Chapter 347: Night Walking
It would not be because Qin Muhou and Dong Shou personally led the Hexi Qin Wang army to stare at it, and Chen Hai and they would not cross the Xiaolianshui River. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Chen Hai doubted that the camp at the western foot of Ganquan Mountain would be able to support another day, so whether he could succeed in the raid on the Guoziling camp was only one night.
If it drags on until tomorrow, the camp at the western foot of Ganquan Mountain has been completely broken by the main force of the Xiyuan Army led by the British king Yingshu, and then a part of the main force of the Xiyuan Army will inevitably advance north along the western foot of Ganquan Mountain, join up with the Qinwang Army on the northern flank, and return to the northeast foot of Ganquan Mountain from the gap between Ganquan Mountain and Huapuling to intercept the northern deserters of the Heiyan Army from the gap between Ganquan Mountain and Huapuling -- at this point, it will be too late.
There was only one night, and the 30,000 cavalry first had to break through the interception of the Qinwang army in Hexi, firmly stick the vision of the other Qinwang troops on the northern flank, and attract as many pursuers, sentinels, and spirit birds as possible to the Stone Rat Ridge, and then the 3,000 elites would sneak silently to 245 miles away from the chaos deliberately created by the 30,000 cavalry, and break through the camp of the Xiyuan Army in Guoziling.
Only Qin Muhou Dong Shou led 30,000 Hexi Iron Cavalry, the other two Qinwang troops stayed in place, and continued to stare at Xiaolianshui City, of course, a large number of sentinels and scouts on the southwest bank were sucked over, and all the situation did not deviate from their prior expectations, Chen Hai and Ning Chan'er retreated, met with Huang Shuang and Le Yi, signaled that the army could forcibly penetrate to the west, and forced the Hexi Iron Cavalry to shrink back to make way for them to enter the west.
There is only a glimmer of light between heaven and earth, and Chen Hai and Ning Chan'er can see each other's faces clearly through the extremely faint light.
General Huang Shuang led 3,000 elites to attack Guoziling with Chen Hai and Ning Chan'er, while Le Yi led 30,000 cavalry to attack Stone Rat Ridge to create chaos and attract attention.
Le Yi cultivated to be in the middle of the Ming Realm, but when it came to the control of the battlefield, he was above Huang Shuang, so he was responsible for leading 30,000 cavalry, and the 3,000 elites rushed to Guoziling, and Huang Shuang, a strong person in the middle of the Dao Dan Realm, had a stronger personal combat power that could play a more effective role.
The fog, the heavy snow, and the night that pervades the heavens and the earth cover everything, but only the mysterious and mysterious divine sense, as well as the keen six senses of the disciples of the Spirit Realm, can distinguish the ice and snow road under their feet from different distances, and ordinary soldiers can only stumble and grope forward in the night.
As Chen Hai expected, the 30,000 cavalry suddenly crossed the Xiaolianshui River, and the 30,000 elites of the Hexi Qinwang Army, which was close at hand, did not pounce on it. Under the leadership of Dong Shou, the main force of Hexi Qinwang's army not only shrank back in time, but even divided a large number of generals to dismount and form formations, lighting bonfires everywhere, trying to light up the night with no fingers in sight, in case the cavalry of the Heiyan Army suddenly came up and completely disrupted the formation of the two sides.
In that case, in addition to the strong people above the Mingqi Realm who can distinguish between the enemy and us, ordinary generals will kill a mess, even if the Hexi Iron Cavalry is elite, it will be difficult to control the casualties.
This is a situation that Qin Muhou and Dong Shou would never want to see.
Chen Hai and they are out of the way, as long as they can ensure that the 3,000 elites can successfully sneak to the north of Guoziling, even if the 30,000 cavalry is completely messed up and sacrificed, they don't hesitate, but Dong Shou doesn't dare to play with them like this.
However, although Dong Shou said that he was short-tempered, he was not so foolish.
Dong Shou saw that after the cavalry of the Black Yan Army crossed the Xiaolianshui River, they did not come over by night cover, but continued to grope to advance westward, and vaguely guessed the intention of the cavalry of the Black Yan Army.
Dong Shou would not risk the annihilation of the entire army and press all the 30,000 Hexi iron cavalry under his command, but he would not be helpless, so he really let the 30,000 cavalry of the Heiyan Army rush in front of his nose, and immediately divided two thousand archers and cavalry to cover up from the flank.
The two armies were only a thousand paces apart, and they still couldn't see each other's figures clearly, but in the roaring wind and snow, they could clearly hear each other's stumbling snow and Ma Naruto gasping.
At this time, both sides opened their bows and arrows in the dark, and they saw that a dense stream of feathered arrows was heard through the wind and snow, and soon the crisp sound of hitting the armor or burrowing into the flesh was heard.
The man fell to the ground, the horse ran away, and soon it became a mess.
"Run to the West......"
"Run to the West......"
"Meet ...... Stone Rat Ridge"
"Attack the Stone Rat Ridge after dawn......"
The soldiers and cavalry of the Black Yan Army were in a mess, but the military orders were still clearly conveyed, urging all the chaotic generals not to stop and fight, and not to care about the pursuers behind them, just to destroy the war horses that stepped down and ran westward, approaching the Stone Rat Ridge, the purpose of this battle.
Everyone is in the night when they can't see their fingers, but as long as they can roughly confirm a direction, they are not as chaotic as in the image.
Dong Shou's face was reflected in the campfire, cold as if carved from a rock, staring at the dark night, the surrounding breath was chaotic, no matter how sharp his divine sense was, it was also chaotic at this time, the only thing that could be figured out was that in this dark night, there were thousands of war horses, stumbling towards the camp of the Qinwang army in Hexi in Shiratling.
If he decisively took advantage of the chaos to cover up at this time, a big victory was indispensable, but he was reluctant to lose too much of the war cavalry under his command, so he could only endure it.
"The Black Yan Army's attack on the Stone Rat Ridge can't solve any problems, not to mention that we still have two thousand soldiers and horses in the Stone Rat Ridge, which should be able to support a small half a day......" Sun Quanzong walked to Dong Shou's side and said in a deep voice, he also hoped that Dong Shou could lead the main force to calm down on the edge of the river valley for a while, and wait patiently until dawn to really find out the purpose of the Black Yan Army, and then make a move.
Even if all the signs indicated that the cavalry that had started from Xiaolianshui City was rushing to the Stone Rat Ridge to cover the past, Sun Quanzong still did not advocate making reckless moves.
The more than 30,000 cavalry of the Black Yan Army are in a mess, even if they can rush to the Stone Rat Ridge at dawn, assemble and reorganize the cavalry, it will take a lot of time, they stay in the river valley here for the night, and then set off after dawn, they should be able to catch up with the cavalry that encircled and annihilated the Black Yan Army, there is really no need to risk the night walk.
"Could it be that the so-called attack on Stone Rat Ridge is still a disguise, the real purpose of the enemy soldiers is actually to see that the general trend has gone, and want to escape west across Stone Rat Ridge?" Du Junfeng said hesitantly.
At this moment, there was a roar in the night sky, and soon Li Yulin, under the guidance of Hu Wei, ran over to see Dong Shou: "Li Junhou suspects that the enemy's abnormal movement may be intended for Guoziling......" Li Yulin came to convey Li Xianghai's speculation, hoping that Qin Muhou Dong Shou would pay attention to the Black Yan Army at the northern foot of Ganquan Mountain, and he might be bold enough to sneak attack Guoziling.
Du Junfeng frowned slightly, and said: "With such a heavy snowstorm tonight, the twenty or thirty thousand cavalry of the Black Yan Army have already been in a mess, and they may be able to rush to the periphery of Stone Rat Ridge to reorganize their formation at dawn, but it is impossible to rush to Guoziling, which is two hundred and seventy or eighty miles away, before dawn." ”
Dong Shou didn't think that Guoziling might be attacked by a sneak attack, but he didn't believe that the main general of the Black Yan Army in the northern foothills really had the determination to sacrifice his life for righteousness, in his opinion, it must be the main general of the Black Yan Army in the northern foothills who wanted to flee for his life, but he had no excuse to flee to Songdu Mountain in the northeast at this time, so he could only flee to the west by attacking Stone Rat Ridge.
At this time, a military official came over and told Dong Shou that he had just tortured and interrogated more than a dozen enemy soldiers who had fallen from their horses or been shot and wounded, and these Black Yan Army cavalry soldiers also confessed that the target of tonight's attack was Stone Rat Ridge.
As for whether the main general of the Black Yan Army in the northern foothills has any other purpose, it can be confirmed that the first stop of the 30,000 cavalry Tianming is Stone Rat Ridge.
Dong Shou pondered for a while, and felt that the main cavalry around him should not move around, so he ordered Li Xianghai, Jiang Ang and other troops who were monitoring Qiushi and other villages to rush back to Shiratling at night to ensure that Shiratling was not lost, and at the same time, keep an eye on the 30,000 cavalry of the Heiyan army and prevent them from having the opportunity to flee westward.
Li Yulin was just about to be ordered to rush to join the clan uncle Li Xianghai, at this time, the six or seven fortified villages of the Heiyan army on the northeast coast of Xiaolianshui were in flames for a while, and they vaguely saw that there were six or seven soldiers and horses, ranging in size from two or three thousand people, to cross the Xiaolianshui River in the wind and snow.
"Damn!" Dong Shou's face turned blue with anger, and he scolded hatefully.
If it were in the daytime, he would only need to send three or five hundred elites to annihilate these weak soldiers and horses who crossed the Xiaolianshui River, but at this time, King Qin of Hexi scattered to the banks of the Xiaolianshui River and monitored the small cavalry of the Black Yan Army's defense, but there was no way to shrink to the Stone Rat Ridge while it was dark, so he could only let Sun Quanzong send eight thousand elite cavalry from his own division and go to the Stone Rat Ridge at night.
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Chen Hai and the others did not continue to march west with the main cavalry, and after crossing the Xiaolianshui River, they stopped behind a rocky ridge not far from the river.
Although the three thousand elites all have the cultivation foundation of the Xuan Realm, the soldiers of the Xuan Realm are not yet able to see things at night. Chen Hai and other major generals pasted a shimming talisman seal on their shoulders, so that the three thousand elites would be gathered together and would not be scattered in the chaos just now.
The defense village along the Xiaolianshui River suddenly sent troops to kill the Xiaolianshui River, it was not arranged by Chen Hai and them in advance, and it was just like this, Chen Hai realized that whether it was the Red Mei Sect or the Black Yan Army, even if there were all kinds of shortcomings, there were indeed a group of generals and military attachés in the middle and lower levels, and they had the spirit of sacrifice in the face of death.
From these fortifications to kill six or seven road soldiers and horses, in fact, extremely weak, taking advantage of the chaos can attract the attention of the Hexi Qinwang army and sentinel cavalry, spirit birds, but wait until dawn to withdraw to the fortification in time, can not escape the fate of being destroyed.
Chen Hai's blood also silently had a hot current surging, and he nodded at Huang Shuang, it was time for them to move.
It was precisely the movement of the soldiers and horses of the six or seven roads of the anti-village that attracted the sentinels, scouts and spirit birds lurking in the night sky on the west bank of the Xiaolianshui River.
In the dense forest, Chen Hai and Huang Shuang changed into the robes and armor of the Xiyuan Army......