Chapter 60: The Difficulty of Breaking Out
"King Chu, how many ambushes are there ahead?" Kou Jingyu asked.
"At least 10,000 horses!"
"I only have 3,000 people here, how can I break the ambush, and how can I break the siege?" Kou Jingyu asked anxiously.
"Kou Jingyu, our current situation is that we can neither break the ambush nor break the siege!"
Feng Qingluan said what she had been thinking about for a long time.
"King Chu, since this is the case, I will go back and report to King Xia and ask him to send some more men and horses!"
"No, even if we have 100,000 horses now, we can't solve the problem, and our sergeants can't crack Wu Shaoguang's musket team!" Feng Qingluan said solemnly.
"So, how can we save Peng Zhenlei and Shao Donglai in the city?" Kou Jingyu was a little anxious.
"I have a solution!" Feng Qingluan said.
"What good plan does the King of Chu have, I'll listen to it!"
"You only have 3,000 people, this is the essence of our Chuxia National Salvation Army, if you want to keep this army, you might as well leave Shuozhou and go to Ruinan County to find He Qiuting, he also has thousands of men and horses now, you and his troops are united, and continue to open up a base in Ruinan County!"
Feng Qingluan said firmly.
"Is that appropriate?" Kou Jingyu had some questions.
"Suitable, if we can't hold Shuozhou, maybe we have to find a foothold, if you stand in Ruinan, it will also be a great credit, it's better than sending death here senselessly!"
Kou Jingyu thought for a while and said, "King Chu, if I have grievances in the future, you will definitely help me redress my grievances!" ”
Feng Qingluan agreed.
Kou Jingyu took the order and left.
"Han Yuliang, can you climb to the top of Tianshuo City?"
Han Yuliang shook his head and said, "The city wall is tall, I don't have such good kung fu!" ”
Feng Qingluan was worried about sending letters to the people in the city.
"Brother Feng, do you want to send a letter to the city?" Han Yuliang asked.
"That's right! But we can't get the letter out! ”
"I have a way, that when it gets dark, we will shoot the letter with our bows and arrows to the head of the city." Han Yuliang said.
"That's fine!" Feng Qingluan agreed.
The two found a place to rest for a while, and Han Yuliang said, "Brother Feng, you wait for me for a while, and I'll go find the strong bow and come over!" ”
Feng Qingluan knew that he was going to the Wu military camp. Command: "Be careful!" ”
Han Yuliang turned away, the sun set, and night fell. Feng Qingluan was a little worried about Han Yuliang, and he was even more worried about the safety of the Shuozhou base area of the Chuxia Great Power.
Han Yuliang went out for more than an hour before coming back. Feng Qingluan saw that he was holding a strong bow in his hand, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Brother Han, you have worked hard!" ”
"Brother Feng, everything goes well! I went to the Wu army camp to find a pair of strong bows, you hurry up and write a letter, I will shoot to the city! ”
Feng Qingluan agreed, tore off a piece of his shirt, and bit his fingers.
"Break through quickly, regardless of gains and losses! King of Chu! ”
Han Yuliang tied the letter to the arrow. said to Feng Qingluan: "Brother Feng, you wait for me for a while, I'll send the letter to the city!" ”
Feng Qingluan wanted to go with Han Yuliang. Han Yuliang hurriedly stopped him.
"I'll go to the target alone, you just wait for me to come back!"
Feng Qingluan thought about it well. "You have to be careful! ”
Han Yuliang agreed, turned around and left. Feng Qingluan watched him disappear into the night.
Han Yuliang said goodbye to Feng Qingluan and walked quickly.
He quietly bypassed the Wu army's barracks. Wu's defense was not tight, and he soon approached the city walls.
He found his position, drew his bow with all his might, and shot the arrow, which fell on the city with a whizz.
He threw his bow, turned around quietly, and disappeared into the night.
Shao Donglai and Peng Zhenlei anxiously waited for news from outside. They were most afraid that the Chuxia National Salvation Army would come to the rescue, and if they were ambushed, the losses would be even greater.
The two of them are deliberating on their next move. A sergeant came to report that he had picked up an arrow that had been shot from outside the city to the top of the city.
Shao Donglai and Peng Zhenlei were shocked, knowing that someone must have sent a letter in.
Shao Donglai took the feather arrow and untied the shirt tied to the arrow.
He looked at the words on his shirt and said, "Zhenlei, this is a letter written to us by the King of Chu, we don't have to worry, no one will come to relieve the siege of Tianshuo." ”
Peng Zhenlei took his shirt and looked at it, and said, "The King of Chu let us break through, let us not count the gains and losses!" ”
Shao Donglai agreed and said, "Without further ado, let's break through quickly!" ”
"I've been ready for a long time, let's break through tonight!" Peng Zhenlei said.
Shao Donglai ordered to kill the horses to satisfy the hunger, the troops were already short of food, and before breaking through, they must eat something.
Until the second half of the night, Peng Zhenlei said to the sergeants: "Everyone rushed out of the city gate, fought vigorously, rushed out, and then converged in Shuozhou!" ”
Peng Zhenlei said, found dozens of good players, and said to them: "You must protect Brother Shao!" Everyone agreed.
Peng Zhenlei led everyone to the city gate, quietly opened the city gate, and everyone raised their weapons and rushed out.
The Wu army had been preparing for a long time, how could they break through easily.
Peng Zhen shouted thunderstorms and rushed into the enemy formation, and dozens of people escorted Shao Donglai to rush forward.
The Wu army is like a tide, surging forward. Shao Donglai shouted: "The brave wins when they meet on a narrow road!" "The sergeants fought hard.
"Bang Bang!" Suddenly, a fiery dragon erupted.
"It's not good, it's Wu Jun's musket team!" Peng Zhenlei let out a loud shout, but fortunately there were a few sergeants in front of him.
"Everybody rush up with muskets!" Shao Donglai shouted. He knew that if he didn't rush past the musketeers, his men and horses would be wiped out.
The sergeants also knew that it was powerful, and everyone rushed forward in unison, although people kept falling, but no one dared to stop, and they all rushed to kill.
Peng Zhenlei looked back and saw that there were not many people left. Shao Donglai said: "Peng Zhenlei, hurry up and rush out!" Peng Zhenlei agreed. led the men and horses to meet the Wu army and continued to charge.
Peng Zhenlei saw that there were fewer and fewer people around him, and he didn't know if he could break through.
Feng Qingluan watched the chaos in the Wu military camp and knew that Peng Zhenlei and Shao Donglai were breaking into the military camp. I was anxious and couldn't think about it.
"Brother Feng, the Chuxia National Salvation Army in the city should be breaking into the camp!" Han Yuliang said in a low voice.
"We have no way to think about it, I don't know if Peng Zhenlei and Shao Donglai can get out?" Feng Qingluan said.
The mountain wind is howling, and the chill hits people.
Looking at the countless mountains and forests outside Tianshuo City, Feng Qingluan had a plan and said, "Han Yuliang, let's set fire to the mountain!" ”
Han Yuliang agreed, lit a fire, ignited the messy grass in the mountain forest, and the mountain wind howled, and it caught fire in an instant.
The fire went down the wind, and the whole mountain forest was ablaze.
"Brother Feng, have you seen it, our Chuxia National Salvation Army has rushed out!" Han Yuliang shouted.
Feng Qingluan took advantage of the firelight to see dozens of sergeants rushing out of the Wu army camp.
"Han Yuliang, let's hurry up and respond!" Feng Qingluan shouted.
Han Yuliang agreed, and the two rushed out.
Dozens of people rushed over, and Feng Qingluan saw that the people in charge were Peng Zhenlei and Shao Donglai.
"Peng Zhenlei, Shao Donglai! Come here! Feng Qingluan shouted.
"It's the King of Chu, the King of Chu is here to pick us up!" Peng Zhenlei shouted, and dozens of them ran hard.
"You come with me!" Feng Qingluan shouted.
Dozens of people quickly ran into the night.
The Wu army, which was pursuing behind, withdrew because it was dark. Feng Qingluan said: "General Peng, General Shao will rest for a while!" ”
After most of the night's rush, everyone was exhausted and sat on the ground.
"We have bypassed the ambush of the Wu army!" Feng Qingluan said.
"King Chu, we are really ashamed, thousands of soldiers did not break out of the encirclement!" Peng Zhenlei said ashamedly.
"Attacking Tianshuo City, we don't have such strength yet, you have to remember this lesson!" Feng Qingluan comforted.
"It's all blamed on me, I shouldn't be reckless, I came with the army, I was too light on the enemy, and it also affected Brother Shao!"
"It's good that you can break out of the encirclement!" Feng Qingluan continued to comfort them: "You go back to Shuozhou, the Wu army has won a battle, and it will definitely attack Cangqing Mountain, you go back and tell Lu Jingfei, everyone must be careful!" ”
"King Chu, let's go back to Shuozhou together, I want to ask the Chu Xia Salvation Association for guilt!" Peng Zhenlei was haunted by this defeat.
"I can't go back to Shuozhou, I still have to go back to Chunshuyuan, you tell Lu Jingfei that if the Wu army comes to encircle and suppress again, it must not be hard!"
Peng Zhenlei agreed, and everyone got up.
Feng Qingluan and Han Yuliang rushed back to Chunshu Garden. Peng Zhenlei and Shao Donglai took in the sergeants of the Chuxia National Salvation Army who rushed out all the way and rushed back to Shuozhou.
Shan Kai Kai was furious when he heard the battle report.
He saw Shao Donglai and Peng Zhenlei coming back in embarrassment, and ordered them to be executed.
Fortunately, thanks to the intercession of the people, they were removed from all their positions, leaving one life.
"King Xia, we must be prepared, if the Wu army wins this battle, it will definitely continue to encircle and suppress us!" Lu Jingfei said.
"Don't worry about this, I already have a countermeasure!" Separate road.
When Lu Jingfei saw him say this, it was inconvenient to say anything else.
Shan Kaikai urgently summoned Jiang Zhaokuan.
"If Wu Shaoguang comes to encircle and suppress us again, how should we meet the enemy?"
"King Xia, I have already thought of a countermeasure, if Wu Shaoguang comes to attack Shuozhou, we will find a way to make them unable to reach Shuozhou!"
"What do you mean?"
"There is a small town called Niutailing eighty miles south of Shuozhou City, and we have set up heavy troops there to prevent the Wu army from taking a step forward!"
"This strategy is good, as long as we can hold Niutailing, Shuozhou will be safe and sound!"
"Who can defend Niutai Ridge?"
"Of course it's Lu Jingfei, only he can defend Niutailing!" Jiang Zhaokuan said trivially.
"I'll discuss with Lu Jingfei!" Shan Kai said goodbye and summoned Lu Jingfei over.
"Lu Jingfei, you go to guard Niutailing, this place is too important, I don't worry about others going!" Shan Kaikai said.
Although Lu Jingfei was a little puzzled, he still said: "I listen to King Xia's dispatch!" ”
"Remember, to hold Niutailing, you must not take a step back!"
When Lu Jingfei heard him say this, he had no choice but to agree.