Chapter Eighty-Nine: Dangerous Moves

Liu Zixuan said angrily: "This old man turned out to be so vicious, he wanted to harm us again and again, he knew that he shouldn't have saved him in the first place, just let him be burned to death by Lin Peiyuan's fire." ”

Wang Lun persuaded: "General Liu is talking angrily, where did we save Tian Yulong at that time, but we just saved him by the way when we saved the second prince." General Shi, what are you planning to do now, are we really going to attack Yulin City? ”

Shi Luosheng nodded and said: "I'm afraid it won't work if you don't attack Yulin, although Tian Yulong is digging a pit for us, but this is indeed the only way to relieve the siege of Cangwu without reinforcements at present." Yulin City currently has only 5,000 defenders, and after Wan Hailong was transferred out, there are no generals in the city to defend the city, and the soldiers and horses are in the hands of Yulin City's Taishou Ma Wanli. Ma Wanli is a civilian official and does not know anything about military affairs, if we can find a way to sneak to Yulin City, there is still a chance to take it down. ”

Wang Lun pondered for a while and said, "Now that the general has made up his mind, the first problem we have to solve is how to reach Yulin City without being discovered by the Qin army. If Tian Yulong can recruit young people to join the battle tomorrow, at least in terms of numbers, Wan Hailong will not be able to find that there are 5,000 fewer people in the city for the time being. However, as soon as the two armies came into contact, it would take three to five days at most, and Wan Hailong would find that there was a problem with the combat effectiveness of this group of young and strong people, so he guessed that someone had led troops out of the city. In other words, we must bypass all the defenses of the Qin army to reach Yulin City and take it within five days. Otherwise, as soon as the five days passed, Wan Hailong found the abnormality and told Li Peifu, Li Peifu led his troops back to the city again, and attacked the defenders in Yulin City inside and outside, and Yulin City may be our burial place. ”

Shi Luosheng said: "Originally, I planned to go to Yuyang County first, and then go all the way north to bypass Li Peifu's camp, but such a detour will take at least eight days even if it is a rapid march, and if you want to reach Yulin within five days, you can only pass through Li Peifu's camp directly." ”

Liu Zixuan was shocked: "You're not kidding, right, passing directly through Li Peifu's camp?" It's too late for us to hide from him, why do we take the initiative to find the door, isn't this looking for death? ”

Wang Lun shook his head and said: "This is not looking for death, it is indeed a good way to pass directly from Li Peifu's camp, Li Peifu's camp is only a day's journey from Yulin City, and it is precisely because of the short distance that the grain and grass of the Qin army are directly supplied from Yulin City." Every five days, Yulin City would send a force to escort grain and grass to Li Peifu's camp. Recently, because Wan Hailong is going to attack Cangwu, this grain transportation team will also supply grain and grass to Wan Hailong's troops at the same time. Tomorrow is the day of transporting grain, and our opportunity is also here, Wan Hailong's troops are forty miles away from Li Peifu's camp, so we will ambush them on this road, and wait for the grain transport team to finish transporting grain, and ambush them on the way back from Wan Hailong's troops. As long as they can be wiped out, and then change into the clothes of Qin soldiers, disguised as a grain transport team, they can swagger past Li Peifu's camp, and they can also use the identity of the grain transport team to take Yulin City effortlessly. ”

Shi Luosheng echoed: "What Mr. said is exactly what I think in my heart, the number of this grain transport team is about 3,000 people, and it is not a big problem for us to take down all of them, the key is not to let one go." Tomorrow, Zixuan and I will each lead a force to ambush on the left and right, and Mr. Wang will set up a defensive line in front with a thousand crossbowmen, and shoot all those who want to escape. ”

After the three of them formulated a plan, they quietly bypassed Wan Hailong's station with 5,000 people and ambushed the Yulin grain transportation team.

Besides, Tian Yulong of Cangwu City, after Shi Luosheng left, went to look at Xiao Yu, who had not woken up yet, sighed, and then called Xu Wenzhe into his room. The two chatted in the room until the second half of the night, and Xu Wenzhe quietly walked out of Tian Yulong's room and went straight out of the city. Tian Yulong's expression became more solemn after Xu Wenzhe left.

On the second day, as Shi Luosheng expected, the grain transport team of Yulin City supplied Li Peifu and Wan Hailong's troops with grain and grass respectively and then began to return to Yulin City by the same route. After walking more than ten miles, this unsuspecting grain transport team was ambushed by the Song army.

Shi Luosheng and Liu Zixuan suddenly killed from the left and right directions, and Liu Zixuan stared at the captain in charge of the grain transportation team from a distance, and rushed into the enemy formation with a fast horse, and rushed to the captain. The lieutenant was under his command, and he was already panicked when he encountered an ambush, but now he saw Liu Zixuan rushing towards him, and he was about to ask. I saw that Liu Zixuan had jumped high from the war horse, and he had already jumped in front of him, the captain was caught off guard, Liu Zixuan raised his knife and cut off the captain's head with a knife.

Liu Zixuan picked up the human head and hung it on his waist, flew on the horse, and carried a knife out of the battle, as if no one was in a place. Qin Bing was dumbfounded, and he was in chaos without a fight. Shi Luosheng took advantage of the situation and ordered the whole army to attack, and the Qin soldiers died countless people. Some soldiers who wanted to flee back to Li Peifu's camp were also shot to death with bows and crossbows by Wang Lun's troops who had been ambushed in front.

The battle started suddenly and ended quickly, and in half an hour, the Qin army was completely wiped out, leaving not a single living mouth. Shi Luosheng asked his subordinates to change into the clothes of the Qin army, because the Qin soldiers were only 3,000 people, Shi Luosheng handed over the remaining 2,000 people to Wang Lun, and said: "Zixuan and I went to attack Yulin, and Mr. led the remaining 2,000 people from Yuyang to the north, bypassing Li Peifu's camp, and coming to Yulin to join me." If Zixuan and I don't attack the city well, we have to trouble Mr. to pick us up. ”

Wang Lun understood Shi Luosheng's intentions, and said: "That's without further ado, Wang will take the first step on this journey, and the two generals should be careful on the road." In addition to Li Peifu, the general must be more wary of Tian Yulong. If the general can successfully take Yulin City, it will only relieve the siege of Cangwu City. At that time, Tian Yulong lost 30,000 people without an inch of success, and the general only used 3,000 people to take Yulin City, this comparison, Tian Yulong is only afraid that he will not be reconciled, I am afraid that he will collude with the Qin army to the death of the general. ”

Shi Luosheng's face changed, he just thought that Tian Yulong would attack him, but he really didn't think about colluding with Qin Jun. Wang Lun can guess like this now, it must not be without purpose, and Tian Yulong's personality can really do it.

Liu Zixuan's eyes widened and he said suspiciously: "It's unlikely, collusion with the Qin army?" This is treason, if he is discovered, even if he is one of the five great families, and His Majesty wants to kill him, no one will dare to speak for him. Although Liu Zixuan said that he didn't believe it, he still betrayed himself because of his lack of confidence in his tone.

Shi Luosheng said: "It's really hard for others to say, but Tian Yulong is absolutely possible, and we still have to guard against this." Now we have no way to retreat, we can only take Yulin City as soon as possible, and even if Tian Yulong and the Qin army collude, we can defend Yulin City for a few days. At that time, Mr. Trouble will inform my father-in-law and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and ask them to send troops to rescue us immediately. ”

After Wang Lun led the troops to leave, Shi Luosheng and the others also found the clothes and armor of the deputy Qin army to change into, and headed towards Li Peifu's camp.