Chapter 60: Surprise Attack on Jiayuan City
"Marshal Qiqi, there is a thief army in Hukou Town outside Jiayuan City, but everything is arranged by the marshal, everyone has moved away, and the thief army has found nothing!"
"Marshal Qiyu, there is a thief army twenty miles outside Jiayuan City, with shabby clothes, yellow and thin faces, fighting for grass roots and tree bark, and they have collapsed. ”
"Qi Qi Marshal, the thieves began to assemble ten miles east of the city, about a thousand people, and the target seems to be the Lotus Town. ”
Information was sent to Liu Shiyu's mansion one after another.
"Fairy, everything is as we expected, Xi Jian's remnants have been out of food for many days and have to take the initiative to attack. The fish has taken the bait!" Liu Shiyu smiled and wiped the sword in his hand.
"Is this going to take action in person?"
"Yao Gang and Gao Yong have both died, and there is no one available in the city for the time being, so the commander will personally attack and annihilate the enemy in a battle. ”
"The slave family prepared and went into battle with the commander to kill the enemy. ”
"This time, I won't bother the fairy, it's just a remnant soldier, the fairy is preparing well in the house, and he will treat the marshal well at night. Liu Shiyu stared at Dongfang Yuhong's body, his eyes shining.
"The slave family will prepare well and surprise the handsome at night. Dongfang Yuhong smiled with a flattering face.
"Ordered the three thousand troops in the city to prepare to set off and drive the thieves to the direction of Lotus Town. When the time comes, the 2,000 volts of Lotus Town will be killed, and they will be able to wipe out all the thieves. ”
Liu Shiyu hung his sword at his waist and sat in a carriage to direct the army out of the city.
As soon as Liu Shiyu's army left the city, the camp of Xi Jianjun, ten miles east of the city, got the news.
"General, everything is as we expected, Liu Shiyu led his troops out of the city, there are about three thousand people, counting the ambush soldiers in Lotus Town, there are five thousand people outside the city, and the defenders in the city are less than two thousand, most of them are soldiers who were injured last time. Five hundred Red Flame cavalry were one step ahead, and they were afraid that they would arrive here soon. General, do you really want to do this?" said General Xu with a worried look on his face.
"For this battle, we have been preparing for many days, as long as we destroy the Red Flame Iron Cavalry and lead the army to other places, the rest will be handed over to Ma Shaoxia. Xi Jian put on his helmet, picked up a long knife and walked out.
Five hundred Red Flame Iron Cavalry, under the leadership of a general, slaughtered violently to the Xi Jian military camp.
Originally, I thought that the thieves would scatter and flee, but I didn't think of getting close, but I found that the Xi Jian soldiers were waiting in formation, as if they were ready to fight.
The general was not angry but happy, and rushed forward with the Red Flame Iron Horse.
Seeing that there was only a distance of seven or eight zhang, and he could rush to the military formation in an instant, Xi Jian shouted: Tripping horses!
I saw that many ropes suddenly stretched out from the place where the Red Flame Iron Rider was, and the horses under the seat couldn't dodge, and they fell to the ground one after another, and the Iron Rider who was lucky enough to avoid the stumbling rope was also tripped by other Iron Riders who fell to the ground, and for a while, the Red Flame Iron Rider fell to a large area.
"Ballista, launch, rocket, launch!" Several ballista carts pushed up from behind Xi Jianjun.
"Whoosh!" the ballista fired a large area of iron arrows that were inches thick, and no matter how strong the Red Flame Armor was, it couldn't resist such thick arrows.
At the same time, many flaming rockets were fired at the Red Flame Army, where the Red Flame Army was located, there were many weeds and dead trees, and soon patches of fire were ignited.
Under several attacks, most of the Red Flame Army had been killed or wounded. The Red Flame Army is not an elite, but it is in such a predicament, and many people abandon their horses and cross the fire and rush towards the Xi Jian Army.
Xi Jian raised his big sword: "Black Iron Beifu soldiers, follow me into battle to kill the enemy." ”
I saw hundreds of soldiers wearing black iron armor and holding black iron long knives rushing out of the Xi Jian Army and rushing towards the Red Flame Army.
The Beifu soldiers hated the Red Flame Army to the core, and now they came prepared, and under the leadership of Xi Jian, a high-ranking martial artist, the more than 100 Red Flame Army who rushed up were quickly slaughtered.
"Hide the repeater cart and travel lightly in the direction of Lotus Town. ”
Xi Jian didn't dare to fight, seeing that the Red Flame Army was almost slaughtered, he had no worries when he retreated. By the time Liu Shiyu's infantry arrived at the battlefield a quarter of an hour later, only the corpses of the Red Flame Army were left all over the ground.
"How is it possible, they still dare to ambush here!" Liu Shiyu stood on the carriage and looked at the Red Flame Army he had carefully cultivated in distress, almost dead and wounded
。 He really couldn't believe how a group of hungry and powerless people could ambush his elite soldiers.
"Where did the thieves flee?"
"Back to Dashuai, the thieves have fled in the direction of Lotus Town. ”
"It turns out that I still want to go to Lotus Town to grab grain, how can I let you get your wish! Command the army, speed up, and catch up with the thieves!"
Just when Liu Shiyu's army was chasing the remnants of Xi Jian, a team of 1,000 people appeared five miles south of Jiayuan City.
The person at the head was a young man with a full head, wearing golden armor, it was Ma Yun, Qin Ming, General Lu Shen and a red-faced man standing behind Ma Yun.
It is said that a few days ago, a red-faced man led hundreds of soldiers to Xiong'an Village to visit Ma Yun, and Ma Yun went down the mountain to greet him.
The red-faced man wanted to compete with him without saying a word, and the result was conceivable, the red-faced man was knocked out of his weapon in five moves.
Seeing the defeat in the competition, the red-faced man was not angry but happy, and he actually led his subordinates to join Ma Yun.
Ma Yun has also heard about this red-faced man, named Dian Jun, who gathered a group of people who fell into the grass on another mountain dozens of miles away, and helped refugees in Pingsuli, and his reputation was not bad, but he didn't expect this red-faced man to be a high-level martial artist.
It turned out that last time Xiong'an Village resisted the army of more than 10,000 people of Liu Shi, and it was famous, and Dian Jun brought his subordinates to vote. Before taking refuge, it is inevitable to test it.
Tong Guanshan has not recovered from serious injuries, Qin Ming is only an intermediate martial artist, and there are many dead and injured soldiers in the village, Ma Yun is discussing with Xi Jian to capture Jiayuan City, and the troops are seriously insufficient.
When the pawn heard that Ma Yun had subdued Xi Jian's Beifu soldiers and wanted to capture Jiayuan City, he was even more excited and admired him in every way.
With 500 people under Dian Jun, plus Xi Jian's 2,000 Beifu soldiers, and less than 200 soldiers in Xiong'an Village, Ma Yun felt strong for a while.
After much deliberation, a detailed plan was formulated. Of the 1,000 soldiers outside Jiayuan City, 500 were Dian Jun's men, and the other 500 were Beifu soldiers led by General Lu Shen. The remaining 1,500 Beifu soldiers were used as bait.
Ma Yun looked ahead with some excitement, and the majestic city wall of Jiayuan City was already looming.
Ma Yun tapped his face a few times, and it turned out to be a little similar to Yao Gang.
"Calculating the time, Liu Shiyu's army should be unexpectedly in twenty miles. Brother Dian, bring the selected manpower, and let's go to open the city gate. His voice turned out to be exactly the same as Yao Gang.
The disguise technique and voice change technique obtained from the treasure house of the deadly scholar were used by him superbly.
"Brother Qin, General Lu, the two of you wait for the fireworks signal, and when you see the signal, you will lead the troops to kill it. ”
Ma Yun was in front, Dian Jun and more than a dozen people were behind, and ran towards Jiayuan City.
"Lower the drawbridge and open the gates. Ma Yun and they got out of the moat and shouted loudly.
At this time, the gate of Jiayuan City was closed, and the suspension bridge was retracted.
"Who are you, report your name!" asked the guard on the wall aloud.
"Can't you even recognize me?" Ma Yun pretended to be annoyed.
"You... Are you Marshal Yao?" the officer guarding the city recognized Ma Yun's appearance and asked in disbelief.
"Now that you recognize Ben Shuai, why don't you quickly put down the drawbridge and open the city gate. ”
"Marshal Yao, aren't you already..."
"What is already? After spitting and spitting, Ben Shuai and General Gao rushed to the thief village, killed 100 enemies and were captured after exhausting their physical strength, and Ben Shuai took the opportunity to escape after many days of cultivation. ”
"Marshal Yao, who are those people behind you?"
"They were moved by Ben Shuai's words and decided to take refuge in me and follow Ben Shuai to make contributions, which is a hundred times stronger than nesting in a thief village. Ben Shuai has said this, and he still doesn't open the door? I really want to wait for Ben Shuai to send out a thunderous rage and behead you all!"
"Put down the drawbridge and open the city gate!" The officer on the city wall seemed to be frightened by Ma Yun and hurriedly ordered someone to open the city gate.
The drawbridge was slowly lowered, the city gate was opened, and the officer with a dozen soldiers respectfully waited for 'Marshal Yao' to enter the city.
Ma Yun and Dian Jun had just walked across the suspension bridge, and the suspension bridge was slowly lifted.
"Welcome Marshal Yao back to the city!" the officer said, bowing down.
"Can Liu Dashuai be in the city?"
"The marshal led his troops out of the city to suppress the thieves, and he will return soon. ”
"How many soldiers are there in the city?"
"There were two thousand soldiers in the city, but half of them were wounded. ”
"With such a small number of soldiers, the commander is not afraid of someone attacking. ”
"What does Marshal Yao mean, there is no army nearby that can threaten Jiayuan City?"
As soon as the officer's words fell, he was hacked to death by Ma Yun, and the soldiers behind him were also beheaded by the others.
"Brother Dian, send a signal. Hold this gate with all your brethren. I'm going to clean the walls of the city with strong crossbows. ”
At this time, Ma Yun and Dian Jun hid under the city gate and guarded the city gate, although the city wall was full of strong crossbows, but there was nothing they could do under the city gate.
Soon a firework flew into the air, and Ma Yun also jumped up and jumped on the city wall in two clicks.
In the face of the sudden appearance of Ma Yun, the soldiers on the city wall hurriedly surrounded him, but how to be his opponent, and soon killed and injured dozens of people.
The battle under the city gate was also extremely fierce, and more than 100 soldiers rushed towards Dianjun frantically, trying to close the city gate, but they could not break through Dianjun's defense line.
The distance of five miles takes about a quarter of an hour to travel in a hurry, so as long as Ma Yun and the others hold on for a quarter of an hour, when Qin Ming and Lu Shen will lead the troops to kill, this Jiayuan City will be taken.
Although there were many enemy soldiers, there were no masters, but they were killed by Ma Yun and them, and the corpses almost blocked the city gate.
Finally, a quarter of an hour later, Qin Ming and General Lu Shen led their troops to the city.
According to the pre-plan, after entering the city, Qin Ming guarded the south city gate, and Ma Yun, Dian Jun and Lu Shen each led 300 troops to kill the rest of the city gates.
Just when Ma Yun and the others entered Jiayuan City, a thick beacon fire floated in the sky above Jiayuan City. Ma Yun looked at the beacon fire and didn't care at all, but continued to move forward to kill.
More than 20 miles away, even a rapid march will take more than an hour, and Jiayuan City has already been captured at that time.
If Liu Shiyu saw the beacon fire and ordered the army to turn around and return, it would have relieved Xi Jian's pressure.
Dongfang Yuhong, who was carefully dressed in the City Lord's Mansion, heard a noisy sound outside, and went out to ask only to know that someone had attacked the city from the south gate.
Dongfang Yuhong immediately thought of Ma Yun, even if the remnants of Xi Jian's army came, it would be difficult to defeat Liu Shiyu's army, let alone break through the city gate, so it could only be Ma Yun in Xiong'an Village.
Thinking of this, Dongfang Yuhong couldn't care about it and galloped towards the north gate.
Although the city gate was breached, Jiayuan City, as a city, had six miles from east to west and north to south, and it took nearly an hour to completely occupy the entire city.
In the siege of Jiayuan City, more than 1,000 enemies were killed and more than 1,000 surrendered, and only dozens of people were killed and wounded on Ma Yun's side, which was definitely a big victory.
It's just that Ma Yun is still a little worried about Xi Jian and his 1,500 Beifu soldiers.
According to the agreement, Xi Jian led the Beifu soldiers to lead Liu Shiyu's army away, and if Liu Shiyu returned to the army halfway to the rescue, Xi Jian also returned to the vicinity of Jiayuan City, waiting for the opportunity to move again.
If Liu Shiyu abandons the city and chases and kills with all his might, he can only find a way to get rid of it, but it is not so easy to get rid of it smoothly.
Ma Yun's worries quickly disappeared, as Liu Shiyu's army appeared at the east gate of Jiayuan City.