Lei Tong surrendered, and the Shu army robbed the camp!
Upon hearing the news, all the generals present were pleasantly surprised.
After a long period of strong attack, they had an absolute advantage. The reason why they repeatedly attacked Luocheng was because the Shu army held on to the city and refused to fight to the death.
Now the Shu army is finally going to attack the camp, and there is Lei Tong as an internal response. If they can report the news in advance, if they can defeat the Shu army's attack camp, it will be easy to conquer Luocheng in one fell swoop.
We have been attacking for so long and have exhausted all means. Isn't this the moment we have been waiting for?
Only Yan Liang, Pang Tong and other wise men looked as usual, as if they had expected it.
"The Shu army has been unwilling to fight before, but now it suddenly wants to rob the camp. Could this be a conspiracy of the Shu army?" Huang Zhong, a veteran general, expressed doubts.
Yan Liang said nothing, only smiled and looked at Pang Tong.
Pang Tong stroked his beard and said with a smile: "People's hearts in Luocheng are already broken. If the rate of this group of soldiers' escape continues, in a few days, the Shu army in Luocheng will be completely gone. Ma Chao and Wu Yi know this very well.
One thing is, they can only have a chance of survival if they take risks, otherwise they will sit back and wait for death."
"What Shi Yuan said is reasonable. The Shu army's attack was a last resort. There is no need to doubt it. Now that Lei Tong is the internal response, it is actually God who is helping the lord to attack Luocheng." Fa Zheng said boldly, full of confidence.
When the two great counselors said this, Huang Zhong and other generals' suspicions dissipated a lot.
"Zifang, how much of Lei Tong's secret message do you think is true and how much is false?" Yan Liang turned his attention to the newly surrendered Wu Lan.
Wu Lan hurriedly said: "Back to my lord, General Lei, like the last general, is extremely dissatisfied with Liu Zhang's actions, and even more dissatisfied with being led by Ma Chao. Previously, the last general had persuaded him to surrender to the lord along with the last general. At that time, he just had a heart.
After a bit of hesitation, I finally believed that at this point, he must have firmly decided to surrender."
With Wu Lan's guarantee and the analysis of several counselors, Yan Liang, who already had an opinion, had no doubts.
At that moment, Yan Liangteng became angry, sneered, and said boldly: "Since guys like Liu Xun have come to die of their own accord, how can I not help them? Send the order, and the troops are ready. Let's greet these guys tonight."
uninvited guest."
The murderous intention was already coming. In the big tent, the generals were in high spirits, and the strong murderous intention was burning crazily.
The generals dispersed and each made preparations according to the plan.
Unexpectedly, dusk had passed and night had fallen. The officers and soldiers of the Yan army, who had had a good meal, returned to the military tent to rest as usual.
However, when the sky was completely dark and the enemy's scouts could hardly see in time, the armored soldiers all quietly left the camp and entered their respective positions under the command of the generals.
While things were being deployed quietly in Yan Camp, there was also an undercurrent surging in Luocheng a few miles away.
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At the north gate of Luocheng City, Ma Chao stood with his head sunk, his face full of sinisterness and solemnity, staring at the enemy camp in the distance.
The sound of footsteps sounded, and Pang De strode up to the top of the city.
"General, everything is ready." There was a certain solemnity in Pound's tone.
Ma Chao nodded, turned around and headed down to the city with his silver gun in hand.
Pound followed, hesitated for a few moments, and whispered: "General, do you really want to do this? These are just children."
"How can we treat defectors with mercy? If the general doesn't do this, how can we shock people's hearts and make the soldiers fight bravely?"
Ma Chao's tone was cold and as cold as iron.
Pang De did not dare to persuade him any more, so he could only follow Ma Chao silently to the top of the city.
Thousands of soldiers have been lined up at the city gate for a long time, and panic and uneasiness are written on everyone's face.
Under the base of the city wall, more than a hundred children were tied up, with a rope around each person's neck.
All the children were frightened, but they did not dare to cry. They could only whimper in a low voice. Many children were even so frightened that they peed their pants.
These children are not ordinary children, they are the children of soldiers who escaped from the city.
The children in front of the city looked at their former comrades, with fear and confusion flashing on their faces.
Ma Chao drew his spear and came to the front of the troops. He glanced coldly at these demoralized Shu soldiers with fierce eyes.
After staring coldly for a moment, Ma Chao struck out with his silver spear and said sternly: "Come here, hang up all these bastards who are running for their lives. Hang them all, leaving no one behind."
As soon as this order was issued, there was an uproar in front of the city.
A Xiliang soldier on the top of the city immediately pulled the rope and suddenly lifted a little boy up.
The poor boy's neck was strangled, and his face was flushed with pain. He tried desperately to struggle and beg for mercy, but he could only make a muffled scream.
After struggling for only a moment, the boy with a broken neck kicked off his legs and died, hanging in the air.
At the same time, the other ropes were also pulled up, and hundreds of children were all hung up.
The sounds of screaming and crying filled my ears in an instant.
The Shu soldiers in front of the city were dumbfounded. They never expected that the new general Ma Chao would do such a cruel thing.
None of these Shu soldiers had ever committed murder, but these Shu soldiers had never done anything cruel to a child who had no strength to restrain a chicken.
How could such a cruel scene not frighten them?
Hearing the cries of the children behind him, Pang couldn't bear it anymore, so he bit the bullet and advised again: "General, just kill one or two as a warning. If not, kill them all. General, don't you think so?"
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"Shut up!"
Ma Chao turned around and glared, shouting loudly, ending Pang De's persuasion.
Facing Ma Chao's fierce gaze, Pang De felt a chill on his back and had no choice but to swallow his advice.
Ma Chao looked back with an extremely cold expression.
He looked down at the shocked troops and said coldly: "Tonight, I will lead you to rob the enemy camp. I know that many of you want to defect to the traitor Yan. I will understand that."
Let me tell you, whoever dares to defect will not only be hung here, but your children, your wife, children, and your parents will all be hanged on the city wall!"
Ma Chao used cruel words to threaten the Shu soldiers in front of him, and he looked like a cold-blooded devil.
The shocked Shu soldiers all fell silent. Some secretly gritted their teeth, and some lost their minds, but everyone's hearts were cast with a shadow of fear.
At this moment, they were really shocked by Ma Chao's cruelty, and they felt deep fear in their hearts.
Seeing the fearful looks on the faces of the troops, a proud sneer appeared on Ma Chao's lips.
This is the effect he wants. Only by making these Shu soldiers feel burdened and dare not take the opportunity to defect can Ma Chao complete his plan to rob the camp tonight.
The sound of horse hooves sounded, and all the troops consciously separated a road, but Liu Xun and his party came to join them.
Liu Xun, who was riding his horse forward, saw the children hanging all over the city wall. A look of shock flashed across his eyes, and his brows furrowed slightly.
"Meng Qi, what's going on?" Liu Xun asked, pointing his horse whip at the city head.
"Nothing, I just hanged some children of deserters to scare the soldiers so that they would not take the opportunity to defect." Ma Chao replied disapprovingly.
Liu Xun couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.
"Meng Qi, are you sure of winning in this robbery tonight?" Liu Xun looked away from the city wall and turned to the topic.
Ma Chao looked arrogant, "Yan Liang thinks that our military morale is shaken and we can only be beaten passively, so we will definitely relax our vigilance. We can just kill him by surprise."
Liu Xun nodded slightly, apparently agreeing with what Ma Chao said, but there was still a look of hesitation between his eyebrows.
Ma Chao saw Liu Xun's thoughts and said coldly: "If we don't take the initiative to attack now, we will watch the soldiers flee and be exhausted. My lord, do you want to sit back and wait for death?"
The rhetorical question shocked Liu Xun and also dispelled his last hesitation.
"Meng Qi is right, we must not sit still and wait for death. Tonight I will devote all the troops and horses in this city to Meng Qi. The success or failure depends on you." Liu Xun no longer hesitated, his tone was decisive.
Ma Chao's expression became more and more arrogant, and he no longer thought about it. He just turned his horse's head, waved his gun and shouted: "Open the city gate——"
The huge city gate burst open, and the suspension bridge was lowered with a creak. Through the empty city gate, the twinkling lights of Yanying a few miles away were faintly visible.
"The whole army sets out and takes the enemy camp directly -" Ma Chao shouted loudly, raised his gun and ran out of the city gate first.
Behind him, generals Wu Yi, Lei Tong, and Pang De led their troops and horses, and followed him out of the city.
Liu Xunze went up to the top of the city and watched as the more than 20,000 soldiers and horses quietly drove out of the city and gradually disappeared into the thick night.
Ma Chao took away not only all the troops in Luocheng, but also Liu Xun's only remaining hope.
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In Yan Camp, the lights are brightly lit and everything is as usual.
Along the line of the camp gate, groups of patrolling soldiers passed by from time to time. Inside the closed camp gate, more than a dozen soldiers still stood guard in the middle of the night.
On the outer line of the camp, the trenches and antlers were laid out in an orderly manner, showing no sign of slackness.
The military tents in the camp were all dark, and it seemed that all the Yan Jun soldiers had fallen asleep.
Yanying tonight is not much different from ordinary ones.
But looking from outside the camp, one could not find that the military tents were actually empty. Thousands of Yan Jun soldiers were fully armed and silently lined up in the hinterland of the camp.
Yan Liang sat high on his horse, looking calmly at the dark night.
Behind them, rows of soldiers stood solemnly like lifeless terracotta warriors and horses, not even making a sound, quietly imagining that the same person was breathing.
It was almost summer, and mosquitoes had already appeared in Sichuan. These soldiers who stood solemnly had countless blood blisters on their faces and necks.
However, they just stood there quietly, enduring the mosquito bites without making any unnecessary movements.
"The Yan family's military discipline is truly unparalleled in the world. No wonder it is called the Iron Army by the world..."
Ma Dai, who had just arrived, looked around at the silent soldiers and couldn't help but sigh at the strictness of Yan Liang's military management.
Tens of thousands of soldiers stood like this in the night for several hours.
Suddenly, an earth-shattering cry of killing erupted from the camp gate, and the silence of the night was broken in an instant.
The surging blood in the hearts of the soldiers of the three armies was instantly ignited by the sudden cry of killing.
A moment later, a scout on Pegasus came over and shouted: "Reporting to my lord, more than 20,000 Shu troops have broken through the camp fence and are heading towards the hinterland of the camp."
In Yan Liang's stern eagle eyes, a frightening cold light burst out instantly.
The Green Dragon Sword in his hand was slowly raised, and the bright blade was slashed in the direction of the killing call.
Without too many generous words, all the anger in Yan Liangliang was condensed into one word:
"Kill——" (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)
