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Chapter 282 Sneak Attack on Xingyang
Boluo on the city wanted to go out of the city to fight Gao Yihuan, but was stopped by many Tartars desperately.

Five thousand soldiers and horses left the city, and less than six hundred came back. They also lost Beile Abatai, Bei Zibo and Tuo, and Mongolian Beile Dong Daiqing. There were less than 2000 people in the city. Isn't going out of the city the same as sending them to death?

Although the Tartars fought bravely, they couldn't let him mess around, so let's go to die.

Boluo's eyes were red, Gao Yihuan killed his father and brother, how could he not avenge him?But everyone tried to persuade him, and Zhengbai Qi was Dorgon's man, so he couldn't allow him to abuse him at will. He had nowhere to vent the pain in his heart, so he suddenly roared and punched the wall a few times.

The blue bricks at the top of the wall were very hard, he was afraid that he might have mistook the pile of bricks for Gao Yihuan, so he only stopped panting until his fists were bloody and bloody.

"Bei Zi, look!" At this moment, a white armor leader suddenly pointed to the outside of the city, "What does the barbarian want to do?"

Bo Luo looked up angrily, and saw Gao Yihuan's men and horses camping three miles outside the city, and groups of cavalry galloped eastward and left the brigade.

"What else can you do, the goddamn Gao Manzi must be going to ruin the crops!" Someone glanced at it and immediately said with hatred.

These men and horses formed a team of twelve riders, scattered and galloped, and not long after, a raging fire ignited in the wheat field to the east of the city.

In less than an hour, Boluo was almost overwhelmed with anger, and the hatred in his heart completely swallowed him.

He clenched his fists tightly, gritted his teeth, and squeezed out a word through his teeth with aggrieved heart, "Send someone to inform Prince Yu, and ask him to send troops for reinforcements."

Not long after, the west city gate of Zhengzhou was opened, and more than a dozen Tatar cavalry rushed out of the city gate on flying horses, and Juechen headed west.

The Tartars galloped on their horses, rolling up a cloud of yellow dust, and the trees and wheat fields on both sides retreated rapidly.

Unexpectedly, at this time, a tripping rope suddenly stretched in the road, and the Tartars who were galloping in front were caught off guard, stumbled, and even the man and the horse rolled to the ground, stirring up a cloud of yellow dust.

The Tartars at the back reined in their horses and shouted in panic, "Who is not afraid of death to set up an ambush here?"

What responded to them was a swishing sound, more than a dozen arrows were shot from both sides, and several people were shot to death in an instant.

"Kill!" Suddenly shouts came from both sides, and more than [-] soldiers in leather armor with knives and spears rushed out from the woods on both sides, and subdued the remaining Tartars.

It was night in the Gaojun camp outside Zhengzhou City, Gao Yihuan summoned all the generals.

"Looking at the distance, Huchen can arrive in Xingyang tomorrow, and then take advantage of the unpreparedness of the Tartars to attack Xingyang overnight." Gao Yihuan gestured on a simple sand table with a wooden pole: "Xingyang is away from the Tartars in the large area outside Hulao Pass. The battalion is less than sixty miles away, and if something happens to Xingyang, Doduo will definitely send troops to chase after it. The Tartars are all horse troops, and I will only keep the horse troops in order to retreat."

After finishing speaking, he looked at the generals and said, "Now that Boluo is hiding in Zhengzhou, he has been frightened by me. Wang Deren, you lead the new attached camp and evacuate overnight, so as not to be overtaken by the Tartars. My commander and Heihu stay behind. Here, we are keeping the Tartars in check for two days!"

"Marshal, why don't I just stay here, and Marshal should retreat first!" Xu Heihu proposed with cupped fists.

Gao Yihuan shook his head, "The rest are all cavalry. If the Tartars come after them, I won't be afraid of him. You follow my orders!"

Seeing that Gao Yihuan had made a decision, all the generals clasped their fists and accepted the order immediately.

Although Gao Yihuan killed Abatai, he was actually just a partisan of the Tartars who was in charge of logistics, not the main force of the Tartars.

Now his strategy has not changed, that is, he will sneak away after robbing food and grass, and will not fight Duoduo.

It was the third watch of the night, and the infantry placed many straw men in the camp, and then quietly left the camp and headed south.

Now in the camp, there are only nearly a thousand cavalry from the tiger battalion left.

At dawn the next day, Gao Yihuan rode his horse out of the city, led the soldiers to the city, and started shouting and cursing.

The Tartars in the city concluded that Gao Yihuan wanted to lure them out of the city, and then wait for an opportunity to seize the city, so they turned a deaf ear and couldn't defend themselves.

In a rage, Gao Yihuan ordered dozens of Tartar prisoners who had their tongues cut out to be decapitated, lined up in the city, and then returned to the camp.

At this time, on the official road to Xingyang City, Jin Shenghuan led an army of [-] horses at a gallop, and at dusk they were only more than [-] li away from the city.

Jin Shenghuan reined in the horse, saw a dense forest in front of him, and pointed at the horsewhip, "Scout, go in and investigate!"

A few cavalry galloped out and headed for the forest. Not long after, someone came back and clasped their fists on the horse, "General, the forest is safe."

Jin Shenghuan nodded when he heard the words, and waved his hands to order, "The army is entering the forest, hurry up and make weapons, and steal the city at four o'clock tonight!"

After finishing speaking, he pulled the reins of the horse, led the people and horses to hide in the forest, and then sent out scouts to watch out, ordering some people to go to rest, and some people to cut down trees and rush to build ladders for climbing the city.

On the fourth watch of the night, on the upper floor of Xingyang County, several dim lanterns were hung on the top of the city.

There was no sound of people around at night, only the chirping of insects and frogs. A few Tartar guards lay on the top of the city and fanned them with their hands before continuing to doze off.

Xingyang is the place where the food, grass and supplies of the Tazi South Route Army are stored, but the security is not strict, and the defense can only be said to be very general.

This is not surprising, the Ming army and the Chuang army are both very good, they can't help but fight, they run fast, and often the Tartars have already fled before they arrive, and as time goes by, the Tartars naturally become arrogant and frivolous.

At this time, not far from the city, five thousand soldiers were lurking in the darkness.

Yi Daosan is leading his No. [-] subordinates towards Xingyang City.

This army is a team under Gao Yihuan's direct control. They are all heroes in the green forest. They were handed over to the commander of Yi Daosan. They were originally a bureau in the blue army, but they were also transferred out for this expedition.

In the round of battles, they have been sitting in the manor until now, and they can be said to be an absolute elite army.

More than a hundred soldiers reached the bottom of the city. Yi Daosan saw a group of Tartars patrolling with torches walking away from the top of the city, so he waved his hand and ordered in a low voice, "Go!"

Two soldiers were holding the tail of a long log, one soldier was holding the front of the long log, the soldier behind pushed it up, and the soldier in front stepped on the city wall with one foot, and with the support of the wooden pole, stepped on the wall quickly , went directly to the top of the city.

The four soldiers jumped onto the top of the wall, squatted down quickly, and looked left and right. Not far from each side, there was a Tartar standing with a gun, breathing incessantly.

The four lightly took out their short knives, and one team was making a gesture, and they each touched behind a tartar lightly, covered the tartar's mouth from behind almost at the same time, and stabbed the dagger from the tartar's throat. cut off.

The Tartars were bled, and they survived for a while. Their eyes were terrified. They wanted to struggle, but their mouths were covered tightly, and they couldn't make a sound. Only their throats were gurgling with blood bubbles.

Sergeant Gao was on Tatar's body very quickly, and stabbed him several times. The blood flowed from Tartar's body, and he lost all strength in a moment.

After killing the two sentry posts of the Tartars, Sergeant Gao imitated the cry of a night owl, and immediately a long ladder was built from the bottom of the city to the top of the city.

Yi Daosan jumped onto the city wall, looked left and right, and found that there were candle lights and voices coming from the tower, and a team of Tartar patrols with torches on the other side had turned back. Several gestures.

A team of high-ranking heroes touched the sides of the tower, holding weapons and waiting with their knees bent, while others quietly descended the city along the steps to open the city gates and drawbridges, allowing the army to enter the city.

Inside the gate, Yi Daosan released the winch, and the suspension bridge slowly descended to the ground. The soldiers immediately rushed up to move the crossbar and push open the city gate.

"What's the situation?" The tartars in the city tower finally heard the movement, and they all uttered a burst of barbarian language.

As soon as a Tartar rushed out of the tower, the Gao army ambushing outside rushed up and hacked him to death.

At this time, Jin Shenghuan in the distance saw the city gate open, and a soldier was standing in front of the city gate drawing a circle with a torch, and immediately clamped his horse's belly, raised his fire and rushed out, "Kill! Rush in!"

The cavalry of the high army outside the city galloped wildly and poured into Xingyang roaring.

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