Chapter 132: The Battle of Yangzhou (4)
"Lao Ding-don't panic! Gan Ning is coming-" Gan Ning patted his war horse and rushed towards the surrounded Ding Feng, he found that Ding Feng's right arm was slashed, but it was only a little bit of skin, and Gan Ning also took his big knife and slashed to death a Yellow Turban Army soldier who was about to attack Ding Feng. Later, Huang Zhong also rushed up with the rest of the people, with the addition of this group of people, he immediately opened a gap around the Yellow Turban Army, Huang Zhong killed in, splashed a blood rain with a knife on the left, and brought up a broken arm with a knife, with the surrounding firelight, Huang Zhong's face was full of hideousness, and the surrounding Yellow Turban Army was frightened by Huang Zhong's fierceness and retreated.
"Governor, get out! It is not advisable to stay here for a long time, and the queen of the palace will come in the end-" Huang Zhong rushed up to block the Yellow Turban Army chasing after him, Gan Ning and Ding Feng took the opportunity to get out and retreat with their sailors and county soldiers, and they fought and retreated, and gradually threw the Yellow Turban Army far away. Qu Shuai Wan Bing saw that a Yangzhou army blocked the way, and he was more and more worried that there was a problem with the secret passage of the grove, because the sky was too dark, the opponent's combat effectiveness was extremely strong, and he didn't have many men and horses, and he was afraid that he would suffer a loss if he caught up, so he ordered the Yellow Turban Army to go to the grove first!
With a torch to illuminate the grove in an instant, Wan Bing looked at everything in front of him and finally understood where the smell he smelled just now came from, looking at the puffs of smoke that were still oozing out of the cracks in the stone, as well as the hole of the sealed secret passage, he hurriedly asked his soldiers to open the secret passage, if there was a little unexpected situation in the city, the five thousand horses in it would all have to be explained here. It's so hateful, how can this group of Yangzhou soldiers come up with such a damaging trick? Even if you don't get suffocated, you will be smoked to death, and the damn Han Dynasty really treats human life like a mustard!
"Someone—open the hole quickly! Look at the casualties inside? Wan Bing cursed Gan Ning's gang in his heart for a long time, but he never found out that they were wrong from the beginning? As the leader of the Yellow Turban Army, Qu Shuai is waving the banner of doing the right thing for heaven, but he is doing things that hurt heaven and reason, if they don't start a war, how can so many people die? Human nature is inherently selfish, and we can only see the bad of others, not our own bad!
When his soldiers were opening the hole, a rapid sound of horses' hooves sounded from the direction of the south gate of Yangzhou City, and a Yellow Turban Army scout saw Wan Bing in the woods, and hurriedly transferred his war horse and knelt on one knee and said: "Report to the marshal - the south gate found that there is a fire in Yangzhou, is it possible to attack the city according to the agreement?" ”
"Okay - leave 2,000 men and horses to dig a secret passage here! The rest of the men and horses will follow Ben Shuai back to the south camp to prepare for the attack on the south gate, and you will go to the other three camps to run a trip to give orders, and all of them will concentrate on attacking the city! ”
"Yes-" The herald hurriedly received the military order and rushed to the other three battalions to pass the order, according to Wan Bing's estimation, Han Xuan should also subdue the Beida Camp and the East Battalion at this time, and there is Chen Defeated in the West Battalion, and the troops are almost the same, and the siege of the city can also distract the attention of the Yangzhou defenders. It's just that there are too many things he can't think of, and he is so troubled by Zhou Yu and Gan Ning, if Cheng Yu guesses that there is a problem in Yangzhou City, then he will really be funny.
In the past few days, the wealthy families and families in the city have been unusually quiet, and they were still somewhat commotion when the Yellow Turban Army besieged the city at the beginning, but they were quiet after being surrounded by the Yellow Turban Army for so long, this matter can be seen in the eyes of anyone with a little brain, and this matter can be seen to be unusual. In addition, the shadows under Zhou Yu's hands are dense in Yangzhou City, as long as there is a trace of wind and grass in Yangzhou City, they can't hide it, Cheng Yu has such eyes to stare at Yangzhou City, and he has already taken precautions. During the day, he asked Zhou Tai to go to a good rest, and posted a notice in the city to implement a curfew at night, no one was allowed to walk around the street, and if he met someone on the street at will, he would kill him! Yangzhou City was originally besieged for more than ten days, and people were very nervous in their hearts, but as soon as the curfew came out, they became even more nervous, and they all smelled an unusual smell.
"Is there any movement?" Cheng Yu did not guard the mansion too much at this time, but was with Zhang Zhao and Zhou Tai, and Zhou Yu left guards outside to protect them. If there is a riot in the city tonight, the first thing to bear the brunt of is Zhou Yu's Taishou Mansion, Cheng Yu found a person similar to Zhou Yu's body shape in advance and stayed in the Taishou Mansion as Zhou Yu's office, and let him wander around the streets and city gates during the day as an inspection of the city defense work. When Zhou Yu was in Yangzhou, he basically wandered in the Zhaoxian Pavilion every day, and there were very few high-ranking officials and nobles in the city who knew him, and he generally couldn't see Zhou Yu at all when he went to the Taishou Mansion. can only know that Zhou Yu is probably a very young and handsome young man, and his family background is very deep, that is, people use false rumors, and no one dares to touch Zhou Yu's brows easily.
"My lord - there are five courtyards in the south, west, and east of the city, and there are torches lit inside, and there is also a glimmer of light in a deserted courtyard near the Taishou Mansion. The subordinates suspect that there is something strange in that courtyard, and have sent someone to surround the courtyard secretly, what should we do, my lord? A man in black ran in, flashed the sign on his body, came to Cheng Yu unimpeded, and told Cheng Yu everything they had discovered.
"Well—I can't help but make a move! The Shadow Guard obeys the order - all of you must be dispatched, no matter what means you use, you must kill all the rebel forces in the city, including those powerful families who don't know what to do! As for the weird yard, you just need to send someone to keep an eye on it, and I will send someone to deal with it! Remember the words of this official, as long as the stability of Yangzhou City and the safety of the people can be guaranteed, this official does not mind if you take extraordinary measures! Go ahead-" Cheng Yu looked like a scholar, but from his words, he was murderous, not inferior to a battle-hardened general.
"Subordinates obey! Guarantee to complete the task, and your subordinates will never let these traitors live to see the sun tomorrow! The black-clad Shadow Guard immediately got up and went down to make arrangements, tonight they Shadow Guard were destined to prove their existence with blood.
"Zhongde, the forces inside the city can deal with the rebellion in the city, but once the enemy outside the city attacks, in that case, we will be overstretched by the enemy! Is it necessary to transfer troops from the city? Zhang Zhao also saw the seriousness of the matter, even if he didn't understand military affairs, he knew that the defenders of the four city gates together with the government officials added up to only about 8,000 people, and if there were about 2,000 enemy troops in the city to capture any of them, they would probably succeed! For the time being, there is no alarm coming from the city, so we can only consider transferring the soldiers from the city head down for emergency first, and we must first settle inside!
"Hehe-don't move the city head soldiers for the time being, the lord has left me some ways to quell the chaos before leaving! You don't need too many people, you can make the enemy army have no power to fight back, and after a while, let's go together to see and see, and General Lao Zhoutai will accompany our two scholars on a trip! Zibu, do you have the guts to go with me? Cheng Yu smiled confidently, Zhou Yu handed over the most effective thing to Cheng Yu to make before leaving, and fortunately this had already been made.
"Haha-Brother Zhongde, how can Zhang be a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, I am willing to go with Brother Zhongde to take a look!" Zhang Zhao glanced at Cheng Yu, this guy doesn't look like a scholar at all, he is too decisive!
"Two gentlemen, everything is ready-the last general did find that the Yellow Turban Army with weapons kept appearing in this courtyard, and the rats entered the hole as Mr. expected-" Zhou Tai looked at Zhang Zhao and Cheng Yu with a smile on his face, and couldn't help but admire these two for being really clever!
"In that case—let's set it on fire first!"
For a time, the city of Yangzhou was shrouded in fire, and the families and guards of various families in the city opened the gate one after another to kill, because the firelight was the code of attack!