The tacit cooperation between the officers and soldiers on both sides of the Yangtze River puzzled the bandit leader Wang Zamao. He thought that the officers and soldiers on the east bank were cooperating with the west bank to cross the river. Who would have thought that the beating of gongs and drums on the other bank was actually just to cover the east bank in seizing the city.
As for why there is such a tacit understanding, it is of course Chang Yu's plan for a rainy day. A few days ago, he decided to lead the Nanjing troops out of the city to fight south. When the reinforcements from Gao Jie and others on the West Bank secretly infiltrated Chencang and went straight to Anqing, he formulated a complete channel for transmitting information.
:Several intelligence points have been set up on both sides of the Yangtze River to ensure that intelligence can be transmitted to each other as soon as possible.
While Kuang Ren led his bodyguards to leave Dangtu, scouts crossed the river to the other side to deliver intelligence, ordering them to pretend to cross the river tonight to cover the east bank for a surprise attack on the city.
At this time, Gao Jie, Liu Zeqing, and Liu Liangzuo had led their troops south along the river to send troops to Anqing. Zhang Liang and Lu Zhenfei were left behind to respond. They did not have many troops at hand, but they mobilized many fishermen along the river to join in the fun.
In order to prevent the rebels from carefully crossing the river to detect the actual status of the officers and soldiers, Lu Zhenfei ordered the river to be blocked. The military and civilian joint forces set up a blockade of more than ten miles along the coast. It was forbidden for ships to launch and dock. Once suspicious, they would be arrested directly. In order to
Mobilizing the enthusiasm of the people, he even spared no expense in offering rewards.
This move yielded great rewards. One after another, the bandit soldiers crossing the river were captured. Wang Zamao on the other side lost his eyes and ears. He could not figure out the reality of the officers and soldiers and was convinced that there were tens of thousands of officers and soldiers sharpening their swords on the other side.
However, the scouts of the officers and soldiers could come and go freely. From Dangtu Crossing to the other side, a horse rushed to Lu Zhenfei's hand. Hearing that the officers and soldiers had just fought a fight in the afternoon, the young eunuch wanted to surprise Wuhu City despite the fact that his troops were exhausted.
Zhenfei and Zhang Liang were shocked and felt incredible.
This is too risky!
But he admired the young eunuch's courage.
It was still unclear whether the little eunuch could succeed in the surprise attack, but Lu Zhenfei and Zhang Liang tried their best to put on a good show and put up a good cover. They immediately mobilized the people along the river to start putting on a show. More than 2,000 people braved the rain and kept doing various actions on the river bank.
The various fuss of lighting fires and lanterns and beating gongs and drums to ferry successfully attracted Wang Zamao's attention.
Besides, dozens of Kuang Ren's riders left the city in the rain from Dangtu, crossed the Guxi River, and then followed the Qingshan River in the east to avoid the official road and headed south. The purpose was to avoid the bandit army's probing horses as much as possible. However, even so, they still encountered several waves of suspicious targets on the way. Of course,
They were killed without hesitation.
When it got dark, dozens of riders had arrived at the river bank a few miles east of Wuhu. They found a place in the woods to build thatched huts to take shelter from the rain. They were exhausted after running for seventy miles in one breath, but there was still another chance to win.
For important tasks in the city, you need to recover your physical strength as soon as possible.
At this time, we didn’t know the depth of Wuhu, so Kuang Ren decided to take his three brothers to check it out. The four of them dressed up and headed west for a few miles in the rain. As for the Biandan River in the east of Wuhu City, they found a quiet place to hide their horses, and then crossed the river towards Wuhu.
The city touched it.
At this time, the sky was dark and the rain was pouring. There was almost no one outside the city. The four of them dispersed around the corners of the city and approached the city wall without any danger. They looked around and said hello secretly.
Maybe it was because of the rain, or maybe the thieves were too careless. It was pitch dark at this time, and there were no patrols or watchmen around. Maybe they were all hiding in the caves of the city to gamble and drink.
There are some good climbers among the bodyguards, and they can easily climb over the wall with the help of flying claws. If the city gates are closed, they can use this method to sneak into the city secretly.
The four men were sent to the outside of the west city gate and listened for a while. Then they crawled under the door and looked inside into the darkness. They expected that there was no one to hold the door, so they divided their troops into two groups and went to the north and south gates. Later, they found that the south gate was also unguarded.
, the north gate is sealed, but there are more than ten bandits on duty in the gate.
What surprised them most was that the west gate was sometimes open and sometimes closed. They occasionally saw people coming in and out, and then they suddenly realized that the main force of the rebel army was on the bank of the river in the west of the city to defend themselves against the enemy. The west gate was the most convenient way to enter and exit, and it became the only entrance and exit in the city at this time.
, which is also their goal.
Kuang Ren and others sneaked near the west gate under the cover of night to observe for a while. At this time, the city gate was closed but it was not known whether it was locked or not. From the crack in the door, the lights were bright and the shouts, laughter and curses of the rebels inside could be heard, and the city gate
There are many messy wooden sheds on both sides of the door, with many refugees hiding in them to take shelter from the rain...
"Boss Kuang, do you want to climb over the wall from the east gate, or go in directly from here?" A subordinate asked in a low voice. Kuang Ren frowned and felt troubled. If he climbed over the wall from the east gate, the city wall is so high.
It is rainy and slippery for seven to eight meters. It is not difficult if there are a few of my men who are good at climbing the wall, but what about the others? If they are found to have failed.
But if you want to go directly from the west gate, you must first make sure that there is no lock inside. If the lock is locked, it will be in vain. If the lock is not locked, how many bandit troops are there? Moreover, if they capture it here, they will definitely alert the bandit army on the riverside and they will organize it immediately.
The troops counterattacked, and after entering the city, they had to divide their troops to guard the other three gates. Otherwise, as long as the rebels entered through any gate, all efforts would be in vain.
But the problem is that they only have less than a hundred people, how to guard the four gates separately. If there are too many thieves in the city, they are not afraid of fighting, but they will be stretched thin if they have to guard the gate. Once the thieves from outside rush in, they will not be able to escape.
Already.
To put it bluntly, there are not enough manpower to capture the city, and it is too difficult to defend the city.
"Since the Governor sent us to seize the city, he must have a back-up plan so that our brothers will not die in vain!" Kuang Ren gritted his teeth and said, "Don't think too much, just do our job well, Mr. Yang.
Second, you go back and call for help. It would be best if you send your brothers to the north to report the news and bring reinforcements. Zhang Qing, you take a few brothers to climb over the wall from the east city and seal the east gate, and then act according to the opportunity to seize the south gate. The remaining
My brother and I storm the west gate and immediately go to the north gate after seizing the gate... As long as we hold the four gates firmly, the bandit army from outside cannot get in. Even if there is a thousand or eight hundred of us in the city, we can kill him.
, at least we can wait until the reinforcements from Lord Governor"
"Boss Kuang, you really look down on those thieves. Where did they come from? There are so many 800 of them. Didn't the spy say that the total number of thieves in Wuhu is only two to three thousand? We killed a few of them in Dangtu."
"Hundreds, the rest have probably been dragged to the riverside in the west of the city. At most, there are some stinky fish and rotten shrimps left in the city." Zhang Qing chuckled, and several people thought what he said was reasonable.
Then Yang Laoer and Zhang Qing left. Kuang Ren looked around and boldly walked towards the city gate with another subordinate. At this time, it was not late at night and many refugees in the shacks near the city gate were still asleep.
There was a soft whisper, and Kuang Ren, wearing a raincoat and hunched over, walked to a thatched hut next to the city gate. He looked at the five or six people squatting inside, with their heads hanging down as if they were asleep, so he lowered his head and got in and leaned on it.
After squeezing at the very edge, someone inside immediately scolded me: "Who are you, just get in there..."
"Shut up for me, if you keep yelling I'll kill you, don't you believe it?" Kuang Ren's men said viciously. The refugee was too afraid to make any more noise, and involuntarily leaned in to make some room for the two of them.
Ren was squeezing around and looking around, thinking about how to get closer to the city gate to spy, when he suddenly heard someone talking inside. Then the city gate opened wide and several war horses slowly walked out. He was so frightened that he quickly shrank his neck and saw the man on the horse heading towards him.
Looking at it from this side, he couldn't help but feel nervous.
Fortunately, after just one glance, the man immediately galloped towards the bank of the Zhengxi River. Kuang Ren took a long breath and got out of the hut and looked towards the west. He could vaguely see lights dancing in the distance. He didn't know whether it was on the other side of the river or on this side of the river, but
I already knew in my heart that the other side must be pretending to create opportunities for me.
"Boss, let's rush in while the door is still open." The subordinate touched the hilt of the knife in his raincoat and whispered. Kuang Ren glanced at the city gate and saw that it was not closed tightly. He was tangled in his heart. If Mr. Wu or Tu Yuan
That kind of fierce man could seize the door with his own strength, but he is only good at shooting with a bow and has the invincible courage to defeat those two people. If he really rushes in rashly, he will probably become a pulp in the blink of an eye.
But this is such an opportunity, if it is closed later... As soon as my mind moved, there was a click from the city gate, and then there was the sound of the door being locked...
This... Kuang Ren was extremely frustrated. He stomped his feet and got into the hay shed again. The more he thought about it, the angrier he got and punched himself again. His subordinates persuaded him in a low voice: "Let's talk about it when Yang Laoer and the others come. Maybe
There is still a chance.”
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