Chapter Seventy-Seven: Night Attack
Hecheng is located in the area north of Fengzhou, down is the royal capital "Fengzu City", the height of the house is surrounded by a tall wall, in the outside is a wide moat, now they have been besieged by the enemy for three days, under the siege of Zhang Yunyi and Long Xiang, the city is closed.
Even they didn't expect this to happen, Long Xiang's betrayal caused Lei Yun to suffer from the enemy on their backs, and King Liang was also attacked by Ling Xiaofeng, and he was defeated repeatedly, and half of the land in Fengzhou that he originally took away is now less than one-tenth.
King Liang asked for help everywhere, but no one paid attention, and Ye Xianze only learned the news when he just came back.
"City Lord Ye, you're back, what's wrong?"
Ye Xianze said: "What's the matter, so panicked?"
Liu Gui said: "Now that Hecheng is besieged, I'm afraid it won't last long, so it's better for us to make a decision as soon as possible."
Ye Xianze now has 50,000 horses, and he already has confidence in his heart, although it is said that Hecheng is besieged, but with these 50,000 horses, it is not without the power of a battle.
He said to Liu Gui: "Let's set off immediately, Lingguang, this Wancheng will be entrusted to you." ”
Han Lingguang was also surprised that he had taken on such a heavy responsibility for the first time without making an inch, and he prevaricated: "Brother Ye, it's better to hand it over to Senior Brother Xiao, and I will help from the side!"
Liu Gui saw that this person was too young, and he felt a little contemptuous, so he asked: "This kid looks like he is only fifteen, sixteen, eight, isn't it too hasty to hand it over to him?"
"You can just leave it to him, but you're here to warn me. ”
He beckoned Ye Lin over and said, "Xiao Lin, this guy is in your hands, if he does anything out of the ordinary, you can just beat and scold." ”
"Brother, what strange things do you keep saying, I ignore you. Ye Lin ran away angrily.
Ye Xianze felt amused, and shouted again, "Han Lingguang, come here." ”
"I don't know what instructions Brother Ye has?"
"Lingguang, the people of Wancheng will be handed over to you, be sure to protect them, how many defenders do you want?"
Han Lingguang nodded solemnly and said firmly: "Five thousand is enough!"
After explaining some precautions in the city, he led Liu Gui to the direction of Hecheng, Wancheng is only a day's distance from Hecheng, if you use fast horses can shorten the time, but the horses can stand it, the infantry can't stand it, and in the case of unclear, the enemy's deployment, rash marching is also a taboo for soldiers.
This time, he only brought three days' rations, and decided to fight a quick battle and not fight a protracted war.
After passing through the woods, they were only ten miles away from Hecheng, and it was already afternoon, so he chose to camp in an open place with a water source, and casually sent scouts to spy on the enemy.
When the camp was settled, he ordered that only dry food and no smoke should be allowed, and he was extremely careful to conceal his whereabouts.
Suddenly, the leaves made a "swish" sound, and Ye Xianze shouted: "Who is it?"
"It's me, my own people. "It turned out that the scouts who had been sent out earlier had rushed back.
Ye Xianze said: "How is it, how are the enemy troops deployed?"
"Report to the city lord, as soon as I went there, I found that the periphery of Hecheng was brightly lit, and there were no lights elsewhere, presumably the enemy army had surrounded the city. ”
"Probe again, determine the location of the enemy troops, or don't come to see me. Ye Xianze asked him to investigate, just because even after Long Xiang besieged the city, it was impossible for him to choose to set up the camp behind the moat, because one is that the distance is close, it is easy to be sneak attacked, and the other is not conducive to escaping, if it is said that he is camping on the periphery, he needs to know the specific location of the enemy, he wants to attack at night, yes, only by taking the enemy by surprise by a night attack can this siege be solved.
Time passed minute by minute, Ye Xianze was very anxious in his heart, and even he took a few bites of the dry food that Liu Gui handed him, seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, the soldiers all held their breath and whispered, only by the moonlight could they barely see their position clearly, but their faces could not be seen clearly.
There were frogs and insects chirping all around, which made everyone's hearts very nervous, and a "swish" sound from the grass attracted their attention, and they focused their eyes on the front, but it turned out to be just a frog, and everyone was disappointed.
"City Lord Ye, where are you?"
Although the voice was very weak, he still heard this voice, it was the scout just now, and he hurriedly went out to answer: "Here, come here." ”
He quickly ran over and said, "City Lord Ye, I have already found out this time, the enemy army is camped five miles downstream from us. ”
"Oh, what's the enemy's flag? How many are there?"
"It's a dragon character, and there are about 100,000 people. ”
Everyone gasped when they heard this, this was more than twice as much as theirs, and they couldn't help but get nervous, for their reaction, he felt normal, if there was no reaction, it was not normal, the original five hundred people they followed themselves and did not really fight a battle at all, and the soldiers who came behind were not regular troops, and this seemingly ineffective team, he wanted them to be reborn tonight.
"Boy, you've done a great job, what's your name?"
"My name is Wang Ming. ”
Ye Xianze said: "You did a good job, you wait for the front to lead the way, and we will follow you." ”
"Okay, City Lord Ye. ”
He said: "Now that the location of the enemy army has been discovered, each of you must hold on to the weapons in your hands later, because it will be a tough battle later, if you don't want to die, give me some spirits, and let me hear clearly, walk slowly, try not to make a sound, do you understand?"
"Understood. The voices of more than 40,000 people shook the earth, and even he was shocked, and he scolded: "You know a fart, give me a little quiet." ”
Wang Ming led the way in front and tried to hide his whereabouts as much as possible. ”
"Yes. ”
In this way, a team of 45,000 people advanced in the dark under the leadership of Wang Ming, and it was already late at night.
On the other hand, most of the people in Long Xiang's army had already fallen asleep, and the siege of the city for several days made them feel tired, and they soon fell asleep.
Only dozens of guards outside the camp were still standing guard, and the late night breeze made Ye Xianze shiver, they had already come to the outside of the barracks, Ye Xianze motioned for them to lie down.
And he looked at the camp, and sure enough, this was Long Xiang's main force, and he said to the soldiers: "I'll count three people, and we'll kill them together." ”
"One. ”
"II. ”
"Three. ”
"Kill", Liu Gui shouted, and the guards standing guard outside were shot to death by bows and arrows before they knew what to do.
At this time, Ye Xianze rushed out first, followed by Liu Gui, followed by a group of qi soldiers, and some people in the barracks woke up when they heard the sound, but there were still some people who were still asleep.
The people who woke up realized that something was wrong, and they went to wake up, and the people around them, at this time, a knife suddenly slashed out, and some people didn't even pick up weapons, so they became dead souls under the knife.
"Oh no, my lord, the enemy is attacking at night, let's hurry up!"
"What? Hecheng is besieged, and I have already planted eyeliner on the periphery, why don't they come to report?"
"Not thunderclouds them, but unknown troops coming from behind. ”
A terrible thought sounded in his heart, "Oh no, it's the enemy's reinforcements, damn Lin Hu, this waste." ”
"Let's stop talking so much, let's get out of here immediately and vote for the king of Fengzhou!"
"I'm angry, I want to be Longxiang, I have been revolting for many days, and there are countless followers, but today I have failed, I don't go, let me never come out in Fengzhou, it's better to fight with them like this. ”
"No, lord, we still have to preserve our strength, listen to my advice, let's go!"
"You can't go there. Ye Xianze led the soldiers to break in.
"Who are you?" asked Long Xiang.
"Wancheng City Lord Ye Xianze, Dragon Leader, now you just need to lay down your weapons and surrender, I will guarantee you without worry. ”
"No, you're a liar, I won't believe you, you all want me to die, in that case, then come!"
"Ahh Long Xiang roared, raised his sword and slashed towards Ye Xianze, judging from his posture, it was full of momentum, but as soon as he saw it, he knew that this person was just a strong outsider.
Ye Xianze changed his move, he couldn't parry, and his weapon was knocked to the ground.
"Someone, tied up. ”
Long Xiang only felt incredible, he hurriedly said: "Ye City Lord, I surrender, you said that you would let me go." ”
"It's late, you tore up the covenant first, and now I've given you a chance, you repeated villain, you can't keep you, Liu Gui. ”
"Yes. ”
"Ah, Ye Xianze, you don't have to die well, and I Long Xiang won't let you go if I'm a ghost. ”
The knife fell, Long Xiang fell in a pool of blood, Ye Xianze carried his head, walked out and said: "It's over, Long Xiang is dead, and those who descend will not be killed." ”
Tonight, Ye Xianze attacked at night, killing more than 5,000 enemy soldiers, wounding 3,000 people, running 30,000 people, and the remaining 60,000 people all surrendered.