dognovel Chapter 750 Wen Dai is captured
Chapter 750 Wen Dai is captured
Peng Yu and Guan Yan spent more than half a year in Xiling and did a lot of things. One of them was to figure out the layout of the government offices and the mansions of the major gentry families so that they wouldn't get lost when they took action.
Therefore, after leaving the official granary, Peng Yu arrived at Huang's residence smoothly and easily sneaked into the official granary. Upon getting closer, he discovered that Huang's residence was also transporting grain, and like the official granary, it was filled with dry firewood and soldiers with torches, clearly preparing to set fire to the grain at the slightest sign of trouble.
Will this make you successful?
Peng Yu easily subdued the soldiers carrying torches, just like Guan Cang, and then he was besieged by the Huang family's servants.
Unlike the official granary, the yamen runners were guarding the government's grain and naturally wouldn't risk their lives, but the Huang family's servants were guarding their own grain, so how could they not risk their lives?
However, the lowly servants were no match for Peng Yu, a well-trained special forces soldier. Peng Yu and his men easily routed the attacking servants and subdued the Huang family's grain transport manager, thus securing the Huang family's granary.
Then set fire to recruit soldiers and send people to inform other gentry that the official granaries and Huang family's private granaries have all been seized. Burning grain will be pointless for you. Not only will it be pointless, but it will also completely offend the Han Dynasty. Whether you want to burn it or not is up to you.
It's really pointless now. The grain stored in the official granaries and Huang family's private granaries is enough to feed Sun Lang's 20,000 troops for a month. A month is enough time for many things to change, so the grain from other gentry families won't have much of an impact on the Han army. It's best if they have it, but it's okay if they don't.
But it's different for those aristocratic families. If they burn the grain, they shouldn't blame Sun Lang for targeting them specifically after entering the city.
The aristocratic families, being shrewd individuals, naturally understood this principle. Upon receiving the news, they swiftly withdrew the hay and focused all their efforts on transporting grain, preparing to move as much as they could.
After all, what can be taken away is for oneself, while what cannot be taken away will all benefit that bandit Sun Lang.
While the city's gentry were frantically transporting grain, Wen Dai also rushed to the military camp and led five thousand exhausted garrison troops toward the south gate to prepare for evacuation.
Luo Feng, who had drugged the garrison, was among them. He was currently sitting on a grain cart in Huotou Village, chatting with his cousin.
His cousin's unit was the only fresh troops that didn't get diarrhea, because the unit always ate last. When Luo Feng's cousin led a group to deliver food to the city wall garrison, he returned to find that the entire camp had been infected and dared not eat, so he escaped the disaster.
At this moment, Luo Feng's cousin was gripping the carriage shaft and complaining, sighing bitterly, "Cousin, why is your life so miserable? It's bad enough that your spot for the civil service exam was snatched away, but then you finally won some money and got swindled by those bastards in the military camp. And to make matters worse, you fell for their tricks too. If anything happens to you, how am I supposed to explain it to your uncle?"
Luo Feng's head was throbbing from his nagging. Seeing that he had no intention of stopping, he said helplessly, "Brother, I'm feeling it again. Will you come with me?"
My cousin shook his head and said, "No, General Wen said that no one can fall behind before we reach the South Gate. Even if we have to, we have to make sure we do it in our pants."
There are too many people with diarrhea in the army. If everyone went to take care of it as soon as they felt the urge, wouldn't that cause chaos? Besides, there aren't that many latrines along the march.
Luo Feng shook his head and said, "No, brother, this is my only piece of clothing. I don't have a change if it gets dirty. Please take me there. It will only take a moment."
Unable to resist his cousin's insistence, Luo Feng carried him to the back of a roadside house. While Luo Feng took off his pants to relieve himself, he made his cousin squat down, put his arms around his neck, and said, "Brother, I won't hide it from you now. I was the one who gave the laxatives to the military camp."
My cousin was startled and instinctively tried to get up and scream, but Luo Feng quickly covered his mouth and warned him in a low voice, "What are you doing? Do you want to die?"
My cousin also said in a low voice, "Are you crazy? Aren't you afraid General Wen will punish you?"
Luo Feng shook his head and said, "He can't deal with me anymore because I surrendered to the Han. Brother, there's a great opportunity right in front of us. How about we pull off something big?"
"General Wen Dai is injured, and only a dozen or so of his personal guards have escaped the attack. This is the perfect time to capture the leader. If you can help capture General Wen and hand him over to the Han army, you will rise to the top in one step. What do you say?"
My cousin was stunned; there was too much information for him to process.
Luo Feng didn't give him that time. He slapped him twice to wake him up and asked, "You only have one chance to rise to prominence. Do it quickly or not. We don't have that much time to think."
My cousin was immediately torn between his thoughts and his words. After a moment, he said, "But General Wen has been good to me. Isn't it wrong to betray him like this?"
Luo Feng advised, "This doesn't count as betrayal; at most, it's just turning from darkness to light. Don't forget that General Wenping is an old acquaintance of Liu Bei and General Guan Yu. Do you think he'll be mistreated after surrendering to the Han Dynasty?"
"Given the current situation, General Wen probably wants to surrender to the Han, but he lacks the connections and is too proud to do so. Why don't we lend General Wen a hand?"
"Besides, this is to help you. Do you want to be a cook for the rest of your life?"
Luo Feng could more or less guess Wen Dai's purpose in leading his troops to the South Gate at this time. Since he had guessed it, he naturally did not want it to succeed. These were five thousand elite soldiers who had followed Wen Ping in his campaigns. It would be a great pity to miss this opportunity.
After struggling for a long time, my cousin finally made up his mind and asked through gritted teeth, "How do we do it?"
Luo Feng said, "Go straight for a strong attack. Take your men and control General Wen's family first. Use them to attract Wen Dai's personal guards to come to the rescue. After the guards are moved away, you can take advantage of the chaos to capture General Wen. General Wen is injured now and is definitely no match for you."
My cousin said, "We'll do it your way!"
After discussing the matter, the two returned to the car, and the cousin immediately contacted his subordinates to prepare for action.
As the head of Huotoutun, my cousin had a good reputation among the more than one hundred soldiers in Huotoutun. He talked to them one by one and quickly persuaded 70% of the Huotoutun soldiers to join.
The main street of Xiling only allowed three carriages to pass side by side, so the army naturally formed long queues on such a narrow road.
The cooks, as the main force, were positioned in the middle of the group to protect the Wen family. Therefore, when they were about to cross an intersection, the cousin decisively gave the order to act. Then, a cook captain quickly rushed into the car and kidnapped Wen Dai's wife and six-year-old son.
After the kidnapping, they did not linger but carried the two men away, shouting as they ran, "General Wen, I'm sorry, we'll go our separate ways, I'm going to surrender to the Han."
Seeing this, my cousin roared in exasperation, "You bastard, how dare you betray the general! Everyone from Huotoutun, chase after them! You must rescue the lady and the young master!"
Lying in the carriage, Wen Dai was so angry at this scene that he almost vomited blood. He immediately ordered his personal guards, "Chase after them!"
He might be able to stay calm if it were someone else, but that's his wife and children. Who could stay calm when faced with this?
Under the orders of his cousin and Wen Dai, dozens of cooks and seven or eight of Wen Dai's personal guards gave chase.
Seeing that only four men remained beside Wen Dai, the cousin knelt down with a thud, crawled to Wen Dai's feet, and wailed, "General, I'm sorry, General, I'm guilty, General, I deserve to die, I failed in my duty to manage my subordinates and deserve to die a thousand deaths, I... I..."
Before he could finish speaking, several cooks rushed into the family group, snatched two children, and ran away. Even if Wen Dai was stupid, he would know what was going on. Instinctively, he drew his sword to kill them, but his cousin quickly drew a dagger and held it to his throat...
At the same time as his cousin's actions, several cooks simultaneously raised their crossbows and fired at Wen Dai's four remaining personal guards, wounding three on the spot. Only one survived, but he retreated to the side to avoid the arrows. The cooks who shot the arrows quickly rushed in front of Wen Dai, surrounded him, and pressed the tip of their swords against his throat.
Now no one dared to make a move; if anyone did, Wen Dai would surely die.
Wen Dai sighed, "Who ordered you to do this? Bring them out!"
Cousin glanced into the distance, and Luo Feng, upon receiving the order, jumped off the carriage, struggled to reach Wen Dai, and bowed, saying, "This humble subject, Luo Feng, greets the General."