Chapter 1260: Burning the company camp
After receiving Lin Tian's general order, Ling Die and Xiang Qiu quietly infiltrated the enemy's rear barracks with a group of elite soldiers, but they did not find any enemies in the barracks, and it seemed that even the grooms and cooks in the barracks were transferred to the front line by Nangong Ao to fight.
It may also be that Nangong Ao feels that he has an army of 800,000 here, and the opponent will never dare to send people to attack the camp, and he also sent 30,000 Tiger cavalry to intercept Lin Tian's Second Route Army, this battle has obviously tilted towards him, so there is no need to leave troops to guard the camp in the rear at all.
But what Nangong Ao didn't expect was that Lin Tian not only destroyed the 30,000 Tiger Cavalry who were Zhu Huo, but also took in the 40,000 prisoners who were imprisoned in Peach Blossom City, and now the strength has reached more than 70,000 people, which is completely capable of a large-scale encounter.
But Lin Tian did not give the order to attack the enemy, after all, the number of enemies is still very large, and it is just to burn an enemy camp, more than a thousand people are enough.
"Action." As soon as Ling Die gave the order, the soldiers immediately took action, and since the enemy did not leave any soldiers to defend the camp, they would not be polite.
The soldiers took torches and lit the tents in the camp, especially the enemy's grain and grass, and Lin Tian ordered that they must be burned completely.
Soon, the enemy's barracks suddenly burst into flames, and the sky-high flames lit up the entire sky, even more intense than the fire on the front line......
"General, a qiēshun lì." After setting the fire, Ling Die came back to report to Lin Tian.
Lin Tian nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, order the army to withdraw immediately." ”
"General. Where are you going to evacuate? Ling Die asked suspiciously, the enemy's military camp was all over. At this time, the army must be in turmoil, and it should take advantage of the victory to attack.
Lin Tian sighed. He said: "We are the Second Route Army, and the purpose of the Second Route Army is to disrupt the enemy's rear and cut off their food and grass supply...... Now that the enemy's grain and grass have been burned by us, then Nangong Ao's old guy will definitely find a way to transport grain and grass from the rear, so we are not the time to fight with Nangong Ao now, after all, he still has 800,000 troops in his hands, but if we let him have no food and grass. His 800,000 soldiers became a burden. ”
After Lin Tian said these words, Ling Die looked at Lin Tian with very admiring eyes, Lin Tian was really a handsome talent, and he actually thought about things so far-reaching, indeed, even if the enemy now has no food and grass, but there are still 800,000 troops, they rushed up at this time, even if they repelled the enemy's siege. It is also estimated that there will be heavy losses.
Therefore, Lin Tian chose the safest way, which was to continue to cut off the supply of grain and grass in the enemy's rear, if there was no grain and grass. No matter how many troops there are, it becomes a burden, and the consumption of rations for a day is very large.
As soon as a soldier does not have enough to eat, his morale will fall. It can even cause a mutiny......
"The Admiral understands." Ling Die nodded, and then arranged for the team to retreat in an orderly manner.
Lin Tian also stood up from the ground. Looking at Nangong Ao on the high platform, a chill flashed in his eyes. In fact, he really wanted to beat up this old bastard, but he had only fought with Zhu Huo before, and his vitality had not yet recovered.
That's it! Let this old guy go first, it's easy to torture him anyway.
After setting fire to Nangong Ao's military camp, Lin Tian withdrew from Nanxia Pass with his team and continued to wander in the enemy's rear area.
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Under the leadership of dozens of monks, the soldiers finally attacked the city wall of Nanxia Pass, although they are still fighting with the soldiers of Xiangxiang Country on the city wall, but Nangong Ao's heart is very happy, because as time goes by, there will only be more and more of our soldiers on the city wall, and then the enemy will be killed, and the city gate of Nanxia Pass will be opened, allowing the large army to enter.
As long as the city gate is breached, this Nanxia Pass will be in his pocket, and even the entire Xiangxiang Country will fall into his hands.
However, the cost of the siege is also very large, from the beginning of the siege to the present, seventy or eighty thousand soldiers have been sacrificed.
Nangong Ao's brows furrowed slightly, and a trace of indifferent arrogance appeared on his face, this is war, once it will be successful, how can he become a generation of generalissimos without the sacrifices of these people?
Just when Nangong was in a reverie, he suddenly heard a crackling sound behind him, and shouted angrily: "What's the situation?" Didn't Marshal Ben order all his soldiers to go to battle? Why is there still anyone messing around in the barracks? ”
One of the guards turned to look back, and immediately opened his mouth in surprise, but then reacted and shouted: "Marshal, it's not good, the barracks are on fire." ”
"What?" With a plop, Nangong Ao fell directly from the chair, but he didn't care about the pain in his buttocks, and hurriedly got up from the ground and looked in the direction of the barracks, only to see that the continuous barracks had turned into a sea of fire at this time, and the skylit fire illuminated Nangong Ao's face red.
"What are you still doing? Hurry up and put out the fire......" The guard hurriedly shouted to the generals below.
"Wait......" Nangong Ao interrupted the guard's words, his face was extremely gloomy, and the muscles on his face twitched violently, he never thought that his reputation in his life would be overshadowed, and he shouted angrily: "The fire behind Beli, let me continue to attack, and I must take Nanxia Pass tonight." ”
Although he was angry, he did not lose his mind, and he made the wisest decision, which was to continue to attack Nanxia Pass.
Because he saw that the grain and grass in the barracks had been burned by the fire, that is, if they did not attack Nanxia Pass tonight, or if the siege failed, then they would be hungry for the next few days.
The soldiers are hungry, how can they have the strength to attack the city?
Therefore, Nangong Ao completely ignored the barracks that were burned by fire in the rear, and continued to shift his attention to attacking Nanxia Pass, anyway, the soldiers had already attacked the city wall, and it was only a matter of time before the city was broken.
As long as this Nanxia Pass is broken, let alone a military camp, it is to sacrifice his 400,000 troops, and Nangong Ao is definitely worth it.
Due to Nangong Ao's timely drinking, the soldiers noticed that the military camp in the rear had caught fire, which also avoided the turmoil in the army's heart, and the soldiers at this time were already red-eyed, and in their eyes, there was only the enemy, and they couldn't see anything else at all.
Nangong Ao exhaled a long breath and sat back on the chair again, but he was a little uneasy in his heart, he didn't understand that Le Shitong's army was all blocked in Nanxia Pass, but who set the fire in this military camp?
Could it be ...... Is it Lin Tian? (To be continued......)