Li Ye and Luo Jin worked together. Luo Jin reached the edge of the forest and hid behind a big tree. He was only about ten steps away from one of the patrol sentries.
Li Ye, on the other hand, was hiding in a big tree eighty steps away. He watched the three patrol guards chatting and laughing as they rode slowly.
When the time comes, draw three arrows, draw the bow like a full moon, shoot the arrows like shooting stars chasing the moon, and shoot out the three arrows in one breath.
‘Puff! Puff!’ The two soldiers in front were both shot through the head with an arrow. They didn’t even scream. ‘Plop!’ fell off their horses.
The third soldier shot an arrow through the horse's head. The horse fell to the ground and the soldier fell more than ten feet away. At the same time as Li Ye's arrow shot out, Luo Jin ran out wildly. His target was the soldier closest to him.
Before the soldier could get up, Luo Jin rushed to him and punched the soldier hard on the temple. The soldier fainted immediately.
Li Ye and Luo Jin took action together, dragged two corpses and a horse corpse into the forest, and began to interrogate the captured soldiers. Luo Jin understood the psychology of the Tongluo people better, and within a quarter of an hour of severe interrogation, the prisoners of war collapsed.
He explained everything honestly.
"He said that all the cattle and sheep were in Fengzhou and he did not bring them with him. Their military rations were all looted from various counties in Shuofang. Most of the grain and forage were in Mingsha County, and only a small part was in the camp to confuse the Tang army."
"How did you tell him and explain it so quickly?"
Li Ye was very puzzled. He had interrogated the centurion before, but no matter how hard he tortured him, he would not survive.
Luo Jin smiled bitterly and said: "It's not that they don't have fear. They are not afraid of death or torture, but they are afraid of Changsheng Heaven. I am also afraid of Changsheng Heaven, so I know."
Li Ye thought for a moment and suddenly realized something was wrong. The other party had set a trap.
He quickly said to Luo Jin: "You should go back immediately and tell His Highness that the other party will put a small amount of food and grass in the camp, which will definitely make it easy for us to succeed. Then the other party will definitely feign defeat. When we pursue, the formation will be scattered, and they will counterattack."
"I'll go back right away, but what if I set a fire?"
Li Ye looked at Mingsha County and said calmly: "The small Mingsha County wall can't stop me!"
Li Ye smiled at him again and said, "Don't worry! If I succeed, you will take at least 40% of the credit!"
With Li Ye's promise, Luo Jin was relieved, and he immediately rode back to the station to report.
Li Ye glanced at the prisoner of war who was looking at him eagerly, and cut his throat with a backhand knife. Women on the battlefield are the most stupid people, and they will only kill themselves. He has learned a profound lesson before.
At this time, night had fallen, and Li Ye continued to let the soldier Liu Xing watch his horse while he ran towards the county seat with his sword in hand.
There are only 30,000 Tongluo cavalry. They have to face 55,000 Tang troops and Guo Ziyi's 10,000 troops. They cannot allocate too many troops to defend the main camp and the county seat.
They also had to pretend to confuse the Tang army, so the defensive forces were mainly concentrated in the camp, and there were very few troops in the county. However, the Tongluo army hid their main grain and grass in the county.
There are only a thousand troops stationed in Mingsha County, the city gates are tightly closed, and there are basically no soldiers on the city walls.
Just because there are no soldiers in sight does not mean there are none. The twenty-four teams of soldiers were divided into three squads and patrolled the city top for twelve hours without interruption. There were almost no blind spots at the top of the city, and they were all watched by the patrolling soldiers.
The city of Mingsha County is not high, just like Anle County, only about two feet. Compared with the tallness and generosity of Chang'an City, Mingsha County is simply not worth mentioning.
Li Ye climbed the city wall every day in Chang'an. The city wall in Mingsha County was completely child's play for him.
Li Ye chose the city wall in the northeast corner. He leaned under the city wall and looked up at the moonlight.
A full moon passed through the clouds, sometimes bright and sometimes dark. When the moon entered the largest dark cloud, the earth turned into darkness.
Li Ye immediately turned around and climbed up the city. All the small gaps could be used as places for him to cling. He climbed up the city like an ape, holding on to the top of the city with one hand and pulling the long rope with his teeth with the other hand, slowly pulling his sword.
Pull it up.
His sword weighs fifty-five pounds. It is possible to carry it down the city, but it is not practical to carry it up the city.
He grabbed the knife, temporarily put the knife on his lap, freed his hand to collect the rope, then held the knife and slowly looked towards the top of the city.
There were two teams of patrolling soldiers at the top of the northern city. Each team had about ten soldiers, patrolling back and forth. There was a team of soldiers in front of him.
Li Ye glanced at the moonlight again, and the moon was about to emerge from the dark clouds.
The patrolling soldier had already passed in front of him. When the patrolling soldier turned his back for about thirty steps, Li Ye jumped up to the city, rolled forward, put his hands on the city wall, and his body was already inside the city, hanging on the wall.
Two seconds.
Li Ye jumped into the city lightly and quickly got into an alley.
There were no common people in the city, and they were either massacred or driven out of the county. The county was empty except for a thousand garrison troops.
It was the time for the soldiers to eat. Despite this, the warehouse areas in the city were still heavily guarded. Three hundred soldiers guarded twenty large warehouses, half of which were grain warehouses and half of which were fodder warehouses.
The Tongluo soldiers were relatively lax in their defense of the city wall, but the defense of Cang City was extremely tight. The walls around the warehouse were equipped with a post every ten steps and a sentry every five steps. It was almost impossible to climb over the wall.
Li Ye's eyes fell on the Cao River. His original plan was to sneak in through the water gate of the moat. It was very waterproof and had a special sealed leather bag.
Li Ye found a private house to store his weapons first, then dived into the water and swam slowly toward Shuimen.
Both sides of the river are also heavily guarded, with dozens of soldiers guarding both sides of the river.
Li Ye walked close to the bottom of the river like a fish. He could feel that just above his head, there were several soldiers pacing back and forth, watching the movements of the water with vigilance.
Li Ye used a thin bamboo tube to breathe. Beside the river, a soldier stopped, observed the bamboo tube for a moment, then turned and left. The moonlight was blocked by dark clouds, and the light was dim. He did not recognize
Take out the bamboo tube.
Li Ye continued to swim forward, swimming dozens of steps, and finally arrived in front of the water gate.
The water gate is an iron fence that has been built for many years, and the bottom has long been rusted.
The bottom of the fence was directly touching the river bed. Li Ye pulled out an unknown dagger. The dagger could break gold and jade. It was extremely sharp. Li Ye struggled to cut through four iron fences. A big hole appeared at the bottom of the fence. He got into the hole and dived into the warehouse.
city.
Dugu Lie hurriedly walked into the commander's tent and saluted: "Why did Your Highness cancel the plan to attack the enemy's logistics camp again?"
Li Chu said calmly: "I have just received information that the enemy's food and logistics center is in Mingsha County, not in the logistics camp. There is a trap over there."
"trap?"
Dugu Lie was startled, "I don't understand what I'm doing. Where is the trap?"
Li Chu said slowly: "We will easily destroy the enemy's logistics camp. Tomorrow they will pretend to retreat hastily. Once we believe it and lead troops to pursue them, they will launch a counterattack. By then, our formation has dispersed and the infantry
Unable to withstand the cavalry's surprise attack, it is very likely that we will be defeated by the enemy's counterattack."
Li Chu agreed with Li Ye's analysis. Although the grain and grass were placed in Mingsha County, he deliberately built a logistics camp behind the military camp. The guards were still loose, which made people feel that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it. It was clearly a bait.
Li Chu added: "Since there is no food and grass, there is no need to make a sneak attack."
Dugu Lie nodded silently. If it was true as the intelligence said, the enemy's food and grass were in Mingsha County, then there would really be no point in attacking the enemy's camp.
Lai Yi, who had joined the army in recording the incident, said at the side: "Your Highness, can we take advantage of the plan?"
Li Chu smiled and said: "There are prerequisites for taking advantage of the enemy. We really don't know. But if we burn the grain and grass in Mingsha County, what's the point of taking advantage of the enemy?"
Everyone looked at each other in confusion. Could it be that His Highness King Guangping had arranged additional surprise troops?