Chapter 417: Midnight Civil Strife
Seeing that Liu Da was still hesitant, Zhao Tong said a little sternly: "This is also an opportunity for you, if you can succeed, you will be promoted and crowned with glory and wealth in the future, and the future is limitless." But if you want to hide in the city and live in peace, then you are very wrong. Don't forget! You have been in the Yanling army for a long time, and you have escaped back inexplicably, and if you don't keep it, some people will doubt your identity, and you will rather kill the wrong person than let it go, you few will not have a good life. Killing the head is light, if the crime of betrayal is confirmed, your family will also be implicated, how serious is it for me to say? ”
Liu Da and several people were shocked, it seems that this Zhao Tong General had planned it a long time ago, whether they wanted it or not, I am afraid they would let them go into danger, Liu Da suddenly felt that he had been calculated.
Thinking of his family, Liu Da nodded vigorously, and Zhao Tongjiang smiled proudly.
Late at night, a group of Dongning cavalry took advantage of the night to go out of the city, and it didn't take long to come to the Yanling camp, they were soon discovered by the Yanling guards, and suddenly the whole military camp began to sound gongs and trumpets and sound the alarm.
The Dongning cavalry did not dare to get any closer, and only put their arrows from a distance. The arrows set fire and flew everywhere, and several tents were immediately set on fire.
Because they didn't know how many enemies were coming, the Yanling army did not dare to leave the camp casually, and for a while the camp shouted loudly and made a mess.
Finding an opportunity, Liu Da and the others took advantage of the chaos to get into the Yanling camp, and moved to the place where the prisoners were held under the cover of the tent.
There were heavy guards here, and Liu Da was so anxious that he was sweating profusely and didn't find a chance to get in.
Fortunately, at this time, a Yanling general hurriedly came to find someone to support the front, and the defenders on guard were temporarily attracted to attention, so Liu Da found a gap and slipped in.
Those Dongning cavalry harassed back and forth for a while before retreating on their own, and slowly the Yanling camp returned to quiet. There was a commotion just now, but there were no casualties on either side, which was lucky.
Sure enough, a few more of the tens of thousands of soldiers were inconspicuous. But those Dongning soldiers saw that Liu Da, who had not been seen for a few days, suddenly reappeared, and they all came up to ask, very concerned.
Liu Da said a few words of greeting and asked in a low voice, "Where did the sixth one go?" I asked a few of them to talk about something. ”
A soldier next to him said: "Don't mention it, the sixth man fled with a few brothers who were more familiar with him on the second night of your disappearance." In the past few days, these Yanling people have been mobilizing people back and forth, and there are often times when they are not strict, and they have already run several groups of people one after another. But today I sent more guards, but unfortunately I had the opportunity a few days ago, and I knew that I had run away. ”
The sixth is usually a good buddy with Liu Da, but he didn't expect him to run away, and Liu Da was slightly ashamed. When he escaped that day, he didn't call the sixth man ruthlessly, because he thought that the sixth man had an injury on his leg and was afraid that he would drag himself down. At this time, he heard that the sixth child ran away by himself, but he avoided the embarrassment of meeting, but he wondered why the sixth ran away but did not return to the capital?
Unable to care about so much, Liu Da asked a few soldiers around him: "Brother, do you want to be locked up forever by the Yanling people?" The capital is not far ahead, so let's all go out together! ”
The soldiers immediately came to their senses, and one of them said, "I can't stand it anymore, I just trap us in the fence every day, I want to go out and fight with them." ”
Liu Da said in a low voice: "Brother, don't be impulsive, although we don't know each other, and I don't know which team you originally belonged to, but since we are all trapped here, and we are all from Dongning, then we are our own brothers." If you really want to escape, just listen to my command, inform everyone of the news, and let's give these Yanling people a nest fight. ”
The soldiers immediately applauded, and Liu Da whispered a few words to these people, and asked them to go and inform them.
Things went smoothly, one to ten, ten to hundred, and soon those little soldiers came back and said to Liu Da that everyone had been notified.
Liu Darang and the companions who came back with him each brought a team of people, and explained the tasks respectively, and went to confirm the storage location of the war horse and armor at dawn, and when it was night, everyone did it together.
40,000 captives were also no small team, divided into several fences and guarded. Since they were all wearing small shirts and trousers, there were more than 20,000 guards in charge. However, the guards were all heavily armed, and if these unarmed captives wanted to make trouble, it would not be enough to see.
Liu Da also had some brains, he asked the soldiers to choose their own targets, and as long as they heard the order, they would attack together. 40,000 people against 20,000 people, an average of two to one, and at the same time, even if there is no weapon, you can subdue the opponent, what you want is a surprise.
Sub-hour is the time when the guards change shifts, and the guards will have a relatively relaxed gap between them. Liu Daxuan's move at this time was well thought out, and the most important thing was that at that time, the Feng Lord of Yanling and the commanders were also resting, which was the best opportunity for a sneak attack.
Seeing that the hour of darkness was getting closer and closer, Liu Da began to be a little nervous, and at the same time very excited. As long as he can establish a miracle tonight, he will be the hero of Dongning, and he will ascend to the sky in one step and enjoy the glory.
Thinking of beautiful things, Liu Da faintly looked forward to the arrival of Zi Shi soon.
Everything went according to plan, and as soon as Zi Shi arrived, the Yanling guards began to rotate. Anyway, there was no need to count the number of people, and the newly exchanged guards all talked to each other and said hello before returning to their posts.
This is what Liu Da is waiting for, it is not in vain to be a prisoner for so many days, and he has some general understanding of the habits of Yanling soldiers.
Seeing that the time was ripe, Liu Da's heart beat faster, his blood boiled, and he suddenly shouted: "Brothers, do it!" ”
Forty thousand Dongning soldiers rushed out of the fence at the same time, and every two of them rushed towards one of the Yanling guards, and before the Yanling guards could wake up, they threw them to the ground.
The prison yard was suddenly in chaos, Liu Da led people to rush to the stable, another group of people went to grab armor, and a small number of people went to find tinder to set fire, and each team acted according to the instructions, which was unusually smooth.
Yanling's war horses and armor were stored in multiple places, and Liu Da and his group of soldiers only dared to grab the horses and weapons closest to them.
Taking advantage of the fact that the Yanling army had not had time to transfer people, Liu Da led people to grab hundreds of horses, and he immediately had confidence when he got on the horse, and commanded his men without horses to immediately run towards the gate of the capital, and the remaining soldiers with horses followed him to get weapons.
The rebellion of the captives immediately attracted the Yanling army, and they formed a formation to surround them. Liu Da hurriedly joined up with his companions who had snatched the armor, and he also grabbed a lot of horses, as well as a large number of armor and spears. Liu Da asked his subordinates to put on it immediately, and then got on the horse to cover his retreat to the gate of the capital.
The prisoners who went to set the fire had already discussed the location of the fire, and they were very fast, and they set the tents of those generals to the camp, and suddenly the Yanling camp burned in many places, and the prisoners also lit a large grain and grass camp tent while they were in chaos.
The grain was burned, many of the commanders' tents were on fire, and the Yanling soldiers were busy fighting the fire and saving people, scurrying around each other, and the Yanling army, which had always been strict in military discipline, was finally in chaos.
Liu Da and these people did not dare to fight, relying on the armor of the Yanling people to cover the rapid retreat of their companions. The fire covered them well, except for some Yanling soldiers who came by mistake, basically they did not encounter major resistance.
General Zhao Tong had been on the city wall all night watching the movements in the direction of the Yanling military camp, and from the moment the first fire came out, he fell into tension, and vaguely seemed to see that the work of saving the country was close at hand.
50,000 horses had already gathered behind the city gate, waiting for the order of General Zhao to prepare for a surprise attack on the Yanling camp. However, General Zhao Tong was very cautious, and he would not dare to give the order to attack until he saw Liu Da.
Fortunately, the distance between the Yanling camp and the capital was not far, and soon General Zhao Tong saw a group of people running towards the city gate, with tens of thousands of people. As soon as General Zhao raised his hand, the archers on the city wall immediately drew their bows and aimed at the people under the city.
At this time, a horse came up from behind and shouted at the tower: "Don't let go of the arrows! General Zhao! It's me, Liu Da! In order to let General Zhao see his face clearly, Liu Da also specially raised a torch to come.
General Zhao Tong saw that it was indeed Liu Da, and these people he brought were all dressed in uniform shirts, so he asked Liu Dadao: "How is it?" People have been rescued? ”
Liu Da shouted under the city: "General Zhao Tong rest assured, we burned their grain and grass, robbed them of hundreds of horses, and escaped while the chaos was made." We also burned the tents of the generals, and the Yanling people are now busy fighting the fire and don't care about anything else, now is a good opportunity for a surprise attack. ”
General Zhao was overjoyed, immediately got off the city tower, mounted his horse and led the troops out of the city. After seeing Liu Da, he said: "You immediately take these brothers in, put on armor, take weapons, and then kill back to the Yanling military camp to support us." If you can capture Sima Hongyan's little girl alive tonight, I will count you half of the credit! ”
Liu Da was overjoyed and agreed repeatedly. Zhao Tong will lead an army of 50,000 to the Yanling position, and Liu Da will lead people into the city to get equipment, preparing to kill the horse pistol again.
From a distance, the Yanling camp was on fire, and the fire seemed to have ignited a lot of camp tents by the wind. General Zhao Tong ordered the soldiers to enter the Yanling camp in three ways, and whoever can capture Sima Hongyan alive tonight is the first merit, with a reward of 10,000 gold, and the official will be promoted to the third level.
There will be brave men under the reward! The morale of the Dongning army was high, and everyone was in high spirits, and they all rushed to the enemy camp with a whip, lest they should be left behind.
When he got closer, General Zhao Tong saw the Yanling soldiers running around in the camp like headless flies, he was full of spirits and shouted: "Brothers, go up!" ”
50,000 soldiers rushed forward like hungry wolves pounced on sheep, and the Yanling soldiers on the opposite side suddenly saw a large number of enemy troops killed, and they were so frightened that they turned around and ran, and they were defeated.
General Zhao Tong was not interested in the small soldiers, he searched around in the firelight, and soon found the tallest and largest Chinese army tent in the camp, and Sima Hongyan must have taken refuge there. General Zhao shouted and led his troops straight over.
The other two Dongning soldiers killed from the flanks and surrounded and suppressed the other Yanling generals.
The firelight illuminated the surroundings exceptionally brightly, and Zhao Tong killed all the way to the front of the Chinese army's tent unimpeded, but as soon as he arrived, he immediately realized that something was not right.
Why didn't a single guard see it here in the military tent? Not to mention the Chinese military tent here, if you look around, the Yanling soldiers who were still running around just now suddenly disappeared at this time.
General Zhao Tong immediately realized that he had been tricked, and he hurriedly turned his team around and ordered to retreat back to the city.