Chapter 603 A lucrative business
? Li Tiezhu specially selected twenty veterans from Danyang from the navy and asked them to lead a thousand newly captured Danyang surrendered soldiers, which was actually to perform a big show for the four thousand defenders across the Huaihe River.
On that night, several veterans brought a few Yuan Shu surrendered soldiers who were determined to surrender to Jin State, including Xie Xiaosan, who was crying in front of the formation. Fushui crossed the Huai River and quietly touched the Yuan Shu military camp stationed in the Huai River. Several surrendered soldiers stepped forward to negotiate with the guards guarding the camp gate, telling the guards that they came to see the guards with very important intelligence.
When the guards saw that they were his own people, they quickly went to report the situation to the left-behind general Song Zhong. Soon, Song Zhong asked the guards to invite these Danyang soldiers who risked their lives to report the news into their tent.
After entering the big tent, Xie Xiaosan said first: "Report to General Song, the youngest is from Xiejia Village, Jurong County, Danyang County. This time, he was ordered to intercept the Flying Tiger Army who came to chase us in the Xiaqiu area. Although the formation was finally dispersed by the Flying Tiger Army and was defeated for a while, many brothers still escaped and have now lurked to the north of the Huai River!"
When Song Zhong heard that there were still many soldiers alive, he felt aroused in his heart, so he said, "Brothers of Xie, I wonder how many brothers are stranded on the North Bank now? How many soldiers are captured by the Flying Tiger Army?"
Xie Xiaosan replied: "There are about a thousand brothers lurking on the north bank. As for the specific number of brothers captured by the Flying Tiger Army, you have to ask this brother who came from the Flying Tiger Army!"
When Song Zhong heard Xie Xiaosan say that the veterans around him were actually touched by the Flying Tiger Army, he hurriedly pulled out the long sword hanging from his waist and blocked it in front of his chest, and then said viciously: "This brother is so brave. He dares to explore the camp alone. Could it be that your neck is stronger than the long sword in my hand?"
The veteran who came to act was not panicked, but said sincerely: "General Song, please allow me to finish my words. It will not be too late to do it when the time comes!"
Xie Xiaosan, who was responsible for the "supporting" side, immediately said, "General Song, don't hurt my brother's life. His name is Xu Erchang, and he is the son of Xu's blacksmith's family in our village. A few years ago, someone from Yuanzhou Mu went north to challenge Zhao, but was arrested by the Jin people and finally forced to surrender to the Flying Tiger Army. Along the way, I heard from Xu Erbian that he had suffered a lot in the Jin navy over the years, and thought about how to return to Yangzhou. This time I saw my brother from my hometown, so I sneaked out to report to the general!"
When Song Zhong heard Xie Xiaosan say this, he slightly dispelled some of his doubts and said, "Okay, let me tell you. If you can't say what I'm interested in, don't blame me for being ruthless under the sword!"
Although Xu Erchang had the urge to rush forward and beat the fool general hard, he showed enough respect and obedience, and said in a low voice: "General Song, I am the guard beside the leader named Li Tiezhu who came to pursue you. I know that they had captured nearly a thousand Danyang brothers this time, and the remaining more than 1,000 were unfortunately killed. However, the flying soldiers also paid a heavy price. When they came out of Xia Pi, there were five thousand people, and now there were only nearly four thousand people left."
When Song Zhong heard that the numbers Xu Erchang said were basically consistent with the numbers that Xie Xiaosan said just now, he nodded and said, "The brothers responsible for intercepting the flying soldiers are all good! But this time you sneaked out and broke into my camp, wouldn't it just tell me this?
Xu Erchang immediately gave a flatterer in a very timely manner and said, "General Song is indeed as wise as a torch. I came here this time, in fact, to tell the general that the Flying Tiger Army on the other side is now waiting for subsequent reinforcements. I heard that it is tens of thousands of dragon cavalry. Once they arrive, General Song and the thousands of Danyang brothers will be in danger!"
When Song Zhong heard this, he immediately showed his weak and incompetent nature and asked Xu Erchang with some confidence: "Do you know how many days will the reinforcements of the Flying** soldiers on the opposite side arrive?"
"Li Tiezhu said that you will arrive at noon the day after tomorrow!" Xu Erchang continued to lie with his eyes open.
"Oh, what should I do? General Zhang told me to hold onto the riverside for seven days before leaving, only three days have passed!" Song Zhong threw away the long sword in his hand and crossed his feet back and forth in the big tent, and was at a loss for a moment.
Looking at Song Zhong who was walking around in front of him, Xu Erchang finally entered the critical stage of this fooling around. He said: "General Song, the young man has a plan here, which not only can make the brothers escape unscathed, but also may also destroy the four thousand flying soldiers on the other side!"
"Oh, this is what you said seriously!" Song Zhong grabbed Xu Erchang's hand and said excitedly.
"If the general doesn't believe it, Xu is willing to stay in the camp and wait for the defeat at any time!" Xu Erchang still had a loyal and reliable expression.
Song Zhong patted Xu Erchang on the shoulder vigorously and said, "Okay, then let's talk about your plan! If this plan is available, you will be my military advisor in the future!"
"My plan is to cooperate with the inside and outside. General Song led his army to cross the river at night and suddenly launched an attack on the flying soldiers. At that time, the thousand brothers captured by them and the other thousand brothers lurking nearby can be used as internal responses. With careful calculations, they will definitely be able to break Li Tiezhu!" Xu Erchang said what Li Tiezhu had specifically explained in the future without any distortion.
After hearing Xu Erchang's idea, Song Zhong focused his mind and thoughtlessly. In fact, he had already begun to be moved by this plan, but was only frightened by the peerless reputation of the Flying Tiger Cavalry, so he was a little bit confident and courageous. But it didn't matter. The few words Xu Erchang said immediately completely dispelled his doubts.
Xu Erchang said: "I know where some of the gunpowder carried by the Feizhan is stored. As long as I ignite the gunpowder while on duty at night, the Feizhan will be in chaos. At that time, General Song happened to be surrounded by a large army and defeat the enemy in one battle, he could make great contributions!"
"Okay, this plan is very wonderful. Tomorrow night, I will lead 4,000 brothers to cross the river quietly. Once I see you igniting the gunpowder depot in the Dragon Cavalry Battalion, I will join hands with my brothers inside and outside to launch a fierce attack!" Song Zhong finally adopted Xu Erchang's seemingly successful strategy.
The next night, Song Zhong led 4,000 soldiers to secretly cross the river from a river beach upstream, and quietly approached the temporary camp where the flying soldiers were stationed. At the second day of the second day, a fire suddenly lit up in the Jin army camp, and then a violent explosion sounded. Many soldiers of the Flying Tiger Army rushed out in panic in the fire. It seemed that Xu Erchang had indeed succeeded.
Not long after, nearly a thousand infantry soldiers came from the downstream of the river beach. When they heard the words they shouted, they were all in Danyang accents. Xie Xiaosan, who had been with Song Zhong, immediately said in a low voice: "General Song, this team of soldiers is the thousand brothers lurking outside the Feizhan camp!" While the two were talking, there was another fierce fighting sound from the Feizhan camp not far away. It sounded that the thousand Danyang soldiers who were imprisoned began to resist.
At this time, Song Zhong no longer suspected him and led his 4,000 soldiers to pounce on the Jin army camp not far away.
"Kill!" Song Zhong, who was brave once, quickly rushed into the Jin army's camp with his soldiers. What surprised him was that when he really rushed into the camp, he realized that there were not many people in the camp that were shouting and shouting for killing just now, and the thousand rebellious Danyang prisoners and the thousand missing soldiers who had been killed in from outside were also missing.
"No, we're trapped!" Song Zhong finally began to suspect Xu Erchang and Xie Xiaosan. Unfortunately, Xie Xiaosan, who had been following him at this time, had nowhere to be seen. Before Song Zhong led his troops to withdraw from the camp, the four thousand dragon cavalry soldiers who were ready were already ready, holding a burning torch in their left hand, and in their right hand, they held a mini-shaped sky-blasting thunder, and compressed the 4,000 people who came to steal the camp into the camp and did not dare to move at all. Anyone who still made some small moves in the team and had a bad intention, would be immediately ruthlessly killed.
At this time, the annoying big lama began to make Li Tiezhu's voice again: "Brothers in Danyang, you are surrounded by us. Hurry up and put down the weapons in your hands and don't make meaningless sacrifices!"
As soon as Li Tiezhu finished speaking, many Danyang surrendered soldiers who were arranged to call for a call were exerted at the same time, shouting at Song Zhong's subordinates again. Their call was nothing more than telling to their former accomplices about the happy treatment they received after being captured and the preferential policy of Jin to treat prisoners specially formulated for surrendered soldiers.
Under the huge deterrence of life and death and the persuasion of many Danyang surrendered soldiers, the four thousand Danyang soldiers led by Song Zhong began to become uneasy. Among the soldiers, there were stubborn resisters who were not afraid of death, attempting to break out of their way, but were all sent to the west by the Flying Tiger Army with arrows.
Li Tiezhu shouted loudly to Song Zhong: "If you don't surrender again, don't blame me for being rude! Tonight, let your soldiers who don't want to surrender see you off and accompany you to heaven!"
After a while, Li Tiezhu directly ordered his brothers: "Brothers, prepare to thunder. If I count to three, I will see Song Zhong die!"
Seeing that the Flying Tiger Army was going to take action, Song Zhong no longer cared about his face and dignity, and hurriedly shouted: "General Li on the opposite side calmed down and I surrender!"
After Song Zhong finished shouting, he found that the soldiers of the Flying Tiger Army had indeed stopped, so he quickly turned his head and shouted to his subordinates: "Brothers, people are walking to the high places and water flows to the low places. Now Jin is at its peak, why don't we make a fortune together! Listen to my advice, and now put down the weapons in our hands, so as not to lose our lives in vain!"
Although the soldiers under Song Zhong had already planned to surrender, I felt so awkward when I saw his chief general helping others to surrender without regard for his conscience!
Since even General Song Zhong surrendered, what are the ordinary soldiers still trying to do? Then surrender together. It seems that the brothers who have already surrendered are doing well...
So, Li Tiezhu once again made 4,000 Danyang soldiers without much effort. This transaction was really profitable! ~
Chapter completed!