Three Kingdoms: I don’t want to fall in love in troubled times

Chapter 42 Wen He’s clever plan to calm the world
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the moon phase is [Suo] and the night sky is pitch black.

This is the time of day.

Dozens of carefully selected warriors were ready. Everyone put on civilian clothes over their armor. There were fire starters hidden in the clothes. The snare drums were abandoned and would not be used in tonight's operation.

The normal contact method for night raids is to issue silk scarves and tie them on the forehead or arm to identify the enemy, but Xu Jiashu changed it to the secret code "Captain, don't shoot!"

The enemy doesn't understand it anyway.

A group of people quietly left the city through the side gate and blended in with the fleeing people.

As the Forbidden Army burned, killed, and looted in the remaining eight counties, an unprecedented population exodus occurred throughout Hanzhong.

Before Liu Yan's invasion, Hanzhong had not experienced military disasters of this magnitude for hundreds of years. Coupled with the continuous influx of refugees from Guanzhong and Xiliang, Hanzhong was originally an extremely densely populated area.

If it were just an ordinary war, the people would tolerate it as long as there was still a mouthful of food to eat. However, in order to capture the city as quickly as possible, Liu Yan granted the newly defected Forbidden Army unlimited plundering powers. Comb, the soldiers pass like a grate."

There are not many directions to escape, either to the north or south, and Nanzheng is located at the intersection of Micang Road and is also one of the main strongholds for fleeing to Shu.

During this period, Jia Xu observed on the city tower every day and found that the number of people fleeing on the road was increasing day by day. At first, they were still young people traveling alone, but then more and more people came together with their families and in groups.

In this case, the sentry posts placed in front of the Yizhou soldiers actually lost the ability to detect small groups of troops. As long as they put on civilian clothes, the dozens of people led by Xu Jiashu were like water dripping into the sea, and it was impossible to cause any trouble. Any attention.

The group of people approached the Yizhou soldiers' barracks in the dark, and then sat down to drink together.

Of course, it was not that the night raid was temporarily changed to an outdoor picnic, but that they had to wait until the enemy troops were asleep before attacking. Drinking was just a way to refresh themselves and embolden them, and to pass the time.

"County Lord, if I come back alive, can my reward be exchanged?" A young man drank some wine and bravely asked Xu Jiashu, "I don't want the land."

"Oh?" Xu Jiashu asked, "What do you want to change it to?"

The people on the side were busy cheering: "County Lord, Yang Mengzi said that he wants to change to a bigger girl!"

"With the little land he has, it would be enough to replace it with an old godly woman!"

"Hahahaha"

The crowd was suddenly filled with a happy atmosphere, and the originally tense atmosphere was relieved.

"You're the damn old godmother!" The young man punched each other and replied seriously: "I want to join the army!"

"Why?" Magistrate Xu asked again.

Yang Ang pointed at the crowd flowing in the darkness, "I don't want to be like these people, who don't know when they will be killed with a knife!"

"If you have a knife in your hand, you won't be killed?" Someone interrupted and asked.

"All I know is that I will fight to the death of anyone who wants to kill me!" He replied with a stiff neck, "They are all children of father and mother, why would anyone want to live like an animal?"

"Yang Mengzi wants to rebel," another person laughed.

The young man Yang Ang was so angry that he didn't even refute these words, he just waited for the county prince's reply.

"After you go back, if you are willing, you can join the army and come to my place to become a leader."

Xu Jiashu happily made the promise - even his own life would be on the line tonight, let alone a small request.

The military power of the Eastern Han Dynasty magistrate had been abolished as early as Emperor Guangwu. In theory, Xu Jiashu's words were a clear transgression, but by this time, no one cared about it.

It was late at night, and the number of people in the Yizhou barracks gradually became sparse, with only the occasional patrol team appearing.

There are still refugees everywhere in the area, and many of them are traveling all night in order to survive.

It's time to start.

Xu Jiashu told the young men not to be reluctant to fight. After lighting the camp, he immediately hid in the night. Outside the torch range of the camp, these Yizhou soldiers were blind.

After saying that, he rushed forward immediately, and dozens of shadows sprang out from the lightless darkness at the same time.

You must know that these camps were originally used by the Forbidden Army and the Yizhou soldiers. Now only the Yizhou soldiers are left, and they are even more empty. A few patrols cannot take care of them. Dozens of brave and careful young men are running around holding torches. After a while, exclamations of "Water leaked!" were heard from everywhere.

"How dare you do this, junior!"

Yan Yan was woken up from her sleep, and it only took her a moment to understand what was going on. She cursed angrily, not expecting that this little county magistrate huddled in Nanzheng City would dare to rob the camp in front of him.

He remained calm in the face of danger and asked his soldiers to wear armor for him.

The number of people in the night attack will not be too many. As long as the Yizhou soldiers stabilize their position, it is impossible to cause many casualties.

Yan Yan took the initiative to walk out of the camp, holding his sword and shouting, "Yan Yan from Ba County is here, soldiers don't need to panic!" Wherever he went, the riot immediately subsided.

Not only that, all ministries also guarded their headquarters camps under the order of the old general to avoid accidentally injuring friendly troops.

For a while, the sound of panic gradually stopped, and there was only the sound of the crackling of burning wood. The Yizhou soldiers would rather sit back and watch the tents around them burn to ashes, and no one dared to disobey Yan Yan's military order to get water to put out the fire.

The military has been run with strict discipline to this point, and it can be said that it is as immovable as a mountain.

Seeing that no large-scale riots occurred, Xu Jiashu secretly thought it was a pity that he would never have such a good opportunity again.

However, the moon is dark tonight, the wind is high, and there are people protecting us, so in the worst case, we can just order the retreat according to the original plan.

However, a shout in the distance disrupted his movements.

"Begging for work!!!"

Xu Jiashu recognized Yang Ang's voice.

The problem lies with Zhang Ren.

Originally, Yan Yan was born in Linjiang County, Ba County. He had been in the army for many years and had always maintained strict military discipline. He was well-known among the Yizhou soldiers and was a natural choice for the general. However, Liu Yan chose Zhang Ren among the two left behind. Lord.

As an airborne state pastor, Liu Yan could only be regarded as a bare commander when he took office. In order to cultivate his own strength, he attracted a group of people from the Central Plains, known as the "Dongzhou Soldiers".

From then on, it became an unwritten rule that people from Dongzhou were superior to people from Yizhou. When Liu Yan proclaimed himself emperor, the situation became even more serious - the new imperial guards were also considered people from Dongzhou!
When the fire broke out, Zhang Ren's response was actually almost the same as Yan Yan's. He maintained order immediately and prevented the mutiny from happening.

The slight difference is that he does not have the prestige of the old general who can win over the generals with just one shout. He can only let his soldiers pass on the orders one by one, which is much slower. This gives Yang Ang and others more time to set fires. .

Zhang Ren was anxious and issued a fatal military order - "Guard the camp, and shoot those who set fire!"

The key lies in the four words "shoot to kill without mercy".

If these words were placed in a normal night attack, at most they would accidentally injure a few unlucky friendly troops and not cause any major damage. But at this time, there were a large number of refugees not far from the Yizhou barracks!

Soon, some refugees were accidentally killed by bows and arrows.

In the darkness, there was a chaos outside the camp, and the cries quickly spread to the outer areas. The huge flow of people was scurrying around like a swarm of headless flies. In order not to be trampled to death in the darkness, they could only move towards the torch. The illuminated tent approaches.

How many people are there?
I don’t know, I just know that they pour out of the darkness endlessly, like an all-devouring torrent.

Finished!

Zhang Ren knew he was doomed.

At this time, the crowd was photographed by the Yizhou soldiers in full armor, maintaining a subtle distance between each other. The soldiers held the swords in their hands tightly, and the sound of swallowing saliva could be heard from time to time.

Tensions.

When Yang Ang saw this scene, the conversation with the county king rang in his mind - "Wouldn't people with knives be killed? Why would anyone want to live like an animal?"

Thousands of words, only two words come to my lips.

"Begging for work!!!"

Shouting loudly, the young man Yang Ang rushed towards the waiting military formation desperately.

This cry set off the powder keg.

The duel between Tsunami and Duckweed began. The boundless crowd rushed over everything. The Yizhou soldiers fled in all directions. The general Zhang Ren stayed in place to form a formation to protect himself. After a quarter of an hour of fierce fighting, he died in the chaos.

Yan Yan led his troops to fight and retreat, only to escape with his own life.

When the morning light faded, it was as if the end of the world had come under Nanzheng City. All traces of the tens of thousands of troops stationed there were completely erased, and all food and weapons disappeared.

Xu Jiashu shouted "Captain, don't shoot" when the chaos broke out, and finally gathered the remaining troops. There were 28 people when they set off, but only seven remained after the chaos.

Yang Ang, who had made great achievements, had been rushing to the front, but he survived and even got a piece of Yizhou soldiers' equipment, which was amazing.

"County Lord, can I be a captain?"

Yang Ang was in high spirits, but after only one short night, compared with the dazed appearance when he set out, he seemed to be completely transformed.

"Follow me back to the city to call for help, Chief Yang." Xu Jiashu glanced at the options that appeared and said to him, "We still have things to do."

(End of this chapter)