Chapter 722 Unexpectedly - Attack Outside the City
A thin bolt of lightning flashed across the sky. Although the sky was already dark, it could still be clearly displayed in front of people's eyes.
Then there were bursts of thunder in the distance, and heavy rain fell on the tent, splashing water; then there was a continuous sound of cursing, and the rainwater seeping through the small holes in their tent dripped on their faces.
, to wake up those who are still sleepy.
Luo Shenzhen, the military officer responsible for escorting Chen Tianping, looked at the heavy rain outside the tent with an ugly expression. Not only was the road muddy and difficult to walk on a rainy day, but the sight was also not good, and it was a mountainous road. If someone wanted to harm Chen Tianping, they could ambush on the road.
It will be easier in the woods on either side.
His adjutant also understood what he was thinking and comforted him: "Mr. Luo, although rainy days are not good for us, gunpowder cannot be used in rainy days, which also gives the other side one less means."
"What you said makes sense. Gunpowder is indeed very useful, especially in an ambush. Now that they can't use it, it's good news."
"But this is a mountainous area. It is difficult to use explosives to blow up bridges and assassinate Chen Tianping. It is also difficult to bury them on the road. The only way is to use muskets. But even without muskets, there are hard bows and foot-strung crossbows. These things are more useful than
The muskets are not much different. And the area we can see has become smaller, so we are still more disadvantaged." Luo Shenzhen said.
After a pause and not hearing anything more from Adjutant Ma, he continued: "After Chen Tianping gets up later, tell him that in order to ensure safety on rainy days, we will change to another road and ask him to sit in the car even if it rains."
Also put on armor."
"Sir, it's better for you to say these things. Your Excellency, you are the commander. After all, Chen Tianping is the King of Annan and Prince Yibi. You should speak to him more respectfully," Adjutant Ma said.
Luo Shenzhen curled his lips, but still said: "You are right, then I will go and talk to Chen Tianping in person."
After a while, it was completely bright. Chen Tianping also put on his clothes, took an umbrella and walked out of his tent. Luo Shenzhen walked over and said to him: "I have met Lord Chen."
"Master Luo, there is no need to be polite." Chen Tianping said gently.
"Master Chen, it's raining now. Although the rain has lightened up, it's still a bit dangerous, so please be sure to wear armor," Luo Shenzhen said.
"Do you need to wear armor if you are in a car?" Chen Tianping asked rhetorically.
"Master Chen, the foot-operated crossbow arrows and the two-stone hard bow can penetrate the carriage and come out from the other side. If the master does not wear armor, it will be difficult to keep it intact even if steel plates are laid on both sides of the carriage, so the master please be in the car.
Wear armor too." Luo Shenzhen said.
"I understand." Chen Tianping said.
Luo Shenzhen said a few more words to him, then returned to organize the soldiers to get ready to set off. Half an hour later, all the soldiers had eaten and dressed, and the horses had been fed with fodder, and the whole army set off for Jiangzhou City.
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Along the way, Luoshen Town was cautious. Whenever they saw thick woods on both sides of the road, they would send people to search in advance before letting the carriage pass. Even though this made them move much slower, it also caused many people to complain.
But he remained unmoved and continued to move forward cautiously.
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Wang Cheng lay on the ground, his whole body soaked by the rain. He looked carefully at the team escorting Chen Tianping in the distance, and said to Wang Gong beside him: "The people of the Ming Dynasty are very cautious, and it is difficult to successfully attack and kill Chen Tianping."
Wang Gong, like him, wore weeds on his head and looked at the team in the distance, and said: "No matter whether it succeeds or not, we must shoot all the hard bows and arrows here and the foot-operated crossbows. We cannot leave these things to the people of the Ming Dynasty."
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The two of them spoke a few more words, and the team escorting Chen Tianping was getting closer and closer. The two of them stopped talking and quietly prepared themselves.
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At this time, Luo Shenzhen had changed into the same clothes as an ordinary soldier, put on a helmet made of rattan, a specialty of the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi, and walked ten meters in front of the carriage Chen Tianping was riding.
Although if someone were to attack, he would definitely be an Annan man and would not pay too much attention to him as a person responsible for protecting him. However, Luo Shenzhen cherished his life very much. It would be fine if he was left on the battlefield. He felt that it was not worth leaving him here, so he wore
In this case, even if some soldiers secretly laughed at him behind his back, he would not hesitate.
Not only that, he also forced all generals to dress like ordinary soldiers. Fortunately, there were not many people in their team and they all knew each other, otherwise there would definitely be confusion in command.
'According to this marching pace, we can arrive at Jiangzhou City before noon. That's good, and we can eat when we get there. In the past few days, except for one meal in the evening, I made a fire to cook, and the other two meals were to eat dry food...
' Luo Shenzhen thought.
At this moment, he heard the sound of "pengpengpeng", and then there was a whistling sound like a sharp knife cutting through the sky.
Luo Shenzhen immediately squatted down, fastened the rattan helmet tightly on his head, and walked slowly towards the carriage Chen Tianping was riding in. If Chen Tianping died now, he would probably not be executed - after all, he was a fan.
Although he is the leader of the country, he will definitely be demoted, so on the premise of ensuring his own safety, Chen Tianping's safety must be taken into consideration.
At this time, Luo Shenzhen noticed that a horse pulling a cart had been hit by three crossbow arrows and had fallen to the ground. It was estimated that he would not survive; however, this horse was not the horse pulling Chen Tianping's cart.
'It seems that there are no Annan spies in the escort. Although ordinary soldiers will not be told which car Chen Tianping is sitting in, but after traveling for more than an hour, they can guess which car.' Luo Shenzhen thought.
At this time, Luo Shenzhen stood up completely and ordered the soldiers to do as he had previously ordered. He could not appear too orderly at this time, because then the Annan people would know that Chen Tianping himself was not in the carriage that was shot just now, although someone had already gone to shoot the crossbow.
direction, but the opponent still has time to add an arrow or a round of crossbow arrows.
But it won't work if it's too chaotic. If it's too chaotic, it will be very difficult to reorganize the team later, so we must find a certain degree among them.
At this time, another round of crossbow arrows was fired, and another car was hit. Fortunately, the horses had been pushed to the ground by the driver, and no arrows were hit.
After a while, no more arrows were fired, and the soldiers who went to search for the Annan people had returned and said to Luo Shenzhen: "I saw no human figures, only a pedal crossbow, and there are no more crossbow arrows."
"These Annan people are really cunning." Luo Shenzhen murmured in a low voice and ordered: "Push aside the carriage that has no horses to pull it, and don't block the road; leave two people to lead the injured person forward slowly.
Okay. The rest of us will regroup and continue escorting Lord Chen to Jiangzhou City."
Luo Shenzhen walked to the carriage where Chen Tianping was and asked about Chen Tianping's safety. Although the carriage was not hit by a crossbow just now, it was still a good thing to ask.
"Master Luo, I'm fine. Now let's move on." Chen Tianping's voice came from inside the car.
"In this case, I give the order to continue moving forward." Luo Shenzhen said.
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"It's not bad, no one from the Ming Dynasty caught up." Wang Gong, who had been running for a long time, said out of breath as he kicked behind a huge rock.
"After we fired both rounds of crossbow arrows, we only shot two more arrows and then hurriedly retreated. Naturally, we would not be discovered." Wang Cheng said.
"Our original job was not to shoot Chen Tianping here. Even if we were lucky enough to hit the carriage Chen Tianping was riding in, there must have been steel plates on both sides. Although the crossbow arrows are extremely powerful, it would be difficult for them to penetrate the steel plates in one go, unless
Two crossbow arrows hit the same place in succession. But such a thing is almost impossible to happen."
"Our job is to alert the enemy here so that the people of the Ming Dynasty never dare to relax. In this way, when they see the Jiangzhou City Gate, they will relax and others will have opportunities."
"So we don't need to fight to the death. As long as we can disturb them, we will achieve our goal." Wang Gong said.
"I also know that we both heard Cao Anmin's instructions at the same time yesterday." Wang Cheng spat and said.
Wang Gong shook his head. Wang Cheng had only been transferred from the army to the spy office for a short period of time. He still had thoughts of military generals fighting, and he couldn't stand many of his practices.
'When he experiences this kind of thing a few more times, he will know what to think.' Wang Gong thought.
After resting for a while, Wang Gong said to Wang Cheng: "Now go to the next ambush place."
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"I finally saw Jiangzhou City, and the rain stopped, so I can finally relax a little." Adjutant Ma from Luoshen Town said with joy.
"Don't relax now! Although we have seen Jiangzhou City, it is still several miles away from Jiangzhou City. Be careful of Annan people raiding this section." Luo Shenzhen said.
"There are always more than a hundred of us, and the woods here are getting sparse and there is no suitable place to ambush. It should be fine. The Annan people can't send dozens of troops to attack. Let's not talk about what is called
Is Li willing to send so many people? Even if he wanted to, he wouldn't be able to send them," Adjutant Ma said.
Luo Shenzhen actually thought what Adjutant Ma said was reasonable, but he was always cautious, so he still ordered: "Don't be careless!"
"Yes, sir." Adjutant Ma could only agree.
However, the rest of their journey passed peacefully, and there was no more surprise attack until the welcoming team led by Li Qianshi appeared in front of them. The guarding soldiers couldn't help but secretly complained that Luo Shenzhen was too troublesome, and raised the
The hand crossbows were put down, and the swords were put back into their scabbards.
Luo Shenzhen secretly smiled bitterly. In retrospect, he felt that although the Annan people had chosen a very good location when they attacked and were absolutely prepared in advance, the attack was very trivial. It seemed that the purpose was not to shoot Chen Tianping, but to kill Chen Tianping.
Just to scare them.
Luo Shenzhen immediately understood that this must be a trick of the Annan people to tire out his soldiers and finally deliver a fatal blow. He originally thought that the Annan people would choose their last attack before joining Li Qianshi's people.
It was a long journey, but it was beyond his expectation.
But Luo Shenzhen also immediately discovered the ruthlessness of the Annan people in doing this. Because they had spent too much energy and physical strength before, they would be very relaxed after meeting with Li Qianshi's people, and completely handed over the matter of protecting Chen Tianping.
The people of Jiangzhou City; and the soldiers of Jiangzhou City will definitely have an opportunity when they hand over to them, so a better opportunity will appear.
‘We can only count on the abilities of Jiangzhou City’s people. I hope they are trustworthy.’ Luo Shenzhen thought to himself.
