Chapter 568 Preparations before the attack
Xuzhou was less than a hundred miles away from Yuzhou. Huaju and his team rode their horses and rode all the way. It took only more than an hour to reach ten miles away from Xuzhou.
"grown ups."
Hua Ju and the others were moving forward, and suddenly two people riding on horses, holding torches, were Ding Wang and Yun Changlong, the guards beside Hua Ju. They were Zhou Ang who was sent in advance to guard Xuzhou.
Contact and inquire about the anti-military situation.
"Have you contacted Zhou Ang?" Hua Ju asked.
"I've contacted him. He has already brought his men to the West City Gate to prepare to welcome the adults." Ding Wang said.
Hua Ju nodded slightly and asked again: "How is the situation of Wang Qing's anti-military army attacking Xuzhou?"
Yun Changlong said: "The anti-army set up a camp about eight miles away from Xuzhou. Today, he had just attacked Xuzhou during the day, but it was unsuccessful, and hundreds of people died."
"How is the situation around their camp?" Hua Ju asked.
Yun Changlong said: "The anti-army arranged patrols around the camp, and each patrol team had an average of about 100 people."
"Are there any secret whistles besides the patrol?" Hua Ju asked again.
Ding Wang said: "There are no secret whistles, but they built observation posts in front, back and left and right of the camp. There were three people on each observation post, all holding bows and arrows.
In addition, they put a lot of horse-rejecting horses around the camp, and it was difficult to rush into their camp at once."
Hua Ju thought for a moment and asked again: "How far is their patrol team from the camp?"
Ding Wang said: "Their patrol team is divided into two layers: inner and outer layers. The inner layers patrol team patrols next to their camp, while the outer layers patrol team is about a hundred feet away from the camp."
Hua Jue calculated that it was about 300 meters long. If there was enough people at this distance, and then finding a position to take action, it could be solved quietly.
"Get the map." Hua Ju said.
Liu Shun handed over the map, Hua Jue expanded the map and looked at a dangerous place leading to Ye County. She said to Suo Chao, Luan Tingyu, Wei Dingguo, and Shan Tinggui: "Wang Qing's army was defeated by us.
After the attack, the remaining troops will definitely flee to Ye County and meet with Wang Qing's anti-army who attacked Ye County. You four led 5,000 troops to a place to block the road with stones. The defeated Wang Qing's anti-army fled to
When here, shoot with crossbow arrows immediately.
Remember, unless they rush to you, don’t fight with them in close combat, and shoot them with crossbow arrows. Do you understand?”
"I understand." Suo Chao, Luan Tingyu, Wei Dingguo, and Shan Tinggui responded.
"Go." Hua Ju said.
Suo Chao, Luan Tingyu, Wei Dingguo, and Shan Tinggui led 5,000 cavalry away. Hua Ju then said to Lu Junyi: "General Lu, you take Qin Ming, Sun Li, Lei Heng, Huang Xin, Han Tao, Peng
Qi, Bai Qin, Jingde, Li Tianyou, Pei Xuan led 10,000 cavalry to ambush on the left side of the anti-army camp. When he saw the fire in the camp, he immediately led his troops to attack the anti-army camp."
"Abide by the orders of humble duties."
Lu Junyi responded and took Qin Ming, Sun Li and other generals and ten thousand cavalrymen away.
Hua Ju then said to Wang Jin: "General Wang, you lead Hu Yanzhuo, Xu Ning, Shi Jin, Zhu Tong, Lu Fang, Guo Sheng, Xu Fang, Zhang Wei, Jin Jie, Wen Keran and ten thousand cavalry to ambush.
On the right side of the anti-army camp, I saw the fire in the camp and immediately led my troops to attack the camp."
"Abide by the orders of humble duties."
Wang Jin led Hu Yanzhuo, Xu Ning, Shi Jin and other generals and 10,000 cavalrymen to leave.
Hua Ju looked at Guan Sheng and said, "General Guan, you are ambushing the rebels with Lu Zhishen, Wu Song, Yang Zhi, Liu Yun, Tan Gao, Hu Cheng, Xue Yuanhui, Zhang Jian, Yuanxing, Wang Ren, and five thousand cavalrymen.
When the army's back camp saw the fire on the anti-army camp, they immediately led their troops to attack from the back camp."
"Abide by the orders of humble duties."
After Guan Sheng responded, he left with Lu Zhishen, Wu Song, Yang Zhi and other generals.
Hua Ju then handed the map to Liu Shun and put it away, saying to the remaining generals: "Let's go to Xuzhou to meet Zhou Ang."
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More than ten minutes later, they arrived at the west gate of Xuzhou. The west gate was wide open. Zhou Ang led a dozen generals and hundreds of soldiers to stand at the city gate to greet him.
"See you, Master Zhou Ang." Zhou Ang led the man to kneel down and clasped his fists.
"General Zhou doesn't have to be too polite," Hua Ju said.
I have a good impression of Zhou Ang and Hua Jue. After all, he is a general with real talents and knowledge. Although he used to obey Gao Qiu, he was in that environment at that time, so he obeyed Gao Qiu for his future.
What's the last resort, not to mention that although he obeyed Gao Qiu, he did not do anything harmful to Gao Qiu, so he was actually a good person, so Hua Ju is very polite to him.
"Thank you, sir."
After Zhou Ang stood up, he welcomed Hua Ju into the city and was about to take him to Xuzhou Prefecture. Hua Ju said, "Don't hurry to the prefecture, let's go to the Nancheng." The complete content
"yes."
Zhou Ang brought Hua Jue to the south wall. Because there was an open area in front of him, and the anti-army camp covers several miles wide, and there were torches everywhere in the camp, so although it was a bit far apart, it was still possible.
See.
"How many people are there in the anti-military army?" Hua Ju wanted to confirm the number of people on the other side.
Zhou Ang said: "Fifty thousand people, but they have failed consecutive attacks these days and lost about two or three thousand people, so now there are only 47,000 or 8,000 people."
"Do they mostly use cavalry or infantry?" Hua Ju asked again.
"They only have more than a thousand cavalry, most of them are infantry." Zhou Ang said.
Hua Ju asked again, "How are our casualties and how many soldiers can fight?"
Zhou Ang said: "We originally had 40,000 people, but in order to stop them from siegeing the city these days, more than 700 people were injured and killed. Now there are still 39,000 people who can use it."
Hua Ju said: "In addition to leaving 5,000 people to station in the four city walls, the rest of the soldiers immediately gathered in front of the southern city gate."
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Zhou Ang immediately asked someone to summon the soldiers. About twenty minutes later, except for the soldiers guarding the city, more than 34,000 soldiers gathered in front of the southern city gate.
"Sir, the soldiers have been assembled." Zhou Ang said.
Hua Ju looked at Sun An and said, "Old Sun, you take a thousand people to get rid of all the people patrolling the anti-military peripherals, and then change into their clothes. Remember, don't disturb the anti-military generals.
The camp people.”
Sun An said: "Don't worry, sir, you will never disappoint."
Hua Ju looked at Jiao Ting, Yu Baosi, Liu Shun and other guards and said, "Old Jiao, Baosi, Liu Shun, you can also help."
"Affect the order."
Sun An, Jiao Ting, Yu Baosi, Liu Shun and others got off the city tower and took a thousand people to open the city gate and went out.
"Who is the anti-military general who attacked Xuzhou?" Hua Ju asked while taking this opportunity.
Zhou Ang said: "The chief general of this anti-army is Zhang Si. He is in his forties, tall and burly, good at using a large knife on the door, and is more powerful than others. Bei Zhi fought with him for more than a dozen rounds.
He is not inferior to Huyi in terms of strength, but his martial arts are still slightly inferior to Huyi. Huyi is sure to take his life within thirty rounds."
Zhou Ang's martial arts and Hua Jue had seen it with his own eyes, and it was not much different from Sun An, Guan Sheng and others, so he had no doubt about his words.
"Are there any other generals besides him?" Hua Ju asked again.
Zhou Ang said: "He has twelve generals under him, namely Pei Zheng, Ximenkuo, You Shiping, Xia Gou, Ao Weijing, Duliangzhong, Lejiaman, Huling, Yan Bai, Zhongzhi, Gong Zhi
Rong, Ying Shanzhen, these twelve men have good martial arts skills, not under the imperial guards, and are brave and good at fighting."
Hua Ju asked again: "How is the combat capability of anti-army soldiers? Are they strong?"
Zhou Ang said: "It's not very strong, and their military discipline is very poor, and their will to fight is very weak. They are just a group of mobs. Once the situation is not conducive to them, they will fall into panic and scatter and flee.
But if they have the advantage, the situation will be completely different. They will ignore everything like the deceased, and the attack of the mad wolf until they completely eliminate the opponent."
Hua Ju said: "That means that when fighting with them, you must suppress their momentum from the beginning and defeat their fighting consciousness."
Zhou Ang said: "The adults said something right. As long as they suppress them from the beginning, their combat effectiveness will become very fragile."
Hua Ju nodded gently, then said nothing, quietly looking at the anti-army camp ahead.
After Sun An took Jiao Ting, Yu Baosi, Liu Shun and others out of the city, he quietly lurked to the left more than 300 meters away from the rebel camp. He saw a team of patrol soldiers with about 100 people holding torches.
Walking slowly from their right side, he also called in the grass with the weapons in his hands to see if anyone was hiding inside.
Sun An waved his hand and asked everyone to squat down and hide behind the haystack. Because there was a straight line distance of seven or eight meters between Sun An and the patrolmen, the patrolmen did not notice them, from them
It passed before me.
Seeing that there was no one in front and behind, Sun An immediately whispered a few words to Jiao Ting, Yu Baosi, Liu Shun and others. Jiao Ting and others nodded gently, and then everyone approached carefully and divided into two rows of lurking.
Where the patrol team passed, quietly waited for another patrol team to pass by.
About five or six minutes later, another patrol team came from the right side. When they walked into the ambush range of Sun An and his friends, Sun An and others who were lying on the left immediately rushed out in a zigzag shape.
The patrol leader who was walking in the front heard an abnormality and hurriedly looked at the left with the torch in his hand. He found that someone wanted to attack them and immediately prepared to call, but before he could make a sound, a hand suddenly came over from behind to cover him.
He sucked his mouth and inserted two knives into his body, and then the torch in his hand was taken away.
At the same time, the patrol soldiers who were with him were also attacked and were killed by the hands that stretched out from behind and covered their mouths.
Since Sun An and his team had ten times the number of patrolmen and were targeted ambushing, they did not give the patrolmen any chance to counterattack or make a sound, and the entire patrol team was solved.
Sun An and others dragged the body to the dark hidden place behind, and quickly took off the military uniforms from the body and put them on themselves.
They had just put on their clothes, and the patrol team who had just walked over slowly came back. Sun An immediately asked everyone to ambush again. After the patrol team entered the ambush circle, they immediately used the same method to kill them.
Chapter completed!