Sui and Tang Dynasty Generals

Chapter 104: Discovery outside the city at night

Late at night.

Fu Zihou quietly took Yue Ming, Xing Ming, and a dozen soldiers and sneaked out of the city.

Since Xing Ming and others had gone out of the city with Fu Zihou at night before, these dozen people were already familiar with the route. They all followed Fu Zihou silently, carrying several corpses of the bandits.

in the night.

Fu Zihou has already noticed that the rebels' patrols and secret inspections seem to have changed this time, and they are several times more meticulous than before.

However, Fu Zihou was not surprised and was not worried.

No matter how powerful a military formation is, it will have weaknesses; no matter how thorough the patrol is, there will be loopholes.

soon.

Fu Zihou took a dozen people with him, sneaked past all the rebel guards' patrols, and went straight to the rebels' front camp.

"Captain! There are a lot of people missing! Judging from the number of tents, there are probably around 10,000 people!"

Xing Ming looked at the front camp and said to Fu Zihou.

If Xing Ming had not met Fu Zihou, he would not have thought there was anything wrong when he saw an army of tens of thousands surrounding the east city of Jinyang.

But since following Fu Zihou and seeing Fu Zihou's abilities, Xing Ming looked at the front camp in front of him and felt that Zhen Zhaier's actions had given Fu Zihou an opportunity.

Previously, more than 100,000 troops continuously attacked the east city of Jinyang. In Xing Ming's eyes, his willingness to follow Fu Zihou was equivalent to accompanying Fu Zihou through life and death.

And now, the bandit army was divided, and in Zhen Zhai'er's eyes, it seemed that the opportunity to follow Fu Zihou and make meritorious deeds had arrived.

"There must be an ambush! Let's go to the water source first! Let's go!"

Fu Zihou listened to Xing Ming's words and glanced towards the north, still with a bad premonition between his brows. Then he took a few people and walked in the dark towards the water source of the rebels' front camp.

Fu Zihou was well aware of how serious diseases and plagues were in wars, and this concept was widely used in later generations.

As for whether it would harm the heavens or not...

In Fu Zihou's eyes, saving the people of Jinyang East City is the greatest merit. What could be greater than this?

Come to the water source.

Fu Zihou ordered his soldiers to throw the corpses directly into the dense forest along the water source. These diseased corpses would infect the water source, and when the rebel soldiers drank the water, they would suffer from diarrhea and illness at the very least, and there was a chance of causing plague at the worst.

"You guys stay here, Yue Ming, come with me to the north!"

When returning to the city, Fu Zihou, who had returned to the foot of the mountain, gave instructions to everyone.

"Here!"

When Xing Ming and others heard Fu Zihou's words, they hurriedly responded in a low voice.

Everyone knew about Fu Zihou's abilities, and with Yue Ming by his side, if any accident happened, Fu Zihou could evacuate with Yue Ming's help, and they would wait here to support him.

Under the starry night, in the Taihang Mountains.

Fu Zihou carefully brought Yue Ming along the way to the bandits' base camp. However, to Fu Zihou's surprise, not only did he not encounter any secret guards along the way, even the guards of the rebel camp were lax.

It was such a large barracks, but there were only seven or eight people guarding it.

Fu Zihou did not risk sneaking into the rebel camp. Instead, he and Yue Ming found a high place in the dim night and looked at the rebel base in the canyon from afar.

When you look around a few tents in the rebel camp under the bonfires, you can vaguely see rebel soldiers drinking and having fun, and many of them are bullying the women who came to rob.

"Yue Ming, in this army, has there ever been a general who would allow his men to drink and have fun?"

Fu Zihou looked at the bandit camp and asked softly.

"Captain! As far as I know, that's not the case! When Zhen Zhai'er was training and ordering the troops to march, he was quite strict and would never allow such a thing to happen in the army!"

Yue Ming looked at Fu Zihou and shook his head. Then he looked towards the camp in the canyon with confusion. He was also a little surprised as to why he saw this scene.

"This group of soldiers must be an ambush left by Zhen Zhai'er! From the looks of it, someone must be trying to win over this group of people!"

Fu Zihou expressed his guess in a concise and shocking manner.

Thinking of this, Fu Zihou immediately made a decision.

"Leave the city tonight and get rid of this ambush first!"

Fu Zihou knew that time would not wait for me, and since he saw this scene, he would naturally not miss this opportunity.

………………Inside the east city of Jinyang.

In the dead of night, the people were all fast asleep. As they had been defending the city for some time, everyone was on edge. It was a rare occasion that the bandits did not attack the city during the day and split up their troops and left. The people all breathed a sigh of relief and had a rare good night's sleep.

Under Fu Zihou's order, all the soldiers defending the city had been awakened and assembled inside the city gate.

Even the injured Cao Yong and other injured soldiers were called over.

"what happened?"

"I don't know! Are they going to leave the city to raid the bandits?"

The soldiers who were suddenly called to assemble were all whispering to each other, and they were all more or less uneasy in their hearts.

After all, they had defended the city for many days and fought with the bandits. Now they finally saw the bandits split up and leave, no longer attacking the city. Out of human instinct, the soldiers' first thought was to stay in the city.

"Colonel Captain!"

"Captain!!"

Hu Jingyuan, Yin Tianzong, Wu Liuzi, Lai Bo and others stopped talking and waited for Fu Zihou's orders when they saw Fu Zihou coming.

Fu Zihou nodded to everyone, then came to a makeshift wooden platform. Under the light of a few torches, he looked at the city gate and all the Sui army soldiers around him in the dim night.

"I have just heard the news that there are still 10,000 enemy troops stationed outside the city! At this moment, I am gathering you all to prepare for a night attack outside the city!"

Fu Zihou spoke.

The first sentence was equivalent to telling everyone directly that the purpose of gathering everyone was to prepare for a night attack outside the city.

"Night attack!"

"It really is a night raid!"

After hearing Fu Zihou's words, even though they were well prepared, all the soldiers were still shocked. Their faces changed and they looked at each other. Some of them couldn't help but exclaimed in a low voice.

Even Hu Jingyuan, Yin Tianzong, Lai Bo and others were breathing rapidly.

There are still 10,000 bandits outside the city, and they, together with the men in the city wearing armor, are probably only about 3,000 people at most.

"The bandits' splitting of their forces to the south is not what you have guessed, but a reinforcement from the Sui Dynasty! Fu Zihou is here, and I might as well tell you that in the eyes of the court, Xicheng can be defended for several months or even a year! Before the bandits' momentum weakens, the court will not rashly send reinforcements to the north to fight against the bandit army!"

In front of everyone, Fu Zihou poured a basin of cold water on all the soldiers and told everyone a chilling fact.

"I believe you all have seen today that there are still cavalry in the bandits' southward army! If you don't believe me, when you leave the city, you will see that most of the siege equipment has been taken away by the bandits! This time, the bandits want to divide their forces to attack other cities and seize the population and food!"

Fu Zihou pointed to the south and looked at the frightened faces of all the soldiers.

"Everyone!"

Fu Zihou looked at everyone with a serious face.

"We only have this one chance. The bandits have ordered a massacre in the city. After they split up their forces to plunder other cities, they will return to Jinyang. Even if we continue to defend the city, we won't have much food!"

Having said this, Fu Zihou became excited and raised his hand to point outside the city.

"We can go to West City if we leave the city tonight and kill the bandits! There is endless food in West City! There are more defenders in West City than in East City! There are countless weapons in West City! If we can get to West City, we can rely on the strategic location and the towering walls of West City to survive, and our wives, children and elders in the city can survive!"

Fu Zihou finished his speech and looked at all the soldiers around him in the night.

"I, Fu Zihou, don't want to wait for death in East City! I don't want to eat people in the city one day! I want to lead you to fight for a way out, to fight for a way out for the people of East City!"

Fu Zihou looked at everyone with rapid breathing, instantly drew the sword from his waist and pointed outside the city.

"Tonight, just outside the city!"

Fu Zihou said with a stern expression and a determined look in his eyes.

All the soldiers had been obeying Fu Zihou's orders, and now after hearing Fu Zihou's words, they all made their decision in silence.

Thinking of the West City on the other side of the river, the soldiers all wanted to hide there. The soldiers who had families in the East City were even more eager to bring all their families to the West City of Jinyang for resettlement.

Perhaps if it were someone else, and they were asked to lead these three thousand people to raid the bandits in the dark, they would definitely not believe that they could succeed.

But deep down in their hearts, they all had a special trust in the young captain in front of them.

Once upon a time, it was this young man who ordered the digging of canals and the construction of the city!
During this period of time, it was this young man who led them to defend the city!

(End of this chapter)