Ji Han Liu Zhang

Chapter 317 Carelessness
Chen Cang.

Moon stars are rare.

A group of soldiers left Chencang City under the cover of night and headed towards the camp of Li Jue and Guo Bang outside the city. Their movements were very light and very fast. They were as quiet as ghosts and could easily scream. People can't notice it.

At this time, the camp where Li Jue and Guo Si were stationed was time to change defenses.

A Liangzhou soldier who was disturbed from his sleep and came to change defenses took the spear from his comrade on night watch in front, yawned and complained: "The soldiers of Shu are as timid as rats. Since we arrived, After Chen Cang, other than relying on the fortified city to defend themselves, they don’t even dare to show up at other times. If you ask me where there is a need to keep vigil, it’s better for everyone to have a good night’s sleep together to keep up the energy.”

This Liangzhou soldier who changed defenses complained. On the one hand, he looked down upon the combat effectiveness of the Shu soldiers. On the other hand, he was very contemptuous of the Shu soldiers' behavior of clinging to the fortified city and never going to battle. He thought he understood the situation well. It was clear that he believed that the Shu soldiers were fearless and would never leave Chencang City and make any move to attack the camp.

The soldier in front who had been guarding for most of the night had the same sentiment. He complained: "Who can say otherwise? I heard that a general named Gan Hening in Chencang City used to be a thief. He was good at robbing homes and houses. He also faced the enemy in battle. , I’m afraid it’s not as good as one of our General Li’s fingers.”

"What, the general Gan Ning in Chencang City used to be a thief?" The Liangzhou soldiers who were changing defenses became interested, but he didn't know about Gan Ning's origin. These people all have a gossip mentality. So he asked a question.

"You don't even know this?" The soldier on guard in front set up the music score. He raised his voice and said to the soldiers who were changing guard: "I have a brother-in-law who is a soldier of General Li. He is on duty outside the Chinese army's tent. Occasionally, I heard some news during internal discussions... According to detailed reports from Shu, Gan Ning, the general in Chencang City, used to do desperate business in Ba County. The frivolous young men wandered around in groups, carrying bows and arrows, with bird feathers on their heads and bells on their bodies. They also had a huge name, called 'Jinfan Thieves'."

After saying this, the soldier's mouth slightly raised, revealing his inner thoughts without any concealment, because he was very proud to have a brother who was in the Chinese army and could know some unknown secrets.

Another gust of cold wind blew through, and the soldier who was changing defense was driven by the cold. Every acupuncture point in his body seemed to be pricked by needles, and he cursed.

At this time, the soldiers who changed defenses began to comment on Gan Ning's background: "Liu Zhang, the shepherd of Yizhou, used a traitor as a general. It's really laughable... It's no wonder that the Shu soldiers were huddled in Chencang City and couldn't come out. I guess The 'Jinfan Thief' Gan Ning had never seen such a large battle, and he became timid. This will make him the most courageous in the army, and even the Shu soldiers became timid."

The soldiers who changed the defense did not comment on Gan Ning's background first, but first said flatteringly: "I didn't expect that brother, you have a brother in the Chinese army. From now on, you and I need to get closer."

Just his casual curse made Gan Jiu, who was groping for him from the dark and approaching him, frown, thinking that the soldier had discovered his traces, but he did not jump out immediately, but leaned over to observe. A moment or two.

"Easy to say, easy to say." The soldier on guard in front grinned, his face was full of pride, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes were like a thousand waves.

"Mom, this night watch job is really not done by humans. It would be better to die early."

As the distance between him and the night watchmen of the enemy camp narrowed, Gan Jiu's pace became faster and faster, and the murderous intent in his eyes became stronger and stronger. The dagger in his mouth was also held tightly in his hand. When the enemy night watchmen were extremely close, Gan Jiu suddenly burst into flames and jumped out of the darkness...

With little knowledge of Gan Ning, the soldiers who were changing defenses smiled broadly at Gan Ning, thinking that the leader of the Shu army, Gan Ning, was a coward and a bad guy.

And it is the second half of the night that is the hardest and most tiring. For example, the soldier he replaced earlier has a brother who is a personal guard in the Chinese army. He only needs to watch the first half of the night and then he can go back and sleep peacefully. But we can only endure the cold spring wind in the middle of the night.

When he saw the soldier on guard in the enemy camp holding a spear and his head swinging up and down like a pendulum, Gan Jiu felt relieved. He knew that he was not exposed. He continued to move forward, approaching silently. This soldier on night watch.

As time went by, sleepiness, exhaustion, laziness, and various emotions came to the heart of the soldier who was changing defenses. He lamented his fate. As a small soldier, he could not get along with Li Jue, and his military courage was not very good. He was outstanding and was almost at the bottom of the military camp, so the hard work of keeping watch fell on him.

The soldier who changed the defense said another flattery and watched the soldiers on guard in front leave. Then he opened his mouth and let out a long yawn with a sound of "Ah~~". His eyes were filled with mist due to sleepiness. His vision became hazy.

"Brother, you should go and have a rest early. I will be keeping an eye on you."

Although a cold night wind blows from time to time, and a deep chill sweeps around, stimulating people's spirits and making them more or less awake, the soldier who was changing the defense was very sleepy, and his eyelids slid down and closed from time to time. Down, put away again.

Ten steps...five steps...

As we all know, soldiers who can be in the central army either have a close relationship with their commander, or they have bravery beyond ordinary people. No matter which of these points, for the soldiers who change defense, they are the ones who need to be fawned over. Although the person in front of him now is the younger brother of the soldier in the Chinese army, I know you, you know him, and if someone can get in touch, then everything will be easy. With so many friends, there will be more ways, and he will be happy to do so. Say a few nice words.

At the same time, around Gan Jiu, in the darkness where the lights could not shine, there were several soldiers like him, holding daggers in their mouths, leaning over and groping towards their respective targets.

Like a tiger descending from the mountain, Gan Jiu pierced the heart of the enemy soldier with his dagger, causing the sleepy enemy soldier in front of him to only scream half of his scream before he fell down straight. On the ground, he lay frozen on the ground, with a look of confusion in his eyes as he died, fulfilling the wish that the soldier had just made: "It would be better to die early than to stay awake!" '

Gan Jiu's movements were very agile and his killing was very decisive, but in an instant, the enemy soldiers he killed half screamed out a cry, but the dying cry was roaring in the cold wind. On a moonlit night, it was hard to hear clearly for a while.

But it was clearly seen. A soldier on the watchtower of the enemy camp noticed the abnormal scene below. However, he was sleepy and did not react for a while. He thought that the soldier below was too tired, so he fell to the ground. He fell asleep, but he soon saw the same scene he was familiar with many times - several Shu soldiers who entered with Gan Jiu also stabbed down several sleepy Liangzhou soldiers. 'Enemy attack. '

The soldier on the watchtower felt a basin of ice water pouring down from his forehead. His sleepiness was instantly thrown away, and he suddenly woke up.

He picked up the gong hanging on the watchtower, held the gong mallet, and was about to do his job. He rang the gong to warn his colleagues in the camp that there was a night attack by Shu soldiers.

But he was out of shape and went beyond the fence of the watchtower. His whole body was exposed, and his movements were clearly seen by Gan Jiu below. Gan Jiu narrowed his eyes slightly and stared straight at the soldiers on the watchtower, calculating in his mind. Look at the distance and feel the wind direction.

Then Gan Jiu weighed the dagger in his hand. After swinging it in a few circles with his big hand, he threw the dagger upward with great force. The dagger leaving his hand was like a bullet and flew towards the soldiers on the watchtower.

If the soldiers on the watchtower were aware of it and knew that Gan Jiu had sent him a dagger made of fine steel, he could just shrink down and hide his body in the fence of the watchtower, and he would be able to escape. .

It's a pity that the soldier in the watchtower was fully engaged in beating the gong to warn his comrades, and was completely unaware of the dagger coming from the wind.

Because of this, when the bronze mallet in his right hand was about to touch the gong in his left hand, the soldier in the watchtower felt something tear open his neck, and heartbreaking pain suddenly surged into his heart. At the same time, he felt that breathing became difficult. No matter how much he gasped, he could not draw air into his lungs.

Before he could even cry out a loud cry, the gong and hammer in his hand fell to the ground with a bang-dong sound. The soldier in the watchtower tilted his body and fell on the fence of the watchtower, unconscious. He could issue a warning, but his companion beside him immediately crawled to the ground with a panicked look on his face and huddled under the fence of the watchtower, not daring to expose his body.

"Quickly, break down their camp gate and bring Commander Qu in."

After killing the soldier on the watchtower, he stopped the soldier from issuing a warning, but Gan Jiu did not relax. He saw that the soldiers on the watchtower were in pairs. Although one person was killed, one person was still alive. , was cowering timidly under the fence of the watchtower. The man might be so panicked at the death of his companion that he could not help himself for a while, but he would surely react soon, and then the sound of the gong would sound.

Therefore, Gan Jiu planned to take advantage of the gap to open the gate of Li Jue and Guo Si's camp from the inside and bring in Gan Ning who was outside the camp gate.

Last night he proposed a plan to Gan Ning, taking advantage of Li Jue and Guo Si's contempt for them, to attack Li Jue and Guo Si's camp at night. Gan Ning happened to be in the same mood as him and both had the idea of ​​​​attacking at night, so today The moonlight was pretty good. Hundreds of them rushed to the outskirts of Li Jue and Guo Si's camp. Gan Jiu led more than ten people to sneak in, opened the gate of Li Jue and Guo Si's camp, and then opened the door to Li Jue and Guo Si's camp. They rushed in and killed them, which really shocked the group of thieves in Liangzhou.

Under Gan Jiu's command, the dozen of them quickly overturned the Liangzhou soldiers stationed at the gate of the camp and opened the gate from the inside. Gan Ning and his party outside had already moved away the antlers and other things that were in the way. Obstacles, he quickly stepped into Li Jue and Guo Si's camp.

"Ajiu, you lead a team of troops to burn the siege equipment built by Li Jue and Guo Si." Gan Ning ordered. He had two things he wanted to do during this night attack. One was to attack Li Jue and Guo Si at night. Guo Si's camp disturbed the Liangzhou thieves so that they did not dare to underestimate him. Secondly, they burned the rams, ladders and other objects that Li Jue and Guo Si had built in the past few days, and destroyed Li Jue and Guo Si. A siege weapon crafted with great effort.

"Promise." Gan Jiu accepted the promise with his hand, and left with a group of people. Each group of people had a gourd hanging around their waist, and the gourd contained tung oil. In addition, they also brought fire starters, determined to start a fire.

"The rest of the people, please follow me to kill and set fire." Gan Ning took out the ring-headed knife from his waist and took the lead in charging forward with an excited look on his face, his eyes filled with uncontrollable madness.

As a strong general and a fierce general, Gan Ning has been holding on since Li Jue and Guo Si arrived in Chencang. He has been holding back his murderous intention for a long time. Now that the time has come, he has let himself go and is ready to kill and vent his anger. Ichiban.

Here Gan Ning assigned the task, and over there the surviving Liangzhou soldiers on the watchtower also picked up the gongs and hammers dropped by their companions from under their feet, huddled under the fence of the watchtower, and started banging frantically. Gong in hand.

clang... clang... clang...

The sonorous and powerful sound of gongs spread from the top of the building to all directions like a stormy sea, reaching the ears of the soldiers patrolling the camp of Li Jue and Guo Si, reaching the ears of the sleeping soldiers in the camp, and reaching the ears of the sleeping soldiers in the camp. The loud snoring of the Chinese army fell into the ears of Li Jue and Guo Si.

For a time, Li Jue and Guo Si's camp was like boiling water, restless, dazed, and at a loss. The patrolling soldiers rushed towards the camp gate. The sleeping soldiers woke up and walked through in a panic. He picked up his armor and picked up his weapons in a chaotic manner, preparing to face the Shu soldiers who attacked at night.

Although Li Jue and Guo Si of the Chinese Army were a little far away from the camp gate, the sound of gongs coming from the camp gate was clear and distinct in the dark night. The two of them were experienced in military affairs and slept in silence. With one eye open, he suddenly woke up and rushed to the camp without waiting to put on his boots, summoning his personal guards to prepare for battle.

"You are so brave, you dare to attack Nai Gong at night." Guo Bang, who was standing outside the camp gate, took the boots from the attendant and put them on, and cursed. His face was very angry, thinking that Shu was cowardly. The soldiers dared to attack at night, which was an insult to him, a Liangzhou native.

Li Jue frowned, but did not answer Guo Si's words. He only mobilized his generals and asked them to quickly organize the soldiers under the tent, firstly to fight against the Shu soldiers who attacked at night, and secondly, to prevent the camp from blowing up.

In the dark night, they were suddenly attacked, and people in the camp were divided and panicked. If the camp was bombed, they would be defeated by the enemy, and the result would be irreversible.

"You're careless. Although Gan Ning is a thief, he still seems to have some courage. No wonder he was appointed as a vanguard general." Li Jue gritted his teeth. He regretted that he underestimated Gan Ning and did not prepare for defense properly. .

(End of this chapter)