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Chapter 274 Chen State’s sneak attack?
Yan State.
Yujiang Fortress.
Jiang Zuo stood not far outside the city, lowering his head and saying something to a group of soldiers.
"Remember, you have to light the fire, otherwise it won't be shocking enough."
Jiang Zuo said in a low voice.
"clear."
The soldiers nodded.
Chen Xiu, who was not far away, turned to look at Jiang Zuo. Seeing that they seemed to be discussing something, he slowly walked forward and asked, "What are you talking about?"
But when he saw Chen Xiu coming, Jiang Zuo asked the soldiers around him to disperse, and then said to Chen Xiu: "It's nothing, just let them defend well, I'm worried that the Chen people will take the opportunity to attack us."
"A sneak attack from the State of Chen?" Chen Xiu turned his head and looked at the enemy troops on the other side of the river, and then said, "The initiative on the battlefield is in our hands now. The Chen army should not dare to launch a sneak attack rashly."
At this moment, the Yan army on the entire front line is ready and can launch an attack at any time.
However, news came from the imperial court that it would take some time for the food and supplies from the rear to reach the front line.
The troops involved in the attack on the State of Chen were not only the 120,000 Huainan troops, but also tens of thousands of other imperial troops, totaling nearly 200,000 troops. This huge army required a lot of logistical supplies.
If the later supplies are not kept up, the consequences will be very serious, so Chen Xiu can only be patient and wait for the latest news.
At this time, Jiang Zuo pointed to the other side of the river and said, "A spy reported yesterday that Chen Jun has prepared a lot of ferries on the river bank. I'm afraid they are planning to attack us by surprise. It's better to be on guard."
Chen Xiu also nodded, agreeing with Jiang Zuo's opinion.
The situation is tense now, so we must be cautious.
Night falls.
Chen Xiu and Jiang Zuo have already returned to Jiangzhou City.
At this moment, there are more than 10,000 soldiers stationed in the Yujiang Fortress.
For some unknown reason, the rest of the troops were transferred by Jiang Zuo to other positions to protect the safety of the port.
It was late at night, and suddenly a few small boats appeared on the dim river.
The moonlight was dim, shining on this group of people.
Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the people were wearing the armor of Chen's army soldiers.
The group of people came stealthily to a place not far from the Yujiang Fortress, but behind the team, many people walked slowly, as if they were not worried at all about being discovered by the defenders in the city.
"Take two quick steps."
I heard someone urging in a low voice.
A moment later, the almost indistinct number of troops finally all reached the north bank of Ling River.
They waited quietly, waiting for an opportunity.
At this moment, there was no light above the Yujiang Fortress.
There were only a handful of soldiers stationed on the city walls.
After a while, someone outside the city said, "Let's get started!"
As soon as the order was given, bursts of shouts were heard.
Suddenly, a fire broke out in front of Yujiang Fortress.
The soldiers outside the city set up ladders and climbed up the city wall.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
A soldier on the city wall shouted loudly.
At the command, the rest of the soldiers also began to defend.
In an instant, shouts were heard, but there was no sound of fighting.
I don’t know how long it had been, but there was still fire inside and outside the city wall.
The firelight shone on the soldiers' faces, and the atmosphere at the moment seemed to be in a stalemate.
"You can withdraw!"
At this time, someone was heard shouting loudly.
At the same time, the sound of fighting on the city wall suddenly stopped.
All the soldiers who had entered the fortress immediately stopped what they were doing and climbed up the ladders carefully.
At this time, the hands in the city stopped where they were and did not stop the soldiers from evacuating.
As if everything was normal.
Its daybreak.
There were dozens of corpses in front of Yujiang Fortress.
These corpses were all wearing the armor of Chen soldiers.
Soon, a piece of news was transmitted back to Jiangzhou City.
"The State of Chen crossed the river at night and attacked the Yujiang Fortress. Fortunately, our army discovered it in time and fought desperately, successfully blocking the sneak attack of the Chen army."
After receiving this news, Chen Xiu looked anxious and hurriedly pulled Jiang Zuo and headed towards the Yujiang Fortress.
"You were right. The Chen army launched a surprise attack! Fortunately, you deployed defenses in advance, otherwise, our army would have suffered heavy losses."
In the carriage, Chen Xiu said with an uneasy look on his face.
But Jiang Zuo looked quite calm, and said: "I guessed that these Chen soldiers would do something bad..."
"I just didn't expect that they would dare to launch an attack when their forces are so dispersed. Maybe Chen State has already known our Yan Army's attack plan. If we continue to drag it out like this, the situation will become increasingly unfavorable to us."
Chen Xiu said a little impatiently.
He has not yet learned what happened in Yujiang Fortress yesterday.
However, Chen Xiu was quite worried about the entire battle situation. Due to the negligence of officials in the rear, food and fodder had not been fully transported to the front line, causing the front-line troops to completely miss the opportunity to attack.
Moreover, since there was no reason to declare war, many people secretly opposed the court's declaration of war against the State of Chen for a time, saying that they were worried about being isolated diplomatically by other countries.
"The State of Chen tore up the peace agreement and attacked our Yan State's fortress. If they break the rules first, we can go to war with them at any time!"
Jiang Zuo said calmly.
Chen Xiu also said: "Now our army has no worries. Perhaps we don't need to wait for the food and grass to arrive. We can launch a counterattack against Chen State first."
"Master Jiu is right. I will mobilize my troops now and ask the navy to prepare as soon as possible and start crossing the river to the south!"
Jiang Zuo said this with a smile on his face, looking towards the south bank.
As he spoke, the carriage had already arrived at Yujiang Fortress.
When they arrived at the city wall, they could already see the corpses of "Chen army soldiers" outside the city.
Seeing Jiang Zuo coming, the general of the garrison stepped forward and reported: "Master Jiang, Ninth Prince, the exercise... No, our army discovered the sudden attack of Chen's army in time, reacted in time, successfully resisted the offensive of Chen's army, and killed forty-nine enemy soldiers."
Looking at the bloodless corpse lying on the ground, Chen Xiu suddenly felt a little confused and asked, "Only more than 40 enemy troops were killed?"
The general said, "Your Highness, that's right. When the enemy found out that the surprise attack had failed, they immediately chose to flee."
Chen Xiu was skeptical and asked again, "How many casualties did our army suffer?"
The general replied: "No one in our army was killed or injured!"
"No one was injured?"
Chen Xiu was extremely surprised.
After all, Chen's army launched a surprise attack in the middle of the night. Could it be that the defenders had already made preparations in advance and dealt a heavy blow to the enemy?
Chen Xiu felt a little more doubtful.
At this time, Jiang Zuo came to the corpses and said calmly: "It's really not a pity for these people to die."
"what?"
Chen Xiu looked at Jiang Zuo in confusion.
Jiang Zuo said: "Nothing, I mean, the people of Chen are really unethical. We will report to the emperor now and officially declare war on Chen!"
Looking at Jiang Zuo's intriguing expression, Chen Xiu seemed to understand something...
But all this is no longer important.