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"Okay, go down, eat and rest, and someone will call you when it's time to leave!"

After the courier was taken down, Zhao Junsheng asked Shen Hui to send someone to ask the craftsman camp to build a raft, and after midnight, he would send the courier and medical officer across the river. During the gap.

Who do you choose to stay and lead three thousand soldiers and horses to cross the river and enter the tunnel at midnight tomorrow?Zhao Junsheng struggled for a long time about the candidate for the commander of the army.

"Come on, go and call Li Yuande!"

After much deliberation, Zhao Junsheng decided to give this task to Li Yuande. Two days ago, he ordered Li Yuande to select elite soldiers who understand water skills from the entire army. The selected soldiers are not familiar with them, so it is best to let Li Yuande, who selected them, be in charge.

Another reason why Zhao Junsheng decided to let Li Yuande lead the team in the end was that Li Yuande was a relatively calm person, and Li Yuande was a general from the Southern Dynasty, and he wanted to show that he was recognized in order to gain a foothold in Qianguo.

In just a moment, Li Yuande walked in, bowed and cupped his fists, "My minister Li Yuande pays homage to the king!"

Zhao Junsheng raised his hand to signal him to be excused, and asked, "Li Qing, I asked you to select three thousand elite soldiers with water skills from the whole army. How did you go?"

Li Yuande replied, "Back to your Majesty, the selection has been completed. In order to facilitate the command, according to the regular establishment of our army, I have temporarily reorganized the 3000 troops!"

Zhao Junsheng said, "Well done, you should have received the order, and the army will be dispatched later, but you and the [-] elite soldiers you selected will stay here, and you will have to wait here for another day. At midnight tomorrow night , you cross the river from the predetermined place, and someone will meet you by the river! After you enter the tunnel and reach the karst cave and underground river, you will spend the night there. Your first task is to burn the grain and fodder in the Wei army camp, the bigger the fire and smoke, the better, and the bigger the chaos, the better; your second task is to kill and injure the enemy as much as possible!"

"But you must pay attention. Pingliang City is near the Wei Army's barracks. Once you launch an attack and cause chaos in the Wei Army, the defenders of Pingliang City are likely to send troops to reinforce after getting the news, so you must be fast. Once you can't resist Stay, Gu allows you to retreat into the tunnel to defend! And..."

After listening, Li Yuande clasped his fists and agreed, "I understand, please rest assured, Your Majesty! But..."

Zhao Junsheng glanced at him, "Speak up if you have something to say!"

"Yes! I just don't understand. Since we have already dug the tunnel, why don't we cross the river tonight and launch a surprise attack on the Wei army's camp through the tunnel?"

Zhao Junsheng was silent for a few seconds, but still expressed his thoughts, "3000 people is not a small number. Wei Jun's patrol and vigilance have been significantly strengthened these days. It is not possible for 3000 people to cross the river in a short time. If we are discovered by Wei Jun, we will waste all our previous efforts!"

Li Yuande understood a bit, "Your Majesty wants the army to cross the river sixty miles upstream to attract the attention of the Wei army? If the Wei army knows that the main force of our army has arrived to the east of them, they will ignore or lower their vigilance on the riverside." Increase the chances of these 3000 troops successfully crossing the river!"

"in addition······"

Zhao Junsheng raised his hand, "You don't need to say anything as long as you know it. Also, this matter must be kept secret. Only you and I will know the detailed action plan and time!"

"I obey my orders!"

At this moment, the guards came in to pack up their things, and packed all the items in the commander's tent onto the horse's back and carriage.

Another half an hour later, Zhao Junsheng led the main force of the army to set off, and even took away all the infantry and supplies, leaving only Li Yuande and three thousand selected elite soldiers in the entire huge camp.

When they arrived at Zishi, just as the Wei army patrol had just passed by, the messenger and medical officer were sent by Li Yuande to the other side of the river on a raft.

The next day, before dawn, the main force of the army, led by Zhao Junsheng, drove sixty miles to Xiaohe Village overnight.

Zhao Junsheng walked into the village and found that the village was pitch black, but there were pioneers who arrived in the village and stood guard.

"Where are the villagers in the village?" Zhao Junsheng asked.

Chang Kun replied, "When the Wei army came to raid our army a few days ago, they rested again. In order not to leak the news, they killed all the villagers!"

Zhao Junsheng scolded in a low voice, "This gang is damned! Even if you don't want to leak the news, you just need to send soldiers to watch over the villagers. Why do you need to massacre the village?"

All the generals and ministers accompanying the army felt Zhao Junsheng's anger, and no one dared to speak out.

Chang Kun clasped his fists and said, "I have ordered people to bury the slaughtered villagers together!"

Zhao Junsheng took a deep breath, turned his head and asked, "Have all the infantry arrived?"

"It has arrived!"

Zhao Junsheng immediately ordered, "It's not Yin time yet, but it's early in the morning, and we don't have much time. Send an order to let the infantry start eating immediately, give them half an hour, cross the river to attack after half an hour, and must capture it before dawn." The fortifications on the other side of the river! Lu Shuang, I will give you a chance. This time, you will lead the team to command. If you successfully capture the enemy’s fortifications before dawn, you will be rewarded for your loneliness. If you fail, you will be a pawn for Gu. !"

Lu Shuang had no choice but to accept the order, "The last general obeys!"

After the cavalry officers and soldiers entered the village, they took the time to sleep, and Zhao Junsheng also took the time to rest after assigning a security task.

An hour later, Lu Shuang quietly arrived at the crossing point with thousands of infantry.

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Chapter 718 Forced crossing

Lu Shuang was under a lot of pressure. If he could not capture the fortifications of the Wei army on the other side of the river before dawn, he would be forced to be a small soldier. This feeling is not good. Although he has not experienced it, he can imagine it. , so he secretly vowed to take down the enemy fortifications on the opposite side before dawn.

According to the investigation of the spies, the Wei army dug three trenches across the river and erected three rows of fences as the three lines of defense. There were also many archery towers and three camps on the three lines of defense.

Entrepreneurs, fences, and archery towers are nothing more than that. Because the camps are temporary constructions, there is no need to mention their solidity. .

In order to give full play to the role of each infantry unit, Lu Shuang arranged five sword and shield soldiers, three spearmen and two archers in each of them, so that the sword and shield soldiers, spearmen and archers could interact with each other. Cooperate.

Lu Shuang squatted by the river and looked at the other side of the river. Because of the distance and the poor light at night, he couldn't see clearly, but there must be Wei troops stationed in the fortifications on the opposite side.

"Go!" Lu Shuang raised his palm and waved forward.

Two teams of sword and shield soldiers went down the river quietly one by one. They lined up in two rows, divided into left and right sides and advanced sequentially in the river. Insert wooden sticks between the deep water and tie them with ropes to isolate the deep water area from the shallow water area.

In this way, subsequent people who cross the river will not walk into the deep water area and be washed away by the river.

Lu Shuang saw that the two scouting teams had reached the middle of the river, so he got up and waved back, "Follow me!"

No one spoke, and all the infantry silently followed behind Lu Shuang. The six thousand infantry slowly descended into the water like dumplings in the dark night.

Everyone acted lightly, trying not to disturb the sound of water splashes, if the sentry of the Wei army heard it, it would definitely wake up the other defenders!

After a full half an hour, the frontline soldiers were only [-] steps away from the other side of the river, and the densely packed soldiers on the river had already appeared in the sight of the Wei Army sentry.

The Wei Army sentry on a watchtower yawned and then looked down at the crowds of people on the river. With one side of his face, he grabbed the hammer next to him and smashed it at the bell.

"Dangdangdang..." The alarm bell rang loudly, and the sleeping Wei Jun soldiers woke up, and ran to their defensive positions with weapons, bows and crossbows.

"Damn it!" Lu Shuang cursed secretly, knowing that he had been discovered by the defenders, he immediately made a decision, drew out his sword and pointed forward and shouted, "Brothers, rush ashore with me, kill—"

"Kill—" the generals of the dry army carried shields and spears to speed up the speed of the water.

The distance of more than 30 steps was not too far. Before the defenders were fully in place, Lu Shuang had already led people ashore and rushed towards the first direction.

When they were about to rush to the front of the first line of defense, some defenders had already rushed to their defensive positions, sporadic arrows were shot from behind the fence, and several careless soldiers were shot and fell to the ground.

In front of the first line of defense is a trench with a width of three meters and a depth of two meters. Behind the trench is a wooden fence. The attacking army must first cross the trench with a width of three meters. gain a foothold.

Lu Shuang rushed up and led the soldiers across the trench with a big stride. They could only hold on to the wooden fence, and there were only a few footholds under their feet. They grabbed the wooden fence with one hand and the weapon with the other to fight the Wei army inside the fence.

Some soldiers of the dry army did not cross the trench and fell down and were nailed to death by the spiked stakes at the bottom of the trench. Some were shot to death before rushing under the fence, and more were killed at the fence and fell into the trench.

However, the tight coordination of the dry troops played a role at this time. Lu Shuang saw that he could not rush into the first line of defense for a while, so he ordered the sword and shield soldiers to block in front, and the archers kept firing into the fortifications from the rear. arrow.