Chapter 35: Night Raid on the Thieves' Camp
When the Yellow Turban Army set up camp, the sky was still hanging with the warm sun of spring, but when the sun was approaching, the clouds suddenly changed suddenly, and the clouds that were originally dyed red by the sunset suddenly changed like a lead-colored curtain shrouded the sky, and the white lightning pierced the dark sky, and the rumbling thunder came and went, and there was no wind in the dim world, which made people feel extremely depressed. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Gradually, the dreary and hot air suddenly flashed a trace of coldness, after this coolness, the thunder galloped loudly, the dark sky hung a rain curtain, the wind and rain smashed down on the head and face, the dense raindrops seemed to be a sword from the sky, to completely tear the dirty earth apart.
In just a few moments, the boundary between heaven and earth has long been indistinguishable, and the dense rain line obscures the scenery in front of them, and the Yellow Turban soldiers who have just begun to bury the pot and cook are looking for a place to hide from the rain, and even the Yellow Turban soldiers who are running away are not able to see each other's faces clearly.
"When I followed the great sage and good teacher to raise the flag and revolt, it was just past the New Year, but now it is already a sting." A Yellow Turban soldier about forty years old stood under the newly built camp and sighed softly.
"Yes, if my acres of land hadn't been taken away, it would be spring ploughing. It's all the damn Yuan family, if it weren't for them robbing my ancestral cultivated land, how could I be so depressed that I am homeless. Another Yellow Turban sergeant in his thirties seemed to remember his old life, and his hands holding the hoe couldn't help but clench tighter.
Listening to the grumbling of the soldiers, the commander of the Yellow Turban Army who closed his eyes and recuperated reprimanded: "Tomorrow Qu Shuai will take us to fight Chen Liucheng, I don't know how many brothers will die on such a high city wall, it is better to rest early to recuperate enough if you have time to gossip, don't become someone else's stepping stone until tomorrow your legs and feet are weak." ”
"Hang your clothes and rest."
"I'm resting, I'm going to fight with the officers and soldiers tomorrow."
Listening to the spring thunder mixed with the torrential rain outside, a group of Yellow Turban soldiers hung their wet clothes on their weapons to dry, and each found a place that did not leak rain and dozed off as soon as they leaned there, and the sound of snoring came from one camp after another for a while, and the tired Yellow Turban soldiers fell asleep one after another, waiting for a bitter battle with Chen Liuguan's army the next day.
Two cavalrymen dressed in Han army armor were staring at the Yellow Turban Army's camp from afar in the torrential rain, the torrential rain made them unable to see the specific situation in the camp, but in the darkness they could see more and more camps extinguished torches, only the two simple gates still had some torches lit.
"It's almost, it's time to go back and tell the young master." One of the knights straightened the hat on his head and pushed down his somewhat sleepy companion beside him.
The two turned over and got on their horses, but did not return to Chen Liucheng, but rushed to the northwest. After about four or five miles, I came to a hidden valley.
"Who? Password! "The two of them approached the mouth of the valley, and dozens of sergeants armed with bows and crossbows suddenly rushed out of the bushes on the side, blocking the retreat of the two cavalrymen in a half-moon formation.
"Password: Kill the thief."
Given the correct command, the crossbowmen lowered their weapons and made way for the valley.
In the valley, which was originally empty, there was a military camp at this time blocking all the roads in the valley. The two dismounted in front of the camp and walked quickly into the Chinese army's tent. saw Wu Yi, the eldest son of Chen Liuwu's family, discussing something with Dian Wei and Xu Shu beside him.
"Young master, the Yellow Turban Army has come, and the two of us have followed the instructions of the young master, and when the Yellow Turban Army has not attacked the city, we have been monitoring until most of them fall asleep, and then we have come to report to the young master."
"Thank you for your hard work, come to the back and change your clothes and drink some hot soup to warm up, and I'll take care of the rest of the matter." Wu Yi saw that both of them were soaked in heavy rain, so he asked the two to go down and change their clothes.
The two cavalrymen retreated, and Xu Shu on the side smiled a little excitedly: "Sure enough, as the lord expected, this group of stupid thieves really didn't attack other counties and townships, but rushed straight to Chen Liucheng." ”
Wu Yi rubbed his trembling hands: "This is also human nature, after all, Chen Liucheng is a rare big city in the hinterland of the Central Plains, and there are dozens of large and small families in the city. This group of Yellow Turban Army personally destroyed more than 3,000 people in Fanxiang, and knowing that Chen Liucheng was empty, they would inevitably attack Chen Liucheng impatiently. And if we concentrate all the small number of county soldiers in the counties and townships to Chen Liucheng, although we can temporarily stop this group of vicious wolves, we will inevitably force them to move their targets to other places. ”
"So the lord discussed with Captain Zhang Chao in the city, and prepared to attack back and forth when the Yellow Turban Army invaded Chen Liu, and defeated this Yellow Turban Army in one fell swoop!" Xu Shu admired Wu Yi's courage and decisiveness very much, there were so many powerful families in this Chen Liucheng, but only Wu Yi and the Chen Liuwu clan behind him were willing to contribute food and efforts to integrate a righteous army and the Yellow Turban Army.
The corners of Wu Yi's mouth raised a confident smile: "In order to wait for this big fish, we hid in this valley two days in advance, and now that the fish has entered the urn, we can't give it a chance to escape." Passing my command, the whole army wrapped their horses and hooves and followed me to the Yellow Turban camp. ”
"No!"
Midnight. The rainstorm that had fallen all night finally gradually became smaller, but the wet and cold spring breeze made the more than 100 Yellow Turban soldiers who were responsible for the night vigil all gather around the fire, and Chen Liucheng had their own scouts guarding the four gates, plus it was thunder and rain tonight, they felt that those officers and soldiers in Chen Liucheng should not pick this bad weather to come out and send them to death. Although he knew that these people were already the last line of defense of the army, the sound of rain outside still made these Yellow Turban soldiers fight with their eyelids, and some of them were bold and rough, so they simply leaned on the body of the robe next to them and slowly fell into a sweet dream.
But on this stormy night, more than 2,000 soldiers led by Wu Yi slowly approached the Dazhai of the Yellow Turban Army under the icy spring rain and biting cold wind.
It may be because they approached from the side and rear of the camp, and they were not discovered by the scouts of the Yellow Turban Army along the way, which made the two hundred Wu guards prepared by Wu Yi nervous all the way, because if they encountered the scouts of the Yellow Turban Army, these elites who were proficient in riding skills would be responsible for intercepting and killing. These elites who fought with the Qiang and Huns at the border pass for most of their lives, at this time, they were equipped with the best war horses raised by the Wu clan with a lot of money, and they were carrying strong bows and crossbows, iron spears and horizontal knives, which were the real trump card power in Wu Yi's hands.
At this moment, the wind and rain were the best cover for Wu Yijun, the lightning and thunder blocked the sound of hurried footsteps and horses' hooves for them, the dark clouds obscured the only moon that could be illuminated at night, and the scene fifty paces away could hardly be seen without the light of the torches, but it just blocked the vigilant sight of the night watchman of the Yellow Turban Army.
Seeing that it was still 500 meters away from the Yellow Turban Army's Dazhai, Wu Yi ordered to extinguish the dozens of torches that were responsible for leading the sergeants in the direction of their advance. Not far away, two fires were lit at the back door of the Yellow Turban barracks, which guided everyone like lights in the dark night.
Wu Yi looked at the simple camp of the Yellow Turban Army in front of him, and he didn't have a trace of nervousness at this moment except for excitement. He knew that this moment was the first battle for his take-off, and it was also the first battle to change the fate of himself and his family, and this battle could only be won and not defeated!
"Soldiers! After entering the camp, Xu Shu led half of the men and horses to attack on the left side, and I and Dian Wei led a road to the right side to attack, and turned to attack the enemy's Chinese army in the middle of the way. ”
"Xu Shu takes the order!"
"Dian Wei commands!"
Wu Yizong immediately stepped forward and pulled out the long sword at his waist: "God bless the big man, this battle will be won!" All the troops obey the order and follow me into battle to kill the enemy!! ”
"Kill !!"