Chapter 127: Facing the Blow
After Wu Yuan left, Zhu Cang drank tea for a while, and was about to go to the back hall to find his new concubine, when he saw Zhu Feng'er hurriedly walking in. As soon as they met, Zhu Feng'er was furious: "Father, I heard that you are going to send troops to attack the King of Chu in the Tang Dynasty, is this true?" Zhu Cang glanced at his daughter, and said angrily: "It's not because you let go of Li Tang's King of Chu and caused me a lot of trouble." He has taken my city, and I will send troops to take it back! ”
"Father," Zhu Feng'er's voice raised an octave, "Do you have to be the enemy of Datang?" ”
Zhu Cang became angry when he heard this, and glared: "It's not that I want to be their enemy, it's that they are my enemy!" Li Tang's envoys insulted me in public, and they seized my territory and wiped out my 5,000 men and horses. If you are my daughter, don't speak for them in the future, otherwise, I won't recognize you as a daughter! ……”
Li Zhiyun invented a cylinder car to divert river water to irrigate fertile fields, and the wheat seedlings in the field grew well. On this day, Li Zhiyun took Zhang Zheng and Cai Hu to inspect the ground, and Scarface hurriedly walked over, hugged his fists and said: "Lord Wang, the scout sent to Jutan by the last general came back to report that Zhu Cang sent his general Wu Yuan to lead 30,000 soldiers and horses to attack us!" ”
Oh? When Li Zhiyun heard this, his face became solemn. He began to think quickly in his mind about how to deal with the enemy, the enemy army had 30,000 horses, the new army was only 3,000, and the self-defense army was only 5,000 men. Due to the firepower advantage of the new army, the enemy army will most likely not be able to break through the city, but they can destroy the crops outside the city. In that case, in the winter, the soldiers and civilians in the city will starve. Therefore, the plan to hold on to the city was quickly vetoed by Li Zhiyun.
Since you can't take a defensive position, you can only take the initiative to attack and give the enemy a head-on blow. Thinking of this, Li Zhiyun said loudly: "Wang Baoqiang, immediately gather the team, immediately pull out, and go to meet the enemy!" ”
"Yes!" Scarface said loudly.
Li Zhiyun left the Self-Defense Army to guard the Champion City, and he set off with 3,000 new troops. The team walked for a day and set up camp after dark. After breakfast the next day, the army was about to open again, and Li Zhiyun was just about to walk out of the tent when a general walked in, hugged his fists and said, "Lord Wang." ”
Li Zhiyun took a look, and it turned out to be Zhang Da. During the Battle of Hedong, Li Zhiyun rescued Zhang Da from the executioner's ghost head at the gate of Jinyang. Zhang Da is good at leading troops to fight, he is a rare general, Li Zhiyun planned to make him a standard commander, but the third regiment of the new army had not yet been formed, so he had to be wronged to be a battalion commander first. After Li Zhiyun returned the salute, he said, "General Zhang, is there something wrong?" ”
"Lord Wang, Wu Yuan's army is still far from Champion City, and it must not be guarded. The last general is willing to lead a death squad, blend into the enemy camp, and act on camera! ”
Li Zhiyun listened, thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Yes." General Zhang, this king sends you four words, bold and careful. You go first, and the king will come with a great army! ”
"Yes!"
After Zhang Da returned to the camp, he handed over the team to the command of the adjutant general, and selected more than 20 brave soldiers by himself to replace them with the armor of the enemy captured in Champion City. In order to travel lightly, they did not bring firearms, but each of them only brought a waist knife and a few grenades to hide on their bodies, and then set off.
The people marched for a day, and near dusk, they came to a place more than ten miles away from the enemy camp. Zhang Da found that many enemy soldiers were carrying looted grain and vegetables on their shoulders and walking in the direction of the camp from all directions. Zhang Da had an idea and led everyone to a nearby market town. As soon as the stall owners on the street saw a group of "stricken soldiers", they hurriedly packed up their burdens and were about to run away, but Zhang Da ran a few steps to stop several street vendors and said, "Aren't you selling things?" I bought it! Then he took out a silver ingot, "Is ten taels of silver enough?" The vendor was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Enough!" That's enough! ”
Zhang Da asked the soldiers to carry food and vegetables on their backs, and when he passed by a house, he bought another set of cooking utensils. When everyone came to the gate of the enemy camp, they saw enemy soldiers walking into the camp in groups of three and five, carrying the things they had snatched over their shoulders. The soldiers standing guard at the gate did not check and allowed everyone to enter at will.
The crowd entered the camp without any problems, and walked freely around to probe the enemy camp. Zhang Da found that the enemy's camp was divided into three parts: the left, the center and the right, the left and the middle army were the main forces of the army, and the right army was the heavy military quartermaster.
When night fell, they picked an open space, sat down and lit a bonfire, and began to bury the pot and cook. There were many enemy soldiers sitting around the piles of bonfires, eating the looted food, talking and laughing.
Zhang Da walked to a bonfire next to him, sat down next to a soldier, smashed him with his elbow, and said, "Brother, take the trouble to inquire, what is the code of the camp tonight?" The soldier glanced at him and asked, "Didn't your commander tell you?" Zhang Da smiled and said, "We just returned to the camp, and we haven't seen the chief yet." The soldier nodded and said, "Well, let me tell you, you can remember, tonight's code is tea." Zhang Da thanked him, stood up and returned to the middle of his own people.
After eating, Zhang Da took everyone to the Chinese army camp. As soon as they entered the camp, they met a group of soldiers on patrol, and the leading officer shouted: "Password! Zhang Da hurriedly replied: "Serve tea!" The officer came to them, shone the torch in his hand, and said, "Where are you going?" ”
"We're going back to camp."
"Okay, you guys hurry back, don't run around!"
Zhang Da agreed and continued to walk forward with his own people. After walking for a while, they saw a large tent appear in front of them, and hundreds of soldiers were sitting around the campfire around the tent. He called one of his cronies to him and whispered, "Take a few people to the back of the tent and open fire!" The cronies nodded and walked away with a few people.
Zhang Da waited for a while, and when he heard an explosion coming from behind the tent, the soldiers sitting around the campfire stood up and looked over there. Zhang Da gave an order, and everyone pulled out their waist knives and rushed towards the enemy, cutting melons and chopping vegetables, killing more than a hundred enemies in an instant.
There was a mess in front of the enemy's central tent, and an enemy general ran out of his tent and looked around, surrounded by five or six of his own soldiers. Zhang Da estimated that it was Wu Yuan, and he wanted to lead people to rush over to kill Wu Yuan, but it was too late, many enemy soldiers saw that the battle was in full swing here, and hurriedly rushed over to reinforce them, and the enemy gathered more and more. Zhang Da had no choice but to take out a grenade, pull off the fuse, and throw it at the enemy general. With a loud explosion, the enemy general fell to the ground.
Seeing that the enemy's commander was killed, Zhang Da immediately ordered his men to retreat. The people fought and retreated, and they ran fifty or sixty feet, when they were suddenly blocked by a group of enemy troops, about a hundred people on the other side. Zhang Da shouted: "Throw grenades!" Everyone took out their grenades and threw them at the opposite side, causing the enemy soldiers to roll over on their backs, and the ghosts cried wolves......
When Li Zhiyun led the new army to arrive, the enemy's camp was already in chaos. It was too late to set up the cannon, and he told Scarface to order an immediate attack. Scarface caused the trumpeters to blow the trumpet, and the New Army soldiers rushed into the enemy camp with their firearms, and the dense bullets flew everywhere, and the enemy fell to the ground one after another.
The enemy forces could not withstand the ferocious attacks of the new army at all, and they scurried around, trampled on each other, completely lost their command and had no power to parry. By daybreak, most of the enemy had been wiped out, except for a few who had fled.
The Forces nouvelles seized large quantities of weapons and other military supplies, all of them in high spirits. The team played the victory gong and beat the victory drum, and the class teacher triumphed.
Wu Yuan was not killed, but was seriously injured. He was carried by several soldiers and fled the battlefield and returned to Jutan City. Wu Yuan was sent home to lie on the bed to recuperate, and Zhu Cang came to visit him. Wu Yuan took the other party's hand, snorting and tearful: "Big brother, I lost 30,000 horses, I'm sorry for you!" ”
Zhu Cang comforted: "Brother, the eldest brother doesn't blame you, it's also the eldest brother who is too light on the enemy." Unexpectedly, that Li Tang's King of Chu is not very old, but he is brave and strategic, and it is even more difficult to defeat than his brother Li Shimin! Wu Yuan wiped the tears from his face and said, "Big brother, you really don't blame the little brother?" Zhu Cang nodded and said, "Brother, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, don't think about it too much, it's important to take care of your injuries!" ……”
Wu Yuan lay in bed for more than half a month before he was able to get out of bed and walk around.
Nanyang, which is about 100 miles away from Jutan, is the hometown of the four saints, the land of Wolong, where Zhang Zhongjing, Zhang Heng, Fan Li, Zhuge Liang and other celebrities were born. Nanyang City Market is prosperous, crowded with people, shops on both sides of the street, cars and horses on the road, and the flow of people is like weaving.
On this morning, a mother and daughter walked through the bustling crowd of pedestrians. The lady was beautiful and bright-haired, and her daughter was about thirteen or fourteen years old, with picturesque eyebrows and beautiful beauty. The mother and daughter were obviously the wives and ladies of a large family, and they were not only well-dressed, but they were also followed by two servants wearing kudzu shirts and scarves on their heads.
The world is not quiet, the mother and daughter usually stay at home, today I finally seized the opportunity to go out shopping, both eyes are overwhelmed, and everything feels fresh. The two walked and stopped in front of a stall, picking and haggling. At this time, a group of soldiers came over on the opposite side, and the officer who walked in front saw the mother and daughter who were shopping, his eyes lit up, and he immediately pointed with his hand and said: "These two little ladies are good, take them away for Lao Tzu!" As soon as he finished speaking, several soldiers rushed up, grabbed the arms of the mother and daughter, and dragged them to the carriage behind. The two were so frightened that they struggled and cried, and the people next to them couldn't afford to provoke these soldiers, so they dodged and dodged.