Chapter 55: Night Attack
"Huh!" Li Zhenggu smiled bitterly, feeling extremely desolate in his heart, he didn't want to die yet, but what could he do if he didn't want to die? This dirt mountain is only more than 30 zhang in appearance, close to the north, is the surging Yangtze River, the sound of water continues to come, so that Li Zhenggu's heart fell to the bottom.
"Deputy Envoy Li is the backbone of this army, so he can't be discouraged. Tonight is the best time to break through, let the three armies rest first, and break through at the third watch, there should still be a glimmer of life. Gao Shensi said.
Li Zhenggu clenched his palms into fists, even if this hope was very slim, he had to give it a try. Li Zhenggu ordered to go down, except for leaving more than 30 people to inspect, the rest of the people seized the time to rest.
Zhu Kuangye pursed his lips, although he was a little resentful, he knew which was more important, thought about it, walked up to Li Zhenggu, and said: "Gao Tongjun is seriously injured, and he will attack tonight, let me fight this headline." ”
Li Zhenggu nodded and said, "In this way, there is Lao Zhu to lead the army." ”
The sun finally set, and the last of the afterglow disappeared from sight, and the moon bud climbed up and looked around coldly. Li Zhenggu did not feel sleepy, but raised his head and looked at the crescent moon in the sky, with mixed feelings. Like Yang Lian, he felt very strange, how could Qian Wenfeng know about today's retreat? Could it be that there is a mole? But it's impossible to think about it, under the military order, he forbade anyone to go out, how did the news get out?
Li Zhenggu thought about it, unconsciously yawned, and sat on the ground resting against a tree. Break through tonight, only succeed, not fail.
The war horse snorted lowly, and more than 200 Tang soldiers were dormant more than ten miles away from Shashan.
"This is a sand dune, about thirty or forty zhang high, and the scattered Tang army is hiding here. Although we don't know who is inside, looking at the appearance of Wu Yueren, it is very likely that Li Dashuai is here. Yang Lian held a branch in his hand and drew on the ground.
The temporary garrisons of Shashan and Wu Yuejun were all drawn by Yang Lian in a one-to-one ratio, and he was seen drawing and analyzing on the ground.
"The number of Wu Yuejun's maps is unknown, but judging from the size of the camp, there are at least a thousand people." Yang Lian said.
Chen Keyan narrowed his eyes and said in a low voice: "The Wu Yue army, which has more than a thousand people, has a fence, I'm afraid it will be difficult to break through." ”
Lin Renzhao groaned and said, "It's not that there is no chance if you plan carefully. ”
Chen Tie snorted coldly and said, "Even if there are more than a thousand people in Wuyue, I will kill them the same." ”
"Don't be reckless." Yang Lian waved his hand, signaled Chen Tie to be quiet, and said, "The news from the scouts that this group of Wuyue people is going to be stationed here. Maybe he felt that the Tang army in Shashan was already the prey in his mouth, or maybe he felt that it was inconvenient to attack at night. In any case, the Wu Yue people did not attack for the time being. ”
"Wu Yueren's plan should be to attack tomorrow, otherwise they will never build fences and other things on the spot, although there are more than 1,000 people, but we are not without opportunities." Yang Lian smiled, revealing his white teeth.
Chen Keyan saw that Yang Lian was full of confidence and seemed to be very sure, so he asked, "Does Brother Yang have any good ideas?" ”
"Yes, yes, but there are some risks." Yang Lian said.
"Brother Yang, please speak." Chen Tie said busily.
Yang Lian smiled strangely and said, "I'll wait for this way, there are a lot of corpses of Wuyue soldiers on the road, maybe you didn't pay attention, I asked people to collect a few pairs of armor." My plan is to put on these armors, sneak into the military camp of the Wu Yue people, set fire to the fence, and cause chaos among the Wu Yue people. Then, the cavalry came out in cover. Although we have few soldiers, if we are surprised, we still have a chance of success. ”
Chen Keyan pressed his left hand on the ground, stared at the scribbled map, thought for a moment, and said, "This method is good." ”
"What does Brother Lin think?" Yang Lian asked Lin Renzhao.
Lin Renzhao touched his chin and said, "This is the last chance." ”
Yang Lian glanced at everyone, no one objected, and then said: "You don't need more people to sneak in, just a dozen people, once you sneak in, look for opportunities to prevent fire." Brother Chen, if you see a fire in Wu Yue's army, you can rest assured that you can boldly lead your troops to kill. If you're lucky, you'll be able to kill with one blow and turn the situation around. ”
"Good!" Everyone nodded yes.
When the three armies were ordered, they first ate bread, drank water, and slept in their clothes. Only two dozen people were left to patrol the surrounding area. Yang Lian, Chen Tie, Lin Renzhao and others also seized the time to rest. Yueya climbed up to the middle of the sky, gradually slanting westward, it was when people were sleeping soundly, Yang Lian and Lin Renzhao were woken up by the soldiers, changed the armor of Wu Yueren, and tied a white cloth on their arms in order to let the friendly soldiers recognize each other.
"Brother Yang, be careful." Chen Keyan advised.
Yang Lian said with a smile: "Brother Chen, don't worry, this time it will definitely be successful." ”
The two shook hands, Yang Lian took Chen Tie, Lin Renzhao and more than a dozen other people, advanced in the night, the distance of more than ten miles is not short, rap compensation, and soon arrived outside the fence of Wu Yuejun, in order to prevent being discovered by Wu Yuejun, Yang Lian abandoned his horse and went down when he was only five miles away from Wu Yuejun.
Hiding in the shadows, Yang Lian and Lin Renzhao observed the situation of the Wu Yue people, after a day of fighting, the Wu Yue people should be sleepy, and there are not many torches in the entire station, which means that there are not many soldiers patrolling. Yang Lian observed, grabbed a handful of mud on the ground, and smeared his face.
"Let's go!" Yang Lian said in a low voice, stood up, and walked towards the Wu Yue station.
Everyone immediately stood up, and some of them even supported each other, pretending to be hurt.
Wu Yuejun's station was very quiet, and Yang Lian approached, only to find that many of the soldiers on patrol were actually asleep. Yang Lian waved his hand and laughed secretly in his heart, this is an opportunity given by God, and he must firmly grasp it.
As the distance got closer, everyone raised a heart to their throats.
Yang Lian narrowed his eyes and lightly moved, he found that Wu Yuejun's fence was indeed very poorly built, perhaps because he thought that the Tang army in Shashan was already a turtle in the urn, and in a short period of time, the Tang army could not react, so it was so casual. After all, there is a distance of at least two hundred miles from Changzhou to here, and even if the defeated troops flee back to Changzhou and report the military situation, the Changzhou guards will react, transfer troops, and deploy, it will take a day or two to do so.
Where do they want to get Yang Lian to take the unusual path and dare to come to a sneak attack with two hundred people?
Finally approaching the barracks, Yang Lian waved his hand, and was about to approach the fence, when a person appeared a few steps ahead, and the man shouted, "Who are you?" ”
Yang Lian smiled, pointed to the armor on his body, and said, "Who do you say we are?" ”
That person saw Yang Lian and the others wearing Wu Yuejun's armor, so he didn't shout loudly, but what made him wonder was how this group of people appeared?
Yang Lian didn't wait for the man to answer, and said: "Alas, I waited for the Tang people to pursue the vicinity, but I didn't expect to be ambushed by the Tang army, and the soldiers of this team were killed and wounded. It's really depressing. ”
The man looked stunned and said with a smile: "I see, if you follow General Gu, this kind of thing will not happen." ”
Seeing Yang Lian's somewhat stunned appearance, the man smiled again: "Do you know General Gu?" He is the grandson of the former warrior and warrior envoy. "Saying that, if you don't know the soldiers and horses of the warriors, you are an idiot.
Former martial arts and warriors know the soldiers? Yang Lian was stunned for a moment, his memory, a person's name jumped out, since his surname is Gu, he must have something to do with Gu Quanwu. Gu Quanwu is a famous general of the two Zhejiang, it can be said that Qian Biao's Wu Yueguo was built by him, and against Yang Wu back then, Gu Quanwu was the main force. In my impression, in addition to the defeat of Yang Wu's famous general Li Shenfu, Gu Quanwu maintained a complete victory over Yang Wu's famous general, and Yang Wu's famous general Tai Meng lost Suzhou under him; Tian Bao lost Jiaxing under him; Under his persecution, Qin Pei, the tiger general, ran out of food and lost Kunshan, so that Wu Yueguo controlled the vast area south of Suzhou from then on.
Yang Lian narrowed his eyes, Lao Tzu is a hero, and he doesn't know how much ability this general of the Wu Yue Army, as a descendant of Gu Quanwu, has his ability?
Seeing Yang Lian pondering, the man was about to laugh, but suddenly felt that something was wrong, and was about to speak, when Lin Renzhao, who was beside Yang Lian, grabbed it with an arrow, reached out to cover his mouth, and took out a dagger with the other hand, cut his throat, and took his life.
"Quick!" Yang Lian whispered, more than a dozen Tang soldiers took torches in the Wu Yue military camp, scattered and set fires, and killed many sleeping Wu Yue soldiers along the way. Yang Lian glanced around, and soon found that a big tent was much taller than the other tents, and immediately judged that it was the camp tent of Gu Quanwu's grandson, and immediately carried a long knife and ran over.
At this time, Wu Yuebing was sleeping soundly, and the sudden fire caught many people off guard, the raging fire frightened them, and the beating flames shook their eyes. Some people had just stepped out of the tent without knowing the truth, and they were hacked to death, their heads rolling down, and their eyes still wide open.
Yang Lian went straight to the main tent, and just walked over, he saw someone open the curtain and was about to come out. Yang Lian didn't say much, he raised the knife in his hand, slashed the man to death with a knife, pushed away the body that had not yet fallen, and Yang Lian strode in.
"Who?" There was a loud shout from inside.
On the soft couch, a person was hurriedly turning over and sitting up, Yang Lian saw it at a glance, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, and he raised his knife to kill him. Seeing that the situation was not good, the man hurriedly turned over and dodged, Yang Lian's knife was as tight as a knife, and he did not allow him a chance to resist at all.
While the two were fighting, one of them hurriedly barged in and said, "General, something is wrong, the Tang army is here!" ”
The general surnamed Gu was stunned for a moment, and was about to speak, when the long knife in Yang Lian's hand had already slashed over. He didn't have time to think about it, so he raised his arm to block.
"Ahh The general surnamed Gu screamed, blood spilled, and his arm fell, so painful that he hugged his arm and cried out in pain.
"General!" The soldier shouted, and was about to step forward.
As soon as the words fell, Yang Lian slashed out again and again, slashing the shoulder of the general surnamed Gu, and then chopped off his head with another knife.
"General!" The soldier's eyes were red, the general was dead, as a personal soldier, he was responsible, military law was not merciful, and he had only one way to die. He pounced with red eyes, even if he died, he would kill Yang Lian, there must always be someone on his back, right?