Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3817 Rainy Night Raid
Yuu is located to the west of Chang'an, on the banks of the Wei River, and to the south of the Qinling Mountains.

The spring rain was pattering, and Yang Tingfang stood in the tent, looking at the blue and black mountains in the misty and rainy distance to the south, with a heavy heart.

Behind him, clan brother Yang Yuanfang put down his wine glass, hiccupped, took a piece of meat from the plate on the table, chewed it in his mouth, and sighed: "It is said that there is a lot of spring rain, and it is time for spring plowing. The summer is not too dry, and it must be a good year. But we are hesitating here, unable to advance or retreat, with a hundred fertile fields at home vacant, how can we survive this winter?"

Aristocratic families all have food reserves, and they will not move lightly until it is absolutely necessary, so as to survive the years of natural disasters and man-made disasters.But in the event of a natural disaster, it's okay for the children of the powerful family and relatives, who would care about those ordinary people, servants and tenants?
It can only be starving and dying everywhere, and Yizi eats each other.

The clansmen are landlords. Although they exploit the common people and slaves and tenants, the relationship between the two parties is by no means incompatible. On the contrary, the fetters are very deep, and they will basically not ignore their own servants and tenants. The population is a big problem these days. People, who will cultivate hundreds of thousands or even tens of thousands of acres of fertile land?

Yang Tingfang turned around and went back to the table to sit down, poured himself a glass of wine, drank it down, and said frowningly: "How can we care about spring plowing? The grain and fodder we brought have been used up. Fang Er is at Jinguangmen. A fire outside almost burned all the food in Guanlong, and the Guanlong army is too busy to take care of themselves, and they don't care about us at all. In a few days, we won't even have food to eat."

Yang Yuanfang also put down his chopsticks, unwilling to eat.

If it was in the past, he would come up with a plan to rob nearby villages and rob food, and even many private soldiers trapped in Guanzhong who were short of food had this idea, but after the Duan family in Nanyang was wiped out by Zuo Wuwei, who would dare to come out Such an idea is tantamount to courting death...

Yang Yuanfang glanced out of the window, and said in a low voice, "How about... why don't we just go back?"

The Luoyang Yang family is a partial branch of the Hongnong Yang family. As for how long the blood relationship between the two parties is, even they themselves don’t know. Anyway, there are countless families in the world who claim to be branches of the Hongnong Yang family. In fact, some of them just cling to their names, and after dozens of generations, no one can tell who is real and who is fake. In short, the Hongnong Yang family does not recognize it at all.

However, in Luoyang area, the foundation of the Yang family is still quite strong, as can be seen by dispatching [-] private soldiers at the invitation of Changsun Wuji this time.

Yang Tingfang raised his eyebrows: "How to get there? Tongguan is blocked by Li Ji, only allowed to enter, not allowed to exit, and it is difficult to fly. Shangyu Gudao was tossed by Fang Er once, and now he is completely banned by the Guanlong army... It's difficult."

Yang Yuanfang said: "We can take the Tangluo Road!"

Guanzhong is a place of great shape and a land of abundance. Because it is surrounded by mountains and rivers and blocks the inside and outside, it is a unique place with rich water and soil.But at the same time, the Qinling Mountains, which cut across the east and west, have also become an insurmountable moat.From ancient times to the present, in order to go out, Guanzhong people have opened up several passages from the Qinling Mountains, of which there are about six large-scale ones: Chencang Road, Baoxie Road, Tangluo Road, Ziwu Road, Kugu Road and Wuguan Road.

Among them, Wuguan Road is part of the ancient Shangyu Road, and it is the only way to connect Guanzhong and Luoyang...

As for the Tangluo Road, it is named after the Tangluo River Valley, a tributary of the Han River, after crossing the Qinling Mountains from the Luoyu in Chang'an, and it can reach Hanzhong directly.From Hanzhong, you can go straight to Nanyang by the commercial road, and continue northward to Luoyang.

It's just that since the "Ming Xiu plank road crossing Chencang secretly", the Chencang Road connecting Guanzhong and Hanzhong has become the main post road, and the Tangluo Road has gradually become sparsely populated and extremely difficult to travel.

Yang Tingfang calculated in his mind, shook his head and said, "The detour is too far, we don't have enough food, and it's impossible to get supplies on the way, it's very difficult."

Yang Yuanfang moved forward and said in a low voice, "We can rob villages! We didn't dare to do so because we were afraid of being killed by the officers and soldiers, but now we just grab a vote and leave. Who will come after us?"

Now the situation in Guanzhong is delicate, all forces are working hard to maintain the balance, and it is too late to strengthen the army. Who is willing to send troops to chase a private army of aristocrats?

Yang Tingfang was greatly moved.

Yang Yuanfang said again: "Now Donggong and Guan Long seem to be in peace talks, but in fact they are at war, especially Fang Er, who is rebellious and unruly. He may send troops to fight without authorization. How dare Guan Long not guard against it? This is a mob. With a large number of people overwhelming the East Palace, I dare not deploy any more troops. Although Li Ji has a large number of troops, it is far away from Tongguan. If he wants to reach here, he needs to bypass the defense zone of the East Palace and Guanlong, which will take time and effort. , A little carelessness will provoke fierce reactions from both sides, causing the situation to collapse... let’s make a vote and we will detour to Hanzhong and withdraw to Luoyang, no one cares about us!"

His analysis was well-founded, which made Yang Tingfang nod his head repeatedly.

The current situation in Chang'an, no matter how it changes, Guan Long is doomed. It would be a blessing if a peace negotiation can be reached in the end to keep the family fortune. How can there be any thoughts about the life and death of these powerful and private troops entering the customs?

Maybe during the peace talks, in order to please the East Palace, they simply sold them, the powerful and private soldiers, instead of staying in Guanzhong and waiting to die, it is better to grab enough food and retreat!

"Okay! Choose a village or market town with abundant food right now, let's grab a ticket and leave!"

"As it should be!"

The two brothers immediately looked at the map, and finally chose a Zhuangzi not far from here, near Zhongnan Mountain, and made a detailed plan, and then sent an order to the whole army to pack up and rest overnight. The fire made food, and then the whole army dispatched to rob the Zhuangzi, and then went straight to Luotang Road and Hanzhong without stopping.

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In the continuous rain at night, a well-equipped cavalry arrived outside the city. The cavalry on horseback was wearing coir raincoats. The rain slid down the smooth fur of the horses, like a dark cloud in the sky, giving people a heavy oppression. .

Xin Mao put up an awning to cover the rain, and looked at the dark military camp not far away, with several lanterns hanging on the flagpoles swaying in the breeze and night rain.

A few figures sprang out from the darkness, and when they arrived in front of them, they were scouts from the right guards.

"Reporting to the brigade commander, everything is normal. The enemy army is sleeping in the camp, and there are only a few patrolling soldiers. We have already dealt with it."

General Xin Mao did not have a military position, but this time he led a team to serve as the vanguard, and Cheng Wuting and Cheng Wuting each had another army, so he was given a temporary post of "Brigade Commander" to facilitate command.

Wen Yan, Xin Mao will remove the hat on his head, stretch out his hand and pull out the horizontal knife, the sharp blade gleamed coldly under the rain, and said in a deep voice: "Charge!"

Clamping the horse's belly with both legs, he rushed towards the barracks in front of him, and almost instantly increased the horse's speed to the limit.

The soldiers around drew out their horizontal knives and spears one after another, urged their horses without saying a word, and followed closely behind General Xin Mao to charge towards the enemy camp in front.More than a thousand war horses galloped like a flood gate, and the turbulent flow flowed out. The sound of hooves roared like rolling thunder, piercing the darkness of the rainy night.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

The night patrol soldiers were assassinated and cleaned up in Luoyang Yang's camp until the soldiers approached the camp, and then they went into convulsions. Many soldiers were crying and howling, trying to wake up their companions in the left and right camps to meet the enemy.

However, the cavalry of the Right Guards had arrived like a torrent, smashing through countless tents in an instant, their sharp horizontal knives flying, blood splattered, and corpses everywhere.

Xin Mao knocked an enemy soldier to the ground with a single knife, and shouted: "British public order, kill without mercy!"

"Kill kill kill!"

The cavalry under his command continued to charge unabated, crashing straight into the enemy camp, trampling with iron hooves and chopping with horizontal knives, killing anyone they saw.With just a cup of tea, the camp of more than ten thousand people was completely wiped out. The private army of powerful elites who were caught off guard never organized a decent interception and counterattack, and were chased and slaughtered like dolphins.

Blood splashed and flowed, mixed with rainwater and gathered in the low-lying places to form pools of blood, and countless corpses fell everywhere.

Yang Yuanfang woke up in his own tent. In a panic, he put on a piece of clothing and rushed out the door with a horizontal knife in his hand. He saw that the entire barracks was in chaos. Countless cavalry in Tang uniforms charged and slaughtered wantonly. The private army rushed to Zhitu, crying for father and mother.

When his eyes were tearing apart, he saw Yang Tingfang rushing out from the tent of the Chinese army nearby, rushed up to grab him, and said loudly: "Brother, hurry up!"

Yang Tingfang said angrily: "Where are we going? Fight to the end with the bandits!"

"Are you crazy? This is the regular army!"

As Yang Yuanfang spoke, he took Yang Tingfang's arm and pulled it back: "It must be Li Ji's army who came to wipe out our family's private army. They will definitely not win. We will die as many as we can! Let's run for our lives and go to Chang'an to let our grandson Wuji uphold justice for us!"

(End of this chapter)