Chapter Seventy-Three: Shadow in the Night
At the time of the second watch, Ji Ping couldn't sleep in the military tent, so he simply lit the lamp and candle to read, he had planned this battle for a long time, and now what he needed was calm.
At this time, a flying shadow came to report: "I found that there was a big battle near Xingyang, and the two sides of the battle were the Cao and Bao armies of Dong Zhuo's Dongzhong Lang who drove Xu Rong and Suan Zao from the direction of Xu Rong and Suojube. ”
Ji Ping nodded: "I know, you have worked hard, go down and rest." ”
The flying shadow stepped back, and Ji Ping continued to read.
Cao Cao, Bao Xin and Xu Rong just started a war in Xingyang, and now is not the time for him to dispatch, otherwise Xu Rong will inevitably give up Cao Cao and return to Chenggao, and then he will take advantage of the fire to rob and burn himself.
"Childe." Yin Muyue on the side suddenly spoke: "This time I want to attack the city with Shi A." ”
"How does this work?" Ji Ping, who was reading a book, subconsciously replied, and then looked up at Yin Muyue with a firm face: "Mu Yue'er, don't mess around, you are a woman, stay in the Chinese army." ”
Yin Muyue snorted: "In terms of climbing techniques and flying eaves and walls, I am even more powerful than Shi A, and none of the five hundred flying shadows can compare to me." ”
Ji Ping smiled bitterly, hugged her into his arms, and pinched her soft and smooth little face: "This is not a matter of martial arts, you are now my woman, I naturally want to protect you." ”
Yin Muyue's eyes were full of determination: "Son, as the master, you have personally braved the rain of swords and swords, charging into battle, I am just one of your women, my strength is not as good as yours, but my martial arts are not worse than yours, why can't I go into battle?" If you don't allow it, I won't be your woman, and you will treat me like an ordinary flying shadow. ”
"......Forehead" Ji Ping touched his forehead, speechless, stared at her eyes, looked at the firmness, a tenderness surged in his heart, kissed her gently, and said: "It's okay, it's always you and me who go to the battlefield together, live and die together." ”
When Yin Muyue heard him agree, she screamed happily, hugged him back, kissed him passionately, and hummed softly in her nose: "What is life and death together, we let the enemy die together!" I'm going to grow old with you. ”
Listening to her lovely language, Ji Ping couldn't help but chuckle and kissed for a long time, until the two separated, and then said: "In the troubled times, you and I are so rushing, when it is peaceful, I will definitely take our family to travel the world, and I will live up to this life." ”
Yin Muyue snorted, her eyes were full of love, and she still had a yearning for the future.
"Since you're going to fight, let's get some rest." Ji Ping urged Yin Muyue to the bed, and went to read a book by himself.
On the western border of Chenggao County, there are several military camps, and a hundred Qianghu soldiers are guarding here.
Here is more than five miles away from Chenggao City, it is the outpost of Chenggao City placed by Xu Rong, from here to Chenggao City, there are several military camps every other mile, stationed in a tun of 100 people, led by the tun chief.
Xu Rong is brave and stable in his troops, and the five outposts respond to each other, once there is a change, the previous station is destroyed, and the next few stations also have the opportunity to rush back to Chenggao to report the military situation, which can be guaranteed.
It's just that this time they met the strongest scout in history, Ji Ping's Flying Shadow.
The wind is high and the moon is dark, in this military camp on the border of Chenggao County, the tun chief is wandering in the military tent, his face is panicked, it is already the third watch in the middle of the night, but he has no sleep.
Since yesterday noon, none of the scouts he sent out every day have not returned, and he knows that something must have happened in Gongxian County, which is not even far from Luoyang, but what is even more terrifying is that he sent several soldiers to Chenggao City to report one after another, but still none of them have returned.
At this time, he only felt that his soldiers seemed to be isolated, and he was even more frightened in this boundless dark night.
"Someone!" Tun Chang roared, although Xu Rong's military law was strict, he decided to take the remaining eighty-six soldiers of Quantun back to Chenggao together, even if he got together with another Tun colleague a mile away, otherwise he would go crazy if he stayed any longer.
However, there was no movement outside, and a chill rose in Tun Chang's heart, he held the long sword at his waist, and couldn't help but shout again: "Someone!" Come! Zhao Xiaoliu! Wang lin! Get up! ”
At this moment, the curtain of the military tent door moved, and the commander was happy in his heart, and was about to speak, but under the firelight, he only saw a little sword tip flashing, and his throat was numb, he felt out of breath, and he screamed, his pupils slowly dilated, and there was darkness in front of him.
In the military tent, Shi Ah returned the sword into the sheath with an expressionless face and ordered: "Go!" Go to the next sentry. ”
Since following Ji Ping, Shi A has always fought with a spear, and rarely shows his peerless swordsmanship, so much so that Ji Ping almost forgot that he was the most proud disciple of Tiger Ben and kendo master Wang Yue back then, and he was the best at assassination, and he would hit with one blow!
A moment later, Ji Ping, Geng Zhong, Duan Jin, and Gai Shun led an army of four thousand to pass through the city quietly.
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At the fourth watch, under the slope outside Chenggao City, there were two fires, seven or eight soldiers were napping there, and two soldiers patrolled back and forth.
A soldier looked at the Chenggao City Tower on the slope from a distance and muttered: "It's so close to the city, and in the middle of the night, you have to come out to guard this group of broken thistles, it's really a hard ......."
Another soldier shushed and said in a low voice: "Don't complain, I heard that there is a change in Luoyang, and General Xu is also just in case, it is better to suffer than to lose your life." ”
First a soldier pouted: "What's the use of guarding in the middle of the night?" We lit torches, it was darker, what could we see! ”
The other soldier smiled and was about to speak, when he suddenly looked behind him, his eyes wide and full of horror.
The first soldier had a sudden burst in his heart and was about to ask, when he saw a crossbow arrow pierce the throat of the soldier in front of him, and blood shot silently.
He was horrified in his heart, and was about to call out to a few colleagues who were napping, when he suddenly felt a numbness in the back of his neck, as if he had lost all his strength, and streams of heat flowed down his neck into his clothes, and he couldn't shout.
He lowered his head and saw an arrow peeking out from under his neck, his face showing a dazed look, and he fell to the ground with his companion.
The sound of falling to the ground alarmed several soldiers who were napping, and their eyes were about to investigate, when seven or eight black shadows flew in with a jumping pole, and the light of the short sword and long sword flickered in the flames, and the napping soldier never woke up again.
It was Shi A's Flying Shadow who came in.
After clearing the soldiers on patrol, the Flying Shadows immediately changed into the clothes of these soldiers, threw their corpses aside, and began to tie ropes on the horses, deer, and weaver girls, and at the same time cleaned up some of the thistles and thistles scattered on the ground.
In the dark night, on the tower of Chenggao City, eight hundred steps away, the soldiers guarding the city did not show any abnormality.
At the time of the fifth watch, the early spring was cold and the night was long, and it was still dark all around.
Ji Ping came quietly with nearly 4,000 men and horses, sent more than 500 people to guard the horses a mile away, and the remaining 3,000 people rushed to the slope outside Chenggao City.
The defense line that Xu Rong had laid out here had already been quietly uprooted by Feiying, and everything was ready to be attacked.
Here, Ji Ping could already faintly hear the earth-shattering shouts of killing from Xingyang at this time, and he estimated that the generals in Chenggao City should also be concerned about Xingyang.
At this time, he had a left sword and a right bow at his waist, holding a Fang Tian painting halberd, Pan Feng and Zhu Ao were protecting him on his left and right, Pan Feng's iron rod was replaced with a mace, and Zhu Ao was a big knife.
Shi Ah and Yin Muyue took the Flying Shadow Department to check the flying hooks, ropes and other climbing equipment on the side, and the Ghost Shadow Department was checking the crossbow.
Duan Jin and Gai Shun's men and horses had already lined up, axe and shield soldiers, spearmen, archers, crossbowmen, and drummers were in their positions, ten cloud ladders, more than 20 shields covered with cowhides, arrow carts, and ten ** and waist crossbows with a very long range, these were all Dong Zhuo's baggage captured from Bi Guiyuan, and now they were used by Ji Ping to beat Xu Rong.
If Dong Zhuo knew, I was afraid he would vomit blood.
It was almost dawn, this time was the most tired time for the night vigil soldiers, Cao Cao and Xu Rong in Xingyang had been fighting for four or five hours, almost a whole night, Ji Ping estimated that he had experienced a night of nervousness, and now the vigilance of the soldiers guarding Chenggao City had also reached the weakest time.
He clenched Fang Tian's halberd, ready to start his first real siege battle since he crossed over.
With a wave of his hand, Duan Jin and Gai Shun soldiers divided into two ways, and the axe shield soldiers, spear shield soldiers, and soldiers pushing arrow shields and arrow blocking carts quietly went uphill and walked in the forefront.
They were followed by two rows of pikemen, then crossbowmen and archers.
Behind them were more than 200 flying shadows carrying ladders and preparing to climb ladders to the city.
Ji Ping and the ghost shadow department of the personal guard battalion responded with crossbow arrows in the back.
Shi A and Yin Muyue each led a hundred flying shadows, climbed from both sides of the slope, and gradually moved to the north and south sides of Chenggao City.
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