Sui and Tang Dynasty Generals

Chapter 89 An unexpected surprise

"Out of town!"

In the dark night, after an unknown amount of time, Fu Zihou finally spoke.

Then, in the dark night, Fu Zihou took the lead and walked out of the city with his sword.

More than two hundred burly men, wearing armor and carrying weapons, all followed Fu Zihou.

on the plains.

Yue Ming had already killed several rebel spies, but in the distant plains and near the river, there were rows of rebel soldiers patrolling back and forth with weapons and torches in hand.

According to the training Yue Ming had received in Shanggu and his understanding of the rebel army, in addition to the patrolling rebels holding torches, there must be some patrolling soldiers who did not hold torches.

This is also what Yue Ming is most worried about. Now the army outside the city has surrounded Dongcheng and has no intention of giving Dongcheng any chance.

Even if they wanted to launch a night attack, it would be impossible!
"General, General Zhen has studied military books since he was young and is well versed in deploying troops! We just found and interrogated a hidden detective and he knows nothing about the patrolmen outside the city!"

In the dim light, Yue Ming saw Fu Zihou and his group coming, so he reported to Fu Zihou.

Xue Hong and Xing Ming, who were following Fu Zihou, also became a little nervous when they heard Yue Ming's words.

Being entrusted with important tasks by Duke Wei and having almost most of the troops deployed, it is definitely not as simple as being Duke Wei's confidant. Zhen Zhai'er's ability is also obvious to all in the army.

It was almost impossible for Fu Zihou to launch a sneak attack at night.

Xue Hong and Xing Ming both knew that not only they but everyone else had already prepared to be discovered by the army outside the city. They had planned to draw their swords and fight after being discovered by the soldiers patrolling outside the city, and then immediately retreat to the East City with Fu Zihou.

This doesn't mean that Fu Zihou has been let down!

Recalling Fu Zihou's words that real men are of the same mind, many people actually felt a little amused and helpless.

What made me laugh was that Fu Zihou actually treated these rebels as real men! What made me cry was that there were still people who treated them as real men! And this person was a general of the Sui Dynasty.

"Zhen Zhai'er is well versed in the art of deploying troops! If Zihou was not good at military books, how could he be here today? How could he have refused Zhen Zhai'er from entering the city!"

After hearing Yue Ming's words, Fu Zihou spoke to the people behind him in the dim light.

Yue Ming, Xue Hong, Xing Ming, and everyone else, none of them expected Fu Zihou to say such a thing, but when they thought about it, it seemed to be true. Whether in the deployment of city defense or in the fighting on the battlefield, although Fu Zihou was at a disadvantage, he never gave any chance.

"Follow me later and do as I say!"

After Fu Zihou finished speaking, he took the lead and walked towards the plain at night under everyone's puzzled gaze.

More than two hundred people are not too many, but not too few either. If they are elite, they can change the outcome of a battle at the right opportunity. However, if they are put together alone, they will not be very conspicuous in the night.

in the night.

Fu Zihou led everyone silently across the plain, his pace neither hurried nor slow.

Not long after, while being followed by Yue Ming, Xue Hong, Xing Ming and others, he suddenly stopped and changed direction.

In the cold winter, Jinyang's unique mountainous terrain means that there is never a lack of cold wind on the plains beside the Fen River.

The surrendered soldiers following behind Fu Zihou, feeling the cold wind of the night, were all surprised to find that along the way, not only did the patrolling soldiers with torches not notice them, but even the soldiers who patrolled secretly at night did not encounter them.

Walk and stop, walk and stop.

At first, all the surrendered soldiers were surprised, but as they walked further and further away, they looked at the rebel camp in the distance and the pitch-black plain behind them. The little light on the East City could no longer be seen.

Gradually, a trace of fear emerged in the hearts of all the surrendered soldiers.

They...just walked through the defense of the army outside the city like this!
General Zhen Zhai'er personally arranged the patrol and defense!

"Zhen Zhai'er is well versed in the art of deploying troops! If Zihou was not good at military books, how could he be where he is today..."

When the words that the young man had said before reappeared in their minds, the surrendered soldiers finally realized what this casual remark meant.

All the men finally realized that the young man they were following was no worse than General Zhen Zhai'er.

The thick smoke and the encirclement of the moat were by no means a matter of luck, nor were they due to Tu Ye's recklessness.

But Tu Ye was plotted against by the young man from beginning to end!

Tu Ye’s death was not unjust!

It’s not unfair that they lost!

Under the night.

Fu Zihou felt the cold wind and his slightly disordered breathing revealed that his heart was far from being as calm as his facial expression.

For Fu Zihou, taking more than 200 people out of the city in the middle of the night was also a gamble.

Fu Zihou could clearly feel sweat on his palms and back.

"Go around to the side!"

Fu Zihou looked at the foot of the mountain in the distance, where bonfires were burning in the camp.

Looking at the rebel camp guarded by catapults, battering rams, ladders and the like, Fu Zihou could roughly estimate by its size that there were at least more than 10,000 rebel garrisons inside.

Even though he had passed the patrols set up by the rebels outside the city and even though he was under the cover of night, Fu Zihou was still not crazy enough to rely on more than 200 people to launch a surprise attack on the camp and burn the siege equipment.

The fact that more than 200 people could come here under the cover of night was already enough to make people sweat. If they went on to burn those siege weapons, the rebel patrols on the plain would only see the fire and rush here immediately.

The firelight at night is too obvious!

"Brother-in-law! Why do we have to go to the front camp at night? It's so late at night, brother-in-law, I haven't had a good rest in this period of time!"

A rebel soldier wearing a sword was holding Xiang Yifeng's horse as he walked.

At this moment, the rebel soldier's words were full of flattery towards Xiang Yifeng, and the word "brother-in-law" further revealed his relationship with the beauty on horseback, in Xiang Yifeng's arms.

"The general has entrusted me with an important task, so don't ask so many questions! If you obey him honestly, you will definitely make achievements this time! Humph, if it weren't for your sister, I wouldn't have brought you here!"

Xiang Yifeng said with an impatient look on his face.

After running around for several days, he had not had a good rest these days. Not only had he been getting up early and going to bed late, but he had just been working on the beauty in his arms, which made Xiang Yifeng look very sleepy.

But when he thought that General Zhen Zhai'er had privately entrusted him with an important task, Xiang Yifeng was extremely excited although he was physically tired.

This is also the reason why he took the initiative to propose to go to the front camp overnight and set up an ambush as soon as possible.

Now everyone in the army knows that when the Duke of Wei takes Taiyuan County and arrives at Jinyang City, he will proclaim himself emperor.

Since General Zhen entrusted him with the important task, Xiang Yifeng had no intention of sharing the credit with others, and he didn't even want to let others know.

"Duke Wei will soon be crowned emperor. When your brother has made contributions, he will be a meritorious official in the future and will be awarded an official position and receive rewards. You must repay me well in the next few days!"

Xiang Yifeng held the charming young woman in his arms and said with a smile.

Even though he was reveling day and night, Xiang Yifeng would still feel a burning desire in his heart and his mouth would dry up as he looked at the beautiful woman in his arms, stroked her long, white legs, felt her slender waist, and gazed at her body.

Xiang Yifeng knew better than anyone that in the camp, people like Tang Zhenhao, Yang Boyao, and Qin Guangzhi all had evil thoughts about this beauty and wanted to take her for themselves.

"Hmm~! Don't worry, General!"

When Di heard what Xiang Yifeng said, she felt that Xiang Yifeng's hands were not honest, and she looked at Xiang Yifeng with seductive and flattering eyes.

Escorted by rebel soldiers holding torches, Xiang Yifeng looked at Di and wished he could tear off her clothes on the spot.

Fortunately, I can still control myself!
……

Looking at the camp not far away.

Yue Ming, Xue Hong, Xing Ming and everyone else were finally completely impressed.

If they had not seen it with their own eyes, they would never have believed that the defense personally arranged by General Zhen Zhai'er, who commanded more than 100,000 troops outside the city, was like nothing in front of Fu Zihou.

It is no exaggeration to say that when they tell this to others in the future, everyone else will be shocked. Even the soldiers and civilians in East City... no, people all over the world will not dare to believe such a crazy thing.

Who could have imagined that, facing a large enemy force and a small number of troops surrounding the city, Fu Zihou personally led them across the city defenses at night and looked at the army's front camp in the dead of night.

What does it mean to be courageous? What does it mean to be bold?

Previously in East City, Fu Zihou faced them alone, and they thought that was courageous.

After dark, Fu Zihou came alone and said he would take them out of the city. They all thought that was courage.

Until now, when they felt the cold wind with their own eyes, looked at Fu Zihou and the army's front camp in the middle of the night, they truly realized what courage and determination were.

Treat thousands of troops as nothing! Perhaps that's what it means!
In the past, they were strong enough to pick up knives and kill people, so they seldom truly admired anyone.

Before in Dongcheng, they had seen Fu Zihou's various actions and they were mostly respectful, but at this moment, their feelings towards Fu Zihou were finally a little different.

A real man is born to admire only capable people.

In their eyes, Fu Zihou's courage and ability were enough to make them admire him and even look up to him.

They all knew that what happened tonight would be spread all over the world and discussed by people. As men, they were all glad to be with Fu Zihou tonight.

They were all filled with emotion, in this troubled time, rather than die in obscurity at some unknown time, with no one to know them except their families, they would rather do heroic deeds and events like tonight.

This is how a man should live!

Not a thief!
A thief who, even if he died, could not let his parents, wife, or children tell anyone else...

Under the night.

Among the more than two hundred people, not to mention those who had no families, even those like Yue Ming who had families fell silent at this moment.

"Tell me if there is any wine in this camp! If I go in and get a few jars of wine, we can drink together. I'm afraid there will be no regrets!"

Fu Zihou looked at the rebel army's camp and suddenly spoke, with some impulse in his eyes.

Yue Ming, Xue Hong, Xing Ming and others were feeling complicated, and were all shocked when they heard Fu Zihou's words.

Fu Zihou wants to go to the front camp to get some wine?

This is too...

Just when everyone was instinctively wondering if Fu Zihou was crazy, they suddenly woke up and saw where they were standing with the others. For some reason, no one thought Fu Zihou was crazy anymore.

Thinking of the scene in Fu Zihou's words, everyone couldn't help but get excited, their hearts filled with heroism.

Fu Zihou was not afraid.

What do they have to fear?

If Fu Zihou was discovered, the worst that could happen was that they would draw their swords and charge in, then fight their way out together with Fu Zihou.

If they cannot kill him, they will just die together with Fu Zihou. Such a death is heroic enough and does not let down their masculinity and makes their life in this world worthwhile.

"General, I'll go with you!"

"General! I'm going too!"

Xue Hong and Xing Ming looked at Fu Zihou and said, the others also looked at Fu Zihou with a smile on their faces.

As people selected from the army before, they all have their own pride. They are all the same people and usually stay together. No one wants to suddenly be inferior to others.

And after tonight's experience, for some reason, they were all very concerned about being seen by others as people who were afraid of death.

They didn't know why they thought this way, but looking at the other people around them and Fu Zihou, they were particularly concerned and even didn't allow it. Even Fu Zihou couldn't regard them as cowards.

There was a big scar on their heads, and those who came here tonight never wanted to go back to the past.

I don’t even want to die!

"Several people..."

As a disciple of Liu Zhiyuan, Fu Zihou clearly felt the changes in people like Yue Ming, Xue Hong and Xing Ming.

All the risks taken were rewarded at this moment.

Looking at the eyes of the crowd, earth-shaking changes have taken place, and Fu Zihou couldn't help but feel a heroic feeling burning in his chest. Even Fu Zihou would be affected.

The elite are ashamed to lose to others. When you are with a group of people who are not afraid of death, you may sometimes be prone to impulsiveness.

No wonder Li Shimin always led the way in history.

There are only more than 200 people now. If there were 2,000 people, Fu Zihou would probably have the idea of attacking the rebel camp at night.

However, just as Fu Zihou was about to take a few people to test the waters, after all, with the information he got from Song Jianfeng and Chu Bo, Fu Zihou could handle the interrogation. But before he could finish his words, he suddenly noticed that there seemed to be some light under the dim mountains in the north.

At first Fu Zihou thought he had seen it wrong, but after two breaths he was sure that there seemed to be someone rushing towards the front camp, and judging from the appearance, they should be coming from the rebel camp.

Thinking about going to the rebels' front camp to get wine, Fu Zihou felt lucky that he had met someone who would give him a pillow when he was sleepy.

Late at night.

Ever since Xiang Yifeng came out of the mountains, he could clearly feel the cold wind on the plain. He cursed in his heart and hugged the beauty even tighter.

However, a gust of cold wind blew by, and the torches held by the soldiers around them all whirred to the side, and the light gradually dimmed.

At first Xiang Yifeng didn't take it seriously, but suddenly he heard screams and sounds of people falling to the ground.

"Ok?"

Xiang Yifeng thought it was an illusion. After all, it was late at night, and Jinyang West City and Jinyang East City had been surrounded. The defense was arranged by the general himself.

But in the dim light, Xiang Yifeng suddenly saw soldiers falling to the ground around him.

Seeing this, Xiang Yifeng was so sleepy that he didn't react for a moment, and then he quickly widened his eyes.

"There are enemies! Quick!"

Xiang Yifeng shouted angrily, then quickly reached out from behind to find the hilt of the sword and pulled it out fiercely.

The rebel soldiers who were protecting Xiang Yifeng were looking at the darkness in horror, holding torches and swords at the same time. Suddenly, a man in armor rushed out.

"what!"

"what!!"

Faced with the encirclement, the killing only lasted for a while in the darkness of the night, until even the soldiers who were protecting Xiang Yifeng abandoned their torches and tried to escape in the chaos.

Xiang Yifeng was completely panicked. He quickly mounted his horse, turned around and ran back, not even caring whether he would bump into his own people.

But the next moment, the war horses had just started running when Xiang Yifeng and Di fell to the ground one after another.

Seeing this, Di Xing, who was running away, quickly knelt on the ground and raised his hands high.

"Don't kill me! Don't kill me!"

Di Xing said with trembling hands and feet.

When the last rebel soldier who wanted to escape in the chaos was killed, the surroundings became quiet. Xue Hong picked up the unextinguished torch on the ground, holding the bloody sword, and came to Di Xing.

When they saw that the person who fell was Xiang Yifeng, not only Xue Hong, but also Xing Ming, Yue Ming and others were all surprised.

"General, this man is Xiang Yifeng! He is a general!"

Yue Ming said to Fu Zihou.

Not only Xiang Yifeng, but also the charming young woman beside Xiang Yifeng, and Di Xing, they all knew them.

After all, this young woman was talked about a lot in private by them, especially when they heard that Tu Ye once said that he must possess this beautiful woman at all costs.

"General?"

When Fu Zihou heard Yue Ming's words, he was surprised. Why would the rebel general come here in the middle of the night, leaving his bed untouched and coming here to blow the cold wind, and bringing a beautiful woman with him.

"General, be careful!"

Amid the exclamations of the crowd, Xiang Yifeng took advantage of Xue Hong's fire, suddenly raised his sword and rushed towards Fu Zihou, chopping him with great force.

However, under the gazes of everyone, Fu Zihou stepped forward and calmly blocked the attack with his scabbard without even drawing his sword.

Just as Xiang Yifeng was about to chop Fu Zihou again, Xing Ming kicked him in the calf from behind. The moment Xiang Yifeng knelt on the ground, the burly Xing Ming grabbed Xiang Yifeng's sword-holding hand with his hand.

Others also put swords on Xiang Yifeng's neck.

"I know you. You were both cavalrymen in the army. Why did you rebel?"

Xiang Yifeng looked back at Xing Ming. He still remembered the strong and powerful Xing Ming. Then he thought of something and looked at the people around him with horror.

The people who surrounded and attacked him were all cavalrymen in the army before! ! !

how can that be!

"Kill him! As long as you kill him, the general will definitely reward you! As long as you capture him and present him to the general, you will have countless wealth and glory!"

This was the first time in Xiang Yifeng's life that he had seen such a terrifying thing, but for now, he still placed his hopes on these people to help him capture the Sui general.

in the crowd.

Fu Zihou watched Xiang Yifeng constantly misleading the people around him, and he was not in a hurry.

Tu Ye's head was hung on the East City by Xing Ming and his men. Now, all the rebels around were killed by Yue Ming, Xue Hong and others. Even Xiang Yifeng was captured by these people.

Xiang Yifeng's words may be able to deceive the villain, but the prerequisite is that the villain is confident enough that Xiang Yifeng will not hold him accountable later.

"What instructions did Zhen Zhaier give you? I'll ask you when we get to the city. Now I want to know if you have sent people to capture their families?"

Fu Zihou walked up to Xiang Yifeng step by step, looked at Xiang Yifeng and asked.

Hearing Fu Zihou's words, Yue Ming and those who had families in Shanggu couldn't help but feel a little warm in their hearts. After capturing a general, Fu Zihou not only did not ask the other party why he was here, but instead asked about their families first.

"I advise you to surrender the city as soon as possible! Don't make any more useless struggles. If you do so, I may be able to spare your life!"

Xiang Yifeng looked at Fu Zihou with a ferocious face, as if he had already seen Fu Zihou's end.

Fu Zihou frowned slightly, and when he saw Xiang Yifeng didn't say anything, he glanced at the beautiful woman, and then turned his gaze to Di Xing standing beside him.

"do you know?"

Fu Zihou came up to Di Xing and asked.

Seeing this, Di Xing, who was timid by nature, nodded quickly and told Fu Zihou that he had heard from Xiang Yifeng that General Zhen Zhaier had sent people to investigate the families of these people.

When Yue Ming and others heard Di Xing's words, their faces changed and they all looked worried.

"Hahahaha! If you catch this Sui general, I promise that I will let your family go!"

Xiang Yifeng burst into laughter at this time, and looked at Yue Ming and the others in the faint light of the fire.

"If you go back now, I'm afraid it'll be their families who will be tortured by you!"

Fu Zihou looked at Xiang Yifeng.

Xing Ming looked at Xiang Yifeng and agreed with Fu Zihou's words. Xiang Yifeng was not a good person. If he was allowed to return to the camp, he would probably take revenge no matter what.

"Since you are a general, I am curious, if I use you to exchange their families to enter the West City, would Zhen Zhaier be willing to do so?"

Fu Zihou spoke with curiosity.

Yue Ming and the others around him all looked at Fu Zihou after hearing what he said.

Fu Zihou wants to use Xiang Yifeng to exchange for their families?
Xiang Yifeng had never expected that the young Sui general in front of him would be willing to use him to protect the families of those traitors.

Seeing that there was still hope, Xiang Yifeng felt a little excited and relieved.

Looking at Fu Zihou in front of him, Xiang Yifeng couldn't help but sigh that this Sui general was really young. In order to win people's hearts, he would actually use him, a general, to exchange for the service of those cavalrymen.

It is estimated that there are not many people in the world who can do this. I am afraid that any older Sui general would know how to make a choice.

"Take him away! If he speaks on the way back, cut out his tongue. If anyone finds him, kill him!"

Fu Zihou watched Xiang Yifeng calm down and gave instructions to Xing Ming and others.

(End of this chapter)