Chapter 1693 : Prepare for Night Attack
The scout outside the door said anxiously: "Report to the commander-in-chief, Wang Baobao has returned to Taiyuan with an army of 100,000 people?"
"What?" When he suddenly heard the news, even though he was always known for his calmness, he couldn't help but trembled, and his voice changed slightly: "You're back so soon?"
"Send me the order to order Marshal Chang and General Xiao to come to the big tent to discuss matters?" Xu Da said eagerly.
Not long after, the sleepy Chang Yuchun and Xiao Yun walked into the tent. Xu Daya also talked a lot and told the news one by one that Wang Baobao had returned to Taiyuan City safely.
"Back to the city, back so soon?" Xiao Yun was surprised.
Xu Da nodded and said: "The speed of Wang Baobao's army is indeed beyond my expectation! Now that Taiyuan City has a large number of people and a strong city, it will be difficult to attack the city? But since my army is here, how can we Can you leave so easily?" As Xu Da was speaking, Xiao Yun glanced at him and found that this coach, who had always been known as a Confucian general, had a hint of perseverance in his eyes.
"What should we do next? Are we still going to attack the city?" Xiao Yun asked tentatively.
"The army has actually come, how can there be any reason to retreat? Moreover, it is true that Wang Baobao has returned to the city with a hundred thousand troops, but we still have a hand, and there are still one thousand of our soldiers in the city. It is not impossible to attack Taiyuan by surprise? Chang Yuchun said with a disapproving look.
Seeing Xu Da, Xiao Yun made no sound, and Chang Yuchun continued: "Marshal Xu, I have an idea. In the current situation, our army has not arrived yet, so a decisive battle with Wang Baobao is naturally not possible, but we can use the cavalry and the people in the city to I have a thousand soldiers and horses. Tonight, I will personally lead fifty cavalry to attack the enemy camp at night. When the enemy is in chaos, we can take the opportunity to capture Wang Baobao! Capture the king first if we capture the thief. If we capture Wang Baobao, Taiyuan City will be in chaos. When the time comes, the city of Taiyuan will be in chaos. Will the commander take advantage of the situation to attack and seize Taiyuan in one fell swoop?"
Xu Da frowned and began to think. According to the current situation, there were only two roads in front of him. The first one continued to wait for Feng Sheng's army to arrive, but Yuci was more than a hundred miles away from here. No one knows when the horse-based infantry will arrive. Besides, Wang Baobao is such a person, how can he be allowed to wait for the army to arrive?
The second option is to take this opportunity to attack the city, but the disparity in strength between the two sides is too great. If you attack the city forcefully, you will undoubtedly die in vain. Fortunately, the thousand soldiers and horses last night have successfully sneaked into Taiyuan City, which Wang Baobao did not expect. Yes, according to what Chang Yuchun said, attack the enemy camp at night, take advantage of the chaos of the enemy, capture the thieves first and capture the king, shoot the men first and shoot the horses. If Wang Baobao is captured, Taiyuan City will be captured, but this method is too much. The danger is that if you fail, the consequences will be unimaginable——?"
Chang Yuchun seemed to see Xu Da's concerns and said: "Don't worry, Commander, I am just harassing the enemy, not really attacking the city, there won't be any danger? Besides, this Don't you have a little brother? I don't need to talk about his martial arts. If he protects me, Lao Chang, and leaves, that's absolutely no problem."
Xu Da sighed and said: "In that case, be careful!"
During the siege of the city in the middle of the night, Xiao Yun and Chang Yuchun led their elite cavalry to sneak into the Yuan army's camp. They raised fire and fired cannons, and the ambush responded. The city gates were wide open. Xiao Yun and Chang Yuchun led fifty cavalry to locate Wang Baobao's tent. A gust of wind killed him, and the sound of killing was loud.
Wang Baobao had been taught by his foster father's words and deeds since he was a child, and he had a high level of Chinese studies. Even in the army, he often kept reading books. At this time, he was sitting in the big tent with candles lit, reading, and there were two bookboys on the left and right next to him. One was looking carefully. One was grinding ink, the other was boiling tea.
The louder and louder shouts of killing interrupted Wang Baobao's thoughts. He put down the book in his hand and listened carefully for a few times, but he couldn't hear it clearly, so he said to the book boy on the left: "Go and see, what happened
What's the matter?"
The book boy responded, turned around and ran out. Not long after, he rushed back panting and said with a heavy breath: "It's not good, Marshal, Nanmanzi, Nanmanzi has invaded the city? He is rushing towards the Marshal's tent.
Coming?"
Wang Baobao was shocked and said: "How is this possible? How dare Xu Da attack the city before the main force arrives?"
The book boy said: "Commander, you'd better run away quickly. I heard those southern barbarians keep saying that they want to kill you -?"
Wang Baobao's expression changed greatly. Although all this was beyond his expectation, he knew one thing clearly. Anyone in Taiyuan City could fall into the hands of the Nanmanzi, but he could not, so he wanted to leave.
Escape and then make a comeback.
Hearing the shouts of killing getting closer and closer, he, who had always been calm, could not help but panic. In a hurry, he didn't know what the situation was like outside, and he didn't know how many enemy troops were coming. Should he go out of the city to fight, but the enemy soldiers shouted
The sound of killing made him hesitate.
The bookboy was frightened when he heard the louder shouts of killing. Seeing that Wang Baobao was still hesitating, he hurriedly stepped forward and pushed him hard, saying: "Commander, you should leave quickly, otherwise the Nanman
If you come here to fight, you won’t let the commander go?"
Wang Baobao was pushed by him, and after listening to the book boy's words, he gritted his teeth and took advantage of the situation to get out of the back tent. As soon as he stood still, he heard Han Zha'er coming on horseback, and said with a look of horror: "Commander, what are you doing?
You have calculated that the Nanman people are so numerous that we cannot resist them. I am afraid that Taiyuan City cannot be saved?"
Under the night, there were shouts of killing everywhere in the city, and lights were swimming around. Wang Baobao got on his horse and looked around. The city was full of fire from the Ming army, which was moving rapidly this way. There were many Mongolian troops in the city, but no one resisted, which made him even more worried.
Angry, many of the Mongols were waving torches and going around killing their own people.
"What's going on?" Wang Baobao looked unbelieving.
Han Zhaer said: "These seem to be Nanbarbarians?"
"How did the Nanmanzi enter Taiyuan City?" Wang Baobao's expression changed drastically.
At this moment, the general He Zongzhe hurried over and cried: "Commander, the horse with a broken nose has rebelled!"
"What?" Wang Baobao's face changed completely at this moment. He looked at the surging Mongolian troops in front and cursed: "It's hard to guard against domestic thieves during the day and at night!" Since Huan Nosi Ma saw the Ming army's lineup, he became iron-clad.
Liu Xin surrendered, and to help Guo Ying and Fu You, a thousand elite Ming troops sneaked into the city. They had been waiting for news with trepidation. Finally, the news came, but it was the news that Wang Baobao led the army back to the city.
This news was like a sharp sword, piercing directly into his heart. He was almost sentenced to death. He waited tremblingly for most of the night before he heard the sound and saw fireworks everywhere, so he guessed that the Ming army was coming to attack the city.
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