Chapter 959 Night Attack on the Purple River (Part 2)
Han Qianhui and fifteen soldiers also sneaked into Yangma City from the mountain, so that they could avoid the Turkic patrols that were hard to defend against on the outside. This was the biggest defense loophole of the Turkic army. They sent thousands of soldiers to patrol within ten miles outside the camp, but they could not take into account the south of Yangma City. It was close to the mountains and could not patrol on horseback, which became a defense loophole in the Turkic military camp.
But being unable to take into account does not mean neglecting it. The Turkic commander still arranged two patrol teams to patrol inside the wall, but the unfavorable terrain here still made the south of Yangma City a weak spot for the Turkic outer defense.
Han Qianhui had many experiences in stealing sheep here. He knew how to avoid the patrols inside Yangma City. When a team of patrol cavalry rushed past, he led fifteen soldiers to climb up the wall, climbed over the wall, and ran quickly towards the depths of Yangma City.
These fifteen soldiers were selected with high martial arts skills, and they were all good at water. With Han Qianhui's rich experience in thieves, they quickly passed through millions of crowded cattle and sheep, which only caused a slight commotion among nearly a thousand sheep. The flock of sheep bleated and avoided them uneasy, but the slight commotion among the millions of cattle and sheep was like a wave in the sea, without any impact.
More than a dozen Sui soldiers were as fast as cunning rabbits and as fast as deer. They quickly passed through Yangcheng Horse City and then climbed out from the wall north of Yangma City. Outside was the Zi River, and the other side was a Turkic Dome Tent. There were no sentry soldiers here, and the nearest sentry was hundreds of steps away. There was a ditch entrance from the Zi River to Yangma City, guarding it by fifty soldiers.
The soldiers were lying in the grass on the shore, paying close attention to the situation on the other side of the river. The river water was not deep, and the deepest was only at its thighs. However, the water flow was very turbulent and it was difficult to stand firm in the water. If you were not careful, you would be swept away by the torrent.
It was the third time, and it was also the time when ten thousand Turkic troops were sleeping soundly. They were far away from the battlefield and had not encountered any attacks in the next month. The guards of the barracks gradually relaxed. In addition to the dense patrols around the camp, there were basically no patrol soldiers inside the barracks.
Han Qianhui looked up at the sky. The moonlight was bright and dark. Under a full moon, large and thin gray clouds were extremely fast and drifting towards the northwest. The wind was strong, and the wind was still southeastern.
This was the first time Han Qianhui led a regular army to carry out a mission. He was very nervous. He knew very well that this was an opportunity for him to turn things around, but it was also a severe test.
He quickly glanced at his fifteen soldiers. These fifteen soldiers were selected from the 50,000 troops, including team commanders and brigade commanders, but he was the lowest-ranking person, just a fire chief. Fortunately, everyone didn't know the details of each other. If his subordinates knew that he was from a battle-breaking soldier and was just a fire chief, I'm afraid no one would obey his command.
"Everyone listen to my arrangement!"
Han Qianhui summoned everyone to their side and whispered to them: "The river water is very turbulent. I have tried it myself. If you stand up, it will be difficult to stand firm and you will be swept away by the river. The best way is to dive into the bottom of the water and parade against the riverbed. The water flow at the bottom is very smooth. Everyone needs to dive to the other side in one breath. You can't stop halfway. See if you can do it?"
Everyone looked at the river surface. The river water was more than twenty meters wide. Everyone nodded, indicating that there was no problem.
Han Qianhui instructed again: "Even if you are swept away by the river, don't panic. There is no need to struggle. The river water will slow down when you reach the mouth of Zihe River and will not be in danger of life, but don't come over again, so as not to be discovered by the sentry!"
After saying that, Han Qianhui looked at everyone one by one, and everyone nodded silently. Seeing that no one had any doubts, Han Qianhui said, "Finally check the oil paper bag on his body and prepare to go into the water!"
Everyone took off their tops, stabilized the oil-paper bag tied to their backs, took a deep breath, and dived into the water
In just a moment, Han Qianhui was the first to go to the other side, and then the soldiers also went ashore one after another. Han Qianhui quickly counted the number of people, with fifteen people apart. At this time, all the soldiers were crawling in the grass on the shore, waiting for further orders.
Han Qianhui and their mission are simple and difficult. Their mission is to attack the Turkic camp in the fire. They say it is simple and just light the fire. With the wind, the fire will spread quickly. However, it is not easy to break through the outer defense of the Turkic army. There are ten Turkic soldiers in one team, and they have to shoot and kill all ten sentries at one time in the dark. As long as one person does not die, they will shout loudly, which triggers the alarm. Therefore, the key to the success of the fire attack is whether it can avoid the Turkic patrol sentry.
Han Qianhui happened to know the defense loopholes of the Turkic Camp. He entered Yangma City from the mountain, then passed through Yangma City and Zihe, and sneaked into the Turkic Camp, thus avoiding the dense patrols on the periphery.
Everyone untied the tart cloth bound to their bodies, and took out the layers of fire sickles, fire cloth and other fire-induced objects from it.
Han Qianhui waved his hand gently, and the sixteen people were extremely quick to move. Each of them rushed to a large tent and hidden behind the tent. The soldiers lit the fire cloth almost at the same time. The fire cloth quickly burned. The soldiers threw the fire cloth onto the large tent and rushed to another dome tent. They were agile, skillful and rapid. In just a moment, they lit forty-five dome tents.
As the leader, Han Qianhui's mission was not to ignite the fire. He held two torches in his hand and reignited more than a dozen unlit tents. At the same time, he observed the movements around him. At this time, shouts came from afar, and figures were shaking, and cavalry were running towards this side. Han Qianhui ordered without hesitation: "Retreat!"
The soldiers turned around and ran, jumped into the Zihe River, and snorted towards the other side. They soon got on the shore, then climbed into the sheep and horse pen, and disappeared among millions of cattle and sheep.
At this time, the fire at the southeast corner of the Turkic camp began to spread rapidly, and the flames soared into the sky. With the strong assist of the wind, the fire swallowed one big tent after another, without any sign of stagnation. The huge mouth of the flames became larger and larger, and burning tents kept rising into the air with the wind and drifting towards the distance, causing the fire to show a jumping spread.
The Turkic soldiers shouted in fear, ran out of the tent, and ran barefoot and ran barefoot and ran away barefoot.
At this time, a hundred soldiers led by Wang Canghai lurked in the horse circle, and they were waiting for the signal from the camp. Compared with their mission, the Fire Camp is more important. Once they take action in advance, it is likely to alarm the Turkic Camp and make the Fire Camp's mission fail. Everyone knows this very well. Although they are anxious, they are still waiting patiently.
Just as the soldiers' eyes were almost sore, a fire suddenly appeared in the southeast corner of the camp. More than a dozen soldiers pointed to the fire and shouted: "General, it's getting angry!"
Wang Canghai was also excited and immediately ordered: "Let the horse go!"
The horse circle in Yangma City was not rammed with earth, but surrounded by long wood. Everyone started to work together, and in just a moment, they removed a large section of the fence. Dozens of soldiers turned over the horses and urged the horses to rush out. At this time, more than thirty grooms ran out of the horse house not far away, waving their whips and shouting. Wang Canghai ordered, dozens of arrows were shot out. More than a dozen grooms in front were shot down one after another. The other grooms were so scared that they rolled and crawled, turning around and fled into the horse house.
The general who commanded this Turkic army was called Fulechuo, who was a ten thousand men in the Turkic Asina tribe. This Turkic army is also one of the core troops of the Asina tribe. Chuluo Khan tried every means to preserve the strength of his tribe. It was much safer to be responsible for the guidance in the north than in other places. Of course, this kind of good thing would not be left to other tribes.
But Chuluo Khan still did not expect that the Sui army would take the lead in attacking this army.
Seeing that the fire in the camp was too strong and could not be stopped at all, Fulechuo was so anxious that he shouted: "Get eastward!"
He knew that this must be a Sui army attack, so the main force of the Sui army would definitely wait in the north and west, and only by evacuating eastward would there be a glimmer of vitality.
But no soldier obeyed his shouts, and the east was engulfed by fire, and only by escaping north and west were alive.
At this time, the fire had already swallowed more than half of the camp, and was spreading rapidly north and west. Many soldiers could not escape the speed of the fire spreading and were engulfed by the fire. Only heart-wrenching screams echoed in the fire and soon disappeared.
"General, go quickly!"
More than a dozen personal soldiers rushed over and pulled the reins of the Fule horse and fled. The war horses of ordinary soldiers were all in the horse circle, but he and his personal soldiers were kept in special tents to facilitate patrolling the camp.
Fulechuo saw that the fire had engulfed his big tent. He was frightened and sucked his war horse, which ran wildly towards the northeast.
Countless soldiers fled the camp, and many soldiers ran to the horse circle, but found that their war horses were no longer in the horse circle. The soldiers were bare-handed and most of them were barefoot, wearing only a thin underwear. The soldiers were frightened and fled westward.
At this time, 50,000 Sui troops had surrounded the west and north, as if they had laid a large net.
Chapter completed!