A cup of wine with peach and plum spring breeze, and a light in the rainy night in the rivers and lakes for ten years. The dead people may still be nostalgic for this river and lake, but the living people can only continue to bear the burden for this river and lake night rain and this peach and plum spring breeze.
On the road south of Jianmen Pass, the rebels led by Dou Shengxing and Li Taotao finally arrived at Jianmen Pass after more than ten days of trekking. In fact, according to the original journey, they should be a few days late, but halfway they got the news that Li Shun, the king of Shu, had captured Chengdu, which boosted their morale and made their journey faster than usual.
On top of the Jianmen Pass city tower, Jianmen Pass guard Shangguan Zheng, Du Yuhou Yang Yunfan, military counselor Shangguan Ji Yu and several others stood on the city wall, looking at the densely packed rebels on the southern slopes and valleys. Shangguan was holding his hand on the wall, frowning.
Yang Yunfan on the side was also looking down at the rebels who were building a simple siege ladder below the city. He thought for a moment and said: "General Shangguan, there are tens of thousands of rebels below the city, and our total number of soldiers guarding the gate is only two or three. There are more than a thousand people, and Jianmen Pass is mainly used to defend against enemies outside the pass. There are not many defensive barriers against attacks from inside the pass. Therefore, we need to make a decision early on how to resist the enemy."
After listening to Yang Yunfan's opinion, Shangguan Ji Yu, who was standing behind the two of them, also added: "Yes, and the rebels have just captured Chengdu Prefecture. At this time, their morale is greatly boosted, while our army's morale is gradually declining. If not early Making decisions may make it more difficult to maintain military morale."
Although Shangguan Jiyu was young, he had such keen insight, which made Yang Yunfan secretly admire the fact that a tiger father has no dog son.
After Shangguan Zheng listened to the words of the two men, he nodded slightly, turned to Yang Yunfan and said, "Yang Yuhou, you are behind the generals. You must have a strategy in mind. Do you know how to retreat from the enemy?"
"The general is overly praised. I just have some superficial opinions for the general's reference. The rebels rely on their large numbers and strong morale, and they will inevitably underestimate the enemy. If we take advantage of the rebels' unstable foothold and send out elite night warriors, If you attack the rebel formation, you will be able to take them by surprise and severely damage the rebels." Yang Yunfan said calmly.
"Father, my child thinks the same way. At this time, the only way to take the initiative is to attack. Firstly, it can boost the morale of our army, and secondly, it can prevent the rebels from attacking rashly. We will delay for a few more days, and the advance troops of the Imperial Imperial Army will We can arrive there and counterattack when the time comes, it will be easy." Shangguan Ji Yu also said.
Shangguan Zheng thought for a while and nodded slowly. He looked at the sky and said, "Okay, let's take action tonight. Marquis Yang Yu, let Dalang, Erlang, and Sanlang go with you to attack the rebel army at night." Camp, Shiro will sit in the rear with me. After the night attack is completed, you and I will raise the fire as a signal and open the door to meet you..."
The night was dark, and at the end of October, the weather in Shu was already chilly at night. At the south gate of the inner city at Jianmen Pass, Yang Yunfan, Shangguan Boyu, Shangguan Wenyu, Shangguan Qiangyu and others were wearing swords and swords, riding On top of the war horses, more than 500 carefully selected elite soldiers in the army followed behind them, all holding their breath and waiting for the scout's reply.
A cavalry galloped over, and after reporting to a few people, a team of more than 500 people slowly drove out of the city. The team going for the night attack this time consisted of more than 200 cavalry and more than 300 infantry. In order to prevent the infantry from falling behind, the cavalry had to walk slowly. Fortunately, the night was dark and the rebels were negligent in taking precautions. These more than 500 people He touched the rebel camp without anyone noticing.
The night was slightly cool, the cold wind was howling, and the flags of the rebel army were flapping in front of the Chinese army's tent. Dou Shengxing and Li Taotao, who were discussing the order of siege in the camp, were suddenly startled when they heard the sound of the night whistle. They quickly went out to check and saw shouts of killing coming from all around the Chinese army's tent. It is impossible to distinguish the number of enemies and the direction of the main attack.
When he was suddenly attacked by the enemy, Dou Shengxing did not panic. He frowned and thought for a while, called the cavalry soldiers, and said: "Call the battalions, those who are not under attack should not move, stay in the camp, and be on defense. The rest of the cavalry Mount your horse quickly, get ready, and wait for military orders. The soldiers and infantry around the tent quickly move toward the general's flag."
After some orders, Dou Shengxing and Li Taotao also put on their swords, mounted their horses, and came under the general's flag. The officers and soldiers in this night attack did not light torches when they rushed in, so the number of incoming officers and soldiers could not be seen for the time being. However, Dou Shengxing was also a man with a long history, and his experience told him that the number of officers and soldiers coming in this night attack would not be too many. , otherwise they would not be so secretive, so the best way is to gather the scattered troops around and stop them quietly. After seeing the enemy's main force clearly, then cover up and kill them. It is still unclear who will win.
Although he had expected that the defenders at Jianmen Pass would not be easily captured, Dou Shengxing was still a little angry when he saw what he saw in front of him. He was angry that he dared to attack the camp despite the small number of troops at Jianmen Pass. It was clear that he was not allowed to attack the camp. In his eyes, or in other words, it was a kind of contempt and insult to him. He secretly gritted his teeth and must annihilate all these clowns who did not know how to live or die.
On the other hand, Li Taotao, who was riding a horse beside him, looked worriedly at the invisible enemy in the night. He thought of his two sworn brothers Meng Nan and Meng Yuhang who died in Jiangyuan County. The nine brothers and sisters came out this time to revive the power of the Kowloon Society. However, in less than a month, two people had already died in this battle. While Li Taotao was grieving, he was also very confused. He didn't know that this time Is it a blessing or a curse to agree to my husband's departure?
Unlike Li Taotao, who was sentimental, Dou Shengxing did not take this matter too seriously. Facing this night attack, he had already made the most appropriate response. He thought that even if he could not wipe out all the officers and soldiers this time, he would not Let them escape easily.
But things went against expectations. Although Dou Shengxing's order was not wrong and his response was not wrong, the execution was very different. The soldiers around the big tent perfectly executed the order to move the flag closer to the Chinese army's tent. However, the rebels on the periphery, composed of bandits and strongmen, were innately afraid of the officers and soldiers. At the beginning of the night attack by the officers and soldiers, The situation was in chaos, some fled in all directions, and some were driven towards the Chinese army's tent by the cavalry who attacked at night. When the defeated soldiers saw the soldiers from the camp coming to stop them, in order to survive, they even drew their swords and hacked to death their own people... …
Dou Shengxing, riding a war horse under the general's flag, stared dumbly at what was happening in front of him, and regained consciousness amidst Li Taotao's exclamations.
At this life-and-death moment, Dou Shengxing calmed down. He made a prompt decision and ordered the Chinese army camp to be abandoned. All troops moved to the west hillside, because he knew that there were few officers and soldiers in the night attack and they would not dare to fight for a long time. If the officers and soldiers dared to rush towards The hillside will be entangled, and the surprise battle will become a positional battle, where the gain outweighs the loss.
Sure enough, when the officers and soldiers who attacked at night saw the rebels decisively moving to the hillside, they gave up the chase and started lighting torches. After burning the Chinese army's camp and surrounding tents to the ground, they walked away.
"Happy! Hahahaha..." After returning to Jianmen Pass, Shangguan Boyu drank a bowl of water, washed away the blood stains on his armor, and wrapped it with silk cloth, which was worn out due to frequent pulling of the bow. Some swollen fingers.
The third brother, Shangguan Qiangyu, also smiled and said to Yang Yunfan: "This is the first time that we brothers have had such an exciting battle in our lives..."
"Of course it's a pleasure. Look, the fingers on my right hand that is holding the bow are so worn and swollen, hahahaha..." Shangguan Wenyu on the side also joked with a smile.
The night attack made a triumphant return, and everyone's spirits became very high, sweeping away the gloom of a few days ago.
In this night attack, Yang Yunfan and others killed more than a thousand rebels. Although they did not kill a large number of rebels, they burned the rebels' central camp and many surrounding camps, severely damaging the morale of the rebels. At the same time, it also increased everyone's confidence and will to guard Jianmen Pass.
