Li Kaiyang tried a few words of persuasion but saw little effect. He was also worried that if he said too much, he would arouse the suspicion of the two people, so he said no more and allowed the other two people to send the 500 cavalry out of Yulin City.
In order to ensure that the horse's hooves would not make too much noise, the horses' hooves were all wrapped in cotton cloth, and a halter was also put on the outside of the horse's mouth.
After leaving the city, everyone led their horses and walked on two legs.
"I don't know if this attack on the camp will be successful." Wu Zimian, standing on the city wall, looked at the five hundred cavalry who gradually disappeared outside the city.
Liu Chun came up from behind and said comfortingly: "Don't worry, Mr. Wu. The rebel army has not yet established a stable footing when they first arrived. Even if they find the troops and horses we sent to attack the camp, they may not be able to react immediately. This attack on the camp will be successful." The certainty is extremely high.”
"Well, that's right. It will definitely succeed." Wu Zimian nodded vigorously, as if to cheer himself up.
Only Li Kaiyang, who was behind the two people, showed worry in his eyes.
Wu Zimian and Liu Chun noticed that they didn't think much about it, thinking that he was worried about the failure of the attack on the camp and the safety of the 500 cavalry who left the city.
"Generals, the last one has prepared a place to live. Why don't you go and rest first?" The guard of Zhenyuan Gate came to them.
Wu Zimian turned around and said to him: "I know, you go down first."
"Yes, I will retire at the end." The guard of Zhenyuan Gate bowed, turned and left.
Wu Zimian looked at the other two people around him and said, "If any of you are tired, go and rest first. When there is any movement outside the city, I will have someone call you."
"I'm not sleepy yet. I'll stay here with you, Commander-in-Chief," Liu Chun said.
Wu Zimian looked at Li Kaiyang again and said: "The three of us can't all stay here. If the attack on the camp fails, the bandit army will definitely attack the city during the day. One of the three of us must be in charge."
"I'm not sleepy either," Li Kaiyang said. "Until I see the results of the attack on the camp, I won't be able to sleep even if I'm lying on the bed. Instead of going back and tossing and turning, it's better to stay here."
After hearing this, Wu Zimian felt that what he said was right, so he simply refused to persuade anyone and the three of them stayed on the city wall to wait for the results outside the city.
Autumn has just entered, and it’s very hot during the day, but it gets a little cooler at night.
Seeing that Wu Zimian and others were not leaving, the guard at Zhenyuan Gate asked the people below to prepare a few pieces of clothing and send them over.
For an unknown amount of time, Wu Zimian's eyelids began to fight, and he kept nodding his head toward his chest. If he hadn't been sitting on the imperial chair beneath him, he would have fallen to the ground.
"Let's do it." Liu Chun said suddenly.
Wu Zimian, who was feeling sleepy, stood up in a hurry, held the crenel with his hands, and asked eagerly: "How is it? Did you succeed?"
Li Kaiyang next to him looked at the Tiger Flag camp outside the city with a worried look.
Liu Chun said: "Listen carefully, is there a sound of gunfire?"
"How could you hear the sound of a gun from so far away? You must have heard it wrong." Wu Zimian waved his hand in disappointment.
At this moment, fire suddenly broke out in the direction of the camp where the Tiger Character Banner was stationed, accompanied by the sound of cannons.
"No, look, it's handed over." Liu Chun pointed to the place where the fire was coming from outside the city.
However, he didn't need to say anything. The sound of the cannon just now was very loud in the silent night, and the sound reached the ears of a few people guarding the city wall.
Wu Zimian and Li Kaiyang's bodies were pressed tightly against the crenellations, with their chests and upper parts sticking out of the city wall.
"It's done." Wu Zimian burst into laughter.
The light of fire showed that the five hundred cavalry sent from Yulin City had entered the rebel camp.
Under the darkness, he could not think of any possibility that the five hundred cavalry sent to attack the camp would fail.
The expression on Li Kaiyang's face was exactly the opposite of Wu Zimian's. There was no smile on his face.
Fortunately, it was too dark, so it was difficult for people around him to see the expression on his face clearly.
"They always say how powerful Liu Thief's army is, but they were defeated at the hands of Yansui Town." Wu Zimian looked at Li Kaiyang with a proud look on his face.
The 50,000-strong army that came from Liaodong was defeated by the bandits in Yanqing Prefecture. Liu's army had risen to the same level as the slave bandit army.
In Ningyuan, Yuan Chonghuan defeated the army of slave thieves, and in Yulin City, he, the commander-in-chief of Yansui Town, defeated the army of Liu thieves, which made him extremely proud.
"It can't be said that the bandit army has suffered a defeat." Liu Chun, who was standing next to him, looked nervously at the place where the fire was coming out of the city, and his brows furrowed unconsciously.
Wu Zimian turned sideways and said, "You don't think five hundred cavalry will fail if they charge into the bandit camp, do you?"
"That's not true." Liu Chun shook his head slightly and said immediately, "But I always feel that something is not right. If the attack on the camp is really successful, don't you think it's strange why there are so many cannons in the rebel camp? ?”
As he spoke, he looked at the two people around him.
Li Kaiyang's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this.
Wu Zimian frowned and asked, "Isn't it normal to hear the sound of cannons? It's not impossible for the bandit soldiers to fire the cannons in panic."
"It's possible that the thieves fired in a panic, but if you listen carefully, the sound of the cannon sounds very regular. It doesn't sound like the thieves are firing randomly, but more like an orderly firing of cannons." Liu Chun Tell me what you think.
Li Kaiyang, who was next to him, listened for a while, with a smile on his face, and said, "Yes, it sounds more like the sound of artillery fired under command."
"This, this doesn't mean anything. Our people have obviously entered the bandit camp. Even if a small number of bandits don't break into chaos, they can't stop the general trend of defeat." Wu Zimian said.
"I hope so!"
Liu Chun, who said this, lacked confidence.
He always felt that things were not that simple, but he couldn't think of any reason why five hundred cavalry would be defeated if they rushed into the enemy camp in the dark. Even if all five hundred cavalry were lost in the enemy camp, it would have caused great damage to the rebel camp. Loss.
"Let's not argue about this here. Wait a while, and when the people sent out return, we will know the success or failure of the attack on the camp." Li Kaiyang said in front of the two people.
As Liu Chun expressed his guess about the Tiger Flag camp, his mood actually improved a lot.
Soon, none of the three people spoke anymore, and kept focusing on the situation outside the city.
After half a stick of incense, the sound of horse hooves was heard outside the city.
"Maybe our people are back." Wu Zimian quickly looked down the city.
Although the sky was very dark and it was difficult for people on the city to see places farther outside the city, the sound of horse hooves became louder and louder. It was obvious that there were cavalry approaching Yulin City.
The remaining two people looked nervously outside the city.
Among them, Li Kaiyang clenched his fists nervously.
"He's one of ours." Liu Chun noticed the cavalryman who first appeared in his sight.
Even if you can't see clearly the appearance of the cavalry under the city wall, the style of the armor they are wearing is still easy to distinguish.
