Chapter 174: Burning Grain and Grass
Ye Fengmian and Shi Changpu took Yang Zhixin to pull out the horse and ran back, Yang Zhixin asked them what was wrong while running, but the two of them just laughed, where could they still care about explaining to him.
Shi Baoxing was sitting in the big tent and worried, the battle report he just got, Xiao Jiyuan now not only plundered the Ningbian army, but also went deep into the southern important places, and all parts of the south were also defeated one after another, and the Liao army was like entering no man's land.
Suddenly, he heard a report from the junior colonel, saying that Yang Zhixin and they were back, and he stood up in a hurry, shouting: "Hurry up, please!" ”
As soon as Ye Fengmian and the others came in, Shi Baoxing laughed: "I know that you will come back." ”
Ye Fengmian looked at Shi Changpu and smiled helplessly. Yes, it is indeed their regret to leave at this time.
Shi Changpu shook his head: "Has the general ever thought of letting the Liao army retreat by himself?" ”
Shi Baoxing stared at Shi Changpu with wide eyes, why didn't he want to repel the Liao army, but let the Liao army retreat by itself, how could it be possible, when they were proud, could it be that this Shi Changpu was here to joke with him.
But looking at Shi Changpu's serious face, it didn't seem to be joking, and then he thought about it, how could he make such a joke with him when he ran back so far, he hurriedly asked Shi Changpu what his plan was.
Ye Fengmian smiled on the side and said: "Although the Liao army has repeatedly attacked the city, it has not occupied a stable city, but it just left after plundering, there are a lot of people who have come, and now it is the middle of winter, and the grain and grass they need are mainly transported from Daliao. ”
Shi Baoxing smiled bitterly: "Who doesn't know this way, where did they get so much grain and grass by looting, do you still want to let the Liao army transport grain." ”
But as soon as these words came out, Shi Baoxing stroked his palms and laughed again, and applauded in his mouth.
Yang Zhixin listened to it in a daze: "Are you trying to rob his grain and grass?" There are not enough people to defend the city here, and they still want to go out to rob the grain? I've figured out the route they used to transport grain, and recently there have been a large number of men and horses transporting grain, but they have a lot of soldiers carrying grain, not to mention that with our little men, we can't do it with twice as many people. ”
Ye Fengmian glanced at him: "Robbing grain!" Of course, we can't rob it, but we can make it impossible for them to transport this grain, as long as the soldiers in front of us have no food and grass, we are afraid that they will not go back as soon as possible. ”
Yang Zhixin looked at Ye Fengmian and still didn't understand what she meant.
Shi Changpu said to Shi Baoxing: "This mighty city cannot be defended undefended, the general is here to defend the city, let us do this well." As long as the general lends me some soldiers and gives me enough things to use. ”
Shi Bao saw that Shi Changpu volunteered, and immediately was overjoyed: "You just have to take what you need, this matter will be handed over to you, whether you can let the Liao army retreat by itself depends on your ability, if it is done, how much suffering the people will suffer, if it doesn't work, I'm afraid that it will be a startling snake, and from then on, the Liao army has a guard, and it will be even more difficult to start." ”
Shi Changpu nodded: "Thank you for the trust of the general, I will definitely do my best to succeed in one fell swoop, so that the Liao army will dispel the idea of continuing to go south from now on." ”
Ye Fengmian and Shi Changpu selected 500 sturdy schools, and took sulfur smoke, rockets, fire crossbows and other things that should cause fire.
Yang Zhixin looked at these things that he and Ye Fengmian had taken and realized that they were going to burn the grain and grass of the Liao army, and he couldn't help but laugh loudly, and said in a loud voice This is a good plan.
It's the middle of winter, the grass is dry, and it's a good time to set fires.
Shi Baoxing sent a meteor to scout the horse to observe the movement of the Liao army's grain and grass carts day and night.
On this day, the Malay newspaper said that the grain and grass wagons of the Liao army were only 300 miles away from here.
Ye Fengmian was busy letting the soldiers feast on the war and prepare to get up for the first watch. The soldiers had been ready for a long time, and they were excited to hear the order to go to battle.
Taking advantage of the dead of night, Ye Fengmian and Shi Changpu quietly walked out of the barracks with these five hundred colonels, who were with the rank of man and wrapped their horses.
But as soon as they got out of the barracks, they found that Yang Zhixin was already waiting for them outside the camp.
Shi Changpu didn't want to take him with him, Yang Zhixin was an envoy sent by the emperor to transport rewards, and he had to go back to the emperor to report his life, if something happened before the war, Shi Baoxing, as the guard of the Wei Lu army, would have to give an explanation to the emperor.
But where is Yang Zhixin willing to go back, he is holding back his strength, this is all at the border, how can he fight and go back, otherwise it will be in vain.
Ye Fengmian waved his hand and asked him to follow. Shi Changpu saw that Ye Fengmian had already asked him to join the battle, so he had to follow him and follow the team. Yang Zhi was so happy in his confidence, and thanked Ye Fengmian again and again.
The men and horses traveled only more than 100 miles before they saw the camp of the Liao army escorting grain and grass. At this time, the drum of the third watch was already sounding, and the camp of the Liao army was quiet, only the bonfire in front of the tent was still beating suddenly.
Ye Fengmian looked at this big camp and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, what a big camp, the tents are next to each other, enough to pierce ten miles of land, the grain and grass carts around the tents are densely packed together, Ye Fengmian secretly thinks about how much food this has to transport. With so much food, how many people can be fed, it is a pity to burn it like this now, and she can't bear it in her heart at this time. If they are transported to the camp of the Liao army, the Liao army that burns and kills and plunders everywhere will be like a tiger, and the people of the Great Song Dynasty don't know how much suffering they will have to suffer.
Shi Changpu secretly divided the soldiers into three teams, all the way to let Ye Fengmian sneak over from the left side of the camp and set fire to the left side of the grain and grass pile, one route Yang Zhixin infiltrated the enemy camp from the right side and set fire to it from the right side, and he himself took a sentry to feint from the front to distract the enemy.
Ye Fengmian knew that the person who feinted from the front was the most dangerous, and she really didn't want Shi Changpu to go by herself, but now there was no room for negotiation, so she had to take someone and slip towards the enemy's camp.
At this time, the Liao army has been overwhelmed by victory, they rely on themselves to escort grain and grass, but they eat and drink wine and meat to their heart's content, and now it is the time to fall asleep, and those soldiers standing guard also dozed off at this time.
Ye Fengmian led people to quietly bypass the enemy's tent, came to the grain and grass pile, asked people to light a torch, and raised three times to Shi Changpu's side to show that they were ready.
Look at the firelight shaking over there, that is, this is all ready, Ye Fengmian is an order, the grain and grass pile is a firelight candle day, and the Liao camp is suddenly lively, those soldiers never thought that they would be attacked here, and they ran out of armor to put out the fire.