Outside the south gate of Bianliang Outer City, a large group of people and horses quickly drove to the city gate in the dark night. The city gate suspension bridge has long been put down, the city gate of Nanxun Gate, which was repaired not long ago, is wide open, and the three city gate holes are like open mouths, and the large group of soldiers and horses will enter the city from the three big mouths.

On the square in the city, Shen Tan, Shen Fang, Liu Sheng, Huang Jiang and others stood in front of the city gate, watching the soldiers and horses of the Xiang army separate left and right after entering the city, and lined up on the east and west sides. The expressions of the crowd were excited, excited, and nervous.

Shen Tan looked at these soldiers and horses entering the city with a cold expression, but his eyes flickered a little, giving people a strange feeling.

Several generals of the Xiang Army rushed over and came to Shen Fang and Liu Sheng to salute.

"How many soldiers and horses are out there? The movement is too slow. Shen Fang frowned and said in a low voice.

"Lord Hui, there are more than 5,000 people, and they will all enter the city soon. At the behest of the adult, he gave up all the horses on foot, so the speed was slower. A general was busy reporting.

Although the cavalry in the Xiang army only has less than 3,000 troops, Shen Tan believes that the cavalry movement is too big, especially in this quiet night, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves will be heard far away, which will alarm the people and the soldiers and horses of the falling goose army. So, walking is the best way, and it's slower, but it's worth it.

"Speed up, pass the order, within a stick of incense, you must all enter the city." Shen Fang shouted.

"Yes!" The general took the order and left.

Shen Fang sighed, looked at Shen Tan and said, "Palace Marshal, I think we can set off as a whole army, and the follow-up soldiers and horses will soon follow, so there is no need to wait." With so many soldiers and horses gathered here, there is a lot of movement, and I am worried that the news will be revealed. ”

Shen Tan nodded and said, "I also have this intention, we should do it." Two adults, let's divide the troops into two routes, Lord Shen and I led an army of 16,000 and my 1,500 palace front divisions to attack the west camp. Huang Jiang, you lead 1,000 of your men and 15,000 soldiers and horses of Lord Liu to attack Dongying. Without further ado, let's go. ”

This is a division of labor that has been arranged a long time ago, and everyone naturally has no objections, and everyone parted ways at the moment and gave their own orders. The more than 20,000 soldiers and horses gathered in the square marched northward, then turned onto the east and west side streets, and went straight to the east and west camps.

The target of Shen Tan and Shen Fang's soldiers and horses was Xiying. According to Shen Tan, there were 8,000 Luoyan troops in the west camp and 7,000 troops in the east camp. So in fact, the ratio of the forces of the two sides is two to one. Shen Fang and Shen Tan led more than 17,000 soldiers and horses to attack the western camp, and as long as nothing went wrong, they basically won the battle.

The west camp of the outer city is west of the martial arts school field, and the southwest corner of the outer city is separated from the martial arts hall by a Cai River. Xiying is an independent military camp, an independent camp within a radius of Xu. The military camp is an important place, which is naturally a high-walled arrow tower, and it is heavily defended. In order to facilitate management and defense, only a camp gate on the east side was set up, and all sides were sanitized by high walls.

The army quickly advanced east along the side streets, and even though they were as careful as possible, the sound of the large groups of men and horses running from the streets was extremely noisy. This caused the people on both sides of the street to open their doors and windows to peep out, looking at the soldiers and horses all over the street, and they were terrified and didn't know what was happening.

When passing through the street on the north side of the martial arts hall,

A small group of soldiers and horses in the shocked martial arts hall rushed out of the door with the intention of asking what was going on. Shen Tan ordered to shoot in a deep voice, and suddenly a round of arrows rained out, and more than 20 soldiers were shot on the spot, without even snorting. Seeing this, Shen Fang's last bit of distrust for Shen Tan in his heart also disappeared.

In less than half an hour, the soldiers and horses had arrived at the Caihe Bridge. When the soldiers and horses swarmed across the bridge, Shen Tan said to Shen Fang: "Lord Shen, crossing the bridge and bypassing the opposite house is where the military camp is located." In order to successfully attack the western camp, I want to take the first step and clear the obstacles for Lord Shen. ”

Shen Fang hurriedly said, "Why don't you attack with us?" ”

Shen Tan shook his head and said, "With my little manpower, attacking with you won't actually help much." But the identity of myself and the soldiers and horses in front of the palace is special, and it will be of special use. The camp gate of the west camp is tall, there are ten arrow towers on the inside of the camp gate, and there are also defenders on the camp wall. So I have to go and fix this. I am the commander of the front division of the palace, and I also have prestige in the Luoyan army, and I entered the camp in the name of checking the camp, and the soldiers and horses on duty will not suspect it. My men will then enter the camp and control the towers and the horses on the walls of the camp in the name of surveying, and open the gates of the camp. After Lord Shen and his army arrived, I used the torch as a signal, and my lord could lead the army into the camp. ”

Shen Dacheng said happily: "This plan is very good, the palace marshal is thoughtful, the palace marshal enters the camp to check the night, they naturally will not suspect it." Then there is Lao Dianshuai. ”

Shen Tan said in a deep voice: "It's all your own people, what's polite?" In the future, you and I will be ministers in the same palace, and we should take care of each other. ”

Shen Fang is even more overjoyed, he can join forces with Shen Tan in the future, who else can match him in the Great Zhou court.

Shen Tan turned around and left, but turned back and said, "Lord Shen must wait for my signal before attacking." After rushing in, rush straight to the school position. On the north and south sides of the school field are barracks, and the soldiers of the Luoyan Army rest in the barracks. Solve them quickly. ”

Shen Fang arched his hand and said: "Don't worry, the palace marshal will act according to the plan." ”

Shen Tan nodded, turned around and led 1,500 palace guards into the black and oppressive soldiers and horses across the bridge.

The army soon crossed the Caihe Bridge, and after bypassing a block in front of them, they saw hundreds of paces away with wind lanterns swaying, the camp walls towering, and the arrow towers lined up. Shen Tan is right, the gate of the Xiying camp is heavily guarded, if it is forcibly attacked, the other party may not be able to hold it in a hurry, but as long as the time is delayed, the Luoyan army in the camp will be alert and organized, and it will be a melee. And this is what Shen Fang doesn't want to see, what he wants is to solve the opponent quickly while the opponent is asleep.

All the soldiers and horses were hidden in the darkness outside the camp gate, and Shen Fang stared at the direction of the camp, which was empty. According to the report of his subordinates, not long ago, Shen Tan had entered the barracks with soldiers and horses unimpeded. With Shen Tan's official position and status in the Luoyan Army, this is not surprising.

Not long after, a general beside him reminded him softly: "It seems to have done it, Lord Shen, the wind lantern of the arrow tower in the north has been extinguished." ”

Shen Fang hurriedly stared wide-eyed, and sure enough, the wind lantern hanging on an arrow tower on the north side of the camp gate had been extinguished at some point. Immediately afterwards, there were nearly a dozen arrows on the left side of the camp gate

The wind lamps on the tower were continuously extinguished. The lights on both sides of the camp gate wall were also extinguished, and it seemed that the figures were shaking in the distance, and it seemed to be a struggle.

Shen Fang stared nervously at the defense line of the camp gate, nervous and expectant in his heart. The entire camp gate was already dark, and although the lights in the distance were still flickering, the light was dim and it was impossible to see what was going on there.

The tense wait didn't last long, and finally, Shen Fang saw a torch being lit. The figure with the torch shook it in the air. Lit by torches, dozens of soldiers were struggling to push open the tall and sturdy gates of the barracks.

Shen Dacheng was overjoyed, and shouted in a deep voice: "Attack! ”

The soldiers and horses of the Xiang army rushed to the gate of the west camp like a tide, and the distance of hundreds of steps was soon reached, and the soldiers and horses rushed into the camp unimpeded, and at this moment, they broke out into an earth-shattering shout. All the soldiers and horses poured into the barracks and went straight to the large school field in the middle. According to Shen Tan's instructions, the target of the Xiang Army was the buildings of the rows of military camps on the north and south sides of the school field. At this moment, there are sporadic lights on there, and a large number of soldiers of the Luoyan Army should still be awakened in their sleep, and they must be in a panic.

"Kill them all, and leave not a single one." Shen Fang roared angrily.

The soldiers of the Luoyan Army can't stay, and it's a disaster to stay, this is the consensus in the hearts of Shen Fang and Liu Sheng. These people are all soldiers and horses who have followed Lin Jue for many years, and it doesn't make much sense to leave them. And he and Liu Sheng led the army into Beijing, and they wanted to tell the officials and people in the capital with a bloody massacre that they would be merciless, ruthless, and never tolerate the enemy. This is a stern warning.

A general of the Xiang army led more than 2,000 soldiers and horses to the barracks area on the south side, and he kicked in the door first, leading dozens of thin men into a barracks. There was a light in the barracks, and he thought that there must be a group of panicked Falling Goose soldiers inside, and he was ready to slash them, but the situation in front of him made him dumbfounded.

A few candles flickered in the camp, and the wooden plank bed laid out by the chase was empty. The house was also empty. The general of that army did not give up, although the entire barracks could be seen clearly at a glance, he still ordered his subordinates to overturn more than a dozen bed boards, wanting to see if the enemy was hiding. However, there was not a single ghost in the barracks.

"Nobody, empty."

"I don't have anyone here, it's all empty barracks."

Outside, the stunned voices of the other soldiers and generals and captains were heard, and the generals rushed out of the room to see a group of soldiers and generals looking at each other in astonishment.

"What's going on? All gone? "There is humanity.

"I'm afraid it is...... I'm afraid I've been tricked. Someone trembled again.

The man's voice did not fall, but he heard the sound of shouting and killing around him, and countless feathered arrows shot down from the air, and the arrows swished like rain, and suddenly screamed in the sky, and countless soldiers fell. Countless figures stood up on the roofs of the tall barracks, crossbows in their hands. The bow and arrow were condescendingly fired at close range into the crowd of soldiers between the barracks. The Falling Goose Army did not run away, but all hid on the rooftops, occupied the favorable terrain, and waited for them to come.

"It's over, it's really an ambush." This thought flashed through everyone's hearts, and their hearts suddenly became cold.