Hearing what Shen Kan said from Pingcheng Town in Dong'an, the soldiers around Liu Yu breathed a sigh of relief. They all knew Shen Kan, a handsome man who had joined the army when Donglai launched his army.
The cavalry that were originally scattered around Liu Yu were slowly gathering around Liu Yu, thinking of entering the city after Shen Kan opened the city gate.
"Don't move, be careful!"
Liu Yu suddenly shouted in a low voice. His voice was so low that only a dozen cavalrymen around him could hear it. It was impossible for people in Dong'an Pingcheng to hear it.
Because things are so strange.
First, this Shen Kan is a small tycoon from Donglai County. He is basically engaged in selling illegal salt and piracy. He did not show any outstanding bravery after joining the Donglai rebels. Why is it that now after Liu Bogen's defeat, he is like this? Are you brave enough to jump around in front of the Jin army in Youzhou?
Second, if Shen Kan was really brave and suddenly rose up to gather Donglai's defeated troops in times of crisis, why didn't he send a scout to monitor the horses outside Dong'anping City?
Third, there was a military general with an unfamiliar face next to Shen Kan, whom Liu Yu had never seen in the Donglai Army. Before and after Shen Kan shouted to Liu Yu, he said several words to the military general beside him. The words, and the attitude is obviously meant to please or be humble. Although the Donglai rebels have large and small military leaders, except for Liu Bogen and Wang Mi who have the strength to make others surrender, the other military leaders, no matter how big or small, are not subordinate to each other. Yes, who is this general that Shen Kan respects so much?
"Brother Shu Heng, please open the city gate first. I have ten thousand soldiers behind me and will be there soon."
Liu Yu rode on his horse and called Shen Kan's cousin affectionately, shouting at the top of his voice at the top of the city.
Hearing Liu Yu's shouting, Shen Kan at the top of the city was slightly startled, and then asked the unfamiliar-looking general next to him.
"General You, Liu Yu refuses to enter the city, what should we do?"
The military commander Shen Kan called General You frowned and looked behind Liu Yu.
"Is there really 10,000 soldiers hidden behind the thief?"
General You asked.
"Absolutely not. When Liu Yu left, he had less than a thousand soldiers. It's only been more than half a month. How could it become ten thousand? I think he is probably suspicious and is trying to deceive us!"
Shen Kan said with determination.
It turned out that Shen Kan was not here to gather the defeated Donglai rebels in Pingcheng, Dong'an. Now Shen Kan had already surrendered to the Jin army, and he was not recruited, but voluntarily abandoned the secret and surrendered to the bright side.
When Liu Bogen led the army out of Linzi to fight against the Youzhou Jin army, because Major General Shen Kanbing was of little use, he led more than a thousand of his own troops to stay in Linzi City. When the news of Liu Bogen's defeat came back to Linzi City, the city Several wealthy families in the city raised their troops to counterattack the Donglai army who stayed behind in the city. Because Shen Kan had an old friendship with the powerful Yan family in the city, after some calculations, he quickly rebelled and joined the coalition of wealthy families to kill the Donglai army who stayed behind in the city. Donglai Army.
After Wang Hu, the governor of Qingzhou and the general of Ningbei, entered the city, Shen Kan took the initiative to confess that there was a large amount of treasure and baggage collected by the Donglai army along the way in Dong'anping on the east bank of the Zi River, so Wang Hu gave Shen Kan a miscellaneous He was assigned the post of General Hao Pi to defraud Dong'an Pingcheng, and appointed You Han, the general's subordinate under General Ningbei, as the supervisor of the army.
After Shen Kan arrived at the east bank of Zi River in a small boat, he found that the Pingcheng of Dong'an had been deserted. The fleeing Donglai army only came in time to take away some of their belongings. The remaining food, baggage, treasures, gold and silk were still an astonishing amount. It was easy to achieve another great achievement, and Shen Kan even began to fantasize about how he would be promoted and rewarded by the imperial court.
Unexpectedly, Shen Kan felt that he was very lucky. Liu Yu, the most powerful general of the Donglai rebels, came to Dong'an Ping City with only a dozen cavalrymen. You must know that there are thousands of people in Dong'an Ping City now. Liu Yu's behavior was simply He came here to give himself a head.
Seeing that Shen Kan failed to trick Liu Yu into entering the city, after a quick discussion with You Han, who was supervising the army, he turned into a harmless smile and shouted loudly to Liu Yu, who was more than 30 steps away from the city.
"Since there are many brothers behind us, please wait a moment, general. I will go out of the city in person to greet the brothers."
After Shen Kan said that, he hurriedly disappeared behind the battlements.
When Liu Yu heard what Shen Kan said, his original suspicion was slightly relieved. If Shen Kan came out to be with him in person and was so honest, there shouldn't be any malice.
Soon, the gate of Dong'an Pingcheng creaked and slowly opened a gap. Liu Yu glanced at it and suddenly found a crowd of people on the top of the city, and he couldn't help but become suspicious again.
"Get back quickly!"
Just when Liu Yu shouted this sentence, the city gate suddenly opened wide, and a large number of fully armed soldiers poured out from the doorway, shouting one after another.
"Capture Liu Yu, life or death!"
"Whoever kills Liu Yu will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins!"
At the same time, more than a dozen archers suddenly appeared on the top of the city, shooting at Liu Yu's position and shooting randomly.
Fortunately, Liu warned in time and the cavalry around him was not shot. However, nearly a hundred cavalrymen had already poured out of the city gate, and a steady stream of soldiers continued to rush out from behind.
Liu Yu already understood at this time that Shen Kan must have rebelled, and was probably recruited by the Western Jin Dynasty. The former rebel brothers were now fighting between officials and bandits.
Liu Yu and his party of more than a dozen people were all cavalry. If they ran away, they would definitely be able to escape. However, Liu Yu saw the infantry and cavalry pouring out of the city, almost in an empty nest posture, and suddenly felt that he could not just run away. So easy to run away.
If we simply escape and wait until these people return to the city to defend, then most of Liu Yu's three thousand people will be trapped under the city. Even if they can capture Dong'an Pingcheng, it will probably take a lot of time and cost a lot of lives of his subordinates. .
Therefore, Liu Yu thought that he would take advantage of the enemy's contempt for his small number, lure more enemies out, look for opportunities to raid a weak point, and use as many enemies as possible in field battles to use the enemy's loopholes to consume more of their numbers. It can also reduce some obstacles for subsequent siege battles.
Immediately, Liu Yu ordered the cavalry to retreat slowly. He, Li Feng and two or three others were armed with bows and arrows and iron lances. The place.
Liu Yu's bow was powerful. Although it was a riding bow, it was as powerful as a foot bow, and his arrow skills were accurate. Soon there were more than a dozen enemies who fell under Liu Yu's arrows, but Liu Yu didn't shoot any of them. The most important thing about these people was that they were injured and fell to the ground and lost the ability to fight.
When the pursuing soldiers of Shen Kan saw that the soldiers who fell to the ground were not dead but only injured, they thought that Liu Yu's arrow skills were poor, and they became more courageous.
Seeing Liu Yu and others who were only thirty or forty steps away from them, they felt like they were looking at coins and silk that could walk. They all felt that if they had to work harder to catch up, with their nearly a thousand people, they could scratch Liu Yu to death. .
