The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 652 Jiangyang Night Battle
However, although the [-] Sui troops who went south along the coast formulated a strategy of attacking Jiangyang warehouse at night, using this as a bait to ambush the reinforcements in Jiangdu city halfway, and seize the opportunity to seize the city, their calculations were not as good as the sky. When they reached the mouth of the Yangtze River , Encountered a sudden strong storm and had to anchor at Bunansha Island in the East China Sea to rest.

When Yang Tong received Du Fuwei's victory report, the center of the storm shifted from the Yangtze River estuary to the north. Fortunately, when the storm arrived, it had already reached the Yangtze River estuary. I'm afraid they will all become the delicacy of the Dragon King of the East China Sea.Fortunately, due to the timely evasion of the fleet, the sudden storm did not cause casualties to the Sui army.It is a pity that there is no formal port and wharf on Wunansha Island, and some of the hazy ships that were too late to be tied up were washed away.

However, it is not without good news. Du Fuwei came to the city with the momentum of a great victory and launched a fierce offensive against Quanjiao County, Jiangdu. Shan Xiongxin suffered heavy losses in Liyang, and his troops were seriously insufficient. With [-] troops, [-] soldiers were also transferred from Jiangyang Cang. Jiangyang Cang and Jiangdu City, whose strength was halved, naturally reduced the pressure on the Sui Army by half.

After the storm, after sailing day and night, the Da Sui fleet finally arrived at the destination of Jiangdu safely, but Jiangdu City is tens of miles away from the Yangtze River, Jiangyang County under the jurisdiction of Jiangdu County, the nearest city to the Yangtze River.

Jiangyang is just a small county in Jiangdu County, and the county soldiers have also been evacuated by Shan Xiongxin. At present, there is not a single soldier stationed, but the Jiangyang Warehouse close to the county is a strategically important place for the Wei State. All food and military materials are stored in Jiangyang. In Yangcang.

As the logistics center of the army, Jiangyang Warehouse was built by Li Mi into a city with a circumference of [-] miles. The surrounding walls are tall and strong. There are nearly a thousand large and small warehouses in the city, storing millions of grains and piles of soldiers. Armor equipment, and millions of bolts of silk, satin and silk.

After Li Mi defeated Yuwenhuaji back then, none of Yuhuahua and the thousands of large ships transported from Jiangdu City to the north fell into Li Mi's hands. Li Mi stored all the materials except gold, silver and jewelry in Jiangyang Warehouse. Inside.The money, food and materials that Fang Xuanzao had recently seized from the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River were also concentrated here.Therefore, Li Mi and Fang Xuanzao probably don't know the exact number in the Jiangyang warehouse.

There are currently [-] soldiers stationed at Jiangyang Cang, and the main general is Xu Shiren, Li Mi's confidant.This man was originally a ranger in Guanzhong, a man with both civil and military skills and great ambitions. He had become Li Mi's disciple as early as the reign of Emperor Wen Renshou. Together with Wang Bodang, he humbly learned from Li Mi how to use troops, and regarded himself as a student.Perhaps it was because of his extraordinary talent, or perhaps because of Wang Bodang's full guidance, so Xu Shiren's archery skills are quite superb, second only to Wang Bodang's one-hundred-step piercing in Wei State.

Not only is he skilled in archery, but he is also as careful and prudent as Wang Bodang. When Li Mi went north, he repeatedly told him not to be careless, and he did a good job in this regard.

For the Great Wei Dynasty, Jiangdu County was the most important place. When it was reduced to this county, Jiangdu City and Jiangyang Cang tied for the top.The importance of Jiangdu City lies in the families of soldiers, and the importance of Jiangyang Warehouse lies in Li Mi's military supplies.

As early as above the sea, Yang Tong and his staff formulated a strategy to attack Jiangyangcang at night, but because the storm arrived two days late, and Du Fuwei's troops from Quanjiao County, Linjiang Capital, and Shan Xiongxin's withdrawal of troops, the Tactics were adjusted in due course.Whether or not Jiangyangcang can be completely captured is related to the Sui army's plan to unify the south, and it is also related to post-war reconstruction, which is far more important than Jiangdu City.

When the fleet arrived at the designated location, it was completely dark. The fleet stopped at a sandbar peninsula formed by the alluvial river [-] miles east of Jiangyang City, and teams of Sui troops and war horses went ashore one after another.

The Sui army spent two days and two nights escaping the storm on Wunansha Island. The soldiers and horses had enough rest and their physical strength had recovered. Especially the horses on this trip were all Liaodong horses. They have strong adaptability and recovered better than humans. Hurry up, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers has not been affected much.

Standing on the top floor of the 'Kirin Ship', Yang Tong used binoculars to look at Jiangyang Cangcheng more than a dozen miles away, and saw a faint green band on the horizon, which was the dim light of the moonlight reflected in the river water.However, Jiangyang Cangcheng was blocked by the county town to the east, and only the dark outline of the county town could be vaguely seen. As it was not long after nightfall, the flames of the county town were clearly visible.

This time, Yang Tong was not in the middle of a battle. He had his own general to complete the siege of the city. Marrying Empress Xiao from the Xiao family of Lanling as his wife, and taking two princesses of the subjugated kingdom of Southern Chen as concubines, he spent a full ten years in the south of the Yangtze River.During his ten years as the general manager of Yangzhou, he recruited a large number of outstanding children of Jiangnan gentry on the grounds of sorting out classics and compiling "Changzhou Jade Mirror" and "District Yu Tuzhi". Almost all the Jiangnan people who were favored by the dynasty were reused. They traveled around for the court and became the core force for the court to consolidate the rule of Jiangnan.Yang Guang's solid foundation in the south of the Yangtze River also laid a solid foundation for Yang Tong to unify the south.

The general in charge of attacking Jiangyang Cang tonight is Niu Jinda. He has led [-] Xiaoguo troops to march towards Jiangyang Cang. As long as the Xuanjia Army and Shurawei who seized the gate open the city gate, [-] cavalry will directly enter Cangcheng. The task of the other [-] soldiers was to encircle the city. On the surface of the water, the naval officers and soldiers in small five-tooth ships and boats were in charge. It can be said that as long as they are completed on schedule, no one of the Wei army will slip through the net.

There are three gates in Jiangyang Cangcheng, the south gate and the north gate on the land, and the water gate facing Bingou in the east. Every night, the iron fence gate as thick as an arm will be lowered. The suspension bridge at the gate of Dao will also be pulled up, and the moat will surround the entire Cangcheng.Because Du Fuwei arrived at the border of Jiangdu, the patrolling soldiers on the city patrolled back and forth as if they were facing a big enemy.

One thousand Xuanjia troops and more than three hundred Asura guards have sneaked into a dense forest a hundred steps away. These male and female soldiers are all highly skilled in martial arts, and they are led by Yin Mingyue and Yang Qinfang.

As Yang Tong slowly turned to the court, Yin Mingyue, as the "personal bodyguard", rarely showed up in the war, but it didn't mean that she was idle, let alone that she was ignored by Yang Tong. Canonized as General Feifengwei, her military rank is equal to that of the Twelve Guards Generals, and she is in charge of the female soldiers in the Forbidden Palace, such as the Asura Guards. Her status is no lower than that of the male generals. For military training, she is almost in charge of these two emperor's pro-armies.

Yin Mingyue is Hong Fu Nu's most proud disciple. Although they don't have the name of master and apprentice, they are masters and apprentices. She learned a whole body of martial arts from Hong Fu Nu. The battlefield happens to be an extreme, it emphasizes softness and dexterity, but lacks in sharpness, but it is suitable for women's combat skills.It's even more because Hong Fu Nu is a dancer killer trained by Yang Su, who is good at hiding her killing skills in her dancing skills.Yin Mingyue, who was born in Jiangmen, combined the characteristics of the two, and under the guidance of Hong Fu Nu, she created a set of fierce and brilliant martial arts.

Assassination is Yin Mingyue's forte, so Yang Tong entrusts her with Yang Qinfang, who is from the same school as her teacher, to carry out night raids.

Yin Mingyue, dressed in night clothes, crawled in a patch of grass, silently watching the patrolling soldiers on the city. She observed for almost half an hour, and had figured out the pattern of the patrolling soldiers. Yang Qinfang pointed to the shining water surface , whispered: "General Yin, we can dive through the sluice."

Yin Mingyue shook her head, "The water gate in Luoyang is made of an iron fence, which is to allow the water to pass through freely, and under the fence, there are sharp objects such as barbs and spear points that reach the bottom stone slab. The gap at the bottom is extremely small, and it is impossible to pass through. The water gate in Cangcheng must be the same. Although we both have swords that cut iron like mud, the noise cannot be avoided. There are a lot of patrolling soldiers tonight, just like in wartime. We don't know the situation on the water, if we break the calm of the water, we will be caught by the other side."

Yang Qinfang was convinced: "General Yin is still careful, then we will climb the wall."

Yin Ming kept silent. Seeing that the guards at the top of the city had left and the crescent moon pierced a thick cloud, she waved to the thirty selected soldiers, "Follow me!"

The soldiers lifted three wooden planks and three three-foot-high herringbone wooden ladders and rushed towards the city wall. Other soldiers also moved one after another. When they were more than thirty steps away from the city wall, hundreds of soldiers quickly lay down on the ground. Everyone was wearing night clothes, they couldn't be seen from the top of the city, and there were so many of them lying on the ground together, forming a large shadow, even if careful people noticed it, they wouldn't think it was people.

The moat was two feet wide, and a rope was tied to one end of the plank they brought. Several people worked together to erect it, and then slowly lowered the rope. The plank reached the opposite bank without a sound, forming a five-foot-wide passage.As soon as the wooden planks were laid, Yin Mingyue quickly led the thirty soldiers to the opposite bank carrying the ladders, and then separated to the two sides of the wall to make way for the soldiers behind. A group of Wei army soldiers patrolled here, and the Sui army soldiers led by Yin Mingyue held their breath and stood against the wall.

After waiting for a while, the patrolling soldiers had already walked to another place. The soldiers quickly opened the ladder, and Yin Mingyue and five soldiers immediately climbed up from both sides of the ladder. When they climbed to the top, someone followed closely. There are six people on each side of each ladder.

Seeing that Yin Mingyue was not moving, the other five soldiers followed the same pattern and hid behind the battlements. They could be seen clearly from below, but the city was completely dark, and these people outside the wall could not be seen at all.

At this time, another group of soldiers patrolled here, and they found nothing unusual. Someone yawned and said cursingly, "I went around a few times, I'm exhausted, I really want to find a place to sleep."

A stern voice said: "The general was defeated in Liyang and suffered heavy losses. Du Fuwei has already reached the city of Quanjiao, and the whole county is full of turmoil. If you dare to dodge at this critical moment, the beating is not a big deal, but losing your head is the most important thing." It’s a big deal. General Xu has issued a strict order. If one person neglects his duties, one team or one team will be affected. In another hour, brothers will take over the defense. Everyone must cheer up and stick to this hour. Whoever dares to be lazy, don’t blame me for being rude.”

This man is obviously very tall, and his words are very authoritative.Everyone didn't dare to say anything more, and continued to patrol the west.

At this moment, Yin Mingyue hooked the battlements with one hand, and with the other hand took out a finely crafted small crossbow from the leather pouch. There were three crossbow grooves on it, and the range was only over 20 steps. Once hit by an arrow, if you can't even cry out, you will die.
Seeing that she was ready to shoot, the other five followed suit and aimed at the target. As long as Yin Mingyue shot an arrow, they would kill one target each.

Yin Mingyue whistled, and the six of them immediately started to act, only to see six flashes of cold light, and five or six crossbow arrows were shot from their hands at the same time.

Only a muffled sound was heard, and six of these patrol soldiers fell to the ground at the same time. Before they could wait for the other four to react, another six crossbow arrows shot them down. In an instant, the ten patrol soldiers The soldiers fell to the ground almost simultaneously and died.

Yin Mingyue climbed up the battlements with five soldiers, leaped gently into the top of the city, and four others followed closely. They quickly stripped off the clothes of the ten Wei soldiers, took off their waist tags, and threw their bodies down. On the city wall, they put on the uniforms of the Wei army and turned into patrol soldiers.

It was already the fourth watch, and the city seemed very quiet. There were [-] patrolling sentries on the [-]-mile-long city wall. There were [-] sentries in teams, and each team was responsible for a section of the city wall.Yin Mingyue occupied the section between the south city and the east city, which was about half a mile long. When they threw ten corpses down the city wall, the Xuanjia army and Shura guards climbed to the top of the city one after another. All the men and women soldiers went to the city.

They divided into two groups. Three hundred Shura guards headed by Yang Qinfang were responsible for snatching the winch of the suspension bridge. A thousand Xuanjia soldiers were led by Yin Mingyue to occupy the south gate. Thousands of soldiers held horizontal knives and shields and followed Yin Mingyue rushed down the city quickly, and as soon as she reached the gate of the city, she heard someone shouting: "Who?"

"Changing guards, you can go back to sleep!" Wang Xiongdan, the deputy general, replied.

Yin Mingyue didn't wait for the opponent's reaction, and the ten-shot crossbow already in hand had already been fired, and screams suddenly sounded in the night sky.

The alarm bell of "Dangdangdang" resounded throughout the city, and it was also transmitted to the Sui army outside the city along the night wind. Niu Jinda, who was in charge of entering the city, led the five thousand Xiaoguo army to wait for a long time. When he heard the alarm, he held the Modao high Standing up, he yelled loudly: "Soldiers, meritorious service is tonight, follow me!"

Five thousand cavalry moved towards the south gate, and another [-] soldiers held torches and separated towards the two sides. According to the task arranged in advance, they surrounded Jiangyang Cangcheng.The horseshoes buckled on the ground, making a thunderous sound, almost shaking the ground.

At this time, Shurawei had already occupied the city tower, the suspension bridge was quickly lowered, and a bunch of fires were lit to guide the Sui army outside the city.

Xu Shiren, the guard of Jiangyangcang, also heard the warning bell in the south of the city and saw the flames on the city. He knew that the Sui army had sneaked into the city. Soon there was a bloody fight at the gate of the city.The Xuanjia army is one in a thousand capable men, exceptionally brave, they not only occupy the superiority in numbers, but also have the support of the Asura Guards in the city with arrows, the battle for the city gate seems to be a one-sided massacre.However, Wei general Xu Shiren's arrow skills were superb. He cast cold arrows behind him. With every arrow, a soldier of the Xuanjia Army would fall down, and every arrow pierced the throat of a soldier of the Sui Army without exception.

Wang Xiongdan was furious immediately, this Weixuanjia army was all his soldiers, and they were all composed of captains of the Sui army, all of them were future officers of the Sui army, every loss of one person made him feel extremely heartbroken.

With a roar, he jumped onto the horse of a general of the Wei army, swung his saber, and the head of the cavalry flew up. He grabbed the spear, swung his arm vigorously, and the spear pierced through the air, flying towards Xu Shiren like a bolt of lightning.

Xu Shiren drew his bow and set an arrow, and was aiming at Yang Qinfang, who was commanding the Asura Guards in the city. After passing through, the huge impact caused him to fly into the air, and then fell heavily to the ground.

Wang Xiongdan rode forward immediately, and slashed Xu Shiren's head in hatred. At this time, the city gate was pulled open by the Xuanjia army, and the cavalry outside the city rushed into the city like a raging tide. The soldiers of the Wei army who rushed to the street rushed to kill them.

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When Niu Jinda launched the attack, Su Dingfang, who was in charge of capturing Jiangyang County, also led [-] Xiaoguo soldiers into the city with the assistance of a thousand Xuanjia soldiers.

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