Chapter 165, besieging the Wei family
Then, you must be proficient in horsemanship, good at technical attacks, you can charge on the horse, you can kill the enemy when you get off the horse, and you must have excellent skills when you step down immediately, so you can be regarded as a qualified Yanyun warrior.
The night grew darker, and the villages, the woods, the potholes, and the ditches, all seemed to fall into a mysterious silence at once.
Dark clouds cover the sky, and the air is very dull and oppressive, as if a storm is coming.
Sima Yi hurried to his father's study, and a dim candle flame was lit through the window lattice, the light flickered, illuminating a figure pacing anxiously, Sima Yi knew that his father had no one.
He knocked lightly on the door, and after a while, his father opened the door, glanced at him hurriedly, and hurriedly asked, "Did you hear any news?"
Sima Yi nodded and hurriedly entered the house, "Father, I just got the news that Zhang Yang sent troops overnight, there are more than 20,000 people, and the whereabouts are unknown, please make a decision." β
Sima Fang frowned, and pondered for a moment, "As expected, this Zhang Yang finally couldn't hold his breath, I have already received news yesterday, Hedong Wei Qi went to find Zhang Yang, Wei Qi just left on the front foot, Zhang Yang immediately sent troops, these two must be implicated, so it seems that Zhang Yang and Wang Yi may have secretly reached an agreement." β
Sima Yi nodded approvingly, "According to my father, what is their purpose?" Luoyang or Tongguan? β
"Zhao Yunqi attacked Tongguan before, and his father expected that something big would happen, no matter what Zhang Yang did, our family must plan sooner or later, so as not to be dragged down by Zhang Yang."
"Father, are you saying that Zhao Yun will take revenge?" Sima Yi's eyes widened suddenly: "Should he send troops to Hanoi?" β
"Hmph-"
Sima Fang sneered, and a trace of deep contempt flashed in his eyes, "Zhang Yang, this idiot, even if he doesn't send troops, Zhao Yun will not let him go sooner or later, and now he takes the initiative to provoke, but instead gives Zhao Yun an excuse to send troops, the mountain rain is coming, once Zhao Yun uses troops against Hanoi, the consequences are unimaginable, so we must pay close attention to Zhang Yang's movements, and at the same time hurry up to prepare, once Zhang Yang sends troops is unfavorable, we must do something." β
"According to my father, what is the chance of Zhang Yang?"
"Hmph-he, he doesn't know how to judge the situation, he doesn't measure himself, I'm afraid he doesn't even have the hope of thirty percent, you go down and prepare immediately, gather all the private soldiers in the mansion together, and stand by at any time, if Zhang Yang is defeated, there is no need to let him go back to the city."
Sima Fang is simply decisive, it is a matter of family survival, and he will never have any hesitation.
At any time, to keep the family, the Sima family will put it first.
In contrast, Wei Qi was much worse, instigating Wang Yi and Zhang Yang to send troops, Wei Qi thought that something big could be done, but he didn't expect that because of his blind optimism, it brought ruin to the family.
Xu Huang led 15,000 people, raided Anyi at night, Anyi's soldiers and horses were taken away by Wang Yi, and the rest were mostly old, weak, sick and disabled, and they were not vulnerable at all, Xu Huang attacked overnight, and before dawn, the banner of the Han army was hung high on the city tower.
While ordering people to clean up the battlefield, Xu Huang personally led people to rush into Wang Yi's home, the Han army was like a wolf and a tiger, and their bodies were stained with blood, like a messenger from hell who asked for their lives.
Xu Huang personally interrogated, "Said, why did Wang Yi suddenly raise troops, who instigated him, forgive him a little Taishou, and he didn't dare to be an enemy of my lord, there must be a behind-the-scenes promoter behind it." β
"Say-" Dozens of soldiers threatened in unison, and many family members were paralyzed with fright, and after a while, the housekeeper in the mansion stood up tremblingly, "General, I know...... The day before yesterday, Wei Qi of the Wei family came, and not long after he left, my family ordered all the people to leave Anyi. β
"The Wei family?" Xu Huang gritted his teeth hard, and two cold lights suddenly flashed in his eyes, "Hu Cai, Li Le listens to the order-"
"Inβ" The two of them shouted in response and dodged out of the ranks.
"Give you 3,000 men and horses, immediately surround the Wei family, and don't let any of them go."
"General, will you capture them alive, or will you kill them all?" Hu Cai asked puzzled.
"Hmm-" Xu Huang thought for a moment, "If it is disobedient, then don't be merciful, remember, no matter what, you must capture Wei Qisheng alive." β
"No-" The two of them responded violently, and immediately ordered people and rushed to the Wei family.
Wei Qi returned to the mansion, complacent, just had a little wine with a few brothers, and suddenly someone came to report "It's not good...... Oh no, there are a lot of officers and soldiers outside. β
Hu Cai and Li Le were galloping all the way, and without waiting for the Wei family to react, they surrounded the Wei family.
The people in the vicinity, after hearing the movement, were all frightened and closed their doors, and they didn't even watch the excitement, for fear of being affected.
After Wei Qi got the news, he was also taken aback, and several brothers gathered together to discuss, "Big brother, what should we do...... Do? β
"Panic what." Wei Qi's gaze swept coldly over their faces.
"But? A lot of officers and soldiers have come, and they have already surrounded the Wei family, I'm afraid it's ...... It's not good. β
"That's it, big brother, let's go out to greet you, don't provoke these fierce gods and evils."
"How many of them came?" Wei Qi asked sharply.
"About two or three thousand."
"What's the panic, there are five or six thousand private soldiers in our house, this is not Anyi, with many of us, we may not be able to break out."
Wei Qi was worried that Zhao Yun would retaliate, so instead of sitting and waiting to be killed, it was better to fight a way out, and he immediately asked people to gather all the private soldiers in the mansion together.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, all the wealthy families with a certain reputation and status raised a lot of dead soldiers, a few hundred people, many thousands, although the Wei family has declined a lot, the strength of private soldiers is still as many as five or six thousand.
However, although there are a lot of private soldiers, they have never been on the battlefield, and compared with the battle-hardened Han army, it is not half a star.
Hu Cai waited for a while, thinking that the Wei family would go out to greet him with interest, but seeing that there was no movement for a long time, he scolded impatiently, and then waved his hand, "Knock the door open for me!" β
Dozens of stout and mighty strong men came over, and they worked hard together, and the door of the mansion clanged, and after a while, with a loud thunderous sound, the gate was knocked down with a bang.
Hu Cai stepped in.
As soon as he entered the door, Hu Cai was taken aback by the scene in front of him, hundreds of black-clothed palace guards had already drawn their bowstrings.
"It's not goodβ" Hu turned around and tried to exit, but it was too late.
Whoosh - whoosh - whoosh!
Arrows rained down like a dense crowd, Hu Cai barely resisted for a while, but soon he was hit by four or five arrows, he roared angrily, roared, and before he died, he gritted his teeth and ordered, "Kill them all!" β