Chapter 33: Li Yuanzhi's Determination
After resting in Tiedangzhuang for a few more days, just as they were about to go to the Huo Qingtong tribe, An Jianxiong sent news that the convoy carrying grain and grass to Zhaohui, the general of Dingbian, who commanded the northwestern armies, had arrived one hundred and twenty miles outside Anxi City, and it was expected to arrive here in a few days.
"How many centaurs are there in the Tartars? How much grain was delivered? Who leads the troops? Chen Jialuo asked carefully.
"The army escorted by the Tartars is about 1,000 people, with people in the middle, no less than 10,000 stone of food, and the leader of the troops is a general!" , An Jianxiong's 1510 answer.
"More than 1,000 people, it's not easy to do!" , Wuchen Dao Chang touched his beard, "Even if we call the people of Anxi Rudder and Iron Courage Village, we can only get two or three hundred people, and it is not enough to rob the grain!" ”
"In this way, we can only outwit and be invincible, and it is basically impossible to rob them of all their grain and grass, but it is not hopeless to let them lose this food!" , Chen Jialuo got up and walked out, "I'll go and see the roads along the way first, and see if I can find a good place to ambush!" ”
"Chief helmsman, I know the road here, I'll take you there!" , Wei Chunhua said while beckoning Zhuang Ding to prepare the horse.
"Ninth brother, you are newly married Yan'er, or stay at home to accompany the bride more, we can just do these things!" , the dustless Taoist stopped Wei Chunhua with a smile.
"That's it, just go and accompany the little junior sister, and leave the matter of leading the way to me!" , An Jianxiong took the initiative to lead the way.
Chen Jialuo took Dustless Dao Chang, Lu Feiqing, Chang's Shuangxia and Zhang Jin to follow An Jianxiong out of the door, and Li Yuanzhi thought about it and led a horse to follow the master. The road leading to Anxi City in the pass has been traveled a few days ago, and there is no other suitable ambush location except for the old site of Yumen Pass, but the old site of Yumen Pass is too close to Anxi City, and if it takes not long for the garrison in the city to be ambushed there, it will not be long before the garrison in the city will find out, so they have to abandon this place.
Ran more than 100 miles along Anxi City in the direction of the Tianshan Mountains, until it was dark and everyone finally found a suitable ambush point, where the road was close to the mountain rocks, and the other side was the river, and the road only allowed two horses to go in parallel.
"Hey, it's a pity that no matter how you make it, there are only about 200 people on your side!" , Chen Jialuo sighed, besides, most of these people are Jianghu men, if it is not a problem to deal with three or five soldiers one-on-one, but it is not easy to say when they are in battle.
"Brother An has been in Anxi for many years and is familiar with Anxi affairs, I want to ask Brother An to help me find something, I don't know if it?" After walking on this trail a few times, Chen Jialuo had a plan for how to deal with the battle.
"But at the command of the helmsman!" , An Jianxiong replied briskly, "But I don't know what the chief rudder is?" ”
Anxi is very close to the Yumen oil field in later generations, and the people here have long had a history of oil exploitation, as early as the Tang Dynasty when the Turks attacked Jiuquan, the defenders in the city used oil to burn the Turkic siege equipment and defeated the Turkic attack; Since you don't have the strength to rob the grain and grass, then just burn it!
"The helmsman is talking about oil?" After listening to this, An Jianxiong patted his chest, "Please rest assured, I will take someone to find it!" ”
In the next two days, Chen Jialuo led people to sweep the large and small shops in Anxi City, whether it was large or small wine jars, as well as oil tanks, salt tanks, and vinegar jars, all of which were bought!
When they were ready, the army that escorted the grain and grass also arrived in the city of Anxi; The crowd led their subordinates together seventy or eighty horses, and one man and one horse hurried to the ambush site with the materials and weapons for arsoning; This time, except for An Jianxiong, none of the people in Tie Dan Zhuang brought it, firstly, Wei Chunhua had just gotten married, and it was too unkind for the couple to go into battle, and secondly, Tie Dan Zhuang would also be used as an intelligence station, and if it was discovered by the people of the Qing court, the gains would outweigh the losses.
Wei Chunhua didn't agree at first glance, and said that Chen Jialuo used the identity of the chief helmsman to suppress it for a long time; The group hid behind the mountain for two days, in order to prevent the enemy from discovering it, and did not even dare to start a fire; On this day, I saw the smoke and dust rising in front of me from a distance, and the dustless road chief came back and reported, "Chief helmsman, the Tartars have arrived ten miles away, we should be ready!" ”
"Well, give the order to go down, leave ten men to guard the horses, and the rest of them take refuge on the top of the mountain with fire oil!" , a large group of people silently climbed to the top of the mountain, put the fire and oil in preparation for battle.
"Pass the order, don't act rashly, let a few of them go!" , The generals led by the other party have a lot of experience, and when they saw that the trail in front of them did not directly lead a large group of people into it, they released three batches of horses in a row, and checked back and forth several times, but fortunately, Chen Jialuo had already prepared, and the horses did not find the location where the Red Flower Society heroes were hidden.
But then the Red Flower Society was a little dumbfounded, after making sure that there was no ambush, the general divided the team into three teams, the first team was about to enter the trail when the second team did not move, it seemed that the plan was to pass by one team. In this way, it seems that Chen Jialuo and the others can burn up to one-third of the other party's grain and grass.
Just as everyone was thinking about countermeasures, the end of the Qing army suddenly became chaotic, "It's the ninth brother and the ninth brother and sister!" Chen Jialuo saw from a distance that two horses rushed into the ranks of the Qing army and began to slash, and after a while, they were surrounded by a large group of people and horses.
"The people who have already entered continue to move forward, and they will come back before they have entered!" , A herald of the Qing army shouted loudly, the riot that the Qing army had just risen was pacified by him, the team that entered the trail in front began to speed up, and the men and horses in the rear began to gather in formation.
Something that is not enough to achieve and more to lose! Seeing that the two people were encircled, Chen Jialuo was speechless angrily, the rash actions of these two people not only disrupted their own arrangements, but then they had to go over to save them! If it weren't for the fact that Iron Gall Village was still useful, I would have killed you! Next, it's time to clean up the Red Flower Club!
"Smash all the oil canisters down and set them on fire! Second brother, fifth brother, sixth brother, let's go save people! The others rushed down after setting fire, remembering that if you can smash the cart, you won't kill the horse, and if you can kill the horse, you won't kill anyone! After speaking, Chang's twin heroes hooked the rock with their flying claws and took Chen Jialuo and the dustless dao chief to fall, snatched four horses and rushed to the direction where Wei Chunhua was surrounded.
Looking at Chen Jialuo who was far away, Li Yuanzhi clenched the sword in her hand, gritted her teeth and fell down the flying claws left by the Chang Shuangxia, and also grabbed a horse and chased in the direction of Chen Jialuo! It seems that someone in front of him has been off the list, so he added more and released it.