Chapter 318: Ambush in the Empty City
"What can I do, do it with them!" Su Zhong began to get angry.
Yao Chang said: "The enemy army is more than 3,000 Li Yue's elite, the Xuanwei army is now divided into two roads, each road is only more than 1,000 people, how to do it, unless the pass in the west of the city is not wanted, the pass is lost, Li Yue people will immediately approach Liangshan City, we have no room for maneuver." The Youyi army is really not enough to succeed and more than defeated, if they don't push the enemy army in Yulin to a desperate situation, they can slowly survive them, or directly wipe them out in Yulin, they just don't kill any of them, and release them all, what good is this for them? Isn't the destruction of 3,000 enemy troops also a meritorious achievement? He really couldn't figure out why You Yijun did this, it didn't make sense at all.
After Yang Congyi calmed down, he somewhat understood You Yijun's intentions. At the beginning, he negotiated with Li Geng, the commander of the Youyi army, and knew that his march and battle were focused on taking the city, not killing and injuring the enemy, and the reward for meritorious deeds was also the merit of attacking the city more important than killing the enemy, killing the enemy army, and not taking the city, in Li Geng's view, it was a waste of effort, and he was not good at fighting.
But the Youyi army took Yulin lightly, did not hurt the enemy army, and let all the people go, Yang Congyi did not dare to agree. The enemy army is not destroyed, what is the use of taking Yulin, as soon as the Youyi army leaves, they are rested, turn their heads and go north again, the war will never stop, Li Yue people only because of the war to pay the price, they will consider how to live in peace with the Great Song Dynasty, the border will be stable.
The 3,000 enemy troops are now rushing straight to Liangshan, and Da Nanguan will also fall into the hands of the You Yi army, which is both a bad thing and a good thing. The good thing is that the Youyi army occupies Yulin and Dananguan, and the Xuanwei army only needs to defend the pass in the west of the city, and the pressure on Liangshan City is much less. The bad thing is that it is difficult for the Xuanwei army to eat these 3,000 enemy troops at the moment, and they will either go out of the city to fight bloodily, or abandon the pass in the west of the city, which is not within Yang Congyi's expectations.
"Regardless of what will happen to the Youyi army, let's still think about how to deal with these more than 3,000 enemy troops. They may try to attack Liangshan City, but they can't take it, their best choice is to retreat to Li Yue, but let them go straight to the west pass of the city, the defenders of the pass are only 1,500 people, and the defenders will definitely be defeated, and the pass will also be lost, and the Xuanwei army's plan to retreat from the enemy in Liangshan can no longer be implemented. Therefore, these 3,000 enemy troops must be wiped out around Liangshan, and they must not be allowed to reach the pass. Think about it, how do we get rid of them? Yang Congyi analyzed, threw the question directly, and attracted their attention from the Youyi army to the enemy army.
"Prison army, the road from Dananguan to Liangshan is a trough, we can ambush them on the road, ambush them halfway, and catch them off guard." Su Zhong immediately proposed.
Yang Congyi shook his head and said: "It's not proper, the enemy army is 3,000 people, the Xuanwei army is less than 2,000 people in Liangshan, we must leave 1,000 people in the city to ensure that the city is not lost, less than 1,000 people can be dispatched, there is no advantage in the ambush halfway, we can only defeat the enemy under Liangshan City." ”
"Overseer, I have a plan." Yao Chang suddenly frowned, and his face was happy.
"Tell me about it." Yang Cong's righteous eyes were approving.
Yao Chang said: "Since the enemy army is coming to attack Liangshan, we can make an empty city plan and destroy the enemy on the spot in the city." First of all, when the enemy came to the vicinity of Liangshan, we mobilized 2,000 young men to change into the clothes and armor of the Xuanwei army, and left the city from the east gate under their noses, making the illusion that the Xuanwei army was withdrawing from Liangshan. After opening the north gate and the east gate, and the Xuanwei army was ambushing near the north gate, the enemy must not be reluctant to seek far, from the east gate into the city, and so they entered the city from the north gate more than half, the Xuanwei army immediately began to attack, re-seize the north gate, after the enemy outside the city found out, they will not dare to continue to enter the city, it is likely to cross the river directly to the south. At this time, the Xuanwei army can close the door and fight the dogs, and wipe out all the enemy troops who enter the city, and the enemy troops who cross the river and flee south will find that they continue to encounter ambush attacks after crossing the river, and run all the way to the pass, and there are few people left alive, exhausted, exhausted, and waiting for them is the arrow array of 1,500 Xuanwei army. If this battle goes well, the 3,000 enemy troops will all be wiped out between Liangshan and the pass west of the city. ”
After listening to this, Yang Congyi thought about it carefully, if all the 2,500 young men recruited a few days ago were used, this battle would indeed have a good chance of winning.
So he asked, "How are these recruits trained?" ”
Yao Chang said: "Each team has experienced veterans of the Xuanwei Army as detainees, and there is no big problem in commanding and dispatching. They have learned to shoot arrows in the past few days, although they are not accurate enough, and they are enough to confuse and harass the enemy. ”
"Okay, they can use it, this plan will work, and we will plan it carefully." Yang Congyi said and took out a piece of paper, which was the map of the surrounding Liangshan that he had made these days.
Half an hour later, a messenger went out of the city and went to the west pass of the city, telling the military situation of Da Nan Pass and Liangshan, and making them ready to destroy the enemy.
On the same day, the government issued a martial law order, and the people in the city were not allowed to go out of the city, let alone go out of the city, but the soldiers and horses in the city were frequently mobilized, batches of ordnance materials and grain were moved out of the warehouse, and two teams of Xuanwei troops went straight out of the east gate.
The next night, after the second watch, the east gate of Liangshan City suddenly opened, and a team of Xuanwei troops quietly went out of the city with torches and food, grass and ordnance, and went eastward, and the fire dragon stretched for several miles, illuminating the night sky.
After traveling dozens of miles east, the Xuanwei army quickly crossed the makeshift bridge, extinguished the torches, turned west, returned to the outside of Liangshan City, and ambushed on both sides of the road leading to the pass in the west of the city.
At the same time, behind the roofs on both sides of the main street leading to the north gate in the city, more than 1,000 Xuanwei troops were ambushed, all with short knives and bows and arrows, hiding in the dark night. And near the east gate, there was also an ambush of a group of Xuanwei troops, staring at the city gate, they were ready to rush out at any time to grab the city gate.
Soon, the Xuanwei army in ambush near the east gate saw two figures by the faint light of the fire under the city gate, sneakily flashed into the city from outside the city, one was watching under the city, and the other quickly climbed to the top of the city.
Moments later, the two split up and dived into the city.
The Xuanwei army, which was keeping an eye on them, immediately followed by two people, one to the west of the city and the other to the north of the city.
The two figures, who were very cautious at first, hid in the darkness every time they moved, and when they found that there was not a single patrol guard in the city, they became emboldened and quickly ran to the west and north of the city.
To the west of the city and to the north of the city, the gates were closed, and there was no one nearby, and even the fire was very dim, and it would not be long before it was extinguished. He wanted to open the city gate, but found that the bolt of the city gate was huge, and one person could not take it off at all, and without the strength of three or five people, the city gate was difficult to open, so he could only look at the empty gate and sigh.
After the two of them searched the city in the dark, and after confirming that Liangshan was an empty city without defense, one of them quickly left the city through the east gate, while the other tirelessly patrolled back and forth between several city gates.
To the north of Liangshan City, more than ten miles away, the lights were bright, and it was the Yulin enemy army who had withdrawn from Da Nan Pass and camped again.
In the camp tent, the enemy general who was ordered to garrison Yulin was very excited, and asked repeatedly: "Is there really no one in the city?" All ran away from the East Gate? What about the gates, are they open or closed? ”
The spy reported again: "General Hui, my subordinates have seen with their own eyes that soon after dark, the enemy carried torches and brought a lot of things out of the east gate, and the team was four or five miles long, no less than three or four thousand people. After the enemy had gone, the east gate was wide open, and his subordinates personally entered the city to inspect it, and they searched all over the city, but they did not find a single enemy, and they walked cleanly. And the city gate, except for the east gate, the other three gates are closed, and the city gate is strong, and it is difficult to open it with the strength of one person. ”
"It's good, it's a no-brainer. Losing Yulin and recapturing Liangshan is also a great achievement. The general's heart was greatly weighed, and he immediately ordered: "Order the whole army, immediately pull out the camp, go straight to Liangshan, and capture Liangshan City before sunrise!" ”
The heralds quickly went out of their tents to convey the orders to the whole army.
"Once Liangshan is lost, Yulin City is dead, and now Yulin is exchanged for Liangshan, after the supply is unimpeded, the north and south will attack, and then recapture Yulin is also in the bag!" The general's excitement was overflowing, and he muttered to himself in the tent.
Half an hour later, 3,000 troops pulled out of camp and attacked Liangshan City at the fastest speed.
Around the fifth watch, the Xuanwei army, which was ambushed near the east gate of Liangshan City, suddenly heard a noisy sound outside the city, and suddenly felt a tense in his heart, the enemy is coming! Immediately with swords in hand, they were on guard, and as soon as the enemy army tried to enter the city through the east gate, they would immediately rush out and retake the city gate.
After a while, twenty or thirty people ran into the city, leaving only a few dozen to guard the city gates, and the rest went straight to the city.
Seeing this, the Xuanwei army at the east gate couldn't hear any other movement outside the city, so they sighed secretly, just waiting for the battle at the north gate to start, immediately kill the more than ten enemy soldiers in front of them, recapture the city gate, and their task will be completed.
Yang Congyi led the Xuanwei army to ambush near the north gate, and when the soldiers were drowsy, they suddenly heard a noisy noise outside the city, and they all woke up in an instant.
With the faint light of the fire under the city gate, Xuanwei Jun found that the north gate was quickly opened by more than a dozen Li Yue soldiers, only to hear a boom, and the drawbridge over the moat was also lowered.
In an instant, a group of enemy soldiers with torches in hand ran into the city through the open north gate, and ran down the street towards the city, shouting with joy in their mouths.
Then a large army quickly marched into the city, and when they saw that there was indeed no one in the city, they also shouted and cheered, and as soon as the formation dispersed, they immediately rushed to the city.
Yang Congyi hid in the height of a building, and when he saw that the enemy troops entering the city had exceeded 1,000 people, he immediately gave an order: "Attack!" ”
The trumpeter beside him gave the order, and the sharp and piercing chirp suddenly sounded in the night sky, and in the noise, the Xuanwei army could still hear it clearly.
As the chirps came out, behind the rooftops on both sides of Beimen Street, a rain of fluffy arrows flew out in an instant, and fell straight on the heads of the enemy soldiers who were running away on the street.
Cheers turned into screams, and running turned into flight.
However, on the empty street, the sharp arrows flying out from the left and right, where is there room for them to dodge.
Countless sharp arrows flew silently in the darkness, and soon took the lives of the enemy soldiers who were panicked and had nowhere to hide in the firelight, they fell in batches, struggled in batches, and lost their lives in batches, this was a killing without the power to fight back.