Chapter 243: There are capable men in the Di Qin army
"Yanyou, who do you think did this?"
Liang Cheng came to a soldier lying beside a big tree. There were two arrow clusters stuck in the soldier's chest.
Obviously, the soldier died due to force.
In fact, there is no need to say it clearly. The situation here is enough to give them the answer. As veterans who have been on the battlefield for a long time, both Liang Cheng and Cui Yanyou can identify at a glance which team these arrow clusters belong to.
"No need to ask, it must be the Jin army."
"General, this is a big deal. The Jin army, which has always been timid and timid, actually dared to make a sneak attack!"
Cui Yanyou clenched his hand tightly and pulled out the two arrow clusters with a little force. Almost at the same time, bright red blood sprang out from the soldier's chest.
Although the blood still had the power to spurt out, it had gradually lost its temperature. Cui Yanyou sent the blood-stained arrow cluster in front of Liang Cheng.
Worried: "The arrow clusters are uniform in shape and well-made, so they must not have been made by Victory Fort."
"Besides, those fort residents aren't that bold."
Liang Cheng also had to admit that the burning warships and the soldiers who died in battle were all the work of the Jin army.
But he still couldn't figure it out.
"How is this possible?"
"The defense of Xiangyang City is so tight, how could the Jin army get in?"
"There are sentries above them and traps we have laid out on the ground. What kind of power do they have?"
Liang Cheng's analysis was based on the basic hardware of Xiangyang City, and there was nothing wrong with it. However, he ignored one fact.
That is the current situation of Xiangyang City.
Are there any soldiers seriously guarding Xiangyang City now?
"General, actually our defense is not very tight."
Originally, Cui Yanyou shouldn't have said this. After all, he was just a cavalry leader, with a low position and little responsibility.
Whether the city can be defended or not has nothing to do with him.
Liang Cheng was slightly startled when he heard this: "Why did you say that?"
Cui Yanyou was speechless. This was all obvious, but the boss still refused to admit it.
I have no choice but to pierce the window paper today!
"General, the soldiers in Xiangyang City are addicted to gambling nowadays. I heard that when it gets dark, soldiers from all over the place will get together to play money."
"I don't know if my information is accurate." He paused, and then added despite Liang Cheng's cold face.
Liang Cheng licked his lips, feeling a little embarrassed.
Is this young man really... can he tell such a truth casually? Fortunately, there is no one around now, otherwise it would be terrible if he got to Fu Rui.
"I've heard about it too, but with more than 100,000 defenders in Xiangyang City, it won't be like this everywhere."
Cui Yanyou is still pretending, and he is very disappointed. He, Lao Liang, was just joining in the fun a few days ago, but now he refuses to admit it.
"General, now that I'm reporting back to you about the miserable situation here, it still doesn't explain why gambling is happening every night on board the building!"
"General, this trend must be curbed, otherwise, Xiangyang City will be in danger!"
Liang Cheng stood up with a serious expression.
To be honest, before today, he had never taken gambling too seriously. In this world, there was no military camp that did not offer gambling games.
Small bets were made for pleasure, and this was done to keep the soldiers motivated to fight. He never expected that these big soldiers would actually engage in gambling in private.
"According to your opinion, the Jin army took advantage of the defenders' loophole to secretly burn the warship?"
Although he didn't want to admit it, Cui Yanyou nodded helplessly.
"But if the Jin army did this, where are they now?" This is a soul question, and Cui Yanyou has been thinking about this question.
Among the corpses lying on the shore, it was obvious that the Qin army accounted for the majority, but the Jin army was not alone.
It is easy to tell from the armor that the Jin troops who came to attack this time were wearing relatively lightweight leather armor.
As for the Qin defenders, they were either wearing armor or not wearing armor.
Since there was fighting, how did the Jin army disappear from under the eyes of the hundreds of thousands of Di and Qin troops?
Liang Cheng, who had recently fought against the Jin army, especially the Beifu soldiers, fell into a kind of panic.
The last time outside Jingling City, Liang Cheng still remembered how the Beifu soldiers beat him and made him run away with his head in his arms. The combat effectiveness of this group of people was far beyond that of the Jingzhou soldiers in the past.
The tactics, literacy, and equipment are all quite sophisticated. The key is that this team also has many very cohesive and intelligent generals.
If the Beifu soldiers he encountered had really penetrated deep into the vicinity of Xiangyang City, if those warships were burned by the same group of soldiers.
Then, Xiangyang City is in danger!
"Report to the general, there are no surviving soldiers here. There were originally 218 guards here, and now there are 193 bodies found. The rest of the soldiers have no chance of survival.
It must have fallen into the river, but we haven't been able to find it yet."
"In addition, forty-five corpses of the Jin army were also found."
"Forty-five?"
"Only forty-five people!"
The thick tree trunk, which could only be hugged by two people, was shaken by Liang Cheng's photo. More than a dozen leaves fell in the wind.
Seeing these green leaves falling randomly, Liang Cheng became even more sad and angry.
More than 200 people were guarding a place, right under his nose, but only 45 Jin soldiers were killed and wounded!
"It's all trash!"
"It is not a pity to die!"
Looking around, the cavalry and infantry who followed Liang Cheng saw that there was no one alive near the return entrance, so they stopped struggling and started to work together to do serious things.
The so-called serious business now cannot be fighting the enemy in hand-to-hand combat with swords and guns, let alone putting out fires desperately.
Unfortunately, the only thing the Di Qin soldiers can do now, which is their duty, near this port that does not occupy a large area, is to carry corpses.
The corpses floating in the river and lying on the river bank cannot be left there as they are. They must be gathered together before they can be properly disposed of.
The soldiers usually work in groups of two and work together to carry the bodies of their comrades to a corner of the river bank. This is convenient for statistics and to clean the battlefield.
Such an unequal battle and such huge casualties really made the soldiers of Di Qin unable to hold their heads up with shame. Not only Liang Cheng couldn't swallow this breath, but even the ordinary soldiers felt extremely humiliated.
We must catch this group of Jin troops!
Get back everything you suffered today!
At this moment, Liang Cheng and the soldiers under his command had exactly the same idea. However, it was not that easy to think of bad intentions.
Where are the Jin troops?
Where are they?
Looking around, there is no trace of the Jin army as far as the eye can see, and the only Qin army garrison that can provide clues is that there is no one left alive.
Liang Cheng became more and more certain that those who attacked him in a sneak attack must be the same group of Beifu soldiers who fought against him!
"They're coming!"
"It must be them!"
Liang Cheng's voice was trembling, Cui Yanyou looked at him doubtfully, and felt that Liang Cheng, who had always been brave, had a somewhat frightened expression on his face at this moment.
Cui Yanyou couldn't help but imagine who the "they" in his mouth were referring to.