Chapter 118: sneak attack on Wuchao
At night, more than a dozen swordsmen led by Zhou Yang were lying ambushed near the Wuchao sentry post.
The same number of corpses were lying on the ground, each of whom was naked, while Zhou Yang and others changed into the costumes of these Yuan army guards.
According to the situation provided by Xu You, the time for shift change at the sentry has passed.
However, Guo Jia had previously proposed to let these sentries wait for a while, so that the guards who could not wait for the successor would become more and more impatient, and the easier it would be to start.
After a long time, the guards at the sentry began to complain to each other, and some even asked to send people to see if those hateful guys were lazy. If they were allowed to know, they would have to suck these people to death.
Zhou Yang thought it was almost time. After signing, more than a dozen swordsmen slowly walked out of the darkness.
Tonight, the moon was dark and the wind was high. Yuan's guards looked from a torch and could only vaguely see their clothes. Unless they walked closer and looked closely, they would definitely not recognize the other person's appearance.
"Why are your grandma's bear coming now?" the guards opposite shouted loudly.
"Sorry, my brothers relieved their anger on the way, it's too late." A swordsman with a northern accent responded loudly.
"Why are you going to solve the problem? You're going to find the girl to solve the problem! When is it..."
Before he could speak the last word "hou", Zhou Yang had already been ready to shoot out the dart in his hand, and he hit the throat of the guard who answered the guard at the highest point.
For this operation, these darts were specially improved by Liu Ye. They were no longer the broken short arrows, but were added with sharp darts with blades. At the same time, they also put in a little effort at the tail wing, so that even under the wind direction, they could still increase the standard with the maximum limit.
Coupled with Zhou Yang's original precise dart skills and his right strength, he could accurately and speechlessly make the defender fall to his post and die on the spot.
The others took the bow and arrow as fast as possible, and immediately fell down several guards.
The last defender was met by Zhou Yang's quick straight gun and assassinated on the spot.
After the first post was solved, Cao Jun, who was lying in the vicinity, immediately came out and pulled the body away and hid it, and changed into their outfits. Then another group of people exchanged with the Yuan army guards on Zhou Yang's body.
This is also one of the steps that Guo Jia designed to disguise our army as two guards.
One team stayed in place as our sentinels; the other team left as the guards who had finished their shifts, just to let the sentinels two or three miles away see them, and they had successfully taken over and returned safely.
Otherwise, if the other sentries see that the original guards are reluctant to return, they will immediately send someone to investigate.
The details in these details are just to slow down the speed of seeking help when Cao's army launches a sneak attack on the Wuchao granary and increase the success rate of our army's ability to escape unscathed.
After the sentry guard was solved, the rest was the granary guards. One of the cavalry commanders Lu Weihuang was responsible for patrolling tonight.
Zhou Yang and others saw more than 100 cavalrymen from afar, divided into four teams of troops to patrol alternately, frowned and said, "It seems that it is impossible to kill so many cavalry in one breath this time."
Cao Xiu, who was standing aside, suggested: "I am sure to deal with the cavalry commander. As long as General Xiahou can stop the soldiers who go back to inform him, the lord can lead the troops to cover up and kill them when the enemy is in chaos and take the position of the main warehouse."
After saying that, the young general pulled out a feather arrow from behind and placed it on the bowstring.
Darts at such distances are difficult to exert their power, and they may even be defecating, so it is most suitable to use this three-stone bow.
"Swoosh!"
Just as the arrow flew away, Zhou Yang immediately sent a signal to Xiahou Yuan who was ambushing nearby.
However, although this arrow shot through Lu Weihuang's body accurately, the Hebei man still insisted on making the last gesture before his death - return to the camp!
Xiahou Yuan led 300 light cavalry into the fastest speed, and the soldiers who were rushing back to the camp to report were shot to death by the cavalry and archers.
But there were still fish with a net exposed. Fortunately, Cao Xiu, who had already rushed up, continued to shoot several arrows to make up.
However, after such trouble, the granary has already made a fuss.
The other patrol soldiers in the camp began to run out to investigate and investigate, and the elite soldiers who gathered together, such as Zhou Yang, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Xiu and others killed them.
In the end, although the main general Chunyu Qiong in the granary was alarmed, Xu Huang had already led 3,000 cavalrymen to rush up, causing chaos in the entire granary camp.
The soldiers kept rushing out of the camp, but they didn't have time to wear armor and get on horseback, and were shot and killed by these thunder soldiers who were good at sneak attacks.
Cao Cao also threw away torches and pine oil in various camps outside the granary in a very timely manner, and then rushed into the camp with everyone to fight together.
"The Lord is there!" Le Jin was the first to discover Chunyu Qiong.
This man was planning to fight with the general Guan Yuanjin from the back of the camp and rushed back to ask for help, but in front of him, two other cavalry commanders Han Juzi and Zhao Rui, tried their best to delay Cao's army.
In desperation, Le Jin simply stepped on the horse's back and leaped forward, abandoned the horse and jumped over.
Chunyu Qiong was shocked, and Guan Yuanjin hurriedly stood in front.
Le Jin shouted loudly, and the other party and the gun were cut into pieces.
Chunyu Qiong took the opportunity to flee, and Le Jin chased after him relentlessly.
"Swear to keep the granary to the death!"
With the shouts in the direction of the granary, Han Juzi and Zhao Rui each led a cavalry to fight Cao Cao to fight desperately, hoping to earn more time to wait for reinforcements to come.
Although this is forty miles away from Yuan Shao's main camp, the two sides are now clamoring for fear of the sound of shouting. The nearby sentry guards have probably rushed back to ask for help, but Yuan's army is still emerging from the tent continuously.
Time was tight, and the cavalry led by Cao Cao personally killed two pieces.
Xiahou Yuan, Cao Xiu and other powerful generals followed closely behind and wiped out Yuan's army that was attacking from both sides for him.
Xu Huang was the first to be hit, and the big axe killed Han Juzi, who was panicked.
Xiahou Yuan was not showing weakness either. While swinging his sword to block the attacking enemy, he bit the bowstring and feather arrows, aimed at Zhao Rui and shot out.
Zhao Rui was so powerful that he was not at all. Although the arrow was not fatal, Cao Xiu, who arrived in time, finally screamed and fell and died.
In the end, Cao Cao rushed into the deepest part of the granary and threw hundreds of torches at the same time.
Only a "boom" sound was heard, the fire took advantage of the wind, and the wind helped the fire to power. The entire granary finally shone everywhere, and even reflected the dark clouds in the night sky red.
Cao Cao immediately gave up his order and shouted loudly: "The whole army retreats!"
Most of the Yuan army from all directions were burned to death in the flames, and the rest fled. More than half were rushed by Cao Cao's elite cavalrymen.
When Cao's army came out again and looked back at the granary behind him with fire, reinforcements sent from Yuan Shao's main business also arrived quickly, blocking the retreat of Cao Cao's army.
When the two armies faced each other, Cao Cao said to the left and right: "Yuan Shao did go to attack my main business, but he sent such a force to support Wuchao."
Xiahou Yuan, who was standing beside him, raised his sword and pointed at the enemy general, laughing and said, "It's a pity that you are late."
Although the number of this army that came to rescue Wuchao Granary was about 5,000, it was as strong as the Hebei cavalry of Yan Liang and Wen Chou who attacked Baima and Yanjin.
Besides, the granary has been burned, and even if we go to put out the fire immediately, we can only rescue a small number of wounded soldiers, but we cannot stop the military rations that support the major battle in Guandu.
The two generals led by Yuan Jun knew that the situation was hopeless, and saw that the main cavalry forces led by Cao Cao were all extremely powerful and had no intention of fighting, so they took the lead in jumping off the horse.
Seeing that the visitor was tall and sharp, Zhou Yang knew that he was not an ordinary person, he asked quickly: "Are the visitor generals Zhang He and Gao Lan?"
The other party looked at each other and replied in unison: "That's right."
Zhou Yang immediately whispered to Cao Cao: "The ones who advocated sticking to the main business and slowly forcing the army into Guandu are Tian Feng, Ju Su and others. These two generals are the military supporters behind them. Their bravery is no less than that of Yan Liang and Wen Chou. At the same time, they are not brave but unscheming people. Will my father-in-law consider suing them?"
Cao Cao turned his face away and said, "Now I am fighting against Yuan Shao in Guandu. The enemy is strong and I am weak. How dare people surrender easily?"
Zhou Yang said, "How can you know if you don't try it?"
After getting Cao Cao's approval, he stepped forward to talk to Zhang and the second-year senior high school general.
It turned out that when Yuan Shao learned that Wuchao's granary was attacked, Guo Tu and Shen Pei both advocated taking the opportunity to attack Cao Cao's main business. In addition, the various rumors sent by Cao Cao to Yuan Shao's camp that benefited Guo Shen and the others over the past period of time made their speech more substantial, and gave the information on the number of troops attacking Wuchao this time to Kuaima who fled back to the main business for help.
Yuan Shao made every effort to attack Cao Cao's main business, and only sent Zhang, the second-year senior general who proposed to support Wuchao, to lead five thousand light cavalry to rescue him.
When Zhang He and Gao Lan learned that the Wuchao granary was finally burned down and knew that the battle of Guandu was about to go, they also wanted to surrender. After Zhou Yang asked and persuaded him, they immediately expressed their willingness to abandon the darkness and turn to the light.
"It depends on whether General Li Dian can defend his main camp before our army returns." Cao Cao said.
After saying that, he led his army to run back with the five thousand light cavalry of Zhang and the second general of Gao.
When Cao's army arrived, they finally encountered Yuan Shao's army who could not capture the main camp.
It was expected that Yuan Shao's army would attack, so he set up various traps and suspicion near the main business in advance. In addition, Liu Ye designed various barriers and soldiers of the main business of up to 10,000 were used for distribution by Li Dian, which eventually caused more than half of the Yuan army who came to the attack camp to lose.
Now that the main force of Cao's army has returned, Li Dian made a decisive decision and personally led a battle-capable army to cooperate. Under the attack of the two armies, Yuan Shao's army finally returned with a crushing defeat.
After this battle in Wuchao, Yuan Shao's main business finally had a great morale.
Cao Cao dispatched troops to harass almost every day, while Zhou Yang asked intelligence personnel to take the plane to sneak into Yuan Shao's camp to spread rumors.
When the time was ripe, Cao Cao decisively ordered the entire army to attack Yuan Shao's military camp, and finally broke the long-standing stalemate of Guandu and took the first big step towards victory.
Chapter completed!