In the dark night, a cavalry group was heading south rapidly. This was the main force of the scout army led by Zhang Yun. The change in the situation was beyond Zhang Yun's expectation. He originally thought that Li Wanchun's troops would have a fierce fight with Zhu Si's army.
But he didn't expect that Li Wanchun would just pat his butt and run away.
Now Zhang Yun can only face Zhu Si's army directly.
At dawn, Zhang Yun led three thousand troops to Anyang County, which was still three miles away from the county seat. Zhang Yun ordered: "Fire gunpowder arrows!"
Three gunpowder arrows shot into the sky and lit up in mid-air. They were extremely bright and bright and could be seen dozens of miles away.
Not long after, Zhou Fei's scouts outside the city arrived, and he was brought to Zhang Yun. Zhang Yun asked, "How is the situation inside the city?"
The scout clasped his fists and said: "To report to the commander, at noon General Zhou sent people to sneak out of the city to introduce the situation in the city. About 4,000 enemy troops have taken control of Anyang County. The defense is currently very tight, mainly concentrated at the north and south gates. From the city
I’m afraid it will be difficult to break through the door.”
"Can we only break through the city wall?"
The scout nodded, "That's what General Zhou meant. The people he sent said that there are not many enemy soldiers on the west wall. He can lead his brothers to meet us on the west wall."
Zhang Yun looked at the sky and saw that there was still some time before dawn. He asked again: "Do you have General Zhou's address in the city?"
"Yes! He left it with us."
Zhang Yun asked for the address, found a subordinate who was highly skilled in martial arts, told him a few words, the subordinate nodded, and soon disappeared into the night.
Zhang Yun immediately ordered the troops to rest in the woods and wait for action tomorrow night.
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Once time goes on, things tend to change. At noon the next day, an army of more than a thousand people came with large bags of belongings and young women in oxcarts. This army was the plundering force.
In Zhangxian County, one thousand soldiers implemented the plan of diverting the tiger from the mountain.
Li Wanchun did not stop them, but led the army away. This army had no threat, so it leisurely came to Anyang County.
Zhang Yun received a report from the scouts. This army was about three miles away from them. This made Zhang Yun a little tricky. Should he block this army or not? If he sniped at this army, their existence would be exposed, and the enemy forces in the city would inevitably
The defense will be strengthened, and the cost of siege will inevitably increase.
But thinking about it conversely, if they don't intercept, the other party will think that there is no threat outside the city, and the level of vigilance will be slightly lowered.
Zhang Yun repeatedly weighed and finally decided to put the overall situation first and let the army go.
Not long after, the army arrived to the south and entered the city directly.
The arrival of a thousand troops brought the number of defenders in Anyang County to 5,000. Li Yinlong breathed a sigh of relief. What he was most worried about was the Jin army. The Jin army would never watch Xiangzhou fall into the hands of others. Li Yinlong knew this very well.
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The Jin army will definitely attack Xiangzhou in a large scale.
Once tens of thousands of troops arrive at the city, can their five thousand troops defend Anyang City? The answer is no. How can only five thousand men defend a city wall more than thirty miles long?
Now Li Yinlong is eagerly waiting for reinforcements to arrive.
"Excuse me, General, how will we arrange the additional one thousand brothers?" Deputy General Tao Sheng asked.
Li Yinlong thought for a while, and now the four thousand people are mainly divided into three squads to guard the north and south gates. There are also one thousand soldiers responsible for patrolling. The insufficient defense is the four city walls. These one thousand people just strengthen the patrol of the city walls.
"Divide him into ten teams and be responsible for patrolling the east and west city walls, especially at night. Patrol posts must be strengthened!"
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Night soon fell again, and Li Yinlong imposed a curfew in the city. The streets were empty, and there was not a soul in sight. There were only groups of soldiers patrolling everywhere. A patrol team of thirty people was passing through an alley. At this moment
, a door opened, and countless shadows of people poured out from inside, rushing towards the patrol like tigers, they knocked the sentry down, and cut the sentry's throat instantly with sharp daggers.
Just between the rise of the rabbit and the fall of the falcon, all thirty sentries were killed, the bodies were dragged into the yard, the gate was closed, and the alley returned to silence. Except for the blood on the ground, it was as if nothing had happened.
Zhou Fei ordered the scout soldiers to strip off the sentry armor and put it on one after another. It looked like a patrol team. Although there were still twenty people without armor, this was no longer important.
The yard that Zhou Fei and others rent is at the foot of the west city wall. It is a yard that covers an area of three acres. It is very expensive and must be rented for half a year. Although they actually only live for a few days, the location is great, and the backyard is directly adjacent to the west.
The city wall is located exactly in the middle of the West City, far away from the north and south city gates.
The time was gradually reaching the third watch. Fifty scouts gathered in the courtyard, and everyone looked at a soldier who was climbing up.
The city wall is about two feet and five feet high. It is at least hundreds of years old. It is very old and mottled, and the gaps are full of weeds. The soldier carried two pairs of rope ladders on his back and gradually climbed up to the top of the city. He hung the two rope ladders on the city wall.
He shook his head vigorously, and two long rope ladders were dragged down.
The soldier looked around again, turned around and waved his hand, and Zhou Fei immediately ordered: "Come on!"
The soldiers were divided into two teams and quickly climbed to the top of the city one after another. Zhou Fei was at the front. Seeing that there was no one at the top of the city, he jumped up to the top of the city.
He looked to both sides, and there was a patrol about two hundred steps away, which was still quite far away. Zhou Fei waved, and the soldiers jumped onto the city top one by one. After a while, all fifty people got on.
City head.
When the appointed time came, a scout soldier lit a gunpowder arrow and fired it out of the city. A bright red flame was shot from the top of the city and out of the city.
It was also a coincidence that Li Yinlong happened to be inspecting various places. He was just at the northernmost side of the west city wall, but he saw the flames shooting out of the city wall at a glance.
Li Yinlong was shocked, "No, there are enemy troops on top of the city!"
He turned around and shouted: "Sound the alarm and order the North City defenders to rush to the middle of the West City Head!"
He jumped up his horse and led hundreds of soldiers towards the middle section of Hexi. At this time, a patrol of 100 people 200 steps away also discovered an abnormal signal, and they ran over with shouts.
Zhou Fei did not expect that the enemy army would be so heavily guarded. He shouted: "Line up and prepare for a fierce battle!"
A hundred-man patrol arrived instantly, and the two armies quickly fought fiercely. At the same time, the Jin soldiers under the city also crossed the moat and climbed up five rope ladders...
The fifty scouts were extremely brave and good at fighting. They killed most of the hundred patrols in a short time. The remaining twenty or so people were so frightened that they turned around and ran for their lives when they saw that they were as ferocious as wolves.
"General Zhou, we are also coming from the north!" a soldier shouted.
Zhou Fei also heard the sound of horse hooves in the distance. Generally speaking, only a city lord is allowed to race horses at the top of the city. A bold idea flashed in Zhou Fei's mind.
He took a military crossbow and ran to hide behind a battlement.
Not long after, Li Yinlong rode on horseback and led 300 elite soldiers to fight. He saw the Jin soldiers who had just climbed up the city. He was shocked and angry and shouted: "Stop them and cut off the rope ladder!"
At this moment, a crossbow arrow shot from the darkness. The distance was too close and the speed was too fast. Li Yinlong had no time to react. The crossbow arrow penetrated his neck, and his neck bone was hit by the crossbow arrow.
fracture.
Li Yinlong covered his neck, his vision went dark, his body began to tilt, and he fell directly from the top of the city.
Zhou Fei succeeded in a sneak attack with an arrow. He threw away the crossbow, picked up a spear and rushed over. The spear was as fast as the wind and rain, killing more than a dozen people in a row. The morale of his men was greatly boosted, and they shouted to kill.
Although there were only fifty people in number, they killed three hundred enemy troops and retreated steadily.
At this time, more and more Jin army scouts came to the top of the city, and they immediately went into battle. Two thousand enemy reinforcements also arrived one after another, and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides on the west city wall.
Zhang Yun led the Jin army's most elite 3,000 scouts, each of whom could fight one against five. They were very powerful in combat and were especially good at night battles. However, the enemy general was dead, and the soldiers had no command, morale was low, and they were in chaos.
Within a quarter of an hour, nearly half of the more than 2,000 enemy troops were dead or wounded. The soldiers finally could not resist and collapsed completely.
Lieutenant General Tao Sheng led a thousand soldiers and came from the south city gate, only to see countless defeated troops rushing towards them, each one throwing away their helmets and armor, and they were in an extremely embarrassed state.
He grabbed a fleeing brigade commander and shouted, "What's going on? Where is the commander?"
"General Li has fallen into the city. His life or death is unknown. The enemy troops have already entered the city. There are thousands of them. Their fighting power is so powerful that our brothers cannot resist him!"
When Tao Sheng heard that Li Yinlong had fallen into the city, he was also panicked. At this time, a low horn sounded from the top of the north city. This was not their horn sound. The enemy had already occupied the top of the north city.
Tao Sheng immediately ordered: "Retreat!"
Since he could not withstand the Jin army, in order to preserve his strength, Tao Sheng led nearly two thousand soldiers to open the south city gate and evacuate southward. He planned to evacuate to Tangyin County.
But less than twenty miles after they retreated south, Zhou Fei led a thousand cavalry to catch up with them, and a massacre began.