Chapter 40: Serial Attacks

As mentioned last time, Liu Hou and other generals were assassinated, but the main purpose of the other party was the Jingzhou prison, and the Eastern Wu people attacked the prison and rescued the 7 generals who were captured by Liu Hou before.

When Liu Hou led people to the prison, there was no need to investigate, because there were no clues to be seen - the prison was reduced to ashes in a raging fire.

As a leader, dealing with this kind of emergency is nothing more than those few steps: rushing to the scene of the accident and directing the rescue work; issuing instructions to make every effort to rescue the wounded; The relevant departments were required to extinguish the fire and evacuate the people near the fire site to avoid further expansion of the scope of damage; Set up a special team to investigate the cause of the incident, prosecute those responsible for the accident, and investigate the criminal responsibility of those responsible for the accident......

However, on the first thing, Liu Hou began to have a headache, because there was not just one, but three at the scene of the accident - not long after arriving at the prison, he received a report that the Jingzhou City military camp had also been attacked by armed men of unknown origin. There were accidents in three places at the same time, so he didn't know which scene to go to command.

The other party dispatched a full 500 troops to attack the barracks at night, and it is now clear that they want to rescue the 30,000 Dongwu soldiers who were imprisoned in the barracks. Fortunately, the barracks had a battalion of musketeers that Liu Hou later sent to reinforce the troops, and these musketeers were well-trained, so naturally they would not be as lax as the Jingzhou soldiers under Pan Jun, who were alert at the first moment of the enemy attack and organized an orderly counterattack.

After paying a certain price, he successfully repelled the enemy, kept the military camp, and thwarted the rescue plan of the Soochow people. At the same time, the Eastern Wu prisoners who took the opportunity to revolt in the camp were suppressed.

This turned out to be a series of attacks, and the Dongwu people launched an attack and rescue operation on the command structure of the Shu army, the prison where 7 generals were held, and the barracks where 30,000 soldiers were held prisoners. The end result was one success and two failures. Liu Hou was surprised, how could he have the meaning of those Xin Xinjiang tyrannical elements in later generations? Could it be that the mastermind is the Muslin of the crossing?

For the Shu army, the most important battlefield was the banquet hall, because nothing was more important than the lives of these civil and military officials. But for the people of Eastern Wu, the most important thing is naturally the prison, these 7 generals are almost half of the high-ranking generals of Eastern Wu, and the loss of them is greater than the loss of 100,000 troops.

Therefore, the focus of their rescue was here, and their most powerful rescue force was dispatched here, and as a result, they also succeeded. Rescued these 7 generals, they can be said to have succeeded more than 70% of this operation.

Judging from the number of troops they deployed, their second major focus was on rescuing 30,000 soldiers in the barracks. 5 Hundred dead soldiers, this is not an ordinary large-scale scheming. The assassination in the banquet hall was indeed the least optimistic about them. Although it was of great value if they could kill or capture the prince of Hanzhong, perhaps they also knew that with the presence of tens of thousands of enemies like Zhao Yun, the chances of achieving this goal were very slim.

After all, this is not the first time that Zhao Yun has saved Adou alone, judging from Changbanpo's experience, no matter how many people are on his side, it is in vain, but it is impossible for too many people to infiltrate Jingzhou City without attracting people's attention. As a result, the planners of the operation had to abandon the expected goal of a successful assassination and instead contain and delay the reaction time of the command organs.

It must be said that such a decision was very wise and achieved good results, the only regret is that it failed to save 30,000 captives - the plotters still underestimated the combat power of the musketeers.

After Liu Hou heard the news of the attack on the barracks, he looked up to the sky weakly, closed his eyes, and asked Cangtian speechlessly: "How many Dongwu people have infiltrated Jingzhou City!" Is our intelligence system a stinger? ”

Liu Hou rushed to the barracks non-stop to learn about the losses, and the situation made him want to vomit blood. His musketeers lost hundreds of dead and wounded 2 or 3 hundred. Since it was a night attack, the line of sight was very bad, although the sentries spotted the attacking enemy, after all, it was relatively late, so the enemy broke through the line several times, rushed into the formation of musketeers, and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the musketeers.

Fortunately, under Zhao Yun's strict training, these musketeers had excellent military skills, using the barrel of the gun and the bayonets on it to fight desperately against the enemy, and Zhao Yun simplified his peerless marksmanship into a bayonet marksmanship is indeed extraordinary, and in this case he can fight with these dead soldiers.

When the defenders of Jingzhou, who were belated, came up to support, the situation was completely one-sided, and finally drove the sneak attack of the dead soldiers of Eastern Wu out of the barracks and won the victory. However, this victory could only be considered a pyrrhic victory, with the ratio of musketeers to dead men being almost 1:1.5.

For Liu Hou, these baby pimple musketeers, how can Liu Hou not feel heartache if he causes so many casualties in hand-to-hand combat like this. They should be at a distance, hiding in the trenches, calmly striking, and knocking down the enemy stubble by stubble like wheat, instead of exchanging life with people in this aggrieved way.

The rebellious Eastern Wu captives were also killed and wounded more than 2,000 people, which greatly affected the level of labor, but Liu Hou did not pay much attention to this. He hurriedly arranged the aftermath and rushed back to the mansion.

In the palace, the medical team of the People's Hospital has arrived at the scene and rescued the wounded. Since Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing were both injured, Guan Gong could only be treated by other doctors. Guan Gong's injury is very serious, if it is an ordinary folk doctor, it is estimated that he will be helpless, fortunately, the medical school has cultivated a lot of talents in recent years, among which there are many of Hua Tuo's personal disciples, and they have all become surgical saints, which comes in handy at this time.

Zhao Yun, who was chasing the singer, had returned, and to everyone's surprise, he failed to catch the singer. According to Zhao Yun, this singer has excellent light skills, going up and down on the roof, and pre-placing the horses in the predetermined place, Zhao Yun has always been a member of the first general immediately, not a chivalrous man who flies the eaves and walks the wall, so in this case, the singer was quickly gotten rid of the tracking, and had to return in vain.

Liu Hou didn't care about this result, this incident was obvious, it was a rescue operation planned by Dongwu, it was estimated that he was a lion with a big mouth, and the conditions were too harsh, and the Dongwu people couldn't accept it anyway, so they could only take risks and plan such a series of attacks. So there is no need to investigate the mastermind behind the scenes and the purpose of the incident. Besides, he still has a few captives on hand, and he can interrogate them if he has any questions.

It's just that I don't know who this master of planning events is, his planning ability and execution ability are good, he is a talent, but unfortunately he doesn't have such a talent on hand.

At this time, the talent that Liu Hou admired was on a merchant ship anchored at a ferry outside Jingzhou. The 7 generals of Soochow and the dead soldiers who rescued them had fled here, and a young man in a green shirt and scarf, with bright eyes and a handsome face, was greeting him out of the cabin and bowing his hand to the generals: "All generals are well. Welcome home. ”

"Haha, it turned out to be Bo Yan, I also said who is so capable, this time it has made Jingzhou City a mess, and Liu Chan's stinky boy is comfortable, hahaha......" Zhou Tai said in a loud voice. It seems that he has been tortured by the cell boss for many days, but he is still full of anger, and he has been imprisoned for a long time, and finally escaped, and the joy is beyond words.

The young man who came to greet them was Lu Xun and Lu Boyan, who were also the planners and commanders of this operation.

"Thank you for saving me." The remaining 6 generals also thanked one after another. "This is all the master's strategy, if you want to thank the lord, thank the lord." Lu Xun replied very humbly and politely.

After a long period of greetings, Lu Xun said: "Now is not the time to talk, please get on the boat, we are about to set sail back to Soochow." The generals who survived the catastrophe were in a state of flux, forgetting for a moment that they were not completely out of danger, and they were reminded by Lu Xun that they should be on the boat one after another.

The singer who assassinated Liu Hou was on the boat, and when she saw the generals on board, she also stepped forward to salute: "Uncles are well." ”

The generals saluted one after another: "Hello Miss Zhou." It turns out that this singer's surname is Zhou, and all the generals of Eastern Wu know her.

"Miss Zhou, why are you here?" Han Dang asked curiously.

"Miss Zhou has made a lot of efforts to save you this time, and she almost can't come back." Without waiting for Miss Zhou to answer, Lu Xun answered on her behalf. Then, Lu Xun told the generals about the incident, and of course, told the sailors to sail before telling the story.

Things are actually very simple, similar to what Liu Hou guessed before, during the negotiations, Liu Hou's conditions were too much, although after repeated consultations, Liu Hou reduced from 7 counties to 3 counties, but what he asked for was that Jingzhou still controls the three counties of Changsha, Guiyang, and Jiangxia in the hands of Sun Quan, and the strategic location of these three counties is so important, how could Sun Quan agree.

This is really unbearable for uncle, and aunt can't bear it anymore, Sun Quan was furious, and broke an unknown number of things. In the end, Lu Xun came up with an idea, on the one hand, he made a false appointment with the negotiator of the Shu army, showing great sincerity, paralyzing the nerves of the Shu army, making them relax their vigilance, and on the other hand, planning a rescue operation in full swing. It is better to ask for others than for themselves, they plan to rescue people by themselves, so they no longer have to look up to others and be pickled by Liu Hou.

After Lu Xun's careful planning, the Dongwu people mixed into Jingzhou City in batches. After all, Jingzhou City is a border trade city, and various commercial activities are very developed, so it is impossible to close the city gate for a long time to practice martial arts. Therefore, after the Eastern Wu retreated, Liu Hou strengthened the scouts, and after confirming that the Eastern Wu had no troops to threaten the city of Jingzhou, he lifted this strict prohibition and reopened the city gates to do business.

This gave the Dongwu people an opportunity, and they successively infiltrated more than 1,000 people in Jingzhou City under various identities, listened to the news in Jingzhou City, and prepared rescue operations. At the beginning, they had no way to infiltrate the government, and only planned an attack on the prison and the military camp, and the entire plan of action lacked the important link of assassinating the top of the Shu army.

is good to die, Miss Zhou, who is responsible for finding out the news, is also a singer who was rescued by Liu Hou in the restaurant, and Pan Jun thought that Liu Hou was "very interested" in this singer, so he specially arranged a banquet and invited the singer to perform in the house, in order to please the prince.

After knowing this situation, Lu Xun quickly adjusted his plan and added an important link of assassination, containment, and retardation of the opponent's command. Miss Zhou was originally engaged in the less dangerous job of inquiring about the news, because she became an important person in the new plan and had to be involved in the most dangerous position in the whole plan.

Miss Zhou didn't know that the rich and handsome man who saved her was Liu Chan, the son of the world, before the assassination, she only knew that her target was a teenager, and she might sit in the main or secondary position during the banquet, and she relied on this to confirm the target, until the short sword was about to stab Liu Hou before she recognized him.

Of course, due to the death of the assassin and the arrest of the caught, no one knows these details except for Miss Zhou. Miss Zhou naturally would not tell others about her mercy (in fact, Liu Hou also showed mercy).

After Lu Xun finished telling what happened, all the generals sighed that although Miss Zhou did not personally go to the prison to rescue them, she undertook the most important and dangerous work in the whole plan.

"Thank you Miss Zhou for rescuing me, but, Bo Yan, this is your mistake, you shouldn't put Miss Zhou in danger, this assassination is very dangerous, and all the other assassins have fallen, if Miss Zhou also has any accidents, I see how you explain to Gong Jin." After hearing this, Zhou Tai blamed Lu Xundao.

It turned out that this Miss Zhou turned out to be the daughter of Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao, named Zhou Xue, no wonder she grew so charming at a young age, it turned out that she inherited the excellent genes of her parents.