Chapter 523: Attacked in the dark night
It is said that Xi Zhicai received Zhuge Liang's flying pigeon letter, and he couldn't help but feel overjoyed. Huang Zu's nail had been stuck in Queyue City for many years. Because of the covetous relationship between Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, he had been unable to pull it out. Xi Zhicai still remembered the humiliation of being forced to retreat to Baling, and let himself receive the stern letter from his lord. If Sun Jian and Sun Ce's soldiers hadn't suddenly intervened, he should be working in the high Queyue Castle now.
Huang Zhong received Xi Zhicai's invitation and immediately came from the camp in the north of Hanyang City. Xi Zhicai took out Zhuge Liang's flying pigeon letter, and then took out a military plan and said: "Han Sheng! The opportunity we have been waiting for for several years has finally come!" Xi Zhicai and Huang Zhong did not know about this military plan. It has been researched and perfected many times, and now it is finally time to put it into practice. After reading Zhuge Liang's secret order, Huang Zhong also said happily: "We have always regarded Jiangdong Army as an imaginary enemy, and this time we can finally enter actual combat."
Xi Zhicai smiled and said: "Han Sheng, if there are no objections, please implement the military plan immediately. I will send an order to General Gan Ning. In the early morning of the day after tomorrow, all warships will cross the river and attack Queyue City at the same time."
Huang Zhong stood up and tightened the sword on his waist. He watched Xi Zhicai put on his military robe. The two of them rode horses together and entered the camp in the north of Hanyang City. The order for the land and sea army to attack has been issued. The navy commander Gao Lan's mission is to join Gan Ning and cooperate with the waterway to simultaneously attack the water gate of Yuecheng, destroy the water stronghold of Huang Zu's army, and disperse the enemy's defenders.
Huang Zhong ordered four groups of soldiers and horses in the camp. The first vanguard was Wenpin Wen Zhongye, the surrendered general of Jingzhou. He was currently the commander of the first division of Huang Zhong's army. He led his son Wenhou and his adopted son Wenxiu to lead Qinglong. With an army of ten thousand, they set off immediately and arrived before early morning the next day, directly attacking Lumen in the north of Queyue City.
The second line is the vanguard flank protection army. The leading general is Su Fei, the surrendered general of Jingzhou. Su Yiyang is currently the commander of the second division of the Huang Zhong Army. He leads the 10,000 Qinglong Army. He sets out one hour after the vanguard army sets off. The military position is in the vanguard. Hired left rear wing.
The third route is the main force. Huang Zhong and Xi Zhicai personally lead the troops. General Bu Zhao Bu Zishan is a young general from Jingzhou's No. 1 imperial examination high school. He is currently the commander of the third division of Huang Zhong's army. He leads 30,000 people and is in the vanguard army. Set off three hours later.
The fourth route is the combined army, which is responsible for emergency rescue and protection of the transportation of food and supplies. The leading general is Huo Jun, Huo Zhongmiao, the surrendered general of Jingzhou, who is currently the commander of the fourth division of the Huang Zhong Army. He leads the 20,000 Qinglong Army and finally sets off.
After Xi Zhicai and Huang Zhong conveyed the order, General Wenpin immediately returned to his camp and mobilized the most elite 10,000 Wen family troops. Since Chen Long captured Jingzhou, Wenpin surrendered wholeheartedly and built a powerful Wenjia team in Hanyang City, Jiangxia. Wen Ping was highly skilled in martial arts, had a lot of strategy, and had the talent of a general, but his strength was not inferior to that of Huang Zhong. However, he was a low-key person on weekdays, and Wen Xiu and Wen Hou were responsible for daily training. After receiving the order from General Huang Zhong today, Wenpin knew that the day for the Qinglong Army had arrived, so he ordered the three armies to set off from Hanyang City first at night, planning to march overnight and day by day, arriving at the designated attack position in the early morning of the day after tomorrow. .
Soldiers are very fast, and Wenpin drives his army, lights torches in the dark, and hurries on his way. The firelight stretched out along the road, like a fire dragon, winding among the hills and swamps, surrounded by numerous mountain shadows. Although the straight-line distance between Hanyang City and Cheyue City is not far, the river bank is full of hilly wetlands and swamps. In addition, there is a hostile relationship, and there is no road connecting the two cities. Wherever the Qinglong Pioneer Army passed, there were mountainous trenches everywhere. Fortunately, Wenpin had rich marching experience. The vanguard army paved roads across the mountains, built bridges over water, and marched towards Queyue City silently.
Although the sky is still completely dark, the horizon has turned slightly white, and it will be bright in a few hours. Qinglong Pioneer passed through the swamp between Huanghua Lai and Majia Lake and entered the Erlongshan Canyon. This is the only way between Queyue City and Hanyang City. After leaving the Erlongshan Canyon, it is the Zhangjiachong Highlands in the north of Queyue City. After climbing over the highlands, it was a smooth road to the outside of Queyue City.
Wenpin looked at the dark mountains on both sides of the Erlong Mountain Canyon, and thought that the terrain was dangerous. If an ambush was set up on both sides, just arrows and crossbows would cause a lot of casualties. If his opponent Huang Zu had not played a small role, Wenpin would never have been able to march like this in the dark. Even so, Wenpin still ordered to slow down the march and send more scouts to explore the way.
The former army passed through the canyon safely and climbed to the heights of Zhangjiachong. Wenpin, who was fully clothed and standing at the exit of the canyon, watched the torch gradually extend to the Zhangjiachong highland, and breathed a sigh of relief. Behind him, the general with a spear and iron-colored armor was his adopted son Wenxiu, and said loudly: "Father, In half an hour, the sky will be bright, and you don't have to worry about it then." Cong Ziwenhou waved his hand and hit the saber, and said: "Father, after crossing Zhangjiachong, we can look for water sources and set up a camp. Then we will naturally Solid as a rock.”
Wenpin nodded slightly. Troops are most vulnerable when they are marching, let alone marching in the dark. The bet this time is that Huang Zujun did not expect that the Qinglong Army would take the initiative to attack. After all, for so many years, there has been no war in Jiangxia due to the relationship between Jiangdong Army. Huang Zujun has been taking advantage of the ill intentions of the two major forces to survive in the cracks.
As soon as Wen Hou finished speaking, a shrill horn suddenly sounded from the top of Zhangjiachong Mountain, far away in the dark night, as if announcing the end of Wen Pin's army. Immediately afterwards, war drums and roars rang out all around, and countless torches lit up on the top of Zhangjiachong Mountain and the hills on both sides of Erlong Mountain. The only sound in the air was the sound of countless arrows piercing the air, attacking like the scythe of death.
Wenpin was shocked and dismounted with a hard kick. The war horse spun around and headed straight for the hill next to it where the torch light was the densest. Wenxiu and Wenhou, together with Wenpin's three hundred escort soldiers, immediately chased Wenpin on horseback. Wenhou heard the screams of the soldiers around him who were hit by arrows, and he did not forget to pull his neck and shout: "Enemy attack! Enemy attack! The three armies are hiding!"
Wenpin took the lead, seeing only the hills with dense torchlight, soaring straight up. In the dark night, feathered arrows emerged from the haze like ghosts, with ear-piercing screams piercing the sky. Wenpin waved the three-pointed two-edged sword in his hand, and controlled the horse to avoid with his extraordinary spiritual sense. The incoming arrows are getting denser and denser, and as the distance gets closer, the force becomes stronger and stronger. As if he had an innate sixth sense, Wenpin immediately locked the location of this hill when the horn sounded and the torch lighted up, because it was the best location and the best place to observe the battlefield and command operations. The most important thing was the torch. The light was dense and unmoving, very different from the torch lights rushing down the mountain nearby. It was obviously the headquarters of the enemy general. The guards were only responsible for the safety of the general and did not participate in close combat.
Wenpin felt that the arrow rain was getting denser and denser, the pressure on the three-pointed two-edged sword in his hand doubled, and the speed of the war horse slowed down. Suddenly, shots and swords were fired from both sides to help Wenpin block the arrow rain. It was Wenxiu and Wenhou who came to his side. The three of them, father and son, have the same mind. They want to capture the thief first and capture the king first. Wenpin shouted: "Put out the torches!" Immediately, the three hundred warriors around him threw all the torches into the grass. The surrounding area was plunged into darkness, and the arrow rain in front was misdirected.
In the darkness, Wenpin's horse galloped all the way up, and he didn't know how many arrows were hit in his body. Fortunately, the armor was thick enough and there were no fatal injuries. Seeing that the torchlight of the sneak attack troops was only a few hundred steps away, Wenpin shouted, and the three hundred knights increased their speed again and ran into a group of archers, causing a chaos immediately.
Wenpin swung his sword and beheaded several people. Seeing that the opponent's archers were all in black armor under the firelight, he was slightly confused. I don't know how many times I have seen Huang Zujun's standard armor, but I have never seen such black armor. In his busy schedule, there was no time to think about it. Wenpin, guarded by Wenxiu and Wenhou, was like the tip of a wedge, piercing the center of the torch light. The archers retreated one after another, and a group of spearmen flashed out. Zhang Xu's long spear was aimed specifically at the horse's crotch. Wenpin was immediately surrounded by numerous gun shadows.
If you want to know about Wenpin's life and death, please listen to the explanation in the next chapter.
