The three checkpoints were opened one after another, and the fleet slowly sailed into the warehouse area under the supervision of the army. The warehouse area was huge, with hundreds of warehouses, and the warehouses were filled with grain, fodder, and military supplies.
The fleet stopped in front of the dock, and the official shouted: "Everyone get off the ship and leave the warehouse area quickly. The army is going to inspect it."
Wei Yanzong also shouted: "Take your belongings with you, everyone, let's go! Come back early tomorrow morning."
There were not many boatmen, only a dozen or so, who jumped off the boat one after another and followed Wei Yanzong. The general on duty took dozens of his men and boarded the boat to inspect. They found that all the boatmen were filled with food and supplies, and no boatmen were found.
He left with the soldiers.
The warehouse door slowly closed, and the warehouse area became quiet again, with no one in sight.
Time passed little by little, and it was two o'clock again. A bag of grain on the first big ship suddenly moved and slowly moved to the side, revealing a hole. It turned out that the grain pile was hollow, and a black shadow jumped out of it.
, and then several more black shadows appeared, and black shadows appeared on several ships. The leader was none other than Wang Qing.
The grain ship has been specially modified. It looks like a large ship filled with grain, but it is empty in the middle, but the flaw can be seen on the waterline. Therefore, if they choose to come to Yangzhou at night, the flaw will not be easily seen. At the same time, they can also use it as an excuse to park in the warehouse.
within the area.
This is actually a Trojan horse plan. Of course, the Trojan horse plan of the Easterners is closely linked and every detail cannot go wrong. It is much more rigorous than the Trojan horse plan of the Westerners.
The fleet docked at the dock. There were several large buildings beside the dock, which were mainly used to store various tools, carts, etc. Thirty soldiers carrying kerosene bags and portable kerosene barrels followed Wang Qing along the buildings.
Running from behind, they did not dare to run from the dock. It was too conspicuous. If there were hidden sentries in the warehouse group, they would be easily discovered.
They only have a general understanding of the Yangzhou Warehouse. They know that the grain and grass area is to the east and the military area is to the west. However, they cannot know whether there are hidden posts or the distribution of hidden posts. Therefore, they can only try to go to dark places to avoid
be found.
Thirty people ran quickly. Wang Qing suddenly waved, and everyone stood against the wall. Not far away, they saw a patrol team coming out of the grain and grass area and heading towards the supplies area, thirty steps away.
When the patrol team walked away, Wang Qing waved, and the thirty people continued running and rushed into the large granaries.
Each granary is made of bricks and wood, so it is difficult to burn directly. You have to go into the granary to set a fire. The granary doors are locked with thick iron chains, but there is a small door next to it for people to enter and exit, and there is also a lock on it.
This small lock is easy to deal with and can be easily smashed with an axe.
There are fifty large warehouses in the grain and grass warehouse, but they only have thirty people. Wang Qing had already planned. They opened all the small warehouse doors and each person was responsible for a grain warehouse. As for the forage warehouse, when they left, they threw one in
A torch is enough.
Everyone acted separately, sprayed all the kerosene on the grain bags, lit a fire stick, threw the grain bags, and 'Boom!' the flames started to burn.
The soldiers retreated quickly, throwing torches into the forage warehouse as they ran. It would take time for the grain warehouse to burn, but the forage warehouse burned rapidly. Within a moment, thick smoke filled the air, and thick smoke billowed out from all sides.
Wang Qing looked back, feeling secretly regretful in his heart. If he had known better, he should not have set fire to the fodder warehouse, which would have called the patrol soldiers in advance.
But there was no point regretting it now, and time did not allow him to think too much. He led everyone and rushed towards the ship.
Tens of steps away from the ship, the piercing alarm bell sounded! Dang! Dang! Dang! sounded, and someone shouted: "There is a fire in the grain depot, put out the fire quickly!"
Patrolling sentries rushed towards the grain and grass warehouses from all directions, and Wang Qing led the soldiers to jump into the grain boats one after another.
They had already thought about how to escape. The best way to disguise themselves on the beach was to turn into a grain of sand.
So the way to escape from the warehouse complex is to become a fire-fighting soldier.
At this time, a large number of soldiers rushed in from outside the warehouse, two to three thousand people in total. Everyone took buckets and basins, fetched water, and rushed towards the warehouses.
Wang Qing and his men also wore the same military uniforms. Each of them carried a wooden bucket, fetched a bucket of water and ran towards the warehouse group.
In fact, it turned out that Wang Qing's worries were completely unnecessary. He was worried that the grain warehouse would burn slowly and the soldiers would rescue a large amount of grain.
He forgot the other two fatal factors, which were thick smoke and high temperature. All the warehouses were filled with thick smoke, and the thick smoke was filled with crimson flames. The high temperature and thick smoke prevented any soldiers from entering, and only the light
Screaming and pretending to pour water in, no one knows what it will do.
Wang Qing was relieved, and he led his soldiers back to the Cao River to fetch water. There was chaos at the gate, with countless soldiers running towards the warehouse area, but many soldiers also ran back to get more buckets to put out the fire.
They blended in with the large group of soldiers and ran out of the warehouse area. Others ran to get fire-extinguishing equipment while they disappeared into the darkness.
The next day, Wang Qing, his men, and Wei Yanzong hid on a hilly hillock about thirty miles away from Yangzhou City. There were lush pine forests here. Standing on the hilltop, you could still see the thick smoke billowing above the warehouses.
The smoke and fire are still burning and have not been extinguished. They have sent spies to inquire about the situation and are patiently waiting for a reply.
Wang Qing said with some regret: "We should burn the ships together. They will find the hidden cabins on the ships and know that it was us."
Wei Yanzong smiled slightly and said: "It is estimated that the real Huanggu will transport grain to Yangzhou this afternoon, and it will be discovered at that time. In fact, even if the ship is burned, they can guess that it was us. Last night it was
Only our ships are moored inside."
"General Wei is right. It is indeed difficult to explain, but what about the official who helped us? Will he be discovered by the court?"
"You're talking about Gu Yanxin. Once the court investigates him, he will definitely be exposed. He is no longer in Lin'an. Their whole family should be in Dangtu County and take a boat to Sichuan Road. He is from Bashu, and then he changed his name and lived in Bashu.
Go ahead! This is our promise to him."
At this time someone shouted: "The spies are back!"
When the three soldiers came back, Wang Qing went up to them and asked, "How was it?"
The leading soldier smiled and said: "We can't enter the warehouse area, it has been blocked, but we met several fire-fighting soldiers drinking tea in a teahouse outside the city. They were telling everyone about the fire-fighting situation."
"What did they say?"
"They said that both the grain and fodder warehouses were destroyed. There was no way to get in. You would be roasted if you went in, and you couldn't breathe. It was all smoke and fire. They had abandoned the grain and fodder areas and moved all the materials to the full rescue supplies area.
Go out, and then someone else said that we should rescue fifteen thousand shi of food."
"What do you mean?" Wang Qing was a little confused. Since he couldn't enter the warehouse, how could he rescue 15,000 shi of grain?
Wei Yanzong smiled and said: "Is it the fifteen thousand shi of food on our ship?"
Wang Qing suddenly realized that they had thirty ships, and each ship planted 500 shi of grain, which was not 15,000 shi of grain. However, it was not grain, but sand and wheat bran mixed together. When he opened the package, he discovered it.
Even the 500 barrels of gunpowder on the ship were only 500 barrels of dirt.
"Let's go!"
They no longer needed to inquire about information, so they left Yangzhou on foot, heading southwest, and entered Zhenzhou that night.
At the pier in Yangzi County, Zhenzhou, they found a boat to pick them up. They boarded the boat and the boat sailed to Dangtu County overnight.
………
The 200,000 troops of the Western Army surrounded Bianliang. Currently, there are still 30,000 troops guarding Bianliang City. Their task is to hold back the Western Army and cover the retreat of the main force of the Jin Army to the east.
Now Chen Qing's biggest problem is that they don't know the situation in the city. The city gate is closed and no one can get out. How many troops are there in the city? Whether they are all signed troops or some Jurchen soldiers, they don't know at all.
If you want to attack the city, you still need to wait for the siege weapons to be delivered.
Zhang Xiao stroked his beard and said with a smile: "There is still a way!"
All the generals looked at Zhang Xiao, and Zhang Xiao said calmly: "The top priority is to attack the heart, and the bottom priority is to attack the city. Use two iron rhinos to blow up Qingcheng to establish authority for the soldiers in the city. Someone will open the city and surrender."
Qingcheng is a small military city three miles south of Bianliang. There is another such small military city in the west, called Yuetai, which is also three miles away from Bianliang City.
Zhang Xiao's heart-attacking battle refreshed the spirits of all the soldiers. Yang Zaixing suggested: "It would be better to blow up the Yuetai as well, which would have a stronger deterrent effect."
Chen Qing shook his head, "You can blow up the city, but you have to do it step by step. Send the letter first, and then blow up the city!"
Chen Qing immediately wrote an ultimatum for the surrender of Kaicheng, "A Letter from King Yong to the Brothers Guarding the City".
The general content is that the soldiers in the city are required to open the city and surrender. As a voluntary surrender, they can be released immediately and go home. If the Western Army breaks through the city gate, they will be prisoners of war. The prisoners of war must serve three years of hard labor before they can go home.
Immediately let the military camp craftsmen engrave and print thousands of leaflets at once.
As night fell, six thousand cavalry rushed out of the camp and rushed all the way to the bottom of Bianliang City, close to the moat. The cavalry galloped around the city and fired arrows at the top of the city. The cavalry immediately ran away again.