Chapter 433: Capturing the Jiangyou Camp Looking for the veteran Yan Yan
"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger, and make contributions, at this time!"
Xu Shu said, wrapped his hands in cloth, grabbed the rope and slid down the hillside. The protruding rocks kept hitting his legs, back, and arms, but fortunately there was some protection from rattan and felt shirts, so as not to break his muscles and bones, but the bruises must be unavoidable.
Xu Shu took the lead, Xu Chu followed, there were many ups and downs along the way, but the overall went smoothly. After the good news of Xu Shu and Xu Chu's "safe landing" came from below the Motianling, the morale of the Nanyang soldiers on the Motianling was suddenly greatly boosted. They all followed the example of Xu Shu and Xu Chu, wrapped in rattan, wrapped strips of cloth in their hands, and slid down the ridge along the rope and rattan. Tens of thousands of people walked in a row, like a divine soldier descending from heaven. Of course, the middle broke suddenly because the rattan was overwhelmed, and unfortunately dozens of people were damaged, and the overall situation was considered smooth. The most difficult Ferris Ridge, passed!
After descending the Motianling, it took a lot of time for the soldiers to recollect weapons, armor, grain and grass, etc., and Xu Shu simply decided to set up a camp not far from the bottom of the ridge, and the whole army rested for a day.
In view of the fact that Zhang Ren's 20,000 army will take at least two days to reach Motianling, Xu Shu and Xu Chuyi together felt that instead of waiting, it would be better to take the lead in launching a surprise attack on Jiangyou, and take Jiangyou with lightning speed, which would also solve the current grain and grass crisis!
Jiangyou is located in the upper reaches of the Fujiang River, in the southeast of Longmen Mountain, 80 miles away from Mianzhu and 320 miles from Chengdu, which belongs to the rule of Deyang County. At present, Jiangyou has not yet built a city, but there is a military camp of considerable size. When Liu Yan set up the Jiangyou camp, it was mainly to resist the rebellion of the Qianwei clan, and he also arranged an army of 10,000 people. However, when Liu Bei failed to put Liu Zhang under house arrest and openly launched an armed rebellion, Jiangyou's army was also transferred to defend Chengdu. Liu Zhang was defeated, some of his soldiers were killed in battle, and some of them retreated to Hanzhong with Liu Zhang.
After Liu Bei took over Shuzhong, Qianwei was calm, and Liu Bei transformed Jiangyou into a transit station. Grain and grass between Chengdu, Guanghan, and Brazil counties are transited through Jiangyou, and even weapons and arrows sent to the Guanghan front line are temporarily stored here.
Guarding the Jiangyou military camp was Deng Xian, a general in Shuzhong. Deng Xian's personal martial arts are average, and his ability to command troops is also average, and the reason why he got the fat difference of Tun Shoujiang Oil is purely because he voted for Liu Bei relatively early. As a reward, Liu Bei handed over Jiang You to Deng Xian. Jiangyou is located in Shuzhong, there is a reckless mountain as a lean, there is a sword pavilion in front, and Jiamengguan is a barrier. Neither Deng Xian nor Liu Bei realized that the Jiangyou camp would be attacked by the enemy. Therefore, only 5,000 county soldiers were stationed here, and the defense was only thieves and homeless people in Shu.
In the early morning, as soon as the sky in the Jiangyou area was bright, a Nanyang elite soldier descended from the sky and appeared in the Jiangyou barracks. Xu Chu took advantage of the dawn, when the defenders' vigilance was at its lowest, and led a team of five hundred dead soldiers to kill the patrol and infiltrated the Jiangyou military camp. Before the Jiangyou defenders could react, they opened the gate of the main village. Xu Shu, who was ambushed around the camp, immediately sent 3,000 elite crossbowmen and 3,000 sword and shield men to support Xu Chu, while Xu Shu himself led more than 6,000 Nanyang soldiers to surround the Jiangyou camp, and not a single living thing was allowed to leave!
How could the unsuspecting Jiangyou defenders be the opponent of the elites of Nanyang? These county soldiers in Shu didn't know what a crossbow was, and under the sudden assault of Nanyang's elite, they suffered heavy casualties. I wanted to run, but I found that there were enemies everywhere outside the camp. Unable to escape, these defenders could only throw away their weapons and kneel to surrender.
The main general, Deng Xian, drank too much the day before and did not wake up from a hangover. The guards finally woke him up and made the situation outside the tent clear, Xu Chu had already broken into the big tent with an iron broadsword in his hand! Deng Xian didn't have time to resist, he was kicked over by Xu Chu and tied up.
"I surrender! I give up! Deng Xian shouted. Xu Chu ignored Deng Xian, tied Deng Xian into a zongzi with the method of tying pigs from the farmer, and carried Deng Xian to Xu Shu with a slip.
In less than an hour, the Jiangyou camp changed hands.
Deng Xianwen is not a martial artist, but he knows how to read people's faces. After seeing Xu Shu, he decided that the Confucian general in front of him with the temperament of a seven-point scholar was the main general of this heavenly divine army.
"The general spares his life! The villain is willing to surrender! ”
Xu Shu saw that this Deng Xian looked like a thief, not like a loyal person, and asked: "The enemy general reports his name and rank!" ”
Deng Xian hurriedly said: "The last general, Deng Xian, is a general under the command of General Liu Bei, and he is ordered to garrison the Jiangyou camp!" ”
"Deng Xian?" Xu Shu recalled carefully, there seems to be no such person among the famous generals in the Yizhou platoon, and it seems that he should be an unknown young general.
"Deng Xian, this general will ask you, how much grain and grass are there in the Jiangyou military camp, and how many weapons are there?"
"General Hui, there are 100,000 quintals of grain and grass, 10,000 swords, guns, swords, halberds, and 30,000 arrows." Deng Xian did not hesitate to report the data.
"100,000 quintals of grain and grass? How can you, a small Jiangyou military camp, have so many grain and grass weapons? Are you deceiving the general? Xu Shu was shocked, and continued to ask with excitement.
Deng Xian smiled bitterly: "How dare you be small!" You've come by a coincidence! It just happened that the military rations of Ba County and Shu County were all transported. If it's a few days later, it's gone. ”
Xu Shu asked, "Where will it be sent?" ”
Deng Xian: "Jiameng Pass the front line!" General Zuo has ordered people to come to collect it, but the men and horses have not yet arrived. ”
"What about the 10,000 knives, guns, swords, halberds, and 30,000 arrows?"
"It is also the ordnance that General Zuo ordered Guan Yu to raise in Shu County, and prepare to send them to the front line of Jiameng Pass."
And so it was! Unexpectedly, the raid on the Jiangyou camp also caught up with Liu Bei's heavy grain and grass! The emperor really lives up to his wishes! Xu Shu was excited in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face.
"Okay! Then you lead the way, and I'm going to inspect these supplies! ”
Deng Xian dared to refuse, obediently led the way in front, Xu Shu, accompanied by Xu Chu and others, looked through the huge granaries in the Jiangyou camp, and saw the mountains of grain and grass inside, Xu Shu couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh three times.
"Very good, Deng Xian! As long as you serve our army loyally, Ben will guarantee to ask for credit for you in front of the general in the future! ”
Deng Xian thanked him repeatedly, but his heart was full of pain, thinking: If I don't surrender, my head will fall to the ground, is there any other way to go?
"Deng Xian, I will ask you about the whereabouts of a few more people."
"General, excuse me."
"The first person, the county guards Yan Yan."
"Yan Yan? The general asked, but the former Bajun county guard Yan Yan, the old general Yan? “
"Exactly!"
After General Zuo defeated Liu Yizhou, he waved his troops to attack Ba County. General Yan had no hope of breaking through the siege, so in order to avoid the needless bloodshed of the children of Bajun, he surrendered the city. After the surrender, General Zuo wanted to reuse General Yan, but General Yan politely declined the invitation on the grounds of old age and frailty, and returned to his hometown of Bajun Linjiang to retire. “