Chapter 912: Taking Anyang at Night
In the dark night, a cavalry was speeding south, this was the main force of the scout army led by Zhang Yun, and the change in the situation was also unexpected by Zhang Yun, he thought that Li Wanchun's troops would fight with Zhu Zhu's army, but he didn't expect Li Wanchun to pat his ass directly and run away.
Now Zhang Yun can only directly face Zhu Jun's army.
When the day was about to dawn, Zhang Yun led 3,000 troops to Anyang County, which was still three miles away from the county seat. ”
Three gunpowder arrows shot into the sky and lit up in mid-air, instantly dazzling and red, visible dozens of miles away.
Not long after, Zhou Fei's scouts who had stayed outside the city arrived, and he was brought to Zhang Yun, who asked, "How is the situation in the city?" ”
The scout hugged his fists and said: "Commander Qiyu, at noon, General Zhou sent someone to sneak out of the city to introduce the situation in the city, the enemy army of about 4,000 people led Anyang County, the current defense is very tight, mainly concentrated in the north and south two city gates, I am afraid it will be difficult to break through from the city gate." ”
"Can you only break through the city walls?"
The scout nodded, "That's what General Zhou meant, the man he sent said that there are not many enemy soldiers on the west wall, and he can lead his brothers to meet us at the west wall." ”
Zhang Yun looked at the sky, there was still a little time before dawn, and he asked again, "Is there General Zhou's address in the city?" ”
"Yes! He left it to us. ”
Zhang Yun asked for the address, found a strong martial arts subordinate, explained a few words to him, the subordinate nodded, and soon disappeared into the night.
Zhang Yun then ordered the army to rest in the woods and wait for tomorrow night's action.
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At noon the next day, an army of more than 1,000 people came with a large bag of belongings, and a young woman in an ox cart, and this army was a thousand soldiers who sacked Linzhang County and carried the tiger away from the mountain.
Li Wanchun did not stop them, but left with the army, and the army was no longer a threat, so he rushed to Anyang County leisurely.
Zhang Yun received a report from the scout, this army is about three miles away from them, which makes Zhang Yun a little tricky, does he stop this army or not? If this army is sniped, their presence will be exposed, and the enemy forces in the city will inevitably strengthen their defenses, and the cost of attacking the city will inevitably increase.
But on the other hand, if they don't intercept, the counterparty will think that there is no threat outside the city, and the level of vigilance will be slightly reduced.
Zhang Yun weighed it repeatedly, and finally decided to focus on the overall situation and let this army go.
In a short time, the army reached the south and went straight into the city.
The arrival of a thousand troops brought the defenders of Anyang County to five thousand, Li Yinlong breathed a sigh of relief, what he was most worried about was the Jin army, the Jin army would never watch Xiangzhou fall into the hands of others, this Li Yinlong knew very well.
The Jin army will definitely attack Xiangzhou in a big way.
Once tens of thousands of troops are in the city, will their 5,000 troops be able to hold Anyang City? The answer is no, how can the city wall of more than 30 miles be defended by only 5,000 people?
Now Li Yinlong is waiting for reinforcements to arrive.
"May I ask the general, how to arrange the new 1,000 brothers?" Adjutant General Tao Sheng asked.
Li Yinlong thought about it, the current 4,000 people are mainly divided into three shifts to guard the north and south city gates, and there are also 1,000 soldiers responsible for patrolling, and the lack of defense is the four city walls, and this 1,000 people just need to strengthen the city wall patrol.
"Divide him into ten teams, responsible for patrolling the east and west city walls, especially at night, and strengthen the patrol!"
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Night soon fell again, Li Yinlong imposed a curfew in the city, the streets were empty, there was no figure in sight, only a group of soldiers patrolled everywhere, a patrol of thirty people was passing through an alley, at this moment, a gate opened, and countless black shadows poured out from it, and pounced on the patrol like a tiger, they knocked down the sentry, and the sharp dagger instantly cut the sentry's throat.
Only in the midst of the rabbit's rise and fall were all thirty sentinels killed, the bodies dragged into the courtyard, the gate closed, and the alley was quiet again, as if nothing had happened except for the blood on the ground.
Zhou Fei ordered the scout soldiers to strip off the armor of the sentries and put them on one after another, it looked like a patrol team, although there were still twenty people without armor, but this was no longer important.
The courtyard rented by Zhou Fei and others is at the foot of the west city wall, it is a courtyard covering an area of three acres, the price is very expensive, it must be rented for half a year, although they actually only live for a few days, but this seat is too good, the backyard is directly against the west city wall, just in the middle of the west city, far away from the north and south city gates.
It was almost the third watch, and fifty scouts gathered in the courtyard, all looking at a soldier who was climbing upwards.
The city wall was about two feet and five feet high, at least a hundred years old, very old and mottled, and the crevices were overgrown with weeds.
The soldier looked at both sides again, turned around and waved his hand, and Zhou Fei immediately ordered: "Go!" ”
The soldiers were divided into two teams, one after another quickly climbed towards the city, Zhou Fei was in the front, he saw that there was no one at the city, so he jumped onto the city.
He looked to both sides, there was a patrol team about two hundred paces away in the distance, it was still far from this side, Zhou Fei beckoned, and the soldiers jumped up to the city one after another, and in a short time, all fifty people went to the city.
When the appointed time had come, one of the scout soldiers lit a powder arrow and shot it out of the city, only to see a bright red flame shoot out of the city.
It was also a coincidence that Li Yinlong happened to be inspecting everywhere, and he had just seen the northernmost part of the western city wall, but he saw the flames shooting out of the city at a glance.
Li Yinlong was taken aback, "It's not good, there are enemy troops in the city!" ”
He turned around and shouted, "Ring the alarm and order the defenders of the North City to rush to the middle of the West City!" ”
He led hundreds of soldiers to run towards the middle of the west section of the river, and at this time, the hundred-man patrol team two hundred paces away also found an abnormal signal, and they shouted and ran.
Zhou Fei didn't expect the enemy army to be so well guarded, he shouted: "Line up, prepare for a fierce battle!" ”
The hundred-man patrol team was killed in an instant, and the two armies quickly fought fiercely, and at the same time, the Jin soldiers under the city also crossed the moat and climbed up the five rope ladders........
The fifty scouts were extremely brave and skillful, and in a moment they killed most of the hundred patrolmen, and the remaining twenty or so people turned around and fled in fright when they saw that they were as fierce as wolves.
"General Zhou, the north is also killed!" A soldier shouted.
Zhou Fei also heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, generally speaking, only a city lord general was allowed to run horses at the head of the city, and a bold idea flashed through Zhou Fei's mind.
He grabbed a crossbow and ran to hide behind a battlement.
Not long after, Li Yinlong rode a horse and led three hundred elites to kill, he saw the Jin soldiers who had just climbed the city, and immediately became shocked and angry, shouting: "Stop them and cut off the rope ladder!" ”
Just then, a crossbow bolt 'swooped!' 'The ground shot to, the distance was too close, the speed was too fast, Li Yinlong didn't have time to react at all, 'Poof! The bolt pierced his neck, and his neck bone was broken by the bolt.
Li Yinlong covered his neck, his eyes were dark, his body began to tilt, and he fell directly from the city.
Zhou Fei succeeded in a sneak attack with an arrow, he threw away the crossbow, picked up a spear and rushed over, the spear was as fast as a storm, killing more than a dozen people in a row, his subordinates were greatly demoralized, shouting to kill, although the number was only fifty, but the three hundred enemy troops were defeated and retreated.
At this time, more and more Jin scouts killed the head of the city, and they immediately entered the battle, and the enemy's 2,000 reinforcements also arrived one after another, and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides on the western city wall.
Zhang Yun led the most elite 3,000 scout troops of the Jin army, each of whom could defeat five with one enemy, and his combat effectiveness was very strong, especially good at night battles. In less than a quarter of an hour, nearly half of the enemy's 2,000-strong enemy troops had been killed or wounded, and the soldiers finally could not resist and completely collapsed.
The deputy general Tao Sheng led a thousand soldiers from the south city gate, but saw countless defeated troops rushing wildly, losing their armor one by one, and being embarrassed.
He grabbed an escaped brigade commander and asked, "What's the matter?" What about the manager? ”
"General Li has fallen into the city, his life and death are unknown, the enemy army has already entered the city, there are thousands of people, the combat effectiveness is too powerful, the brothers can't resist it at all!"
Tao Sheng heard that Li Yinlong had fallen from the city, and his heart was also flustered, at this time, there was a low horn sound from the head of the north city, this was not their horn sound, the enemy army had already occupied the head of the north city.
Tao Sheng immediately ordered: "Retreat!" ”
Since he couldn't resist the Jin army, in order to preserve his strength, Tao Sheng led nearly 2,000 soldiers to open the southern city gate and evacuate south, and he planned to withdraw to Tangyin County.
But they had retreated less than twenty miles south when Zhou Fei led a thousand cavalry to catch up with them, and a massacre began.