In Changzhou, Wu Yue's army stormed the city again, Qian Wenfeng invested a lot of troops, and Changzhou City became a meat grinder, with one or two thousand people dying under the city every day, and countless wounded. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

While resisting, he sent someone to Chai Kehong for help, Wu Yuejun suddenly attacked, obviously something was wrong, Chai Kehong received the news, but did not send troops, and sent scouts, constantly patrolling, he felt, Wu Yuejun suddenly attacked, there must be some tricks, he decided not to respond to all changes.

Chai Kehong did not have support, so that Wei Kuangfu appeared to be weak, Qian Wenfeng stormed Changzhou at the same time, adopted a strategy of harassment, the whole camp beat drums day and night, and set up a place for drums outside the city of Changzhou, every day the drums rumbled, so that many people did not rest well.

Wu Yue's army attacked the city during the day, beating drums at night, making chickens and dogs restless, for several days. Not only did the Tang soldiers have blue eyes, but the Wu Yue soldiers also had poor rest, and their eye circles were dark.

"Tonight, tonight." Qian Wenfeng stood at the gate of the camp and looked at Mingyue. Tonight's moon is exceptionally bright, and the ground seems to be covered with a layer of silver sand, and the surroundings can be seen quite clearly.

Qian Chengli was behind his father, narrowed his eyes, looked at Mingyue, and said, "Father, do you really want to leave?" ”

"Go, how can you do it if you don't go? The troops in Hangzhou are empty, if the Tang army lands, Hangzhou and Mingzhou will inevitably be terrified, and I must withdraw my troops, otherwise Hangzhou is very likely to fall into the hands of the Tang people. Qian Wenfeng was full of worries, Hangzhou was short of troops, and once the Tang army besieged the city, the country would inevitably be shaken.

He had to rush to Hangzhou as soon as possible to prevent the Tang army from landing and waiting for an opportunity to recover Zhoushan, so he was anxious and rushed back to Hangzhou. In the past few days, he has continued to attack the city, creating a false impression that he is still aiming to attack Changzhou, but in fact, Qian Wenfeng wants to advance as a retreat, and the night is good tonight, and the soldiers can see the road clearly, which is a good opportunity to retreat.

In order to prevent the soldiers from seeing the road clearly, Qian Wenfeng made an arrangement, the soldiers with good eyesight walked in front, and the soldiers behind grabbed his shoulders and lined up one by one. The soldiers of Wu Yuejun wore white cloth on their shoulders for easy identification.

Qian Wenfeng knew that if he slipped away tonight, the stakes were very high, and Tang Jun might be aware of it. Regardless of whether the Tang army found out or not, Qian Wenfeng would make preparations with both hands, he asked his henchmen to take a few cavalry to reconnoiter around, and the second son Qian Chengli led 3,000 elite soldiers to break the rear.

The soldiers of the Wu Yue Army threw away a large amount of grain and grass, and only brought a small amount of gold and silver, Qian Wenfeng looked at the mountains of grain, and sighed, these grains could not be taken away, if they were burned, they would also attract the attention of the Tang soldiers, so he could only leave them to the Tang Army.

In the night, the soldiers of the Wu Yue army marched all the way to the south, and the camp of the Wu Yue army was still rumbling with drums, which seemed to be very lively.

"Straight thief, do you still let people sleep?" Tang army camp, Chai Kehong turned over and sat up, I don't know what is going on tonight, the drums in the Wu Yue army camp are particularly loud, and the ground is slightly shaking, which makes people not sleep well at all.

A personal soldier came in with tea and said, "General, Wu Yue people seem to be crazy." ”

"Humph!" Chai Kehong picked up the tea, watched the mist swirl up on the tea leaves, and pursed his lips to think. Wu Yue people don't seem to be crazy, but they are already crazy, how can people in the world fight like this, he can understand the drumming at night, but this kind of drumming, only harassing the enemy, how can there be drums in their own camp? Isn't it bad to let yourself rest?

Chai Kehong scratched his head, he felt that something was wrong, after drinking two sips of tea, Chai Kehong stood up and paced in the big tent with his cloak, the cold wind was blowing outside, this year's winter is not too cold. Chai Kehong paced for a while, and suddenly, he sensed something, and hurriedly said, "Order the generals to come to the big tent to see me." ”

The soldiers were stunned for a moment, but they still nodded and hurriedly went out.

Chai Kehong put on his leather armor, paced and thought about it, and asked his soldiers to invite his allies Zhou Ye and Yao Feng, and their camp was not far from him, only more than three miles away. The subordinate generals all arrived first, and when they saw Chai Kehong's solemn appearance, they didn't understand what was going on.

Chai Kehong didn't rush to speak, but waited, if his conjecture was true, he would definitely lead his troops to pursue, but his subordinate cavalry was limited, and Zhou Ye and Yao Feng had a certain number of cavalry, which could give him a lot of help, so he needed to wait.

At night, the cold wind blew whirring, although Changzhou is located in the south of the Yangtze River, it is not very cold, but at this time, it is obviously not a good time, Zhou Ye came with more than a dozen personal soldiers, he knew that at this time, Chai Kehong sent someone to invite, there must be something. As for Yao Feng, he didn't come.

Chai Kehong hesitated, Zhou Ye is a strong general, and he is relatively close to King Yan, Chai Kehong also has some friendship with King Yan, and the two knew each other when they were in Xuanzhou. Chai Kehong invited Zhou Ye to a seat and asked people to send tea.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have thought about it repeatedly, the actions of Wu Yuejun in the past few days are really abnormal, and in my opinion, it is very likely that Wu Yuejun will retreat in the next two days." Chai Kehong said.

"How so?" Zhou Ye took a sip of hot tea, took the time to ask, and then continued to drink tea.

Chai Kehong smiled and said, "General Zhou, I got a secret report from King Yan that Qian Wenfeng retreated, and there is a reason. ”

Zhou Ye drank several sips of tea, his body warmed up a little, he remained silent and asked, "What is the news from King Yan?" ”

Chai Kehong hesitated slightly, if Yao Feng was here, he would definitely not say this matter, but since it was Zhou Ye who asked again, it would be fine: "General Zhou, a few days ago, King Yan got a news that Yang Lian made a surprise attack, went south with a naval division, occupied Zhoushan in one fell swoop, and threatened Wu Yueguo Mingzhou, Hangzhou and other places. ”

As soon as these words came out, Chai Kehong's subordinates were all taken aback, and everyone looked surprised, and almost at the same time, they started to discuss. The Tang army captured Zhoushan and threatened the hinterland of Wu Yueguo, although the credit was taken by Yang Jiedu, but Qian Wenfeng's side, it is impossible not to react, if Qian Wenfeng retreats, nine times out of ten is to support Hangzhou, Suzhou and Xiuzhou are very likely to be empty, if they can take this opportunity to pursue, at least they can get some credit.

Zhou Ye narrowed his eyes, looked light, and said, "So General Chai thinks that Wu Yuejun will retreat?" ”

"There's a big possibility." Chai Kehong said.

Zhou Ye thought about it carefully and said, "This is indeed very possible, what do you want to do, General Chai?" ”

"Pursuit, we must not let the Wu Yue people retreat calmly." Chai Kehong said.

Zhou Ye squinted his eyes, thought about it carefully, and said, "This is very good, but the drums of the Wu Yue army camp are very loud, so let's send someone to take a look first." ”

Chai Kehong responded, sent more than a dozen scouts cautiously approached the Wu Yue army camp, Wu Yue army camp, the lights are bright, you can also see the guard tower on the soldiers standing and patrolling, the Tang army soldiers observed a full half a pillar of incense time, found that there are many soldiers in the Wu Yue army camp, but motionless, immediately there are bold soldiers, slowly approached, open the bow and arrow, an arrow to shoot, the arrow to the person down, and did not make a sound.

Several Tang soldiers glanced at each other, stepped forward boldly, and found that in the wind, Wu Yue's sergeants were actually trembling, and a soldier had a whim and shouted, and the soldiers in the Wu Yue army's camp did not react at all.

There is fraud! The Tang soldiers stepped forward, looked carefully, and found that the soldiers of the Wu Yue Army were actually dummies, these Tang soldiers were quite bold and rushed in, only to find that the camp was full of dummies, but what about the drums?

The soldiers of the Tang Army went to look for it, only to find the source of the drum, and when the drum was put upright, a sheep was tied, and its hind hooves kept shaking, just hitting the drum. Several Tang soldiers knew that the situation was not good, and immediately rushed out of the camp and told Chai Kehong the news.

Chai Kehong listened, on the one hand, he sent people to take over the camp of the Wu Yue army, he knew that the Wu Yue people retreated, and the grain and grass could not be carried, so there must be a lot of food and property in the barracks, and on the other hand, he organized a group of cavalry and prepared to pursue. When he was about to leave, Zhou Ye also came, in addition to Yao Feng.

Yao Feng was woken up by Zhou Ye, since he had meritorious service, Yao Feng naturally would not give up, and the two brought more than 200 cavalry, plus Chai Kehong's department, close to 300 people. Three hundred men is not much, but it is enough to pursue and harass the enemy.

Three hundred cavalry turned over and got on their horses, Chai Kehong was young and vigorous, and personally led his troops to pursue, but Zhou Ye and Yao Feng stayed behind and ordered the cavalry under his command to obey Chai Kehong's orders.

Chai Kehong led his troops to pursue, and he was careful along the way, he knew that it was impossible for Wu Yuejun to retreat through the canal, so he must have taken the official road, so he went straight to the official road. The horse's hooves were wrapped in cloth, so the horse's hooves were not loud as they galloped all the way.

After chasing for half an hour, in front, Chai Kehong could faintly see someone moving, there was no doubt that this was Wu Yueguo's soldiers, at this time the moon was a little dimmed, Chai Kehong thought about it, and felt that since Qian Wenfeng wanted to retreat, it was impossible not to prevent it, and after thinking about it, he took the cavalry to make a detour to pursue and attack the front of Wu Yueguo, and these people in front of him should be the scouts of Wu Yuejun.

Qian Wenfeng rode on a war horse, his expression was solemn, tonight he played the drum with a yellow sheep, hoping to attract the attention of the Tang army, but everything had to be prepared, so he left three thousand elite soldiers in the rear army, enough to stop the Tang army that came to pursue. Wu Yuejun traveled all the way, walking more than ten miles, and his speed gradually slowed down.

Wu Yuejun continued to fight, and the physical exertion was also very large, and after rushing to the half-ring road, the physical exertion was even greater, and the injured soldiers were already panting, sweating profusely on their foreheads, and some could not support it. Qian Wenfeng encouraged the soldiers that only by returning to Suzhou first could the soldiers be safe.

At night, Wu Yuejun was like a long snake, marching towards the south. Qian Chengli was riding on a war horse at the rear, and from time to time scouts rushed to report, and there was no news from the Tang people in the rear, which made Qian Chengli gradually put his mind at ease.

The three armies walked for another hour, it was already midday, it was the time when people were most sleepy, the sky was still gloomy, the north wind was blowing, and the soldiers couldn't help but tighten their sleeves. Suddenly, in the still quiet night, Qian Chengli felt that something was wrong, and the birds in the distance suddenly flew up and hovered in mid-air.

In the middle of the night, the birds suddenly startled, someone must have passed by, Qian Chengli felt that it was not good, he went all the way, this situation rarely happened, he immediately led more than 20 cavalry to check.

At this time, on the edge of the forest, more than 50 Tang troops were ambushed on the side, they hurried all the way, detoured south, Chai Kehong led 200 cavalry to pursue, leaving 100 soldiers to intercept the rear wing army of Wu Yue's army.

The hundred cavalry were divided into two parts, and fifty hid on the edge of the dense forest and ambushed Qian Chengli. Qian Chengli came over slowly, and his very vigilant appearance attracted the attention of the Tang soldiers, and at this moment, only the sound of the bowstring was heard, and the arrow feathers shot over. In such a sky, Qian Chengli thinks that the best way is to shoot arrows, and if someone hides in the dark, they will inevitably come out.

Hearing the sound of the bowstring, the Tang army in ambush could no longer bear it, and shouted and killed, the cavalry charged in the night, they kept shooting arrows and feathers to fight back, in the dark, they couldn't see each other clearly, they could only shoot indiscriminately, and from time to time there were soldiers who screamed and fell.

"Kill!" A loud shout resounded in the sky, and soon the soldiers were fighting each other in this area near the canal.

Qian Chengli also had cavalry, and he had a certain amount of preparation, and the fight with the Tang army could be described as half a catty, and no one took too much advantage. During the fierce battle, Qian Chengli sent his own soldiers to inform his father and report the news of the Tang army's attack.

Qian Chengli didn't know that the personal soldiers he sent out were all intercepted and killed by the Tang army scouts, the purpose was to create conditions for Chai Kehong to sneak attack.

The distance between Wu Yue's army and the rear army was five miles, and such a distance could help each other in peacetime and avoid being flanked. It was this distance that gave Chai Kehong a chance, he didn't intend to look for an opportunity, and finally inserted a gap, two hundred cavalry slowed down and recovered their horsepower, and at the same time, Chai Kehong sent scouts to track down the location of Wu Yuezhong's army.

After a stick of incense, Chai Kehong got the news, and at this time, the slowly walking war horse also recovered a certain amount of strength, and he felt that it was time to attack. The war horse, which was wrapped in the hooves of the horse, hurried all the way, and the sound it made was not loud. By the time the sound of horses' hooves was enough to wake up Wu Yuejun, Chai Kehong was already less than a hundred steps away from Wu Yuejun.

These cavalrymen are sharp-eyed people, and they are more than fifty steps closer, they can already see that the Wu Yue soldiers are a little flustered, obviously, the sound of horses' hooves makes them unclear why, these people have finch disease, although they hear the sound of horses' hooves, but they can't see the road around them clearly, so they seem very flustered.

"Kill!" Chai Kehong shouted loudly, the cavalry arrows rained down, and Wu Yuejun, who was not in a hurry, suddenly became a target, and the cavalry's extremely large range of attacks made Wu Yuejun very embarrassed.

"Don't mess around, fight back!" Youdu shouted loudly, Wu Yuejun could have relied on the sound to fight back, but after the robe at the rear was attacked, they began to run indiscriminately, disrupting the robe in front, and the whole scene became very chaotic.

The chaos of Wu Yuejun gave Chai Kehong a very good opportunity, two hundred cavalry were like a sharp knife, inserted into the heart of Wu Yuejun, once the war horse ran, the unprepared foot soldiers could not resist at all, every time the Tang army swung the knife, the soldiers of Wu Yuejun were either killed or injured, and more and more people became confused. (To be continued.) )