Chapter 259: The Danger Lurking Underwater
Xie Shence wanted to release people, and no one dared to stop him.
The most common expression is that it is more fleshy, and it is just a good military feat, but apart from flesh pain, there is no other emotion.
With last night's thunder, what are five hundred people? What are 5,000? 50,000 people is nothing!
After letting these 500 people go, there are only more than 80 people left who entered the city last night and did not die.
These eighty people were all gathered together by Xie Shence.
"You should know me." Xie Shence first made an opening statement for himself.
"I'm Xie Shence, and I'm also the Commander of the Cavalry."
"I didn't kill you, and you have to thank me. But don't be in a hurry to thank, because if I don't kill you, your leaders won't necessarily kill you either. You have the authority in my hands, because of this, when you go out, do according to my commandments, or I will shake out all the things that you have spoken. Then you will have no place to die. ”
Someone in the crowd below looked panicked.
"Don't worry, I'm not going to talk nonsense, as long as you do what I say."
"After you go out, for the sake of your lives, you had better tell everything about it, including how you got in and how you got back. Of course, everything you see, you can say. I can tell you that your sneak attack last night failed, and the 5,000 people behind you are basically disabled. ”
"More than two thousand died, and more than a thousand were taken prisoner. Of course, the more than 1,000 that escaped back were deliberately let go by me. Just before that, more than 500 people were released. As for the reasons for letting go, it's the same as you. for they all killed their fellow men. ”
"Well, you can also tell me about this matter, if you are brave enough, how you survived, you can also tell it. Of course, there are some people, there is no need to say it, I gave you a special task, you have a life-saving card, no matter how you say it, you won't die If you die, who will help me kill Yan Jiegang? ”
There was a slight commotion among the people below.
I glanced down at the people around me and found that the people around me were also looking at me, so I hurriedly twisted my neck and then looked at others.
Doubts and suspicions took root in the hearts of more than 80 people.
No one knows who the special person is, no one dares to ask, and naturally no one dares to say that they are.
"You people, there must be people who have endured humiliation and stayed behind, and want to seek revenge on me in the future, but this idea is still abandoned. For as long as one person does not come according to my command, I will tell everyone's secrets. So, from this moment on, those who sit here with you are no longer your companions, you are both traitors, but you are watching over each other. If there is a report, if it is confirmed to be true, it will be credited, and when the commander destroys the bandits, he will be rewarded. ”
"Of course, we don't need false information, because on the other side, there are also people from my horse. Why else would you have found out about your conspiracy last night? That's why. ”
"We're watching you."
Xie Shence smiled slightly and said, "Good luck to you?" ”
After saying that, Xie Shence turned around and left.
After that, it was Tiqi who stepped forward to announce the order.
"Whoever assassinates a leader of a hundred people, he will be credited with one merit and fifty taels of silver."
"Assassinate a leader of a thousand people, the official seal is nine pins, and the silver is five hundred taels."
"The assassin of Yan Jiegang will be named the captain of the school, and he will be given ten thousand taels of silver."
"Those Who Persuaded the Five"
"The One Who Persuaded the Ten"
One after another, the rewards were released one after another, and then Ti Qi said loudly: "All of them, there will be a harvest within ten days!" Everyone has something to gain! If you can't do it, all of you will die! Time is still tight, don't forget that we let go of 500 people before. ”
"As for how you can go back and not be suspected of so many routs, who cares about you remember, you only have ten days, if the deadline is over, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
After that, these more than 80 people were secretly released out of the city, and as soon as these people left the city, they ran wildly and went straight to the camp.
However, five or six miles away, these people were overtaken by a group of 100 black-armored cavalry.
The unarmed men were surrounded by cavalry regiments.
The cavalry leader stepped forward and said: "You pickled talents, you don't know how to pick up a few weapons and go back, but grandpa rushed over to remind you, otherwise it will arouse suspicion and not delay the major event of my family's admiral!" Remember, take a detour and go back to that side, there, and there are few people going there, go back from those places, you won't be seen flaws, remember, otherwise don't blame grandpa for not reminding you. ”
After the cavalry leader finished speaking, a cavalryman untied bundles of bloody swords from behind his horse, threw them on the ground, and then left with a whistle and a whirlwind.
In the ancestral hall of the bandits' Chinese military tent that day, Yan Jiegang was furious.
did not receive the news of the destruction of the city within the expected time, Yan Jiegang's heart was half cold at that time, and when he lit up 10,000 elites, he encountered hundreds of defeated soldiers who had dispersed and returned.
As soon as he saw the soldiers who were only running back, with scattered armor and no weapons, Yan Jiegang was basically sure in his heart: the night attack failed.
Since this is the case, there is no need to attack the city at night, Yan Jiegang led the people back to the camp, wanting to ask the reason from the mouths of those routs.
What went wrong with the seamless plan? Yan Jiegang desperately wanted to know the reason.
However, Yan Jiegang interrogated for a long time, but did not get any useful information. The soldiers just kept repeating words like "heavenly thunder" and "heavenly fire".
What kind of thunder, what kind of fire, it was thunder last night, but what does the thunder have to do with the failure of the night attack? Could it be that 5,000 people were collectively struck by lightning?
Before Yan Jiegang could interrogate anything, he was alarmed by the sound of an argument outside the door.
"Who's making a fuss? Is there still military law in the eyes? Are there still cottages? Bring it in! Yan Jiegang roared angrily.
Soon, the door opened, and two pro-soldiers were followed by a leader.
This leader is the Dark Lord Zhao Changba. This person is the leader of one of the more powerful forces that Yan Jiegang later subdued, with the courage of ten thousand people, the desire to kill, and the dark face, so he is called the Dark Lord. is quite domineering on weekdays, even if Yan Jiekun has nothing to do, he will let him score three points.
But also because he was a little hesitant to fight or not after Xie Shence released the news that Ti rode to Jincheng, so although Yan Jiegang seemed to be tolerant of him during this time, he was secretly making things difficult everywhere.
The hard battles, the hard things to do, it's all his.
used the mouth of the military order to suppress Zhao Changba, and others also acquiesced.
How many people haven't been bullied by this guy on weekdays? Besides, if he wants to die, he will fight, and it will not be his little brother who will die, so almost everyone is on Yan Jiegang's side.
Zhao Changba was very resentful during this time. But Yan Jiegang couldn't find fault with him at all on the surface, and he couldn't vent his anger, so he could only vent his hatred on the siege battle.
So his men suffered the heaviest casualties.
Just like last night, his brothers, Miao Wang, a lone traveler, and Jiang Santong, Luohan, led 3,000 men to attack the city, and they have not come back until now.
Whether Miao Wang came back or not, Zhao Changba naturally knew, because he also got the news from Miao Wang's subordinates.
Miao Wang had already died in battle last night.
An impartial bomb exploded right next to Miaowang Mountain, killing everyone and horses. This scene was seen by the thieves behind, and the thieves who escaped back told Zhao Changba that Miao Wang was dead. As for Jiang Santong, some people saw him fall from his horse, but they didn't know it later, and it is estimated that he is also more auspicious.
The night attack failed, his good brother was killed in battle, more than half of his men were killed or wounded, his prestige plummeted, and he was full of suspicion and difficulties from Yan Jiegang during this time, which made Zhao Changba almost lose his mind.
So Zhao Changba wanted to find Yan Jiekun and vent the grievances in his chest.
The eight thousand men he brought have now lost more than half of them, and he wants to ask Yan Jiegang why the other people's subordinates basically have no losses, but more than half of the people he sent to Luzhai died!
He wanted to ask Yan Jiegang why it was his two good brothers who led the night attack, instead of Yin Zhonghe and Hengniu!
He wanted to ask Yan Jiekun why he removed other people's teams and replaced them with his people every time it was critical, and punished him for no progress!
What did I send Luzhai to offend you Yan Jiegang, you want to do this to me?
Yes, you are the leader of the cottage, and you are in charge of the military order, but the military order is not for me alone! If you want to die, everyone dies together, why should I die first? Why do you blame me when I die?
Zhao Changba was jealous and angry in his heart. At this time, the resentment had been transformed into resentment, and he swore in his heart that as long as Yan Jiekun's attitude was a little tougher, he would definitely blow his head out!
However, when he saw Yan Jiegang, Zhao Changba couldn't get angry, to be precise, his anger disappeared by half at once.
Yan Jiegang was holding a piece of armor and wiping his tears with sadness.
That piece of armor was a piece of heart armor, and Zhao Changba felt a little familiar.
"Changba, are you here? Sit down, sit down! Yan Jiegang hurriedly hid the piece of armor behind his back as if he had been discovered something, greeting with a smile on his face, and tears on his cheeks, so he didn't bother to wipe it.
Zhao Changba sat down, a suspicious look flashing in his eyes.
After waving his hand to let the soldiers out, Yan Jiegang said: "Changba, there is something I don't know whether to talk about or not."
Zhao Changba frowned, sneered slightly, and said: "If the big boss has something to say, there are no outsiders here, is there anything that should not be said between our brothers?" ”
Yan Jiegang hesitated slightly, sighed and said, "Brother Changba, Brother Miao and Brother Jiang have been killed!" ”
Zhao Changba's heart shook dramatically, and his teeth rattled.
Killed?
It's not all you! Haven't you always wanted to weaken the power of my deer village?
Yan Jiegang didn't seem to notice Zhao Changba's gritted teeth, and sadly took out a cuirass from behind him, put it on the bookcase and said: "Brother Changba, this is Brother Jiang's armor, the little ones fought hard to get this thing back, as for Brother Miao, some brothers said that he violated the rules of heaven and was split into ashes by the thunder, and his bones were gone."
After that, Yan Jiegang still covered his face and was full of grief.
"They are all good brothers of the cottage! I said that I would fight the world together, and if I said that I would eat meat, drink wine, and divide gold and silver, why did God take away my good brother! Why, the heavens are unfair, I hate it"
Yan Jiegang was already in tears, beating the bookcase and wailing uncontrollably. The voice weeps when it hears it, and the sad one who sees it.
At this time, Zhao Changba's eyes were all on the breastplate mixed with blood and soil.
That cuirass belonged to Jiang Santong, no wonder he felt familiar.
Grabbing the breastplate, Zhao Changba had tears in his eyes and strode out.
Yan Jiegang still wailed incessantly.
After waiting for a while, it was estimated that Zhao Changba had walked away, and Yan Jiegang put away his crying.
"Hmph, idiot, I knew you were going to make trouble, I was prepared! That cuirasse, do you think only Jiang Santong has it? I don't have standard armor under my men? Hmph, do you think I didn't see the murderous intent in your eyes? If you want to kill me, then it's up to you to have that life! ”
A hint of fierceness flashed in Yan Jiegang's eyes
"In this big defeat, the bandits will definitely not send troops immediately, taking advantage of this time, our next move will also be stepped up once the bandits"
Xie Shence was explaining the plan in front of the clothes map at this time, and all the senior generals in Jincheng were here, and Wushan, General Secretary Yang, and Mi Yu were also listed.
After a morning's arrangement, Osan asked Xie Shence, "How does Lord Admiral know that the bandits will not send troops in the next few days?" ”
Xie Shence said with a smile: "What Mi Yu said, she said that Yan Jiegang was very suspicious, and with the previous information, it can be roughly deduced that this big defeat will inevitably make this case crack within the thieves again." ”
"In that case, Lord Admiral, why don't we take the initiative to attack?"
Xie Shence glanced at Osan in surprise.
"Four thousand people took the initiative to fight forty or fifty thousand people, and you had convulsions?"
Osan was stunned for a moment, and then smiled embarrassedly: "Isn't there a thunder on that day?" If there is thunder in the sky, what is the point of 50,000 people? ”
Xie Shence said solemnly: "Nonsense! Heavenly thunder is such a rare thing, it is extremely difficult to mix! Materials are extremely scarce, how many do you think you can have? I used up a lot last night, and I need to save it. Besides, the Heavenly Thunder is not perfect at the moment, and if it is not done well, it will explode, which is why I do not dedicate the Heavenly Thunder at present. The Heavenly Thunder is the most secret weapon of my Ti Cavalry, and no one can talk about it, understand? ”
Seeing the seriousness of Xie Shence's words, Wu Shan hurriedly said: "Remember the humble position, in addition, last night's incident, the humble position has strictly ordered everyone not to divulge half a sentence." Several generals have also personally instructed them to do their jobs. Fortunately, the people on the city wall were stunned at that time, otherwise this might have leaked out. ”
Xie Shence nodded
At this time, the bandit camp had fallen into a panic.
"Dead Again"
"Shh
"Who died this time?"
"I don't know, I just know that it's someone under Leader Zhao"
"Leader Zhou's men are also dead."
"You're talking about the morning."
“”
Some people gathered together, whispered, caught a glimpse of the leader coming from a distance, and hurried away.
In the Zhongjun tent, Yan Jiegang's eyes were red, looking at the several thieves kneeling in front of him, his hands were already pressed on the hilt of the knife.
"Damn brute! Brute! ”
Yan Jiegang pressed his teeth and roared angrily in his heart.
These thieves are the old thieves of Baiyan Village, and the situation they said made Yan Jie tremble with anger.
Xie Shence actually let these people kill each other and sacrifice their names as a condition for their lives! It's against the law of heaven!
Yan Jiegang yelled: "Then why don't you die? You killed your own robes with your own hands, and you still have the face to come back alive? ”
Several bandits kowtowed and cried: "Big boss, we don't want to either, we just want to come back alive and report to the big boss!" ”
"Big Boss! We don't regret dying, we just ask you to avenge your dead brothers! ”
"Even if we go to hell, we won't have the face to see our brothers, big boss, brothers go first, you must avenge us!"
After speaking, one person suddenly got up, flew and pounced on the stone pillar on the side, and hit his head to death.
Suddenly, brains and blood splattered from the cracked head.
"Go to the big boss first!"
Then another man touched the pillar and died.
The last man didn't speak, and his brain splattered.
The three of them died in front of Yan Jiegang one after another.
Yan Jie's eyes were cracking.
Huan Shi, Yin Zhonghe, Wen Shan, and the other leaders cried out one after another, covering the bodies of the three with robes.
Zhao Changba squatted down, pretending to cry, but he was sneering in his heart.
Hmph, the three of them went to Yan Jiegang first, and you will have to go sooner or later
"Bury the three brothers! Their parents, wives and children are raised by me Yan Jiegang alone! ”
"Bring the wine!"
Before long, there were bandits with wine. Yan Jiegang took out his saber, slashed it on the palm of his left hand, clenched his fists, dripped blood into the wine jar, and said: "Today, I, Yan Jiekun, swear with blood, not to kill Xie Shence, and swear not to be a man!" ”
Yan Jiegang asked his soldiers to pour the blood wine, and everyone stepped forward in turn, one bowl per person.
"Kill and thank God!" Yan Jiegang yelled.
So the people below also shouted loudly in unison: "Kill Xie Shence!" ”
"Drink!"
"Drink!"
This was followed by the sound of a wine bowl shattering
That night, Youti rode into the city, saying that the bandits were attacking in a big way.
At night, the torches of the bandits lit up almost half of the sky, and Xie Shence stood at the head of the city, smiling slightly bitterly.
This one is a miscalculation.
But what does it matter?
Bandits attacking the city at night are even more disadvantageous than attacking the city during the day.
There were no carts, no large assault weapons, and the bandits had to rely on ladders to climb the city walls.
There was no fine armor, no large number of bows and arrows, just a rudimentary shield to resist the rain of arrows of the Jin army.
The bandits suffered heavy casualties.
Under the dispatch of Yan Jiegang, under the attack of casualties, the bandits have been killed more than two times, and they still fight to the death.
Three times they attacked the city wall, and three times they were repulsed, although there was little real progress, but the bandits became more and more courageous, as if they had seen the dawn of victory.
Xie Shence led a team of elite government soldiers to keep running back and forth, where there were bandits coming up, he led people to rush up, and did not rush to the next place until all the bandits in the upper city were killed.
On this night, the bandits' offensive continued until the end of the fourth watch.
It took three hours.
It's the equivalent of a whole night of fierce fighting.
The bandits still failed to take the city, and although they attacked the city wall five times, they finally had to withdraw after paying the price of nearly 3,000 men.
Of the 3,000 people, the proportion of bandits killed in battle has been as high as 30%, and as for the wounded, there are even more.
When the day dawned, Xie Shence leaned against the city wall and fell asleep tiredly.
At this time, if there is another wave of bandits, whether Jincheng can hold it is a question.
(PS: Although there are many wars in this book, the flies themselves are anti-war, which should be evident from some of the descriptions.)
In Xie Shence, the fly has some feelings. For example, now Xie Shence, the feeling of war is no longer like that. Are you happy tomorrow Monday? Can you see beautiful (handsome guy) colleagues and beautiful (handsome guy) classmates again? Oh, ask for a collection recommendation, good night, wash and sleep, what~. ~)