PDLP Chapter 200 Easily Breaking the Camp
Chapter 200 Easily Breaking the Camp
Wu Bin had no choice but to recruit all the generals. In fact, among these generals, only Zhou Kai had some combat experience. The others had even less combat experience than Zhou Kai. So he had to re-employ Zhou Kai.
"Zhou Kai! I will temporarily remember what happened to you last time! This time, I will give you a chance to redeem yourself! There are only a few hundred rebels in the camp outside the city now! I will give you 3000 troops now! This is all the combat troops that can be mobilized in the city! If you fail again, it will not be me who will deal with you, but the Minister of War, Lord Sun, who will deal with you personally!" Wu Bin instructed with a serious face.
Zhou Kai couldn't help but tremble with excitement when he heard this. He immediately knelt on the ground and said with tears of gratitude: "Thank you, Lord Wu, for the promotion! I will do my best!"
"Well! Go down and prepare first!" Wu Bin waved his hand, signaling him to go down. Zhou Kai retreated after hearing that. He knew that Wu Bin was leaving a way out for him so that he could go all out.
"Master Sun, Master Sun! Please don't let me down!" Zhou Kai said with gritted teeth. To be honest, he was still very afraid of Yuan Quan and the others. After all, he had fought with them before, and these people were not ordinary refugees!
Zhou Kai quickly assembled 3000 men and horses! These 3000 people were also the last people in the city who could be excited. The others were lucky enough to be able to defend the city walls.
But this time he was still very confident. After all, he had received accurate information that Yuan Quan and his men only left a few hundred people in the military camp.
Zhou Kai led 3000 troops and rushed towards the rebel camp without any disguise.
At this time, there were only about 300 people left in the barracks. These 300 people kept patrolling around, making it look like there were many people in the barracks. This confused the defenders on the city for a long time!
The leader of these 300 people was also an old man from the Northwest Army named Zhang Yu! He quickly discovered the army coming from the city gate. Naturally, he knew that the situation in the barracks had also been discovered by the other party.
"Everyone gather quickly!" That Zhang Yu!
He immediately gathered the more than 300 people under his command!
Soon! The three hundred people gathered together. Zhang Yu looked at the three hundred people in front of him. He asked in a deep voice: "Brothers! Now the people in the city have discovered our strengths and weaknesses! We have now completed our mission! So now we have to go to meet up with the young marshal and tell him the news here!"
"If you are willing to follow me, rush out with me! We still have a chance before the enemy gets close! If you are not willing, stay in the camp and find a way out by yourself!" Yuan Quan and the others had already given the order. Many of the 300 people wanted to leave. This was why they were not brought along for the action. They were afraid that they would be exposed in the action.
Many of the more than 300 people were refugees a few days ago. They followed Yuan Quan and his group for food. During this period, they heard that the imperial court had opened its warehouses to distribute food. So some people had already thought about leaving. At this time, more than people were silent. Except for some who had no family members, they followed Zhang Yu and rushed out of the camp.
There were only about 100 people following Zhang Yu. These people had no way to retreat. Moreover, they had killed officers and soldiers in previous battles. They were afraid that these officers and soldiers would pursue them later. The more than 200 people looked at the direction Zhang Yu and his men left and opened the camp gate directly!
When Zhou Kai led more than 3000 men to the camp gate, everyone was stunned. They thought it would be a fierce battle. After all, even if the enemy only had a few hundred people, they could hold out for a while with the camp. But when they arrived at the camp gate, they saw that the barricades at the gate had been moved away. The huge suspension bridge at the camp gate was also lowered.
"What's going on? Are they surrendering?" Zhou Kai said in disbelief. He didn't expect these rebels to be so sensible. This is unscientific!
The army led by Zhou Kai only had 3000 people. For the enemy outside the city, it should not be that intimidating. Moreover, he had fought with these enemy troops before. These enemy troops were relatively well-trained!
"Whatever! Get in!" Zhou Kai saw that the camp gate had been opened. All the soldiers rushed into the camp.
"How could this happen? Did the rebels really surrender? This shouldn't happen?" Zhou Kai was also full of doubts. He couldn't figure it out. After all, he really didn't expect that the rebels would surrender so easily. This shouldn't happen!
"This shouldn't happen! How could they surrender so easily?" Zhou Kai still felt puzzled.
"They must have seen the imperial army coming. After all, this time it was the Minister of War, Lord Sun, who led the troops personally. These people are scared. Moreover, the imperial court has already ordered the granaries to be opened to distribute food, so many of these people are probably preparing to go back and live a simple life." Then a deputy general guessed!
I saw that there were about 200 soldiers in the training ground in the middle of the camp. Although the soldiers were wearing tattered clothes, it was obvious from where they were standing that they had also undergone some training. All their weapons were piled together, which clearly meant surrender.
Zhou Kai looked at the surrendered rebels, and the doubts in his heart gradually dissipated, replaced by a sense of pride and relief. He did not expect this mission to be so smooth. He originally thought that there would be a tough battle to fight, but he did not expect these rebels to surrender so easily.
He walked up to the surrendering soldiers and said loudly: "Since you have chosen to surrender, it means that you have realized your mistakes. The court will give you a chance to reform. However, you must hand over your weapons and follow us back to the city to accept the court's review."
The soldiers nodded one after another, indicating their willingness to cooperate. They began to put their weapons on the ground, then stood in a row, waiting for Zhou Kai's instructions.
Zhou Kai couldn't help but feel relieved when he saw this. He turned to the deputy general beside him and said, "Pass the order down and tell the soldiers not to let down their guard. Although these rebels have surrendered, they still need to be careful of any illegal actions they may take."
The deputy general nodded in agreement and immediately conveyed Zhou Kai's order.
Zhou Kai gave another order to bring over the leaders of the rebels.
"Why did you suddenly surrender!" Zhou Kai asked curiously.
"Sir, we were forced to surrender to them! If we were not afraid of starvation, who would follow them to rebel! None of us have killed any officers or soldiers, and we surrendered here a few days ago! Please be clear, sir!" Those people knelt on the ground and begged. They were all ordinary civilians. If they really couldn't make a living and were about to starve to death, who would take this desperate path.
"As far as I know, you have at least tens of thousands of people. How come there are only 200 of you left now!" Zhou Kai was riding on his horse and looking at the 200 people in front of him. These 200 people were obviously abandoned.
"Replying to this lord! The others have been taken to another place! There were only 300 people left in the camp, and we have been guarding here for the past two days! Just now when the lord came with the heavenly soldiers! The rebel general fled with more than 300 of his cronies."
Next, Zhou Kai ordered the soldiers to start clearing the camp and confiscate all the rebels' weapons and supplies. At the same time, he sent people to inform the defenders in the city and Sun Ting that the rebels had surrendered.
Soon after, the city's garrison also sent people to help Zhou Kai and his team clean up the camp. The entire camp soon returned to peace, leaving only a mess and hundreds of surrendered rebels.
Zhou Kai looked at these surrendered rebels and couldn't help but feel deeply moved. He knew that many of these people were refugees and displaced persons who were forced to join the rebels. They were innocent people who had to take this path because of life's pressure. Now they chose to surrender in the hope of getting a chance to start over.
When Zhou Kai took over the camp smoothly, Yuan Quan and his men collected the supplies left behind by the army and started to head back. However, they had experience in war after all, so they kept an eye on the movements of the cavalry along the way.
"It's a pity that we didn't capture Sun Ting! Otherwise, we could use him as a hostage to negotiate with that dog emperor!" Yuan Quan said with some regret as he watched the entire team escorting the food and fodder back.
"Young Marshal, just be content! This time we caught him off guard! Sun Ting is not easy to deal with! It's good enough to get a chance for him to pass on the message!" Tang Hai was also very satisfied with the results of this ambush. Although most of the imperial troops that had gathered in those places had fled, this also allowed the imperial court to see their fighting power.