Chapter 39: Praying Mantis Catches Cicada

On the city wall of Huling Pass.

Yan Tianrui glanced down at the war knife held in the general's hand, and snorted: "The young general said before leaving, let us be sure to protect Mr. Meng's safety and try not to conflict with you, but if you insult the Northwest Army again and again, I don't mind educating you for your father." ”

As soon as he heard this, the general immediately became angry, and he could no longer control his fiery temper, so he took out his war knife from his waist and slashed at Yan Tianrui's head.

Seeing this, Yan Tianrui suddenly twisted his waist and avoided the opponent's knife, and the whole person was like a tiger down the mountain, and pounced towards the general, and when the other party had not reacted, he hugged the opponent's waist with both hands.

Yan Tianrui's strength was terrifying, and the general was almost not even able to struggle before being pressed to the ground by Yan Tianrui with a hug.

When the general struggled to stand up, Yan Tianrui pressed the wrist of the other party holding the knife and smashed the general's face with a fist.

This punch knocked the general into a mess, and his mind was a little confused.

Then the second punch arrived, followed by the third, and then the fourth.

Yan Tianrui pressed the wrist of the general's knife with one hand, and the other hand crackled on the general's face like a raindrop.

The general's face was blurred, and it was not until this time that Ye Bian finally couldn't stand it anymore, frowning and waving his hand.

Several pro-soldiers who had already prepared hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Yan Tianrui, who was still riding on the general's body, wreaking havoc.

When Yan Tianrui was pulled up, he was still laughing in his mouth: "What's the matter, do you think you are very powerful, hehe, in my eyes, you are not bullshit, pointing fingers in front of me, are you worthy?"

When he was in the Northwest Army before, Yan Tianrui was the commander of the infantry army, and the most glorious battle was to lead a group of 500 brothers to wipe out a disobedient tribe in the desert overnight.

The head of the leader of that tribe was unscrewed off by Yan Tianrui's bare hands, and when he returned to the camp with the leader's head, he even used that human head as a urinal for three days.

It was also because of his cruelty that he was punished in public by Chu Qianwen on the second day and hung outside the camp tent for a day and a night.

Although he was puzzled, he still had no complaints about Chu Qianwen's scolding, and later after Chu Qianwen was beheaded, he quit the army and returned to his hometown to become a field man.

This time, I also met Chu Yujia who was leading the troops to Huling Pass on the way, so I directly joined the team with a brother and came to Huling Pass together.

The general was also pulled up from the ground by the soldiers at this time, raised his hand and touched his bloody face that was still beaten, and after shaking his head, he was about to fight with Yan Tianrui: "I'll kill you!"

At this moment, Ye Bian scolded coldly: "Enough!"

was scolded by Ye Bian, and the general finally calmed down, but he was still indignant in his mouth: "General, he is attacking his boss and should be sentenced to death!"

"Then do you think I should put you to death?"

Ye Bian said coldly.

When he heard this, the general shrank his neck.

After the disbandment of the Northwest Army, many of the soldiers chose to retire and return to their hometowns, but some were assigned to various armies.

In particular, they have been assigned more veterans of the Northwest Army in Huling Pass, and Ye Bian has been having a headache about how to deal with these Northwest veterans.

The veterans of the Northwest Army are unruly, this is known to everyone.

When the Northwest Army first came, there were clashes with the former soldiers of Huling Pass almost every day, and during that time, Yebian was running around for these things almost every day.

There were even a few times when Ye Bian simply killed a few veterans of the Northwest Army who dared to provoke him, but these veterans only stopped for a few days, and after a few days, they returned to normal.

It was also after a full year that these veterans of the Northwest Army finally stopped, which also relieved Ye Bian, who had been suffering from this.

Only then did he know that the reason why these veterans of the Northwest Army had stopped was because they knew that their major general was not dead but exiled.

Since then, Ye Bian has known the temperament of these old soldiers, and he brought them some news about Chu Yujia without having anything to do, which also made him gain the favor of many veterans of the Northwest Army.

Now that the enemy is present, the general actually directly provoked the veteran of the Northwest Army, isn't it nothing to look for?

In case these veterans of the Northwest Army are forced to have a fight with themselves, it will only be the Qi people who will watch the excitement.

Ye Bian glared at the general with a dark face, and then directly ignored Yan Tianrui and said to Meng Feihang: "Master Meng, do you think they will really come?"

"I'm not sure, but nine times out of ten. ”

Meng Feihang pursed his lips and said: "Today, our army is opportunistic and has caused 3,000 or even 4,000 to 5,000 casualties on the Qi army, but these casualties are nothing to the Qi army as a whole. ”

"And I have also heard of Dong Haoyu, this person is also very strategic, better at managing the army, he has always been attacking Huling Pass, he has divided the whole army into several or even a dozen attacking phalanxes, and two or three of them are attacking the city every day. ”

"Therefore, on the side of the Qi army, although the soldiers are also tired, they are not as tired as our army, because our army is to face more than 200,000 people on the other side with less than 100,000 people. ”

Meng Feihang pointed to the soldiers standing on the city wall.

At this moment, those Ye sergeants and soldiers were all staring blankly into the distance, they had forgotten how long they hadn't rested, and the tense nerves of this afternoon were about to completely crush them.

Meng Feihang frowned and said: "It's not that I don't want the soldiers to rest, I know that Dong Haoyu must know that my soldiers are very tired, if I were him, I would definitely take advantage of the night to attack the city tonight, so that not only can I get back the morale lost during the day, but even if our army is unprepared, it is possible for them to break through the Huling Pass." ”

When Meng Feihang finished speaking, Ye Bian also frowned, didn't say anything, turned around and returned to the tower.

The battlefield was originally a place where the soldiers of the two sides fought bravely, and the commanders of the two sides fought their wits.

In many cases, the slightest thought of the commander is enough to change the situation on the battlefield.

A waning moon replaced the slanting sun on the horizon, and the sky became dark.

The city head of Huling Pass was quiet, only a few torches were still shaking.

In the middle of the night, more than thirty figures quietly walked out of the camp of the Qi army.

The speed of these people was extremely fast, and under the cover of the night, like wandering spirits, they quietly approached the city wall of Huling Pass.

They first walked to the edge of the city wall against the city wall, looked up at the edge of the city wall, quietly listened to the sound on the city wall, and felt that the Ye army patrolling the city head walked over, two of them quickly took out the flying tiger claws, and then picked up the rope and threw it upwards violently, and the flying tiger claws hooked the arrow stacks on the city wall together.

The two men tugged hard to make sure the hook was strong enough, then grabbed the rope and quickly climbed up the wall.

These more than 30 people are Dong Haoyu's personal soldiers, they are all outstanding masters of the rivers and lakes, their movements are agile and dexterous, and with the assistance of ropes, they all climb the city wall.

After climbing the city wall, these people hid in the shadow of the arrow stacks, among which the man who seemed to be the leader raised his eyes and looked around, it seemed that the defense of the Ye army was very lax at night, there were not many soldiers patrolling, and even fewer soldiers standing guard, even if there were, they were leaning against the city wall and taking a nap.

After seeing such a scene, the two quickly and neatly lifted the rope, hung it on the other end of the city wall, and slowly slid down the rope from the city wall.

They moved exceptionally well, infiltrating the city with little to no interference.

They did not continue to sneak into the city, but walked cautiously against the wall in the direction of the city gate.

In the offensive and defensive battles, the city gate is the most important, and it is also heavily defended.

But it was late at night, and the soldiers of the Ye army had already gone to rest and sleep, leaving only two guards to stand guard at the city gate.

After a day of intense preparations, the two soldiers also seemed to be tired, and they both sat on the ground, their heads drooping, motionless, as if they were asleep.

Seeing this, these masters of the rivers and lakes made eye contact with each other, and then rushed out of the two of them, like lightning to the front of the two guards, with the flash of the sword, the necks of the two soldiers were cut, blood spurted, and the people fell down softly, and they didn't even have time to scream.

Simply and neatly eliminated the two Ye soldiers guarding the gate, and more than 30 people immediately ran to the city gate and worked together to move the huge door latch down.

Immediately afterwards, they opened the city gate, and a master of the rivers and lakes flashed outside the city gate, carrying a torch and waving it at the Qi army camp.

Seeing the signal from his own sneak attack team, the gate of the Qi army's camp opened, and a group of cavalry rushed out of it.

This group of cavalry exceeded 5,000 and had already made corresponding preparations, and wrapped the hooves of the war horses in the camp with cotton cloth, so that the sound of the war horses was very subtle even when they were sprinting.

In the camp of the Qi army, tens of thousands of Qi troops had already prepared, only waiting for the Qi army to enter the city with light cavalry, and took advantage of the chaos of the Ye army defending the city to rush into Huling Pass in one fell swoop and take Huling Pass.

No matter how strong or weak the cavalry is, there are 5,000 people, and as long as they can enter the city, it is bound to be not easy for the other party to destroy.

After their own cavalry took control of the city gate, the 200,000 Qi troops entered the city and joined forces with the cavalry in Huling Pass.

It's just that Dong Haoyu, the commander of the Qi army, calculated precisely, but he didn't expect that there was a loophole in such a game as Meng Feihang in the Ye army.

The corners of Meng Feihang's mouth, who was secretly observing the movements of the Qi army, were slightly raised, and he said lightly: "This is called, the praying mantis catches cicadas, and the yellow finch is behind." ”