Chapter 340: Sneak Attack on Luoyang
Chapter 340: Sneak Attack on Luoyang
Before dawn, Yang Jun was awakened by a burst of rapid shouting.
Outside the tent, Xiong Kuohai said urgently: "Your Highness, get up quickly, something bad has happened!"
"What happened?" Yang Jun asked, sitting up.
The concubine sleeping beside him shook her head in fear, "I don't know either!"
"Put on some clothes, please!"
The concubine quickly helped Yang Jun put on his clothes, and Yang Jun walked out of the tent quickly, "What happened?"
Xiong Kuohai said: "Your Highness, He Ruodong is going to rebel!"
"what!"
Yang Jun was shocked, "Why?"
"I heard that the soldiers were dissatisfied and making trouble because they didn't have breakfast, so He Ruodong took advantage of the soldiers' emotions and instigated a rebellion."
"Why is there no breakfast? Aren't we having horse meat today?"
Xiong Kuohai stamped his feet anxiously, "Now is not the time to talk about this, Your Highness, please leave now!"
Suddenly, a strange sound came from behind. Ah! It was an arrow. Xiong Kuohai reacted very quickly. He rolled over and hid under the table. Arrows rained down into the tent. Yang Jun and the concubine were hit by dozens of arrows and turned into hedgehogs. They fell to the ground and died tragically.
The table became a shield and saved Xiong Kuohai's life.
"Go and take a look, they probably won't make it!" This was He Ruodong's voice.
Soon, two soldiers entered the tent with knives in hand. As soon as they entered the tent, a black shadow flashed and two arrows instantly pierced into the throats of the two soldiers. The two soldiers fell to the ground, twitching all over, and died.
Xiong Kuohai picked up the two men's knives and found a lot of gold and silver in the inner tent. He packed it into a bag and put it on his back. He cut open the back tent with a knife, and disappeared into the darkness in a flash of shadow.
With Xiong Kuohai's martial arts, leaving Queshu Valley was a piece of cake. He quickly climbed the cliff and entered the mountains, but he did not dare to return to Chang'an, so he disappeared in the world.
He Ruodong led his army to surrender to Yuwen Shu. Yuwen Shu was so happy that he was about to explode. On the one hand, he comforted the Sui soldiers and arranged meals for them. On the other hand, he sent people to the south to inform the deputy general Heshan Gui that the Queshu Valley War was over and ordered him to rush to Hedong County immediately to support Xiao Moke.
The so-called coincidences were caused by the time and distance differences in many things, which led to insufficient information exchange between the parties. Yuwen Shu thought that Pei Renji had surrendered to Hedan Gui, and Hedan Gui also thought that all the Sui troops had surrendered to Yuwen Shu.
Without exchanging any further information, Heshan Gui led 20,000 troops to support the Hedong Army.
Yuwen Shu and Hedan Gui never dreamed that there was an army hidden in Queshu Valley. Not long after Hedan Gui led his army away, Pei Renji led the cavalry out of Queshu Valley and got a batch of food in Huoyi County. The Sui army's logistical food and fodder could not be taken away all, so they left a part of it in Huoyi County, which benefited Pei Renji.
Pei Renji received tens of thousands of copper coins and tens of thousands of grains. He distributed the tens of thousands of copper coins to the soldiers, and each of them carried a few buckets of rice. The army quickly marched south towards Luoyang.
Pei Renji has received news that Xiao Moke is leading 20,000 troops to reinforce Hedong County, so Luoyang must be empty. He also wants to see if he can take Luoyang as a token of his surrender to King Jin.
The cavalry was extremely fast. A few days later, five thousand cavalry arrived in Heyang. They crossed the Heyang Bridge with the cover of night and quickly arrived at Mengjin without encountering any defenders along the way.
This reflects, from one aspect, that Luoyang had too few troops, so few that they could only guard the city. Many of the surrounding checkpoints were abandoned. Of course, there were still garrisons at the east and west checkpoints, and only the north and south checkpoints were abandoned.
At this time, there would be no enemy troops from Hedong heading south to Luoyang.
At this time, Pei Xingyan said to his father, "We don't have Yang Liang's military order, so the city guards will certainly not trust us. It would be better for me to attack Luoyang first, then seize the west gate, and then your cavalry will charge in."
“It’s too dangerous!”
"With my martial arts skills, father, don't worry!"
Pei Renji thought about it and agreed, "Then let's do it according to your plan!"
At present, Luoyang's garrison was indeed only 10,000 people, led by the deputy general Yu Gongli. Yu Gongli also knew that Xiao Xia could lead a large army to attack at any time, so he was also extremely cautious. He only opened the city gates for one hour at noon every day to allow farmers outside the city to sell vegetables. The city gates were closed at other times. The 10,000 troops were divided into three shifts, and everyone took turns on duty, and did not dare to slack off at night.
At three o'clock in the morning, Pei Xingyan led thirty of his highly skilled men to the city of Luoyang.
Pei Renji led the cavalry and lurked a mile away. Pei Renji stared at the tall city wall not far away, and was really worried about his son's life safety.
Pei Xingyan led his men to sneak into the river silently. They were not wearing armor, but black night clothes. They had a long sword and a waterproof leather bag on their backs, which contained a bow and arrow.
The wide moat actually provided shelter for the attackers. Soon, they swam across the moat and climbed gently ashore. More than thirty people stood against the wall.
Everyone was silent for a moment. Feeling that there were no patrolling soldiers above their heads, Pei Xingyan winked, and two extremely strong men half-crouched down. The soldiers climbed up one by one by stepping on the shoulders, and soon a five-person ladder was built.
Pei Xingyan was the last one. He put one hand on the top of the city wall and slowly showed his head. On the top of the city wall, a team of trained soldiers were walking towards the tower with their backs to him.
Pei Xingyan jumped onto the city wall lightly, followed by his men who followed him up one by one, and the last few also climbed up using rope ladders.
After all thirty people entered the city, the patrol team also turned around and headed towards this side.
At this moment, the patrol team seemed to have discovered a person on the top of the city wall. The leading captain shouted a few times and immediately ran towards this side with his men.
Pei Xingyan had taken off his black clothes and was shirtless, staggering like a drunk, but slowly drawing his sword. He was actually a bait, luring the patrol team over. They needed to snatch weapons, and everyone lay on the ground, waiting for the leader to take action.
"Who are you?" the captain asked sternly as they approached.
"My home is just outside the city. I had a few drinks and came up to get some fresh air!"
"asshole!"
The captain cursed and ordered his men, "Tie him up!"
Several soldiers rushed up immediately. Pei Xingyan sneered and attacked suddenly. His body flashed like a ghost, and several soldiers fell straight to the ground with blood flowing from their throats.
Pei Xingyan rushed into the patrol team, and the soldiers fell to the ground and died miserably, all with their throats cut by a sword, and their spears fell all over the ground.
Pei Xingyan's men also rushed forward, picked up spears and joined the battle. In just a few moments, the patrol team of more than 30 people was killed completely.
Pei Xingyan and his men quickly put on the armor of patrol soldiers. He waved his hand and rushed towards the city wall with thirty of his men.
...........
Pei Renji waited anxiously, and suddenly, a soldier pointed at the city wall and shouted, "Fire! Fire!"
Pei Renji also saw three flames appearing on the top of the city wall, which meant that Pei Xingyan and his men had succeeded.
Pei Renji was overjoyed, raised his sword and shouted, "Brothers, charge into the city!"
Five thousand cavalrymen set out and rushed towards the west gate like lightning.
At this time, the alarm bells in the city rang loudly, "Dang! Ding! Ding! Ding!" Everyone in the city was shocked.
Pei Xingyan led thirty soldiers and hundreds of guards into a killing spree. Pei Xingyan was like a tiger descending from the mountain, waving his spear and slaughtering the soldiers indiscriminately. Wherever he passed, there were corpses everywhere, and no one could stop him.
At this time, Yu Gongli led two thousand people to attack the west city. When they were about to reach the west gate, they saw countless cavalrymen rushing in from outside the city, like a flood breaking through a dam.
Yu Gongli thought that it was Xiao Xia's army that was coming, and he suddenly despaired. He turned around and fled. Five thousand cavalrymen rushed into the city, and Yu Gongli led thousands of soldiers to escape from the east gate.
Luoyang City changed hands.
(End of this chapter)