Chapter 55 Entering the city
Not long after Li Pu finished speaking, a strong smell of blood came from the camp.
After the killing, Li Pu led his soldiers straight to Ruixiang on the edge of the Yellow River.
Ruixiang is a ferry on the Yellow River. After crossing Ruixiang, you will actually go around to the back of Tongguan.
There are no obstacles ahead, Chang'an is right in front of you!
Li Pu ran for dozens of miles at night and finally arrived at Ruixiang before dawn. This was a famous ferry on the Yellow River. There were many fishing boats or passenger boats tied to the shore, but most of them were small boats that were pulled ashore.
These were people who had fled from Ruixiang. They were reluctant to let their boats get soaked in the water, so they dragged the boats to the shore, hoping that one day they could return here and continue to use their boats.
This also happened to be convenient for Li Pu. The soldiers dragged the boat on the shore into the water to check whether the boat was intact.
These boats are not big, and the big ones have been snatched away long ago, so the remaining ones are small boats.
The smaller boats can carry about five or six soldiers, and the larger boats can carry seven or eight soldiers. They can't even carry as many people as a larger raft.
The Yellow River will enter the dry season in December. At this time, the flow will decrease, and even small boats can cross the river. Although it is only November, the water volume has already begun to become much smaller.
Li Pu took the soldiers across the Yellow River in small boats. The number of boats was limited, and they made two or three trips. It was not until dawn that all the soldiers were transported across the Yellow River and arrived at Huayin.
Huayin refers to the shady side of Huashan Mountain, which is located in the eastern part of the Guanzhong Plain and is the juncture of the three provinces of Qin, Jin, and Henan. It starts from Tongguan in the east, Huazhou District in the west, Qinling Mountains in the south, and Weishui River in the north.
Huayin can be said to be very stable, and it is the base camp of the Tongguan garrison, and Fan Chou's 10,000 supporting troops are located here.
However, these 10,000 soldiers lived a very leisurely life, because although the front was Tongguan, the soldiers guarding Tongguan were the soldiers assigned to Fan Chou by Li Jue and Guo Bang. The soldiers stationed in Huayin did not need to go up and fight on their own.
Moreover, Li Jue did not dare to run out of food and grass, so the 10,000 defenders were enjoying themselves eating, drinking, and having fun, and no one cared about the city's defense at all.
The same was true for the soldiers stationed on the city wall. They stood crookedly. Some were chatting together, some were playing cards together, and some were even bringing women to the top of the city, causing the soldiers below the city to boo.
After a ridiculous night, these soldiers drove away the idlers who came to the city wall at dawn. They yawned and stood on the city wall to urinate. It happened that someone in the corner was very drunk last night and was sleeping at this time. He was doused with urine.
The soldiers with sullen expressions pointed at the city head and began to curse.
"The bastard Guo Laoer!"
The crowd burst into laughter, and the city was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.
After finishing his convenience, Guo Laoer also laughed and didn't take it to heart.
He turned around, put on his pants and lay on the wall, watching the sunrise outside the city.
A red sun appeared from the sky like a burning orange. Along with the red sun, there were some black ants that looked like they were dragging the sun.
Guo Laoer thought he was dazzled and wondered why the sun had spots. He rubbed his eyes and took a closer look. There were more and more ants, and they were getting closer and closer to him.
Only then did Guo Laoer see clearly what kind of ants were here. This was an army!
Moreover, it seems that the armor style does not belong to our own people at all, and besides our own people, the only ones who can appear here are the Jizhou Army!
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!" Guo Laoer shouted hurriedly, but no one on the wall believed it.
After all, Tongguan has not been broken yet, how did the enemy army get here?
Everyone knows that Guo Laoer is talking nonsense. He is really brave. He dares to make fun of this thing and is not afraid of punishing someone for lying about military information.
Seeing that no one responded, some even threw leftover bones at him.
Seeing that everyone didn't believe it, Guo Laoer quickly went to beat the drum at the top of the city. As soon as the drum sounded, everyone's expressions began to change.
You must know that just a few words were just shouted verbally, and it will be over if no one pursues it. But when the drum sounds, if the report is wrong, you will be beheaded.
A general who was sleeping on the city wall heard the sound of drums, quickly picked up the spear that was thrown aside, and threw the wine bottle in his arms.
The general climbed up the city wall and looked in the direction Guo Laoer was pointing. The black armor was uniform. It was obvious that he was not one of his own.
The general thought for a moment, then ran down the city wall and disappeared.
"Huh? Why did General Zhao run away?"
Guo Laoer looked at the fleeing figure of the general surnamed Zhao, thought about it and hurriedly climbed down the city wall to escape.
At this time, more and more people saw the enemy troops outside the city. There were no generals preparing their weapons and there were no warriors fighting to the death. They all turned around and ran away.
In the minds of these city defenders, what does the presence of enemy troops outside the city mean?
It means that Tongguan Pass has been broken! Although these people are not many, they may just be the vanguard of the enemy army.
In addition, some people have already started to run away. Others have fled, and you are holding a weapon to defend the city?
Do not make jokes!
As a result, the scale of the escape became larger and larger.
Li Pu led his soldiers to cross the Yellow River. Next to the Yellow River was Huayin City, and there were horses in the city. In order to make it easier to cross the river, Li Pu did not bring any horses with him at all.
How could the actions of five thousand men be concealed from others? Once discovered by the defenders, they would mount their war horses and surround and kill the five thousand soldiers of their own side.
Although Li Pu didn't look down upon him, the reality in the army was exposed.
So Li Pu led his soldiers to directly attack Huayin City and defeat the enemy before they could react!
Moreover, Huayin City is not very tall, so it can be captured if the enemy is caught by surprise.
Just as Li Pu was charging towards Huayin City, Li Pu heard the sound of drums coming from the city wall.
Li Pu's heart sank and he secretly thought it was not good.
He hurried slowly and was still discovered, but Li Pu was a little strange, why did the drums sound only a few times and then stopped, and why did no one in the city go up the city wall?
Li Pu came to the city and slammed the city gate. Unexpectedly, the city gate was not closed tightly and was knocked open by Li Pu's collision.
"Fight in!"
This opportunity was once in a lifetime, and regardless of whether it was a fraud or not, Li Pu rushed into the city with a big ax, followed closely by the law-defeating soldiers.
The strange thing is that when Li Pu entered the city, he found that the city was in a mess, with various items scattered on the street.
"General, I asked the residents in the city, and according to him, all the soldiers guarding the city ran away from the east gate."
"Yes, I understand." I thought I would experience a bloody battle, but I didn't expect the soldiers guarding the city to be so... useless?
"General! General! We found a large number of war horses outside the city!" A soldier ran over and reported his discovery to Li Pu.
Li Pu followed the soldiers to a place not far outside the city. There were no fewer than five thousand war horses here, or even more.
Chapter completed!