Chapter 40: Sneaking into the Rear

Wang Yun originally wanted to take the opportunity to lure the Yellow Turban into Beijing by virtue of his wonderful relationship with the Yellow Turban, so as to facilitate his own actions, but he didn't expect that this Li Ruzhuo beside Dong Zhuo was very knowledgeable, and he resolved the matter in just a few words. In this regard, Wang Yun could not attack, so he could only hide and stop speaking.

However, the alliance army suffered the first defeat, and the morale of the army has been adjusted, and Yuan Shao, as the leader of the alliance, has also made several good mobilizations, and Dong Zhuojun, who is in the Tiger Prison Pass, has not moved to send troops within a week, giving the coalition forces enough time to breathe.

This is not to say that Dong Zhuojun does not want to take advantage of the victory to pursue, but that there is a little friction between the soldiers brought by Lu Bu and Niu Fu's Xiliang lineage. Originally, he thought that Lu Bu, who was the biggest in the sky and on the earth, was already in a big victory, but he didn't buy it at all for the current supreme commander of Tiger Prison Pass.

Niu Fu was also very helpless, now if he wanted to hold the Tiger Prison Pass and break the siege of the alliance army, he had to rely on Lu Bu's combat effectiveness. Of course, not only Lu Bu's personal bravery, but also the Bingzhou army that followed Lu Bu was also very strong. Aside from Lu Bu, the combat power of the Bingzhou Iron Cavalry in charge of Zhang Liao was not under the Xiliang Army, and the taciturn Gao Shun, the heavy infantry Niu Fu in that guy's hand knew that it was a strong force at a glance......

For the division in the Tiger Prison Pass, Niu Fu was also very helpless. But it is impossible for him, the No. 1 commander, to let Lu Bu do anything, so the distribution of grain and grass between the two armies, inspection arrangements and other matters have exposed many contradictions, which is why Dong Zhuojun in the Tiger Prison Pass did not pursue the alliance army for a week.

Although both sides are now very restrained, even the players know that this is the calm before the storm. Lu Bu's previous victory can only be regarded as a small victory, after all, the princes of the Eighteenth Route have not died all the way, and everyone knows the truth that it is better to cut off one of their fingers than to hurt their ten fingers, and the current alliance army only needs to adjust its morale to continue fighting.

Compared with the state of internal and external defense of the alliance army and Dong Zhuojun, the current Xu Yang is much more leisurely. At this moment, Xu Yang was standing on the bow of the huge dragon and snake battleship, that is, the large battleship more than 300 meters long mentioned in the news of the alliance army. However, due to the darkness of the night, the alliance army obviously misassessed the length of the Dragon Snake battleship, which was more than 500 meters long.

This kind of battleship is a giant battleship made by Xu Yang at the beginning of the formation of the Bright Moon City Water Army. However, due to his limited ability, he can only build one per month. In addition, Xu Yang has not been in Mingyue City for a long time, and now there are only eight dragon and snake warships in the entire Mingyue City, and the huge hull is only equipped with some small catapults and bed crossbows, not that Xu Yang does not want to be equipped with better equipment, nor that the dragon and snake battleships cannot afford it, but that he is poor!

You must know that a dragon and snake warship can be equipped with a hundred catapults, and the position of the fifth layer of the hull can be equipped with large siege equipment on the third floor, and once it is fully equipped, it is a war machine. But how much does it cost to be fully matched like this? Even with the healthy development of Mingyue City's economy now, Xu Yang feels that he will not be able to fully match his battleship without ten years. What's more, in ten years, how many dragon and snake warships will Xu Yang add? Thinking of this, Xu Yang simply had a Buddhist mentality, and he could do whatever he could!

"Lord, you are here! It's really easy to find subordinates! Xu Yang, who was still enjoying the sea breeze, suddenly heard Guo Jia's voice behind him, with some resentment in his tone.

Turning his head to look at Guo Jia, this guy was still carrying the flask he couldn't put down, but his face was a little tired.

"Fengxiao, I know that you have worked hard! But this time, the selection of personnel is very important, and you can only rest assured if you are present in person. I wonder what happened to this person? Xu Yang asked while comforting Guo Jia.

Guo Jia also knew that if he hadn't personally selected the personnel, there would probably be a big problem, so he didn't continue to dwell on his hard work, but took a sip of wine and said: "Don't worry, my subordinates have screened the personnel selected by Gan Ning one by one, and finally left a hundred people as the team for tonight's action." As for the others, they are responsible for harassing or feints, and they can't get in touch with the core tasks at all, so the lord can rest assured! ”

After listening to Guo Jia's words, Xu Yang nodded and said: "With Fengxiao sitting here, tonight I will definitely let Dong Zhuo know that there are more than the eighteen princes in the world!" ”

Guo Jia's expression, which was still smiling, suddenly froze, and he frowned and asked, "Lord, you just said that I am sitting here, so what about you?" ”

Xu Yang showed a knowing smile and said, "Fengxiao, you can't let Gan Ning's hairy boy lead the core team of 100 people!" First, Gan Ning has no prestige in the army, and he is not a person from my Mingyue City, and rashly leading the team will only make everyone dissatisfied and affect the task; Second, this action is very important, and I can't rest assured if I don't go in person! Ben Hou knows that Feng Xiao is worried, but if you can't do it, Ben Hou can leave immediately......"

Looking at Guo Jia's worried look, Xu Yang could only be so sophistry. After all, before this operation, Guan Yu and Huang Zhong had to come to protect the safety of the lord, but in the end, Xu Yang didn't bring it, only Gan Ning, an outsider, and Guo Jia. Of course, the second general of the navy, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, naturally accompanied him. Xu Yang also took this opportunity to give his Mingyue City prestige, so that the world would know that he was not a good champion.

There is no one to protect his father-in-law, Guo Jiaben disagrees. However, when he said this, his own lord recognized this truth, and the large military ships on the Yellow River must be manned

In the end, Guo Jia could only reluctantly agree.

The Yellow River in the world of "Firmament" is wider than in the real world, and the waves are faintly like the sea. Xu Yang's sea march this time was a plan to use the golden cicada to get out of the shell, leaving the camp of Mingyue City to Huang Zhong and Guan Yu to guard, and he bypassed the Tiger Prison Pass from the Yellow River to open the war zone behind the enemy.

If it is a blatant past, the enemy will definitely find out. But on the wide Yellow River, the dragon and snake warships of Mingyue City were driving in the middle of the river, as long as they did not deliberately get close to the shore, no one found it. It has to be said that Dong Zhuo's dependence on the Tiger Pass is too heavy, and even the defense above the Yellow River is only a few designated ports.

In fact, Xu Yang still hoped in his heart that Dong Zhuo could send some water army out, and when the time came, the two sides would compete, and Xu Yang also wanted to know what strength the Mingyue City water army was now. But this matter can only be thought about in the brain, the current water surface of the Yellow River is too lonely......

The time was close to evening, the remnant sun dyed the sky red, and the Yellow River seemed to have become quiet because of this sunset, Gan Ning stood half a body behind Xu Yang and said respectfully: "Master Hou, the time is almost up, do you want to start acting now!" ”

Xu Yang nodded and said, "Let the troops act!" Remember, it's not too good to hide or anything, if the enemy can't find them, then we're in trouble! ”

"Yes!" Gan Ning respectfully accepted the order, and then went back to give the order with an excited face.

He still couldn't forget the excitement he felt when he saw this dragon and snake battleship, such a huge battleship, the interior design was so thorough. Not to mention the displacement of the hull and the design of the keel, just talking about the fifteen small snake ships equipped under the dragon snake battleship, which made Gan Ning love it. If you are lucky enough to have such a warship, equipped with dozens of warships, who is still your opponent on the Yellow River?

With Xu Yang's order, the fourteen fully manned Serpent ships quickly headed towards the bank of the Yellow River, and disappeared from Xu Yang's sight after a while.

After a while, Gan Ning came back again, but this time he had already taken off the bell on his body and changed into a night coat with a white cloak, which looked less wild and uninhibited than before, and had a little more restrained temperament.

"Xingba, I didn't expect you to wear it like this!" Looking at Gan Ning's dress, Xu Yang quipped.

Gan Ning was so uncomfortable when he said this, he could only respond aggrievedly: "Master Hou, don't make fun of me." Tonight's action is not to wear this kind of clothing uniformly, and it is not possible to bring my bell...... However, thinking that being able to take the snake ship was a ploy planned by Hou Ye himself, it was all worth it! ”

In this regard, Xu Yang just smiled and did not say much. Tonight's action was indeed proposed by him, but it was still processed and perfected by Guo Jia, after all, he was just copying the combat of the ancients, and if he really wanted to put it into the actual battle, he still had to have a strategist like Guo Jia plan it in detail.

"Alright, let's get ready! After a while, when the enemy is lively, it will be time for us to start moving......" After speaking, Xu Yang also entered the cabin, and after a while, he changed into a night suit and came out wearing a white cloak.

At night, between Tiger Prison Pass and Luoyang, along the Yellow River.

Groups of soldiers from Bright Moon City began to land after the Serpent came out of the water, and 1,400 people were unloaded from the fourteen Serpent ships, and these people immediately dispersed and began to carry out combat missions or harassment missions after they came ashore.

Their mission was simple, to harass the Tiger Prison along its way. If you find that the sentry cavalry can fight, you can fight it, and if you can't do it, then find a way to prevent the enemy from working smoothly. As for where to do things? What's going on? That needs to be decided by each team according to its own actual situation, that is, the responsibility of the captain of each team.

And these fourteen captains are actually players, these people are the social Ma Ge Nabo players who dug traps in Wu County before. However, they are now regarded as peripheral players in Bright Moon City, and these people are also assigned by Xu Yang, and they are going to have a disturbance battle with the rear of the Tiger Prison Pass today.

Compared to the conservative stereotypes of NPCs, players' brains can be much more active. And these players are also surrounded by a few quacks who are good at playing traps, and this configuration can't fight a war, but if you want to say that it is logistically disruptive, it is really good.

When the sun sets, it is already three o'clock, and from time to time there will be fast horses and sentry horses running through the dark road, and tonight is destined to be an unquiet night.

After the fourteen teams were dispersed, Xu Yang also took the last snake ship and Gan Ning to a remote place to go ashore. Unlike other troops, Xu Yang's troops are extremely high-quality, their actions are uniform, and they are extremely quiet in the dark except for the sound of breathing. In addition, the white clothes on the body are the best cover above the water, and it is extremely natural for this unit to swim slowly fifty meters from the shore.

In fact, Xu Yang's original intention was to cross the river in white clothes, but after considering the strategic purpose and difficulty of this time, Guo Jia made the plan of this operation like this. It's just that Guo Jia didn't expect that his own lord would go to this battle in person.

"Gan Ning, can you tell where you are now?" Looking at the darkness all around, except for being able to see the bright light of the Tiger Prison Pass in the distance, it was really impossible to distinguish anything.

However, Gan Ning was not a bad expert in robbing houses, he looked around briefly, looked at the sky and determined the direction, and immediately led the troops to the target location this time to Happy Valley.

Happy Valley Ridge is a logistics point behind the Tiger Prison Pass, where more than 20% of the military rations of the Tiger Prison Pass are hoarded. Don't look at it as just two percent, you must know that a large amount of grain and grass can be hoarded in the Tiger Prison Pass, and now the grain is being stockpiled in batches in Happy Valley Ridge to prevent trouble, and it is this accident that gives Xu Yang the opportunity to take action this time.

What the? How did Xu Yang know, you ask? On the night when Hua Xiong was captured, Xu Yang and Guan Yu got Hua Xiong drunk. According to Guo Jia's speculation, this Happy Valley Ridge itself is behind the Tiger Prison Pass, and the possibility of a sneak attack is very small, and the military rations in the Tiger Prison Pass are not a small number, and it is not easy to carry them, so this military rations should still be here.

Gan Ning, who was already familiar with the location of Happy Valley, led the troops to move forward cautiously. Along the way, I also encountered several waves of cavalry sentries, but they were either dodged or killed directly, which can be said to be thrilling. By the time Xu Yang's hundred-man team came to Happy Valley, it was already three o'clock.

At this time, the guards of Happy Valley were busy. Because tonight, I don't know which unlucky one came to make trouble, and the entire rear of the Tiger Prison was messed up. Many of the sentinels sent out did not return on time, and some said that they had been attacked by the enemy. But when he asked about the number of enemies, the sentry riders' answers were maddening!

How do you know that your brother-in-law's is an enemy if you don't see it? But the sentry riders who were attacked said very simply, the enemy is in the dark, they are in the light, in order to come back to report the news, they can only be wronged. Thinking about it carefully, this guard general felt that the sentry cavalry's approach was not without mistakes, after all, if he stayed and fought the enemy to the death, then such an important logistics base on this side of Happy Valley would be bad if he didn't know anything about the situation.

As a result, a large number of sentry horses were sent out to reconnoiter the situation along the Tiger Pass. However, under the dark sky, a team of sentry cavalry sent out more and less returned, and even fewer discovered the enemy's situation.

What does this mean? It shows that the sentry that did not come back was basically caught by the enemy, or solved on the spot. This matter is a big deal, and now I don't know the situation, I only know that there is a force of enemies behind the Tiger Prison Pass, the number is unknown, and the purpose is unknown.

Thinking of this, the general immediately became distracted, and directly sent a large number of cavalry in Happy Valley Ridge to act as sentry horses, making sure to detect the enemy's movements.

As a result, the general never thought that he sent troops out so wantonly, which could be said to be Guo Jia's strategy.

If there are troops going out, then there will inevitably be troops coming back. It's just that the troops that came back this time will still be the troops that originally went out? This question is not known to the general himself, after all, he cannot know all the people in the entire army.

Xu Yang and the others, who were ambushed on the periphery of Happy Valley, looked at the team that went out to inquire about the news, and a knowing smile appeared on their faces.

"Master Hou, half of the troops have already run out of this Happy Valley, and aside from the team that has to rest at night, I'm afraid there won't be much left. Shall we kill it now and set fire to this granary directly......" Lying in the tall grass, Gan Ning said excitedly.

Xu Yang gave Gan Ning a roll of his own eyes and said, "Such a big Happy Valley, do you know where the granary is?" What if you set fire to the place? ”

"Uh...... Why don't we scratch our tongues? Gan Ning said tentatively again.

Although he used to make a living as a roadblock and robbery, he really had no experience in such a big battle as burning the barracks, so it was no wonder that he was wrong as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Well, the tongue must be caught, but not one or two......" Xu Yang nodded five people in the back, and then took Gan Ning directly to the mainland.

There will be a team of a few people to a dozen people on the side of the road, Xu Yang measured the strength of himself and Gan Ning, and specially selected a team of five or six people to start. With the high night and dark wind, almost before the other party understood, he died directly.

These sentry horses were just ordinary logistics soldiers, only with the strength of the seventh order, and they died in just an instant under the joint efforts of Xu Yang and Gan Ning, leaving behind a military uniform.

"Pick them up, you bring these clothes back, let the soldiers change into them, and then you guys hurry back!" Xu Yang took off Dong Zhuojun's soldiers' clothes and handed them to the soldiers in the rear.

As a result, in less than an hour, Xu Yang and Gan Ning got Dong Zhuojun's military uniform of 100 people. To say that the only flaw is that there are blood stains on these uniforms, after all, it would be too technical to kill these seventh-order soldiers without blood. Xu Yang estimated that Huang Zhong would be able to meet this standard in Mingyue City.

"Master Hou, although our clothes belong to Dong Zhuojun, but this bloodstain is not easy to explain?" Gan Ning asked with some embarrassment.

After all, as long as you pretend to be an enemy and sneak into the barracks now, if you wear this blood-stained clothes, you will inevitably be questioned more, and it will not be good if you show your flaws.

Xu Yang just smiled evilly and said to everyone: "After a while, you will all follow me, pretend to be a deserter, and I will ......take care of the rest."