0802 Outside the Santun Camp
The people were grateful to Dade for bringing food home. After consulting with their families, some of them believed the soldiers, went home and packed up their belongings and fled south. Some people who don't believe in it take care of themselves and hide in their homes. There were also some half-believing people, who also packed up their things and left when they saw that the gentry and big families in the city were evacuating.
In this way, from dawn, the inhabitants of the city left the south gate one after another, fleeing far away. The culmination of the first wave of departures occurred when all the gentry in the city left.
The gentry had been tidying up all night, and at dawn they were driving a large number of wagons south away. All the common people, who were the weather vane of the local gentry, immediately followed the carriage with large bags and small bags. But there are still many people who hesitate to stay in the city.
However, when Liu Pei's team sorted out the supplies and drove east, the panic in the city reached the extreme! A large number of people poured out of the south gate with their families and mouths. There were still a small number of people who wanted to follow Liu Pei and leave.
Not long after Liu Pei led people out of the city, the entire Zunhua City was almost an empty city. When Liu Pei left the east gate, he glanced back at the wide open city gate. He doesn't know if what he did was right or wrong, can he put pressure on Hou Jinjun?
But Liu Pei knows that one blow will not put pressure on the Houjin army, even if it will not be twice, and the third and fourth blows will definitely give the Houjin army a headache! There is not a team that goes deep into the enemy country and does not worry about its own back. So Liu Pei strengthened his idea, that is, to operate behind enemy lines.
Late at night the next day, Liu Pei's team approached the Santun camp. The reason why he approached the target at night was because it was a time that Liu Pei deliberately chose.
Originally, Liu Pei planned to defraud the city, but considering that although he had a large number of Houjin army armor and banners in his hands, he did not have anyone proficient in Manchu, so he had to give up. In the end, Liu Pei and the officers agreed to use the method of stealing the city.
So it took them a long time, under the cover of the cavalry, to make a detour to the north of the Santun camp, and slowly approached the north gate.
Far away from the city, Liu Pei left the convoy behind. Now Liu Pei's baggage convoy is not
It's just that it doesn't get smaller over time, it's more of it!
Liu Pei seized a large amount of baggage when he was in Zunhua City, although a team had already escorted a batch away. But the heads and banners of those post-golden tartars could not be sent away. In addition, a lot of food and other supplies for future battles were also collected.
However, Liu Pei collected a lot of vehicles in Zunhua City, and also collected a group of people who were ruined and willing to go with Liu Pei in Zunhua City to act as people's husbands. So Liu Pei's baggage convoy is getting longer and longer!
In fact, these harvests of gold, silver, grain and population are not what makes Liu Pei the happiest. What made Liu Pei happiest was that he had collected a total of more than 700 war horses in the military camp and battlefield in the city! This provided room for Liu Pei to further expand the cavalry.
In the dark night, Liu Pei and all the soldiers wrapped themselves in black cloth, the soldiers bit a wooden stick in their mouths, wrapped thick cloth under their feet, lowered their voices as much as possible, and slowly leaned towards the north gate of the Santun camp.
Even after making so many preparations, Liu Pei is still worried! After all, there are more than 2,000 people, and no matter how careful you move, you can't be small! However, what makes Liu Pei happy is that the wind is very loud tonight, covering up a lot of sounds!
Moreover, Liu Pei found that it took a long time for the Houjin Tartars patrolling on the city wall to come out of the city gate building. After that, they will patrol the city walls as fast as they can, and then hide back inside the city gate. It seems that the bitter cold in the north is also a kind of torture for the Houjin army!
At the same time, the arrogant Houjin army probably felt that no Ming army dared to attack them, which left Liu Pei with a huge fighter. They couldn't have imagined that someone was thinking about fighting them when they were free, and they couldn't be familiar with them anymore!
At this time, the striker who was walking in front suddenly crouched, and everyone knew that the moat was reached. In this harsh winter, the moat is also frozen to death, and it will not become an obstacle at all. This is also the key to the Houjin army's ability to quickly break through the city.
But the soldiers did not rush to cross the moat, but all lay on the ground and covered their bodies with black cloths. Even the three long ladders were covered with black cloth by the soldiers.
It's December, and it's freezing cold
。 Although everyone is wearing thick winter clothes, when they lie on the ground, the cold air can still seep up along the winter clothes! Just when everyone's chests were frozen by the cold, finally two small teams, five people each, came out of the city tower with torches, and began to inspect the city wall on the left and right.
Everyone stared at the Houjin army patrolling to the right from the gap in the black cloth. I saw them walking along the city wall, and the man in the middle still stretched out the torch from the wall, and looked at the wall to see if there was anything more on the wall.
Within a few moments, a team from the opposite side also walked over. Soon, the patrol came into contact with the patrol on the other side. The two teams talked in a low voice and then went back to their respective places, and even their steps quickened a lot. Probably in a hurry to go back to the city gate building to make a fire.
All the people in the city kept an eye on the patrolling Houjin soldiers, and only when they saw them enter the city gate building did everyone stand up and move their bodies at the signal of the officer. Then, under the command of the officer, a group of people slid down the moat and quietly groped towards the opposite bank.
At this time, the thick cloth tied to the soles of the soldiers' shoes played a very good role. Not only does it reduce the sound, but it is also more non-slip.
The more than 100 people in front quickly went up to the river bank, they squatted under the city wall, and with very slow movements, they erected the ladder and leaned against the city wall.
In order to avoid making a sound, the iron hooks on all the long ladders were removed. This makes it more risky to climb the wall, but there is no sound of the iron hook colliding.
Among the more than 100 people who first landed in the city, more than 20 of them were Liu Pei's guards, and the rest were all good players selected in the army. They climbed the three long ladders towards the city with extreme caution.
Liu Pei was very nervous at this time! Because in the dark, Liu Pei could barely see their figures. It wasn't until a man climbed the city wall that the black back was revealed in the starlight! This made Liu Pei breathe a sigh of relief!
The first to go to the city was one of Liu Pei's guards. Liu Pei's guards were very high-spirited on weekdays, because they were the most skilled in individual martial arts in the army. However, there is no combat mission in peacetime, so you can only practice martial arts! I finally got the opportunity to show it today, and of course I can't let it go!