Chapter 2: Surprise Attack in the Night
The Jingnan army did not take the rebel army in Shifeng City seriously, thinking that those hungry people would flee when they heard the name of the Jingnan army, so the 5,000 people of this advance team came lightly and did not carry baggage and siege equipment.
The commander of the Jingnan Army originally wanted to arrive at Shifeng City first, so as to take the wealth in the city for himself, so he came with the advance team. Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived in Shifeng City, he lost three generals in a row, which made the commander of the Jingnan Army a little unexpected.
Looking at the human heads hanging on the city wall, some people were sad and angry, and some people were afraid, and the morale of the Jingnan army was also a little low. The morale of the rebels in the city was greatly improved, at least no one saw the Jingnan army anymore, and they trembled so much that they couldn't hold their weapons steadily.
Qi Weilun promised to free grain for Juntian, abolished some of the previous harsh policies, and mobilized the people of the city to assist in the defense. Although most people have a wait-and-see attitude, many people have also been mobilized to help defend the country. Relying on the strong fortifications of Shifeng City was more than enough to deal with the five thousand Jingnan troops in front of the city.
Seeing that the siege was blocked, the commander of the Jingnan army was forced to reluctantly block the surrounding arteries, surrounded the city to prevent the people in the city from escaping, and planned to wait for the arrival of a large army to conquer Shifeng City in one fell swoop with siege equipment.
"These rebellious people dare to kill my favorite general, and when I capture the city, I will definitely kill him without leaving a chicken dog." The commander of the Jingnan Army said angrily.
The person who asked the question was the person from Shifeng City, and he was naturally dissatisfied when he heard the words of the commander of the Jingnan Army, but the other party was angry, and he would not be bored and directly opposed.
"The general is angry, there are many gentry in Shifeng City who are still stranded in the city by the coercion of the rebel army, they are the backbone of the dynasty, and they cannot be generalized with those chaotic people. These people also have a lot of influence in the DPRK, and if the general can save them, they will definitely be grateful to the general. With their assistance, the future of the general will be clear. He asked, knocking on the side.
"I naturally won't hurt these court loyalists, but those chaotic people don't want to live." The commander of the Jingnan Army also felt that there was something wrong with his words, so he changed his words.
Naturally, he didn't care about those chaotic people, so he and the others came up with ideas to think about how to conquer Stone Wind City.
"Since ancient times, there has been a method of siege and lack of one, and we might as well follow suit. In this way, it can break the morale of the enemy, so that they will have the heart to flee and will not fight desperately, and also reduce the losses of our army; Second, it also shows the benevolence and righteousness of the general, and it will also gain a good reputation in the future when it is reported to the court. Asked suggested.
"Sir, I'm too worried, what kind of benevolence and righteousness should I talk about dealing with those rebellious people, what if the court knows about it and blames me for failing to quell the rebellion. Wai Sanqi sounds good, but Yushan is close at hand, but where do you want these people to run and how to clean them up? The commander of the Jingnan Army said disapprovingly.
"Wouldn't it be very good for them to run, we can regain Shifeng City without much effort, and chasing the dead to the north will show the might of our army." Asked in response.
"But they ran away, and how did I catch them? I can't move those gentry, should I let these thieves go? They must have a lot of treasures on them. The commander of the Jingnan Army was a little angry.
When all the officers heard the word baby, their eyes lit up, and they all echoed the commander's resolution.
He really couldn't stand the smell of copper in his mouth, so he secretly scolded the "hillbilly" and walked out of the camp.
"This will definitely delay the recovery of Stone Wind City for a few days, and there will definitely be more casualties. Forget it, what does the fate of those warriors matter to me, these officers don't worry about it, what do **** care. ”
Qi Weilun and Sagarghetti organized men to repel the Jingnan army that attempted to attack the city. The Jingnan army did not bring siege equipment, and it was difficult to capture Shifeng City with a long ladder temporarily tied, leaving hundreds of corpses, and there was no movement after retreating.
Wei Zhen walked up to the city wall, and when he saw the wounded rebels on the wall, he personally helped them heal. When these people saw that the Commander's Lady had come to their rescue in person, their hearts were filled with gratitude, and they vowed to defend Stone Wind City to the death.
"Brother and sister, you're here too. You are kind by nature, and it is better to see less of the horrors of these wars. Now that all the people who should be healed have been cured, my brother and sister should go back first. Qi Weiren said.
Wei Zhen bandaged the last wounded soldier, looked up and said: "Sir has always been against war, and now Sir is forced to command the battle for these people, and it is painful to think that Sir is also in his heart." Sir, I can do that, but it's nothing more than I can heal the wounded. Wei Zhen replied.
"There is no way to do this, since I chose to save these victims, I will naturally be responsible to the end. I am now a traitor to the court, and I don't want to talk about benevolence and righteousness anymore. As long as I can keep these people alive, it's okay for me to carry some infamy. Qi Weilun said with a pained look on his face.
"Then now that the battle situation is like this, can Shifeng City hold it?" Wei Zhen asked.
"These hastily organized people, the combat effectiveness can be imagined, and the casualties in a defensive battle are comparable to those of the other party. If it weren't for Miss Sa's killing of the enemy general yesterday and boosting morale, I'm afraid she would have been defeated by now. However, the advance force of the Jingnan Army could not bear too many casualties, and now the offensive has stopped. It depends on whether Brother Wei Xian and Brother Gu can surprise and give the Jingnan Army an unexpected blow, otherwise when the Jingnan Army arrives, Shifeng City will really not be able to defend it. Qi Weiren said.
"It seems that it can only be up to Fujun and Cha Yi, I hope they can win by surprise, and they can solve the siege of Shifeng City as soon as possible." Wei Zhen looked in the direction where Wei Zeng had gone.
The southern part of Stone Wind City is a vast area of reeds, and the reeds are several meters high, and the border is not visible in the dense bushes. At the beginning, Wei Zeng took 4,000 righteous troops out of the city, and did not directly meet the Jingnan army, but hid in the reeds with the intention of sneaking up on the Jingnan army.
The advance force of the Jingnan Army traveled extremely fast, and arrived at the foot of Shifeng City the next day. Because the Jingnan army was unpopular in Yanbei, the locals all fled when they saw the Jingnan army, so the 4,000 people hiding in the reeds were not discovered by the Jingnan army.
The 200 cavalry led by Gu Chayi went around behind the Jingnan army, waiting for an opportunity to attack the lone Jingnan army squad and the men and horses escorting grain and grass, which completely attracted the attention of the Jingnan army. Therefore, Wei Zeng and these people safely escaped the patrol horses of the Jingnan army.
"What about the movements of the Jing Yan Army? Did they discover our presence? Wei Zengjian saw that the person sent out to inquire about the news came back and immediately asked.
"General Qiyu, the horse team of the Gu commander attacked the three squads of the Jing Yan army one after another, and now the Jing Yan army is paying attention to the movements of the Gu commander and has not found us. The attack of the Jingnan army in the direction of Shifeng City was blocked, and now the attack has been stopped, Miss Sa killed three generals of the enemy army yesterday, and the morale of our army defending the city is very high. However, according to the people who fled, the main force of the Jingnan army has reached the central part of Yanbei, and it will reach Shifeng City within three days, and the general is asked to decide. The spy was a clever young man, and when he heard Wei Zeng's question, he immediately spoke eloquently.
"Good, good. What is your name? Wei Zeng nodded after hearing this, and then asked.
"My name is Yu Chaogui."
"It doesn't sound like you're from Yanbei with your accent."
"I'm not from Yanbei, I fled from Xu Huai. I hate the Jingnan army so much, and the general must take us to teach them a good lesson. Yu Chaogui said.
"Okay, let's strike tonight, and kill their prestige." Wei Zeng patted the young man on the shoulder and said.
Seeing that the night was gradually falling, Wei Zeng turned to everyone and said, "Brothers, the people of Shifeng City have stopped the Jingnan Army, and Miss Sa has also killed the three of their generals. The Jingnan Army is not invincible. The Jingnan Army has always regarded us as fish and meat, and most of you are from Yanbei and Xuhuai, which you know very well. My hometown was scorched because of the Jing Army. Today, let the Jingnan army pay for their blood debts, and let them know that the only result of the rampant will be self-destruction. ”
Everyone was excited when they heard the news of Shi Feng City's victory, and they all responded to Wei Zeng's agitation, and they were full of pride for a while.
Wei Zeng saw that people's hearts were available, and immediately made a promise to defeat the Jingnan army, and then rewarded him for his merits and deeds, and quietly killed the Jingnan army camp with 4,000 righteous troops.
The first hundred or so people who followed Wei Zeng were all fully armed by Wei Zeng, all wearing armor and holding sharp weapons, surrounding Wei Zeng, ready to hear Wei Zeng's order and fight to kill the enemy.
It was night when the north wind was howling, and the sky was obscured by dark clouds. A Jingnan army sentry in the south of the Jingnan army camp was wearing a single coat, and under the blowing of the north wind, he couldn't help but stomp his feet. After the failure of the siege during the day, the sentry was a little demoralized and a little absent-minded on duty. Suddenly, he saw a figure flashing in front of him, but he couldn't see it clearly in the dark night, and the sentry leaned forward to take a closer look, but the next moment the sentry was shot in the head by a crossbow arrow, and he didn't even have time to make a sound.
Wei Zeng led everyone to brave the cold wind, gradually approached the camp of the Jingnan army, and after shooting the sentry, he led people into the camp. More than 100 strong men surrounded Wei Zeng, and no one could stop Wei Zeng wherever he went.
In order to prevent the rebels in the city from sneaking attack, the Jingnan army set up layers of posts in the north of the camp, but the south did not pay much attention, so that the 4,000 rebels led by Wei Zeng were discovered only when they knew that they were approaching the camp.
The morale of the Jingnan army was already low, and with the cold wind howling tonight, most of them hid in their tents to rest. The howling cold wind drowned out the sound of cover-up, and it took a long time for the commander of the Jingnan army to discover that someone had robbed the camp.
"What's the matter, did the traitors in the city come out and rob the camp? Aren't there many sentry posts in the north, why hasn't anyone found out? The commander of the Jingnan Army looked at the fire in the camp, shouted and killed, and pulled a running soldier and said.
"It's not the rebels in the city, these people were killed from the south, and we didn't have too many posts in the south, so we didn't find them."
"South? How can there be rebels in the south. Isn't it the more than 200 cavalry? How could just 200 people be killed like this? "The commander of the Jingnan Army said a little incredible.
"It's not the two hundred, a lot of people have been killed, and they can't be counted."
At this time, Wei Zeng came over, and when he saw a person in front of him wearing a brocade robe, he looked like a general, and shouted and killed him: "The front is the general of the Jingnan Army, and the brothers will kill with me." ”
When the commander of the Jingnan Army saw more than 100 heavily armed men killing him, he immediately fled in a hurry under the cover of his personal guards. Asked and a group of officers followed.
The people of the Jingnan army were attacked by Wei Zeng, and when they saw that the commander had also fled, they all fled in all directions. The sporadic resistance was soon defeated by the rebels, who chased the death and chased the advance team of the Jingnan army to the ground.
"You should ambush all the way in the south, so that you can capture and kill the enemy commander." Wei Zeng led people to chase him for more than ten miles, but he still let the commander of the Jingnan Army escape, so he said with some regret.
But seeing that the morale of the rebel soldiers of the Xinsheng Jingnan Army was like a rainbow, Wei Zeng's unhappiness was also swept away, and he immediately returned to the city with 4,000 soldiers.