Chapter 342: Night Attack on Yiyang, Liu Pan Panic Yiyang City is a small city in the lower reaches of Zishui River. Its strategic position is far less important than Luo County and Linxiang. Therefore, after Liu Pan captured this place, he only garrisoned here with 700 soldiers. The defending general was named Yu Can, and he was just a small commander of a thousand men under Liu Pan. Since receiving the order, Yu Can has been responsible for defending this place to prevent the city from being recaptured by Zhang Xian. But since the outbreak of the epidemic last year, Zhang Xian has been unable to take care of himself, so Yiyang, although not far from Linxiang, has not been involved in the war. At first, Yu Can would often come to the city to patrol, but after more than half a year, Yu Can began to fish for three days and dry the nets for two days. The patrol work of the city was also handed over to the gate guards under his command. They are called defending generals, but in fact they are just generals commanding hundreds of men. It just fits the eternal law that what goes up must come down, and what kind of boss you have, what kind of subordinates you will get.

If the captain is irresponsible, the goalkeeper under his command will naturally be irresponsible as well. So even though it was night time, there were only a few team leaders in charge on the city wall. It was winter now, and the cold wind was blowing so hard that no one even wanted to get up and patrol. They gathered around the fire to keep warm and chat, and by the time three o'clock in the morning came, they were all feeling sleepy. At this moment, a small noise was heard from under the city. It sounded like the rubbing of clothes, or the sound of wind blowing, but I couldn't tell what it was. Soldier Wu Quan listened and whispered to the old soldier opposite him: "Brother, I heard someone talking outside the city!" But as soon as he finished speaking, the old soldier turned over and said impatiently: "If you want to pee, go ahead and pee. Don't even think about tricking me into joining you!" When Wu Quan heard this, he blushed as if his secrets were revealed. "I either had to pee or I was scared when I heard someone talking!" Hearing this, the old soldier couldn't help but raise his eyelids, glanced at Wu Quan and said: "So are you going to pee or not? If not, then hold it in with me!" "Pee!" Wu Quan responded decisively, stood up and waited. But when the old soldier saw this, he closed his eyes again. Wu Quan realized that his idea of ​​bringing people along had failed, so he had to sit back down. After waiting for a while, he could no longer hold it in any longer and had to stand up and walk towards the city. But when I thought about the ghost stories in the countryside that everyone had just talked about, I felt a little scared. After a moment, seeing that the battlement was not high, he simply went to the edge of the battlement and unbuttoned his trousers. As soon as he released it, a column of water fell towards the city wall. But at this moment, a shout suddenly came from the city:

"Whoever pours water on my head, I will kill you!" This sound made Wu Quan tremble, but made the old soldier burst into laughter: "You idiot, I told you to pee wherever you want, but this time you peed on someone's head!" He had been waiting for a long time, so he just wanted to play with Wu Quan for a while without thinking too much about it. However, as soon as he finished speaking, Wu Quan looked at the city with a pale face. The old soldier was stunned for a moment when he saw this, then he reacted immediately and hurriedly stood up and shouted: "Oh no! There are enemy troops under the city. They are attacking. Get up quickly and meet them!" A shrill cry echoed throughout the city wall, and he hurried forward to grab Wu Quan. But at this moment, with a "puff", a long arrow hit Wu Quan's forehead. Before the old soldier could react, he saw a soldier climbing up the city wall and rushing towards him. With a loud shout, a large number of soldiers emerged at the same time and began to kill the defenders. For a moment, there was no silence in the night sky, only the sounds of shouting and killing echoing throughout the wilderness. Half an hour later, Yiyang was declared to have fallen, and Qin Zhen rode his horse slowly into the city. As soon as he entered, he saw the young general Li Yi coming forward, holding the horse and whipping him, saying: "Commander-in-chief, General Taishi has captured the city garrison commander, General Can!" "This fellow was sleeping when the general grabbed him from his couch and is now under guard in the palace." After hearing this, Qin Zhen nodded and asked the man: "How many soldiers were injured in this battle? Can you write them down one by one?" Li Yi saw him asking about the battle damage, thought for a moment, and then said bluntly: "In this battle, our army suffered 12 deaths and 57 wounded." "It's just like General Taishi, it's just like" When he said this, there was a puzzled look on his face. Qin Zhen was surprised to see him like this, and said in a deep voice: "Why is he like this? Ziyi was the first to climb this time. Could he be injured?" Since Taishi Ci was able to capture the defending general, it proves that everything is fine. But since Li Yi said so, it proves that something must have happened. When he asked this, Li Yi told him about releasing water into the city just now. Following the cold wind, General Taishi Ci was also hit quite a lot. When Qin Zhen heard this, he immediately burst out laughing. He was wondering what was going on, but he didn't expect it to be a double attack of mental and physical. No wonder Li Yi now looks like he’s trying to hold back laughter but doesn’t dare to. "This matter is not to be told to outsiders. If it gets out, you will be held accountable!" Anything that happens on the battlefield is not surprising, let alone a pee, even if it's a golden spoonbill, you have to face the challenge head-on.

But it's a bit embarrassing after all, and it can't be spread out from him. Upon hearing his warning, Li Yi hurriedly obeyed the order and said that he would never tell anyone else. As the two talked in this way, they entered the county government office in a short while. As soon as Qin Zhen arrived here, he saw Taishi Ci walking out of the mansion with a happy look on his face. Qin Zhen saw that he was happy and wondered why, so he asked. Taishi Ci seemed to have forgotten what happened just now and hurriedly bowed to him and said: "Commander-in-chief, good news. We have found out Liu Pan's military deployment." "This time, they went south with more than 20,000 soldiers and horses. There are 700 soldiers stationed here and 1,000 soldiers stationed in Luo County." "Except for these two places, Wuling has few soldiers and horses, only about 5,000 people." "There are still two thousand soldiers stationed in Chanling, and more than eight hundred soldiers stationed in Dongting Lake to guard the ships!" "He has more than 600 ships, including tower ships and fighting ships, all of which are naval equipment." "Wuling is so empty right now. If we can seize their ships, our army may be able to take Linyuan directly!" Qin Zhen was naturally shocked when he heard the news, and asked hurriedly: "Do you know how many troops are stationed in Jiangling now? Can I launch a surprise attack?" Although his goal is Wuling, if there is a chance to capture Jiangling, then they will naturally take Jiangling as the leader. After all, Jiangling is the second largest city in Jingzhou, even larger than Xiangyang! But as soon as he asked this question, Taishi Ci shook his head and sighed: "It is said that Jiangling has more than 15,000 soldiers and horses, and also has naval forces. I am afraid it will be difficult to attack them!" He knew what Qin Zhen was thinking, but Jiangling was an important town in Jingzhou, and a surprise attack on it would be much more difficult than on Wuling. When he sighed like this, Qin Zhen gave up the idea of ​​a surprise attack on Jiangling and said with a smile: "Now that we have taken Long, why should we look forward to Shu? Well, let us just take Wuling first." "Don't delay here, quickly disperse the troops and we will set out for Luo County!" Upon seeing this, Taishi Ci was about to take the order and leave, but then he seemed to remember something. "What should we do with the garrison commander in the city?" The soldiers and horses can be dismissed, but the generals need to be dealt with separately. However, Qin Zhen said when he heard this: "He failed to defend the territory and leaked the army's secrets. He should be killed and the matter is settled!" He had no interest in keeping such middle and lower-level generals who could easily leak military secrets. After receiving the order, Taishi Ci went into the city and killed Yu Shen soon after. Poor Yu Can, he had never even seen Qin Zhen before he was beheaded by Taishi Ci with a single sword. After finishing the work, it was already the late night and everyone headed non-stop towards Luo County. At this time, Huang Zhong and others who were ambushing far away in southern Hunan also discovered something was wrong. Because after two days, his spies did find traces of a large group of troops. But after the investigation, they found that the enemy's troops were advancing very slowly, and did not look like they were coming for reinforcements at all.

They waited for a full five days before the troops finally reached the south of Hengshan Mountain. Even if we only march thirty miles a day, we should reach the east of Hengshan Mountain in five days. Not to mention that this army is coming by water, so its speed can only be even faster! But in reality, Xu Sheng and others took five days and only walked 120 miles. This is obviously an attempt to deliberately delay time and cover up their other strategic intentions! After discovering this, Huang Zhong hurriedly sent the news to Liu Pan. At this time, Liu Pan had besieged Linxiang for nearly ten days and had been waiting for news from the south. Unexpectedly, no good news came from the south, but a letter from Huang Zhong was received. Seeing that Qin Zhen's men seemed to be stalling, he called Pan Jun over and asked: "Before, we followed your plan and went south to ambush Qin Zhen's troops." "But General Huang came to report that the enemy was advancing slowly. I don't know what that means!" Pan Jun was originally waiting for good news from the south, but when he heard this, he was stunned and said on the spot: "What did the general just say? Qin Zhen's troops are marching slowly? How could this be so?" "I don't know what this person is thinking. Could it be that he has seen through our army's plan?" Liu Pan frowned, not sure what went wrong. But as the person who offered the advice, Pan Jun realized that something was wrong in just a moment. If Qin Zhen really saw through their plan, how could he not take action? Either take the troops and take a detour, or take advantage of their situation and raid their camp. No matter what, Qin Zhen would not remain motionless. The only possibility is that Qin Zhen has already moved, but they don't know! Thinking of this, he felt a chill on his back and a cold wind blowing everywhere! Because what they had discovered was obviously Qin Zhen's rear army, and the rear army was almost reaching Linxiang, so where was the front army? "Not good, General, Qin Zhen's troops may have entered Linxiang City!" The first possibility that Pan Jun thought of was that Qin Zhen had sneaked into the city without their knowledge. But when Liu Pan heard this, he frowned and looked at Pan Jun suspiciously: "We have been guarding here for ten days, but we have not seen any Qin Zhen's troops enter the city!" "With our troops guarding here, can he fly into the city?" When Pan Jun saw his rebuttal, his face suddenly turned red and he thought to himself that he was worrying too much. While he was thinking, he heard footsteps outside the camp, followed by a loud shout: "General, something terrible has happened. Our army in Yiyang City was attacked by the enemy the day before yesterday!" When the two heard this, they were all shocked. Liu Pan quickly stepped forward and asked: "Which army attacked Yiyang, and where are they now?" Upon hearing this, the soldier told Liu Pan everything that had happened in Yiyang. As a result, when Liu Pan heard that Qin Zhen was leading his troops to attack Luo County, he was so frightened that he said:

"All our ships are in Luoxian Lake. If they are taken by Qin Zhen, won't they be able to reach Jiangling directly?" You know, his ship was flying the flag of their Jingzhou navy! Qin Zhen has now bypassed them. If he gets these ships, the heartland of Jingzhou will be in danger. Pan Jun also realized that the problem had arisen, and hurriedly advised: "General, quickly return to pursue Qin Zhen and do not let him take the city!" But there was no need for him to say anything at this time. After Liu Pan reacted, he ordered the camp to be withdrawn, and at the same time ordered Huang Zhong and others to retreat. He thought it was already insidious to surround and attack the reinforcements here, but he didn't expect Qin Zhen to be even more insidious. He would seize any opportunity to stab them in the heart, with ruthless and terrifying means! If Qin Zhen succeeds, not to mention the three counties in southern Jingzhou, the entire Jingzhou defense will probably be in chaos. (End of this chapter)