Chapter 211 Stars Fall and Autumn Wind Wuzhanggou (Continued)
In the early morning, in the eastern suburbs of Zuocheng, a dark shadow swayed in the dark wilderness. It was the vanguard team quietly touching the camp in the south of the city. Under the order of the King of Xiyang, the main force was opened for the main force and eliminated the possible enemy secret whistles along the road.
Generally speaking, after an army camps, at least a guard post must be set up around it, with light and darkness, so as to be a big camp, and beware of the enemy's sneak attacks at any time.
During the day, the ranger was sent to take on guard and guard the task. Once an enemy was discovered, the ranger immediately rushed towards the camp, whispering the trumpet while running. Because it was daytime, the ranger's guard location was at least ten miles away from the camp.
Such distances are not far from the cavalry riding horses, so ten miles are already very short, and the response time for the camp is very short. Therefore, the rangers who go out to guard are usually more than twenty miles away from the camp.
At night, due to poor vision and in order to prevent the enemy from catching whistles and captives, the light and dark whistle is usually about several miles away from the camp. Once there is a turbulence, the light and dark whistle will blew the horn or beat the gong, and use the sound to warn the camp.
At this time, the vanguard team that touched the camp in the southern suburbs of Zuocheng encountered a secret whistle, but the secret whistle did not blew the horn, but became the other party's guide, leading the uninvited guests to march among the weeds, quietly bypassing other bright and dark whistles, and slowly approaching the camp.
The so-called "internal and external cooperation" must of course cooperate with each other, and the "outside" must cooperate with each other. In order to get as close to the enemy camp as possible before the whereabouts are exposed, some people need to lead the way inside. After all, the light and dark posts that undertake nighttime alert tasks generally do not belong to the same team.
As the marching chief supervisor of the internal forces, Helankuan, his subordinates only undertake part of the alert tasks tonight, so the light and dark posts scattered on the east side of the camp were not all his people. Only by relying on the people arranged by Helankuan to lead the way can the uninvited guests get as close to the enemy camp as possible.
If you can go around the sentry, you can go around, and if you can't go around, you can go away secretly. Time passes quickly, and it is already three o'clock in the morning. The forward is approaching the east side of the camp, and the main teams are coming one after another.
King Yuwen of Xiyang, who personally led his troops to conduct a sneak attack, took out his pocket watch and looked at the time, picked up the Qianli Milestone and observed the enemy camp. He did not order an attack, but was waiting.
He was waiting for the person who went to the contact to bring back Helankuan's certificate. This was the agreed step between the two sides. In order to ensure the successful night attack of internal and external cooperation, Yuwen Wen, who arrived outside the camp, had to make sure that there was nothing wrong with Helankuan before he launched an attack.
Any so-called perfect plan may encounter unpredictable changes when implemented, and will fail if it is not handled properly.
Yuwen Wen, who has always been "boldly planning and cautiously implementing", even if he often takes risks, it does not mean he is careless when he is in war.
After a while, Yuwen Wen could barely see someone coming out of the enemy camp, and the sentry on the arrow tower next to him did not react at all.
The visitor brought Helankuan's subordinates to him. The man had a note in his hand. The lieutenant of the royal palace took over and handed it over to Yuwen Wen. Because the light was dark, Yuwen Wen almost brought the note in front of him.
I felt relieved when I saw the words "Muma" written on it.
"Muma" is the code agreed by Yuwen Wen and Helankuan. It was verbally conveyed by the messenger who ventured into the camp before. It was an impossible word in this era. Now, Yuwen Wen knew that there was no problem with Helankuan, so he ordered to prepare for an attack.
Night attacks are generally difficult. First of all, it is due to malnutrition, which leads to a decrease in vision at night, commonly known as "blind eyes". Then, it is easy to fall behind at night marching, resulting in serious non-combat reduction when the team reaches its destination, so the soldiers who can participate in the night attack are all elite.
But for Yuwen Wen's troops, night attacks were not too difficult. At the beginning of the year, two large-scale night attacks were carried out, which made the enemy lose their lives, so everyone is experienced and confident.
There is a "unbeaten" King of Xiyang who personally directed the night attack, what else should I worry about?
Flammable objects, including fire arrows, were already ready. The soldiers who served as blasting hands approached the enemy camp with the sky-burning thunder on their backs and wanted to blast the camp gate. Then were brave men responsible for "climbing first". The archers followed up and shot fire arrows to ignite the enemy camp.
Then there are cavalry, who have to wait until their side first arrives and breaks the camp, and rush into the enemy camp and ignite fire everywhere to create chaos.
The enemy camp lasted for several miles, and its own troops had no advantage. In this case, it was difficult to eat so many enemies in one bite, so the trick to quickly break the enemy is to create chaos and panic, which scares the enemy soldiers who wake up from their sleep and flee in scattered and the entire army collapses instantly.
If possible, kill the enemy commander or main general. At that time, the enemy soldiers who scattered everywhere will lose their unified command, either scattering like birds and beasts, or surrender honestly.
Seeing a big victory coming, many people were so excited that their breathing began to be rapid. The blasting hand had arrived outside the camp. Yuwen Wen looked at his pocket watch again. It was now three in the morning.
Thunder exploded one after another in the silent wilderness, and the fire kept flashing. It was the movement of the sky-booming thunder explosion, but it did not appear at the camp gate.
The team was about to launch a night attack and was attacked by a sudden sky-blasting thunder. The fires burst into the team, causing the soldiers to be dizzy.
Quanyou suddenly waved his sword and slashed over a black shadow that rushed towards King Xiyang. The other guards immediately surrounded Yuwen Wen and formed a human wall.
The inner responder who brought the note was only three steps away from Yuwen Wen. He suddenly rose up but was chopped over. He screamed and fell to the ground. His eyes were full of unwilling expressions, and a dagger rolled down in his hand.
The dagger was black and looked like it was soaked with some kind of poison.
The originally quiet wilderness suddenly became noisy in the east and north, and the sound of breaking through the air sounded, and a large number of arrows fell like rain at the location of the uninvited guests. Suddenly, the lights in the camp were brightly lit, and the sound of trumpets came one after another. A large number of archers appeared on the camp bar and shot arrows at the night attackers who were close to them.
A large number of fire arrows flew out of the camp, falling into the wilderness like rain of fire. The already withered weeds were ignited by the landing fire arrows. The sparks of stars appeared in the wilderness. The fires were getting more and more fires, and the fire gradually spread.
The second round of attacks was thunder and fire, reflecting the panic figures of the night attackers. On their backs (east), side (north) and front (west), a large number of soldiers slowly approached under the cover of archers with shields in hand.
On the south side of Wuzhanggou, many wooden boats appeared on the river surface. They were warships sailing out of the riverside on the south side of the barracks, full of soldiers wearing hard-wired sharp edges, some holding spears in their hands, and some carrying bows and arrows.
A long bamboo artemisia was inserted into the stern of the boat, turning the ship into a platform fixed on the river surface. The spear in the soldier's hands was dedicated to stabbing the fallen waters who were trying to swim south, and the bows and arrows were used to shoot and kill the defeated soldiers who fled to the shore.
The ready temporary navy cut off the only way out of the night attacker.
"Catch Yuwen Wen alive!!"
The shouts sounded from four directions at the same time, slapped Yuwen Wen's ears like waves, making his ears buzz.
His name was kept shouting by thousands of people, with all kinds of accents. At this moment, Yuwen Wen was really excited and felt that his head was about to explode.
It was obvious that he was fooled by Helankuan. The other party pretended to be an insider and led him here, and then he was ambushed from all sides. Now all the ambushing troops were out, surrounding him and his subordinates.
The hot wind caused by the explosion of the sky thunder made Yuwen Wen's cheeks heat up. He looked up at the sky, but there was still no starlight.
There were shouts of "Catching Yuwen Wen alive" around him. Yuwen Wen rubbed his temples and sighed: "It turns out that what is being staged tonight is 'Star falls in autumn wind Wuzhanggou'..."
Quanyou and other guards looked at the ambush everywhere, and then they looked resolute: "King! I'll beg you to protect the king from the siege!"
"Breakthrough? Why break through?"
Yuwen Wen suddenly laughed, and the laughter was cold, making Quanyou and others tremble after hearing this.
Then, Yuwen Wen took out the note with "Muma" written on it, tore it off, and cursed: "Damn it! I advise you so sincerely, will you be lying to me sincerely?"
He rarely swears in public. Now he has been deceived, as if he was slapped in the face in the street, so he is a little angry and even claims to be "I" instead of "I".
Chapter completed!