Chapter 222 Fishing in troubled waters
Li Yanqing's worries did not happen. This was an emergency operation at night and the gathering was very hasty. The battalions had no time to count the number of people, so they came out of the camp under the leadership of the chief general Zhu Bai.
Not only the Nanjun Camp, but the other three military camps also gathered to set off at the same time. Yang Jian personally served as the chief general of the 20,000 army, and the deputy general was Wang Jian, the commander of the Xiangdu. The 20,000 army divided into two groups and rushed to the west city south.
In the team, Li Yanqing followed everyone all the way south. In the darkness, everyone's faces flickered and darker. It was hard to see that he was a recruit. The team was not neat and had a different speed. He ran less than five miles away. He ran apart with the soldiers in the same tent, but he still mixed up with the brigade of crossbowmen.
He closely watched the situation on both sides, and soon he found that soldiers were constantly running out of the team and squatting in the bushes on the roadside. The generals on both sides ignored them. They seemed to care whether the soldiers returned to the team or not.
At this time, Li Yanqing suddenly saw a huge umbrella in the team parallel to them. Li Yanqing was stunned. This was the show that the emperor had. Even if he was not the emperor, he was his close minister allowed to use it.
He hurriedly poked the soldiers beside him with his elbow, and asked loudly at the huge umbrella cover, "Who is that?"
"Who else could it be? Of course it is Eunuch Yang. Who dares to use an umbrella except him?"
Li Yanqing was secretly happy. Yang Jian finally came forward. At this time, he saw the two teams starting to separate their paths and hurriedly ran into the bushes and squatted down. After a while, he took advantage of the unpreparedness and mixed into the opposite team. He ran faster and faster, getting closer and closer to the purple umbrella cover, only thirty steps away.
Li Yanqing finally saw clearly the person under the umbrella. He was a tall, fat and strong middle-aged man with no beard under his jaw and a flat Adam's apple. He looked like a eunuch. He was sitting in a wide uncovered carriage, squinting his eyes and pondering something.
Li Yanqing immediately judged that this person was the ultimate target of his trip, Yang Jian. He couldn't help but touch the dagger in his leather boots. Twenty steps, he could shoot Yang Jian like he killed Zhu Tao. He just told him rationally that it was not the time yet, and even if he killed Yang Jian, he would be difficult to escape. He still needed to wait for the best opportunity.
Li Yanqing restrained his murderous intent and continued to mingle with the hands of a large group of crossbows.
At the third update, on the east bank of Liangshan River, hundreds of small boats were loaded with Liangshan soldiers. In the reed marsh, a group of soldiers jumped ashore and rushed towards the assembly point ahead. This was the third batch of 1,000 soldiers, and the first two batches of soldiers had already arrived ashore first.
This is Song Jiang personally led 3,000 troops and more than a dozen generals to attack Xicheng Station, with the purpose of capturing a large number of prisoners of war in exchange for the body of Liangshan leader Chao Gai.
But what the generals didn't know was that Song Jiang had received a letter from Yang Jian, agreeing to his request for peace, and also agreeing to his feint attack on Xicheng In the early morning, but he also clearly required that the Liangshan army could not enter within fifty steps from Xicheng In the future, otherwise it would be considered that Song Jiang broke the contract and he would attack Liangshan in large quantities.
Song Jiang rode on a yellow horse and stared at the direction of Xicheng. It was less than twenty miles away from Xicheng. It could be reached in one hour, but Song Jiang seemed a little worried. He had just received a quick report from Xucheng County. The officers and soldiers of Xucheng County came out in full bloom, and the county was empty, which made Song Jiang suddenly see an opportunity.
At this time, Wu Yong came over and whispered: "Yang Jian has no sincerity at all. He obviously wanted to take advantage of our feint attack on the Xicheng Institute to annihilate the Liangshan Army in one fell swoop. Why didn't the second brother use the trick?"
Song Jiang said for a while: "I'm afraid a big war will be inevitable."
"Before the Emperor's birthday, Yang Jian will not do anything. After the Emperor's birthday, it will be winter, and he will not send troops. In a flash, it will be spring next year. Perhaps we have already recovered our vitality by then and are not afraid of Yang Jian's attack on the mountain. The second brother also took advantage of this opportunity to fully grasp the power of Liangshan."
Wu Yong's last sentence hit Song Jiang's worries, but he was still a little hesitant. In this way, he really offended Yang Jian.
Wu Yong knew Song Jiang’s thoughts very well, and he continued to persuade: “Actually, I’m not afraid of offending Yang Jian, what I’m afraid of is that we don’t have the strength.”
Song Jiang was finally persuaded by Wu Yong, and he immediately ordered: "Let all the generals see me in the future!"
It was gradually time to the fourth hour, and 20,000 Song troops laid a net of heaven and earth in the area of Xicheng, waiting for Liangshan troops to come to the net of the net.
Li Yanqing was always within two hundred steps of Yang Jian's umbrella cover. Although he was able to approach Yang Jian's carriage when he was marching, once he was deployed, Yang Jian's two thousand personal guards would guard him in groups, and it would be difficult for any outsider to enter within a hundred steps.
This made Li Yanqing feel a little nervous. If he had known that Yang Jian's personal guards were so strict, he should have taken action when he was marching. He is now a little worried that the opportunity has been lost.
At this time, Li Yanqing suddenly heard two generals talking in a low voice: "The situation is probably a bit bad, the Liangshan Army may have led a snake out of the cave."
"Brother Yang, what do you say?"
"We were tricked into Xicheng District, Xucheng County and the wharf were empty, and the Liangshan Army was very likely to attack Xucheng!"
Li Yanqing secretly agreed that since Song Jiang could be the lord of Liangshan, he must have outstanding features. He knew that the officers and soldiers were deployed in Xicheng District, why did Song Jiang come to die? It is a good idea to attack Xucheng County.
At this moment, a soldier suddenly pointed to the north and shouted: "Look!"
Everyone looked back and saw thick smoke rolling dozens of miles north, and fires soaring into the sky. The soldiers shouted, "It's the direction of the dock, and the dock warehouse must be burning."
Yang Jian also saw the fire in the north. He suddenly realized that he had been fooled by Song Jiang. He was furious and shouted: "The army returns to the city immediately!"
Deputy General Wang Jian rushed over on a horse and said loudly: "Taifu, Song Jiang may have been transferred to us north, but he still wants to attack Xicheng District. Beishi suggested that he divide his troops into two groups, and half of the troops remain in Xicheng District!"
Yang Jian was really worried that Xucheng County's own residence would contain countless precious treasures he had collected over the years. Once the other party conquered Xucheng County, his residence would be the first to be affected.
He ordered without hesitation: "You can lead your army to stay, I will return to Xucheng!"
The 10,000 army where Yang Jian was located began to turn around and retreat north. Li Yanqing was overjoyed. As long as he marched, he would find new opportunities.
He followed Yang Jian's personal guard brigade and ran northward, his eyes never leaving Yang Jian. After running for five or six miles, Li Yanqing suddenly thought of something. He began to observe the terrain on both sides. On the left of the official road was a large area of mountains and forests, and on the right were endless rice fields. At this time, the rice had not yet been harvested and was about to mature. The large area of rice was undulating and undulating, and there was no boundary at first sight.
He thought to himself that if he wanted to ambush Yang Jian, he would definitely not choose the terrain of the rice fields to be too flat. There were 500 cavalrymen in Yang Jian's personal guards, and the flat terrain was just conducive to the performance of the cavalry, so he would definitely lie on the side of the forest.
Thinking of this, Li Yanqing marched slightly to the side of the rice fields. After about ten miles, the Song army gradually lengthened, and the soldiers behind could not keep up with Yang Jian's two thousand personal guards, and the 10,000 troops were stretched to three miles.
But Yang Jian did not mean to stop and wait for the soldiers behind him. He rushed back to Xucheng County, where there were a thousand defenders in Xucheng County, which might be able to resist for him for a while.
At this moment, a sound of clappers suddenly sounded in the mountains on the left, followed by a dense rain of arrows shooting towards Yang Jian’s personal guards like a storm. The guards caught off guard and fell to the ground by arrows. The screams were heard in full swing. A general shouted urgently: "Create a shield formation and protect the Grand Tutor!"
Hundreds of cavalry quickly assembled and raised their shields to form a shield mountain. They could not only prevent the rain of arrows from sneak attacks, but also effectively defend against enemy attacks.
At this time, Lin Chong yelled, "Kill Yang Jian to avenge your elder brother!"
He led two thousand soldiers to kill from the dense forest and went to the shield formation that protected Yang Jian.
Li Yanqing was close to Yang Jian's personal guard team, and he was also affected by the rain of arrows, but he expected the enemy to be the first and stood on the far right. When the sound of a clapper sounded, more than a dozen arrows passed over his head, and the soldiers on the left were all shot into arrows and fell to the ground.
At this time, Li Yanqing turned over and rolled into the rice field, got up and ran into the rice field, and ran for dozens of steps. He turned around and knelt down on one knee, drawing a special arrow from the quiver behind him. The special thing about this arrow is that the four words "Liangshan Song Jiang" are engraved on the shaft.
Li Yanqing took the bow and took an arrow and aimed at the carriage eighty steps away. At this time, Yang Jian's personal guards were concentrated on the left to resist the attack of the Liangshan Army, but a gap was formed behind them. Yang Jian was lying in the carriage, revealing a head to visit the gap in the crowd.
At this moment, Li Yanqing had already pulled his bow like a full moon, and the armor-breaking arrow shot as soon as he touched his fingers. A sharp armor-breaking arrow shot towards the back of Yang Jian's head like lightning. Poor Yang Jian never dreamed that the god of death would come from behind him.
‘Puff!’ This arrow was extremely powerful. The armor-breaking arrow shot from the back of the head, and the tip of the arrow came out from the forehead and eyebrows. Yang Jian screamed and died immediately
Chapter completed!