Chapter 418: Discovered
Regarding Yan Ming and Duan Mu's bickering, Duan Jian and the others didn't pay too much attention to it, but put their minds on Xu Jun's camp.
Since knowing that Xu Jingye was preparing to rebel, Duan Jian has been thinking about how to maximize the benefits of himself in this counterinsurgency battle, helping Li Siwen defend Runzhou before, that was just the beginning of the plan, Duan Jian's real purpose was still to annihilate or defeat Xu Jingye's army.
But the army under Xu Jingye's command, even if most of them are young and strong who have just been recruited, there are still more than 100,000 of them, plus the military system of the Tang Dynasty, these young and strong people are about the same as the militia of later generations, but they have not fought in battle, and then after going south to Runzhou, and attacking Runzhou City, after the experience and running-in during this time, the Xu army, whether it is a general or a soldier, has slowly entered the state.
In this case, Duan Jian wanted to rely on the more than 10,000 people under his command to attack the Xu army, which was more than ten times his size, not a delusion, but a daydream.
Therefore, in this situation, Duan Jian couldn't help but think of a way, and this Xijin Gudu was an opportunity.
Xijin Gudu is close to the Yangtze River and the canal, so if you want to cross the river from here to the north, you can only use the ferry, without the ferry, Xu Jingye wants to go north, it is impossible, and, because Li Xiaoyi's troops are pressing, Xu Jingye also needs to cross the Yangtze River as soon as possible.
Duan Jian followed Xu Jingye's army all the way, and witnessed that it was on these ferries, as long as Duan Jian could destroy these ferries at this time, Xu Jun's desire to go north was probably not realized in a short period of time, which gave Li Xiaoyi's army a chance, when the time came, without Yangzhou and other places, even if Xu Jingye held more than 100,000 troops, it was just a tree without roots and water without a source, and without the Tang army's action, the Xu army would automatically fall apart.
In this way, Duan Jian can easily make meritorious deeds and get rewards, and he doesn't need to take too much danger.
It can be said that this opportunity is very perfect, for other people, this plan may have multiple loopholes, but for Duan Jian, who has Le Buping and Nighthawk, although it is difficult, there are still opportunities, but unfortunately, thousands of calculations, it is not as good as the sky, Duan Jian may not have imagined that all this will be noticed by Xu Jingyou, thus burying a hidden danger for himself, so that Xu Jingye is ready in advance.
"Ah Lang, is there something wrong, Le Langjun has been in for so long, but why is there no sound, is there something wrong?" Seeing that it had been in for almost two hours, but there was no movement in the Xu army's camp, Duan Shui couldn't help but ask.
"No, we all know behind the unevenness, and the nighthawks are also good at stealth ambushes, even after the first few movements, Xu Jun is on guard, so if there is any accident, there should be a response, it can't be so quiet, I'm afraid they are not ready, we are waiting well."
Before Duan Jian finished speaking, he suddenly heard a roar.
With the roar, the Xu army camp violently lit countless torches, illuminating the Xu army camp and the nearby places as if it were day.
"Oh no, something happened."
For a while, this idea immediately surged in the hearts of Duan Jian and the others.
"Lang Jun, what should we do now, Le Buping seems to have been discovered by them, are we preparing to attack and rescue them, or"
The first to speak was Zhou Xing, although Zhou Xing and Le Buping were the people who had been with Duan Jian for the longest time, but Zhou Xing's natural cold heart made him think about his own interests at any time, so after judging that Le Buping was discovered by Xu Jingye, he raised this question.
Although he had not finished his words, everyone understood the meaning of his inquisitive words.
"This"
Regarding Zhou Xing's inquiry, Duan Jian was a little hesitant.
"Hahaha, hahaha, good, good, it's really good, it's really a big harvest, everyone come to see, these people are indeed extraordinary, sneaking into our army's camp, like entering a no-man's land, if it weren't for my brother's strategy, I really couldn't find them, I'm afraid that the first few times our army was burned with grain and grass, baggage, or catapults were destroyed, they did it."
Looking at the group of black-clothed people surrounded by the army, Xu Jingye stood not far away under the protection of many guards and said with a smug smile.
"Congratulations to the Metropolitan Governor, these people should be under the command of that Duan Jian, if as expected, they are still the elite under Duan Jian's command, and now they have been captured by the Metropolitan Governor in one fell swoop, I am afraid it will make Duan Jian's heart ache, maybe it is not impossible to vomit three liters of blood because of this." Xue Zhongzhang took the opportunity to congratulate.
For Xue Zhongzhang's congratulations, Xu Jingye was even more proud, fortunately, there were still calm people next to him, Luo Bingwang said, "Governor, time is precious, we should find out the identities of these people as soon as possible, as well as Duan Jian's whereabouts, otherwise it will be worth the loss if we delay." ”
"Well, what the sightseeing said is good, come here, go up and persuade them to surrender, tell them that as long as they lay down their arms, surrender to XX, and tell Yu XX about Duan Jian's whereabouts, XX can not blame the past, and it is even possible to reuse them." Xu Jingye was a little disgusted by Luo Bingwang's ignorance, but he also knew that what Luo Bingwang said was good.
As soon as Xu Jingye ordered, a captain took the opportunity to run in front of the surrounded Le Buping, and shouted loudly, "You thieves, listen, my family's metropolitan governor said, as long as you can rest assured that your weapons will surrender and Duan Jian's whereabouts will be revealed, my family's metropolitan governor will not be guilty of the past, and at the same time, you can do it."
Before the captain's shouting was over, a scream came out of his mouth, and then he fell to the ground, and his soul returned to the underworld.
It turned out that just as he was shouting, a sharp arrow shot out silently from the Le Buping people, and it hit him in the neck with great accuracy.
"Tell you, who dares to say the word surrender, this is your fate, we are born as a person of the Tang Dynasty, and we are the ghosts of the Tang Dynasty when we die, a dignified husband, how can we surrender to a disloyal and unfilial person like you, if you want our lives, you will come over, if you want to surrender, it is impossible." A loud voice rang out from the man in black.
"Hmph, bastard, bastard, a bunch of dogs who don't know whether they are alive or dead, coming, coming, the archers are ready, shoot them, shoot them all to me, I want to see if it's their bones are hard, what's the hard edge of the knife of so-and-so." Looking at the captain who was shot to death, Xu Jingye, who seemed to have been slapped in the face, suddenly roared angrily.
Just when Xu Jingye mobilized the archers and prepared to shoot the members of the Nighthawk with random arrows, the Nighthawk was also discussing countermeasures.
"Leader, let's rush out, although there are Xu Jun's people all around, but with our skills, it will be easy to rush out when they don't react." Someone said.
"No, we can rush out, but don't forget, now that Manager Duan is around with a large army, after we rush out, Xu Jun will definitely follow us out, and then they will definitely find out the whereabouts of Manager Duan and the others, so that Manager Duan and the others will be in danger." Someone else said.
"Chief, no matter what, you should have a quick idea, otherwise, when the archers of the Xu army come, it will be too late to think about what to do." Someone urged.
Listening to the discussion of everyone in his ears, Le Buping's mind was in chaos, although Le Buping was good, he was not a resourceful person, and he could deal with some small things, but in the face of such chaotic things, his ability was a little weak.
After thinking about it for a long time, Le Buping didn't make up his mind, he wanted to break through, for fear of affecting Dao Duan Jian, but if he stayed behind, they would definitely die, to be honest, if it was when he went into the rivers and lakes alone before, he was still not afraid of death, and there was no difference between life and death, but during this period of time with Duan Jian, he saw all kinds of things that he had never even thought of, his horizons were broadened, and his mind was much more active, but at this time, he didn't want to die.
"Zuo Chuang, what do you think?"
Seeing that Xu Jun's archers had begun to assemble, Le Buping also knew that it was time to make up his mind, but he couldn't decide, and in desperation, he could only push the problem to Zuo Chuang, the former king of assassination, after all, with this period of contact, Le Buping found that Zuo Chuang was able to mix like a fish in water in the assassination world, which had something to do with his character and mind, so he paid more and more attention to Zuo Chuang, and even now, Zuo Chuang has become the person he is most accustomed to asking about solving problems.
"Hey, hey, don't worry, the king of assassination is not called in vain, the defense of many high-ranking officials and local heroes was much stricter than here, but he still escaped safely, this way to find a back road, how could a certain forget, although you relax, this back road has been found a long time ago, and you will definitely not lose a brother." Zuo Chuang said proudly.
"What, you've found a way out, there's a way, what's the way, hurry up and talk about it." Hearing Zuo Chuang's words, whether it was Le Buping or many members of the Nighthawk, their faces were happy, even if they all lived with knives licking blood, their lives would be lost at any time, but it was better to die than to live, if they could live, who would want to die.
"Hahahaha, look what it is."
Seeing that everyone was focusing their eyes on him, Zuo Chuang raised his hand and pointed behind them, and said to everyone.
The Nighthawks looked into the distance with Zuo Chuang's fingers, and they saw a thing that emitted a ghostly light, flashing in front of them, it was not somewhere else, but the Yangtze River water that was constantly flowing.
The place where Xu Jun camped was originally close to the Yangtze River, and the place where the ferry was parked was even closer to the Yangtze River, so the place where Nighthawk and the others were now located was the Yangtze River, and it was only less than ten zhang away from the Yangtze River.
"Zuo Chuang, what do you mean by this, what is there, there is nothing there except the Yangtze River, what is the way out there, it depends on whether you are stupid and talk nonsense."
didn't see anything, even if he was happy, no matter how good his heart was, he would inevitably be a little angry.
"Hahaha, Le Leader, you said that, but you are wronging so-and-so, so-and-so is visiting you for a retreat, you can't see it, how can you complain about so-and-so?" Looking at the angry Le Fuping, Zuo Chuang still replied with a smile.
"Hmph, what a way out, it's simply unreasonable, and you have no choice but to come up with this way to laugh at us." From the hope of disappointment, I am afraid that it will be difficult for anyone to accept, so someone said strangely.
"Well, yes, retreat, that's really a good retreat, we have been saved, we can live."
Just after everyone returned to their gloomy and godless situation, Le Buping didn't know what to think of, and shouted fiercely.
"Boss, you can't be hysterical, there is the Yangtze River, there is no way out." Someone said.
"Hahaha, yes, yes, the Yangtze River, the Yangtze River, the way out, the Yangtze River is the way out, why don't you understand, the Yangtze River is the way out!"
Le Buping shouted in surprise, and there was a feeling of incoherence between his words.
"Hmm"
The person who can be selected into the Nighthawk is not a fool himself, otherwise he would not have such a good skill, although the words of happiness are a little confusing, but there are some smart people who still get some inspiration from it, and then more and more people also understand Zuo Chuang's idea.
"That's right, how did we forget, this world is not only on the road, but also on the waterway, we here are all able to swim, now the Yangtze River water is also a bitter water period, the average of our water nature, swimming three or five miles is definitely not a problem, in this way, we don't have to worry about causing trouble to the head of Duan, and can survive, it is indeed the best way to retreat."
Someone finally told the truth of the mystery, and for a while, Nighthawk, who had been depressed and thought that he was going to die, instantly retaliated with infinite vitality, and compared to before, they were now even more energetic.
"Okay, without further ado, after the first team stayed, the others immediately moved to the riverside, and after entering the Yangtze River, they went directly downstream, and gathered five miles downstream, do you remember everything?"
"Come on, send someone to tell them, so-and-so give them another chance, if they are willing to surrender, so-and-so can not blame the past, otherwise, don't blame a certain ruthlessness, under the fire of ten thousand arrows, even if they regret it, it is too late."
When the archers surrounded the man in black, Xu Jingye opened his mouth and ordered.
It's just that Xu Jingye's words just landed, but the man in black suddenly made a move that surprised them, and they saw that they turned around and ran behind them in an instant, and it was where the turbulent Yangtze River water was sitting, and for a while, Nighthawk's strange behavior made all the soldiers of the Xu Army stunned.
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