Chapter 638
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Each cow had bloody eyes, a knife was inserted into its butt, blood was flowing like a stream, branches were tied to its tail, stirring up rolling dust, and sharp knives were tied to its horns. They had no target and instinctively ran towards the bright spot of the fire.
At this time, dozens of cows discovered Pei Renji and rushed towards Pei Renji and his personal soldiers. Pei Renji was so scared that he turned around and fled. His personal soldiers were one step slower, and more than a dozen personal soldiers were pierced by sharp knives and fell to the ground screaming.
The rest of the personal soldiers fled desperately. Although the cattle chasing them were not cavalry, they also made the soldiers extremely frightened.
When thousands of defeated troops escaped a forest, fire suddenly appeared in the forest, and Wei Wentong led more than a thousand soldiers to kill from the forest.
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As the sky gradually became brighter, groups of prisoners were escorted to the other side of the pontoon bridge made of small boats. Not far away, the pontoon bridge made of rafts had been burned by the fire, leaving only a dark wreckage, floating on the water in a row.
Although he became prisoners of war, most of the Tang soldiers were not depressed, and many people still had joy and hope.
Most of Pei Renji's soldiers were from Qingzhou. If they became prisoners of war, it means that they would be able to go home soon.
Wei Wentong was very proud. In this battle, he only killed thirteen people and injured twenty people, and completely defeated Pei Renji's 5,000 vanguard army, captured more than 2,000 people, and seized a large number of armored weapons. This was also the most enjoyable battle he had fought since he joined the army.
Wei Wentong certainly knew that this victory was not due to a battle, but a plan. It was Du Ruhui's surprise attack on the bull formation that enabled them to win with less and win at the lowest cost.
At this time, Wei Wentong saw Du Ruhui wearing a green Confucian robe. He hurriedly urged the horse to meet him, bowed and said sincerely: "Thanks to Mr. Wei Wentong to make such a great contribution. Please accept my gift."
After saying that, he bowed deeply to Du Ruhui, and Du Ruhui smiled and said, "I have important things to come to see the general, maybe I will have another contribution."
Wei Wentong was stunned. "What's the important thing about sir?"
Du Ruhui turned around and waved his hand, "Bring it up!"
Several soldiers pushed a man who looked like a fisherman up. The man looked pale and knelt on the ground and bowed his head without saying a word.
Du Ruhui smiled and said, "Last night, the scouts in the small river found that there were people fishing in the river, so they went forward to interrogate. He threw a leather bag into the river and was fished up by the soldiers. There were military talismans, military orders and an arrow inside. It turned out that this person was the messenger sent by Li Jiancheng to deliver letters to the grain transport ship."
After saying that, General Du Ruhui's fu, the order and the military order were handed over to Wei Wentong. Wei Wentong opened the military order and looked at it. It turned out that he was going to remind the grain delivery fleet to avoid Wuzhi County and be careful of the army in Wuzhi County. However, this person actually pretended to be a fisherman, so something should happen to him.
Wei Wentong smiled and said, "What are you going to do with sir?"
Du Ruhui said proudly: "I have been good at imitating other people's handwriting since I was a child, which is a skill. But since I was scolded by my elders as a lie, I have never dared to use it again. Maybe I can use this skill today."
Wei Wentong's eyes lit up, "Do you want the grain transport team to park in Wuzhi County?"
Du Ruhui shook his head, "It's good to stop in Wuzhi County, but I guess it's too late to go up, so I can only use another method."
"Will this person tell the truth?"
Du Ruhui glanced at the letter sender kneeling on the ground and said lightly: "I have a way to let him say everything."
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Li Jiancheng was worried that the grain transport ship was not without reason. When he set out from Hedong County, the grain transport fleet also entered the Yellow River from Hedong County. Although the fleet was not as fast as his marching speed, it was delayed for five days because they encountered Song Jingang's army in Changping County. In terms of time, after his army entered Hanoi County, the grain transport ship should have almost entered Hanoi County.
On the Yellow River, a fleet of more than 200 medium-sized cargo ships was sailing quickly towards the entrance of Yongji Canal dozens of miles away. The fleet carried 40,000 stones of grain and would provide Li Jiancheng's army with two months of military ration supply, which had a crucial impact on Li Jiancheng's army's eastward advance. It can be said that it was the guarantee for Li Jiancheng's army's eastward advancement.
The fleet was escorted by two thousand troops, and there were ten soldiers on each cargo ship, mainly to prevent the pirates from peeping on the Yellow River. In fact, the pirates were not scary. What really worried the fleet was that if they walked a hundred miles eastward, they would enter the territory of the Wagang Army. At that time, the fleet was in danger, so the fleet had to enter the Yongji Canal in any case to avoid the Wagang Army's naval patrol patrol.
The chief general who escorted the army was Yin Changzhi, the younger brother of Yin Kaishan, the general of the Tang army, and was appointed as the general of Xiongwu Lang. He was very cautious. It was because Li Jiancheng took this interest in him that he was responsible for escorting food and grass.
It was morning at this time, and there was a little fog on the river surface, making the view ahead not very clear. Yin Changzhi stood at the bow of the boat and was looking at the north bank with full concentration. The north bank was undulating mountains and dense forests. He had walked through the Yongji Canal several times, and he had a little impression that after passing Monu Peak, he would arrive at the mouth of the Yongji Canal after another ten miles.
Mo Nufeng had passed, and the fleet slowed down significantly. The fleet was moving along the water. At this moment, a soldier pointed to the front and shouted: "General, there is a small boat!"
Yin Changzhi also saw a small boat looming in front of them, and someone on the boat waved a red flag, which was a signal that they stopped the boat.
After a moment, the boat approached the grain ship, and there were two Tang soldiers on the ship. One of them asked loudly: "But General Yin's fleet?"
"I am Yin Changzhi, who are you?" Yin Changzhi glanced at them in confusion.
"We are the messengers of the eldest son, so we will send an order to General Yin!"
Yin Changzhi looked at the two of them and asked again: "Do you have a command?"
"Yes! The password is Long Zhu Taihang."
This was the order agreed upon by Yin Changzhi and Li Jiancheng. Only those sent by Li Jiancheng might know that Yin Changzhi's face slowed down a lot and said to the left and right orders: "Let them get on the boat!"
After a moment, the two soldiers boarded the boat, took out the military talisman, ordered the arrows and sealed the military orders with paraffin, and handed them to Yin Changzhi together.
Yin Changzhi was very cautious. Although the command was correct, he still checked the military talisman and the command arrow. The important task was to unite the command order. It was not enough to have command arrows alone, but the military talisman must be in line with each other. That is, half of Li Jiancheng's military talisman and half of Yin Changzhi's military talisman are in line with each other. Only in this way can the military order be effective. For example, Li Jiancheng even set up a special command.
Of course, if the sender is caught, then everything is meaningless, so even though Li Jiancheng thought it carefully, there are still loopholes, unless there are dedicated telephones or passwords and telegrams like later generations.
Yin Changzhi checked the military talismans and order arrows, and then opened the military order. The military order was written by Li Jiancheng, which actually asked him to retreat to Hedong County immediately to wait for orders.
Yin Changzhi was stunned. Why was this? He was about to arrive at the entrance of Yongji Canal, but he actually asked himself to return. It took at least twenty days to go back and forth. What happened?
He pondered for a moment and asked, "Where is the eldest son now?"
"Report to General Yin, the eldest son is still in Changping County."
Yin Changzhi was shocked and asked quickly: "Why are you still in Changping County?"
"We encountered Song Jingang's 30,000 troops in Changping County. The two armies have fought fiercely until now. Although the other side is not strong in combat, they are very tangled. They have never retreated and are unwilling to fight head-on, so the army has been unable to move south to Taihang."
Yin Changzhi immediately understood that he had known that Song Jingang's army had been transferred from Hebei to Shangdang and Changping areas. He also specially reminded the eldest son to be careful of this thief army. It seemed that the eldest son underestimated Song Jingang, but in the end he encountered big trouble and had to change his plan.
Yin Changzhi pondered for a moment. Since the eldest son had not arrived in Hanoi County, they could not go in and die. Now they had only two choices, either retreating back to Hedong or stand by in the mouth of the Yongjiqu River. However, Yin Changzhi thought of the Wagang Navy patrol, so he gave up the idea of standing by in the mouth of the river. It was the right decision to abide by the eldest son's military orders.
He immediately ordered: "I ordered all ships to turn around and return to Hedong County!"
A scene that Li Jiancheng would never want to see finally happened. The grain transport fleet that was about to arrive at the mouth of the Yongjiqu River began to turn around and return to Hedong City hundreds of miles away. At this time, they were less than twenty miles away from Li Jiancheng's army, but many things were like this. They often changed their trajectory at the last moment and passed by success.
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Chapter completed!