, and the besieging army entered the city and went on a killing spree, and the reinforcements of the city drove out the army that had entered the city after they arrived, but after repeated battles, more than half of the casualties were killed and wounded, and morale was low, and the city was almost a ruined city.
Feng Changqing was speechless, but He Chang asked the defeated soldiers one after another, and he had many questions about the tug-of-war in the mouths of these defeated soldiers.
"Who is the besieging side, and who is the defending side?"
Several of the routs were also confused.
"We have been stationed in the city of * since half a year ago, and the thieves who came to attack don't know who they belong to......"
He Chang was speechless for a moment, he didn't even know who the enemy was after a day of vicious fighting, but did this also show that the speculation that there was an accident within the thief was correct?
"Doctor, *The city can be destroyed by itself!"
He Chang's eyes burst out with raging flames of excitement, he had already realized that the civil strife of the Shi Thief Rebels might be more serious than he imagined, otherwise the * city, which was only a few dozen miles away from Fanyang City, would not have been like this.
Feng Changqing turned around in a circle, and then resolutely ordered:
"Get on your horse and attack the city at night!"
When we arrived at the outskirts of the city, it was already dark, and through the fog, this small rammed-earth town seemed to be ravaged, and I had not even seen a horse ranger along the way, these were unusual places.
For the sake of prudence, He Chang sent more than a dozen scouts to reconnoiter the walls and gates of the city. About half an hour later, the horses returned one after another, and the news they brought back was also exciting, it turned out that the walls of the city had already been cut in at least five or six places in the internal strife.
Without the protection of the city walls, and with the tired army inside, what is there to worry about?
However, Feng Changqing was still very cautious, and sent the Tanma to the official road leading to Fan Yang, and went straight out of Shilidi, and after confirming that there were no ambushes, he chose two nearest gaps, and divided his troops and He Chang to commit suicide and enter the city.
Although there were only more than 1,000 horses, after the bluff, the power was no less than 10,000 people, and most of the tired soldiers in the city were obediently captured with almost no decent resistance.
The battle ended in half an hour, the city was not a place for the people, but a castle built for the garrison, in addition to the garrison, almost all the non-combatants were the families of the garrison, after repeated killings, the garrison lost most of them, and the families were all slaughtered, and a good * city has become a dead city.
He Chang shook his nose and faintly smelled a rancid smell of blood. Over the years, he had become accustomed to the smell, but one thing was certain, the corpses in the city had to be disposed of properly as soon as possible, otherwise it was the turn of spring and summer, and the corpses would rot and stink in a day or two, and then there would be a plague, and people inside the city would die, and people outside the city would die if they were infected.
Taking the * city is just picking up a bargain, He Chang has no feeling of victory, they injured fifteen people in this battle, and none of them died, this is already the best result. There are fewer and fewer old pawns, and every death is an irreparable loss, although they are ready to die when they come, but after all, they are not looking for death, since there is a chance to be lucky, how can they let it go?
After counting, there were only six or seven hundred garrisons left in the city, and after driving out the besieging army, the "reinforcements" also rushed away, and how could the remnants of the soldiers left in the end be expected to be able to hold this small city full of holes?
Among the captives, there was a "general" with a high rank, and after being screened out, he was brought to He Chang as soon as possible.
Feng Changqing's health was not good, and He Chang arranged a place for him to rest, so the aftermath was completed by him.
"The villain Zheng Jing is General Shi's general, as long as he spares the villain's life, the villain is willing to be a slave and a maid, and a cow and a horse!"
He Chang snorted, he couldn't look down on this kind of spineless person, but this person's rank within the pseudo-Yan was not low, and he might know some core secrets, so it was imperative to torture more information about this person.
"General Shi, which General Shi?"
The general surnamed Shi must have been related to Shi Siming, since Shi Siming established himself as the puppet Yan Emperor, all the histories have naturally ascended to heaven.
"General Shi is the acting king Shi Chaoqing!"
"How is he?"
He Chang was a little surprised, as far as he knew, Shi Siming's crown prince was Shi Chaoyi, but the castle that controlled Fan Yang's throat was actually controlled by Shi Chaoqing's subordinates, which was really interesting.
"So, who is fighting with you today?"
"It should be, it's the prince's centaurs!"
Zheng Jing nodded and then said:
"The villain heard that the prince was not effective in disaster relief in the south, and His Majesty the Emperor has already murderous intentions, so the villain speculates that the prince should have rebelled!"
The emperor in his mouth naturally refers to Shi Siming, and the crown prince is his eldest son Shi Chaoyi.
Hearing this, He Chang was very excited, so Shi Siming's two sons fought, which of the two brothers, Shi Chaoyi and Shi Chaoqing, could hold out longer?
"What do you mean, Shi Chaoyi is rebelling, so won't Shi Siming send troops to suppress it?"
Zheng Jing was also confused, and said suspiciously:
"His Majesty the Emperor has always been tough and will never allow this kind of thing to happen, but now that the chaos is sudden, the villain doesn't know how the emperor is and how to suppress it, and he will send a messenger to Fan Yang tomorrow to know the specific situation. ”
"Take it down, don't wronged him!"
He Chang asked his subordinates to take care of Zheng Jing, and he went to see Feng Changqing in person.
Feng Changqing did not rest, but crouched under the lampstand and studied the map near Fan Yang, looking a little sluggish.
"Doctor, the context of the matter has been detected, it should be Shi Siming's two sons infighting, it seems that this infighting will not end in a short time. ”
He Chang's voice was very soft, Feng Changqing didn't raise his head, still staring at the map with simple lines, and only asked rhetorically after a while:
"We occupy *city, and *city is the key to the northeast of Fanyang City, but the thief rebels have no reaction or action at all, why is this?"
"This ......"
He Chang was stunned, he hadn't thought about this problem all the time, and now that he thinks about it, it's really strange, according to common sense, once the city is lost, the thief should try his best to take it back, and now he ignores it, doesn't it confirm the seriousness of the internal strife in the second history from the side?
"Could it be that Shi Siming has lost control of his two sons?"
Feng Changqing straightened up, put his hands on his waist, and said:
"I'm afraid it's more than that, Shi Siming is a cruel and selfish person, even his son is no exception, now the two sons are fighting without scruples, with his character, how can he sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight?"
"Could it be that Shi Siming has been killed......"
Before the word "killed" could be completely spit out of He Kai's mouth, a military official rushed in.
"Two thieves who delivered the message were caught outside the city!"
"The thief who delivered the letter, bring it quickly! I will interrogate it myself!"
He Chang's first reaction was to interrogate them, since these people rushed to deliver the letter, they must have known first-hand information, and after confirming Fan Yang's situation from their mouths, they could make plans and plans. Things have developed to this point far beyond what was expected, so He Chang's heart is no longer the initial determination to die, he not only hopes for a way to live, but also hopes to walk out of this hope for a meritorious road.
The messenger who sent the letter was indeed from Fan Yang, but it was not Shi Siming's person, but Shi Chaoqing's person on behalf of the king, Shi Chaoqing intended to transfer all the garrisons in the city to strengthen the garrison in Fan Yang City.
After learning these news, He Chang suddenly realized that Shi Siming might not be in Fanyang City.
"The thief is not in Fanyang, where is he now?"
"Your Majesty has gone south half a month ago to investigate the disaster relief matters, leaving the king to supervise the country, but, but early yesterday morning, the prince's soldiers and horses suddenly attacked Fan Yang, if it weren't for the fast reaction of the forbidden army, I'm afraid that Fan Yang City has changed hands!"
The envoy obviously didn't know where Feng Changqing and the others came from, and he felt that they were not the people of the crown prince Shi Chaoyi, so he was also observing He Chang and Feng Changqing when he spoke.
"In this way, Shi Siming should be more than lucky!"
Feng Changqing said coldly, but He Chang was shocked.
"Shi Siming's murder is more auspicious, why is the doctor so speculative?"
"If Shi Siming is still here, will he allow Shi Chaoyi to attack Fan Yang? And now Shi Chaoyi is desperate to attack Fan Yang, the only thing that can be explained is that he has killed his father and the king, and now the only obstacle in front of him is the so-called acting king Shi Chaoqing!"
"No, it can't be, His Majesty the Emperor is wise and powerful, how is it possible, how can it be ......"
The messenger didn't want to believe Feng Changqing's inference, and lost his voice.
He Chang glanced at him and felt that this person was a little in danger, obviously he was already in unknown danger, but he could still maintain his true colors without groveling, and he could be regarded as a character.
"You don't know who we are, do you? The Heavenly Dynasty King has arrived, and the end of the Shi traitor is just around the corner!"
The messenger did not seem surprised, as if he had guessed their identity
"You, you are really a man of the Tang Dynasty?"
Then he denied himself:
"Impossible, this is impossible, the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty are obviously in the south, how is it possible, how can it be possible to come from the north?"