Volume 1 Xiao Yuanba Chapter 223 Longyanggang Ambush
"Excuse me." Facing the woman saluting herself, Li Dan was at a loss and didn't know what to do, so she hurriedly spoke to cover up: "Sister and sister are okay, are you used to sitting in this car?"
Wu Ning'er glanced at him in surprise, Li Dan had already changed his armor because he was going to fight at this time, and he looked heroic, Ning'er couldn't help blushing, and hurriedly turned his face sideways and lowered his head, not daring to face it.
Still Abin replied a little timidly in a whisper, "This car...... It's different from the previous car in the palace, there are fewer bumps, but it's a little shaky, and I'm a little dizzy when I'm in a hurry."
"Oh, it's because the whole car is pulled by the suspension springs and leather ropes at the four corners, so that's what happens. It seems that it is not enough to pay attention to the bumps up and down, but also the shock absorption of the left and right is necessary to reduce the swaying. I'll let them continue to improve after I go back!
There is a Hegu acupoint here in Hukou, pinching this place can relieve headaches and dizziness, and there is a Neiguan acupoint two inches above the horizontal stripes of the wrist, which can also be ...... here." Li Dan introduced a few tips for treating motion sickness to them.
"Well, the battle is about to begin, so I'll send someone to escort you to the rear and wait for the guards to come and meet you in a safe place." Li Dan felt that he was running out of words, so he looked at the staff officers who were beckoning the guards to line up and said, "They are all loyal, you can rest assured."
Seeing that he didn't speak, Wu Ning'er waited for a moment and asked softly, "Won't the general go together?"
"I'm not a general. You can call me sir, or my lord, but if you don't want to be so angry, it's better to call 'Saburo.'" Li Dan smiled: "I will wait until this battle is won before retreating, so you go first."
When he had finished speaking, he ordered a eunuch to come and asked him, "Can you ride a horse?"
The eunuch clenched his fists and replied, "Lord Yu, we are all subordinate to the Department of Honor and Guard, and we have been practicing martial arts and riding and archery since we were children."
"Oh?" Li Dan was surprised and understood, the Department of Honor and Guard trained a small number of eunuchs as personal guards, so that they could be on duty in the inner court. It seems that the people I saw outside the Interpretation Building also belong to this category.
"Well, find them two horses, and each of them choose a set of weapons, a bow and arrows, and a pair of leather armor." He instructed the staff officer. The staff officer agreed and left with the eunuch.
The two sisters watched him assign, Abin Shangxiao didn't feel anything, but Ning'er's eyes flashed, and then asked, "Lang Jun sent away the concubine and the others, but where can I see him again?"
Li Dan felt a headache when he heard her call herself "Lang Jun", but he didn't dare to talk nonsense, for fear that he would hurt his daughter's heart without knowing which sentence, so he had to answer hard:
"Sister, rest assured, after the front line broke the enemy, the official army brigade and the people withdrew into Shangrao, and the auxiliary team withdrew to join the main force. I will lead the main force to retreat slowly, and try to catch you at Luoqiao." After a pause, he said:
"I'm afraid we won't be out of danger until the day after tomorrow, you protect the son of the world in the car, don't get out of the car or open the window to look at nothing. Wait until you are in a safe place and the guards tell you to open the windows or get out of the car."
After speaking, tell them to open the small door next to the front seat of the car, and there are buckets, small basins for cleaning hands, kettles and towels. "The water is under the small table, and there are snacks in it to satisfy the hunger.
If it's too stuffy, the board above the back seat can be pushed open to create a ventilated skylight, and at night you can pull out the bamboo frame screen, which is breathable and mosquito-proof.
There are pillows, quilts, and mattresses in the luggage baskets under the seats. Anyway, if you don't get out of the car, you will have enough to eat and drink."
At this time, the staff officer approached and reported that he was all ready to go. Li Dan nodded, walked over and opened the car door to send them into the car, and then said:
"There are a lot of interesting mechanisms and designs in this car, you can take your time on the road, and if the car is going fast, it's best to fasten the seat belt to avoid bumps and injuries." After speaking, he personally closed the car door for them and motioned for the staff officer to set off.
The staff officer and six spearmen rode in front, then a carriage with luggage, the carriage in which the prince rode, and then two eunuchs and four spearmen.
Li Dan watched the convoy cross the bridge and go to the opposite bank, and then turned his face to look at the endless flow of people, cars and horses on the newly built sub-bridge of the engineering platoon. Just as Regis came over, he asked, "Mr. Lei, how much has been shipped out, and how much is still missing?"
"Back to the lord, more than half of it has been transported!" Reggis's eye sockets were a little dark, and he replied with a smile.
"That's true
Unexpectedly, it turned out that the use of horse-drawn carriages and animal power is so much stronger than simple artificial! Even if the rebels rush down and block the passage now, it will be of great help to get more than 20,000 stones!"
"Tools can make people more efficient." When Li Dan said this, Lei Jisheng seemed to understand whether he understood or not, nodded slightly, and admired it in his heart. "What time is it?" Li Dan asked again.
"It's past time. Sir, let's sleep for a while, didn't you say that there would be a war in the early morning?"
"Where have they gone?"
"He crossed the river when you and Lord Juan were talking inside, and now Zhou, Gao, and Shi have all arrived at the designated position, and only the Song brigade is left on the Guangxin side, and he will finish it when the things are transported, and then go to the Land Temple as planned to load our supplies and withdraw to Luoqiao."
Reggis replied, "The Song inspector just sent someone to ask if there was any material that could not be taken away when withdrawing, and whether the remaining materials should be burned? And the county government, the garrison, and so on?"
"There's no need for this, anyway, the imperial court will have to take it back sooner or later." Li Dan waved his hand: "How many people are left in the city?"
"There are still about a thousand people who refuse to leave, do you want to force them?"
Li Dan shook his head: "Let them go, tell Song Jiuyi not to waste time on this, wealth and food are the main thing!"
"Yes!"
Li Dan returned to the bottom of the No. 2 fort, and the trebuchet on it had been taken to the north gate by Liu Shengju. He looked east from the empty fort for a moment, and felt that there seemed to be a light of torches there.
"It's coming." Li Dan sneered: "Lou Shifan, the two of us are really enemies, and it depends on how you behave this time!" After saying that, he went down. The small bowl on the second floor of the fort had already made a bed for him, and he fell asleep.
Lu Jiu leaned against the door and whispered to Mao Xiulu and Xiao Wan'er that he was guarding here and asked them to rest first.
Lou Shifan didn't know his whereabouts and was always stared at by the investigators, and when it was still dark, he came to the hill not far from Wujiatang, and couldn't help sneering when he saw the bright lights outside the north gate of Shuizhai.
He summoned Matsu Mingzi and ordered him to take 600 men to take Kamisakato. "As soon as we launch here, all the attention of the officers and soldiers will be attracted, and you will take the opportunity to seize the bridge!" He told Matsuakiko:
"It doesn't matter how the fight is here, it's a great achievement for you to take the fort and the bridge anyway! In this way, the officers and soldiers are like snakes that have been pinched by seven inches, and they will either stay outside the city and be beaten so that they can't get up, or they have to quickly retreat back into the city. Got it?"
"Understood!" Matsu Mingzi rolled up his arms and sleeves and was eager to try, and asked, "Then general, how do I know if you are advancing or retreating here?" We're two miles away!"
"If I let out one sound of arrows, I will attack, two will enter the city, and three will retreat." After speaking, Lou Shifan pointed to the direction of the ferry:
"If you take Uesaka Fort, I will know if you light two fires at each end of the bridge!" He has commanded thousands of people anyway, and the arrangements are also very orderly.
"Eh, it's a pity that it's too far away and in a hurry, and the news is difficult to get through. Otherwise, at this time, the naval army on the Xinjiang River will enter the waterway of the river and go upstream, and help to attack Shangbanbao, and the chances of victory will be greater!"
This thought rose in Lou Shifan's heart for a moment, and Cao Jun pulled it back into reality and left the rest behind.
"Third general, it will be dawn in a while, and the team is not easy to hide. Let's do it!"
"Okay, do it!"
With an order, starting from Songmingzi's people, each team walked out of this hill one by one and pressed towards the north gate of Shuizhai.
Not to mention, the movement was quite small, and if it weren't for the scouts, who followed the hazy light of the morning light with a telescope, they would have almost been fooled.
Many of these people have done robbery and cutting paths before, so they naturally know that quiet is the first element of hunting. They may not understand the importance of battle formations, but they are born to imitate the posture of a beast of prey as it approaches its prey.
"Why haven't you come yet?" In the shelter department of Longyanggang, Shi Dajun stomped his feet restlessly: "Brother monk, these rabbit cubs can't be retracted, right?" He always likes to call Gao Hanzi like this in private.
"Stone, call 'Yingzheng.'" Why don't you always be a big deal?
Little land?" Gao Cang leaned on the iron spear shaft and sat by the wall with his eyes closed, and when he heard his swagger, Gao Hanzi immediately opened his eyes and corrected him.
"Hey, it's not like no one else, it's all my own brothers." Shi Dajun hurriedly changed his smile and said.
He was a little afraid of Gao Cang in his heart. When he was still on the side of the lake bandits, everyone had nothing to do and wrestled for fun, he relied on his strength to fall over more than 70 people, arrogantly claiming to be the first master of Penghu, but Gao Cang didn't say a word and threw him five times in a row.
Since then, he has only taken one Gao Cang!
Who knew that Gao Cang didn't buy it when he heard him, so he kicked his eyes and whispered, "What are you talking about? Aren't the guards outside the gate and the brothers in the woods who have been bitten by insects their own? Isn't it muddy again?"
"Uh, good, good, it's my fault, I said it's smooth, okay?" Shi Dajun grinned and slapped himself on the cheek. No, the rules of the Tsing Shirt team are not to form gangs.
He peeked at Monk Gao and thought to himself that he wouldn't ask me to write an examination book again, right?
"Alright, don't make a fuss just yet. It is said that Lian Zheng is actually a person who can lead a battalion of soldiers, and it is not worth it to be demoted for this sentence!" Gao Hanzi withdrew his gaze from the observation port and looked towards the entrance of the tunnel.
Because he didn't have to worry about the killing of flowering bullets, Li Dan taught him the straight-through trench excavation method. From there, you can see the soldiers sitting against the wall, talking in whispers. "It's not just us, I guess the brothers are also a little anxious to wait." He said.
"Yingzheng, there is a situation!" Han Bazi, who was still staring at a big tree in the distance with a telescope, suddenly shouted, "Signal, red signal!" Hearing his words, all three men pounced on the observation port, and the three telescopes reconfirmed the signal sent back by the scouts.
A staff officer jumped into the shelter from outside the tunnel: "Yingzheng, seeing the signal, the enemy's three-way column, all the way up to the mountain, and two ways towards the north gate are rushing up!"
"Order, all departments prepare for war!" After Gao Hanzi finished speaking, he called in a herald waiting outside the door: "Go and send a signal outside the north gate, the enemy is attacking!" As soon as he turned around, the three companies had already jumped out and two of them.
Shi Dajun was not in a hurry, and while wearing his helmet, he laughed: "The lord is clever, the rabbit cub is here. Catch the rabbit!" After saying that, he jumped out of the door.
This place of Longyanggang is actually a high slope outside the north gate, located at the intersection of Shangbandu official road and Longyang road outside the north gate of Shuizhai.
If Lou Shifan wants to attack the north gate of Shuizhai, he will inevitably pass through Longyanggang, so it is very important to defend this abrupt hillock!
Yintuo's attack on Shangban Fort was a handsome flag erected on this hill, and this time it was taken by Lou Shifan again.
His idea was to use the main force to surprise the eastern defense line of the official army, break through it and cause chaos to the retreating officers and soldiers outside the gate, and take advantage of the situation to take the commanding heights of Longyanggang.
Then they will be able to attack the north gate of the water village or support the Matsumeiko division in the direction of Kamisaka Fort, and firmly control the initiative on the battlefield.
To the east is the position of Jiang Baihu and Dou San'er, the former guards of Nanshan. When they saw the enemy rushing over, they shrank into two groups according to their previous plan, but they moved out of the middle, so that Lou Shifan rushed to the foot of Longyang Gang without effort.
"Quick, take the top of the mountain!" As soon as Lou Shifan's words fell, he heard the sound of "squeak", and a firework flew into the sky.
I don't know who next to him said, "Damn, which bastard who doesn't have long eyes? The three generals didn't give the order, what are they doing when they shoot arrows?"
Lou Shifan suddenly remembered the situation under Fengling Pass when he heard this, and shouted, "Not good!"
"Kill the thief!" There was a sudden shout of murder all around.
At this time, although Lou Shifan had not yet reached the top of Longyanggang Mountain, he was already standing in a higher position.
He watched as a large number of officers and soldiers poured out from the direction he came in, cutting off the tail of the team, and then two teams in green clothes poured out of the woods to the north and south of the Kamisakadu official road.
"The Tsing Shirts? Why are they here?" There was a "boom" in his head: "I've been tricked, hurry up and get out!"
"Why do the three generals say that? We're just coming in!" Some people are puzzled.
"Stupid! Look at those masters." Lou Shifan was angry. Only then did everyone notice that the convoy carrying grain had all stopped, and the rear of the car was facing outward
One after another, it is simply a line of defense in front of the north gate.
Then a group of officers and soldiers rushed out of the north gate, forming a dense formation behind the convoy. An officer shouted something, and hundreds of arrows were fired from the back row, knocking the nearest rebel to the ground.
"They've premeditated, it's a trap! Stop talking nonsense, get out!" Lou Shifan turned the horse's head and ran down the slope. Suddenly, a voice shouted behind him, "Kill!" From behind the woods and bamboo forests on the mountain, a line of Tsing Yi defense lines appeared.
Lin Hou turned out a white horse, and immediately one of them was wearing iron ring armor and heart guards, a blue battle robe lined with white linen lining, wearing a broad-brimmed red tasseled helmet, and holding a triangular steel spear in his hand.
When the man saw him, he smiled and sang the Buddha's horn on his horse, saying, "Three generals, don't come unharmed? Monk Gao has been here for a long time, why is it too late?"
"High Monk?" Lou Shifan was taken aback: "You, you, you have returned to the Tsing Yi team?"
"And that's not all." Gao Hanzi sneered, pointed at the tip of his gun and said:
"Today's ambush was planned by Li Sanlang, and Gao presided over the implementation. I was surrounded on all sides, and it was difficult for the three generals to get out, so instead of taking a risk, it would be better to surrender than to be treated as a guest. Besides, this is not the first time Your Excellency has been captured."
Lou Shifan was shocked and angry: "Bah, even if Lao Tzu dies in battle, he will not kneel down and surrender!"
"What then is there to say? Sons, go down the mountain, and don't run away from one!" Gao Hanzi rushed down the mountain as he said and urged the horse, Lou Shifan knew that it was not the opponent and turned around and ran, and the team behind him was suddenly in chaos.
Lou Shifan couldn't go to the east, south, or west if he wanted to, so he could only go to the north, so he led people to run north. As everyone knows, the last time the high monk won the Yintuo Shuai Banner here, and the road was more familiar than him, so he couldn't get rid of it.
Just as he was annoyed, an arrow flew into the sky, and a large number of officers and soldiers poured out in front and left and right, and it turned out that Liu Shengju and the defenders from Dayuan Lin Baihu and Fengshan were ambushed here, bluffing Lou Shifan's soul into the sky.
Hurriedly fled to a pond, only Cao Jun and three or five soldiers followed, everyone hurriedly fled along the middle of the causeway that was no more than four feet wide, and suddenly a green flag was waved out from behind the front few houses, and a pitch-black high character in the white moonlight on it crashed into view.
Lou Shifan saw the sound of "oops" before he spoke, and suddenly he was pushed vigorously behind him, and he was unstable on the horse, and fell into the water crookedly, and the word "bad" behind him was poured back into his stomach by muddy water.
Gao Hanzi rode on his horse with a smile and watched Cao Jun emerge from the pond with him in his arms, and the few pro-soldiers had already lost their weapons and raised their hands and knelt on the embankment. "O man, you are kind, how can you save him even after hitting him?" Gao Hanzi nodded Cao Jun with his chin.
"Back to the general, the villain is the middle officer of the three generals, and he can't bear to see him and the general's opponent end miserably, but he knows that the three generals can't water, so the villain has to save him!"
Cao Jun said that he put the belly-filled Lou Shifan on the bank of the pond, and several soldiers from the green shirt team stepped forward and dragged the third master of the soup chicken ashore with all hands and feet.
"Yingzheng, he's fine, he's just frightened. Spit out the water, rest, rest." A paramedic stepped forward to inspect it, then got up and reported with a grin.
"Great, that's the completion of merit. Send a signal, let's go back to Longyanggang!" Gao Hanzi ordered someone to carry Lou Shifan to the horse, and then turned his head and asked Cao You, "What should you do?" Do you want to go back with us, or do you want me to let you go?"
"Villain, please look at something." Cao Jun looked left and right, took out something from his arms and handed it over.
Gao Hanzi picked it up with the tip of his gun and saw that it was a purse, looked at it in surprise, reached out and touched it, and took out a small silver medal from it. "Are you Zhao Jingzi's person?" Gao Hanzi asked in a low voice.
"The villain was originally a subordinate of Yin Shuai, and after being captured, Lord Zhao took a fancy to him and sent him back to the Lou thief army as an undercover agent."
Cao Jun replied softly, and after speaking, he looked at the disarmed soldiers: "The villain's mission has not been completed, and he has to flee back" to report the news, if a few of them escape one or two, the villain will be exposed."
"Don't worry, they won't escape." Gao Hanzi nodded with a cold face, beckoned his guard squad leader and said, "Lou Shifan and those guys under him, you take the first step, and those soldiers in the middle will definitely escape, don't stay alive."
As he watched the captives walk out of the village, he turned around and said, "Are you going back to tell you? Be careful yourself." After speaking, he ordered three fireworks to be released as agreed, telling everyone that the battle was successful and it could be over.
Then he bowed his hand to Cao Jun and said to take care, so he took the rest of the people to chase the front team.
Besides, after Matsumeiko, who attacked Kamisaka Fort, was repelled by a burst of fire, he heard the sound of arrows rising into the sky, and said happily: "The three generals are fighting on their side, brothers hurry up, let's go to Guangxin City to eat!"
Who knew that he was in the middle of the command, and when he heard another arrow, he couldn't help but wonder, "What does this mean? Why did you release the arrows again?"
When the three fireworks went on, he was shocked: "Could it be that the three generals lost and shouted to us to retreat?" He ordered Qu to stop the attack and withdraw all.
Unexpectedly, at this time, several flower bombs came from the opposite bank, chasing behind the buttocks, and the soldiers cried wolf.
Song Mingzi knew that it was not good, and hurriedly wanted to escape, but an official army rushed out of the forest in front of him, which was the former Fengling Pass defender.
Zhou Tu commanded a company to rush down from the high ground on the left to cut off its retreat, and the rebels immediately dispersed.
Matsuakiko and the others saw that they couldn't get out, so they had to kneel on the ground and ask for surrender.