novelaction Chapter 169: Zijing Pass Guards
Chapter 169: Zijing Pass Guards
Yang Chuangang said "spare his life" not because he was afraid, but because he was worried that killing Zhang Xiaosi all at once would anger the remaining members of the Zhang family army.
Besides, with such a large-scale incident, it is impossible for Zijing Pass to be unaware of it.
"Fourth brother, we can't stay in the village anymore. Let someone take the elderly, weak, women and children to Yangjia Village to hide. It's backed by a mountain and is convenient for hiding."
At this point, the most important thing is to do a good job of post-processing.
"I've heard that Dingzhou has a method for suturing wounds. As long as the patient is not dead, they can basically be saved. Let's take Zhang Xiaosi and go directly from Zijing Pass. We can reach Guangchang County before dark. There they have the same medical skills as Dingzhou."
"But brother, we don't have that many horses. With so many brothers, we definitely can't evacuate them all."
Yang Chuanbao looked worried. Most of them were the defenders of Zijing Pass, so it was normal that they had no horses.
"You two, stop discussing this. It takes two hours to get to Guangchang County by carriage, and one hour by express horse. If you don't make good contact with the people in the county town, you will definitely not be able to enter the county town."
Li Lei couldn't stand people dawdling, so he urged them on.
"And you, Captain Li, what are your plans?"
"I've already taken action, do you think I can still stay? It's a pity for my hundreds of brothers, they all have a deep friendship with me."
"The one guarding the pass today is Ma Wusi. Take your men back first and find Ma Wusi to see if he's willing to join us."
Li Lei thought of Ma Wusi, who was usually carefree and seemed quite loyal, but was unable to make decisions when faced with major issues.
"Brother Yang, it's not what I said. Ma Wusi is unreliable. So, I will go back first and send 400 people out of the pass to ambush. I will take another 600 and divide them into two teams. If there is any change, I will control the pass.
Also, you must lend me a few hundred of your men, so that we can have more strength at the pass."
Yang Chuanbao thought about it and felt that it made sense. He didn't want to gamble on Ma Wusi, as the risk was too great.
Li Lei took his own men with him, leaving the injured behind, and also selected 200 people from Yang Chuanbao's team.
Helplessly, none of the seriously injured soldiers could be kept alive, and the lightly injured followed the people from Yangjia Village, as well as the elderly and women, who left first.
"All the armor of the Zhang family's prisoners should be taken off. We will replace them with weapons and equipment. The injured prisoners will stay in the village, and the uninjured prisoners will push the carts or carry people for us."
Zhang Chuanbao ordered that they should retreat and not let anyone see their number, especially since the Zhang family army's men were mixed in with their own men, they must not be able to see it.
Besides, after Zhang Xiaosi's men were dispersed, several of them ran back to the military camp.
"Marshal Zhang has started a fight in Yangshu Village, and there are troops guarding Zijing Pass there..."
They are not afraid of fighting with the villagers, but the defenders of Zijing Pass are here, which is a big threat.
The wrong information gave people the impression that Zijingguan was not on the same page with them.
"Gather, let's occupy Zijing Pass and ask them for their people."
The generals left behind by Zhang's army immediately ordered the capture of the pass.
Fifty thousand people quickly gathered ten thousand people and rushed to Zijing Pass first.
When Li Lei was returning, he realized that something was wrong halfway through and did not dare to enter the military camp, so he was surrounded by Zhang's army.
Immediately afterwards, the remaining Zhang family army sent another 10,000 people to the garrison at the pass.
There are 1,000 soldiers guarding the pass on a daily basis, and the number of people on duty is less than 1,000, but they are only on duty and do not need to go to the pass guardhouse unless necessary.
But six hundred were taken away by Li Lei, so there were only four hundred people inside.
"Captain Ma, look, there's an incident down there. Someone's attacking our guard post."
Ma Wusi saw that things were not going well and shouted, "We are under enemy attack, be on guard!"
After that, the war drums at the pass started beating in unison.
Then, everyone in the military camp and the guard rooms heard the drumbeats.
"Captain Li, let's take this opportunity to attack the duty barracks and rescue our people."
"Don't talk nonsense. There are 10,000 of them, so at least 3,000 of them must have gone in. It would be useless for us to go there with just a few people!"
Li Lei said this, but he actually wanted to rush forward.
Zhang's army only sent people in to confront the enemy, but did not launch an attack.
At the Zijing Pass camp, the garrison general was named Lu Lihong, and he was somewhat confused by the sudden attack.
"Why did you attack my garrison camp?"
He questioned the officer in charge.
"I received a tip-off that our general was attacked by your garrison in Yangshu Village."
Upon hearing this, Lu Lihong calmed himself down and remembered that Yangshu Village was Yang Chuanbao's home and they were holding a wedding today.
"Impossible. Yangjia Village is the home of Captain Yang. They are orphans of the previous dynasty and have endured many hardships here. You will only be welcomed if you go there. There is no possibility of conflict."
After hearing what Lu Lihong said, the Zhang family army began to doubt their intelligence. They found the people involved in the riot in Yangshu Village and asked, "Tell us what exactly happened."
The people who went to Yangshu Village finally recounted the events objectively and fairly.
"Look, let me tell you, it was your people who got drunk and started a fight. What does that have to do with the garrison at our gate?"
After hearing what Lu Lihong said, the Zhang family army felt embarrassed and had to retreat.
At this time, a soldier ran over and said, "A group of people have arrived, and among them is our commander-in-chief."
"What's going on? I'll make it clear this time."
"The person coming is going through Zijing Pass, taking our commander with him."
"Ah? Do you know who it is?" Lu Lihong asked.
"Looks like they are the guards of the pass, and there are also armors of our Zhang family army inside!"
"What a mess. Let's wait until they get here."
As he said this, he gathered all the soldiers, but the people on the pass side did not move.
Li Lei saw the opportunity and took his men to their posts, ordering, "Send out six hundred men first and find a place to ambush three miles from here. The rest of you will follow me to the pass."
A total of 600 people under Zhang Chuanbao and Li Lei came out of the border.
The rest went up the pass.
"Brother, what's going on?"
Ma Wusi thought Li Lei was watching the fun downstairs, so he ran over and asked.
"The Zhang family's army is causing trouble and fighting with Brother Yang's men. I heard they captured the Zhang family's commander."
"Oh? Is that the case? It seems the Zhang family army is no match for them." Ma Wusi laughed.
"Let me ask you a question." Li Lei had his men dismiss the people around him, then pulled Ma Wusi aside and whispered, "If we really get into a fight with these people, which side will you be on?"
"Is that even a question? I'm definitely on your side."
Li Lei felt uncomfortable listening to Ma Wusi's words. They were too careless and clearly perfunctory.
"I know you're being kind, I just asked, nothing else."
Watching Li Lei saying meaningless things, Ma Wusi thought: What does it mean to have no other meaning?
Inside the pass, Yang Chuanbao, accompanied by Zhang Xiaosi, his old father, and other injured people, saw Lu Lihong and said, "General Lu, my Yang family treated us well, but these people smashed, looted, and robbed our Yangshu Village, and even injured my father!"
In the Zhou Dynasty, filial piety was the way to govern the country!
When Lu Lihong heard that Zhang Xiaosi had injured Yang Linggong, he thought the matter was becoming difficult.
Unexpectedly, Yang Chuanbao said, "I don't want to make things too difficult for the Zhang family, but I want to send my father to the front county for treatment. There might still be a glimmer of hope. The Zhang family is in the village, so you should send someone to rescue them. If they are there in time, they can still be saved."
"But please, General, unlock the gate and let us out. If it's too late, it will be too late to save us..."
When Zhang's army heard that there were still wounded and sick soldiers, they immediately sent some people to treat them.
However, Lu Lihong did not dare to let the Yang family out.
We are about to attack Guangchang County, and letting them out at this time is tantamount to exposing information.