Chapter 240 Array (6)

"What's going on outside? Is there water?"

The rain was coming fast, so Li Qingchen, who did not enter the city but slept in the back camp, could not tell whether he was awakened by the sweltering heat, or whether he was awake because of the discomfort from his wounds, or whether what he saw and heard from noon to night made him

There was some emotional burden, so I slept very lightly.

But in short, I suddenly woke up in the middle of the night and felt a little thirsty.

No one answered him. In order to take control of this army as soon as possible and turn it into a private army, Han Yingong chose to bribe him. The result was deliberate indulgence and military discipline that was particularly out of control tonight. He should have been listening to orders in the front tent.

The soldiers were not there at all, they must have gone into the city to plunder.

It can be regarded as seeking kindness and gaining kindness.

Now that Li Qingchen was awake and couldn't call anyone, he lay there, going through yesterday's events in his mind, and his heart became more and more upset... These things in the army yesterday were things he had known would happen, and he had already written them in the book and some

I was reminded by the words of my elders, but because I have the protection of my family, and I have been serving as a subordinate to an officer like Bai Yousi, who is almost the pride of heaven, I don’t have to be exposed to excessive things... At this time, a large-scale incident occurred

At present, there will inevitably be some moral dilemmas.

However, compared to the clan sisters who showed more obvious expressions, Li Twelve Lang could still suppress his feelings for the time being.

After lying there for a while, there were again some strange noises coming from outside, which seemed to be crying, asking for help, and some venting low hoarse roars... all of which were diluted in the rain.

This seems somewhat natural.

Li Qingchen, who didn't know what time it was, looked at the tent above his head, sighed, and decided to get up and take a drink of water, then go and take a look. If those people went too far, just take care of them.

But as soon as he got up, he felt a strong sense of soreness in his limbs, which combined with the pain in his chest and abdomen, almost caused his whole body to convulse.

This made Li Qingchen panic, but he ignored everything, struggled to get up, put on his clothes, and walked out with a knife.

You must know that Li Twelve Lang is definitely not a coward. He was afraid of death before, but because he could only accomplish something while alive, he crawled away from the battlefield late at night and was captured by the river. But after the horse was laid down yesterday,

Li Twelve Lang was not very resentful, he just felt that even if he died in front of the army, his life was not in vain. But at this moment, facing the possibility of dying in bed due to illness, he finally could not accept it.

Turning back to his eyes, he walked out of the door and looked around despite the rain. Li Qingchen immediately noticed something strange - although the darkness and rain obscured many things, there were large groups of people moving in disorder at the far end of the camp, as well as the occasional light of fire.

The flash of Bai Huahua's body and the subsequent screams and roars still indicate that something big went wrong in the camp.

It was as if there was some wild beast in the darkness that was gnawing at this military camp in the most primitive way.

And soon, before he, Captain Li, could find the key figures and call out for questioning, he would know what had happened.

"Ordnance! This is the armory! Come on! Come on!"

In the darkness, someone suddenly gave up their previous obviously repressed actions and desperate attempts to cover up, and suddenly started shouting wildly. Then, there was a roar and the sound of impacting the camp, and then there was the sound of fighting with all his strength.

There were shouts of killing and the entire camp was in a state of panic and disorder.

"Get the ordnance! Come and get the ordnance!"

"Split a team of people, rescue those palace people, and let them escape! Escape to the south, west, you can go anywhere tonight! Just go around to the territory of the Deposed Dragon Gang! You can also go to Mangdang Mountain!"

"All men with short-term soldiers, follow me! Go attack the Korean bandit's camp! If they are not prepared, if you can kill one of them, it will be enough!"

The shouts, no longer scrupulous, seemed to drown out the entire night.

"It's the internal servants who rebelled. They lit the brazier and moved closer to me!" Li Qingchen, who had realized what was going on, stood in the rain, with rain and sweat on his forehead mixed together, and screamed with all his strength. "Don't be confused! Don't panic! They don't have armor. , got caught in the rain all night again! Don’t be afraid! Just hold on tight!”

In the chaos, some officers and soldiers heard the shouts and gathered towards Li Qingchen. Moreover, there were many similar places in the back camp... This group of Guanxi garrison soldiers were the essence of the army soldiers who had been in the army for generations. Wei's military foundation, the so-called moral direction of military discipline determines combat effectiveness, seems absurd in this kind of feudal army. Years of military training and effective organizational structure still prompt many grassroots officers to take the initiative to perform their responsibilities.

However, chaos still swept uncontrollably deep into the camp. Many blocking points established by grassroots officers who tried to stabilize the situation were instantly overwhelmed by the white dumplings. The soldiers beside Li Qingchen simply dispersed. Dispersed and walked away.

There is no way, the white-skin dumplings have no armor, but the soldiers who sleep at night also don't wear armor; the white-skin dumplings were caught in the rain in the middle of the night, but the sergeants also made trouble the whole first half of the night; there are only a few thousand white-skin dumplings, but However, many of the sergeants entered the city, and they were distributed among the various camps at night, and they were caught off guard.

The more important point is that unlike the previous panic of lambs to be slaughtered during the day, the internal servants experienced humiliating surrender, and through the treatment after surrender, as well as the plundering of the palace people and the city, they clearly realized that their family was in danger. These officers and soldiers were not in good hands, and at this time they were already in a desperate posture.

Moreover, in terms of obedience and organization, these chamberlains are probably no weaker than the Kansai garrison troops.

Therefore, whenever they encounter a small group of officers and soldiers organized, they will swarm in. If they have knives, they will cut, if they have guns, they will stab. If they don’t have knives and guns, they will smash the dismantled wood. Later, they will even become more popular. Even with bare hands, those who are blind will climb on it, bite and gnaw at it.

In the huge rear camp, the officers and soldiers could not stand at all. The dark and white wave was about to sweep towards Li Qingchen, and Li Twelve Lang, who was feeling unwell, could only endure in vain. He thought that he might die in the riot. In the hands of the internal servants, it is even more unbearable, but there is nothing they can do.

"Let's go!"

At this moment, Li Shisanniang led seven or eight people and two or three horses to the rescue in time. She asked someone to help her brother on the horse, and then hurriedly fled the back camp.

However, after the brother and sister left the rear camp, Li Shisanniang suddenly changed direction and walked southwest in the rainy night, directly leaving the camp.

Li Qingchen was dazed at first, but when he walked out of the camp and saw that he was in the wrong direction, he finally woke up and asked loudly on his horse: "Why don't you go to the Chinese Army?"

"What's the use of going?" Li Qingzhou said confidently. "Look at the rain, is it the inner servant army that can really overwhelm Han Yin Gong's Chinese army camp, or can Han Yin Gong save the rear camp? The result must be that the inner servant army kills all the rear camp. The soldiers and horses of the camp rescued the palace people, and then robbed the rear camp of swords, guns, ordnance supplies and fled to other places, but Han Yingong was helpless... Now go over and see how incompetent and furious he is, will he make a fool of himself there? I have just seen it? "

"Then we can't just leave like this, right?" Li Qingchen was puzzled. "We have serious business."

"What else is there to do?" Li Qingzhou was still speaking plausibly. "Haven't you figured it out yet? Han Yingong was so embarrassed after being hit by this blow that he would not take the risk to support Yucheng. If he didn't go, you would be defeated by Yucheng. With the troops and horses blocking the way, no troops on the southern front could rush to Jishui for a flanking attack. The success or failure of this battle would only be a battle between Zhang Xing and Zhang Xuguo. In this case, it would be better to take you back to Huaiyang as soon as possible. Take good care of your health so that you won't be unable to see your aunt in the future."

Li Qingchen was stunned, unable to refute.

When Li Qingzhou saw that his brother had shut up, he did not hesitate, got down directly, and led the horse in the direction of Huaiyang himself, regardless of the roar in the camp behind him that almost tore through the rainy night.

In the final analysis, Li Qingzhou's sympathy for the internal servants and his disgust for Han Yingong were clear yesterday.

The brother and sister took seven or eight sergeants and left straight away. In the rain behind them, there were occasional light spots and shouts. But after all, as Li Shisanniang said, the internal servants were not allowed to enter the Chinese army camp. The Chinese army's main camp troops were in a hurry and could not recapture the rear camp.

The prince saw clearly and let go of the captured palace servants early, letting some of them take them to escape. Then he gathered the swords and guns, carried some of the useful baggage, and ordered everyone to go east before dawn. While walking, I wanted to go towards Mangdang Mountain.

However, although Li Qingzhou correctly judged the situation after the outbreak of the internal servant army, it was impossible for him to make an accurate judgment on the military situation hundreds of miles away - the battle in Dongjun was far away, both in terms of the time and scale of the outbreak. It's beyond these people's imagination.

Just as the internal servants were rioting at night, a night attack also took place in Dongjun.

The initiator was Li Shu, and the target was the Qilu soldiers under Zhang Xuguo.

The thing is like this, as early as the day before, Zhang Xuguo's forward troops had entered Dongjun, but Li Shu, who was located on the border of Dongjun and Dongping County, chose to stand still... The reason couldn't be simpler. At that time, these Qilu troops The officers and soldiers just followed the trend and did not find him exactly, nor did they take any action against him; taking the initiative to attack at this time was to ensure that Zhang Xuguo himself, as well as Fan Hu, Yu Baimei and other key generals of Zhang Xuguo's department had already appear, and then use a breakout posture to attract the attention of all officers and soldiers, and take the exhausted Zhang Xuguo's troops to Lishan.

The effect is incredible.

That night, unlike the south, there was no rain in the north of Jishui. Li Shu raised the flag and led four thousand troops to leave and break through the siege before the siege closed, and went straight south... There was no need to act at all. Because they really couldn't break through and were really going to die here, all the troops worked together as one, acted decisively, succeeded in one blow, and went straight south without any hesitation in fighting.

"Are you sure it's Li Shu?"

At dawn, Zhang Xuguo, with red eyes, personally waited at the intersection outside the camp when he saw Fan Bao, who was riding over to report the military situation, and then took the initiative to ask.

"That's him." Fan Bao turned over and dismounted, slightly cupping his hands. "The flags, soldiers and horses are all correct, and it is consistent with the intelligence collected yesterday. It can also explain why Xiong Bonan has been going crazy these days, talking endlessly to Governor Zhang. But more importantly, the prisoners all said the same thing... This is conclusive."

"How many people were captured?" Zhang Xuguo immediately asked. "Whose subordinates are they?"

"Twenty or thirty people are not affiliated with each other, and they belong to everyone, but several of them are the core military and legal forces directly under Xiong Bonan." Fan Bao still answered fluently.

"They all say the same thing?"

"yes."

"how to say?"

"After the army came out of Zhencheng, it suddenly collapsed on the road for some reason. If Zhang Xing from the west front hadn't come up from the direction of Lihu, the whole army would have almost dispersed. So they quickly retreated to Lihu, who was there to rest and recuperate. Then they froze.

One night, they were afraid of our sneak attack, so they took the relatively capable ones back to Zhencheng and used them as defenses and defenders... But they didn't expect that we would directly cross Zhencheng without entering. They were afraid that Li Shu would be captured and were afraid.

I was eaten whole, and I was afraid that Lihu's main force would collapse again, so I hurriedly broke out to join the main force." Fan Bao had something to say. "That's what they said... I also brought an honest man with me."

Zhang Xuguo nodded, and immediately Yu Baimei, who had arrived earlier, came forward and interrogated the prisoner on the side of the road.

As for the results, it is self-evident.

If you want to deceive the enemy, you must first deceive yourself. For the officers and soldiers of Li Shu's army, except for a few senior officials, this is what they thought.

Yu Baimei came back after asking. Before he could speak, Zhang Xuguo took the initiative and asked, "This is the military situation. What do you mean?"

"This opportunity must not be lost before it comes again." Yu Baimei spoke before Fan Bao could. "If Li Shu doesn't die, the Deposed Dragon Gang will resurface sooner or later... Just catch up and kill him cleanly."

"What my eldest brother means is to chase Li Shu, and then take advantage of the situation to press into Lihu, deal with the main force of the thieves and Li Shu together, and end the war." Fan Bao paused for a moment and expressed his "own" opinion.

This will save these thieves from causing trouble to Qi County in the future."

Zhang Xuguo pondered for a while, and Yu Baimei also sneered.

Besides, there was a fog of war between the two sides. The information that Li Shu was in Zhencheng was a complete surprise to Zhang Xuguo's department... because when they came over before, there was an unmistakable general information that the Deposed Dragon Gang's army had arrived a few days ago.

Leave Zhencheng and walk westward.

That's all.

Therefore, the troops boldly crossed Zhencheng and entered Dongjun directly because they thought it was an empty city.

As a result, looking back half a day after entering Dongjun, I found that Li Shu was probably still in Zhencheng with four to five thousand core troops. On the one hand, he naturally suspected that the city was fake, but on the other hand, he pretended not to know and ordered his troops to march quickly from the north and south.

, try to encircle... In this case, if Li Shu is fake, they will continue to pursue westward without delay, and if Li Shu is real, they can also form an encirclement.

But now, Li Shu rushed to break through decisively before the encirclement was formed, and the confessions of the soldiers seemed to verify everything and explain everything logically.

Li Shu left and returned to act as a rear guard for Lihu's resting troops. At this time, he realized the danger from the actions of the officers and soldiers and took the initiative to break out of the encirclement.

However, Yu Baimei's sneer was not laughing at this, but at the fact that Fan Bao, as the commander of the army who directly fought against Li Shu in this breakout battle, actually immediately asked his brother Fan, who was far away from him, immediately after the war.

Hu made a report, but his immediate boss and commander-in-chief Zhang Xuguo needed Zhang Xuguo to take the initiative to send someone to summon him before he could come over.

As soon as he thought of this, Yu Baimei did not hesitate and leaned forward and handed over his hands: "General Manager, I am willing to be the vanguard! End this war!"

Zhang Xuguo had already made up his mind, but he still looked back at the subordinates who came here with him from the camp.

The leader among them was Jia Wugen. He pondered for a moment and gave his own answer: "General manager, no matter what, one thing is always true, that is, if Li Shu is not eliminated, there will be endless troubles, and the deposed Dragon Gang will
To be continued...