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The crops cherished by the farmers were ruthlessly trampled by this black shadow. When the black shadow moved to both sides of the official road, the original green crops had turned into grasslands; A green carpet was laid from the southwest end of the field to the outside of the west gate, and the black shadow stepped on the green carpet and advanced quickly, finally lurking in the dark ditch next to the official road, motionless.
"Take the city gate in half an hour." Under the shade of the official road two hundred steps away from the city gate, Xu Shu in armor supported the tree trunk with one hand and pressed the sword on his waist with the other, staring at the city coldly. He stood there for a long while, with murderous intent flashing in his eyes, before he whispered instructions to Wei Yan who was standing behind him without turning his head.
Wei Yan nodded happily, and asked softly, "Why didn't we attack the South Gate directly, instead of taking a detour to attack the West Gate instead?"
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"Once the south gate is attacked, the defenders in the city will immediately guess our origin, so that it is possible to spread the news before we capture the city. In this way, even if we capture the city, it will be in vain. The reinforcements from the Western Jin Dynasty will arrive within a day, and we will be unable to escape by then."
Speaking of this, Xu Shu paused, took the water bag from his own hand, "gudu" drank a few mouthfuls of water, and then wiped his mouth casually to wipe off the water stains on his beard.Handing the water bag to the soldiers, he continued: "Thus, although we are the closest to the south gate, we would rather go around the south gate than attack directly. In fact, if we are not worried about revealing our whereabouts and avoiding accidents, Ximen is not the most ideal place. Attack the target, if conditions permit, I am more willing to lead the army to attack the east gate or the north gate."
Wei Yan was very smart, and he knew everything, and said in a low voice: "The military division means that if we directly attack the south gate, the defenders will immediately think that we are the Jingzhou army, because the enemy in the south is only our Jingzhou army. Compared with it, The east gate and the north gate are not the same. At present, the state of Wei has sent troops to attack Henan County, and the whole road is like a broken bamboo. The defenders in the city must have thought that it was the soldiers of the Wei State who attacked the city all night, and they would never have thought that it was our Jingzhou army who attacked the city at night. I wonder if the last general is right?"
"That's right." Xu Shu nodded in response, "In order not to disgrace the mission and ensure that we can retreat after completing the mission, we must not only capture Yangdi City, but also try our best to confuse the public and hide our whereabouts as much as possible. So Sneak attacking the east gate or north gate is the best choice. It's a pity that when I pulled out the Huangshuiwa checkpoint last night, I failed to wipe out all the troops stationed at the checkpoint. After the battle, I found two people missing. Fortunately The two men hid in the deep mountains, otherwise our army's whereabouts would have been exposed to the Yangdi defenders at this moment. At this point, we have no time to detour to the east or north gates. We have no choice but to attack the west gate as close as possible. Annihilate the defenders in the city and occupy Yangdi City before dawn."
Wei Yan nodded approvingly, but when he was about to speak, Jiang Qin beside him interjected: "According to the military adviser, the purpose of our coming to Yangdi City this time is to fulfill the covenant. Complete the handover with Wei General Cao Ren For this reason, Pang Tong's army division sent some food and grass into the city with the help of a caravan three months ago. If this is true, it means that Wei general Cao Ren will lead an army to attack Yangdi in the near future and come to contact our army. Fulfill the covenant. In this way, even if our army succeeds in the sneak attack and hides our identity, we will expose the whereabouts of Wei General Cao Ren's soldiers and horses in advance, and will be intercepted and hunted down by the Xiliang army. Wouldn't it trap us to act like this? It's tantamount to injustice. Put Cao Ren's army in danger?"
As Jiang Qin said, there are only two vassal states that are enemies of the Western Jin Dynasty. If the defenders in the city cannot guess that it was the Jingzhou army that attacked the city, they will definitely think it is the Cao army.It's that simple.Either one or the other, there is no third possibility.The reason for this result is that the transfer point for fulfilling the covenant between the Southern Han Dynasty and the Northern Wei Dynasty was set at Yangzhai, Yingchuan County.
Xu Shu turned to look at Jiang Qin.In silence, Jiang Qin couldn't see Xu Shu's face and eyes clearly in the darkness.But he could feel that Xu Shu was very displeased by his words, and maybe he would become angry from embarrassment.But Jiang Qin was not afraid.Whether Xu Shugao is unhappy, likes to listen or not, he must say what should be said.Right now, the Southern Han and Northern Wei are allies, and they have jointly sent troops to fight against the Western Jin Dynasty. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses are fighting with the Western Jin army. The meeting in Yangzhai City is a testimony to the eternal alliance between the two countries.However, what Xu Shu did was tantamount to betraying his allies, which made Jiang Qin feel indignant, unable to accept Xu Shu's behavior of only caring about his own safety and not caring about the life and death of his allies.
In addition, there is another important reason why Jiang Qin openly raised doubts, that is, Xu Shu asked Zhou Tai to lead [-] soldiers into the city in disguise during the day, thinking that it was an internal response.This made Jiang Qin very uneasy, and he was worried about Zhou Tai all day long, because the general of the Western Jin Dynasty stationed in Yangdi City was none other than Ji Ling, the former general of Yuan Shu who had met Zhou Tai several times.Apart from Ji Ling, there are also Lei Bo and Chen Lan, the three generals who are defending the army. These three are quite familiar with the Jiangdong generals, and they used to work together under Yuan Shu's account for a while.Therefore, if Zhou Tai was accidentally caught by these three people, the consequences would be disastrous.
It was precisely because of this that Jiang Qin was indignant. Xu Shu clearly knew that the generals defending the city were all former generals under Yuan Shu's account, and also knew that Zhou Tai had followed Sun Ce as a general under Yuan Shu's account, and was very familiar with Ji Ling, Lei Bo and others. But he still sent Zhou Tai to sneak into the city and wait for an opportunity to attack the city gate.Wouldn't this be sending Zhou Tai to die? Why not send Wei Yan?Is it because Wei Yan is a general of Jingzhou, while Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai are generals of Jiangdong?It is all bullshit to keep saying that the Jiangdong Army and the Jingzhou Army are one family. When the critical moment comes, the Jiangdong Army will be raised by a stepmother, and all the head loss will be left to the Jiangdong General.Is it really unreasonable?
Under the shade of the tree, Xu Shu also couldn't see Jiang Qin's expression clearly, but he could completely guess what Jiang Qin was thinking at the moment, why he complained for Cao Ren's army for no reason.In fact, Xu Shu knew very well that Jiang Qin didn't care about the life and death of Cao Jun's soldiers at all. The reason why he talked about Cao Jun was to vent his dissatisfaction with Xu Shu, and he was worried about the fact that he sent Zhou Tai into the city in disguise. Feeling resentful.
Thinking of this, Xu Shu said in a low voice: "General Gong Yi's words are not unreasonable. Right now, we and Cao Jun have the same purpose, and we are allies. No matter which side's whereabouts are revealed, they will be chased and intercepted by the Xiliang Army. It is inevitable that we will lose troops and lose generals. But our trip is a lonely army with limited strength. Once we are exposed to the Xiliang army, we will be in a desperate situation immediately. If we are besieged by the Xiliang army again, the entire army will be wiped out.
In contrast, Cao Ren had a lot of soldiers and horses under his tent. Even if he was intercepted and chased by the Xiliang army, he was able to break out of the encirclement. At least it would be no problem to withdraw to Yanzhou.Therefore, if there is a need to expose one between us and Cao Ren in order to attract the Xiliang army's attention or contain the Xiliang army, Cao Jun is undoubtedly more suitable than us. "To put it bluntly, Xu Shu's words can be summed up in one sentence: dead friends are not dead poor, just keep yourself safe, as for allies, they are used to sell.
Jiang Qin didn't agree with Xu Shu's argument at all. When he was about to argue, he saw Xu Shu raised his hand in front of his eyes and said in a deep voice, "Yangdi City is not so easy to be captured. This city is the city of Yingchuan County. The name of the guard is Chang Lin. He is a talented person under the command of Li Li, the emperor of the Western Jin Dynasty. At that time, it was the critical moment of the battle against Yuan. He joined hands with the prefect of Hanoi and led the soldiers of the two counties to resist the attack of Cao Cao's army, thus defending Hanoi County after Li Li's army defeated Yecheng.
It can be seen from this that Chang Lin, the prefect of Yingchuan, was quite strategic. Although he was a civil servant, he was courageous.In addition, Ji Ling, Lei Bo, Chen Lan, Liu Xun and other old generals of Yuan Shu were stationed in this city, and there were as many as [-] defenders.Therefore, if we want to capture this city in one fell swoop, even if we succeed in sneak attacking the city gate, we will not be able to do it all at once, at least we will have to fight fiercely overnight. "
Speaking of this, Xu Shu sighed softly: "Okay, it's useless to talk more, let's take advantage of this time to rest. When the war breaks out, there will be no time to rest." After speaking, Xu Shu said nothing more, leaning on the Close your eyes and meditate on the tree.On the other hand, Jiang Qin had no choice but to swallow the words, which made him blushed, feeling very uncomfortable, but helpless.
Immediately, Jiang Qin simply fell down on the grass under the tree, placed in the shape of "big", fell asleep on his back, and snored deliberately to vent his dissatisfaction.Wei Yan was sitting under the tree, holding a long-handled war knife in his arms, leaning against the tree and closing his eyes to sleep. His attitude towards Jiangdong generals was the same as that of Xu Shu, Pang Tong and others. The army is one of our own.So he didn't care about the life and death of Jiangdong's generals. What he cared about was whether Zhou Tai could seize the city gate in the first time and welcome the army into the city. As for other things, he had nothing to do with it.
Time passed quietly.
The lights of thousands of families in Yangdi City have disappeared, only the lanterns in the streets and alleys are still shaking with the evening wind.In a big city like Yangdi City with a population of 10,000+, the lanterns on the streets are always on all night. This is the case in the prefectures, county towns and cities with a population of more than [-] in the Western Jin Dynasty.
It was quiet late at night, there were no pedestrians on the street, and 10,000+ people in the city were immersed in sleep.Suddenly, the watchman appeared on the wide street, knocking on the gong and shouting: "The sky is dry and the things are dry, be careful of the candles!"
The yelling gradually faded away, and the streets and alleys became calm again.At this time, under the dim light, black shadows flickered from time to time, but no one appeared on the street. This was the moonlight slanted by someone deliberately avoiding the light and walking along the houses on both sides of the street. The figure left behind.
At the same time as the black shadow appeared, a group of soldiers appeared in the alley at the southern end of the street. They walked in line in the middle of the street, and walked from the alley at almost the same pace. There were as many as 500 people.They were the guards of the city gate who came to change shifts. They were on duty every four hours during the day and every two hours at night. This was the second group of city guards who came to change shifts tonight.After they take over, the guards who are replaced will not leave, because it is already late at night, they will directly stay in the squad room on the tower to rest, sleep for an hour, and then guard for another hour, and then they can go home.
Not long after, five hundred soldiers came to the bottom of the city tower, and the leading military lord shouted to the military lord upstairs, and at the same time led the soldiers under his tent to climb the tower quickly.Just kidding, the shift change has been completed.However, at the moment when the two military marquises passed by, the military marquis who came to take over said in a low voice: "The prefect ordered me to come and spread the word. There are wild ghosts in the city and hungry wolves outside the city tonight. General Lei Bo will be with me." Defend the city."
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With the appearance of the soldiers on duty, there were more and more black figures two hundred steps away from them, and their speed was getting faster and faster, and they disappeared at the foot of the Ximen city wall, as if they had never appeared before.
Not long after, five hundred soldiers came to the bottom of the city tower, and the leading military lord shouted to the military lord upstairs, and at the same time led the soldiers under his tent to climb the tower quickly.Just kidding, the shift change has been completed.
The moment the two military marquises met face to face, the military marquis who came to take turns said in a low voice: "The prefect ordered me to come and spread the word. There are wild ghosts in the city tonight, and there are hungry wolves outside the city. General Lei Bo will defend the city with me."
Passing by, he smiled and said: "Standing all night, go to sleep!" The military marquis who was about to rest paused slightly, then smiled and waved his hands, and led his men into the classroom on the south side .
As soon as he entered the door, he saw Lei Bo in ordinary armor sitting in the room: "I'm afraid you won't be able to rest tonight, so come and sit down."
As soon as Lei Bo opened his mouth, he directly pointed out the purpose of coming, waved his hand to signal the Junhou to sit beside him, and then told the Junhou what he knew without any concealment: "This evening, the Zhuge military division who is commanding the army to fight in Wancheng is accompanying the army. Changshi Sima Yi sent to Yingchuan, and entered the city through the south gate an hour ago. Sima Changshi brought important news, claiming that there were sneaky people sneaking into the city. After hearing the news, the prefect immediately sent people to Xicheng Minmin Lane to make an unannounced visit. Some farmers said that today, a few young men with rich money and a Jingxiang accent went to the city with them.
At this moment, Sima Changshi, Chang Lin Taishou, General Ji Ling and others are discussing matters in the inner hall, and they strictly ordered us to be more careful tonight to prevent the enemy from sneaking into the city gate.listen.Immediately prepare the bow and crossbow, and bring all the crossbow and arrows.Turn off the lights after a quarter of an hour, and then go downstairs from the dark rooms of the towers on both sides.Open the hidden holes on both sides of the city gate, set up the crossbow, and shoot arrows as soon as anyone approaches the city gate.Remember, your task is to firmly guard the city gate for me, and you must not allow anyone to approach the city gate from inside the city.
As for the enemy army lurking outside the city and the small group of enemies inside the city, it has nothing to do with you. Before dawn, you stay in the dark room, keep your eyes on the city gate, and don't go out no matter what happens outside.Even if the enemy breaks through the city tower, they must not move without authorization! "During the speech, Lei Bo's expression was very solemn, his tone was firm, and there was even a bit of generosity and determination.
Obviously, the current situation is not optimistic and the situation is grim.Yangdi City was not well prepared for the big battle, and was facing huge defensive pressure. The [-] defenders in the city alone were not enough to withstand the sneak attack of tens of thousands or even [-] troops.
After hearing Lei Bo's words, the city guard didn't dare to ask more questions.After Gong Sheng received his orders, he divided the [-] city guards into two, half of them stayed in the squadron of the south tower, and the other half went to the north tower.The two groups of troops were led by their respective chiefs and entered the dark room of the city gate directly from the underground passage of the squad room, and then opened the dark hole.Stay in the dark room on both sides of the city gate and guard the city gate.
The darkrooms on both sides of the city gate are small and distributed in a ladder shape, with three floors up and down.Each floor is six feet high and half as wide as the gate wall, and the bottom floor is eight feet high.The upper two floors can be used by archers half kneeling on the ground to set their bows and shoot arrows.On the bottom floor are crossbow carts, with four crossbow carts on the left and right sides.therefore.Strong bows and crossbows are stored in the wall slots around the darkroom, as well as enough crossbow bolts and ordinary arrows.The more than 50 soldiers hiding in the dark room were divided into five teams, two of which were in charge of manipulating crossbows on the bottom floor, and two teams entered the upper two floors to shoot freely, and the remaining [-] people were used as a reserve team. Fill.This is Yangdi City's unique defensive method.
Yangdi City is not only the city of Yingchuan County, but also the most populous and prosperous city in Yuzhou. In addition, Yingchuan County is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, with convenient transportation and extending in all directions, so the defense pressure is far greater than that of ordinary county towns.After the Yellow Turban riots, Yangdi City was fully renovated, heightened and reinforced, and the city walls were repaired every year to strengthen its defense capabilities.Over time, the city wall is now three feet high and seven feet thick, and the four gates in the east, south, west, and north are even more majestic, comparable to the reconstructed Luoyang City.
Therefore, in the walls on both sides of the city gate, dark rooms, namely caves for soldiers, were specially built, the purpose of which was to strengthen the defense of the city gate and ensure that the city gate would not be breached.As long as the city gate is not broken, no matter how many enemy troops attack the city outside the city, they can only enter the city through the top of the city, and absolutely cannot flood into the city on a large scale; in this way, the defenders can fight the enemy with sufficient manpower in the city, So as to defend the city from being captured.
Suddenly, the lights in the classrooms on both sides of the tower disappeared.The city gate guards who were talking and laughing just now gradually fell silent, and the city tower was quiet again, only the dozen or so wind lanterns hanging under the eaves swayed with the evening wind, and the dim lights stretched five hundred people. The figure of the night watchman.
Time passed by, and a crescent moon in the night sky moved quietly. At this time, the inside and outside of the West Gate were extremely quiet, so quiet that the croaking of insects and frogs in the fields outside the city could not be heard.What a rare quiet night.
Suddenly, with a scream of "咻", a flashing rocket roared into the sky, surpassed the city tower in the blink of an eye, and went straight to the sky.At the same time, hundreds of big men in black suddenly jumped out from the corner of the west gate of the city. They waved their weapons and ran wildly. They didn't shout to fight or kill. soldier.
"Puff, puff, puff!" But seeing the three burly men rushing to the gate with lightning speed, they wiped out the four guards on the south side of the gate with their knives in hand. The moment the blade fell, the soldier whose throat had been cut didn't even scream, and fell into a pool of blood.
Immediately, I saw the big man in black who beheaded the two soldiers raised his bloody sword and swung it fiercely. One guard in front of the antlers.The hundreds of black-clothed men who followed him were also strong and strong. Although they were not as fast and fierce as him, they were only one step behind. After he beheaded the two armored soldiers, almost all the black-clothed men caught up with him. , and then rushed to the antler fence across the gate of the city together with him, swung their knives almost unanimously and slashed at the guards of the gate.
At this moment, a sudden change occurred.But when the ten defenders standing in front of the antlers saw the man in black rushing past, they ran away, instead of retreating to the city gate, they ran in the opposite direction to the man in black, turned around and ran north.As they fled without fighting, there were only three antler fences in front of the man in black. Besides, there was not a single defender in the corridor behind the city gate, so that the man in black had already seen the upper wall inserted on the door panel. , middle and lower bolts.
Among the three bolts, the one in the middle is the thickest. It is a semicircular crossbar about four feet long and two feet in diameter. It takes at least five or six strong men to move it at the same time.Except for the bolt in the middle, the other two bolts are crossbars as thick as a human calf, it's not a big deal, the bolt can be cut off with three to five knives.
Seeing the gatekeepers fleeing, the men in black didn't chase after them. They immediately rushed forward, removed the antlers blocking the way, and poured into the five-foot-wide and 20-meter-long city gate corridor.However, they didn't notice at all that at the same time they moved away the antler barricade, densely packed small holes suddenly appeared on the walls on both sides of the city gate corridor. A hole in the wall the size of a fist was exposed.
It is worth noting that there are not many large holes at the bottom, and the two sides add up to less than twenty, and the holes on both sides are asymmetrical, and the left and right sides are staggered.In contrast, there are many small holes in the middle and upper part of the wall, densely packed like a honeycomb, and these small holes are not horizontal straight holes, but inclined vertical holes.If it weren't for the burning torches on the walls on both sides of the corridor, perhaps the man in black could see the light coming out of these holes, and these dots of light almost covered the entire corridor, from the open inner door to the closed door. There are no dead spots between the outer city gates, as long as you enter the corridor, you will be under the light of the pores.
Compared with the inside of the city, as the rocket drew a beautiful arc under the night sky, the originally silent official road outside the city suddenly became lively.Just listening to the "booming" roar of flames, thousands of torches suddenly appeared on both sides of the moat, among which the torches on the official road on the west bank of the moat were the most, almost illuminating half of the field, and together with the torches appeared tens of thousands of iron armor Soldiers.However, there are not many torches on the east bank of the moat, that is, in front of the city gate, only more than 100, which means that more than [-] people have successfully crossed the moat.
"Kill!" The moment the torch was lit, more than two thousand infantry rushed towards the city gate screaming, and the leading general who rushed to the front was Jiang Qin, Jiang Gongyi, Xu Shu's subordinate.Behind him, Wei Yan led an army of [-] troops to kill the general along the official road. At this time, the moat had already erected a pontoon bridge, so that the army could directly rush across the moat and head straight for the city gate.
It has to be mentioned that Xu Shu, the "Military Adviser" who led the army to attack the city together with Wei Yan.Although Wei Yan and Jiang Qin have always referred to Xu Shu as a military adviser, in fact he is not a military adviser, but the chief general of the Jingzhou Army who attacked Yangdi City this time.Therefore, he did not sit in the rear in a brocade robe as usual, but went into battle in person in a strong and sharp manner, keeping pace with Wei Yan, and leading the army to attack the city gate.
In addition, it is worth noting that the Jingzhou Army led by Xu Shu did not display a banner, and the armor of more than 2 soldiers was a very common black armor.Black or gray armor can be said to be the most common color at present. The Southern Han Dynasty, the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Western Jin Dynasty all have this kind of attire. Therefore, what can distinguish and identify is the battle flag or the commander-in-chief flag, or the king of the Three Kingdoms leading the army The emperor's big banner unique to the time of the personal conquest.That is to say, if they meet during the day, they can generally be identified, but not at night. If the opponent does not show a flag, it is usually difficult to identify their origin; out of each other.
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As the torches were suddenly lit outside the city, torches were also lit on the tower.Not only that, but at the same time as the torch was lit, the beacon pile that had been prepared was also lit.
The beacon smoke went straight into the sky, and the rumbling drums sounded from the city tower.Immediately, the people in the city woke up from their sleep, and in a blink of an eye, the scene of thousands of lights reappeared.It's a pity that the defenders on the city tower have no intention of standing high and overlooking at this time, let alone admiring the beautiful scenery.
"Finally showed up!" On the west gate tower, when the shouts of killing sounded from below the city, Lei Bo stopped paying attention to the battle inside the city, and instead walked to the female wall, looking down at the siege army outside the city.
Coincidentally, in front of the hall of the Sheriff's Mansion a few miles away from the west gate, someone said the same words as Lei Bo: "Sure enough! I rushed out of the city almost at the same time as me. If it wasn't for the vigilant guards, we would have discovered this in advance. You gang of thieves who act sneakily, I'm afraid I'll meet them face to face and be harmed by them." The one who spoke was Shi Sima Yi, commander of Kong Ming's army.
The matter started from Wancheng. After he and Kong Ming led the army to Wancheng that day, they went out of the city with Kong Ming to check the terrain that afternoon, and found some clues around the abandoned camp of the Jingzhou Army.But he and Kong Ming kept it secret, and returned to the city pretending to have found nothing. That night Sima Yi was ordered to lead a thousand-man cavalry team to Yangzhai. The departure time was a whole day later than Xu Shu's army. At the west gate of Zhai City, he accidentally discovered the Jingzhou Army's whereabouts.
If it hadn't been for the timely return of sentry cavalry, Sima Yi would almost have led a thousand cavalry to meet this Jingzhou army head-on;It is very likely that they will be annihilated outside the city by this Jingzhou army in advance.It was precisely because of the early detection of the whereabouts of the Jingzhou Army that Sima Yi made a decisive decision.He led the personal guards around the west gate, and circled around the north gate and east gate.Finally, when it was dark, they entered the city from the south gate.
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