Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3056 Raid, Night Raid

 Determined not to cross the river, but did not say not to let Wei Yan go to bed...er, boat.

After getting on the boat, you must rub it first...

Wei Yan rubbed the guardrail of the warship, as if he were polishing wood with sandpaper in his hands, and the rough calluses rustled against the guardrail.

 My heart is itchy and my hands are itching too.

 But you have to endure it.

Had it been someone else's order, Wei Yan would have rushed out impatiently, and then overturned the food bowl...

Hmm, capture Shaanxi County...

 Among the Hussars group, Wei Yan would only listen to two people. One is Fei Qian, because Wei Yan admires Fei Qian the most, and he is willing to listen to Pang Tong because he has seen Pang Tong's operations on Wuguan Road and knows that Pang Tong, a fat black bird, is not simple.

Like most generals from relatively poor backgrounds, Wei Yan also liked to fight on the front line. This habit, although good, is not good, because this way of fighting is not suitable for most people. Once future generations think that the frontline generals are correct, there is a high probability that they will fall directly into the pit.

 Not everyone can be a frontline general. Some people may be able to think calmly and make arrangements safely when they are far away from the tragedy of death, but as soon as someone dies in front of them, they will immediately panic, become numb, and be as slow as a stone, unable to move. No. Before such people change, they can only be placed in the back line at best. If they are really placed in the front line, they will harm others.

 At the same time, looking at the overall situation, military academies need bravery, but generals cannot only be brave.

 This may be the most fundamental factor why Pang Tong strictly ordered Wei Yan not to cross the river. As a general, the most important things are naturally "general" and "leader". Anyone who only knows "general" or only knows "leader" is obviously not a qualified general. As for those with mixed names, it is even less "general".

　　　‘Lower the sail! Anchor! 』

 When approaching the other side, Wei Yan ordered.

The sailor stabilized the ship and then threw the anchor into the water with a thud. After a while, the building boat was pulled and creaked, and then stopped on the water.

 ‘Let go of the boat! Set off! 』

Wei Yan asked people to let go of the small boats tied behind the buttocks of the building, and then watched the boats slowly rowing towards the other shore amidst the sound of water. The boats are not big, there are three in total, and each boat holds ten people.

Wei Yan glanced sideways at Jia Hong beside him.

Jia Hong held Wei Yan's sword in his arms, his face expressionless.

Although the expressions are not so clear in the night, both people can understand each other's meaning from the body language of the other person...

 ‘Look, I didn’t go there! 』

　　　　You will be dead if you go there! 』

Three tower ships were dispatched as cover. Wei Yan stayed among the tower ships. However, there were only thirty soldiers who actually went to Shaanxian County for the raid, led by the commander of the village. In a sense, even if all thirty people were lost, it would not be any hindrance to Wei Yan.

Jia Hong finally agreed with Wei Yan to implement this strategy. This is the most fundamental reason.

 In order to lure Wei Yan across the river to attack, Shaanxi County did not arrange too many sentries on the river bank. These sentries are as loose as a gangster's mouth, and can be ripped open at will.

 The shadows of the three boats gradually disappeared in front of them.

Wei Yan held the guardrail of the building ship, seeming to be more nervous than he himself was during the night attack.

Unknowingly, Wei Yan passed the transition from "leader" to "general". He was no longer a frontline general who only shouted "Follow me" at the front of the battle line. He also began to understand how to select talents. And use talented "generals" to transform.

The thirty soldiers, including the leader of the army, were all selected by Wei Yan after repeated consideration among his men. Those who were more than brave but lacking in finesse, those who were more agile but less powerful, each one of them. They may all have their own strengths and weaknesses, and Wei Yan must coordinate and arrange these people into a small team, and then pair them with experienced village commanders. The energy consumed makes Wei Yan feel that he is better than killing a group of people by himself. The field is even more tiring.

Perhaps because of nervousness, or perhaps because the waiting time was unbearable, Wei Yan could not help but whisper to Jia Hong, "Night attack...the most important thing is not how many people to kill...but how to catch them by surprise...Cao Jun must have taken precautions, I can't say We also set up traps near the granary... iron caltrops, bell ropes, foot traps... We know how to use these, and Cao Jun will definitely know how to use them..."

Jia Hong glanced at Wei Yan but did not answer.

Wei Yan didn't care whether Jia Hong praised him or not, and continued, "But no matter how many traps... they are still dead, talents are alive... Cao Jun didn't have time to build a new granary... So, it's still the original granary... I know Why didn't I burn down the granary before... Hehe... I did some tricks in the granary... Now let's see if it works..."

　　　"There are six good archers among thirty people. Normally, there are two rounds of opportunities, and at most three rounds... As long as one arrow is needed, as long as one arrow is hit... it can be burned..."

Now Jia Hong is no longer talking about it, and Wei Yan is talking about it now.

Jia Hong listened and then understood a little.

The granary in Shaanxi County is located in the east of the city. Maybe it’s because the east belongs to wood, and food is the essence of wood, or some other reason. Anyway, the granary was built there at the beginning, and then whether it was the officials sent by the Han Dynasty, or later Dong Zhuo, or Fei After Qian and others occupied Shaanxian County, they had no idea of ​​moving the location of the granary.

It is impossible for Cao Jun to set up another granary. On the one hand, the purpose of hoarding grain and grass here is to use it as bait to lure Wei Yan out. On the other hand, whether it is newly built or stored in the open air, there is a probability that the grain and grass will be damaged by moisture, so it is better to put it in It was safe in the original granary.

 So, the location of the granary is determined.

 After determining the location of the granary, the weaknesses of the granary can also be determined at the same time.

The granary in Shaanxi County is an above-ground warehouse built with stones and bricks.

The grain drying technology of the Han Dynasty was not as precise as that of later generations. Therefore, it is inevitable that some grains will generate heat when they are accumulated. If ventilation cannot dissipate this heat in time, it may cause spontaneous combustion. Therefore, granaries generally use A special structure to ensure certain ventilation requirements while preventing rainwater from splashing in.

　　rats can climb walls. In order to prevent rats and other animals that steal grain and grass from crawling into the granary, the outer walls of the granary in Shaanxi County are specially made of smooth bricks and stones, and are equipped with heavy wooden iron bars. It can be said that it is quite difficult to destroy from the front. The only The weak point is the gap between the second floor eaves.

 The eaves of the first floor extend directly from the wall and are closely connected with the wall without any gaps. However, the eaves of the second floor built on the eaves of the first floor have a gap...

 The "hands and feet" that Wei Yan mentioned are probably among them.

Perhaps it was kerosene, but more likely it was gunpowder pretending to be used to repel insects and rats...

 The gap between the two eaves of the granary, which is used for ventilation and exhaust, has become a target for good archers to test.

If the city of Shaanxian County is complete and carefully repaired, then there is a city wall protecting the outside of the granary. Even archers will not find any chance. But how long has it been since the city wall of Shaanxian County was repaired? Five years, ten years?

Wei Yan could conclude that Cao Jun must have laid various traps in these places where the city walls collapsed, because only these places are the best to climb and meet the needs of a sneak attack.

In order to allow Wei Yan to climb the city wall with confidence and boldness, Cao Jun might even deliberately withdraw some distance to give a certain amount of space...

 But this time, Wei Yan was not prepared to climb over the wall.

 In the northeast of the city, there is a section of collapsed city wall.

 Because the northeast corner of the city is relatively high, the granary can be directly seen from outside the collapsed city wall.

Wei Yan asked his carefully selected good archers to shoot directly at the granary from outside the collapsed city wall!

Once the fire is ignited, regardless of whether Cao Jun's sentries have discovered these soldiers before, an alarm will inevitably be triggered. After the alarm is issued, these soldiers must retreat immediately. Therefore, even if the soldiers sent by Wei Yan can successfully reach the outside of the city wall, there will only be three soldiers at most. The chance of round ejection.

Three large granaries, inside are grain sheds surrounded by stacks of bamboo strips. Both the bamboo strips and the grain are flammable...

 A rocket, once hit, is like firewood!

Of course, the premise is that you can shoot it in.

Distance is not a problem, because most good archers can maintain a high hit rate at the same distance during training.

 The problems are the angle, the night wind, and the weight change of adding kerosene...

 So, Wei Yan actually had no idea whether he could succeed or not.

 He just made the plan with the idea that even if it didn't succeed, Cao Jun would be disgusted.

In the darkness of night, under the outline of Shaanxian County, there were suddenly a few more firelights, and then those firelights were like birds flying into the forest, flying towards the granary...

As these firebirds made mysterious and mysterious trajectories in the sky, Shaanxi County was like a hornet's nest that had been stabbed hard, and it suddenly became restless!

The warning sounds and shouts suddenly resounded through the sky! "Did you hit..." Unknowingly, Jia Hong also arrived in front of the railing of the building boat, stretched his neck and stared at it with squinted eyes, "Did you hit..."

　　　　明金! quick! Wei Yan shouted in a deep voice, "Let them come back!" Cao Jun's ambush is dispatched! 』

At the foot of the mountain on the Shaanxian side, a large fire burst out in the blink of an eye and quickly approached the river bank.

 The continuous golden sound was as sharp as if it was about to pierce a person's eardrums.

　　『Withdraw! Escape! ” Wei Yan patted the guardrail and shouted anxiously in a low voice.

 At this moment, Wei Yan and Jia Hong seemed to have exchanged souls. Before setting off, Wei Yan was as impatient as a naughty kid who would fly out if he was not careful. But now, it is Wei Yan who is thinking about retreating first, while Jia Hong is still asking if he has shot...

In the shadows, the soldiers sent by Wei Yan rushed to the river bank with fire and began to push the boats down the river. Behind them, Cao Jun's soldiers seemed to be endless and spread all over the field of vision, holding high torches and heading towards the river bank. Come rushing in!

"broken! ” Wei Yan looked at it and suddenly clapped his hands.

"What's wrong? Jia Hong was very nervous, his beard trembling and asked, "What's wrong?" What's broken? 』

　　　　The ship is not coming! Wei extended his hand and pointed, "Cao's army has already caught up with us!" 』

"where? ” Jia Hong opened his eyes wide. He is older, and now he is like an old blind bird, his eyes are round but he can't see anything clearly.

When we went ashore before, the boat was heading towards the shore. But now when we want to go back, the boat will not turn automatically. Of course, it will face the river. Then we need to turn the bow after getting on the boat. Although turning the bow is said to be normal. It’s nothing, but in this situation, every minute and every second is very important, maybe just a little bit...

　　　　Get ready to respond! Shoot the logo! ” Wei Yan ordered loudly.

Soon there was an arrow with a fire cloth, which was thrown high to the shore and stuck diagonally on the ground. The flames on the arrows danced, illuminating some of the surrounding black shadows. The black shadows quickly rushed towards the flames, and then the flames disappeared.

“Sure enough...” Wei Yan shouted, “Fire the arrow!” Shoot the arrow! Biggest logo! 』

"wind! 』

　　　　Great wind! 』

With the shouts on the boat, the scream of arrows joined the singing of the cold wind, and then opened its arms towards the other side.

 Cold, dark, and the embrace of death.

In the darkness, no one knew how many people were shot, but the screams that followed let Wei Yan know that his judgment was correct. Although Cao Jun's torches seemed to be relatively behind, they were actually Some of Cao's troops have already rushed forward! If Wei Yan hadn't shot the sign in advance and saw these black shadows, then maybe others would have thought that Cao Jun was still some distance away and hadn't caught up yet!

　　　　Everybody! Ready to drop bombs! ” Wei Yan sent the commander of the team to stand halfway in the water. Seeing that Cao Jun was approaching, he took off the grenade from his waist, shouted loudly, counted down the password, pierced the wax seal, and then lit the fuse. , "Three, two, one!" cast! 』

Cao Jun's arrows fell down and stuck on the ground and people.

For the convenience of movement, the night attack team did not wear heavy armor, but wore two armors and leather pockets. This kind of armor is pretty good at protecting the torso, but there are too many gaps for the limbs.

 Cao Jun's arrows immediately caused many people to be shot and screamed, but the next moment they were covered by a huge roar!

The grenades thrown by the assault team did not explode completely, either because they were nervous and could not completely ignite the fuse, or they did not know when they got wet when entering the water, or for other reasons, but ten of the grenades detonated. Four or five of them also immediately disrupted the pace of Cao Jun's pursuit, causing Cao Jun's pursuit to become chaotic!

Wei Yan patted the railing again, "That's right!" Get the big yellow crossbow! Grenadier! Attach a grenade to the crossbow bolt and shoot it toward a crowded place! 』

　　　　大黄 Crossbow? ” Jia Hong was a little confused.

　　　『The grain and grass that were shipped last time also have the latest Di’an newspaper! ” Wei Yan laughed and said, “Zhu Wenbo was in Hangu and used big yellow crossbows to blast Cao’s army... It just so happened that he also brought some on the ship... ”

As he spoke, soldiers began to shoot loaded crossbow bolts on the deck of the ship towards the river bank...

There was a loud boom, and suddenly there was a moment of sparkle in the dark night.

In the shining light, it seems that a figure can be seen being thrown into the air, and then falling down...

"a ha ha ha! Wei Yan smiled, "This thing is so easy to use!" How did Zhu Wenbo come up with this idea? ! 』

"fire! ah! Jia Hong suddenly pointed to Shaanxi County and shouted, "Look!" It’s on! It’s lit! 』

Wei Yan looked at it carefully and burst out laughing, "Okay!" Hahaha, it’s a pity, it’s a pity that only one warehouse was burned... It would be great if it could spread to the other two warehouses..."

Even though he said that only one was burned, Wei Yan was still very happy and shouted to the soldiers on the deck of the ship, "Success!" We succeeded! quick! Get our brothers back! 』

 The soldiers on the deck cheered.

　　　　shoot! Cum them all out for me! 』

 ‘Move quickly! 』

　　　『It’s tied up, loaded on the crossbow, and ready to light the fire! 』

The tactic of attaching grenades to the big yellow crossbow was passed on to Guanzhong by Zhu Ling, and then quickly passed on to Hedong. After Pang Tong's comments, this tactic has been recognized and is undergoing subsequent evolution and improvement. The Di newspaper said that they are considering using crossbow guns on ballistas, but the effect is not ideal. Therefore, using a large yellow crossbow tied with grenades is currently effective, but it will take some time for further evolution.

Zhu Ling had many limitations and problems when he first used this tactic. After Pang Tong's comments, most of these problems were improved, such as using a longer bamboo tube to protect the fuse and extend the burning time. Use bold fuses to ensure the success rate of ignition, etc. These improvements are actually the reflection of the difference in thinking between civilian officials and military generals.

Military generals often focus on one goal and cannot think comprehensively, while civil servants often have a lot of complicated and divergent thinking and cannot concentrate. The Guanzhong model obviously brings the level of cooperation between military commanders and civil servants to a higher level. The use of new tactics and Development also reflects the advantages and disadvantages of the system.

Of course, these deeper things are basically outside the scope of Wei Yan's consideration. He just thinks that the tactics coming from Guanzhong are very interesting, and he is also willing to try new tactics, although he may have never used these tactics before. Pass.

 Wei Yan was restricted and was not allowed to cross the river, but Cao Jun did not know.

Wei Yan was not in the assault queue, but Cao Jun didn't know.

 The battlefield is always a one-way mirror, and what you see is always the side in front of you.

 Cao Jun tried to ambush and capture Wei Yan and others, but Wei Yan's side had a new type of warship, which undoubtedly took the initiative on the battlefield, at least on the river.

However, it is obviously impossible for Wei Yan to cross the river in full view of the public during the day, so Wei Yan's sneak attack must be at night.

 Cao Jun knew this, so he deliberately exposed some flaws.

However, who would have thought that Wei Yan could pull off these tricks in a surprise attack? Shouldn't it be a pig that roared like a wild boar, and then found out that it was trapped in Shaanxi County?

 Why is this happening?

"shoot! Shoot those guys! 』

Cao Xiu shouted, but amid the explosions, Cao Jun stopped and huddled in the darkness, not daring to move forward.

 The arrows landed around the boat, but because of the long distance, they were not very lethal. The cloak of the boat could provide a certain shielding effect.

　　　『Follow me! Go ahead and kill him! Angry Cao Xiu drove Cao Jun forward from behind. He suspected that Wei Yan was among the raiding party, but until he approached the river bank and saw Wei Yan's figure in the light and fire on the building boat, he felt weak all over, and his hands The sword dropped down and he stopped urging.

Wei Yan and Hu played hard for a while, feeling relieved and refreshed. He picked up his pants, laughed loudly, smacked his lips, and said with some unfinished thoughts, "I said, in such a good time and beautiful scenery, shouldn't Jia join the army?" Feelings, thoughts or something? 』

"What? (⊙_⊙)? General’s intention..." Jia Hong was stunned for a moment, "Is it possible that I still need to write a poem? 』

Wei Yan slapped Jia Hong on the shoulder, and then took away the sword he had given Jia Hong before, "Yes!" So thank you Jia Canjun! After you finish writing, remember to read it to me! Haha, hahahaha! Weigh anchor and return! 』

"Well…"

Jia Hong felt something was wrong.

ah?

 Why does it sound like I’m going to write it?

 When did I promise to write?

Jia Hong turned around quickly and said, "Wait a minute!" General! Wait a moment…"

 (End of this chapter)