It was late at night, the gates of Chaoge City were wide open, and the darkness seemed so quiet.
"Click, click, click" The sound of horse hooves slowly approached, and a cavalry force of about 5,000 people arrived at the foot of Chaoge City. The person leading this cavalry was none other than General Yan Liang of the Yuan Army.
Yan Liang arrived at the city, glanced at Chaoge City, looked at the quiet Chaoge City with its gates wide open, and said to himself, "Liu Jiajun and those guys are really rats. In just a short time, the entire Chaoge City has turned into an empty city." ."
Judging from the current situation, not only are there no troops from the Liu family in the city, but even the people have been relocated. It just made Yan Liang unable to believe that the Liu family would give up and leave Chaoge City.
"Send the order, the army will enter the city." Yan Liang pulled the reins of the horse in his hand, pointed his sword, and prepared to ride the horse into the city.
The horse's hooves stepped forward, and just as he was about to enter the city, the deputy general on the right stepped forward and reminded him, "General, wait a minute. The military advisor has repeatedly said that I will wait for the vanguard to come and investigate, but we must not enter the city" ¡¡¡¡¡.¡±
Before the deputy general finished speaking, Yan Liang stepped forward and grabbed him, his eyes were very unhappy and he said, "What, do I still need your command to do my work?"
¡°No¡¡¡¡.I don¡¯t dare¡¡¡¡¡¡.¡± Seeing Yan Liang¡¯s face changed drastically, the deputy general was so frightened that he trembled and did not dare to say anything, for fear that the other party would stab him first in anger. Killed by evil spirits, your own death is in vain.
"Hmph! Don't use people to pressure me in front of me in the future. I, Yan Liang, don't do this, you know." After Yan Liang threw the other party to the ground, he rode towards the city without saying a word.
Under the leadership of Yan Liang, five thousand cavalry quickly entered the city. After arriving in the city, looking at the dark and quiet streets and the invisible front, Yan Liang sent five thousand cavalry in five groups to explore the southeast, northwest, and middle five roads in the city. .
"It's true that Xu You is right. The Liu Jiajun withdrew in time. It seems that there is a problem in their rear." Yan Liang said to himself.
"Report to General Yan, our army found a large amount of food and grass in the south of the city. It seems that the Liu Jiajun left in a hurry." A soldier came back from the inspection horse to report.
From the report from the other party, Yan Liang was even more certain that something was wrong with the Liu Jiajun. For Yan Liang, this certainty meant that the Liu Jiajun was so passive because the Black Mountain Army had invaded Shangdang County in Bingzhou.
Yan Liang waited for a while in the city. Not long after, Yuan Jun's large army arrived at Chaoge City. Xu You and others learned that Yan Liang had entered the city, and the army quickly entered the city to meet Yan Liang.
"Commander Xu, it seems that you are right. The Liu family's army withdrew in a hurry and did not even have time to take away the food and grass. There must be a problem in the rear. According to Yan's intention, our army will pursue the army at a high speed. After all, the opponent still has a large number of troops. The people are migrating." Seeing Xu You's arrival, Yan Liang hurriedly stepped forward to report.
"Xu has his own plan for this matter. The Liu family's army is full of holes and is hard to figure out. In addition, the sky is dark at this time, the opponent is in the dark, and our army is in the light. It is better to station in this city first, and then we can advance after dawn. Not too late." Xu You disagreed with Yan Liang's opinion, but ordered the army to camp in the city and wait for dawn to make plans.
"What is false and true is full of loopholes. I, Yan Liang, don't understand. I only know that if we don't pursue the pursuit, Liu Jiajun will definitely flee back to Huai City in Hanoi. By then, our army will be difficult to destroy, let alone the impregnable Huai City." Yan Liang said loudly and displeasedly.
Xu You took a look at the grain and grass that the soldiers had brought from the south of the city, and asked the soldier to open a bag and take a closer look. He saw that there were indeed bags of grain and grass in the sack. Xu You grabbed a handful of grain and grass, "General Yan, please look, what is this?" ."
"Nonsense, these are grain and grass, doesn't Yan know? What exactly does Military Master Xu mean?" Yan Liang suppressed his anger and said.
Xu You's face calmed down, and after throwing the grain and grass back into the sack, he hurriedly said to the generals around him, "Since escaping can take the people in the city with you, can't you take the grain and grass with you?"
"The military adviser's intention is that Liu Jiajun did this deliberately. What he wanted was to trick our army into pursuing them so that they could ambush and kill them all on the way." Wen Chou asked hurriedly. He believed Xu You's words very much.
"So, the problems in the Liu Jiajun's rear are all fabricated?" Han Meng asked.
"That's not necessarily the case. There aren't many Liu Jiajun troops stationed in Bingzhou this time. Our army and the Black Mountain Army are pressing together. I'm afraid it's difficult for the Liu Jiajun troops to stop them alone. As for whether there is an ambush, I don't need to say more. For Liu Jiajun's military advisor Guo Jia, even if we evacuate, it will not make things easier for our army. In addition, our army does not know the terrain in Hanoi and is in darkness. It is unwise to pursue it at this time " Xu You slowly explained to the soldiers several uneasy factors in pursuit.
"Okay"?The army was stationed in the city first, leaving soldiers at its four gates. The rest of the troops rested in the city for one night. "After Xu You finished speaking, he led the generals towards the city lord's palace.
Just as Xu You said, Guo Jia did lead the people to evacuate Chaoge. At this time, they were still less than thirty miles away from Chaoge City. As for the ambush, he had already prepared for it. On a mountain road ten miles away from Chaoge City, Zhang Feizheng led about 10,000 soldiers and horses to ambush here. As long as Yuan Jun came to pursue him, he would never return.
Xu You guessed Guo Jia's plan, but he was only half right. Guo Jia gave the opponent so many loopholes this time that it was difficult to tell the truth from the truth. His main purpose in taking away the people in the city was that he still had a hand in Chaoge City.
Yuan Jun settled in the city, and a large number of Yuan Jun chose the vacant houses to rest, because after all, the houses had beds for sleeping, tiles to protect them from wind and rain, and even food and drink left by the people. These material things were What attracted Yuan Jun to camp outside.
Not to mention soldiers, even generals are like this, ranging from centurions to Yan Liang and others.
Yan Liang slept peacefully in a large house of a wealthy family in the city. After a night of hard work, he also fell asleep peacefully. After nearly midnight, Yuan's soldiers and horses began to sleep peacefully, and even the soldiers waiting on the city wall fell asleep against the wall.
However, there is a murderous intention hidden in the quiet Chaoge City. After Yuan Jundu fell asleep, in a remote house in Chaoge City, there was a tunnel where men in black poured out in large numbers. These men in black slowly walked out of the room. When they just opened the door to the front yard, the leading man in black stopped and looked at the dozens of Yuan Jun soldiers who were sleeping outside the door. The leading man in black did Making a gesture, the men in black nodded, and one by one quickly jumped out of the paper window next to them, landing without a sound. When they walked to the sleeping Yuan Jun, they each pulled out the hidden daggers, stepped forward and covered them with one hand. He held the opponent's mouth tightly with a cold dagger and slashed his throat with a knife. The speed was astonishing.