Chapter 26 Surprise Attack on the Pool

Several angry wind lanterns on the head of Mianchi County emit a dim yellow light, which makes the head of the city feel a little ghostly. Several old soldiers guarding the city yawned lazily and leaned against the wall of the tower, tightening their clothes from time to time and stamped their feet to make their bodies warm.

After the season entered October, the weather began to be cold day by day, and the vigil on the wall began to be uncomfortable. In the middle of the night, no one would be happy when they were plucked out of the hot quilt. Several soldiers guarding the city gathered together, scolding and chatting, saying some sleazy jokes and arranging. Their officer.

But no one noticed that outside the city, from the direction of the Yellow River Ferry, there was a person silently stepping on the potholed road in the moonlight and rushing towards Mianchi County.

Like his subordinates, Luo Li walked at the front of the team sweating profusely. From time to time, he stopped to greet his men to speed up his speed, so as to rush outside Mianchi County before dawn to prepare for the attack.

And the generals of the second battalion all went into battle lightly, carrying only their armor and weapons, and only carrying a day's rations. They were sweaty and strode forward on the road shrouded in the night.

As Xiao Tianjian's vanguard to the south, Luo Li led his troops to cross the Yellow River by boats by the Xingtian Military Water Camp in the middle of the night. Almost without alarming anyone, he controlled the Yellow River ferry in his hands. The limited dozens of officers and soldiers stationed at the Yellow River ferry were not aware of it at all. , they were tied up by them, and only a few people tried to resist, even if they were chopped into meat sauce by the Xingtian army who went ashore and threw it into the Yellow River.

More than a dozen merchant ships docked at the ferry unfortunately became victims. They were immediately controlled by Xing Tianjun, forcing them to anchor and sail in the direction of the ancient town across the river with the Xing Tianjun fleet overnight. As for the goods loaded on the ship, they also became the booty of Xing Tianjun.

After capturing the ferry, Luo Li left a whistleman, controlled the ferry, and waited for Xiao Tianjian's follow-up main force to cross the river. He kept rectifying his men for a moment and rushed to Mianchi County, 70 miles away overnight.

On the way, they did not lift torches, but only rushed on the way with the help of the light of the moon in the sky. At this time, the people in some village castles along the way had already fallen asleep. No one knew that such a team had appeared on their ground.

Originally, Xiao Tianjian's order to Luo Li was to lead his troops to cross the river and rush to Mianchi County the next morning, but Luo Li was impatient, and in his opinion, it was not good for them to resting at the ferry for a night. It was better to rush to Mianchi County immediately and catch Mianchi County off guard.

So he made up his mind to launch an attack on Mianchi County the next morning, trying to take Mianchi County one day earlier, and then wait for Xiao Tianjian's subsequent arrival.

After the rapid march in the middle of the night, when the sky in the east began to turn white, Luo Li finally led his troops to the outside of the north gate of Mianchi County. More than a thousand people in the camp were already like being fished out in the water, and their clothes were completely wet with sweat.

Outside the north gate of Mianchi County, there is a deep ditch. After he arrived here with his troops, Luo Li ordered the mule and horse team to stay away from Mianchi County for the time being. He only took two sentries and collectively hid in the ditch less than 300 steps from the city gate and leaned against The edge of the ditch gasped.

A team of 500 people squeezed into this ditch, and the hot air was a little foggy. After rushing for 70 miles of mountain road, everyone's legs were a little stiff, but the spirit of these generals was still very excited. After sitting down, they sorted out their armor and checked the weapons in their hands. .

Luo Li lay on the edge of the ditch and looked towards the north gate of Mianchi County. The gradually bright sky gradually illuminated Mianchi County. The gate here had not been opened yet. There were only a few defenders leaning lazily on the head of the city, and everything seemed very quiet.

After he shrank down, he gasped and laughed in a low voice. He waved his two company commanders to his side and said to them, "See? We didn't rush in vain to march this night! Hey hey! The people in the city didn't expect that we would lie outside the gate now! You go down and make arrangements so that the brothers don't make a sound. Don't expose our whereabouts. The long gunman's mother put the long gun flat for me, afraid that people won't see it?

If the people in the city haven't found us for a while, they will definitely open the gate and go out of the dung truck. As soon as the gate opens, they will listen to my instructions and rush up and grab the gate! As long as you take the city gate, it will be much easier, otherwise you will attack this county!"

After listening to this, the two company commanders of his command nodded and agreed. They turned around and began to order his soldiers to hide their bodies and put their guns in the ditch, so that their whereabouts could not be exposed. At the same time, they also made everyone take this opportunity to take a breath. As soon as the gate opened, they rushed out to seize the city. The door.

Sure enough, after waiting for a while, the sky became brighter and brighter, and the bells of the mule began to sound in the city. The water cart was going out of the city to pull water, and there were also people who were responsible for pulling manure water. They also rushed the dung truck to the city gate early. As soon as the gate was opened, they left the city.

A small flag official who guarded the door came out of the doorway. He stretched out his waist and was blown by the cold wind outside the door. He shivered. After scolding, he looked at these water trucks and dung trucks that began to gather at the gate, covered his nose and cursed, "Damn, I smelled this every morning when I get up. Really Mother's bad luck! Open the door, let them get out of here! It's disgusting here!"

Several soldiers in the city did not notice the fog rising from the ditch outside the gate at all. They shuffed their hands, shrank their necks and lay on the wall. A guy even stood on the mage, untied his trousers, and escaped and peed at the city.

"Mom, won't you be fucking careful? Don't be blown back by the wind, sprinkle it on me! Otherwise, I have to caste you!" A soldier leaning against the city shack next to him cursed and gave way to the side.

With the efforts of more than a dozen officers and soldiers, the city gate began to be opened from the inside. The people who pulled the dung water immediately smiled at the officers and soldiers guarding the door and quickly pulled the donkey and mule towards the door hole.

The soldier who was standing on the mouth of the stack peeing on the side trembled, put away the guy, fastened his belt, and inadvertently glanced at the outside of the city, but he seemed to have been electrocuted. After shaking his body, his eyes began to enlarge, and he was stunned for a while. Suddenly, he shouted, "Enemy attack! Close the gate quickly!"

At this time, a group of gray people appeared in the ditch outside the gate as if they had emerged from under the ground, and then rushed towards the gate like a tide.

There were still more than a dozen soldiers in the gate cave. They were completely pulling the gate open and saw the first dung truck out of the gate. They didn't realize what was going on outside the gate. Suddenly, they heard the scream of the soldier on the wall, and then they began to turn their heads and look out of the gate.

So the eyes of a group of people suddenly began to widen, and the little flag official in charge of the city gate shouted, "Close the door quickly!" Close the door quickly! Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Sound the gongs and warn!"

Dozens of officers and soldiers guarding the gate in the gate saw the scene outside the city. They suddenly panicked. More than a dozen officers and soldiers who opened the door hurriedly began to pull the gate, trying to close the gate again, but the heavy gate could not be closed if they said it was closed.

Luo Li rushed to the front of the team, and several guards followed him closely. Originally, they wanted to stop Luo Li from rushing up, but their reaction was a little slower, so they let Luo Li run to the front.

"Kill! Don't let them close the gate!" Luo Liyan saw that the gate began to close slowly again. As he waved the big knife in his hand, he accelerated his speed and roared loudly in his mouth.

The distance of 300 steps is not long, but at this time, it seems so long. All the members of Xing Tianjun who rushed out stared at the gate. Seeing that the gate gradually began to close again, they shouted one after another: "Kill! ......”

The roar of these hundreds of people, like thunder, rolled through the open space outside the city. Several timid officers and soldiers in the door were already at a loss. Seeing that the group of unknown thieves rushing outside the city getting closer and closer, they simply left the city that had been closed halfway. The door, turned around and fled towards the city. As soon as these people fled, the remaining officers and soldiers also panicked and left the gate one after another. They turned around and fled towards the gate. Only the little flag official jumped and scolded in the gate hole.

Those officers and soldiers in the city were also stunned. Looking at the group of enemies shouting like a tide, they didn't know what to do at all. Instead, there were two smart guys who immediately lost the guy and fled to the city. While running, they took off their uniforms, which attracted others to do the same. He turned around and escaped from the wall one after another.

A knife light flashed through the city gate cave. After the little flag official who tried to follow him staggered for a moment, he made an extremely sad scream. Half of his body was almost split by Luo Li's knife, and the hot blood suddenly sprayed Luo Li's face.

Luo Li stood in the doorway with a grin and shouted at his subordinates who rushed past him: "Brothers, go! Chaoxian Achong! Zhang Tiancheng, send two teams of men to kill me towards the south gate and control the south gate! Jiang Erbao, you take someone to occupy the treasury for me! Li Xianliang, take people to the East Gate! Hurry up, all of me! Don't let them react! ......”

The officers who ran from Luo Li's side one by one took orders while greeting their subordinates. After rushing into the city according to Luo Li's instructions, they immediately began to act separately. Suddenly, there were exclamation and shouts everywhere in the city.

The officials and defenders in Mianchi County had no time to react at all, so they were overwhelmed by the torrent of the Xingtian army that rushed into the city. Unexpectedly, many people saw that the general trend had gone, and even if they lost the guy, they surrendered on the spot.

The battle in Mianchi County was completely calmed down in just one morning. The county government, barracks, warehouses and other important places were controlled by the Xing Tianjun. Only at the south gate of the city, there were still a hundred officers and soldiers who wanted to resist stubbornly, but after the arrival of Xing Tian's arms and firemen, a row of guns were fired. Go, these officers and soldiers immediately lost their guys and lay on the ground.

Luo Li controlled Mianchi County with lightning speed. At noon, he began to appease the residents of the city, and sent his men to the gates to control the whole Mianchi County.

Only a small number of defenders on the side of the west gate immediately gave up the west gate and fled after learning that the thief army had invaded the city. Only a small number of defenders on the side of the west gate were not given to Bao Yuan by the Xing Tianjun, and the rest of the city officials and defenders were almost all captured.

Xiao Tianjian led his troops to Mianchi County the next night after Luo Li occupied Mianchi County. At this time, the whole Mianchi County had been restored to stability.

After Luo Li led his troops to capture the county, he strictly restrained his subordinates and did not allow the soldiers to do anything to disturb the people. He only ordered martial law and no one was allowed to walk on the street. Therefore, although the people in the city were frightened, they were not harmed. They hid back to their homes and lay on the cracks of the door and looked out. Xi.

But he was not so polite to the big landlords and officials living in the city. After Xing Tianjun entered the city to control the situation, he immediately investigated the large households in the city. Although Mianchi County is not big, there are tens of thousands of taels of money from these dozens of families alone. At the same time, from the county treasury, Thousands of stones of grain were taken out, and the problem of grain after Xing Tianjun crossed the river was completely solved.

Xiao Tianjian crossed the river later than Luo Li. After he crossed the river, he waited for a day at the ferry, and then all the soldiers and horses crossed the Yellow River. Therefore, by the time he gathered troops to Michi County, the overall situation here had already been settled.