Chapter 35: Sleepless Nights
Chen Shuling, who was about to swing a knife to slash Yuwen Wen, saw that the iron rod in his hand was not good for him, and immediately dodged, but was hit by something shot from it, and a sharp pain came from his face, and then he involuntarily covered his face and took a few steps back.
Yuwenwen, a carp, jumped up and hit him head-on, the two sides hugged each other and fought together, Yuwenwen, who was riding half a bucket of water, now does not fall in hand-to-hand combat, and the opponent's age and strength are obviously greater, and their opponents are evenly matched, and the two are 'entangled' with each other and fall to the ground, and no one can help anyone.
"Fifteen, where did you die!" Yuwen Wen shouted in a hurry, the figure outside the tent shook, and the sound of weapons colliding sounded as if the two groups were slashing at each other, and Yuwen Fifteen's shout was faintly heard in the meantime: "Lord Lang, the little one will come soon!" ”
"Who the hell are you, report your name!" Chen Shuling roared, his face was blurred with flesh and blood, his eyes were red, and he was obviously full of murderous intent towards Yuwen Wen, "Lonely." ”
Before he finished speaking, he heard a copper kettle hit his head, smashing his head and bleeding, Chen Jiang and Yu Wenwen were instantly stunned, looked at the person who smashed the pot, and found that it was the woman who only covered her body with a sheet.
"Die, thief!" The woman cried and struggled, lifted the copper kettle and smashed Chen Shuling again, and the sound was clearly audible.
"Slut, slut!" Chen Shuling's head was covered with blood, his face was bloody, he roared, his eyes were red, his face was bruised, he angrily pushed the enemy who was 'entangled' with him away, and then got up and knocked the woman over with one punch.
"Lone will throw you into the beggars' pile. Yes! Before Chen Shuling finished speaking, he was kicked to the ground by Yuwen Wenfei, and the two were about to fight again, when they saw that both ends of the big tent were lifted and a group of people rushed in.
"Lord Lang!" Yuwen Fifteen saw that Yuwen Wen's eyes were blue, and he was so frightened that he couldn't care about 'calling the unified army on the battlefield' and led his men to rush forward.
"Hack them to death!" Yu Wenwen's eyes were also red, and he bent down to pick up his 'Commander-type Pneumatic Bead Handcuff' that had been fired as a hammer, and was about to step forward desperately, but was stopped by several subordinates.
"Kill, kill them all, the shaft breathes. Lone wants to kill him alive! Chen Shuling was also furious, and the two groups were about to fight but heard the people outside shouting and neighing, and the heat wave hit.
Looking up at the flames outside the tent, the flames lit by the cavalry of the previous attack camp had become a prairie fire, burning all the way north along the southeast wind, and its fierce flames were unstoppable.
Seeing that if I stay here any longer, I am afraid that I will be burned by the fire. The two gangs couldn't help but say that they were desperately pulling their own masters to go to both sides, Yuwen Wen couldn't care about maintaining a gentle and elegant image, and scolded: "First hack that bastard who claims to be lonely to death before leaving!" ”
"Husband, husband!"
There was a woman's cry in his ears, and Yuwen Wen followed the sound but saw that the woman was crying and pulling the ragged man on the ground and trying to drag it out, and the man was tied to a stake and where could a weak woman untie it.
He remembered the scene where the woman attacked General Chen, sighed in his heart, and then shouted loudly: "Take that." Belch. Those two people were saved together! ”
Hearing this, Yuwen Fifteen looked at the woman, muttering with a bitter face, wanting to say something, but was glared back by Yuwen Wen, he sent someone to help the woman, and untied the woman and the man on the ground and transferred to the outside of the big tent.
A wave of heat hit, the bright firelight dazzled Yuwen Wen, who could only see things with his left eye, his right eye socket became more and more swollen, his vision became worse and worse, and the left hand hurriedly helped him onto the horse, and out of the corner of his eye, he looked at the Chen general on the other side of the big tent, his face was covered with blood, and he fled in embarrassment under the protection of everyone.
"Commanding the Army!" Shi Wansui led the cavalry to gallop and couldn't stop shouting, he saw that the camp of the Chen army was in chaos. The granaries and various tents had been set on fire, and they were about to retreat, but when they saw that the rest of the cavalry had not retreated, they were worried that their comrades were under siege, and hurried to support them.
Seeing that Yuwen Wen was safe and sound, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then saw a disheveled woman being helped onto a horse by Yuwen Fifteen, and another ragged man was also carried by others on a horse.
'This woman. Could it be that you have taken a fancy to it? Shi Wansui was shocked in his heart, and then looked at Yuwen Wen, Yuwen Fifteen shouted on the side: "Hurry up and retreat, it's too late if you don't leave!" He didn't care so much, so he hurriedly guarded Yuwenwen, who had swollen eyes, and rushed to the north.
Along the way, there were all the routs of the Chen army running and howling, and they effortlessly returned to the gate to carry the comrades of the long knife team who were guarding here, and the horse's hooves stirred up countless dust, and behind them was the camp of the Chen army that turned into a sea of fire, and the sky-high fire raged everywhere beyond the power of man to extinguish.
At the same time, the loquat temple is a few miles southwest of it.
On the loquat forest road, a group of cavalry was galloping forward. They were reinforcements sent by the Chen army camp outside Jiangling City, and they rushed to Jiangjin to rescue them in a hurry.
The fire ignited in Jiangjin Shu reflected the sky red, so that the soldiers in the Chen army's camp outside Jiangling City, twenty miles to the northwest, could also see clearly. Jiangjin Shu is an important place that has a bearing on the success or failure of one's own army, and now it must be rescued no matter what is attacked.
But it is not the grain and grass that are saved, because the fire has already burned, and when they rush over, everything will be over, they want to save Chen Shuling, the commander of the Chen army, to be exact, Chen Shuling, the king of Shixing.
Chen Shuling, the king of Shixing, was doted on by Emperor Chen, he went out of the town for more than ten years and did no evil, but he was safe and sound, relying on His Majesty's protection, Chen Shuling committed several heinous crimes, and was told to the emperor by the officials who were not afraid of death, and finally it was a painless punishment, but those courtiers who dared to complain were retaliated by Chen Shuling afterwards.
Chen Shuling, as the commander of the attack on Liang State, should have sat under the city of Jiangling and urged the army to attack the city, but he stayed in Jiangjin every night to have fun. This kind of thing can only be pinched by the generals, but now that Jiang Jinshu has been attacked, the grain and grass have been burned, but the most important thing is how Chen Shuling is.
If the Chen army camp outside Jiangling did not send reinforcements to rescue and Chen Shuling died, then His Majesty would not let go of the relevant generals, and if Chen Shuling did not die, then he himself would not let go of the relevant generals.
Whether the rescue is successful or not, but the posture must be sufficient, so reinforcements must be sent, but the enemy army attacks Jiangjinshu is likely to set up an ambush halfway to intercept the reinforcements, so whether this night cavalry can successfully reach Jiangjinshu is still a question.
There are two roads from Gangneung to Jiangjin, the shortest way is along the riverbank, the long road is to detour around the loquat village, for the sake of prudence, they decided to take a long detour, but they are still cautious for fear of ambushes.
Just in case, the cavalry divided into several groups, and advanced dozens of paces from each other in turn, so as not to be annihilated by the horse traps and tripping ropes that suddenly appeared on the way. If you encounter an ambush, you can have time to deal with it.
They walked through the loquat forest with trepidation, and suddenly it was already a flat land in front of them, and the general of the chen army, who was just wary of the ambush in the woods, just breathed a sigh of relief
By the moonlight, I saw a group of people in front of me, and there were many spears in the crowd, which seemed to be a spear array.
The other party is his own 'long-awaited' ambush soldiers, but the 'bright and bright' formation is in the open area that is most unsuitable for ambush cavalry, Chen Jiang couldn't help but feel a sense of war when he was surprised: "Assault, crush them!" ”
The cavalry of the Chen army was gathering in formation, intending to attack the ambush soldiers, but suddenly someone on both sides of the road got up and threw something at the cavalry, and the thing suddenly broke out with a piercing whistling sound, which startled the horses and neighed out of control in an instant.
The ambush soldiers burst out with a tidal wave of shouts and killings, and they rushed forward with their spears, drowning out the cavalry of the Chen army, who were busy stopping the rotation of the mounts......
In the camp of the Chen army outside Jiangling City, the soldiers who were shocked by the fire in the southeast returned to their tents to rest under the reprimand of their respective chiefs.
"No noise, no rumors, all go back to sleep honestly!" Countless patrols in the camp shuttled around and shouted to suppress these frightened birds, "The Zhou army's warships attacked Fengcheng on Shazhou, and now they have been defeated by our army and set fire to the ships, no one is allowed to say anything!" ”
With these patrols patrolling around, the already unstable Chen army camp finally calmed down, but the generals in the Chinese army's tent were not so calm.
"It seems that Jiang Jinshu was set on fire!" Xiao Maha, the general of the right guard, frowned, the rest of the generals looked solemn, and Jiang Jin was stocked with a large amount of grain and grass, looking at the sky-high fire in the southeast direction, and the fools knew that they had set fire to the enemy.
Jiangjin garrison is not only tuned with grain and grass, but also an important wharf and ferry port in Jiangbei, the attack on the siege of Jiangling army also specially stationed heavy troops in Jiangjin garrison to prepare for everything, who knows that after half a month of vigilance, it will still give people a point!
There is the main force of the naval army stationed on the sandbar of the Yangtze River, and with their reinforcements, it is impossible for the enemy to capture Jiangjin, so it is inevitable to retreat after setting fire to the grain, and the reinforcements sent by their own side are completely far away and cannot save the near fire.
But if you don't send reinforcements, you can't do it, even if you know that the other party must have an ambush halfway to intercept it, you still have to send it, considering the official career of the generals at the time, so even if it hurts, you have to send someone to make a show.
"This time the military situation is urgent, and the generals of all departments must be optimistic about their subordinates, if someone lies and confuses the public, they will be decided!" Xuanyuan General Fan Meng looked around at everyone present and said, this time the Chen army attacked Jiangling of Liang State, Chen Shuling, the king of Shixing, was the commander, he was the deputy marshal, and Chen Shuling would spend the night in Jiangjin every night, so in fact, it was Fan Meng who was in charge of the affairs of the Chen army's camp outside Jiangling City.
"I don't know anything about food or grass. Uh, how will our army respond tomorrow? A general asked hesitantly, now that Jiangjin Shu has been burned, I don't know how much grain and grass have been lost, although the camp still has a little stock, but now Jiangling City has not been taken, and if it is delayed, the supply of military food will not be able to do so, I am afraid that the army will be in chaos.
The worst-case scenario is that the other side occupies Jiangjin and cuts off the rear route of the army, so I am afraid that my side will be in a dilemma and finally have to disarm and surrender, not to mention where the enemy army attacking Jiangjin Shu came from, and whether there will be other enemy troops lurking near you.
"Jiangjin is heavily guarded, and our army's naval division is stationed on the sandbar in the middle of the river, thinking that if the other party wants to attack, it will definitely hide the whereabouts, and the number of people will not be too much, so Jiangjin will definitely not be lost!" Fan Meng expressed his judgment, first, to persuade the rest of the generals, and secondly, to cheer himself up, now that the battle situation has deteriorated instantly, he must be calm as a deputy commander.
"Attack the city with all your strength early tomorrow morning, and you must take Gangneung within one day!" He pondered for a moment and then gave an order, "Organize people to build a trestle bridge by the river immediately!" ”
Fan Meng made up his mind to give it a go, no matter what the situation of Jiangjin Shu was, as long as he could take Jiangling in a short time, then the army would have a chance to turn around, if he couldn't take Jiangling tomorrow, then he would have to retreat, so as not to cut off tens of thousands of soldiers in Jiangbei.
It's just that the generals of the Chen army have no bottom on whether they can capture Jiangling tomorrow, and tonight is a sleepless night for them. (To be continued.) )