Chapter Three Hundred and Twenty One Breaks the Way Back Again
There were not many pedestrians on the streets of the county town, which seemed a bit deserted. Almost half of the shops were closed. The fronts of several shops were in a mess, and there were large blood stains on the ground.
At this time, a burst of crying suddenly broke out not far away. A dozen soldiers were seen running out of a shop carrying large and small boxes and bundles. A middle-aged woman held on to the last soldier's bundle.
, crying loudly, several soldiers became angry, rushed forward, held down the woman, punched and kicked her. A middle-aged man who looked like a shopkeeper knelt on the ground and begged, but a soldier kicked her over.
Several of Guo Song's men were furious and wanted to rush forward, but Guo Song stopped them and glared at them fiercely, "Are you crazy? Now is the time to fight against injustice?"
Several men lowered their heads in shame. At this time, the shopkeeper and his wife were beaten to death and lay on the ground unable to move. A dozen soldiers carried their belongings and walked away. Neighbors came out one after another, helped the couple up, and scolded them.
The banditry of the Huaixi Army.
Guo Song continued to walk eastward. When he reached the east gate, he saw the military camp. The military camp was stationed in a large open space and consisted of hundreds of tents. It was surrounded by a fence. There were four soldiers standing guard at the door. They had just looted people's property.
A dozen soldiers carried their belongings on their backs and entered the camp chatting and laughing, but the soldiers standing guard on both sides turned a blind eye.
There is a sentry tower next to it, but the wooden ladder leading up to the tower seems to be damaged, and there are no sentries on it.
Guo Song then walked to the back of the camp and took a look. The back was close to the city wall. It seemed to be a warehouse. It was filled with various items. Judging from the shape of the boxes and baggage, it was basically all kinds of people's property they had looted.
This garrison caused serious trouble in Linhuai County.
"let's go!"
Guo Song and several followers left the county directly from the east city gate and returned to the army station.
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At the third watch, nine hundred soldiers without riding horses followed Guo Song to the west city gate. Liang Wu led dozens of soldiers into the city, controlled two gatekeepers, and then opened the city gate. Guo Song led nine
Hundreds of soldiers rushed into the city gate quickly. They did not stop and went straight to the military camp in the east city.
Two lanterns were hung at the entrance of the military camp, and four soldiers were leaning against the camp gate and falling asleep. At this time, Guo Song accidentally discovered that a lantern was hung on the guard tower at the entrance, and a sentry was looking back and forth on the guard tower.
Guo Song took the bow and arrow and winked at Liang Wu. Liang Wu understood and took several soldiers to touch it. At this time, Guo Song took out an arrow, put on the bow string, and shot out. The arrow was like lightning, "Pfft"
!' Hit the sentry in the throat. The sentry covered his throat and fell on his back in the sentry tower.
Liang Wu rushed forward with several people and covered the mouths of the soldiers. Before they woke up, sharp daggers cut their throats. They opened the camp door and Guo Song led 900 soldiers in...
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The battle ended in less than a quarter of an hour. Most of the soldiers were killed in their sleep. The few soldiers who were awakened were unable to resist the wolf-like enemy troops, and their heads were missing in an instant.
At this time, the soldiers escorted three generals in front of Guo Song. The general bowed his head and said nothing. The other two kneeled on the ground, trembling. Guo Song said coldly: "As long as you call the fleet from the other side, I will let you go."
When he leaves Linhuai County, there is only one person who has this opportunity, tell me! Who wants to get this opportunity?"
"I said! I said!"
One of the captains crawled a few steps on his knees and begged: "I know how to summon the ship, I just want to spare my life."
The general was furious and glared at the general, "Wang Jun, are you going to betray my lord?"
Guo Song winked, and the soldiers behind him raised their swords and chopped off the general's head. The bones rolled away ten feet away. The third general was so frightened that he shouted: "I also know how to summon a ship. General, please spare me."
One life!"
Guo Song ordered: "Take them down and ask for their confessions separately."
The soldier took the two people down. After a while, the soldier came forward and reported: "Both of them said the same thing. If you light three bonfires on the shore, the fleet from the other side will come!"
Guo Song looked at the sky. It was only the fourth watch, and he immediately ordered: "Light three bonfires on the shore!"
The soldiers of the Tang Army immediately lit three bonfires on the shore. The flames were so bright that they could see the other side very clearly. Hundreds of soldiers stationed on the other side discovered the bonfires and immediately urged the boatmen. More than a hundred large ships started sailing towards the other side.
The two generals also explained many details, including the command of the ships after they arrived at the shore. Fifty Guo Song's men stood on the west bank of the canal holding torches, one every twenty steps. This was to tell the fleet where to stop the ships.
Large ships entered the canal one after another and anchored near the west bank. The leading general stepped off the ship and asked loudly: "Where is the lord?"
The general named Wang Jun stepped forward and said: "My lord is waiting in the city and asked the soldiers to disembark and assemble. My lord asked General Lu to go and report immediately."
He didn't dare to be a little unusual. He knew that there were dozens of crossbows aimed at him in the darkness. If there was an accident, they would be shot immediately.
The general leading the ship had no doubts. He turned around and ordered: "Soldiers, get off the ship and assemble!"
He walked quickly into the city. As soon as he entered the city, people ambush on both sides swarmed up and hacked the general to death.
At the same time, hundreds of cavalry came like a whirlwind. The hundreds of Huaixi Army soldiers who were gathering were instantly surrounded by the cavalry. The cavalry killed them mercilessly. The Huaixi Army soldiers were almost unarmed and could not resist. In just a moment,
They were all killed by hundreds of cavalry.
The soldiers of the Tang Army rushed onto the big ship and drove all the boatmen off the big ship. They put more than a hundred ferries together, piled them with hay and sulfur, and sprinkled them with lamp oil. Teams of cavalry rushed over with torches in their hands.
Throwing them onto the ship, the fleet that was several miles long began to catch fire, and the fire grew bigger and bigger. Before long, more than a hundred ferries were completely engulfed by the raging fire...
Li Zhongchen's army plundered a large amount of property and women in Chenliu County and returned with a full load, but it also brought greater side effects. It seriously slowed down the marching speed of the Huaixi Army. It marched less than fifty miles a day. When Guo Song burned the Huaihe River
When we boarded the ship, the 30,000 Huaixi Army had just arrived at Fuli County, and were still more than 200 miles away from Linhuai County.
At this time, Li Zhongchen received news that about 15,000 cavalry were watching them dozens of miles away. Li Zhongchen began to panic and ordered the entire army to abandon all the captured women, and the entire army sped up and evacuated southward.
Fifteen thousand Tang Army cavalry followed the 30,000 Huaixi Army unhurriedly. General Ma Sui followed the prince's order and was in no rush to attack Li Zhongchen. Currently, the Huaixi Army had robbed a lot of money, and it was a time of high morale.
Although he is a cavalryman, even if he defeats the opponent, it will still be a miserable victory. He must wait for the opponent's morale to gradually decline, and then it will be a good opportunity to attack.
At this time, Ma Sui received news that the enemy troops were accelerating their retreat southward. General Li Chongqian said anxiously: "Commander, the enemy troops have realized the crisis and have begun to retreat southward at a faster speed. If we do not pursue them, they may escape.
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"Don't worry! They can't escape."
Ma Sui said this because he had received instructions from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. His Royal Highness had sent a secret army to cut off the Huaixi Army's retreat. They followed the enemy army unhurriedly in order to buy time for the other army.
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Ma Sui was very aware of the existence of this special army. The Hebei Army's warships were burned, Tian Yue's army had no way out, and then Li Lingyao was assassinated and Chen Liucheng was defeated without attacking, which proved the ability of this special army.
Li Chongqian didn't know the existence of this army, he was anxious and had no choice.
At this time, soldiers came to report that there were thousands of women in front of them, crying and coming towards us.
These must be women who were kidnapped by the Huaixi army. Now they have become a burden. The Huaixi army got rid of them. Ma Sui quickly ordered the marching commander Zhao Houde to lead a thousand cavalry to escort these women back to Chenliu and give them some dry food.
At the same time, we asked the officials along the way to take care of these poor women.
By the evening of the next day, the 30,000 Huaixi Army was still thirty miles away from Linhuai County. Li Zhongchen unexpectedly discovered that there was not a single ship on the canal. This gave him a bad feeling, so he ordered the army to station on the spot.
camp, and at the same time sent people to Linhuai County to summon a ferry to go north.
In the night, Guo Song led three hundred cavalrymen and stared at the Huaixi Army camp in the distance. The camp had no fences, only large tents. The tents were surrounded by carts, and thousands of soldiers were on guard in front and behind the carts.
The Huaixi Army was obviously prepared to avoid fire attacks. The spacing between the large tents was relatively large. There were about a thousand tents and they stretched for nearly ten miles.
However, it is impossible for a military camp to have carriages that stretch for ten miles, so there are no large carriages in the southeast, and there are not many soldiers on guard.
Guo Song waved Fang Tian's painted halberd and shouted, "Follow me and fight in!"
Guo Song galloped on his horse, and three hundred cavalrymen followed him closely. They were all wearing bright light armor, eagle helmets on their heads, spears in their hands, and swords on their waists. The three hundred cavalrymen were selected from the elite.
With high martial arts skills and extraordinary bravery, they shot towards the enemy camp like a powerful sword.