Chapter 367: Something happened in Shao County

Xiao Ding divided his troops and sent generals, surrounded them on three sides, and successfully drove Song Yinpan's troops into the river. Song Yinpan and his three generals thought that they would be able to cross the river smoothly by getting on the boat.

Unexpectedly, once again fell for Xiao Ding's trick arranged in advance, and when the boat was in the middle of the river, the crew deliberately set fire to the boat. The three generals had no choice but to escort Song Yinpan to swim to the opposite shore.

When they climbed up to the opposite shore with the remnants of less than a thousand soldiers, drenched, they suddenly heard a cannon fire in the thatch on the opposite bank, and then ten thousand arrows were fired. The remaining remnants of the soldiers beside them were shot and fell to the ground.

The troops who ambushed Song Yinpan on the other side of the river were the soldiers and horses in Tingzhou Pass led by Yue Yunyu.

It turned out that Xiao Ding wrote to the Yue brothers twice, mainly to arrange for them to set up an ambush. Although Xiao Ding sent generals to lead troops to surround Song Yinpan's troops on three sides and burn down his camp. But Xiao Ding, as a person who has crossed over, knows the story of Han Xin's backwater battle in history. At that time, Han Xin only had 12,000 men, but he had to face 200,000 soldiers and horses of Zhao's army. So he stationed his camp by the Mianmanshui River. After that, he arranged ambushes to bypass the main force of the opponent and attack the enemy's rear camp. After the battle began, Han Xin's soldiers fought to the death and fought for their lives because they had no way to retreat. The troops that had arranged a sneak attack in advance had also succeeded, attacking from both sides and winning a complete victory. Han Xin put himself to death and survived, and finally won more with less, writing a glorious chapter in the history of ancient Chinese warfare.

Xiao Ding besieged Song Yinpan by the river, but he didn't want Song Yinpan to die and come back to life, so he wrote to the Yue brothers, asking them to prepare more fishing boats and merchant ships, and wait for Song Yinpan's troops to be cornered by the river, let the soldiers disguise themselves as fishermen and merchants to drive over, and secretly load sulfur saltpeter and other flammable materials in the cabin. As soon as the ship reached the center of the river, it secretly set fire to the cabin, and then the crew jumped into the river and fled.

Then Yue Yunfeng drove the sailboat to meet the crew and shoot the soldiers who fell into the water.

Yue Yunyu stayed on the other side, waiting for the survivors to swim to the other side, and then intercepted and killed.

Song Yinpan fell for Xiao Ding's serial strategy, and at this time his heart was already dead, and he even broke off the idea of escaping.

The three generals under him were desperately protecting Song Yinpan, and they were still wielding weapons and firing feather arrows.

It's a pity that when they dived, they had already taken off their armor. At this time, the opponent's arrows are raining down, and it is still difficult to protect the body only by relying on weapons.

Not long after, Du Ziteng and Wu Gui were seriously injured, and they had been hit by several arrows in their bodies, although they were not the key shots, but they were shot in the arms and legs, which greatly affected their mobility.

After the two of them were in between, Yi Chunzhu was injured in the shoulder, and only one arm could be wielded, and it didn't take long for him to be shot several arrows.

Without the protection of the three generals, Song Yinpan's humble martial arts could not stop the rain of arrows flying in the sky at all. With a scream, one of his arrows was shot in the chest. Just as he was standing by the river, he fell down, and with a "poof", he plunged headlong into the river, and then he was swept downstream by the surging river.

As soon as Du Ziteng and the three of them saw Song Yinpan falling into the water, they shouted, "His Royal Highness!" "I was about to go down to the river to save people, but I was shot by a flying arrow.

Du Wisteria was shot in the heart, Yi Chunzhu was hit by an arrow in the head, and both of them fell to the ground and died tragically. Only Wu Gui was shot in the leg with an arrow, and he endured the pain, jumped hard, and also jumped into the river, drifting down the river.

In this volley by the Yue Yunyu River, none of the hundreds of soldiers who crossed the river by Song Yinpan were spared, and they were all annihilated. When it was time to clean up the battlefield, Yue Yunyu's soldiers found the bodies of Du Ziteng and Yi Chunzhu. Yue Yunyu ordered the heads of the two to be cut off, and then the corpses and the corpses of other soldiers were all piled up together and set on fire.

At this time, Yue Yunfeng's sailboat had also docked, and the two armies were in one place, and they were very happy.

Xiao Ding's side, seeing the situation in the center of the river and on the other side of the river, knew that the battle situation had been locked, so he also cleaned up the battlefield, but this time the loot collected was not much, because the opponent's camp was burned, and many materials had already been turned to ashes. Most of the soldiers died in the middle of the river, and their belongings were either destroyed by the fireboats or had fallen into the river.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Xiao Ding led his troops into Tingzhou Pass. Soon, the brothers of the Yue family also returned with their troops, and reported the battle to Xiao Ding, and at the same time presented the heads of Du Ziteng and Yi Chunzhu.

In this battle, Xiao Ding mostly used crossbow arrows as an offensive means, so he almost achieved zero casualties, but almost completely annihilated Song Yinpan's nearly 30,000 troops.

Song Yinpan's troops had only a small number of wounded soldiers, and they were washed downstream along the river, and their fate was unknown.

Together with the soldiers of Tingzhou Pass, all the generals in the camp were happy, and this time they fought a beautiful victory again. Naturally, it was difficult to suppress the joy.

There are still seven or eight thousand people left in the original defenders of Tingzhou Pass, and the original defender of Tingzhou Pass is the commander of Yuezhou's soldiers and horses, named Di Wanjun, who can command the original 20,000 soldiers in the Guan, and resist the attack of Song Yinpan's 60,000 or 70,000 troops at the beginning, and it seems that he also has some ability.

After winning the battle again, it is inevitable to celebrate again, but the materials in this Tingzhou Pass are a little scarce. Because they have been guarding the pass for days, the materials stored in the pass have already bottomed out, and the troops escorting the materials from the direction of Yuezhou City have not yet arrived.

So it's unlikely that you want a big dinner, but it's okay to drink some wine and make a small fuss.

This is not Shaoxian. Shaoxian County was attacked by Xiao Ding and others, and the materials stored by Song Yinbei in the city were not taken away at all when he fled, so it was too easy to hold a celebration banquet in Shaoxian.

Fortunately, these soldiers are used to their military careers, and although the banquet is not so rich, everyone wants to be happy after winning the battle. So they were still drinking in good spirits.

The next day, Xiao Ding rested for another day in Tingzhou Pass, and the next day, Xiao Ding was about to convene the generals to discuss the next strategy, when suddenly a messenger from Shao County came to deliver the letter.

Xiao Ding heard that it was the news sent by Gao Hongxiu from Shao County, and he felt quite different, and said in his heart, could it be that something happened in Shao County? Could it be that the troops sent by the king of Jiaozhou arrived in Shaoxian? It shouldn't be so fast, right?

While thinking about it, the guard walked into the hall with the messenger, and when Xiao Ding saw the messenger's dusty appearance, he knew how anxious he was to go.

So Xiao Ding opened his mouth and asked: "Seeing that you are in such a hurry, could it be that the king of Jiaozhou sent troops to attack Shaoxian?" ”

"Deputy Marshal Hui, it was not the King of Jiaozhou who attacked Shaoxian, but the King of Mu who was injured by the assassination!" The messenger said.

What the? King Mu was stabbed? Also hurt! What's going on? Xiao Ding was questioned.