Chapter Ninety-One: Night Attack
"Therefore, the two of you held a grudge, so you assassinated Chen Jin, cut off his head and defected to our army."
Su Yan looked at the two people who were kneeling on the ground, and said in disbelief.
But no matter how incredulous he was, Chen Jin's blind head was placed on the table in front of him, and after Chen Shitai, who had seen him, he identified that this was indeed Chen Jin's head.
"That's right, I don't want to be beaten and insulted by Chen Jin at every turn, so I took his head and came to the general, hoping that the general would take us in!"
After Li Zhong finished speaking, he knocked his head heavily on the ground, and Li Jinzhong hurriedly followed suit.
"Get up." Su Yan retracted his gaze at Chen Jin's head and instructed Chen Ying, "Take them down, arrange two separate tents for them, and prepare some water and food." β
"Thank you, General!"
Li Zhong and Li Jinzhong kowtowed again to thank them, and then left the big tent under the leadership of Chen Ying.
After the two left, Su Yan looked at the generals who were called up from their sleep and said, "Chen Jin was assassinated, this is a good opportunity for our army. β
"Marshal, the last general suggested that spies be sent to the north bank of Cangxi to investigate the situation first, if the Qing army finds out that Chen Jin has been assassinated, our army can take advantage of the chaos of the Qing army and sneak attack the Qing army camp!" Lai Xun came out and suggested.
"The last general seconded." Chen Shitai and Lin Xingzhu clasped their fists and said.
Su Yan didn't directly agree, he looked at Su Ci and Chen Shenggui, and said, "Do you have any other opinions?" β
"Returning to the marshal, there will be no general." Su Ci shook his head and said.
Chen Shenggui was originally incompetent, and was forcibly promoted to the position of battalion commander, so he naturally had no opinions, so he shook his head with Su Ci.
So, Su Yan stood up and said, "Since this is the case, then order the whole army to prepare for a night attack, and at the same time send scouts to explore the Qing army camp." β
"The last general commands!"
The five of them clasped their fists and said in unison.
Immediately, the five of them were about to go back to inform their subordinates, but Su Yan stopped Su Ci and said, "The twelve falcon cannons are inconvenient, so stay in the camp, and bring the eight 12-pounder infantry cannons with you." β
"Yes."
Su Yan turned around and left after receiving the order, Su Yan looked at his figure and fell into thought, he thought that tonight's night attack did not have to take into account whether the Qing army was chaotic, and it was completely possible to hang Chen Jin's head on the military flag, show it to the Qing army, and shout the slogan that Chen Jin is dead to the Qing army,
Thinking of this, he turned to look at the hideous-looking head, and suddenly sounded in his heart Zhang Fei's death method in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and he often whipped his subordinates after drinking, causing resentment, and was killed by his subordinates in his sleep.
He couldn't help but shake his head and said with emotion: "Poor Chen Jin, I really didn't have Zhang Fei's life, but I got Zhang Fei's illness." β
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The actions of Li Zhong and the others were not discovered by the Qing army, at least after the spies sent by Su Yan went to investigate, the Qing army camp appeared extremely peaceful.
But Su Yan was not ready to give up like this, he immediately followed the original plan, leaving only a small number of soldiers to guard the camp, and led the army out of the nest, with the help of the bright moonlight, towards Cangxi.
Maybe the heavens are helping Su Yan, tonight's moonlight is exceptionally bright, you don't need to use torches to see the road ahead, and after walking for less than an hour, the army came to the south bank of Cangxi, and you can see the dotted fires in the Qing army camp from a distance of several hundred meters. β¦
Before the attack, Su Yan once again summoned five generals, and he commanded to no one: "Unload the artillery, aim at the Qing army camp, and each battalion selects elite soldiers to cross the bridge first, gain a foothold on the opposite bank, and cover the subsequent friendly crossing."
In addition, Liang led the rattan battalion to swim across the Cangxi River, and after going ashore, the cannon sounded as a signal, and as soon as the artillery rang out, the battalions immediately launched an attack, shouting that Chen Jin was dead, and I would order someone to hang Chen Jin's head on the south bank of Cangxi. β
"Yes." The five of them clenched their fists and said.
Subsequently, the five people turned to leave, Su Ci commanded the artillery to unload the eight 12-pounder infantry guns from the carriage, aimed at the Qing army camp that stretched for several miles, and loaded the barrel with ammunition, and then led the Shenji Battalion and the Zhongwu Battalion, the Yiwu Battalion, the Weiwu Battalion, and the Tengpai Battalion to the south bank of Cangxi with the help of the night.
Su Yan looked at the black spots that gradually crossed the river, seeing that there were more and more black spots, he waved his hand and ordered the artillery to be fired at the Qing army camp, and the next moment, the torch was lit, and the lead was ignited, and before the Qing army could react, eight artillery pieces were fired together, and the shells roared and fell into the camp!
The next moment, the south bank of Cangxi resounded with bursts of shouting and killing, and countless righteous soldiers rushed to the bridge with shouts and killed on the north bank of Cangxi.
The soldiers of the rebel army obeyed Su Yan's order, and shouted the slogan "Chen Jin is dead" while attacking, and at the same time, there was a lot of fire on the south bank of Cangxi, and a head that was hung on a long pole fell into the eyes of many Qing army sentries under the firelight.
"So, that's Governor Chen's head?"
Someone pointed uncertainly at the head and shouted.
No one paid attention to him, because in addition to the sudden attack of the rebels outside, a serious unrest broke out in the barracksβ
Camp Howling!
The soldiers who launched the attack during the day were already under pressure due to the huge casualties, and in their sleep they were carried out by the sudden sound of cannons and shouts of killing, and their nerves that had been tense could no longer bear it at this moment, especially the eight cannon sounds outside made many of them uncontrollably recall the tragic attack during the day, so they went crazy
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Falling into a frenzy, the Red Flag soldiers picked up the weapons in their hands and fought with the robes around them, the camp Xiao first started from the Red Flag Camp, and was soon infected to the Admiral Commander Camp next to it, the Xinghua Mansion Association Camp and even the Governor Commander Camp, the huge Qing army camp fell into chaos, many Qing soldiers and soldiers killed each other, even if the Qing army general Zuo came forward to stop it, there was nothing they could do.
In the chaos, Zhang Yingmeng hurriedly came to Chen Jin's big tent with his own soldiers, he shouted anxiously, and broke in directly, and when he went in, the scene in front of him frightened him to freeze on the spot.
I saw that Chen Jin, who was lying on the bed, was almost covered with blood all over his body, his head was missing, and a headless corpse was lying on his back on the bed, with several hideous wounds on his chest!
"Governor! Your Excellency the Governor! β
Zhang Yingmeng came back to his senses and hurriedly stepped forward to check the corpse, but at this moment, there was a noisy sound of footsteps outside, the curtain of the camp tent was lifted from the outside, and Jin Li strode in and looked at Zhang Yingmeng.
Then, his gaze fell on the corpse on the bed.
"What's going on?!" Jin Li's face changed drastically and asked.
"The Governor has been assassinated!" Zhang Yingmeng was terrified, he thought of the camp outside and the attack of the rebels, and he didn't care about this corpse, so he hurriedly said: "General Jin, hurry!" Organize all the troops that can still be mobilized and withdraw to Xinghua Province! We are defeated, defeated! β
Hearing this, Jin Li hurriedly turned around and left to gather the troops, and Zhang Yingmeng didn't stay here long, and rushed out.
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