Chapter 242 Outwitting Hengzhou (I)
The Fallen Soul Hill Commander Battalion.
The night is like water, the bleak half-moon hangs in the sky, and the wind of the winter night swishs into the tent, making people shiver.
"Report the ......", Tanma pulled a long Douyin and walked into the military tent with a cold wind.
Military advisor Zhan Tingyu took the military report and quickly glanced at it.
About 50,000 soldiers and horses of the western defense force of Hengzhou took advantage of the night to pull out the camp to the east.
"Chitose, there is an important military situation", Zhan Tingyu shouted to the military tent with some excitement.
Ginjin came out of the tent in a panic, his face showing some tiredness.
These days, for the sake of military merits, Yinzhen can be said to be undressed, forgetting to sleep and eat, this military tent, the front hall is the meeting place, and the back hall is the rest place.
"Hulin led the army to the east, and the western defense of Hengzhou is currently wide open," Zhan Tingyu said excitedly.
"Is the military situation reliable", Yinzhen took the military report, leaned close to the light, and looked at it carefully.
"This is information from the inside, it is very reliable", Zhan Tingyu pointed to the special mark on the intelligence and replied with confidence.
In order to obtain reliable information, Zhan Tingyu has not been idle for a moment these days, he sent out all the indoctrinated Sichuan army, as well as the low-level officers in the captured Hulin army, and re-entered the Hulin army in the form of stragglers, even in the Wu Yinglin army of the Hengzhou internal guard, many spies were also sent.
"Quickly summon Li Ying and Mu Ji to discuss," Yinzhen commanded loudly.
Yinzhen naturally knew that the fighter plane was fleeting, so he became excited all of a sudden.
About a cup of tea, Li Ying and Mu Jishi came one after another.
"Could it be a trap, it needs to be studied and studied", Li Ying looked at the information and was a little puzzled. Under normal circumstances, the enemy would not open the guarded portal for no reason.
According to the internal report, Hulin deliberately concealed the news of the Right Route Army in order to compete for military merits, but on the contrary, reported that the Right Route Army had won the victory and was pursuing the remnants of the enemy. According to this analysis, it will give the decision-makers of the Great Zhou a misunderstanding," Zhan Tingyu said thoughtfully.
"Then this is a good time, if you don't go into the tiger's den, I am willing to lead the troops to play forward", Mu Zishi volunteered.
The eyes of the three of them looked at Ginjin in unison.
"That's it, tonight's midnight operation, there are still more than two hours of preparation," Ginjin decided.
Zhan Tingyu glanced at the generals, and then said in an orderly manner: "It is necessary to divide the troops into three ways, and there will be General Mu commanding all the way, quietly approaching the city of Hengzhou, first deceiving the city gate in the name of a small group of Hu Guozhu's remnants, and then controlling the city gate, and the main force will use this as a base to quickly advance into the city, and I have more than 20 soldiers under Hu Guozhu who came over anyway, and I will hand them over to you to use."
"The second route was led by General Li Ying to attack the north of the city, with the intention of harassing the enemy, diverting the enemy's attention, and flanking the enemy inside and outside the city at the right time."
"The third route is led by Chitose Ye just outside the west gate of the city, ambushing the enemy who came to reinforce him. At present, Ma Dabao is the most powerful, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses may appear in the southwest of the city at any time, so sending reinforcements is also an important action."
"Okay, that's it, let's go and prepare", Yinzhen glanced at Zhan Tingyu with satisfaction and urged.
At the time of the hour, there was a commotion in the woodland of the Soul Gang, and by the faint moonlight, a group of soldiers marched along the forest path towards the outside of the woodland, and the bright knives emitted a cold light under the moonlight, and the occasional neighing war horse, the sound spread to the forest, and the startled birds flew up and landed on another branch not far away.
The sparse torches shine through the trees, revealing a little bit of light out of the forest, allowing the cold moonlight to surround the argon temperature. Officers at all levels once again stressed the matters to be paid attention to in the ranks, and from time to time some soldiers exchanged heads and ears, some excited, and some could not help but express some uneasiness and fear.
The most basic attitude of human beings towards war is to avoid it. In order to survive, more and more people are being dragged into the circle of war, and the fundamental purpose of ending war with war is also for peace, and peace is the best aspiration of mankind.
Yin Susheng was a typical southerner, he first served as a junior officer in Hu Guozhu's army, was better taken care of after being captured, and was attracted by Zhan Tingyu's vision of a better life in the future, and finally joined the Long Xi army, this time as one of the 20 or so best soldiers anyway, he participated in the battle.
At that time, the forward Mu Jishi had already led 20,000 soldiers and horses to quietly arrive outside Hengzhou City.
Yin Susheng was once again taught by Mu Jishi, and with more than 20 people, he came to the city gate breathlessly.
Coincidentally, it was Hu Guozhu's troops on duty at the city gate, and there was also a soldier who knew a few people from Yin Susheng, and Yin Susheng didn't spend much time talking, and more than 20 people entered the city gate smoothly.
Hu Guozhu's soldiers on duty were about to close the city gate, when suddenly dozens of agile figures fell from the sky and swarmed in.
The city gate was opened, and Mu Jishi commanded 20,000 forward troops to rush in.
Yin Susheng saw that the township party who had just called him a brother and brother had suddenly turned into a ghost under the knife, and he felt a little unbearable in his heart. But if you choose another path, you can only move on.
Yin Susheng dragged the corpses of the two dead village party members to the city wall to prevent them from being trampled, and then followed the large army into the city.
The city of Hengzhou was not large, and by the time the shouts of killing rang out, Mu Jishi had already controlled a quarter of the city in the southwest of the city.
Wu Sanmu was awakened by the sharp shouting, and hurriedly dressed and got out of bed. Seeing the great eunuch An Delai, he ran in in a panic.
"Long live the lord, no, an unidentified enemy army has been attacked in the southwest of the city, and it is rushing in the direction of the palace, General Hu tells you to quickly pack up and retreat south", Andelai reported in a panic.
"In the southwest of the city, it's not that rabbit cub in Hulin," Wu Sanmu yelled angrily.
"General Hu said that all the troops who came were from Sichuan, with tens of thousands of people, and there were also a lot of enemy troops from the north of the city, who were attacking the north gate of Hengzhou," Andelai stammered as he tried to stabilize his mood.
"Sichuan Army, it seems that the great victory that Hulin and Ma Dabao said is a false word, and the main force of the Sichuan Army has not been damaged", Wu Sanmu said with a little thumping on his chest, "Where are Ma Dabao and Hulin now."
"General Ma is a hundred miles north of the city, and he is in contact with Yinxi's Hubei army, and Hulin was just transferred to the east yesterday to fight against the Ningjiang coalition army", Ande said that the position of each department is like a treasure, but the current situation is critical, and there is inevitably some panic in his tone.
"Quick, organize the palace guards, let's go out from the east gate, and then hurry south," Wu Sanmu commanded decisively.
"8000 palace guards are already outside the palace, please leave the palace quickly", An Delai hurriedly kowtowed again.
"Yes, bring Yinglin and them with you", Wu Sanmu seemed to suddenly remember his eldest grandson.
"Someone has already been informed," replied Ander.