Chapter 375: Joining the Army - Decapitation Operation
It has been more than ten days, but there is no trace of the golden soldiers. It is inevitable that the mountains are high and the forests are dense. It is not ordinary to find dozens of soldiers led by experienced hunters. It is estimated that they have given up searching the mountains.
Zhang Xiaowei led everyone to start cutting wood and stone to build a camp. The more than fifty people were all young and strong men. They had built camps many times during the march, so they were familiar with the roads. Two months later, the camp was built with crude equipment.
scale.
Lieutenant Zhang led dozens of people to attack the enemy camp at random intervals, kill a few soldiers and then disperse. Or he could place some traps on the path of the enemy soldiers to cause some minor damage to them. This is a hunter.
Specialty. The Jin soldiers may or may not pursue them. In the end, hundreds of soldiers were sent to guard several mountain passes to prevent them from going down the mountain. During the year of back-and-forth confrontation, Zhang Xiaowei was dispatched dozens of times, and most of them escaped unharmed.
.However, casualties were inevitable in contact wars, and the team was reduced from more than fifty people to more than thirty people. It was impossible to recruit new soldiers. This place was originally sparsely populated, but the Jin Kingdom had ruled for fifty years, and the people recognized themselves.
As Jin people, there is no way to persuade them to join based on the justice of the imperial court.
In this Northern Expedition, the entire war situation has changed. At first, the Song Dynasty had a small victory and captured many small cities on the border. After the Jin Dynasty reacted, they sent troops to counterattack. A few months later, the Song troops were defeated miserably and were defeated by the Jin troops.
The war reached the country. The peace advocates in the court raised their heads. They submitted a memorial to Han Yuzhou to start the war and asked him to resign. The Song and Jin Dynasties restarted peace talks. The front line failed and troops were everywhere. Since Dasan Pass could be held, it was impossible to send reinforcements.
But this is one of the four great passes in the world, and the hearts of the defenders must be bribed. The imperial court sent envoys several times to convey orders and promote them. In one year, General Wu was promoted from General of Rangers to General of Huaihua, and then to General of Huaihua.
He was promoted to General Dingyuan, but the number of soldiers under his command did not increase. Based on the analysis of the enemy's activities, General Wu judged that Zhang Xiaowei and the others were still alive. Although they could not be contacted, their containment was of great help to the defense of the city, and this credit is indispensable.
Forgot. Therefore, when he was promoted, General Wu also reported their names. Zhang Tufu was already an eighth-rank Yihui lieutenant, slightly lower than the county magistrate.
"Tiger and Rat Fight"
The tiger pounces on the cow, showing off its power,
The tiger attacks the mouse, but to no avail.
Hidden by day and night, harassing powerful enemies,
He is so elusive that he is frightened and fearless.
The Jin army is as powerful as a tiger,
The cow sucks its blood.
Suddenly there was a storm,
I can't sleep well every day.
Defeat would be followed by compensation and an increase in annual coins. This is the result that everyone in the government and the opposition wants. Peace talks are imminent, and both sides will withdraw their troops in a few days. With this idea, the Jin soldiers in Dashan Pass no longer actively organize attacks.
, the Song soldiers who were guarding the pass also took a breath. Under this premise, the defenses of both sides were somewhat loose, and General Wu was finally able to send out sentries, pass through the Jin soldiers' defense lines, and find Captain Zhang in the mountains.
At that time, the general was eating too much pay. When he heard the sentry narrate this, Lieutenant Zhang was moved and said to everyone: "In the past year, General Wu has not forgotten us. General Wu has kept our military pay for us and paid it regularly.
The land is given to our wives and children. If a soldier dies for his confidant, we will repay General Wu with our lives."
Negotiations are a matter for the imperial court. Before receiving the imperial edict, the two countries are in a state of war. Now is the last time to kill generals and perform meritorious service to repay General Wu! Captain Zhang and others discussed it and decided that the three captains should stay
, enter the military camp to assassinate the enemy general, and report the news to the general. The other sergeants follow the sentinels and return to the camp first.
There were more than ten soldiers who swore to accompany them to the death. Captain Zhang ordered: "This time we are assassinating an enemy general. There are many people and the target is large, but it is easy to be discovered by the enemy. Follow the military orders, otherwise, military law will be engaged."
"Three people are going to assassinate. This is a dangerous business with a narrow chance of death." The guest asked worriedly: "They are just ordinary hunters in terms of martial arts. Will they succeed?"
Jin Huabin smiled and said, "Everyone, let's have a bowl of mutton soup and try it first, and then we'll tell the story slowly."
"Slow drum and flute, mutton soup"
Carefully select the mutton leg meat, blanch it in water first, and skim off the foam. Add onions and ginger to stir-fry the aroma and flavor, then add wine to remove the fishy smell. Turn up the heat in the stove, add boiling water, and pressurize the pot with a lid. Add yam, red dates, and
Say iron rod, add salt and white pepper.
High pressure for forty minutes. After the fire ceases, lower the air valve. Add wolfberry to the pot and fill it with a spoon. It warms the heart and stomach. It is best to drink in winter. Add coriander to add more flavor, perfect for snowy days.
Three more bowls.
The guests drank mutton soup and continued to listen to stories. Jin Huabin said: "They left, leaving the three of them to discuss. In the past year or so of the war behind enemy lines, the three of them learned some of the Jin language. Discussion
After a while, I thought that the division would be tired after a long time. Instead of sneaking into the military camp, it was better to go in brazenly in the name of reporting a message, so that I could find the general's camp at once and succeed.
The three men waited in ambush on the road for two days and two nights. Finally, they waited for a messenger galloping on horseback on the road. They killed him with an arrow. After taking his letter, they opened it and read it. They noted that one of them was disguised as a messenger and the other two were disguised as messengers.
Three soldiers in the camp rode to the camp at nightfall and reported the military situation at the gate.
The token is real. There is usually one messenger who can report the message. Why are there three people this time? The soldiers guarding the gate asked, and the three replied that because they were afraid of being ambushed by the Song soldiers, their superiors specially sent two people to protect them. The division must be tired after a long time.
, the soldier guarding the door heard what was right and hurriedly took them outside the big tent.
There were only two soldiers outside the tent. Although they stood upright, their bodies were stiff. The general had obviously fallen asleep. After reading the report, a soldier went into the tent to report. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! The three of them pulled out their daggers and solved the problem in an instant.
The two men quickly rushed into the tent. The general was drunk and unconscious, and before he had time to react, he was stabbed in the chest and died.
In this assassination, the three of them had the intention of dying to repay General Wu for his great kindness, but it turned out to be super easy. Without any time to think about it, they cut off his head, put it in a skin bag, and passed through the enemy camp.
Returned to Dashanguan after a year's absence.
General Wu was overjoyed when he saw the enemy general's head. He ordered the three armies to be mounted on top of the city, and immediately ordered the defenders to attack with all their might.
The leader was killed, and the soldiers had no fighting spirit. As soon as they made contact, the Jin soldiers were defeated. General Wu broke through the second camp and captured countless grain, grass and baggage. Flags and weapons were even thrown all over the ground.
"Beheading"
The night is dark, the moon is unclear,
Pretend to be a messenger and break into the tiger's den,
The imperial court has bent its knees,
How can a scholar lead an army?
I swear to repay my country's kindness with this body,
He raised his sword high and beheaded the enemy chieftain.
Entering the enemy's camp and forgetting life and death,
Surprisingly, beheading is a success.
General Wu called out the gold to collect the gold, ordered all the people to drink wine to celebrate, and pushed Xiaowei Zhang to the first seat and said: "This time the Jin soldiers were defeated, Xiaowei Zhang and the other three should be credited with the first contribution. I will report to the court and serve you."
Celebrating.”
The next day, when the memorial to celebrate the victory was about to be delivered, an officer came, riding a fast horse. After breaking into the military camp, he took the order to recruit the envoy and said: "Who is Captain Zhang? Get it for me quickly."
How could there be any reason in the world to not reward someone for his great achievements, but to arrest him and hold him accountable? The soldiers started to make a noise.