Chapter 13 Gao Ran beats the drum to disturb the enemy, opens his jaw and attacks at night
"What? It's been a day and a night since the scouts returned? ”
In the big tent of the Yuan army on the West Road, Yan Liang looked at his lieutenant Jiao Fu with a look of disbelief, and muttered to himself: "Aren't these bastards meeting mountain spirits and wild monsters, and their souls are hooked?" ”
Jiao Feng frowned and said: "Han Junbing Tun Yuan's clan, repairing the city wall, clearing the wilderness, putting on a posture of stubborn defense, there is no reason to hunt and kill our army scouts at this time!" ”
Yan Liang hesitated and said, "Could it be that you have encountered most of the enemy army?" ”
Jiao Yan shook his head and said: "It's unlikely, our army scouts have always been scattered, even if they encounter the enemy, it is impossible for no one to escape back to report the news!" ”
Yan Liang sighed and said: "Send more scouts, tell them to pay attention to safety, if there is disharmony, don't fall in love with the war, come back quickly and report it!" In addition, pass on my military order, immediately pull out the camp, speed up the march, and be sure to rush to the Yuan City before dark! There must be demons when things are impermanent, and when he arrives at the Yuan Clan's city, he is not afraid of any more conspiracies and tricks played by him Han Jun! ”
Jiao touched the order and left, but Yan Liang did not settle down. www.biquge.info instinct as a military commander told him that there must be a hidden danger in the killing of the scout. wanted to go to Guo Tu to discuss, but hesitated for a long time but gave up this plan. For Guo Tu, Yan Liang admired it before, and before leaving, Yuan Shao repeatedly told him to listen to Guo Tu's opinions more, so Yan Liang would ask Guo Tu's opinion on anything. But now, for Guo Tu, Yan Liang no longer has any hope, just a sour Confucian, except for saying something "Zhihu also", above the battle array, I am afraid it is useless.
During the Warring States Period, after Zhao destroyed Zhongshan Kingdom, Gongzi Yuan was named here, and Yuanshi County was named after it. Because it is located on the border of Zhao and Zhongshan, the city wall of Yuanshi County is very tall, more than six zhang. After Han Juntun soldiers in Yuanshi County, the city wall was strengthened and increased. Therefore, when Yan Liang saw the towering city wall of Yuanshi County from afar, he couldn't help but gasp.
The military order was like a mountain, and the Yuan army rushed all the way, and finally rushed to the Yuan city before dark.
Following Yan Liang's side, Jiao Touch was also straight, "Fortunately, our army has complete siege equipment, otherwise, just this fortified city will be enough for my army for a few days!" ”
Yan Liang glanced at Jiao Touch, and was a little disapprehensive about Jiao Touch's sense of superiority that he didn't know where it came from, you must know that according to the news of the scouts before, there were nearly 10,000 Han soldiers in Yuan's City, even if the siege equipment was complete, it was impossible to break the city in a short time.
"It was getting late, so I ordered to go down and bury the pot to cook and set up camp, and at the same time be sure to beware of the enemy's night attack. You and I will take turns on duty tonight, don't let the enemy take advantage of it! ”
At the same time, on the city wall, Han Jun and the others were also observing their enemies.
It was twilight and the distance was far away, so I could only vaguely see Yuan Jun's camp. Although it was vague, he still admired: "Yan Liang really deserves to be in battle for a long time, looking at the deployment of his camp, it is orderly, echoing each other, and he is quite talented as a general!" ”
Han Jun smiled nonchalantly, turned his head and asked, "Do you dare to break it for me?" ”
During the battle of Lunu, Zhang Jaw was not lightly injured, but most of them were skin injuries, and his physical foundation was good, so he was only a few days old, and he was almost healed.
Open jaw and dry clouds; "Why don't you dare?"
Han Jun said with a smile: "Yan Liang is a guest from afar, and we as hosts should be entertained!" With your 500 elite soldiers, we will sneak attack the enemy camp tonight, not seeking to kill the enemy, just to break their spirit! Are you afraid? ”
Zhang Jaw said categorically: "Jaw has made an oath that he is willing to go to the soup and fire for the Lord and never give up!" ”
Fu Zhi hurriedly stopped: "Although Yan Liang is not very strategic, he is also a battlefield general, and he must be wary of our army's night attack, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for our army to break into the enemy camp under strict precautions!" ”
Han Jun smiled and said nothing, how could he not think of this, and how could he be willing to let Zhang Jaw go and die in vain?
Seeing Han Jun's confident expression, he moved in his heart and asked, "Could it be that the lord has a plan in his heart?" ”
Han Jun spread his hands and said, "It's just a tired soldier's plan." ”
It was a hazy moonlight at night, and the wind was loud, for fear that the Korean army would take advantage of the dark night and high wind to intercept the camp, and after dinner, Yan Liang led his guards to patrol around in the big tent.
Around midnight, Yuan Jun, who had been exhausted after a long day of rapid marching, had mostly fallen asleep. But at this time, the gate of Yuanshi County was quietly opened.
Gao Ran was draped all over his body, but what he was holding in his hand was not a weapon, but a big drum. The nearly 100 subordinates who followed him also carried loudspeakers, people and horses, and the horses' hooves were wrapped in cloth, silently approaching the Yuan army camp.
There were still about 100 steps away from Yuan's army's camp, Gao Ran waved his hand and grabbed the reins, held the drum with his left hand, and slammed the hammer with his right hand, and struck the drum with all his strength.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Light the torches, hold the camp, and the crossbowmen come forward to stand on guard! ”
Yan Liang, who was patrolling the camp, suddenly became excited, turned on his horse and galloped away with the guards at the camp gate.
The sound of war drums is getting louder and denser, Yan Liang's heartbeat is getting faster and faster, and at the same time, he is secretly glad in his heart, if he hadn't been prepared, I'm afraid it would really be possible to be stolen by the enemy and succeed.
Before the battle, the sharp spirit was lost first, which Yan Liang could not accept.
As the drum noise became louder and louder, the entire Yuan army camp was alarmed, and most of the Yuan soldiers got up in a panic, and they didn't care about wearing armor, grabbed their weapons and prepared to go out of the camp to resist the enemy.
However, Yan Liang was still disappointed after all.
By the time he arrived at the camp gate, the noise had become quieter and quieter, and at last it was almost inaudible.
It seemed to be just a false alarm, but Yan Liang didn't feel half relaxed in his heart, how could he not see that this was the enemy's tired plan, but he had nothing to do.
"Yan Liang is a good man, he has courage and no strategy! The thief who violates the border, there is no return! ”
The night sky, which had gradually calmed down, suddenly heard the shouts of Gao Ran and others in the distance. Although the distance was far away, it was so clear that it drilled into Yan Liang's ears.
Han Jun, who is good at psychological warfare, used this trick to provoke Gongsun Zan to be furious before, not to mention using it on Yan Liang, who was even more short-tempered.
If it weren't for the guards who desperately pulled him, Yan Liang, who was furious, would have already rushed forward in the night.
"General, the night is dark and the wind is high, the enemy situation is unknown, and if you attack rashly, I am afraid that you will be ambushed!"
At this time, Jiao Touch also appeared at the gate of the camp in full armor, and immediately stepped forward to dissuade him.
Yan Liang roared unwillingly, and roared at Gao Ran and the others, who were already far away in the night: "Brave rats, dare to fight with me?" What kind of hero is hiding his head and revealing his tail? ”
Jiao Feng sighed slightly and said: "The general will preside over the siege of the city tomorrow, don't be angry because of this, it's better to rest early and recuperate enough!" ”
Yan Liang waved his hand and said, "It's still early, I haven't fallen asleep yet." General Jiao went to sleep by himself, I guess the Han army rats will definitely come to harass again, I will stay here, waiting for them to come and die! ”
After a false alarm, Sergeant Yuan, who had been busy in vain, returned to the camp and lay down scolding. After a hard day, and after a toss just now, I was even more tired, and soon there was a earth-shattering snoring sound from all over the camp.
Yan Liang sat outside the camp gate, holding a long-handled broadsword, his eyes were as wide as copper bells, staring at the dark night sky with fierce eyes.
Half an hour later, most of the Yuan soldiers had fallen into a deep sleep, but at this moment, the sound of war drums that made Yan Liang extremely annoying exploded in his ears again.
"Drop the rocket!"
Yan Liang Huoran stood up, turned over on his horse, and gave an order at the same time with a loud shout.
Hundreds of rockets were emptied, and the dark night sky was as bright as day for a while, but Yan Liang was extremely disappointed to find that the drummer was not in his line of sight.
Regarding Yan Liang's possible reaction, Han Jun and Fu Zhu had already guessed eight or nine. Therefore, this time Gao Ran and the others did not get close to the Yuan army camp, they set up a formation at the city gate, and the reason why the drum sound could still be transmitted so far was thanks to the simple megaphone made by Han Jun.
Yan Liang was furious about this, but he couldn't do anything about it. In the dark night, without seeing things, it is simply unrealistic to lead troops to attack the city, as if Yan Liang, who was scratching his ears and cheeks like a dog biting a hedgehog and unable to speak, gave birth to a feeling of powerlessness for the first time.
Very punctual, every half an hour, Gao Ran and the others would beat the war drums. And the sergeant of Yuan was able to be fully guarded and put on armor at the beginning. Gradually, however, as if they had become numb, they heard the drums of war again in their sleep, and they no longer quickly got up to prepare for battle, but only muttered and cursed, covered their ears and continued to sleep.
The harassment continued until the second half of the night, and at this time, Yan Liang had already returned to the camp to rest under Jiao Touch's persuasion, and there was nothing he could do, and it was pointless for him to continue to assimilate. Instead of wasting energy like this, it is better to prepare for tomorrow's big battle.
Around the end of the day, that is, before the dawn of the day, this time period is the deadliest time for people to sleep, and the real sneak attack of the Korean army is also carried out at this time.
All the soldiers and soldiers of Yuan on duty at night were drowsy, including the main general Jiao Touch, who also yawned for a long time. Although he slept for half the night, he did not get any real adequate rest under the harassment of the war drums.
"General Jiao Touch, if the thieves attack at this time, how can such a loose guard resist it?"
Half-asleep and half-awake, Jiao Touch slammed a spirit, clenched his weapon and suddenly stood up and shouted in a deep voice: "Who is it? ”
Under the firelight, Guo Tu's figure slowly appeared in front of Jiao Touch's eyes, which also made him secretly relieved in his heart, seeing that it was his own person, Jiao Touch also relaxed his vigilance, and said with a smile: "Mr. Guo Tu is not resting in the tent, the military camp is heavy and moves around at will, if General Yan knows, the last general will not be able to explain!" ”
Guo Tu snorted coldly and said: "Yan Liang, the catastrophe is coming, but you don't know it!" ”
Jiao Tu smiled disdainfully, for Guo Tu, he looked down on him in his heart like most of the old Yuan clan, so in addition to the superficial respect, most of the time he stayed away.
Guo Tu naturally noticed Jiao Touch's disapproval, and he couldn't do anything about it, so he could only sigh and say in as sincere a tone as possible: "General Jiao Touch, you know, there must be a truth in the ten falsehoods, I am worried about all the bluffs of the enemy army before, so I made Xuan Xuan for the sake of the last truth." For the sake of the safety of the army, I implore General Jiao to be vigilant and strictly prevent the enemy from attacking at night! ”
Jiao Touch nodded impatiently and said, "I know!" Mr. Guo Tu is a scribe, the weather is cold and the wind is cold, so let's go back to the camp early to rest! ”
Guo Tu shook his head and sighed and left, he could see that Jiao Touch didn't take his words to heart, but he could only secretly pray that his judgment was wrong, and that the Han army would not risk coming to rob the camp.
But soon, Guo Tu was disappointed, and just returned to the camp to sit down, there was a war drum outside, but Guo Tu clearly heard it this time, in addition to the earth-shattering war drums, there was also a faint sound of shouting and killing.
"Oops!"
Guo Tu hurriedly stood up, and when he went out of the camp to look, he found that the entire camp of the Yuan army had turned into a sea of fire, and the dazzling tongue of fire rose to the sky, printing the dark sky red.
Zhang Jaw was dressed in light armor, carrying the things that ignited the fire, waving a spear back and forth in the Yuan army's camp as if entering a no-man's land, following Han Jun's instructions, Zhang Jaw's purpose of this trip was not to kill people but only to create chaos and set fire to food, and the most important thing was to burn the siege equipment of the Yuan army.
Zhang Jaw didn't want to kill, but someone forced him to shoot.
Jiao Touch murderously led a team of guards to pounce up, hating Zhang Jaw in his heart, and he was ruthless when he came out, and he came up with the purpose of ending up with Zhang Jaw desperately.
Jiao Touch's eyes were blood-red, and his breathing was extremely heavy, and he regretted that he didn't follow Guo Tu's advice, and he was ruthless.
Successively cut down two enemy soldiers who stole the camp, and the target of the anxiety was locked on the Zhang Jaw of the leader. At the same time, Zhang Jaw also stabbed with a gun.
The swords and guns intersected, and neither of them took half a step back, fighting with strength and fighting with their lives. Both of them are battlefield veterans, and they know clearly in their hearts that at this time, if they are half timid, they will die on the spot.
Swords and guns come and go, and the two of them have only been in close contact for a few rounds, and they can't keep up with Jiao Zhi's strength. After staying awake all night, his body was already very weak, but on the other hand, he was refreshed and had plenty of rest. The force is not as good as opening the jaw, and the energy and physical strength have fallen behind, and the fate of Jiao Zhi can be imagined.
After holding on for a few more rounds, Jiao Touch was finally caught by Zhang Jaw and shot through the throat head-on, killing him on the spot.
Zhang Jaw pulled out and grabbed it, lowered his voice and ordered: "Hugh wants to fight!" Go with me and burn down the enemy's baggage battalion! ”
When the shouting of killing just sounded, Yan Liang, who was lying in his clothes, had already turned over and stood up, and after listening attentively for a while, his face changed greatly, and he rushed out of the camp with a long knife.
The fires were everywhere, people shouted and neighed, Yan Liang was anxious for a while, so he could only hurriedly organize a rescue team to put out the fire everywhere. It's not that Yan Liang didn't want to find Zhang Jaw and the others, because there was chaos in the camp at this time, and there were already a lot of casualties under the trampling on each other. In order to avoid a camp roar, he could only temporarily spare the arsonist campers.
In the chaos, Guo Tu staggered to Yan Liang's horse, at this time, where was he still well-dressed before, and the whole person looked embarrassed.
If it was usual, Yan Liang might have mocked him, but at this time, he couldn't take care of it, and he wanted to run around with the soldiers and guide his subordinates to put out the fire; On the one hand, they also have to track down the whereabouts of the arsonists who pore the camp. Yan Liang, who was already anxious, asked angrily: "Why don't you stay in the camp well, what are you running around with?" ”
At the moment of life and death, Guo Tu was not in the mood to worry about Yan Liang, so he jumped to his feet and said in a sharp voice: "General, beware of the heavy battalion!" Once there is a fire there, I will die and have no place to bury! ”
Yan Liang trembled, almost fell off the horse, and his big face turned pale, and he suddenly pulled the reins and turned the horse's head and shouted: "Defend the warriors, come with me!" ”
However, it was already too late.
When there was still some distance away from the baggage camp, the fire in the direction of the baggage camp had already risen to the sky, and the fire was so fierce that Yan Liang, who was miles away, could feel the heat wave rolling in his face.
"It's over, it's over, it's all over!"
Yan Liang's eyes were full of despair, he had lost his siege equipment, and there was no hope of breaking through the towering Yuanshi County; Without the supply of food and grass, as Guo Tu said, they will fall into a place where there is no place to die!
The fire borrows the power of the wind, and the wind borrows the fire, and the Yuan army's tent has become a sea of fire. Not to mention the grain, grass and ordnance, there were countless Yuan soldiers who died in this fire, partly because the fire was too fierce to escape, but most of them died in the hands of their own people. The camp roar that Yan Liang was most worried about did not happen, but in a panic, Sergeant Yuan still couldn't avoid stepping on each other.
The only thing to be thankful for is that the South Korean army did not take advantage of the chaos to attack. But even so, the number of casualties of the Yuan army was as high as more than 2,000, and most of the survivors were terrified and discouraged, and they had no intention of fighting.
The sky was getting brighter, the mist was misty, and Yuan Jun's tent was a scene after the disaster. Yan Lianghu had tears in his eyes and looked at the vague Yuanshi County with a blank expression.
Beside him, Guo Tu also looked frightened. He was just a scholar, he had never been on the battlefield before, and he thought that after reading a few articles of "The Art of War", he could be like Zhang Liang, who stayed behind, and won a decisive victory thousands of miles away. But he never expected that he almost lost his life in the big tent.
Yan Liang asked with difficulty: "Mr. Gongze, now that the morale of our army has been lost, and the sharpness has been lost, what can I do?" ”
Guo Tu sighed and said: "Report truthfully, ask for reinforcements from the lord, there is no other way." ”
Yan Liang didn't want to admit defeat, but he had to admit that what Guo Tu said was their best choice or even the only choice at present.
Losing his deputy Jiao Touch, Yan Liang could only personally command the whole army to retreat ten miles back and set up camp again, thinking that at this distance, he shouldn't be able to hear the damn war drums!