The tacit cooperation between the officers and soldiers on both sides of the Yangtze River puzzled the bandit leader Wang Zamao. He thought that the officers and soldiers on the east bank were cooperating with the west bank to cross the river. Who would have thought that the gongs and drums on the other bank were actually just to cover the east bank in seizing the city.
As for why there is such a tacit understanding, it is naturally Chang Yu's plan for a rainy day. A few days ago, he decided to lead the Nanjing troops out of the city to fight south. When the reinforcements from Gao Jie and others on the West Bank secretly infiltrated Chencang and went straight to Anqing, he formulated a complete channel for transmitting information. : Several intelligence points have been set up on both sides of the Yangtze River to ensure that intelligence can be transmitted to each other as soon as possible.
While Kuang Ren led his personal guards to leave Dangtu, scouts crossed the river to the other side to pass on information, ordering him to pretend to cross the river tonight to cover the surprise attack on the east bank to seize the city.
At this time, Gao Jie, Liu Zeqing, and Liu Liangzuo had led their troops south along the river to send troops to Anqing. Zhang Liang and Lu Zhenfei were left behind to respond. They did not have many troops on hand, but they mobilized many fishermen along the river to join in the fun.
In order to prevent the rebels from crossing the river to detect the presence of the officers and soldiers, Lu Zhenfei ordered a blockade of the river. The military and civilians jointly set up a blockade of more than ten miles along the coast. Boats were prohibited from launching and docking. Once suspicious was found, they would be arrested directly. In order to Mobilizing the enthusiasm of the people, he even spared no expense in offering rewards.
This move yielded great rewards. One after another, the bandit soldiers crossing the river were captured, causing Wang Zamao on the other side to lose his sight and hearing. He could not figure out the reality of the officers and soldiers and was convinced that tens of thousands of officers and soldiers were sharpening their swords on the other side.
However, the scouts of the officers and soldiers could come and go as they pleased. From Dangtu Crossing to the other side, fast horses rushed to Lu Zhenfei's hands. Hearing that the officers and soldiers had just fought a fight in the afternoon, the young eunuch wanted to surprise Wuhu City despite the fact that his troops were exhausted. Zhenfei and Zhang Liang were shocked and felt incredible.
This is too risky!
But he admired the young eunuch's courage.
It was still unclear whether the little eunuch could succeed in the surprise attack, but Lu Zhenfei and Zhang Liang tried their best to put on a show and put up a good cover. They immediately mobilized the people along the river to start putting on a show. More than 2,000 people braved the rain and kept doing various actions on the riverbank. The fuss of lighting fires, lighting lamps, and beating gongs and drums to ferry successfully attracted Wang Zamao's attention.
Besides, dozens of Kuang Ren's riders left the city in the rain from Dangtu, crossed the Guxi River, and then followed the Qingshan River in the east to avoid the official road and headed south. The purpose was to avoid the bandit army's probing horses as much as possible. However, even so, they still encountered several waves of suspicious targets on the way. They were killed without hesitation.
When it got dark, dozens of riders had arrived at the river bank a few miles east of Wuhu. They found a place in the woods to build thatched huts to take shelter from the rain and rest. After running for seventy miles in one breath, they were really tired, but there was still another chance to win. The important task of the city requires you to regain your physical strength as soon as possible.
We still didn’t know the depth of Wuhu at this time, so Kuang Ren decided to take his three brothers to check out the depth. The four of them dressed up and headed west for a few miles in the rain. As for the Biandan River in the east of Wuhu City, they found a quiet place to hide their horses, and then crossed the river towards Wuhu. The city touched it.
At this time, the sky was dark and the rain was falling. There was almost no one outside the city. The four of them dispersed around the corners of the city and approached the city wall without any danger. They looked around and said hello secretly.
Maybe it was because of the rain, or maybe the thieves were too careless. It was pitch dark at this time, and there were no patrols or watchmen around. Maybe they were all hiding in the caves of the city to gamble and drink.
There are good climbers among the bodyguards. They can easily climb over the wall with the help of flying claws. If the city gates are closed, they can use this method to sneak into the city secretly.
The four men were sent to the outside of the west city gate and listened for a while. Then they crawled under the door and looked inside into the darkness. They expected that there was no one there, so they divided their troops into two groups and went to the north and south gates. Later, they found that the south gate was also unguarded. , the north gate was sealed, but there were more than ten thieves on duty in the gate.
What surprised them most was that the west gate was sometimes open and sometimes closed. Occasionally they saw people coming in and out, and then they suddenly realized that the main force of the rebel army was on the bank of the river in the west of the city fending off the enemy. The west gate was the most convenient way to enter and exit, and it became the only entrance and exit in the city at this time. , which is also their goal.
Kuang Ren and the others sneaked around the west gate under the cover of night to observe for a while. At this time, the city gate was closed but it was unknown whether it was locked or not. From the crack in the door, the lights were bright and the shouts, laughter and curses of the rebels inside could be heard, and the city gate was closed. There are many messy wooden sheds on both sides of the door, with many refugees hiding in them to take shelter from the rain...
"Boss Kuang, do you want to climb over the wall from the east gate, or go in directly from here?" A subordinate asked in a low voice. Kuang Ren frowned and felt troubled. If he climbed over the wall from the east gate, the city wall is so high. It’s seven to eight meters and it’s rainy and slippery. It’s not difficult if there are a few of my men who are good at climbing walls, but what about the others? If found to have fallen short.
But if you want to go directly from the west gate, you must first make sure whether it is locked or not. If it is locked, everything will be in vain. If it is not locked, how many thieves are there? Moreover, once they are captured here, the bandits on the riverside will be alerted, and they will immediately organize a counterattack. After entering the city, they will divide their troops to guard the other three gates. Otherwise, as long as the bandits enter from any one gate, all their efforts will be in vain.
But the problem is that they only have less than a hundred people, how to guard the four gates separately. If there are too many thieves in the city, they are not afraid of fighting, but they will be stretched thin if they have to guard the gate. Once the thieves from outside rush in, they will not be able to escape. .
After all, it is too difficult to defend the city because there are not enough manpower to capture the city.
"Since the Governor sent us to seize the city, he must have a back-up plan so that our brothers will not die in vain!" Kuang Ren gritted his teeth: "Don't think too much, just do our job well, Mr. Yang Second, you go back and call for help. It would be best if you send your brothers to the north to report the news and bring reinforcements. Zhang Qing, you take a few brothers to climb over the wall from the east city and seal the east gate, and then act according to the opportunity to seize the south gate. The remaining My brother and I storm the west gate, and immediately go to the north gate after seizing the gate... As long as we hold the four gates firmly, the bandits outside can't get in, and even if there is a thousand or eight hundred of us in the city, we can kill him. , at least we can wait until the reinforcements from Lord Governor"
"Boss Kuang, you really look down on those thieves. Where did they come from? There are so many 800 of them. Didn't the spies say that the total number of thieves in Wuhu is only two to three thousand? We killed a few of them in Dangtu." "Hundreds, the rest have probably been dragged to the riverside in the west of the city. At most, there are some stinky fish and rotten shrimps left in the city." Zhang Qing chuckled, and several people thought what he said was reasonable.
Then Yang Laoer and Zhang Qing left. Kuang Ren looked around and boldly walked towards the city gate with another subordinate. At this time, it was not late at night and many refugees in the shacks near the city gate were still asleep. There was a soft whisper, and Kuang Ren, wearing a raincoat and hunched over, walked to a grass shed next to the city gate. He looked at the five or six people squatting inside, with their heads hanging down as if they were asleep, so he lowered his head and got in and leaned on it. After squeezing at the edge, someone immediately scolded me: "Who are you? Just get in there..."
"Shut the hell up, I'll kill you if you keep yelling, believe it or not?" Kuang Ren's men said viciously. The refugee was too afraid to make any more noise, and involuntarily leaned in to make some room for the two of them. Ren was squeezing around and looking around, thinking about how to get closer to the city gate to spy, when he suddenly heard someone talking inside. Then the city gate opened wide and several war horses slowly walked out. He was so frightened that he quickly shrank his neck and saw the man on the horse heading towards him. Looking at it from this side, he couldn't help but feel nervous.
Fortunately, after just one glance, the man immediately galloped towards the bank of the Zhengxi River. Kuang Ren took a long breath and got out of the hut and looked towards the west. He could faintly see lights dancing in the distance. He didn't know whether it was on the other side of the river or on this side of the river, but I already knew in my heart that the other side must be pretending to create opportunities for me.
"Boss, let's rush in while the door is still open." The subordinate touched the hilt of the knife in his raincoat and whispered. Kuang Ren glanced at the city gate and saw that it was not closed tightly. He was tangled in his heart. If Mr. Wu or Tu Yuan That kind of fierce man could seize the door with his own strength, but he is only good at shooting with a bow and has the invincible courage to defeat those two people. If he really rushes in rashly, he will probably become a pulp in the blink of an eye.
But this is such an opportunity, if it is closed later... As soon as my mind moved, there was a click from the city gate, and then there was the sound of the door being locked...
This... Kuang Ren was extremely frustrated. He stomped his feet and got into the hay shed again. The more he thought about it, the angrier he got and punched himself again. His subordinates advised him in a low voice: "Let's talk about it when Yang Laoer and the others come. Maybe There is still a chance.”
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