Chapter 29: Unloading the armor and unsaddle it
When Yiyu commanded the cavalry to cross the moat and try to attack the sheep and horse wall of Dali City, Liu Yao was thundering and angry in the camp and punished Liu Yue.
Although the Jin army could take advantage of the night to step on the mud and sneak attack the camp in the east of the city, not to mention that Liu Yue didn't expect it, even Liu Yao was unprepared, but Liu Yao was smart after all, and after listening to the battle report in detail, he pouted and said: "This is just the southerner's floating boat technique, I can't." ”
Because the army can't do it, it is wrong to think that the other party can't go out of the city, which is indeed a blind spot in thinking, but it can't excuse Liu Yue's defeat. At that time, although it was not common to attack the camp at night, it was not rare, and as the commander-in-chief, it was necessary to take precautions in advance to finally be under the enemy city, not a garrison in the process of ordinary marching.
Later romances often write that one day when the wind rises in a certain direction, the flag is stacked on a corner, and even breaks, and a certain strategist sees it and says, "The thief will come to steal the camp tonight." "Set a trap for that. Of course, this is not the case, when facing the enemy, there must be vigilant soldiers at any time, and they can form a team to fight with the enemy at any time, even if they want the soldiers to sleep peacefully, they have to be replaced in shifts, in short, whether the enemy comes to sneak attack or not, qualified generals should be on strict guard every night.
Therefore, Liu Yao scolded Liu Yue, saying that you are also an old soldier, and you have followed me to fight in the south and north for nearly ten years, so you would make such a mistake? This is all caused by underestimating the enemy, have you suffered a defeat before, haven't you learned a lesson? With such negligence, how can I put the burden on your shoulders?!
After scolding Liu Yue down, the anger in his heart finally disappeared slightly, and Liu Yao turned his head and asked the pro-soldiers, Yiyu should have begun to attack the city, right? How many people did he die today? Hurry up and find out the exact number and come back, so that I can be happy and happy, and spice up my mood.
The tribe took the order and left, and before he could return from the inquiry, there was a report that Yang Yi, a confessor in the temple, had come to worship. Liu Yao was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly ordered: "Please come in Uncle Yangrong!" ”
The confessors in the palace are only listed as nine grades, and the small officials of sesame mung beans, but Liu Yao is quite polite to this Yang Yi, and he is even commensurate with the words.
Yang Yi, the word Uncle Rong, a native of Taishan Nancheng, is the Eastern Han Dynasty after the Yang invasion, his background is not low, he and Yang Xianrong are considered a family, and they are the younger brothers of the Xianrong clan.
When Yang Yi was still a teenager, the sister of the Benmu clan was dedicated to being a celestial, but it was a pity that they belonged to the same surname, and they were ten years apart, so they had no fate and no share. After Yang Xianrong became Emperor Hui of Jin, Yang Yi once served as the magistrate of Ji County, and when he heard that Xianrong was captured by Hu Bing, he directly abandoned the letter and went to Pingyang to attach himself to the Hu Han regime. However, this person has no reputation, and Yang Xianrong is just Liu Yao's concubine, so he has no way to advance, and only becomes a small palace confidant.
Or before Liu Yao returned to the division, Yang Yi finally got in touch with this cheap brother-in-law, he blew himself up in front of Liu Yao, saying that he had the ability to attack the city and pull out the village, and he was good at making weapons, so Liu Yao asked him to come over to help. Yang Yi was delayed for a long time before he finally got the opportunity to leave Pingyang and arrived at the foot of Dali City at this time.
Liu Yao remembered in a trance that Yang Yi said that he was good at making equipment to attack the city, and he was being used at this time, so he politely invited him into the big tent. After a few words of greeting, when it came to the attack on Dali, Yang Yi smiled and said: "I am just watching the defense of Dali City from afar, which is indeed quite ingenious, but for a certain person, it is not difficult to break the city as long as the equipment is at hand." ”
Liu Yao was overjoyed, and was about to ask him what kind of equipment he wanted to make in order to successfully break the city, when suddenly the sentry came back, and reported outside the gate that Yiyu attacked Yangmayuan three times, lost nearly 100, and did not dare to attack again, and now he is patrolling outside the city gate. Liu Yao said angrily: "This is deliberately delaying time, so that I can attack the city tomorrow!" ”
Yang Yi asked what was going on, and Liu Yao probably told him this, and Yang Yi smiled and suggested: "If he wants to provoke the Jin people to go out of the city to fight, it is okay." The Jin people are weak, how can they be the empty cavalry? If you can fall down the city for a while, will this city be easy to attack, won't the king hear about Wei Wu's booby-trapping of Wen Chou in Yanjin in the past? ”
Liu Yao said: "I want to ask for advice." ”
Yang Yi said: "Xi Cao and Yuan attacked each other on the river, Wei Wu migrated the people of the white horse, followed the river to the west, and Yuan Shao's general Wen Chou crossed the river to chase after him to the south of Yanjin. After Wei Wu personally broke off, he ordered the cavalry to unsaddle and release the horses to lure Wen Chou. Wen Chouguo rode lightly, and Wei Wu counterattacked, and then beheaded Wen Chou. The king can convey the false elimination of Yiyu, so that he also unloads his armor and horses under the city, in order to show that he is unprepared, then the Jin people may open the city, and I will ambush the soldiers to cover and kill, and the victory will be assured. ”
Liu Yao muttered: "The front of the city is open and there is no barrier, how can we set up an ambush? ”
Yang Yi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then smiled: "But it's okay." I see that the Jin people set up a suspension bridge in front of the city gate, it is difficult to rise and fall, if they descend the bridge to come down, they will be able to fight in a whole column, and they will not be defeated. The king will take the cavalry behind him, and if the drawbridge is put away, the soldiers outside the city will be taken captive by me; If the drawbridge is not closed, it is just the right time to seize the door. ”
Liu Yao thought about it carefully, and said that it was okay, you can give it a try, anyway, even if you lose, it will be a loss in vain, and the cavalry that I copied the city gate will not suffer too much loss. So he sent someone to spread the word to Yiyu, and said that in ancient times, there were famous generals who did this, unloading their armor and releasing horses, in order to lure the enemy soldiers, as long as the Jin people were provoked to go out of the city to fight, are you still afraid that you will not win? Didn't you say that you weren't good at siege, but you were good at field warfare?
Yi Yu heard this idea and thought it was not bad. Anyway, as long as I hide out of the range of the bow and arrow of the city defense, even if I take off my armor, what is there to fear? As for unsaddle and release the horse, our cavalry can ride a bare horse and gallop across the country, and will it be too late to get on the horse to meet the enemy? If the Jin people come out less, and fight with me hand-to-hand, I will definitely win; If there are too many out, then I will retreat and let Liu Yao send troops to press it.
It happened that the weather was getting hotter and hotter, and at noon, he was already sweating after galloping for a while, so he ordered the army to retreat, and led more than 100 people from his cronies to unload their armor and unsaddle outside the city, sit on the ground and play a fan, and shout and curse loudly facing the city. After scolding for a while, he didn't see any movement from the city gate and the drawbridge, Yi Yu was annoyed, thirsty and hungry, and wanted to retreat to the camp, but he was afraid that he would return in less than a day, and Liu Yao would talk again...... When he hesitated, he suddenly heard a drum, and a sentry cavalry rushed out from behind the sheep and horse wall in front of him!
The first general, with a stubborn posture and a beard on his face, shouted loudly: "Hu Nu wants to compete, and the master will come to share life and death with you!" "It is the general of Xuzhou, Zhen Sui, too!
Zhen Sui was impatient with Yi Yu scolding outside the city, and wanted to go out of the city to compete with this guy, so he hurriedly ran to Pei Gai to ask for a fight. Pei should think about it and feel that it is okay. He said in his heart that we can't be forced to fight all the time, and occasionally go out of the city to fight, just to frustrate the enemy's momentum and raise my prestige; And when it comes to heads-up, Zhen Sui shouldn't be afraid of anyone, right? Even if he was defeated by Yiyu, that guy looked at him and looked like he was not as tall as Zhen Sui, his shoulders were wider than Zhen Sui, and theoretically his life would not be damaged, but it was just the arrogance of killing this guy.
Waiting for permission, Tao Kan interjected to stop it, saying: "The enemy's spirit is not weakened, and you must not go to war." ”
waited until Yi Yu unloaded his armor and unsaddled his saddle, Tao Kan said okay, the other party is proud of his martial arts, and it is the time when he is most negligent in taking precautions, we can send troops down to the city to rush and kill for a while. Pei Gai asked Zhen Sui: "If Qing can defeat Yiyu, it will be a great achievement; If you lose, how can you say that? ”
Zhen followed a stalk of his neck: "How can I lose?" Seeing that Pei Gai's face was not good, he said: "If I lose, let the governor punish me and dismiss me as the camp governor, and still do the trilogy, and there is no complaint!" ”
Pei should say okay, since there is a word first, then you can go. Ordered Zhen to select 100 elite warriors, all of whom rode fast horses and carried hard bows, and went out of the city to fight Yiyu.
In Yiyu, including Liu Yao, the Jin people came out of the city to fight, so they had to open the city gate first and put down the drawbridge? Both things are extremely heavy, how can they be so easy to open and put down? This time is enough for more than 100 people to get on their horses to face the battle, maybe they will even have time to put on the saddle and armor.
You must know that the armor of these years, especially the general's delicate full-body armor, is equally difficult to wear and take off, Yiyu and others just take off their pockets and untie their armor, and the armor and skirt are still there, even if they want to wear them neatly temporarily, they can't waste too long.
But unexpectedly, the city gate was not opened, and the drawbridge was not opened, and there were enemy horsemen rushing out from behind the sheep and horse wall...... Is there a cavalry hidden behind this? I didn't see it when I sent my troops to attack just now!
This is Pei Gai's opinion according to the stereotyped "Guarding the City", and opened a lot of secret doors on the city wall in advance. The old rules believe that the defense of the city is to use all kinds of means and weapons to greatly kill and injure the enemies who are attacking the city, so that they can retreat in a daze, and dare not get close to the city wall for half a step. Therefore, it is necessary to open more secret doors on the city wall, and repeatedly send elites to kill when the enemy is unprepared, so as to frustrate the enemy's momentum and disrupt the enemy's heart, so that the enemy is forced to be on guard day and night, and has no time to rest, and is naturally tired, so it is difficult to organize a powerful offensive.
These secret gates on Dali City are covered by the sheep and horse wall, and the Hu soldiers outside the city are not visible at all, and once the Hu soldiers conquer the sheep and horse wall, it is easy to temporarily block and open the secret door, so as not to become the weakness of the city defense. Therefore, after Zhen led his subordinates down to the city, he led the horse and quietly came out of the secret door, although the whole column behind the sheep and horse wall was narrow, almost only a long snake and then the war drum sounded, and then it surged out, stepped on the dirt bag, and passed the moat in an instant.
This time he was surprised, and Yi Yu couldn't help but be shocked. Seeing that the enemy rode past the moat, as soon as the speed was raised, they each drew their bows and shot, and before they could get on their horses, let alone armor, they had already shot over more than a dozen people. Yi Yu himself moved very quickly, although he was not as good as armor piercing, but he casually buckled the hood on his head, turned over on the bare horse, and with a wave of his spear, he smashed two incoming arrows.
Immediately heard Zhen Sui shouting, Yi Yuxin said Okay, if you come to attack me, then I will really be caught off guard by you, if you come to me to duel with me, as long as I defeat this seemingly fierce Jin general, are you afraid that the Jin people will not be bold? Today's battle can be regarded as barely and smoothly fought......
At that moment, he rushed towards Zhen Sui with a spear, and shouted in his mouth: "Come, come, don't help the two of us, and fight alone!" ”
Of course, he didn't know Zhen Sui, he didn't know how brave Zhen Sui was, and more importantly, ...... Everyone in the Xuzhou army knows that this Zhen Ying Governor said that he would not stop fighting alone, but he refused to put the chariot and horse to fight head-on, he would make a bad move, as long as he could win, he would never be limited to how despicable the means were. Of course, Zhen Sui is not crazy, including Pei Gai, everyone thinks that he is only fighting alone......
Seeing the two horses galloping closely, Yi Yu immediately stabbed a spear, who wanted to see a flower in front of him, he actually stabbed into the air, and he couldn't help but stumble on the horse's back After all, he unsaddled, and he couldn't sit steadily. It turned out that Zhen Sui also knew that his horse could not fight, so he worked hard to practice the stunt of being able to jump off the horse in the gallop at the beginning, and when he shot Du Zeng with his back, he made this move, and when he saw that the enemy's spear was coming, he jumped off the horse, stood firmly with his legs, and then pulled out his bow and shot towards the door of Yiyu.
To be honest, the distance is too close, and this arrow is not powerful at all, but it is also extremely difficult to dodge because of the close distance. Yi Yu hurriedly tilted his head, and the arrow hit the side of the hammer, and he felt a burst of tinnitus, and his movements inevitably stagnated.
Zhen shot an arrow, seeing that the two sides were only a few steps away, it would definitely be too late to draw the arrow and shoot the second arrow, and it was estimated that the temporary drawing of the knife would be a beat slower, and the enemy general would be injured by the situation. He had a lot of experience in fighting, so he didn't need to think about it at all, he almost instinctively threw himself forward, raised his bow with his right hand, and rounded it, and the back of the bow carried the wind, and it was slammed into Yiyu's waist.
Zhen Sui stood on the ground, the other party was riding on a horse, and he couldn't reach it if he wanted to pull his head, but seeing that Yi Yu was not wearing armor, well, the waist is also a weakness of the human body! With a "snap", Yi Yu couldn't help but twitch in pain, and he rolled off the horse's back with a wheel. Zhen immediately raised his foot, stepped on Yi Yu's neck, and then raised his fist with a vinegar bowl and punched the opponent hard.
The bridge of Yiyu's nose was crooked on the spot, and his nose bleeded.
Seeing that the other party had basically lost his combat effectiveness, Zhen casually grabbed Yiyu's helmet under the protection of his subordinates, and wanted to drag this guy back to the city. With a "snap", the helmet fell to the ground, and it turned out that this guy hadn't even had time to tie the helmet yet...... Zhen Sui couldn't help but stumble, and in a fit of rage, he punched Yi Yu in the temple again, causing Yi Yu to faint immediately. So he pulled Yiyu's ankle upside down, stopped getting on the horse, galloped all the way, and dragged him back to the sheep and horse wall.
Half of Yi Yu's troops were killed, and Yu was scattered and saw that his master was captured by the enemy generals as soon as they met, and most of them didn't even dare to save each other desperately...... By the time the Void Brigade and Liu Yao's pre-arranged cavalry rushed over to help, all the Jin people had already returned to the city. Immediately, above and below the city, arrows rained down and shot the enemy back.
In Dali City, You Yao heard the news, and hurriedly came to Pei Gai, and the first thing he said when he met was: "How did you capture Yiyu?" Let him go back to the camp as soon as possible! ”