Ugurunzige led the cavalry at a faster speed.
After traveling for a day and a half, they arrived at the grain and grass camp at the foot of Peiwei Mountain. They found nothing unusual here, but there were many other strange things.
"You mean, the military supplies that were supposed to arrive two days ago haven't arrived today?"
Wugu Lunjige looked at Chu Qi, the munitions transport officer.
Chu Qi vomited her bitterness.
"Yes, the things that were supposed to be in place two days ago have not arrived today. There is no advance notice for the delay of two days. This is very strange. Moreover, the knights who went to Surabaya to deliver orders have not come back. If this continues, the food and grass will be lost. The camp’s food supply is almost insufficient for transportation.”
Ugu Lunjige thought for a while and felt something was wrong, so he asked the army to be more vigilant. They advanced along the grain road and spent half a day arriving at Surabaya County. No abnormalities were found.
The Sishui County Magistrate also said that the grain road was safe and no problems were found. It was just that the grain was not coming. If there was a problem, there might be a problem in Qufu. He suggested that Ugu Lunjige should be careful.
Ugu Lunjige was worried, but it was getting late, so under the arrangement of the Sishui County magistrate, he settled the army in the barracks outside the city. After properly arranging the night patrol work with people from Sishui County, he fell asleep with the cavalry. .
After two days of traveling, I was exhausted and needed a rest.
This time they slept deeply.
However, danger is approaching them quietly.
The Shengjie Army intelligence unit, which had already detected this situation, reported the news to Su Yonglin, who was leading the army to advance at a rapid speed. Su Yonglin immediately made a night attack plan after learning about it.
In the early hours of the next morning, when the watchman sounded the gongs and drums for the fifth watch, and a new day was about to begin, the cavalry barracks was suddenly attacked.
Fires broke out everywhere in the barracks, and shouts of killing could be heard from all sides. The Jin Army cavalry suddenly woke up from their sleep, horrified, and rushed to escape. There was no concept of counterattack on the spot. They just wanted to escape from this terrifying purgatory where fires were everywhere.
A large number of cavalrymen came from nowhere and rushed into the camp, setting fire to and killing people. The scene was extremely chaotic.
Ugurunzige initially tried to resist, and the resistance was quite fierce. He fought with the attacker's cavalry, but most of the soldiers lost their will to fight and just wanted to escape. He could not contain it or organize it, and saw the fire getting stronger and stronger. He was so big that he had to take people to escape in panic.
But this time his luck was so bad, probably because his previous luck had run out, and now it was time to pay off his debt.
When he was escaping, his horse tripped over something on the ground. He and his horse fell to the ground, broke his neck, and died on the spot.
The neighing of war horses and the screams of people could be heard endlessly. The commotion was so loud that even people in Sishui County saw it.
The chief of the city gate guards was horrified when he saw the thick smoke and fire on the city and did not dare to open the city gate. He immediately informed the county magistrate of the news.
When the county magistrate heard this, he was so frightened that he hurriedly climbed onto the tower without even putting on his clothes. When he saw it, he saw thick smoke rising in the direction of the cavalry barracks, and he immediately shouted something bad.
"Don't open the city gates! Pull up the drawbridge! Close the city gates on all sides! Close the city gates!"
His face turned pale with fright, and he immediately closed the doors on all sides, raised the suspension bridge, and never allowed anyone to leave or enter the city.
"Immediately summon all the grain shooting troops and officers in the city to arm themselves and gather at the top of the city! Hurry! Hurry!"
"Here!"
After the arrangement was completed, the magistrate hurried down to the tower to arrange other matters. He was very panicked. All he could think of at the moment was to protect the city from being breached. He could not think of anything else.
It wasn't until daybreak that someone came to report that an army with banners was approaching Sishui County. The county magistrate hurriedly climbed onto the city tower wearing his newly-wearing armor.
When he climbed into the city and took a look, the Sishui County magistrate was shocked.
A large, dark army was approaching the county seat. Judging from the many times he had watched the army drill, the number was no less than 3,000, and the army was intact. They were all cavalry, with many war horses, and the army was strong.
The city towers of Sishui County are low and dilapidated, and there are very few defenders. It cannot be defended at all. If we really want to fight, even if the opponent is not equipped with any professional siege equipment, Sishui County can hold on for at most one morning before it is defeated.
However, this army did not seem to have any intention of attacking the city. They circled the Sishui County town just as a deterrent, shot a letter into the city, and then hurried away to the east.
The county magistrate took the letter from a soldier, opened it and looked at it, and was very surprised.
This was a letter written to him by the General of the Liberation Army named Su Yonglin, saying that he still had military affairs and would not attack the city. However, looking at the appearance of Sishui County, it really could not withstand any damage.
He pitied the lives of the people in the city, so he did not attack the city. He hoped that the county magistrate would take care of himself. When the main force of the army arrived later, he would take the initiative to open the city and surrender. As long as he showed this letter, his life would not be in any danger, and the lives of the city would also be saved. preservation.
"This is the vanguard of the bandit army, and the main force has not arrived yet."
The magistrate wiped the sweat from his forehead, his voice trembling.
"Then, Mingfu, what should we do? Can we ask for help?"
The county lieutenant next to the county magistrate looked at the magistrate nervously.
"Asking for help? Where to ask for help? The commander's army? Didn't you see that the vanguard of the bandit army has wiped out all the cavalry outside the city? There is still a large army behind, which means..."
The county captain's eyes widened with a look of horror on his face.
"The commander of the army is already alone, and the food route is cut off?"
"Yes."
The county magistrate put away the letter, took a breath, narrowed his eyes and said: "Soon, the whole of Shandong will be a bandit army... No, the world will be ruled by the Liberation Army."
"So, us?"
"Do you want to hold out until the emperor's army goes south to hunt down the thieves?"
The county magistrate glanced at the county captain.
The county captain thought for a while, then looked at the low and dilapidated city walls of Sishui County, swallowed, and shook his head.
"I definitely can't hold on, and I don't dare to, but...if we surrender the rebel army, if the emperor's army comes in the future, the rebel army is defeated, and Shandong is restored, then won't we still die?"
The county magistrate nodded slowly and thought about it seriously.
"I am not a local, and you are not a local either. The best strategy now is to take action!"
The county lieutenant's eyes lit up and he felt that this was a good idea.
It is certainly a sin to leave one's post without permission, but it is better than surrendering on the battlefield, becoming a traitor to the emperor, and being liquidated by the emperor when the time comes.
Today, I dare not say anything else, but I will definitely do what I say when I kill someone, without any ambiguity. For officials, this is definitely the most terrifying thing.
They don't dare to be careless about this kind of thing.
Just leave.
Su Yonglin led the army to march east for about an hour. The west gate of Sishui County opened, and a group of chariots quickly headed west, leaving behind a city full of locals who couldn't live without their homeland, looking at each other.
They tried their best to persuade this group of cowards to leave, but as they left, the relevant forces of the Jin Kingdom in the city fled and hid, and actually gave up the rule of Surabaya County.
Everyone in the city looked at me and I looked at you. They had no choice but to recommend the temporary talker, an old man named Yang in the city.
The Yang family is a local surname, widely influential, and the biggest local boss. Therefore, the gentry in the city felt that Yang You, the head of the Yang family, should be temporarily in charge.
Yang You, who was in his sixties, took a group of people out of the city and went to the cavalry barracks to see the situation. He was horrified at first sight.
Several hills of corpses were still burning, both human and horse.
The entire barracks was also burning, emitting a strange smell to the surroundings.
The fishy smell mixed with the smell of blood made many people gag, and many timid people were frightened and fainted at a glance.
There is no one alive among the Jin Army cavalry stationed here. Maybe there is, but they didn't find it.
Yang You has lived for more than sixty years and is considered well-informed and experienced. However, when he saw such a scene, he couldn't help but feel wary and worried.
He was deeply frightened, knowing that if the army just wanted to attack the city, the weak defense of Sishui County alone would not be able to survive for a whole morning. And once the opponent made up its mind to do something, the subsequent situation in the county could be imagined.
The army did not attack the city, but only gave them advice to let them do what they wanted.
The weight of this advice is now clear to everyone.
A group of people looked around, and in panic, they all came to the most appropriate decision that was best for themselves.
At the same time, Chu Qi, the transport officer stationed at the grain and grass camp in Peiwei Mountain, was facing the third messenger knight within an hour.
While he was busy with the transportation of grain, he also had to deal with the messenger knights. He was so bored that he almost collapsed.
