Chapter 24: The Battle of Baili City (2)

The number of soldiers and horses who came to support them this time was indeed small, only 12,000 people, after all, there were still some forces left for Sanchuan City to defend the city, and it was impossible to transfer all the troops over. During the day, the two armies had just experienced a major battle, and when night fell, Wanxing led reinforcements to the rear of the enemy camp, and indeed seized the good opportunity. Although they did not know exactly how many men and horses were in the enemy barracks, he was confident in the twelve thousand men he led, because they were the best of the best, and brought a considerable number of lightning bolts (about one hundred and fifty).

That night, because of the cold weather, Ling Tian ordered half of the soldiers to warm up and rest in the barracks to recuperate, leaving the other half of the soldiers to continue to stand guard around the siege and the barracks, and implement a shift system, and those who fell asleep in the second half of the night got up again to change the guard. Because he did not know the details of the enemy, the layout of the troops, and the situation of food and grass, Bai Yu also took the excuse that he had recovered from his injuries, and took the initiative to take a few people to the enemy camp to investigate. Under the cover of night, they groped their way to the vicinity of the enemy's barracks, looked at the size and capacity of the barracks and the strength of the troops on the periphery, and roughly estimated that the guards in the barracks were no less than 100,000, or at least more than 100,000. It's definitely not okay to be tough, you have to outwit it. To be honest, with so many people, eating must be a big problem, taking advantage of the fact that the enemy is now exhausted and the vigilance in the camp is not high, with the help of God, the cold weather is a good opportunity to burn the enemy's grain and grass in one go. After fighting the battle of Sanchuan City, I haven't played exciting yet, so how could I miss such a good opportunity?

He gave an order and motioned for several people around him to disperse, each carefully looking for the location of the enemy's grain depot. He was full of confidence, but he was careless, and several soldiers who came with him were unfortunately found and killed by arrows one by one. For a while, hundreds of soldiers were also outflanked, after all, it was difficult to support alone, and after a few fights, Bai Yu actually became a turtle in the urn.

Seeing that he had a strong aura and good skills, the enemy felt that he had captured a big official, so he tied him up and sent him to the handsome tent, where he was personally interrogated by Ling Tian.

"Say, boy, do you know who I am? I am Ling Tian, the leader of the anti-thieves in your mouth, and my team is called the Flame Army here. There are 200,000 people outside this account, and I can level a city in minutes, and dealing with you is like stepping on an ant to death. If you do it, I can take your life. Who sent you? Is this barracks of mine a place where you can come and go?"

"Hmph, I was caught by you, if you want to kill, you will kill, if you want to chop, if I don't say half a word, I will be raised by you!"

"Okay, this kid has a bit of a temper, it's tough enough, I appreciate it. However, if I let someone take you down and torture you, you will probably cry in pain and cry for your mother, I'll give you a chance, say, who sent you?" Ling Tian threatened.

"Phew, less wordy, either you're going to kill me, or you don't want to get a word out of my mouth. ”

"Okay, come on, take him down and torture him, you must pry something out of his mouth!"

He thought to himself, who is so bold to sneak into the rear of our barracks in the middle of the night? Could it be that the enemy troops in the city sent them out to report the news? Impossible, once anyone in the city wants to sneak out to report the news, they will be intercepted and killed by our people, and it is impossible for them to mix in the rear of our army, could it be that the enemy's reinforcements have already arrived? So where will they hide at this moment?

Thinking of this, Ling Tian alertly called the guards: "It's not good, come here, wake up the brothers who are about to rest to get up and fight, beware of robbing the camp." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Yu had already been taken to the tent of interrogation, and the soldiers tied him to a stake, motionless. The one who interrogated him was a fat man with fierce eyes, and when he was about to pick up the whip and whip him, Bai Yu twisted his head to the side. He suddenly saw the wrench on his finger, and he had an idea, and concentrated on reciting the phrase "shadow". Under the summoning of the spell, after a while, eighteen shadow warriors were concentrated in the account, looking at so many humanoid black shadows appearing, the fat man's heart changed from the ferocity just now to the fear now, his hands were still a little trembling, and the whip inadvertently slipped to the ground, and the person suddenly knelt heavily on the ground.

"Hell, hell, Grandpa Ghost spares his life!" The voice inside the tent alarmed the two guards outside, and they quickly entered the tent, also stunned by the scene.

"Shadow Warrior, don't do it yet, help me take these people down, and come and help me untie the rope. Bai Yu hurriedly gave the order.

After hearing the master's order, more than a dozen shadow warriors rushed up and fought with the two soldiers present, knocking them out in three or two blows.

In this way, with the help of the Shadow Warrior, Bai Yu was rescued. After a while, he asked the Shadow Warrior to tie up the men, tearing his clothes into strips of cloth and gagging them.

However, considering that the movement made by a few people just now, Bai Yu seemed to be quite small, and the shadow warriors summoned would not last long. So he had an idea, to change clothes with these knocked out soldiers, find a way to get out, and report to his barracks.

He told the Shadow Warrior to retreat, and he walked out of the tent quickly, and all the guys in the tent were tied up strongly, and Bai Yu turned back the way he had just been captured. When he arrived at the sentry at the entrance of the barracks, he happened to meet the soldier who had just finished changing the guard and asked him where he was going.

He said under the pretext that he had just caught a spy who had infiltrated, and the leader had sent him out to reconnoiter to see if there was anything unusual around.

The interrogating soldier saw that he was wearing his own military uniform, and did not suspect it, so he said to him: "Brother, be careful on the road, don't run into enemy soldiers." Just now the leader has given an order, all mobilize to beware of the enemy army robbing the camp tonight. ”

"Okay, thank you, brother!"

About half an hour after Bai Yu left the barracks of the thieves, Ling Tian had some questions, and wanted to interrogate Bai Yu, so he asked his subordinates to go to the camp where he was interrogated to interrogate people.

At this time, the men saw the fat man and the guards who were tied up and lying on the ground, and they kicked the fat man a few times, and then pulled out the strips of cloth that were stuffed into their mouths one by one.

"Where did the spy go, did you let him go?"

"Oh no, that guy has been kidnapped by a group of ghosts, and I suspect he's a ghost who has infiltrated our barracks!" replied the fat man aggrievedly.

After hearing the news that the spy had been robbed, Ling Tian was furious and ordered someone to thoroughly investigate every corner of the military camp on the spot, not letting go of a single clue. At the same time, he also suspected that these guys who were tied up deliberately made up lies about ghost robbery in order to escape punishment, although several people told the truth, they still could not escape the fate of being wronged by the knife, after all, if the rumor of ghost robbery spread in the army, it would be very bad for the army.

In this way, because the barracks were mixed with enemy spies and let the spies escape from under their noses, the people were panicked, and everyone did not get a good rest in the second half of the night.

Bai Yu was able to get out smoothly because of the help of the Shadow Warrior. After returning to the barracks, I hurriedly came to report to Wanxing.

Hearing that Bai Yu led people to the enemy camp to reconnoiter and returned to the barracks smoothly, Wan Xing hurriedly brought people to him to learn about the enemy's situation and ask him how he got out.

Bai Yu saw Wanxing coming, and in front of everyone, he bowed to Wanxing, and said first: I know what you came to me for, first of all, I underestimated the enemy tonight, causing the brothers who walked with me to give their lives in vain, and I plead guilty to the marshal. Thirdly, I have personally experienced the enemy's strict defenses, and I probably know that the enemy's siege strength is about 15 to 200,000, and I can only outwit it, not force it. My suggestion is to send a few surprise troops to carry out an interception on the enemy's road where the enemy may be transporting grain and grass, without which the enemy's morale will inevitably collapse after a long time, and when the time comes, the enemy will be able to win by attacking from inside and outside.

Wan Xing was also surprised, and hurriedly replied: Okay, General Bai Yu, I know what you said. People can't be resurrected after death, and the next time you take on a task, remember that you can't rush for quick success because of your eagerness to win, so you can make meritorious service with guilt. It's just that I'm curious, you just said that the Shadow Warrior saved you, where did you meet these people?

Bai Yu explained unhurriedly: You let your subordinates retreat outside the account first, and it is inconvenient for outsiders to listen. I'll summon them out, don't panic, I believe you will understand it at a glance, but the less people know about this matter, the better, please help me keep it secret!

Wan Xing's curiosity was aroused all of a sudden, and he hurriedly retreated.

I saw that Bai Yu also read a sentence: "Shadow come," and after a while, eighteen black shadow warriors knelt in front of him, waiting for his order. It was the first time Wan Xing had seen such a ability since he was a child, and he clapped his hands again and again, so he really believed what Bai Yu told him. After all, their own people were captured by the enemy camp, and in addition to the enemy taking the initiative to return the prisoners, most of them were able to escape smoothly, which is not a common probability.

Seeing that there were no outsiders in the room except for the shadow warriors, he remembered the courtesy of the ministers, and hurriedly knelt down to salute Bai Yu, and came close to care if he was injured.

After some concern, he responded: Early tomorrow morning, I will arrange for my men and horses to find the enemy's grain route, and strive to find and cut off the enemy's grain route as soon as possible.

After some tossing, the sky began to dawn, and Ling Tian didn't care whether his subordinates were enough to raise their spirits, and began to organize a team to attack the city. While attacking the city, he remembered Bai Yu, who escaped by luck yesterday, and did not dare to be careless, and arranged half of the troops to set up a position, planning to wait for the reinforcements of the official army to arrive, so that he could deal with the reinforcements. This time, Ling Tian's flame army learned well, and ordered people to build a few more ladders, sure enough, without storming the city gate, the soldiers in the front row rode to the city on flying machines, and quickly put the ladder on the side of the city wall, desperately climbing the city, and the soldiers in the back row stood on their flying machines and kept shooting rockets at the city tower, and the change of tactics made it much more advantageous for them to attack the city. From a distance, from time to time on the city tower someone was hit by an arrow and fell to the ground, because yesterday's battle, the city tower has consumed most of the lightning thunder, Feng Yang Gu ordered the people to concentrate on the only five lightning mines, thrown towards the most dense place of the enemy, killing the enemy and injuring the enemy The effect is obvious, some of the soldiers crowded under the city wall were blown up, and squeezed towards the periphery lifelessly, and there was a short stampede. It's a pity that the number of this weapon is too small, and after a few are thrown, they can only use bows and arrows to constantly counterattack, and the effect is much inferior to that of Lightning Flash. In addition to the bow and arrow counterattack, there were also a lot of stones prepared on the castle tower, one after another people were hit in the head, doing a free fall movement, and the remaining soldiers who had climbed halfway down the ladder clenched the ladder in mourning, resigned to fate, praying that the stones would not hit themselves.

This was the first time the Flame Army attacked the next day, and they experienced the power of lightning and suffered countless casualties.

But by the time of the second attack, they had learned their lesson. The first attack caused a lot of damage due to the lightning bolt, and they were a little afraid, but this time the dragon camp's lightning bolt had been exhausted, and this threat was lifted. In addition, in order to prevent a stone from hitting their heads, they attacked the city with a shield in one hand and a ladder in the other......

This time, in a panic, they hurriedly jumped down, and there were many fewer soldiers who wanted to flee for their lives at the end of the team. The side confirmed that the new siege tactics they adopted began to have some effect, and the sporadic soldiers actually climbed the city wall, and Feng Yanggu took the children of the dragon camp to kill the red eyes on the city tower, and secretly vowed to drive these bandits out of the city. He climbed the city tower under pressure, consumed a lot of physical strength, and it was really difficult to fight hand-to-hand with these brave and skilled dragon camp main forces on the city tower. Therefore, the second attack was again repulsed.

Seeing that the attack had failed, the soldiers prepared to flee in panic and began to slowly retreat. Seeing that this second attack was about to be repulsed again, but at this moment, Ling Tian's burly figure appeared in front of the rout, he raised his knife and slashed a rout leader, and then a loud voice like a bell entered his ears: "Break the city in one fell swoop, give me a drum to rush up and take this city." Those who flee from the battlefield will be killed. Whoever captures the city will be rewarded with gold and beauty, and after the city is broken, he will be given a day of looting, and the families of those who die on the battlefield today will receive a pension. ”

The routs looked at the corpse that had just been cut off half of their heads, and everyone paused, and the expressions on their faces changed from fear to hideous. Everyone is also in a trance, after all, running away is also death, siege is also death, siege is death, family members also have pensions, if they survive, there is a reward to get, it is better to fight hard. As soon as these words came out, the attackers who had been cornered suddenly boosted their morale, and they turned back one after another, shouting and cheering. Between shouts, the third attack, launched.

This time, the soldiers set up three or four long ladders, climbed and climbed up, but who knows, the soldiers climbed halfway, and the rear actually sounded the trumpet of the retreating soldiers. Why is that?

It turned out that the reinforcements had already driven to their rear and began to confront each other, and this was not the most fatal. The most terrible thing is that the latest news came from his subordinates that his grain transport unit was attacked by the enemy on the road, and all the grain and grass were burned. Confronting the enemy is not his fatal wound, but if the food and grass are gone, the troops will definitely mutiny. For a while, Ling Tian was in chaos, so he could only let his subordinates send a signal to retreat first, and these soldiers who were besieging the city also had to retreat, which could be regarded as temporarily picking up a life.