Eight hundred and sixty seventh eight hundred warriors
In the big tent, Zhang Yun and four brigade commanders were considering the final plan.
The Youzhou Army's defenses were very tight at night. A thousand soldiers at each city gate would not rest. One thousand soldiers in the first half of the night and one thousand soldiers in the second half of the night. The handover time happened to be three times.
A brigade commander stood up and said: "I have received reliable information. The five thousand soldiers in the small military camp sleep with their armor at night. Their weapons are nearby. If an emergency occurs, they will come out immediately. It is said that these are military advisers."
Jia Shu’s arrangement.”
"This dog-headed military advisor is full of evil!" Xiao Yuan couldn't help but cursed.
Zhang Yun waved his hand, "Youzhou Army has never been careless in defense. His Highness the King of Jin also said that we cannot expect the other side to make mistakes and win."
Brigade commander Wang Long said: "With our eight hundred elites, it should not be a big problem to deal with the one thousand people defending the city."
"Of course there is no problem in defeating the opponent's 1,000 gatekeepers. The key is time. We must open the city gate in the shortest possible time. When we defeat the city gate army, the opponent's 5,000 troops will also arrive.
So our best way is to open the city gate before the enemy can react, lower the drawbridge, and then fight fiercely with the enemy to defend the city gate until our troops enter the city. What can you think of?
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"General, the handover time has also been revised. I think it can be used." A brigade commander was the first to think of a way.
"But the handover is not that easy. We need military badges, command arrows and handover badges, and we don't have any of them."
Xiao Yuan smiled and said: "If you only need these three things, I have a way."
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At night, the eight hundred soldiers were divided into four teams to patrol in Youzhou City as usual. They changed to night patrols from yesterday. There were more patrols during the day, but they could sleep well at night. Although the night patrols were very relaxing, there was basically nothing
Things, but also very sleepy.
At the gate of the Youzhou Army's barracks, Zhang Yong hurriedly walked out.
"Lao Li, what do you want from me?"
Zhang Yong is concurrently the deputy general of the Lu Jiamin Regiment, that is, in name only. His actual position is the general of the 17th Battalion of the Youzhou Army. He has a thousand soldiers under his command. He has his own independent military badge and command arrow.
Zhang Yun stepped forward and whispered a few words. Zhang Yong's eyes lit up, "Seriously?"
"Of course it's true. If I had your military badges and command arrows, I would have earned the money myself."
"Just wait, I'll get it right away!"
Zhang Yong turned around and ran towards the camp.
Zhang Yun told him that there was a rich man who celebrated his fiftieth birthday and wore the armor of a general, but he still lacked military licenses and arrows. He was willing to lend him a hundred taels of silver to borrow them for one night.
Although this excuse is not very clever, it also has loopholes. For example, in the current situation, it is impossible for anyone to celebrate a birthday, and wearing the armor of a general after a birthday sounds even more ridiculous.
But for Zhang Yong, who has a lot of gambling debts and is going crazy thinking about money, he is willing to get a hundred taels of silver even if he is asked to pick up customers in a brothel, let alone lend a mere military badge and command arrow, despite serious violations.
Military order, but it was only for one night anyway, and since I was there, there shouldn't be any trouble.
The main reason why Zhang Yun wants Zhang Yong's military badges and command arrows is that they cannot attack as the Lu family's militia. Once Lu Jinsuo finds out, it will be a disaster for the Lu family. Pretending to be Zhang Yong's army can delay time until Lu Jinsuo finds out.
The truth is, time is too late.
Not long after, Zhang Yong rushed out with military badges and command arrows, "Old Li, do you want to go now?"
Zhang Yun pointed to the carriage next to him, "This is the Luofu carriage. Get in! The 'general' is waiting."
Zhang Yong saw that the carriage was gorgeous and extraordinary, and he was even more excited, so he happily got in. As soon as he got on the carriage, he felt a sharp pain in the back of his head, his vision went dark, and he didn't know anything anymore.
The driver whipped his whip, and the carriage started and drove towards the city...
After the third watch, the four patrol teams gradually gathered at the north gate.
The order issued by Guo Song was three corrections, that is, three corrections and two quarters. They still had time, but at this time, Guo Song led an army of 60,000 to have arrived outside the North City of Youzhou, less than three miles away from the city gate, and they were lurking in a forest.
, waiting for the signal from the city.
There are currently a thousand soldiers guarding the north gate of Youzhou, and it happens to be the handover of the third watch. The soldiers are craning their necks on the top of the city in anticipation. At this time, an army rushes down the street, holding spears in their hands, shields and crossbows on their backs.
"Password!" a soldier asked loudly.
"May Yanshan!" Zhang Yun replied loudly.
It is not difficult to know the password. They patrol at night and just ask any of the soldiers guarding the city.
The city guard general walked up quickly and asked: "Which battalion are you from?"
"From the Seventeenth Battalion!"
General Lang was startled, "Isn't it the handover of the Eighth Battalion?"
"The Eighth Battalion went to Dongcheng. Boss Lu just changed."
"Damn it, you didn't even tell me, where is your gambling king Zhang? Where did he go gambling again?"
Zhang Yun gave a bitter smile, "I don't know where he went, so he ordered me to take over for him."
General Lang checked the military badges, command arrows and duty badges. The military badges and command arrows were all real, but the duty badges were fake.
General Lang did not have the slightest doubt. The two signed the handover order and waved their hands, "Withdrawal!"
A thousand sleepy soldiers retreated and went back to the barracks to sleep.
Zhang Yun did not expect that he would succeed so easily. He led his soldiers and just rushed to the top of the city when someone in the distance suddenly shouted: "That's a mistake! It's not you."
When Zhang Yun turned around, he saw a dense mass of soldiers running from a distance in the darkness. There were about two thousand people. The soldiers running in front were the soldiers of the Eighth Battalion. They happened to meet the soldiers who were retreating back to the military camp on the road.
The generals on both sides realized that the 17th Battalion must have made a mistake. This kind of mistake was a serious mistake and would even lead to loss of head if investigated. Just now, General Lang was so frightened that he quickly led his troops back and he had to go through the handover again.
At this time, there was no room for explanation. Zhang Yun immediately ordered: "Shoot with crossbow arrows!"
Eight hundred soldiers raised their crossbows and fired rapidly, and dense crossbow bolts were fired at the soldiers of the eighth battalion who were running towards them.
The eighth battalion general's surname was Wu. When he saw the soldiers at the top of the city raising their crossbows at them, he couldn't help but be shocked. What was going on? Is the 17th battalion crazy?
Before he could react, dense crossbow bolts roared towards him. The soldiers were caught off guard. Dozens of people running in front were hit by arrows. General Wu Lang was also hit in the shoulder by a crossbow bolt. He screamed and almost fell off his horse.
This arrow also made Wu Langjiang react, "Damn it, Zhang Yong rebelled!"
He immediately sent someone to notify the coach, and he shouted: "Kill them, don't let them open the city!"
Zhang Yun also ordered the soldiers at the same time, "Open the city and build the suspension bridge!"
The city gate creaked open, and the huge suspension bridge began to slowly lower itself. Soldiers lit three torches and began to wave them.
At this time, Lieutenant General Liu Changgan also led a thousand soldiers from the east city wall. He was responsible for patrolling in the middle of the night and happened to come over to check and hand over.
Liu Changgan suddenly discovered that the suspension bridge was being lowered and a torch was waving on the top of the city. He was also shocked and quickly ordered: "Kill them!"
He led a thousand soldiers to fight from the east. Seeing that the situation was critical, Zhang Yun ordered: "Commander Xiao, you lead two hundred brothers to resist the enemy!"
"Third Brigade, follow me!"
Xiao Yuan led two hundred soldiers holding spears and large shields to meet them. The two hundred people formed three human walls. Countless spears were gathered together and pointed at the enemy intensively. A thousand soldiers quickly arrived, and both sides used spears.
They stabbed each other and fought fiercely together.
Six hundred crossbow arrows could not suppress the Youzhou soldiers who were swarming up to kill him. Zhang Yun made a decisive decision. He left a hundred soldiers to guard the suspension bridge and the city gate hub at the top of the city. He himself led 500 soldiers to kill the city and stood in front of the city gate.
They lined up in the military formation and fought fiercely with the two thousand enemy troops who rushed up.
Guo Song outside the city also saw the torches on the top of the city. He immediately ordered: "The cavalry goes first and fights into the city!"
As soon as Pei Xin urged the horses, he took the lead, and together with Yang Xuanying, led 15,000 cavalry to rush into the city. There was a stone bridge more than 20 feet long on the moat, and the stone bridge could only accommodate two cavalrymen walking side by side.
The well-trained cavalry pulled out a long straight line, and the distance of three miles was reached in an instant. Pei Xin jumped onto the stone bridge with his horse, brandishing his sword and attacked the city gate, followed closely by Yang Xuanying, who held the Panlong Golden Gun.
, riding fast and flying, following Pei Xin closely.
At this time, Lu Jinsuo had received the news that Zhang Yong of the 17th Battalion rebelled and led his army to open the city gate and suspension bridge. Lu Jinsuo was furious and immediately led five thousand soldiers from the small military camp next to the military office to kill them.