Fu Shanhe

Chapter 68 One general succeeds and thousands of bones wither
"stop!"

"Everyone, stop it!"

Huang Renlong's angry curses not only failed to work, but instead attracted a group of bloodthirsty soldiers.

If it weren't for the personal guards around him who fought hard and covered him in completing the evacuation, he might have been caught in the chaos.

The rebel army was a temporary team, and the soldiers did not even know their commander.

Of course, if everyone really knew him, it would be difficult for him to leave alive.

Except for a few soldiers who were truly willing to join the rebellion, most of the soldiers were forcibly conscripted.

In order to cut off the soldiers' retreat, they not only took away their food, but also set fire to their houses.

In the eyes of many soldiers, Huang Renlong was not only the commander-in-chief of the army, but also their enemy who destroyed their families.

Human flesh was just the fuse. The chaos in the camp was essentially a concentrated outbreak of internal conflicts among the rebels.

"Brother, the army is in chaos and the situation is beyond redemption.

What's more, the granary has been burned. Even if we can quell the chaos, we won't be able to produce food.

Without food, our allies would tear us apart.

We can leave now before they react, there is still time!"

Huang Renliang tried hard to persuade.

They were a group of private salt dealers who initially joined the rebellion just to make a fortune in the chaos.

All his ambitions and aspirations were instilled in him by Zong Guangtai during the rebellion.

When encountering difficulties, the way to solve the problem is also the idea of ​​the private salt dealers.

"If you leave, where can you go?

With a group of defeated soldiers, they were either annexed by other rebel forces or wiped out by the imperial court.

No matter what happens, you and I will both die!"

Huang Renlong said with a wry smile.

If you can do it on the first day, others can do it on the fifteenth.

When he was annexing the rebel forces before, in order to maintain the stability of the team, he liked to eliminate the leaders.

Judging from his own experience, he would not dare to join other rebel forces.

"Let's go back to Taizhou first. There are still 10,000 troops left there.

If we gather some more defeated soldiers, we can still be an army of volunteers.

Later on, we will not attack big cities like Yangzhou, but focus on attacking small places and slowly restore our strength.

It's all the fault of that bastard surnamed Zong. If it weren't for his nonsense advice, we wouldn't be in this embarrassing situation now!"

Huang Renliang angrily shifted the blame.

With such a big change happening, the rebel army also needs to give an explanation.

Since the brothers didn't want to take responsibility, they could only put the blame on the strategist Zong Guangtai.

Besides, this is not unfair. If Zong Guangtai had planned more carefully, or had spoken up to dissuade them, there would not have been a tragedy tonight.

"Humph!"

“That bastard Zong Guangtai is a useless person with nothing but a reputation. If the Zong family wasn’t the main culprit of the treason, I would have suspected that he was a member of the imperial court.

If this guy hadn't run so fast, I would have skinned him alive!"

Amidst the curses and swearing, the Huang brothers, along with a group of close associates, embarked on the road to escape.

Without the commander's intervention, the chaos in the camp began to spread in all directions, and several surrounding rebel forces were also implicated.

For a moment, the shouts and screams reached the sky and could be clearly heard in Yangzhou city.

On the city gate tower.

Looking at the flames rising from the rebel camp and listening to the noise coming from the opposite side, Li Mu's tense nerves slowly relaxed.

There is a high probability that tonight's sneak attack was successful.

Now it depends on whether the team can withdraw smoothly.

One will be a million bones.

It's easy to say, but when it comes to doing it, it's still hard to keep calm. "Master Qianhu, General Zhou is back with his men."

Hearing this good news, Li Mu's heart settled down.

"Notify the kitchen staff to prepare a celebration banquet immediately."

After saying that, he stood up and went to greet these meritorious officials.

Looking at the soldiers returning one by one, Li Mu began to count in his mind. There were 500 men when they set out, but now less than 200 have returned.

The rest either died in the night attack or fell behind during the evacuation and got lost in the chaos.

Whether you can come back later depends entirely on luck.

"Master Qian Hu, I have fulfilled my mission and successfully burned down the rebels' granary!"

Zhou Chuanfa said excitedly.

Although scenes about "robbing grain roads" and "burning granaries" often appear in operas, there are only a handful of successful real-life cases of this happening.

Anyone with a little common sense knows the importance of food and fodder.

In order to ensure the safety of food and fodder, in addition to heavily guarding them, they would usually build some fake warehouses to deliberately confuse the enemy.

Li Mu sent out a suicide squad to launch a night attack, mainly to create greater chaos for the enemy and let the rebels kill each other.

"Burning down the granary" is the expected highest goal, not a mandatory task.

It was pitch dark and it was difficult to find the enemy's granary in the rebel camp.

"Tell me quickly, how did you do it?"

Li Mu asked in surprise.

Creating chaos for the rebels would only reduce the pressure on defending the city, but once the enemy's granary was burned, the siege of Yangzhou would be lifted.

"Master Qianhu, when we went there, the rebels were in chaos and the camp was not well guarded.

He captured a scholar who was trying to escape. This scholar was very familiar with the situation in the rebel camp.

Under the guidance of this scholar, we successfully sneaked in and directly reached the enemy's granary, and then... "

After hearing Zhou Chuanfa's explanation, all the generals present were stunned.

Going straight to the granary, this is too legendary.

No wonder the sneak attack was successful. The enemy soldiers guarding the granary would never have dreamed that they would be attacked in their own barracks.

The plan was unintentional, but by the time the discovery was made, the fire had already been lit.

If nearby troops come to rescue, the granary can still be saved.

However, problems arose within the rebel army and someone deliberately caused trouble, so the best time for rescue was missed.

As the commander, Li Mu thought of more things.

There was an accident at the rebel artillery camp before, and now there was another accident at the rebel camp. The two accidents combined together are no longer accidents.

The rebels were a mixed bunch, and their internal organizational structure was very chaotic, making it impossible to identify every soldier.

It is quite normal for a few people from the imperial court to infiltrate.

The gentry who were loyal to the court, the government troops who were dragged in, or the spies planted by the Embroidered Uniform Guard, could all be the people who helped them.

We can only slowly investigate who helped, but the credit has been obtained anyway.

“Yeah, very good!
Mr. Zhou, you have made great contributions this time, so prepare for promotion!
All officers and soldiers who participated in the battle will receive generous rewards.

In addition to the originally promised reward, I will also fight for it on your behalf. Just wait for good news!

The celebration banquet is ready. Captain Deng, please entertain the meritorious officials for me first.

Commander, I am very concerned about the results of the night raid. I need to go over and report first!"

Knowing what everyone wanted, Li Mu didn't say anything more and directly gave everyone a reassurance.

Now that the night attack was a great success, it is time to solve the problem of executing first and reporting later.

Sending troops out without telling your superiors is a big taboo in official circles.

You can do this kind of thing, but you must never say it out loud.

We must deal with Marquis Wuyang before the news spreads and solidify this legendary military achievement.

(End of this chapter)