Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 951
On this day, the entire Heluo Plain was not calm from north to south.

In the evening, dozens of ox carts drove out from the southwest corner of Mengjin Daying Camp. The ox carts were full of food and slowly entered the front camp.

The separation of the camps and stoves is also a means for the Mengjin defenders to strengthen their control over the soldiers in the face of the huge pressure of the Jin army. The front camps only store equipment for combat. As for food such as grain, rice, salt and meat It is stored independently, and soldiers are not allowed to carry it privately.

The food was transported into the camp, and the commanders of each battalion came to sort and collect it, while the soldiers stayed in their respective camp defense areas obediently, looking forward to the passage between the camps.This is already one of the few moments when they can still retain some expectation, as for the other times, it is mostly unbearably dull.

No matter where the generals dined or the standard of meals, they naturally had to be different from the hard-to-swallow old millet rice for the soldiers. In addition to the japonica rice meat soup, each person could also get a few liters of wine.But under such circumstances, few people would have such a strong appetite.

After the peach leopard hastily had a meal, they stepped out of the tent and put on their armor to patrol the camp.In a corner of the camp, I saw an old soldier with gray beard and white hair, who looked similar to him in age, with a hunched body and a hard meal.

Seeing this scene, Tao Leopard's heart moved, and he walked up to him and bowed his head and asked, "Where is the old soldier's old hometown? Are there any blood relatives left?"

Seeing a group of fierce soldiers and generals surrounding him, the old soldier couldn't hold back his nervousness. He accidentally knocked over the little corn and rice left, and his expression became even more frightened and entangled for a while, he lowered his head to avoid his surroundings Looking at him, he was still hesitating in his heart whether to pick up those corn and rice, and he didn't know how to answer Taobao's question.

The commander of the battalion came here after hearing the news, he was furious when he saw this scene, he punched and kicked the old soldiers, and he bowed flatteringly and said to Taobao: "Many soldiers in this battalion are old soldiers from Xindu. ..."

Taobao raised his hand to stop the soldier commander from kicking and beating, and bent down to help the fallen old soldier himself, muttering in his mouth: "Xindu, Xindu...the old people are gone, and it is also a blessing to survive to the old age." Don't be alarmed, veterans, after this battle, I will lead you back to the country and return to your hometown, and you will never wander outside again..."

At this moment, quite a few soldiers have gathered around, and they all heard the slightly hoarse voice of Taobao, and then many people's eyes shone with hope, and some people stepped forward and said tremblingly: "What the general said is true... "

"shut up!"

The soldier commander was also expecting the general to answer, but when he saw Tao Bao's face suddenly darkened, he panicked and hurriedly scolded the old soldier who asked the question.

Following the captain's scolding, the soldiers surrounding the nearby bank hurriedly dispersed, but this was not enough to make Taobao feel better.He turned his head sideways, avoiding the hopeful gazes from time to time from those old soldiers, and left here with heavy steps.

When a person reaches a certain age, new needs will probably arise.In the past, following the former lord, he was full of heroic feelings and wished he could not trample on Kyushu, but now, especially after being isolated in Henan for several years, Taobao's nostalgia for returning home is no different from those old soldiers, and even more fervent.

He even has no lack of fantasies, if the southern thief Shen Weizhou is willing to promise to let him cross Hebei and return, he is willing to hand over Heluo!But it is a pity that what he is facing is an opponent who is more powerful and arrogant than when he was young, and he is about to put him to death, and there is no sliver of forgiveness!
"I hope the downstream people can succeed..."

Taobao stands in the camp, facing the rolling mountains of Beimang to the east, hope, ruthlessness, prayer and other colors are intertwined and intertwined in sight, turning into a cloudy chaos.

At this time, some of the people from the lower reaches of Taobao's high hopes have arrived at Jiacheng, which is located inside Beimang Mountain, after a hard journey.

The scale of this fortress is not too large. It is located on the mountainside. It was originally a garrison point for the Lingwei of the Middle Jin Dynasty. Looking around from here, you can see all the movements of the nearby mountain roads and prevent bandits.However, with the fall of the Middle Jin Dynasty, the nearby forests also grew wildly due to the lack of maintenance and camping all year round, covering a large area of ​​vision.

However, if you climb up from here, you can still see some river scenery, so it has been preserved as a sentry post.But from this position, you can only watch a little movement on the river surface. If you want to obtain more detailed and accurate information, you can only continue to dive forward.

The first batch of soldiers who arrived approached the river under the cover of the dense forest while it was still dark. They turned over a low hill in the middle, and then climbed another ridge, and their sight suddenly became clear.

The water camp of the Jin army was docked at a river island near the bank, and that river island was also formed by the peaks of Beiman Mountain protruding into the corner of the river.The low-lying places between the peaks are also submerged by the river water. If you want to successfully approach it, you still need to swim nearly twenty feet of water.And on that Hezhou mountain peak, armor and knives could be seen faintly reflecting light in the setting sun, obviously the Jin army had already boarded the fortification.

"If it's just swimming, it's easy. But if you want to set fire to the bandit camp, you need a lot of fuel, and it's hard to keep your voice down when you're diving in the dark... Sigh, I hope there's no moon in the night!"

The general in charge of this operation wandered around for a while, watching from various angles for a long time, feeling half relaxed and half heavy.

The ease lies in the fact that the Jin army is indeed extremely arrogant, directly setting up the camp in such a position, it seems that they are not aware of the night attack that will be attacked.The heaviness lies in the fact that the camp of the Jin army is too large. The three platoons alone cannot be underestimated. There are also large and small warships gathered together. With only [-] of them wanting to create a commotion It is really difficult to have a big turmoil in the whole camp.

"It is necessary to dive a little deeper, occupy a few ships first, and then set fire to cause chaos..."

While observing, the general thought carefully about the tactical details.In fact, such a major sneak attack should be prepared some time in advance, and there must be several plans that can avoid variables.

But the current military situation is urgent, and they could not predict that the Jin army would set up camp here before, and they were worried about missing this opportunity, so they had to deal with it hastily.The only clear instruction this general got was to use fire as a sign. When the downstream succeeded, the upstream Mengjin would also go downstream, taking the opportunity to defeat the Jin army.

While the general was still watching, various supplies for the fire attack had been sent here in batches.Now that it is late autumn and the vegetation is dry, it is difficult to extinguish the fire once it breaks out.The water camp of the Jin army is based on warships, mainly built of bamboo and wood, and it is cold at night, so it is necessary to have hemp felt, thick tents and other things to keep out the cold, these are flammable things.

Because they knew that the Jin army was strong and strong, the Heluo defenders were well prepared for fire attack.It is like a thick, long and huge pine trunk. After drying in the shade, there is still a little oil preserved. The trunk is hollowed out, and the middle is filled with dried pine and cypress fluff, plus burlap soaked in ointment. Once ignited, it will be The kindling that can burn vigorously on water is extremely difficult to extinguish.

There are also skin bags and earthen jars the size of a human head, which are filled with coarsely baked oil, which can fuel the fire even more if thrown over.Although the defenders of Heluo are not well-off, they have a lot of ointment in stock.

They had just arrived in Heluo before, and coincided with the turmoil in Hebei. They collected a lot of horses and animals in Hanoi. As Heluo was surrounded and the situation became more and more tense, they also slaughtered a large number of animals that were not needed. Eating food can also save food and grass, and the ointment collected is an extremely important material.At this point, if you win or die, it doesn't matter whether you waste it or not.

During the tense preparation process of the army, the sky also quickly darkened.It seemed that the heavens were also sympathetic to the inner voice of the general. After the sun went down, thin clouds gathered in the sky, but they were not as thick as lead and a rainstorm was approaching, but completely covered the light of the stars and the moon.

In the water camp of the Jin army on the opposite side, for fire prevention, the fire was also thin, and a huge camp was completely submerged in darkness.Under the night, the sound of the wind was faint, and the sound of the water was fine and noisy, which brought favorable conditions to the night attack.

But right now is not a good time to launch a night attack. One is that the enemy army is still extremely vigilant in the first half of the night, and the other is that preparations for the night attack are so hasty.

As a result, nearly a thousand Heluo garrison cats were on the mountain ridge, holding the date core in their mouths. If the date core was not found after the war, it would be a serious crime of beheading.Another soldier cautiously continued to carry supplies here. The mountain road is rugged and difficult to navigate, and the animal power is not easy to control, so all of them need to rely on manpower.

The rest of the materials are not enough, only the pine wood fire boat, each weighing hundreds of thousands of catties, requires the cooperation of many people to move hard on this rugged mountain road.

It was already late autumn in September, and the night, especially on the mountain near the river, had become extremely cold.During this long preparation and waiting, many soldiers' hands and feet became numb and stiff, and they moved their limbs in a small range, rubbing their arms, knees and ankles.You must know that they will have to swim in the colder river water later, and maintaining the state of battle is a matter of life.

In this anxious and tense waiting, the time finally reached midnight.At the foot of the mountain where the water enters, everything has been properly arranged. There are nearly a hundred rafts with all kinds of weapons for attacking fire, and they are covered with turf.

These rafts set off one after another, and the soldiers surrounded them. All the armor and defense weapons used for combat were taken off and wrapped in cowhide and placed on the rafts.The water in this section of the river was not too deep, and the current was gentle. After gradually adapting to the coldness of the river, the soldiers began to swim forward at a faster speed.

The night was darker, and the neighbors couldn't even see them. They could only use the long ropes connected to the rafts to adjust the restraint formation.The simple raft was not enough to carry all the soldiers after carrying the armored soldiers, and more than half of them had to be soaked in water to walk with difficulty.

Although we have been cautious along the way, accidents are unavoidable along the way. Hundreds of people along the way were washed away by the undercurrent and deviated from the direction. When they woke up and made adjustments, they were already far behind.Some soldiers suddenly twitched and rolled in the water, causing quite a commotion. In order to ensure the concealment of the whole operation, someone on the raft directly cut the rope connecting the man to the raft and stabbed him.

The night seemed to be long and boundless. After swimming for an unknown amount of time, the whole team finally arrived at the outskirts of the Jin army's water camp.The boundary of the water camp is composed of several large cargo ships with extremely heavy drafts connected in series, with iron cables, bamboo rafts, wooden fences and other objects in the middle as fortifications to isolate the inside and outside.

On the frontmost rafts were the most valiant soldiers in the team. At this moment, they also quietly put on their armor, tied their knives on their backs, and swam silently into the water. There was a gap, and then dozens of people stuck to the bamboo rafts and swam silently to one of the boats like water snakes.

At the stern of the ship, a fierce soldier climbed onto the side of the ship with difficulty by climbing the dangling rope, holding the knife in his hand, and was about to approach the cabin to start a killing spree, when suddenly he heard a low voice in his ear: "Why are you so slow?"

The fierce soldier was startled, then heaved a sigh of relief, and was about to explain something, when he suddenly realized that his accent was wrong!

"Hey... die!"

After a low growl, two slender black shadows suddenly appeared in the night, directly piercing the man's waist and ribs, knocking him off the boat with great force and falling into the water!
Brush... brush!

The dazzling flames suddenly lit up on the left side, and quickly illuminated every detail of the area around the water camp.At this time, those enemy soldiers who managed to approach the water camp of the Jin army on the raft naturally had nowhere to hide. Their postures were high or low, up or down, but their expressions were surprisingly the same. Eyes wide open, dumbfounded.

　I'm stuck today, I've been writing since daytime, until now, and finally managed to write a chapter. . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)