Chapter 33: Simple Faith
As soon as it was dark, Gao Yuanfeng sent all the men of the Windless Pavilion out of Gaojiabao. In order to operate at night, he must first clear out the secret outposts scattered around by Chen Jun. Of course, I had an agreement with Zhou Feiyan in advance that all the secret posts of the Zhou army would return to the camp tonight.
At the two watches, the intermittent and faint sound of night owls sounded outside the city. This is a sign that the dark whistle has been cleared successfully.
"Ready to go. ”
In the ancestral hall, Gao Yuanfeng advised: "Make it clear to non-combatants, you must pay attention to self-protection. Once the torch is lit, crouch or lie on the ground as much as possible while shouting. Combatants also do not need to rush to kill, only use strong bows and crossbows to snipe the enemy from a distance. It is better to choose a place under the torch. It's dark under the lights, it's hard for the enemy to see you, all they can see is straw dummies in the light of the fire.
As for facing the slashing and killing, that is the responsibility of the Zhou army. Of course, if there is really a reckless thing that has already dizzy and bumped into it, you must kill it as soon as possible, so as not to hurt the villagers.
Finally, I solemnly remind you not to be blind or impatient. Only when he saw Zhou Feiyan's peerless True Qi Giant Blade could he light the torch and shout. Previously, no matter what happened to the Chen army's camp, you were not allowed to move lightly.
That's all I have to say, let's go our separate ways. ”
"Yes. "Okay. "Yes. "Got it. Everyone agreed. Although the army has been officially established, there has never been a formal regulation in terms of language and etiquette, so the so-called Gao Jiajun still seems to be disorganized.
Gao Yuanfeng came out of the wall alone. Ye Lao secretly scolded and hung behind him, "Stinky waste, I hurt Lao Tzu and I will be your bodyguard in the middle of the night." He had to keep up, otherwise if Gao Yuanfeng encountered that contemplation period, wouldn't he have no return.
Gao Gang and Gao Hu led people out of the West Gate quietly, and the destination was the battlefield of the Chen and Zhou battles during the day, replacing the defense line of the Zhou army. The main force of the Zhou army detoured westward to the west side of the Chen army's camp, preparing to attack the Chen camp from the flank.
The sea of clouds is wide and the high-speed railway is completed, and Gao Wei and Gao Fei led people out of the east gate and lurked to the northeast and east of Chen Jun. The siege was missing one, leaving the south for the Chen army to rout and flee.
The four of them went out of the city together. Gao Fei suddenly said to Yun Haikuo: "Uncle Yun, shall I exchange it with Uncle Tie Cheng?"
Yun Haikuo asked puzzledly, "Why?"
Goofy said, "I'm worried about my mom. The young and strong all went out of the city, and at this time only the old and weak were left in Gaojiabao. In the event of an accident, they have no power to resist and can only be slaughtered. Your side is close to the fort, what's the matter, it won't take much time for me to get back to the fort. ”
Yun Haikuo was suddenly unhappy, "What do you mean, don't you believe the young master? Since the young master let us all go out of the city, he has his own means to ensure the stability of Gaojiabao." It's understandable that you care about your mother, but it's not just your mother in the castle, it's all of us. If everyone looks ahead and backward like you, this battle will not be fought.
Gao Fei, let me tell you, since you have joined the Gao family's army, you have to obey the orders unconditionally. If you can't give an order, you will lose every battle. The Lord of the Second Castle told you in the afternoon that you should either withdraw and go to your own sunny path. If you want to work together with everyone to earn a future, you have to abide by the rules and obey the young master. What's more, there are not only the old and weak left in the fort. The main hall of the big castle is a master of the Dan period, what do you need to do?"
Gao Fei said curtly: "I didn't disobey the young master's orders, I just exchanged them with Uncle Tie Cheng." ”
"Nonsense. Changing generals on the spot, who is responsible for the problem?" Yun Haikuo glared at Gao Fei warningly, and quickly left with his own people.
Galway was about to say something. Goofy didn't give him a chance, and whispered to the people behind him, "Keep up." Then he buried his head and sprinted.
Gao Wei sighed helplessly, he knew that Gao Fei's true intention was not to be with him.
After the two teams of people left, four black-clothed people appeared not far from the side of the road, it was Lin Yuan and Tuoba Xiao.
"What are they doing here? Don't they want to attack Chen Jun at night?" asked Tuoba Xiao suspiciously.
Lin Yuan sneered in a low voice: "I don't know what I can do. probably saw that Chen Jun lost a battle during the day, thinking that there was a bargain to pick up. Big or small, the situation has changed, do we need to change our plans?"
In the dark, Tuoba Xiao's face was full of helplessness, "Grandpa Lin, it's good to exercise me, it's good to respect me, such an idiot's answer has to come out of my own mouth." Since the Cheng Dan period of Gaojiabao is still in the fort, we just went to slaughter him, and then lit fires everywhere. Gaojiabao is on fire, I don't believe Wu Mingfu can't seize the opportunity?"
Lin Yuan said: "That's okay." When those people are far away, we will do it. ”
In the Chen army camp, Ye Lao slipped in silently first. He was ready to quietly knock Lu Qiu Xing out in the contemplation period and solve the potential threat of Gao Yuanfeng. But I don't want to have an accident.
"I see. I'll just say, how could a Contemplation Stage martial artist who surpassed the limit of the sixth order hide in the secular army. Hehe, you Danxia Gang Elder, put your hand into the territory of the Lifeng Dynasty and tie your hands and feet. The old man is merciful and helps you eliminate the troubles of indecision. ”
Ye Lao, who infiltrated the Chen army's camp, saw Lu Qiuxing holding a book of essays, repeatedly looking for clues to a certain site. With Ye Lao's divine sense, it was easy to hear Lu Qiu Xing's self-talk, so as to know why he came.
A light breeze came out of nothing and drifted into Luqiu Xing's tent. The lights flickered and the paper moved slightly.
Lu Qiu Xing suddenly raised his head, "Strange, the tent door is closed, where is the wind?" his nose twitched, "Hmm, what smell? No!" Shocked, he immediately attached himself to grab the saber on the table. As soon as he lowered his head, he was suddenly dizzy, fell to the ground, and passed out.
As soon as the tent door was lifted, the wind swirled in the tent. The lights went out, and Lu Qiu Xing's loose notes, swords, and waist bags disappeared with the wind.
Quietly taking down Lu Qiu Xing, for Ye Lao, in fact, there is no need to use special drugs at all. But he didn't want Lu Qiu Xing to judge the attacker's skill, and he wasn't going to kill someone, so he had to waste a little bit of very valuable medicine. Don't look at Ye Lao's cultivation, but he doesn't have the consciousness of a super master at all. As long as you can achieve your goal, you will not hesitate to lower your value and do some petty behaviors.
To the east of Chen's camp is a small river. The place where the army is stationed must be near the water because of the needs of human and animal life.
Due to the rapid current, the river surface is not completely frozen. The flow of water is low and endless. Even though the river is not very deep, the sediment is silted, and it is absolutely impossible for the brigade to cross the river silently, which has virtually become a natural barrier for Chen Ying. Therefore, it was impossible for the Zhou army to launch a sneak attack from this side, so the Chen army's defense on this side was correspondingly not so rigorous.
It is impossible for a large group of men and horses to cross the river quietly, but a few elite soldiers are not among them. No, seventy or eighty killers in dark gray night clothes crawled to the West Bank. The night outfit blends into the faint starlight and is difficult to detect with the naked eye.
"Coo, coo, coo, coo. The lilac killer in the angry Vajra mask pouted and blew a whisper of a dove. So a group of killers wearing gold, silver, and bronze masks followed the expected goal, each performing light skills, avoiding the light patrol and dark sentry, and touching the tents in the camp that were obviously the residence of the generals.
The purple mask sees six ways with its eyes, listens to all directions, and walks close to the ground. When it advances, it stops, when it is eastern, when it is western. Moving like a rabbit, quiet as wood and stone. Always stay out of sight and ears of the patrol squad.
And all the places where there may be hidden sentinels often flash with cold light, and there are pure flying knives that are highly poisonous to see the blood seal, such as the ghost of life, before the dark whistle makes a sound, it is absolutely invisible. Maybe some of the knives are empty, there is no dark whistle there, and the purple mask will not be the slightest bit disappointed, and would rather spare no effort to empty it than miss a possible place.
"Poof, poof. "The inaudible sound of blowing. Two flying needles streaked through the night, piercing the necks of two sentries in front of a large tent. A figure flashed forward, hugged the crumbling two people with their weapons, and slowly and silently put them down. The figure prostrate on the ground, opening the tent door through a small gap, and observing the position of the people in the tent with one eye. A blowpipe crept into the tent door, a flying needle killed accurately, and a target was successfully killed.
"Whoosh. "It's a sleeve crossbow. "Flutter. "It's the sound of a dagger into flesh. The middle and senior generals of the Chen army, either awake or asleep, died in a state of confusion.
In the corner of the Chinese army's big tent, the purple masked man crawled silently like a snake.
Outside the tent, four or five feet away, there were patrolling squads walking around the tent from time to time. In front of the tent, there are four 'King Kongs' towering. In the tent, Wu Mingfu had not yet fallen asleep. He hurriedly wrote an urgent order overnight, asking Chen's rear team to speed up the journey and be sure to rush to the battlefield before Wen Chao.
A team of patrolmen bypassed the Great Tent, but no one found the Purple Mask Killer crawling in the shadow of the Great Tent. The killer buried his head in the ground, restrained his breathing, and remained motionless.
After the patrol, the purple mask on the ground slowly raised his hand. In his hand is a dagger that sharpens iron like clay. The tip of the dagger pierced the cowhide tent very slowly, guaranteeing no sound. After waiting for a few breaths, making sure nothing was unusual, the dagger slowly rotated, and a small hole was cut in the large tent.
One eyeball just plugged the small hole to prevent the light in the tent from leaking out and alerting the sentinels.
After repeated observations, it was confirmed that Wu Mingfu was the only one in the account.
The sleeve crossbow of the purple masked man's left arm passed through the small hole, aimed at Wu Mingfu, and his right hand was held on the handle of the soft sword at his waist, ready to go. He didn't attack immediately, he waited, waited for that signal.
One minute, two minutes, time to take a leisurely step. Eight minutes, ten minutes, the purple masked man did not move. A small insect burrowed into his neck, and his skin did not move in the slightest, and his subtle soothing breathing would not be half a minute. As a killer, patience and resilience are prerequisites for success. Only by not moving like a mountain can we achieve a blow to the mountain.
Suddenly, the fire flashed, and a noise sounded in the south of Chen Ying, "There is a fire, the grain and grass camp is on fire." "Fire fighting wow. Hurry up and put out the fire. Immediately, more exclamations rang out, "There are assassins, Captain Wang has been killed." "Help, General Tian is poisoned. ”
At the beginning of the riots, Wu Mingfu was still very calm and sat still. I just stopped my pen and listened attentively to the movements around me and outside the tent. After hearing that a general was assassinated, he finally couldn't sit still, and shouted: "Someone is coming." ”
The same moment he yelled, "Whoosh." The crossbow arrow of the purple masked man shot out at the right time, hitting Wu Mingfu's back heart.
When the martial artist reached the Danhu period, he had a very strong ability to listen to the wind and distinguish his position, and his reaction speed was extremely fast, and his alertness was extremely high. As long as the slightest movement is heard, the protective qi may be reflexively triggered, making any sneak attack frustrated.
The purple mask man was waiting for Wu Mingfu to be upset and speak up. When the mind is confused, the attention is not on oneself. As soon as he yelled, he interfered with his hearing. Only at this moment can the assassination be a one-hit success.
Despite the one-hit hit, the Purple Mask Man didn't stop there. As a Danhu stage martial artist, he is fully capable of using his true qi to restrain the spread of toxins in his body. If the toxin does not spread, Wu Mingfu will not be lethal. If Wu Mingfu does not die, today's action will not be a complete achievement.
"Hmmm. The snow shone brightly, and the soft sword came out of its sheath, swinging like a wheel, splitting a large slit in the big tent. The man followed the sword, and the man in the purple mask jumped up and burrowed into the tent. The soft sword was like a spiritual snake, wrapped around the back of Wu Mingfu's neck.
"What a gut!" Wu Mingfu shouted angrily, did not look back, casually manipulated the case, turned around and smashed behind him.
"There are assassins. Come on, protect the general. "Kill him. "This is the guard who was called in by Wu Mingfu. While chanting, he drew his knife and pounced on the Purple Mask Man from both sides of Wu Mingfu. Wu Mingfu used the reaction force of smashing the case backwards to vertical in the direction of the tent door, as far as possible from the assassin behind him.
As a general, he knows when he should fight in person without hesitation, and when he should try his best to protect himself. The arrow in the vest did not feel pain, but it was itchy and unbearable, obviously the cruel hidden weapon was extremely poisonous. If Wu Mingfu let go of his true qi to fight, the toxin would inevitably spread throughout his body. Wu Mingfu is not afraid of death but does not dare to die, as soon as he dies, this army of 10,000 people will become Zhou Feiyan's meal.
"It lives up to its name. Gao Yuanfeng, who was wearing a purple mask, couldn't help but praise secretly. Wu Mingfu's reaction speed and response measures after the sudden attack, as well as the adaptability and fearlessness of his guards, are amazing. Gao Yuanfeng suddenly attacked and killed in the quiet, and was preemptively attacked, but was pulled away by Wu Mingfu and hid behind the guards. Wu Mingfu hurriedly picked up the case, and Gao Yuanfeng had to avoid it, which gave Wu Mingfu a chance to escape.
Seeing that Wu Mingfu was about to rush out of the big tent, many soldiers rushed up at that time, even if he couldn't catch the assassin, his safety would be safe.
Gao Yuanfeng was not flustered, "Do you want to go?" He rolled on the spot, seemingly dodging the attacks of the two guards, but the soft sword in his hand cut off several pillars of the big tent in the process of rolling. The thick rope outside the tent jumped very tightly. As soon as the pillar of the tent was broken, the great tent collapsed.
As soon as Wu Mingfu opened the tent door, the fallen big tent covered the four people in the tent.
"Ahh Gao Yuanfeng was separated by several layers of big tents, and resisted Wu Mingfu's wildly shooting crossbows.
A large number of guards poured in, but they did not dare to use their swords and guns, they did not know who was the assassin and who was the general under the collapsed tent. The crowd hurriedly grabbed the corners of the tent and dragged them aside.
As soon as he dragged a little bit away, the big tent had been lit with fire paper. At the same time, a gray figure rushed into the group of guards. By the time the soldiers reacted, several of them had already been stabbed, and the gray figure flashed and disappeared into the rioting soldiers farther away. Gao Yuanfeng knew that he had probably missed, and the lethality of the crossbow arrow was difficult to penetrate the multi-layered cowhide tent. I was going to mend the sword, but it was too late, because the unexpected master was approaching at high speed.
Rushing to the scene was Chen Kun, the second prince of Chen Guo, who was not on Zhou Feiyan's list, and he was already at the peak of the Danhu period.
Before long, many large tents in Chen's camp were lit one after another, and the flames were all over the sky. The soldiers, who were accustomed to obeying orders, woke up from their sleep, lost their generals again, and were at a loss and did not know where to go. Wu Mingfu, who was rescued by Chen Kun, fell into a coma due to poisoning.
Soon, someone helped them decide where to go. "Run, run, run. The Zhou army came in. "Oh no, the general is dead. "It's over, it's over, run for your life." The Zhou army surrounded us with tens of thousands of people. "These are the killers who mixed in with Sergeant Chen's pawn.
As if to verify these exclamations, on the west side of Chen Ying, the dazzling crimson 'dragon' tore through the night sky and raged vertically and horizontally. "Trapped!" "Trapped!" was like rolling thunder, exploding in the dark night sky of winter.
Immediately after, "Knock knock knock······ "Dense drums of war. "Kill. "Rush. "Kill all the people of Chen Guo. ”······ , countless people clamored and shouted, like a landslide cracking, deafening. As far as the eye can see, to the north, northeast, and east of Chenying, countless torches suddenly flashed, densely packed. In the firelight, the figures are longing and innumerable.
At this time, there is no need for internal inducement, Chen Jun is no longer elite, then well-trained, without the backbone, the bombing of the camp has become the only ending. Nearly 10,000 soldiers, ignoring their clothes, weapons, and even mounts, rushed wildly towards the south where there was no shouting of killing. The more experienced a soldier is, the more desperate he will run.
The infantry subconsciously forgot that there were horses that would run faster, but the cavalry subconsciously rushed to the horse pen to grab the horses. Without mounts, they seem to have forgotten how to run. As a result, they collided with each other, and the chaos became even worse. Without the restraint of the boss, the ugliness of human nature is revealed. For the sake of speed, there is no scruple to step on the partner. For the sake of the horses, the comrades drew their swords against each other, and the swords saw blood.
Some of the dazed people could not figure out the direction and fled to the east, west, and north. Those who go west, that is to send merit to the reserve of the Zhou army. Those who went east and north were either shot into hedgehogs by the dense range of arrows, or turned around in fright by the thunderous shouts of killing.
The defeat was like a mountain, and no one in the Chen army resisted, and they all hated to have a few more legs. Those who trample on each other do not know how many. Screams, cries for help, begging for mercy, and surrenders are incessant. However, these voices were muffled by the shouts of killing and the rumbling hooves of horses. The whole field is full of Zhou Jun's "trapped!" "Kill." "Chase. "Don't let Wu Mingfu go. "Wait for the shouting waves.
The three cavalry of the Zhou army pursued and killed wantonly in the dense area of deserters. The reserve of the Zhou army, slowly advancing, cleared the remnants.
The overall situation has been decided, and Gao Yuanfeng and the assassins, according to the predetermined plan, quickly evacuated the battlefield along the river. How big the results are, to what extent the pursuit is done, Gao Yuanfeng doesn't need to care, no one can erase his exploits.
Inadvertently, he raised his head, and Gao Yuan's wind soul flew out of the sky, because a raging fire suddenly broke out in Gaojiabao.