Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /www/wwwroot/t/t.php on line 172
Not daring to be careless, Tang Yuan walked behind him and two people tied Tian Changzhi up with a rope and stuffed a cloth ball into his mouth.
At this time, they heard faint noises coming from the south city. Tang Yuan and Yu Mo looked southward against the city gate opening, and saw longing figures on the south wall full of bonfires and torches. The alerted defenders were holding torches.
To the south gate
Running towards the building, I vaguely heard the sound of fighting coming from the south gate downstairs. I knew that other lurking people had already taken action at the south gate, and I didn't know whether they had successfully controlled the city gate.
Without further delay, they quickly walked to the city gate and raised their torches to signal to the ambush troops hidden deep in the wind and snow.
It's still dark, so wind and snow are the best cover.
The attention of the defenders on the east city wall was attracted by the movements in the south city. It was not until hundreds of cavalry slowly walked out of the depths of the wind and snow, only two or three hundred steps away from the city wall, that anyone noticed the darkness in the wind and snow.
In the black shadow like a mountain, I heard that the sound of horse hooves on the snow was not the sound of wind - everyone felt as if they had been beaten, and the air suddenly seemed to freeze, until the cavalry picked up speed, and the horse hooves on the snow were like spring thunder.
There was a loud noise, and hundreds of cavalry rushed towards the city gate. Only then did some people come back to their senses and shout in horror:
"The southern soldiers are coming, the southern soldiers are coming!"
The city suddenly became chaotic.
Although there were more than a thousand soldiers on duty on the east city wall before, and most of them sat huddled in the war tents and slept soundly around the campfire on snowy nights, many people heard about Tang Yuan, Yu Mo, and others.
They walked to the city to negotiate with Tian Changzhi; it was precisely when they heard Tang Yuan talking about the fall of Huaichuan at the city wall that they woke up more people.
Seeing hundreds of ambush soldiers emerging from the depths of the wind and snow, with war horses trampling the snow, rushing towards the city, some people also thought that Tian Changzhi was opening the city gate to let Tang Yuan go, and Yu Mo and the others came in and poked out the crenellations.
He shouted to the people inside the city: "Envoy Tian, Envoy Tian, be careful of fraud! Close the city gate quickly!"
"Hurry up and come down to the city to close the gates! Tang Yuan and Yu Mo have surrendered to the enemy. They must have caused the ambush!"
Seeing that Tang Yuan and Yu Mo had successfully taken control of the city gate, Yang Ji and Chen Man did not need to bring people forward to help. They led a dozen guards to block a road to the city and shouted, instructing the defenders at the top of the city to follow.
On the other side, they took the narrow climbing road to the city tower, cursing them and asking them to take back the city gate.
For the cavalry, the distance of two to three hundred steps can be taken in the blink of an eye.
Before the garrison at the top of the city and the garrison in the caves on both sides of the city wall rushed to take back control of the city gate, a dozen armored cavalry rushed in through the city gate hole, and a dozen spears shot towards them like lightning.
Swinging thorns in all directions.
The war horse's bits were also removed, allowing the war horse to roar unbridled and run more efficiently. However, the dull sound of the war spear piercing the armor and the war knife cutting into the body was more frightening than the war horse's screams.
In just an instant, dozens of defenders who rushed to the city gate without any preparation were killed and turned upside down.
The life and death of Tian Changzhi, the military officer on duty at the East City Gate, was unknown. Dozens of defenders were cut down to the ground in almost the blink of an eye. Now, in addition to confirming that the South City Gate was also attacked at the same time, several places in the city were set on fire, causing riots.
No one knows how many soldiers and horses attacked Ruyin City. How could other defenders dare to attack again?
Yang Ji and Yu Mo also pretended to be timid at this time and fled north along the city wall with their guards. The other defenders were in no mood to stay and guard the city wall.
Ruyin is governed by Yingzhou and has two walls, the inner and outer walls.
The inner city is small but strong, with only two gates.
In addition to the guards in the inner city who are Sun Yanzhou's eldest son and his two direct nephews, the defenders have also followed Sun Yanzhou in robbing homes and houses over the years.
They were all members of the direct lineage of Tiansheng Island. Although Yang Ji was highly regarded by Sun Yanzhou, the whole city was already in alarm at this time, and he knew that he had no chance to gain access to the inner city gate.
However, the Ruyin garrison was mainly stationed in the outer city.
Next, how to persuade the defenders to surrender more and faster, or to surrender directly in front of the formation, is the key to controlling the outer city of Ruyin before the outer soldiers react.
If Yang Ji doesn't expose his identity now, he can do more things...
……………
…………
"What, there is a large group of soldiers and horses from the south heading towards Ruyin?"
Zhong Changqing invited Mo Lihu to his residence. He had just sent people to Yue Hailou to inform Han Shiliang about sending troops from Chuzhou to cross the Huaihe River. However, before he could settle down, Yue Hailou sent people to find him first.
, told them that late at night, an hour ago to be precise, the scouts and horses encountered a large cavalry force from the Southern Dynasty east of Jiaopi, near the Yingshui River.
Zhong Changqing immediately felt a chill coming straight up from his tailbone, and he sat there in a daze for a long time, speechless.
"When did you find out? The scouts are all shit eaters. Why did you rush back to report it now?" Mo Li asked with an angry look.
The fortress built by Jingxiang in the northeast corner of Huaichuan City is a hundred miles away from Ruyin City, and a distance of eighty miles from the Yingshui River bank due east of Jiaopi City.
If Jingxiang intends to raid Ruyin, it is impossible to wait until late at night before sending out troops. They must have already sent out before nightfall. It is almost dawn now, and their scouts and horses have just come to report that they have discovered the enemy's traces, and it is even very possible that they have discovered the enemy.
It's the rear of the troops from Beijing and Xiang that are attacking. How can you keep Mo Li from being surprised or angry?
A dense camp area is formed between the two cities of Quanhe and Jiaopi, covering an area of nearly thirty miles. The closest distance to Ruyin City is only more than twenty miles, but there is a large gap with Yingshang, Lugou and other places.
Firstly, it has been snowy and windy for the past two days, and the vigilant scouts and horses will inevitably become slack during reconnaissance between Jiaopi and Yingshang; secondly, and most importantly, it is the reconnaissance cavalry sent by Jingxiang who have always been in style.
They are even tougher than the red cavalry, and they usually dare to sneak into the vicinity of Jiaopi City for reconnaissance. The basis for doing this is that the normal loss of horses in Jingxiang every year is more than 2,000.
Xu Huai selected the front troops on the left and right to form the main force for the surprise attack through Ruyin on snowy nights, but during the march, a large number of small squads of reconnaissance cavalry were distributed in the front and on the left and right wings.
The scouts and horses of the General Manager's Office of the Military and Horse Capital in the West of Beijing discovered several small groups of Beijing and Xiangzhou reconnaissance cavalry heading toward Ruyin before nightfall. However, due to the heavy wind and snow, they all chose to stay away when they saw them.
No one wants to tangle with a cunning opponent who is no less maneuverable than themselves in such harsh weather.
This directly leaves more space for the forward selection team to intersperse.
Jiang Zhaode, who was in charge of military intelligence reconnaissance and security in the west of Beijing, received reports one after another after nightfall that he had encountered a small group of reconnaissance cavalry from Beijing and Xiangzhou.
It was too dense, so a two-hundred-person reconnaissance cavalry was mobilized to conduct in-depth reconnaissance east of Jiaopi despite the wind and snow. At this time, they ran into the main force of Beijing and Xiangzhou marching on a snowy night.
Only then did Jiang Zhaode realize that there was a big problem, and he panicked and reported to Yue Hailou...
