Fenghou

Chapter 294
Yang Zaixing commanded [-] cavalry and they were all ready. They hid in the woods one mile to the north of the barracks. According to the map provided by Liu Heng, the north gate of the barracks was the logistics area. The place of entry and exit is usually locked, there are no sentry towers, and there are no sentries.

Just after the third watch, several soldiers stepped forward and smashed the iron lock, and opened the door of the logistics passageway. One soldier pulled out a fire pocket, flicked it into the wind and lit it, and waved it twice.

Yang Zaixing gave an order, "Go in!"

The cavalry was mobilized, Yang Zaixing took the lead, and five thousand cavalry urged their horses to follow, gradually forming a raging torrent and rushing into the enemy camp.

The ground was shaking, and the sound of horseshoes was like thunder. The southern rebel army had never been in contact with cavalry. They didn't know what the vibration and noise were. The patrolling general in the barracks even sent people to check the situation.

The sentinels at the west gate were the first to react. They realized that this was an enemy attack, and hurriedly sounded the alarm bell, 'Dang!when!when! '

It was too late, five thousand cavalry rushed into the barracks, and the places they passed were full of flames, shouts, cries, and screams. Beheaded mercilessly.

The night wind was strong and the fire was fierce. At this time, the boats moored on the lake also started to catch fire. It was obvious that the Song army set fire to the boats. The fires on the land and on the lake gradually became one, and the flames swept across the entire barracks .

The cavalry of the Song Army had already rushed out of the camp, beheading the escaped bandits on the periphery. They only had [-] men, and they could not accept prisoners of war. road.

Yang Qin, the general who stayed behind, was caught by the Song army and tied up. At this time, Liu Heng came riding with a dozen of his men, and Liu Heng's horse also brought a woman in white, who was his concubine Li Qingluo, Liu Heng snatched the concubine out of Yang Qin's big tent, but did not find Yang Qin.

"General Yang Zaixing, may I catch Yang Qin?" Liu Heng asked loudly.

Yang Zaixing pointed with his spear, and his soldiers threw an enemy general with his hands bound to the ground. It was the terrified Yang Qin.

Liu Heng jumped off the horse and grabbed Yang Qin's hair, with anger in his eyes, "Second Yang, you also have today?"

"Liu Heng, what are you doing?" Yang Qin scolded angrily.

"You bastard has taken over my woman, what do you think I will do?"

"Dog thief, even if I'm a ghost, I won't let you go!",

"Then you go to be a ghost first!"

Liu Heng turned his head and asked the concubine to close her eyes. He raised the knife and cut off Yang Qin's neck immediately. Liu Heng grabbed the head and shouted to the sky. The humiliation of several years was finally washed away at this moment.

He threw the head to the soldiers of the Song Army, got on his horse, and saluted Yang Zaixing, "General Yang, Huang Cheng went to Wuling County in the afternoon. There are five thousand bandits guarding the county, and one thousand of them are Yang Yao's confidants. , forgive me for being powerless.”

Yang Zaixing nodded, "Go!"

Liu Heng rushed to the southwest with a dozen of his men. His parents, wife and children were no longer in Wuling County, and had already moved to Taoyuan County, [-] miles to the southwest.

Overnight, tens of thousands of Yang Yao's troops and hundreds of warships were wiped out, [-]% of the tens of thousands of soldiers were killed in the flames, [-]% were killed by the cavalry of the Song Army, and [-]% fled home. In the end, only [-] troops from Wuling County remained. , this army is stationed in the county to protect the family members, and there are a thousand people in it to protect Yang Yao's wife and children.

Unexpectedly, these five thousand people became Yang Yao's last army.

In order to prevent the bandits from fleeing to the mountains, Yang Zaixing's cavalry did not evacuate Wuling County, nor did they have siege weapons, so they monitored the enemy outside the city.

Yang Yao fled back to Wuling County at night two days later. He climbed to the top of the city with a rope and was sent back to the government office by the soldiers.

Yang Yao was tired and hungry, he ate two big bowls of rice and drank another cup of tea, and then slowly regained his strength. He snatched a small boat on the north bank of Dongting Lake, rowed back alone, but saw Dingkou Dangshui village burned It turned into a white field, and the dark wreckage of the ship was left. He was so frightened that he didn't dare to stay, and fled all the way back to Wuling County.

"what is the problem?"

Gritting his teeth, Yang Yao stared at the military advisor Huang Cheng and asked, "There was an ambush in Balingshui, and the Song army also attacked this side at night. Could it be that I am at the end of my life?"

Huang Cheng said in shame: "We have encountered Chen Qing's serial vicious schemes. Li Shun should have been seen through by him. Chen Qingcai followed the scheme and set up a series of tricks. It's just that I didn't expect the cavalry to be so powerful. No wonder the Song Dynasty was almost wiped out by the Jurchen cavalry. out of the country."

"Is it just because of the cavalry?"

Yang Yao sneered, "The warship was also burned by the cavalry?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, our defenses are very tight. If there is no inner ghost, the Song Army would not be able to succeed at all. Judging from the current situation, it should be related to Liu Heng!"

"That wimpy Liu Heng is the ghost?" Yang Yao couldn't believe it.

"My lord, someone saw Liu Heng rushing out of the camp with his former concubine. If he didn't have the heart to rebel, how would he dare to fight for that woman?"

Yang Yao suddenly understood that he had misread it, Liu Heng, who was always called a wimp, turned out to be a poisonous snake.

"Bang!" Yang Yao slammed his fist on the table, and the foundation he worked so hard to build was actually destroyed by Liu Heng, a poisonous snake.

Huang Cheng secretly sighed in his heart, when Liu Heng repeatedly begged to return the concubine to him, he himself persuaded Yang Yao not to anger Liu Heng, but Yang Yao refused to listen, and rewarded the woman to his brother, so that Sow the seeds of today's bane.

But Huang Cheng couldn't say anything more, so he said, "Our top priority now is to strengthen the city's defenses. It is estimated that the Song army will come to attack the city soon."

Yang Yao sighed, "I want to lead the army to retreat to Taoyuan Mountain."

"Impossible!" Huang Cheng vetoed it.

"Why?" Yang Yao was stunned.

Huang Cheng sighed and said, "Thousands of Song Army cavalry are watching us outside! As long as we leave the city, we will be chased and killed by Song Army cavalry."

Yang Yao couldn't say a word for a while, so he sighed and asked, "How many food, grass and soldiers are there in the city?"

"Most of our money, food and materials are in the county seat. Only a small part of the water village was burned. The food is sufficient. The key is that the military strength is only [-] people. The humble official is worried that he will not be able to defend Wuling County."

"Then forcefully recruit civilian husbands. Men over the age of fourteen must go to the city to participate in the defense!"

Yang Yao straightened his waist and said: "Now we can only hope that the Qi army will go south and force Chen Qing to go north to join the war. We will have hope."

Three days later, Chen Qing led [-] cavalry to Changde Mansion. At the same time, hundreds of large ships transported [-] soldiers and a large amount of supplies to Changde Mansion.

This night battle really won Chen Qing's praise, well-prepared, well-directed, and the results were very brilliant. He actually wiped out the main force of Yang Yao's army in one battle.

Yang Zaixing said modestly: "This battle was mainly due to the inexperience of Yang Yaojun's soldiers in dealing with cavalry, and thanks to Liu Heng's contribution, we were lucky enough to win this battle."

"Don't be humble. There are not so many lucky things in the world. To be able to command five thousand cavalry to enter and exit at the same time without being scattered in the barracks is itself a very strong commanding ability. The first credit goes to General Yang!"

"Thank you for your hospitality!"

Chen Qing asked again: "How is the situation in Wuling County?"

"Reporting to Dutong, according to our interrogation of prisoners of war and checking of confessions, it is initially determined that Wuling County's military strength is about [-]. question."

Chen Qing said slowly: "We also wiped out Yang Yao's sneak attack army, but Yang Yao escaped. It is very likely that he has fled back to Wuling County. We must take Wuling County as soon as possible."

Zheng Ping on the side was a little annoyed: "But we didn't carry siege weapons!"

Chen Qing said with a smile: "Let's take a look first, it may not be necessary to attack the city wall in many cases!"

Surrounded by everyone, Chen Qing rode towards Wuling County.

(End of this chapter)