Chapter 458 [2]

"Are you all ready?" Yang Zilu asked Mang Gao. 【】

"Please Lord go up, everything is ready," Mangao replied.

Yang Zilu nodded with satisfaction and said, "It's very good." ”

"The minister is in" Ayang is out of the queue and responds.

"This time, you are the vanguard. Led 3,000 cavalry to open the way ahead, and all the pedestrians he encountered along the way were caught, and a special place was set up on the side of the road to place them, but don't hurt them, do you know? Yang Zilu commanded.

Ayan Yang hesitated for a moment and said, "Isn't there some trouble on the Lord?" Just kill it with a knife. Why waste soldiers guarding them? ”

Yang Zilu glared at Yang Yang and said, "What's the difference between you doing this and Shen Zhuliang (Ye Gong's name)?" Don't you understand the command of the widow when he goes to war not to kill people? ”

Seeing that Yang Zilu was angry, Ayan Yang hurriedly said: "The minister takes the order"

Yang Zilu was still a little uneasy, and said: "Don't let the widow know that you ordered the soldiers to kill people in order to save trouble, as long as the widow finds out, you kill a person, and if the widow finds out, you will be lowered by one rank." If you can't surrender, you will give the widow to be a soldier."

When Ayang heard this, the careful thoughts that were still there were thrown to Java Island. He hurriedly nodded and promised: "Please rest assured, the minister will strictly follow the lord's orders." ”

Yang Zilu said: "Set off at dusk today, pay attention to prepare the rope, don't fall behind too much"

"The lord can rest assured, the ministers have prepared the items to guide the way according to the orders of the lord, and I dare not guarantee that no soldier will be left behind, but the whole army can guarantee that at least eighty percent of the soldiers will arrive in Zaiying." Ayan Yang said hurriedly.

Time passed little by little, the sun had sunk into the western mountains, and the sky was still glowing red like flames only in the west. Seeing that the hour had come, Ayan Yang immediately led the prepared 3,000 cavalry out of the camp. The cavalry were all equipped with the same equipment of the Yulin Army, but this time they did not wear helmets, but tied a strip of black cloth to their foreheads. Mainly because in the dark, the one-foot-long white feather on the helmet was too conspicuous, so the hair was tied with a black belt instead.

But even so, the actions of the Han army still made a person keenly feel as if something big was about to happen.

On the city wall, Ye Gong stood on the city wall in military uniform, his hands resting on the battlements, staring at the vague Han cavalry. Yin Chengzi Lu, the county magistrate of Quan County, couldn't understand what was here, and said to Ye Gong: "What's wrong with Ling Yin?" These Han cavalry, they usually also go out to patrol, there should be nothing about this, why does Yin pay so much attention to them? ”

Ye Gong shook his head and said: "It's different, today's Han barbarians are a lot special, although I don't know what they want to do, but one thing is certain. Today's dispatch of the Han barbarian cavalry is not so simple. Did you notice that today's Han barbarian cavalry does not wear helmets. ”

"Huh? It was too dark for the lower officials to notice. Chengzi Lu said abruptly.

Ye Gong analyzed: "In addition, you also think that the sky is dark, but the Han barbarian cavalry went out without bringing torches, do you think this is normal?" ”

When Chengzi Lu heard this, he also felt that it made sense, but when he thought of something, he immediately said with a gloomy face: "What's the use of Ling Yin even if he knows?" Even if the Han barbarians have any intrigues, we can only watch them. The only thing we can do is hold on to that city."

When Ye Gong heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little bitter in his heart, in fact, now that the city is trapped, thanks to Ye Gong himself. Ye Gong burned the farmland, and the peasants who had no food became displaced people. At first, they approached Quan County and Zaiying, hoping to enter the city to find food, but they were all driven away by the Chu soldiers in the city.

And after Yang Zilu crossed the Han River, he felt that these Chu citizens were too pitiful, and he wanted to buy people's hearts. Yang Zilu then specially sent people to recruit displaced people, as long as the displaced people cut timber for the Han army and built camps, they could get food. In just five days, a ring of trenches had been erected outside the city.

The earth dug out of the trench was built on the trench with a plate construction method, and a half-zhang high earthen wall was built, and wooden stakes were inserted into the earthen wall. A wall one and a half feet high was built, and under this wall there was a trench nearly half a zhang deep, and the trench was filled with sharpened bamboo sticks.

Although the walls were still built, only in some important places, after the ditch was built, the Chu army was completely cut off from the outside communication.

Ye Gong sighed and said, "No matter what the Han barbarians want to do, order the soldiers to strengthen the defense tonight." Be careful of sneak attacks by Han barbarians, especially Yang Zilu, who is the best at sneak attacks. When Yang Zilu was able to rise, it was also a sneak attack on Wu State. ”

Cheng Zilu secretly added in his heart. "Yang Zilu was able to attack Hanshui, and because he successfully attacked you in Xia Wei."

Although Ye Gong was aware of Yang Zilu's actions, it was a pity that he didn't expect Yang Zilu to make such a big move, in fact, the target was not Quan County, but Zai Ying......

On the way to Zaiying in Quanxian County, every five or six zhang, a pure wooden javelin was inserted. The end of the javelin is smeared with white paint. Although it was dark, the javelins could still be seen through the moonlight. Groups of Han soldiers, following the guidance of the javelins, slowly advanced. Among the ranks, the most conspicuous were twenty trebuchets mounted on wheels, which, although huge, were not slow under the pull of horses and ploughing oxen.

Because of the javelin guidance, and the ropes tied to everything, it is not easy to get separated at night.

Along the way, the Han army rested during the day and marched at night. It was supposed to be a two-day journey and a full three nights of walking to reach Zaiying, but in order to hide his whereabouts, this was inevitable. Logically speaking, even so, it is only to reduce the likelihood of detection. But along the way, the trip was very smooth, and it went unexpectedly to Yang Zilu's surprise, which made Yang Zilu wonder what happened to Zaiying.

It wasn't until thirty miles away from Zaiying that the truth was revealed. Yang Zilu finally knew why along the way, there was not a single Chu army scout. It turns out that Father Wei Kong really dared to cross the river to attack Zaiying, and it seems that Father Wei Kong really didn't just shout slogans. And he brought a lot of soldiers, 40,000 people, but unfortunately they were all rabble.

Of course, the Chu army is no better, the veterans are basically dead, and the recruits have not yet grown up. Compared with the Baipu coalition army, the Chu army is half a catty and eight taels, and even the soldiers are not as brave as Baipu.

After all, Bai Pu was born as a barbarian, and the characteristic of the barbarian is that he lacks persistence, but he is very brave, and the degree of bravery is not much worse than that of the veterans of the Chu army, not to mention those new soldiers. If it weren't for the well-armed Chu army, there would still be a sound military system. It's hard to know that even a rabble like the Baipu Coalition Army can bully them.

Of course, in fact, the Chu army was a few points stronger than the Baipu coalition army. For this reason, the state of Chu did not choose to defend Zaiying, but chose to fight. They seem to be doing this in order to protect the last dignity, and not to let the Chu State let barbarians like the Baipu Alliance Army be bullied.

Not to mention, how bloody are the people of Chu, they know that there is no way to escape after retreating, and the King of Chu Hui is personally driving, and their morale is greatly shocked. After a hard battle, the Chu army finally defeated the Baipu coalition army, and the Baipu coalition army retreated for more than ten miles before it was able to stabilize the formation. This is still because King Chu Hui was afraid that the Han army would suddenly appear and did not dare to stay away from Zaiying, otherwise Wei Kong's father would have been beaten by King Chu Hui and led his troops to the Baipu coalition army to retreat to the Yangtze River to feed the fish.

After Yang Zilu learned the news, she couldn't help but be speechless for a while, this guy is too stupid, right? Could it be that he thinks that the Chu army he defeated is the main force of the Chu State? It is even said that the Chu army he defeated before was the kind where there were more people and fewer people, although it was said that the Chu country was now cornered, but it was not something that his micro-Confucian father could bully.

However, this is also their own opportunity, the Chu army actually went out of the city, this is a good opportunity for the Han army to annihilate the enemy. Yang Zilu immediately ordered: "Immediately convene the generals to the big tent of the Chinese army of the widow to discuss the matter."

The generals came to the big tent of the Chinese army, but something special happened at this time.

A dusty scout rushed into the big tent of the Chinese army and reported to Yang Zilu: "Lord, the Chu army didn't know what to want, and suddenly retreated towards Zaiying City."

"How so? Could it be that a scout has been discovered or caught? "Hou Xiong, who has just come to the big tent of the Chinese army, is in a hurry.

Yang Zilu is very calm. "It's not the time to say this, but now it's time to send troops."

"Lord, in such a hurry, I'm afraid I won't be able to fight the Chu army," Hou Xiong worried.

"On the march to fight, is there any danger there, no matter what, it is not allowed to sit back and watch the Chu army retreat into Zaiying, needless to say, people will pick up the cavalry and set off," Yang Zilu said resolutely.

The five thousand cavalry are ready, although the sky is just white, and the cavalry who marched all night is worthy of being the elite of the Han army, and they still show high fighting spirit. After the mobilization was completed, the 5,000 Han army iron cavalry immediately galloped out of the humble station, and the Han infantry also dragged their tired bodies towards the battlefield under the command of their respective generals.

In fact, the retreat of the Chu army was really blessed by the ancestors. King Chu Hui likes to hunt, and after defeating Weikong's father, he was very interested, and he went out hunting today. Unexpectedly, the prey was not hit, but the traces of a Han scout were found.

King Chu Hui's face naturally changed greatly, and he immediately ordered the palace armor of his entourage to chase and kill the Han army scouts, but the soldiers could catch up with the war horses. In the end, he was also escaped by the Han army scouts, but the Han army scouts were not easy, although the escape was successful, but he was shot three arrows, and after escaping, he lost too much blood and fell into a coma, and he was completely unable to return to the camp to report the incident.

This also made Yang Zilu miss the fact that it was best to intercept the Chu army, forcing Yang Zilu to now have to lead cavalry to intercept tens of thousands of Chu troops.

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