late at night!
On the wide mountain road.
The sounds of wolves and apes can be heard on both sides. The wind is blowing, and the trees are swaying, making a rustling sound, which is terrifying and eerie.
A group of people and horses moved forward at a relatively fast speed. A flag with the word "Wu" stands in front. The people and horses are composed of soldiers and civilians. Whether it was soldiers or civilians, their faces were full of exhaustion, as if they were going to faint in the next moment, but they were just gritting their teeth and taking action.
It was Wu Nianjun.
no way.
Forget about the common people. Even the strong soldiers arrived at Chong County after a day and night of running, and a fierce battle ensued.
Although they rested for a day and night in Chong County, fatigue was not easily eliminated.
Moreover, in order to speed up their troops, they started from the morning and have basically not stopped until midnight. People were given solid food when they were hungry and drank water when they were thirsty. People who were too weak to walk were put on the baggage carts.
When you do this, you don’t take a break, and you work non-stop.
Only then could we arrive near Yacheng in the middle of the night.
That's right. Wu Nian did not plan to attack Yacheng head-on and chose to attack by surprise.
"Cough!" Wu Nian coughed on the horse and looked a little pale. He had a cold, was a little dizzy from coughing, and had a dull pain in the wound under his ribs.
After all, people are people, not steel.
The continuous battles, the blood shed over the years, and the accumulated injuries seemed to explode at this moment.
But Wu Nian didn't tell anyone.
Wait until you enter Yacheng and then look for a doctor to prescribe medicine.
"General. About a mile ahead is the flat land where Ya City is located." The guide on horseback following Wu Nian looked at the surrounding terrain carefully under the starlight and moonlight, and said to Wu Nian.
"Stop." Wu Nian's groggy head suddenly shook, he took a deep breath and said loudly.
The team immediately stopped upon hearing the sound. Wu Nian shouted: "Wang Gui, Zhang Sheng. Detach the army and rest aside."
"You only have one hour."
"The people are resting on the ground. Wait here until dawn."
"Yes." In the darkness, Wang Gui and Zhang Sheng couldn't see Wu Nian, but they could just listen to the voice and immediately responded and went down to do it.
"Immediately send a team of spies to Yacheng to see how the situation is. Remember, be careful and don't alert the enemy." Wu Nian whispered to a soldier beside him.
"Yes." The soldier responded immediately and led the team down.
Wu Nian also turned over and dismounted, almost falling. After standing calmly, he picked up the sheepskin water bag behind the horse, sat on the wooden board brought by the soldiers to drink water, then covered himself with a blanket and began to sleep.
in the dark. The soldiers were being separated from the people, and the prisoners were bundled into groups of ten and placed under strict guard.
After the battles of Jinhuan Mountain and Chong County. Wu Nianjun's two thousand-household elite soldiers and four thousand-household militiamen suffered heavy losses, and there are still about half of them capable of fighting.
There was no time to organize them, so they were all used as elite soldiers.
After these two wars, the militiamen also obtained armor, jackets, weapons, etc. The most important thing is that after experiencing bloody battles, they have experienced hardships and transformation.
There is no problem at all in treating these strong militiamen as elite soldiers.
the other side.
The private soldier sent out by Wu Nian was named Lu Jun. He took ten people and moved forward. They only wore war coats and carried swords, bows, and quivers.
Relying on the light of the stars, they quickly arrived on the flat land where Ya City was located. Moving forward along the avenue without disturbing anyone, we arrived near the city.
Still about 150 meters away from the city, Lu Jun did not dare to move forward. Lying on the ground, he raised his head and looked at the city gate tower in front of him.
On the city, a torch is burning every certain distance, which can illuminate a certain distance. This is to avoid being attacked by sneak attacks.
It's considered defensive.
But the tightness of the defense is still the responsibility of the person.
Lu Jun was an experienced soldier, and he carefully observed the soldiers standing guard and patrolling the city. After a long time, Lu Jun sneered in his heart.
"Precautionary. But average."
"You can't stop our general."
After making a judgment, Lu Jun quietly waved his hand, turned around with his brothers, and crawled forward. After crawling about a hundred meters, they stood up and returned quietly but quickly back the way they came.
When Lu Jun came back to report, Wu Nian was sleeping soundly. Coupled with the cold, I was a little confused after being woken up, but after listening to Lu Jun's report.
His illness "recovered" immediately. No, this was an illusion, he was cured temporarily.
"I know. Thank you for your hard work. You don't have to be responsible for attacking the city anymore. Go down and rest." Wu Nian glanced at Lu Jun and said sympathetically.
"Yes." Lu Jun responded without being pretentious.
Then he took the ten brothers who were gathering information together, found a place, immediately lay down to rest, and soon fell asleep.
They are too tired.
"We can conquer the city again." Wu Nian couldn't sleep, and was slightly excited.
Accumulate small wins into big wins.
At present, the Meng Yuan people are still stronger, and every victory is crucial and decisive. Conquer Ya City.
Defeat thousands of Han soldiers.
Collect grain, grass and baggage.
Take away some people.
Strength waxes and wanes. That's different again.
But Wu Nian quickly calmed down again, shook his head and thought to himself.
"I hope this time it goes smoothly. As I wish. I came gently and got the city lightly. The casualties should not be too great."
Even now, Wu Nian feels a sense of pain when he thinks of Chong County's losses.
Unable to sleep, Wu Nian simply picked up a blanket, wrapped it around him, and just sat there.
Actually it's not cold now.
But he felt cold.
Soon, an hour passed. A soldier came over and informed Wu Nian. Wu Nian nodded and ordered: "Wake up the soldiers and attack."
As the order was passed on, the sleeping soldiers were immediately woken up, and it took them a while to regain consciousness.
Wu Nian, Wang Gui, and Zhang Sheng did not ride horses, but led the soldiers on foot, carrying simple ladders, and headed for Yacheng.
When attacking a city at night, it all depends on whether the opponent's defense is tight.
And there's only one chance.
Wu Nianjun held his breath and tried to reduce the noise. But when they were about a hundred meters away from the city, they were still discovered by the Yacheng defenders.
"who?!!!"
A loud shout full of vigilance, almost like thunder in the dark and quiet environment. The lazy and sleepy defenders on the city suddenly woke up.
"It doesn't matter. Show your fangs and kill!!!" Wu Nian's mind became dizzy again, but he still took a deep breath, pulled out the steel knife from his waist, and roared.
"kill!!!!"
Wu Nian's soldiers howled like wild wolves, carried crude ladders, and rushed towards the city wall.
It was just like the conclusion that the spy Lu Jun came to after seeing it.
The defense of Ya City is average. In an instant, the defenders were in panic.
"Enemy attack!!!"
Someone screamed miserably.
