"Lord, good news" Early in the morning of the second day, in Yuan Shao's camp, Yuan Shao, who was sullen and unhappy, was discussing with everyone in the tent, but Guo Tu came in with an excited face.
"What's the matter," Yuan Shao said with a sullen face.
"My lord, we just got reliable news that we have found the place where the imperial court is storing grain," Guo Tu said excitedly.
"Oh" Yuan Shao's eyes lit up: "Is the news reliable?"
"It's true, in order to avoid the river being blocked in winter and the grain road is not smooth, the Son of Heaven deliberately set up a large camp on the north bank to store grain, which is the news from Luoyang, which is true."
Guo Tu said excitedly.
"Where is it" Yuan Shao's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said in a deep voice.
"Black Nest."
Guo Tu looked at Yuan Shao and said excitedly: "Although there is a plan for trial and matching, if we can break the black nest before this, then the imperial court will have no food and grass available in a short period of time, and the army's morale will be chaotic." ” Tian Feng frowned and said: "For today's plan, it is necessary to break the imperial court camp first, why bother to make extraneous branches" Although Guo Tu's words seemed to be extremely credible, Tian Feng always felt that something was wrong, and the news came too easily.
"Yuan Hao's words are wrong."
Guo Tu shook his head and said: "Surprise attack on Wuchao, just a partial division, go to the court, go to the animal husbandry, you can reach the Wuchao overnight, even if the court has any tricks, there are only 5,000 to 10,000 people, our army will lose, but if it is successful, the 100,000 army of the court can be broken overnight, why not do it" When Tian Feng heard this, he couldn't help but be a little moved, this matter was a little weird, and the timing of this news was too coincidental, but as Guo Tu said, even if the sneak attack failed, they wouldn't lose much soldiers and horses, if it succeeded, it would be a lot of gains, and even if the trial and matching strategy was successful, it couldn't catch up with the great damage of the surprise attack on the black nest to the imperial court, and it could directly make the main army of the imperial court completely disappear.
I really can't think of any conspiracy in the imperial court, it's hard to do it, it's really my own heart Yuan Shao waved his hand and said: "Okay, this matter is according to the public rules, Junyi" "The last general" Zhang He took a step forward and bowed.
"Order you to lead an army of 8,000 cavalry, go to Chaoge to bypass the imperial court camp, and go to attack the black nest."
Yuan Shao said in a deep voice.
Zhang He immediately received the order and strode away.
On the same day, Zhang He led 8,000 men and horses to bypass the imperial court camp overnight and rushed to Wuchao, at night, the next evening, Zhang He led the army to arrive at Wuchao, but when Zhang He saw the Wuchao camp, he was directly dumbfounded, this is the Wuchao camp is teasing me I saw that across the distance, you can see a city towering, the city wall is as high as three zhang, the wall is like the wall of the tiger prison, it is integrated, look at the length and width of the city wall, this city is not big, but on the city wall, there are many fights, on each city wall, there are five Tiangang broken array crossbows, the whole city, more like a giant fortress.
How to attack this special mother "General, what should I do" Deputy General Zhang Xu looked at the black nest of a fortress in front of him not so much a big camp, swallowed his saliva, and turned his head to look at Zhang Hedao.
"Let's wait until it's nightfall."
Zhang He looked at the Wuchao camp in front of him and shook his head, it is definitely impossible to attack now, they came lightly this time, and they didn't bring any siege weapons at all, even if there are not many soldiers and horses in the Wuchao camp, if they really fight, there are no siege weapons, and they can't even go up to the city wall, how to fight Not to mention that there are so many crossbows on the city wall in the sea area, they can only wait until night, and then see if there is a chance.
At the moment, Zhang He took the men and horses to find a small hill, did not dare to make a fire to make food, could only eat some dry food on the river water, in order to avoid the scouts of the black nest to detect, Zhang He did not dare to send scouts to investigate, can only send a few spies to hide around, pay attention to the surrounding movements, fortunately, this is not the grain road where the imperial court transports grain and grass, so there are not too many scouts to investigate here.
Time passed little by little in Zhang He's anxious waiting, and waited until just after midnight, Zhang He took the people and horses, groped to the outside of the Wuchao camp, in order to avoid the other party being alert, the torch was extinguished after more than ten miles, groped across a small river, and by the moonlight, it took a full hour to grope outside the Wuchao camp.
"Shang" looked at the sparse torches on the city wall and the figures that didn't shake much, Zhang He waved his hand.
Dozens of soldiers carried the five siege ladders that were rushed into the city, quietly approached the black nest, lightly set up the siege ladder on the black nest city, and lit torches under the city to help the siege soldiers guide the way.
"Attack" Zhang He commanded the men and horses to start approaching the city wall, because there were only five siege ladders, if the other party reacted, it was impossible to attack it, so a famous soldier tried not to make a sound, and quietly climbed to the city wall.
Looking at the city wall approaching a little bit, Zhang He breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that although this Wuchao camp was made like a city by the imperial court, this Wuchao guard was not vigilant, but it was a pity that this city.
"When the Greeting" At the moment when Zhang He breathed a sigh of relief, the soldier who had just crossed the women's wall and was about to step over felt something stumbling on his feet, and then a crisp bell sounded on the entire city wall.
Not good Zhang He couldn't help but be shocked when he heard the sound, and shouted: "Attack, give me a horn to attack."
In the "enemy attack" city, there was a terrible roar of the soldiers defending the city, and then the sound of gongs, weapons colliding, and screams were all together.
A soldier who had just emerged was put on his head with a shield and was smashed directly from the city wall, knocking over a piece.
Another Jizhou soldier who had already rushed into the women's wall saw that the incident was revealed, and a fierce light flashed in his eyes, and he waved the war knife in his hand and slashed at the Tiangang Breaking Array Crossbow, but was directly pierced through the chest by two Han soldiers with spears, and in the roar of the soldiers, he was directly put out of the city wall, screaming and being thrown off the city wall.
"Tiangang Breaking Formation" A captain wearing armor rushed out and directly erected a Tiangang Breaking Formation crossbow.
"Puff Puff" The sharp sound of breaking the air was heavy, and huge arrows like spears fell from the sky, and many soldiers who had not yet rushed to the city wall were directly penetrated.
Immediately after, the other four Tiangang Broken Array crossbows were also erected at the same time, and they did not look under the city wall, and directly set up the Tiangang Broken Array Crossbow and swept under the city wall, in the dark, only a piece of screams could be heard, but it was not clear to see the situation under the city, and at the same time, the city head continued to light up a torch, through the glass mirror hanging on the city tower, the entire city wall was as bright as day.
"Mingjin retreats, Zhang Xu, you are ready with the cavalry, if the enemy army goes out of the city, immediately charge."
Zhang He gritted his teeth, although he couldn't see the battle situation clearly, but just looking at the army that poured out of the city at that moment, he knew that this Wuchao guard was not as unbearable as he thought, with only five siege ladders, it was difficult to do anything at all, and he would only sacrifice the lives of the soldiers in vain, and ordered Ming Jin at the moment.
"Huh" Zhang Xu agreed, summoned the cavalry to form a formation, as long as the gate of the black nest was removed, he would lead the cavalry to kill into the black nest city at all costs, as long as the grain and grass of the black nest were burned, even if the soldiers and horses were folded here, it was worth it.
On the city wall, Han Meng had already carried a battle axe on the city wall, seeing that the enemy army had disappeared, he couldn't help but be a little depressed, guarding this rear, although there are meritorious deeds to be taken, but this is the safest place in the imperial army, it is basically impossible to fight, and finally a wave came, but he was so cowardly, he now complains that the people of the Ministry of Labor have made the black nest so strong.
"General, do you want to pursue" A lieutenant came to Han Meng's side and asked with a bow.
"Our duty is to guard the nest and not pursue it."
Han Meng said in a deep voice, although he also wanted to fight, but before he came, Liu Xie had already instructed him that no matter what the circumstances, he was not allowed to go out of the city, because although he was depressed, he did not have the slightest intention of going out of the city to pursue.
Zhang He patrolled outside the city until almost dawn, and saw that the other party had not moved, so he led the army away in frustration, the other party already had defense, and there was a strong city to guard, without the assistance of siege equipment, it was basically impossible to continue to attack the black nest, and now he could only go back and find Yuan Shao to restore his life.
"General, just leave" The first rays of dawn pierced the darkness and brought light to the earth, Zhang Xu turned his head, glanced in the direction of the black nest, turned his head to look at Zhang He, and said astringently.
"What can you do if you don't leave" Zhang He sighed, glanced at the black nest, and said with a wry smile: "Who would have thought that the imperial court could build such a city here in such a short period of time" Zhang Xu could only shake his head and sigh when he heard this, and followed Zhang He to lead the remnants of the army to return along the original road, while several carrier pigeons flew from the Wuchao camp to the direction of Baima at the same time. t1706231537: