Chapter 116: The Battle of the Royal City (9)
The messenger sent back by Ding Li reported the situation on the hill to Li Sui, and Li Sui was overjoyed when he heard this, the enemy who was on guard was eliminated, and Ding Li and others changed into the enemy's military uniform, and it seemed that the task of burning grain could be accomplished. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info received the news that the grain and grass were burned, Ji Dan must be anxious, and he will withdraw his troops immediately, and Wei Yan's ambush will be able to exert its power.
"Gather all and set off to meet Ding Li."
Soon, two thousand horsemen drove out of the woods and headed down the hill behind the fortified camp.
Ding Liqiang calmed down, looked at the black-faced general who was the leader of the two-week army and said with a smile: "We are patrol guards, and just now a group of enemies came over and set fire to it and was bumped into by us, and the two sides started fighting. They are numerous and strong, except for the three of us who were lucky to survive, the whole team was killed, if I didn't ring the gong, I'm afraid the three of us would also be in trouble! Thank you so much for coming in time......"
"That's a lot of nonsense!" The black-faced general interrupted him impatiently: "Where is the enemy?" ”
"Back Mountain!"
"How many of them are there?"
"Looks like there must be forty or fifty people!"
At this time, a small leader came to the black-faced general and said in a loud voice: "General Yang, what should I do?" ”
"You take three hundred men with me to chase the enemy, and the others hurry to put out the fire." The black-faced general known as General Yang shouted an order, then looked at the already burning granary and shook his head secretly.
The blazing sun scorched the grain and grass, and the burlap bags for the grain, the bamboo mats used to block the bars, and the wooden fences on the perimeter were all flammable. As soon as one fire was lit, it would spread unstoppably and rapidly, not to mention that the two arsonists lit five or six fires, and a raging fire was already burning in the granary. The smoke was billowing and the flames were raging, burning so much that Ding Li, who was standing dozens of steps away, also felt the heat unbearable.
Surrounded by enemies, Ding Li originally thought that the three of them would not be spared, and planned to die in a vigorous battle, but he didn't expect a few apocryphal words to make the other party believe it. It made him feel unbelievable, as if he was in a dream. But when I think about it, I am relieved, and the three of us are wearing the same clothes as them. At this time, they were all busy caring about the fire, and they couldn't help but neglect some details, and their own statements were indeed reasonable, so it was not surprising that the other party believed the truth.
A large group of two-week soldiers quickly arrived at the fire. Ji Peng also hurried over. His face was covered with dark clouds, and he loudly commanded the soldiers to put out the fire. Although there are a lot of fire-fighting tools such as wooden barrels and pots around the granary, the water source is too far away, and the nearest small river is half a mile away, so it will take a while to get water, how to control such a violent fire?
Ji Peng couldn't help but secretly complain about Ji Dan in his heart, why didn't he take this detail into account when he set up camp? In fact, he himself hadn't thought about it, who would have thought that Zhou would dare to send an army to attack the camp?
The soldiers who did not have the tools to fetch water could only beat vigorously with sticks and branches. But it didn't work at all, and the fire kept spreading. One by one, they were forced to retreat.
General Yang took a few glances and knew that this fire would definitely not be able to save it, this was the lifeblood of tens of thousands of troops! Once the grain and grass are burned, the only way is to withdraw the troops quickly. When the Duke of Eastern Zhou comes back to learn about this, I don't know what kind of anger will erupt, and what kind of punishment will be imposed on the commanders of the army? Thinking of this, I couldn't help but hate the enemies who set the fire, and secretly swore that I must catch them, and then cut them with a thousand knives.
"Let's go, pursue the enemy!" He burst into a shout and rushed towards the back hill.
Three hundred soldiers quickly followed.
Ding Li secretly thought that this was a good time to take advantage of the chaos to slip away, once the two soldiers settled down, the three of them would have only one way to die. He glanced at the two men, followed the team and rushed forward, and sped up to General Yang at the front.
"General, we know the direction of the enemy's escape, let the three of us lead the way!"
The general thought for a while: "Okay, the three of you lead the way, and there is a reward for catching the enemy." ”
"I don't want any reward, just let me kill an enemy, they killed a dozen of our brothers, I want to avenge them!" Ding Li came to the front and said loudly as he ran.
"Okay, then I will reward you with a person, and you can do whatever you want."
"General Xie!"
The group quickly climbed to the top of the mountain.
Ding Li was afraid of being seen as a flaw, so he deliberately stayed away from the big stone where the sentry's body was buried. As soon as I crossed the mountain, I saw a group of people running hurriedly at the foot of the mountain.
"That's them!" Ding Li said loudly.
General Yang's eyes shot a fierce light: "Everyone speed up, you must catch these people!" ”
The group flew under their feet, and soon rushed to the bottom of the mountain.
Closer to the group of people in front of me, I could already see the pattern of the armor.
General Yang shouted excitedly: "Chong, catch one person and reward a thousand dollars, and be promoted to the first level." "After shouting, I realized that something was wrong, why are these people wearing our military uniforms? But now I can't manage so much, so I'll catch up and take it.
There must be a brave man under the heavy reward, and the soldiers who followed behind heard the general's words, and their already weak feet were full of strength, screaming and sprinting desperately, which made Ding Li speechless, he found that he was about to be unable to keep up, and he couldn't help but move, so he simply took two subordinates to reduce his speed and gradually fell to the tail of the team.
The minds of the others were completely focused on the enemy in front of them, and they obviously did not care about the three companions whose feet were not strong enough, and no one looked at them. Coming to a turning point, the three of them slipped away from behind without realizing it.
General Yang and his three hundred soldiers pursued the enemy in front of him desperately, and the distance was getting closer and closer, and he was about to catch up, but the enemy had become a fish in a net, and he couldn't jump for a while. His eyes turned red, and he couldn't help but fantasize about the wonderful picture of cleaning up this hateful bunch. At this moment, there was a sudden rumbling sound of horses' hooves in his ears, judging from the intensity of the sound, it should be more than a thousand horses.
What's the situation? His face immediately changed. Two weeks of troops going out and coming back will not take this road, and the army of the royal city will not be able to take care of the defense of the city, and it is impossible to send so many cavalry. Whose team is it? Friend or foe? Keep chasing or run away? This was a question, and his heart was extremely entangled, and his feet gradually slowed down.
A moment later, a black cavalry appeared at the end of the horizon, looking at the banners and costumes, it was the royal army. General Yang's face was as gray as he was, and he said in his heart that he probably wouldn't have to worry about it anymore in the future!
Li Sui was galloping with his troops, and saw a group of soldiers in two-week military uniforms running over from a distance, and there was an even bigger group of people chasing after him, and he immediately understood that Ding Li's grain burning team was in front of him, so he slammed the horse's belly and met it at a faster speed.
The two sides soon met, and the cavalry team bypassed the grain burning squad and rushed straight to the chasing team in the rear.
(To be continued.) )