Chapter 282

Tang Yin was the commander-in-chief, and his subordinates had to get his permission for any action. Cheng Jin was at fault for the unfavorable attack and the enemy's ambush, but Tang Yin could not escape the blame. In this regard, Tang Yin was outstanding, and he would never make excuses for himself to shirk responsibility.

After hearing his words, Cheng Jin and the people around him were all moved.

As the commander-in-chief of the three armies, it is not only a matter of courage to take the initiative to admit that he was wrong in front of his subordinates, but also a broad mind and bearing. It's just a pity that Tang Yin has courage, but not much mind and bearing. He just doesn't have a high and low mentality, and doesn't think it's a shame to admit his mistakes. From another perspective, Tang Yin at this time has not set himself a very high position.

The attack failed in the open air, and the night attack failed again. Tang Yin had no choice but to listen to Qiu Zhen's meaning and wait for his own logistics and supplies to arrive.

The next day, the direct army did not launch another attack, and the county army that Mao An was looking forward to did not come to reinforce.

Now, Geng Qiang was still in Xibai City, discussing with his advisers and generals whether to listen to Mao An's opinion and attack the Tianyuan Army headed by Tang Yin. Geng Qiang himself was undecided, and the advisers and generals below were also divided into two factions, one advocating to fight, and the other advocating to sit and defend. The argument was endless and the time was wasted little by little in the debate between the two factions.

The next day, Tang Yin made a tentative feint attack. Seeing that Jicheng's resistance was still fierce, he ordered the withdrawal of the main force and only sent a small group of troops to harass, so that the enemy's defenders could not rest.

That night, the logistics and supplies had not arrived yet, but Zong Yuan came back. He stayed in Linqiao for two more days to select the county governor and the city lord. Now that the candidates have been found, he hurried back. After meeting Tang Yin, he first reported the results of his handling, and then learned about the current situation of his side.

After listening to everyone's story, Zong Yuan thought for a moment and then smiled, and said to Tang Yin: "Sir, it is actually not difficult to take Jicheng!"

"Oh?" After hearing his words, everyone present was stunned, including Tang Yin. Our side has been fighting Jicheng for three days, but it has been a long time since the attack. Zong Yuan said that it is not difficult to take Jicheng as soon as he came. This is a bit too arrogant. Tang Yin smiled and asked: "Mr. Zong Yuan, what do you have? Tell me!"

"Continue to use the strategy of night attack!" Zong Yuan said confidently.

After hearing this, everyone frowned. Still using night attack, isn't that asking for trouble? What about Cheng Jin, what about the hidden arrows, such a powerful group of dark spiritual practitioners didn't get the upper hand, who will be sent to attack at night this time? Tang Yin shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Master Zong, we have already failed once. Do you think we can succeed with a night attack again?"

Zong Yuan asked with a smile: "Excuse me, Master, how many defenders are there in Jicheng?"

Tang Yin didn't understand the purpose of his question, and frowned and said: "At most 20,000 people!"

"Yes! There are only 20,000 people, and they have been fighting with our army for three days. Their soldiers must be exhausted. How can they be in a highly tense defense all night?" Zong Yuan paused, looked around at everyone, and said: "We can send more people to attack at night, but these people are going to die. The purpose is to dispel the enemy's defense. After defeating our army's night attack, the enemy will certainly not expect that our army will have a second wave of night attacks. At that time, this second wave of night attacks can catch the enemy off guard!"

After Zong Yuan finished speaking, everyone lowered their heads, thinking silently, and thinking about whether Zong Yuan's plan was feasible.

Sending out two waves of sneak attacks, one in front and one behind, is really unexpected. No matter how cunning Mao An is, he will never expect this move. However, the first wave of sneak attacks will be in danger of death. If this plan is implemented, the losses of our side will not be small.

Tang Yin naturally thought of this. He frowned and said, "If we follow Master Zong's plan, then few of the brothers in the first wave of sneak attacks will be able to return to the camp alive."

Zong Yuan bowed his hands and said, "It is worth it to exchange the final victory for a very small price. Even if our army's siege supplies are transported, there will still be casualties during the large-scale siege. What do you think, Master?"

Yes! Tang Yin nodded secretly, then looked around at everyone and said, "Everyone, what do you think?"

Qiu Zhen stood up and bowed his hands and said, "Master Zong has extraordinary strategies, and his plan is feasible!"

Qiu Zhen also admired Zong Yuan's plan very much. In fact, he and Zhang Zhe are both good at overall strategy, but their tactics and strategies in close combat are far inferior to Zong Yuan.

Hearing that he also thought so, Tang Yin no longer hesitated and said, "Okay! Let's follow Master Zong's plan. At midnight tonight, our army will launch another sneak attack on Jicheng!"

"Yes!" Everyone stood up and responded in unison.

Tang Yin accepted Zong Yuan's plan and selected a hundred dead soldiers from the entire army. They were responsible for the first wave of sneak attacks, while the secret arrow personnel headed by Cheng Jin were responsible for the second wave of sneak attacks. Unlike the last time, Tang Yin also participated in person this time, showing his determination to succeed in one battle.

In addition, he set the direction of the sneak attack at the back city of Jicheng, and ordered all the soldiers to secretly gather at their own camp outside the back city of Jicheng, including the Besa cavalry. As long as the front succeeded, their army could rush out of the camp and rush into the city at the first time.

After everything was arranged, Tang Yin found the leader of the hundred dead soldiers. This man is a captain named Jiang Chu. He doesn't know any martial arts, but he is tall and strong.

Tang Yin looked him over and asked softly: "Jiang Chu, do you know the danger of this sneak attack?"

Jiang Chu cupped his hands and said, "Sir, we are outnumbered and the enemy has already taken precautions. This sneak attack, my subordinates are determined to be benevolent!"

Tang Yin nodded, his eyes darkened, and he waved to the side. At this time, the guard standing aside walked up to Jiang Chu with a tray and handed it to him. Jiang Chu looked up and saw that the tray was filled with bright yellow gold ingots. Tang Yin said: "You can take this gold and share it with the other brothers!"

Jiang Chu stretched out his hand, but immediately retracted it, raised his head, looked directly at Tang Yin, and said seriously: "This subordinate sacrificed his life for the country without any expectation of reward!" After a pause, he said again: "If you are willing to reward me, sir , just send this gold to my home!”

When Tang Yin heard this, he was very moved. If there were other good strategies, he would definitely not let these respectable and admirable soldiers die. However, in order to break the city as soon as possible and minimize his own losses, he only decided to Able to make sacrifices. He sighed softly in his heart and said: "If you are unfortunately killed in battle, I will definitely provide for your family so that they will have enough food and clothing."

"Thank you so much, sir! If you say this, I will have no regrets even if I die!" Hearing this, Jiang Chu knelt down on one knee and saluted with his hands in hand.

midnight. Hundreds of dead soldiers headed by Jiang Chu quietly sneaked out of the camp and went straight to the back city of Jicheng.

Similar to what Cheng Jin encountered during his sneak attack, from the outside, Jicheng's defenses were very lax. There were no sentries in the towers and no patrolling soldiers on the walls. This group of dead soldiers did not encounter any obstruction along the way and lurked under the city wall smoothly.

Jiang Chu and others listened quietly for a while, confirming that there was no movement on the top of the city. Then they took off the rope they carried with them, threw the iron hook on the top of the city, grabbed the arrow stack, and hundreds of soldiers used their hands and feet to quickly follow the rope. Climbing up to the top of the city.

If you look to the left and right on the long city wall, let alone patrolling soldiers, there are no guards standing guard. Such lax defense does not look like a battle between two armies.

Jiang Chu knew what was going on. He gritted his teeth, shook his head, shook his head to his soldiers, and whispered: "Get down the city wall and open the city gate!"

One hundred soldiers directly under the command retrieved the rope and hung it on the inside of the city wall. Following the rope, they quickly descended the city wall and entered the city.

They clung to the base of the city wall, raised their legs high, set their feet lightly, and slowly sneaked toward the city gate.

Surprisingly, they did not encounter Peng's ambush troops along the way and were not blocked, allowing them to reach the city gate smoothly. At this time, Jiang Chu couldn't help but secretly wonder, looking at the nearby supporting city gate, murmuring in his heart, is the enemy really unprepared? Was our sneak attack successful?

Without time to think about it, he shook his head and signaled to everyone around him to quickly remove the latch and let his army enter the city. Hundreds of soldiers were about to move the door latch according to Jiang Chu's wishes. At this moment, drums suddenly sounded outside the city gate, and an ambush appeared. Countless Peng soldiers in red armor were seen pouring out from every corner and dark place, one by one. The sword is unsheathed and the arrow is cocked, as if facing a powerful enemy.

"Ha ha--"

With a burst of laughter, a general from the Peng Army soldiers walked out and shouted loudly: "My lords have arrived long ago and will come again to attack our city at night! However, you are not as good as a group. This time It’s ridiculous that Tang Yin only sent you useless trash to die! If you are smart, just put down your weapons and surrender, otherwise, you will die without a burial place!”

The Peng general who spoke was none other than Mao An's general, Lu Qingfeng.

Hearing the words, Jiang Chu and others were shaken, and secretly screamed in their hearts that it was terrible! Jiang Chu shouted urgently: "Don't worry about the enemy, open the city gate quickly!"

"yes!"

The soldiers all agreed upon hearing the order and worked together to remove the bolts of the city gate.

The city gate was made of pure copper, and the door latch was also made of copper. It was wide, thick, and extremely heavy. It could not be easily moved. Moreover, Lu Qingfeng would not give them a chance to remove the door latch. .

Seeing that the other party did not listen to his advice and insisted on going his own way, he sneered, raised his hand, and shouted: "Fire the arrow!"

Following his words, Peng's army fired arrows, whizzing and flying into the city gate.

Pity these hundreds of soldiers who died directly under the army. They had no shields and nowhere to dodge. They were like living targets, being shot into row after row by ruthless arrows.

The screams of people and the sound of arrows piercing armor and bones were heard endlessly. Even Jiang Chu was not immune. There were more than a dozen arrows stuck in his chest, lower abdomen, thighs, and arms. Some of them had even penetrated his body. But he did not fall to the ground, and roared angrily at Lu Qingfeng: "Traitor, you will end up like Zhong Tian, ​​shattered to pieces, death is not a pity!" As he spoke, he raised the sword in his hand and staggered Staggering, he rushed towards Lu Qingfeng.