Chapter 431: Ambushed
"The last general, Chi Zhao, has seen General Su." Wei Chizhao respectfully knelt on one knee and saluted Su Shouxiang, ignoring that this place was by the river, and the ground was muddy.
"It turned out to be General Wei Chi, General Wei Chi, please get up, this time General Feng Daguan was ordered to take the position of the striker, and strive to take down Xu Jingye, a traitor, and all the rebels in one fell swoop, I don't know the specific situation of the rebels, General Wei Chi can find out clearly."
Looking at Wei Chizhao kneeling in front of him, Su Shouxiang was extremely proud in his heart, if Yu Chizhao did not follow Xu Jingye to rebel, his status would be above him, every time he saw Yu Chizhao, he would bow and salute, but now this figure who had just been on top was kneeling in front of him so grovelly, which made his self-confidence extremely inflated, and his ambition to climb up was even hotter.
"Back to General Su, through these days of investigation, all the situation of the rebel army, no matter how big or small, has been fully investigated, this is all the map of the rebels, please take a look at it."
After handing the small sheepskin in his hand to the guards beside Su Shouxiang, although Wei Chizhao did not continue to kneel, he still stood there respectfully, his waist bent as if he was a pot.
The external respect could not hide the resentment in Wei Chizhao's heart, of course, the object of his resentment was not Tang Jun, but Xu Jingye, who had been very kind to him.
It is precisely because of Xu Jingye that he has changed from a prominent court general to the current aggrieved life, and even whether he can stay with this life is unknown.
This is also why after being captured, Wei Chao swore not to surrender, and was finally hacked to death by Li Xiaoyi, and the head was shown to the public, but Wei Chizhao chose to surrender in order to survive, in addition to wanting to stay for his life, the bigger reason is the hatred in his heart, the resentment towards Xu Jingye.
"Good, good, good, hahaha, hahaha, great, with this picture, the camp of the rebels is no less than a chicken, it will be broken when touched, it seems that God is destined to let me wait to build such a great achievement, General Wei Chi, thank you!"
With the help of the light of a torch, Su Shouxiang could clearly see the content on the parchment, just like what Wei Chizhao said, it was the topographic map of Xu's camp and all the defenses.
The art of war has a cloud: 'Know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles.' ’
With the whole picture, it is equivalent to saying that all the enemy's arrangements are as if they were in front of your eyes, so that you can take the lead in the deployment of troops, avoid the enemy's heavy forces, and raid the enemy's weak defenses, so as to divide the enemy and thus completely annihilate it.
It was exactly like this, seeing that a huge military merit was about to be easily obtained, Su Shouxiang also forgot the identity of Wei Chizhao's general, and happily patted him on the shoulder and praised loudly.
"It's destined to be certain, but it's not destined for you to establish meritorious deeds, but it's destined for you to die here, not only if you are, but these innocent soldiers will also be affected by you, and die tragically here, 'poor and uncertain riverside bones, still a person in a spring boudoir dream', it's a pity, after today, I don't know how many families are white, how many families wear filial piety!"
A voice resounded abruptly here, in the dead of night, making people feel extremely terrifying.
"Who, who, who is speaking, law enforcement officer, immediately investigate, who dares to disobey the military order, after finding out, executed on the spot."
Su Shouxiang roared angrily, but as soon as he finished yelling, he was a little stunned.
"Hahahaha, a small commander of the rear army, what a great official, it seems that the demon woman is in power, and there are so many traitors and villains like you in this court." The voice continued.
With the sound of the voice, at the same time, countless command torches were lit not far away, and the mountains were all over the mountains, and in the blink of an eye, the place that was originally pitch black suddenly seemed to become daylight.
"This, this, this....... What's going on, what's going on, Wei Chizhao, didn't you say that your identity was extremely secret, and no one found out, you said, you tell so-and-so, what the hell is going on, are they all here to travel at night. ”
Su Shouxiang, who had already realized that something was wrong, raised his hand to grab Wei Chizhao, who was not far from him, and asked sharply.
It's a pity that Wei Chizhao has long been like crazy, shaking his head while muttering "Impossible, this is an illusion....... etc.
"Waste, what a waste........"
Throwing Wei Chizhao away, Su Shouxiang scolded angrily.
"Boss, what do you think we're going to do now, aren't ..........?"
"What is it, the enemy is now, why don't you let them go ashore and line up soon, can you just watch the enemy kill you?"
Although Su Shouxiang was frightened, he was not too flustered, in this situation in front of him, the best way is to quickly form a formation and defend, they only have other plans if they stabilize their position, whether they are fleeing or waiting for rescue, they have confidence, if they can't defend and are scattered by the enemy, it will be completely finished, and then a group of rabble, the end is to be slaughtered by the enemy like cattle and sheep.
"Woo, woo, woo........"
Su Shouxiang has experience, Xu Jingye is not a novice, just after Su Shouxiang's order was issued, a horn to prepare for the attack slowly sounded in the Xu army, in the vast night, the horn sound was transmitted very far away.
"It's not good, hurry up, let the soldiers on the shore quickly form a formation, don't come over the soldiers who didn't go ashore, return to the other side immediately, go, go."
The sound of the horn made Su Shouxiang's face turn pale, judging from the preparation of Xu Jingye and Xu Jun, he knew that Xu Jingye and Xu Jun must have been prepared for a long time, just waiting for them to enter the trap, although he didn't know how the news of their sneak attack tonight was leaked, but he knew that if the five thousand forward battalions led by him were all lost here, even if he finally defeated Xu Jingye's rebels, his career would be completely finished, not to mention being promoted, not to be beheaded, and the whole family would be exiled.
"Kill, kill, hack them."
Su Shouxiang is order had just been exited, and a shout of killing rose to the sky, followed by sharp arrows like rain.
"Puff Puff ........"
The sound of sharp arrows entering the flesh was exchanged for screams.
Su Shouxiang's night attack was originally the attacking side, therefore, he didn't carry many shields, even the only shield was only a thin leather shield, and it was okay to protect some close-range knives and spears, but in the face of powerful bows and crossbows and arrows, there was no way, just like a steel needle piercing tissue paper, stabbing and breaking, the Tang soldiers hidden behind them leaked under the rain of arrows, and composed a cruel symphony with their lives.
"Don't, help, help!"
"Hide, hide."
"Don't be crowded, don't crowd, jumping into the water at this time is a dead end, we must unite and rush into the enemy's position, only then will there be a way to live."
.................
In the face of death, all the shortcomings that are usually hidden under various human nature are exposed.
Some people slumped on the ground, praying for help in a miserable voice, while others ran around like headless flies, hoping to find a place to hide, but unfortunately, this is by the river, not to mention a place to hide, not even a big stone, and the water is sand.
Not everyone is panicked in the face of death, and there are some people who are experienced in combat or have reason to choose the most appropriate way, but unfortunately, these people are a minority after all, even if they have a way, they can't do anything in the face of such a group of irrational companions.
"It's over, it's over, it's over............... Hahaha, God, why are you so ruthless! ”
Looking at that chaotic scene, Su Shouxiang couldn't help but smile bitterly and shouted to the sky.
.......................
"What the hell is going on, what's going on, why are they being discovered, didn't they go to surrender, why did Xu Jingye find out in advance, and sat down in advance to prepare, you say, what's going on."
On the other side of the river, because he was too worried about the result of the night attack, Li Xiaoyi did not return to the big tent to rest, but kept standing by the river, quietly observing the situation on the other side, originally thought that this sneak attack would be a thing that was unaware of the ghosts, and when it was dawn, he would be able to smoothly see Xu Jingye's head tied up or Xu Jingye in a wooden box, but the reality slapped him hard.
In the face of the angry Xu Jingye, many Tang Army generals did not dare to speak, even if the generals had some ideas in their hearts, they were afraid that they would be angered, so they kept silent, and for a while, it seemed extremely quiet here.
"Say, you all tell so-and-so, what the hell is going on, so-and-so want to know what you think."
The silence of everyone stimulated Li Xiaoyi even more, and the anger in his heart burned even more.
It's no wonder that Li Xiaoyi is so angry, after seizing Duliang Mountain some time ago, although the whole army was proud, many people secretly said that the Tang army was able to achieve such results, relying on the wisdom of Wei Yuanzhong, the supervising army, to become like this, which made Li Xiaoyi, the master of the first army, extremely ugly.
This is also why when Wei Yuanzhong reminded him at the beginning that people were waiting for the right time, he would be so disgusted, so after getting Su Shouxiang's night attack plan, he spent a lot of manpower and material resources to realize this plan.
Even in order to praise this plan, Li Xiaoyi personally explained it to many generals, and finally began to implement it.
But I didn't expect that this plan created by myself was not as beautiful as I thought, and his thousands of elite soldiers were discovered by the other party as soon as they arrived on the other side, and even the other party had already known about this plan and prepared in advance, which can be said to have caused him a big loss of face.
"Strategist, in your opinion, what should we do now." In desperation, Li Xiaoyi deserved to put down his face and asked Wei Yuanzhong for help.
No wonder Li Xiaoyi can pull his face, from the current point of view, not only can the plan to surrender the Xu army be completed, but even these 5,000 elite soldiers will face the danger of annihilation, in this case, the imperial court will definitely know that the loss of thousands of elite soldiers, even if he finally exterminates the rebels, will be punished.
Hearing Li Xiaoyi's inquiry, Wei Yuanzhong shook his head, and with great difficulty, he squeezed out a sentence and said, "Back to the general manager, from the current situation, the enemy must have prepared in advance, and if you want to save the lives of those thousands of soldiers, there are only two, either we will immediately send troops to rush over and have a big fight with the Xu army, and the other is to collect ships and save the soldiers with all our might, but this is ........"
Before Wei Yuanzhong's words were finished, everyone somewhat understood what he wanted to say, speaking of which, the two methods Wei Yuanzhong said were unachievable, so he had no way, and now they could only watch Xu Shouxiang and thousands of elite soldiers die on the other side.
"Niangniang, Your Majesty, the minister is ashamed, the minister is wrong!"
..................
After several rounds of arrow rain, the Xiaxi River was full of corpses of Tang soldiers, and with the rain of arrows on their bodies, it looked like flowers, but unfortunately not many people could see this cruel situation.
"Whoever comes, pass on the order of the capital, the whole army will attack, and kill all the enemies."
Xu Jingye was wearing a big hat, looked at the scene in front of him, and said unmoved.
"No.........."
"Kill, kill, kill....."
After receiving the order, the Xu army soldiers and archers immediately stopped shooting blindly, but turned into professional snipers, aiming at suitable targets to kill, while those soldiers who had been waiting for a long time took their respective weapons and launched a charge against the remnants of the Tang army.
"Click"
A stout Xu Jun rushed to the front, and his opponent, a Tang Jun who was half a head lower than him, had long been stunned by the rain of arrows just now, and in the face of his attack, he had no power to fight back.
This young man was just the beginning, and then more Xu troops rushed to the river, facing the Tang army that had been crowded into a ball, and began a crazy slaughter.
In the face of the massacre, many Tang troops began to resist, but the result was still the same, the sergeants who could not form a military formation were also strengthened by ordinary people, and in the face of countless enemies, they could only be killed.
"Puff, puff"
At this moment, in addition to fighting to the death, there is only a way to survive by jumping into the river, of course, this will also be until you can swim across the wide river and reach the other side.
The weather in November can be described as dripping into ice, because of the large flow of water in the river, there is no freezing, but his water temperature is still very low, not to mention that it is still late at night, let alone people, even polar bears may have to adapt to a while, therefore, although there are many soldiers who want to escape from the river, but there are not many who can really swim away, and many people are jumping into the river and have not surfaced.
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