Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 339 Master Wang Attacks Back
Under the night as thick as ink, the wilderness is far and quiet, with occasional chirping of insects and birds, making the night more peaceful.

However, this quiet peace could not be maintained for too long. The rapid sound of horseshoes from far to near not only broke the tranquility, but also startled many birds, making this night unusual.

This group of more than seventy knights galloped southward under the cover of night, and their destination was Xiadutang, a little west of Longdu Ferry.

The Liyang army marched across the river to the east. Although there were some warships, they were all used in the Gushu camp to fight against the Jingzhou water army. There were not many ships actually used for transportation. The civilian boats are docked at Xiadutang not far from Longdu Ferry.Therefore, if each army wanted to go to Longdu to fetch food, they first had to come to Xiadutang to pick up ships and recruit civilians.

The scale of the camp near Xiadutang is much larger than that of Longdu Ferry, not because there are more defenders here, but because a large number of conscripted civilians are concentrated here, serving as manpower for transshipment of rice and grain around the clock.As for the real defenders, there are fewer, less than a thousand people.

The group of knights rushed into the camp gate very quickly. Under the blazing fire, the guards at the camp gate were alarmed. Nearly a hundred people rushed out with long spears and surrounded the group of knights. One of the leaders shouted angrily. : "Who dares to be presumptuous here? How dare you trespass into the camp without communicating? Can't you find death?"

A young general in the cavalry team steered forward, clamped his legs, and the horse suddenly jumped and charged in front of the leader. The leader turned and retreated in fright, looking very embarrassed.The knights burst into laughter when they saw this, and the strong smell of alcohol radiated from them.

The young general shook his whip in his hand, Gao Ju immediately pointed at the leader and shouted, "Get out of here! Say it again, who is looking for death?"

"Yu, Yuzhou Army..."

Hearing the general's accent and seeing the military uniforms worn by these knights, the faces of the defenders in the camp suddenly changed.They were sent to watch the night, so naturally they couldn't be the elite of the Liyang army, but a group of strong men who took advantage of the situation and were recruited.Now there are many military troops around Gyeonggi, the most domineering one is not the Liyang Army but the Yuzhou Army.The Liyang army is always restrained, but the Yuzhou army is acting recklessly. If anyone offends them, they will really ask for blessings.

The leader's arrogance disappeared at this moment, and being pointed at by the young general's horsewhip, he felt even more terrified, his legs softened and he knelt on the ground: "Damn it, damn it! Please forgive me, the general, it's too late at night." It's hard to tell the difference..."

"Stop talking nonsense! Let Tong Chuan go quickly, prepare three boats and five hundred civilians, and set off for Longdu before dawn! If you miss the time, I will kill you again!"

The young general is Xie Yi, he is not a kind-tempered person, so playing an arrogant general at this time is also very interesting.While yelling and cursing, he threw the Yuzhou Army warrant that Xu Su had obtained in front of the leader.

After the leader heard this, cold sweat oozed from his forehead.How could he be sure of such an urgent transfer order, but seeing the hostile eyes of the Yuzhou Army soldiers and knights looking at him unkindly, he didn't dare to say anything immediately, and quickly ordered the soldiers to let them go, and arranged for someone to lead them to the camp , and then hurriedly went to report to the Shangguan with a warrant.

The Yuzhou army is the most difficult to serve, and it has become the consensus of these miscellaneous soldiers.Seeing the knights rushing towards the camp without even dismounting their horses, the soldiers did not dare to stop them, but complained that they were unlucky to meet this group of plague gods on duty.

Almost every one of these sergeants smelled strongly of alcohol, and when they entered the camp, someone shouted to serve them quickly with food and drink.Among them, a few knights who were so drunk that they could hardly ride their horses were even more reckless. After asking where the camp was, they rushed over directly on their horses. It was like a starving ghost reincarnated!
The military camp is a serious place, no matter whether the military discipline is strict or not, it is not allowed to gallop horses in the camp.It's just that the defenders who were on duty at night could see that the Yuzhou army was drunk, and even if they were dissatisfied, they didn't dare to speak out to stop them.But when such a group of people rushed into the camp, the chaos caused was not small, and soon some people came out from each barracks, and when they heard that it was a group of drunks from the Yuzhou army, they didn't dare to step forward to cause trouble, and each retreated to the camp middle.

But in the end, some people were dissatisfied. When the Yuzhou army rushed to the depths of the camp, the generals who had already fallen asleep were also reported, and many got up and left the camp angrily. When they saw these Yuzhou troops acting recklessly in the camp, they became even more furious , commanded the guards beside him: "Stop the man for me, remove the armor! Military punishment..."

The roar stopped abruptly at this point, and a feathered arrow had pierced through the air and penetrated deeply into his throat!
"General..."

Seeing this scene, the soldiers of Zuo Jin were so horrified that their eyes were tearing open. Someone had already pulled out their weapons and rushed towards the group of Yuzhou army cavalry who were in a loose formation.

That feathered arrow seemed to be a signal. The cavalry who were still in a state of unrestrained behavior before had completely lost their drunkenness. Kill them all!

The shrill screams cut through the night, and many people were awakened by the noise while they were still asleep.When they rushed out of the tent, they saw that the riot spread rapidly in the camp, and the horses were rampaging, with a flaming rope wrapped around them, and the fire was scattered everywhere in the camp!What surprised them even more was that flames had shot up into the sky in the direction of the cooking camp, and countless people were screaming and fleeing in all directions in the camp!

"Master Wang returned to Jiankang, and Liyang rebelled and was awarded the head! The food of Longdu is for the people of Danyang!"

At the moment when the camp roared to the extreme, some Longxi soldiers took advantage of the chaos and rushed into the camp where the peasants lived. Their sharp knives split through the fence and pushed open a huge gap.

The chaos in the barracks had already awakened the civilian men who had been conscripted here, and they all rushed out of their tents to watch the situation, with panic on their faces.Seeing that the fire in the barracks was getting hotter and hotter, the panic in everyone's hearts had climbed to the extreme, and they rushed out of the barracks howling!

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The firelight in the west is a signal. In this quiet night, the blazing flames soared into the sky, and the surrounding fields were almost unobstructed!
"Attack!"

Seeing the flames shining in the distance, Shen Zhezi's spirit was shaken, he jumped up from the grass, and quickly ignited the thick felt cloth covered with grease on the horse.The war horse immediately neighed and rushed forward, trying to get rid of the fire that made its heart palpitate!
The other Longxi soldiers who had already been waiting here followed suit. A group of war horses rushed out into the wilderness. The flying flames quickly dispersed the darkness nearby, and at the same time scattered the fire seeds in the wilderness!

Compared with Xu Mao's menacing camp, Shen Zhezi's mission was simpler, that is, to seize the Longdu Hangdai to the east of the ferry.It is now the flood season, and the water storage area of ​​Longdu Hangdai is not very useful. It can be said to be a loophole in the defense around Longdu Ferry, and there are only more than 200 guards stationed here.

The smoldering flames quickly awakened people from their sleep, and there were reactions in a few simple camps on the high ground.The guards who were woken up in their sleep rushed out of the tent in messy clothes. Before they could react, Shen Zhezi had already led the crowd to charge up, and while he was galloping, he pulled the bowstring and threw it forward.Sparse arrows rained down on the bewildered guards in the night, causing the hundreds of guards to become even more confused.

"Chi Ge, Zhi Ge... line up!"

The panicked roar of the leader of the guards sounded in the darkness, and the guards grabbed their bows and guns at a loss, and let out a courageous howl, and more than a dozen people rushed down with guns.There were also people who drew their bows to fight back, but as a horse billowing in flames rushed towards this place, the formation that had just formed was broken away again.

At this time, Shen Zhezi and the others had already rushed to the high ground, discarded their bows and crossbows, and charged forward with their knives and guns!

"Master Wang will attack back, put him on the ground and don't kill him!"

Holding a short spear, Shen Zhezi rushed into the guard without any fancy, the tip of the spear shook lightly, and had already cut through the ribs of a soldier.A few Longxi pawns behind him came up from behind and scattered the old guards around Shen Zhezi, while echoing and shouting: "Master Wang will attack back, don't kill if you lie on the ground!"

This group of guards was arranged in this insignificant place, and it was not an elite group at all. It was extremely frightening to be attacked suddenly at night, and the fire was surging in the field of vision, let alone how many attackers there were.After hearing the name of Master Wang, he was even more out of his wits.

Shen Zhezi and the others charged into the formation, almost as if they were in an uninhabited area, and hardly met decent resistance. After many guards rushed out of the camp and heard the roar, they subconsciously lay down on the ground, begging for mercy.Even if there was an occasional [-]-star counterattack, they were all killed on the spot by the elite and brave Longxi soldiers!As the bloody smell spread and dissipated everywhere, more and more people fell to the ground with their heads in their arms.

A group of people rushed in from the camp gate, and when they rushed to the deepest part of the camp, there were almost no standing enemies in the camp!
In the confusion, Shen Zhezi's left arm was hit by someone's spear blade, causing a small wound. As for his armor, he didn't know whose blood was splashed on it.At this moment, they didn't care about other things, and the group of people quickly dispersed and wandered around the camp. Anyone who found anyone who raised his head or held a weapon would be cut off with a single blow!

"Who is the guard in the camp?"

Shen Zhezi stood with a spear in his hand. When he saw many people subconsciously looking at one of them who was curled up on the ground holding his head and trembling, he rushed forward with a stride, and smashed the spear point into the man's back!
"From the head of the rebellion, the crime should be punished! The rest will be persecuted, regardless of the previous crime!"

At this time, the Longxi soldiers had already confiscated all the weapons and weapons scattered in the camp. As for the soldiers in the camp, they were all driven to a corner. Dozens of Longxi soldiers held bows and arrows far away. point at them.

After the entire camp was under control, Shen Zhezi climbed up to the embankment along the high ground, and inspected the hangdai that he personally supervised.

Because it was planned earlier, the scale of Longdu Hangdai is not small, not much worse than that of Pogangdu Coastal Hangdai.Such a reservoir is almost useless during the flood season between spring and summer, and only when the water is exhausted in autumn and winter will the gate be opened to raise the water level.

Now that it is the flood season, not only is the water injected by the Zuojin River Canal in this hangdai, but also because of the continuous torrential rain some time ago, the water storage has almost reached a critical point.Usually at this time, it is necessary to properly release water and divert water to irrigate the nearby fields to avoid flooding, but now the situation has become chaotic. The villagers either fled or were confiscated, and most of the fields and fields were abandoned, and no one paid attention to these details.

Standing on the Hangdai Embankment, Shen Zhezi looked back towards the direction of Longdu Ferry in the distance.He pondered over and over again, and finally gave up his plan to burn and stockpile food.With the manpower in his hands, it is really difficult to break through the ferry guarded by elite soldiers, but it is much easier to start from the surrounding area.In the final analysis, he just wanted to create chaos to ease the pressure on the Gyeonggi side, and when the reinforcements from Stone City arrived at Longdu Ferry, it was time to open the gates and release the water!
With this in mind, Shen Zhezi turned and looked north again.These things they did were not the focus of recovering Gyeonggi, but to attract the attention of the defenders around Gyeonggi, in order to create opportunities for the navy commanded by Shen Mu to attack Fuzhoushan!
(End of this chapter)