Chapter 314: The Final Blow

The stars in the sky were shining, the sound of insects chirping in the grass, in the barracks, but the snoring shook the sky, and the whole day of fear and fatigue made the soldiers of Hejian County almost fall asleep as soon as they fell, even the soldiers who were ordered to patrol only supported the ground with the barrel of their guns, dragging their heavy steps step by step. The upper and lower eyelids are fighting, where is there still the spirit to guard the surroundings.

Chen Ying couldn't sleep, lying in the tent, but his heart was seven up and down, this time he came out and buried a thousand cavalry in Hejian County, even if he was the confidant of the county guard, he was afraid that he would be heavily punished if he went back. Oh no, this general's bento is over. After going back, you have to prepare a generous gift, go to find Yan Junshou's concubine, blow the pillow wind well, and wait for the limelight to pass, so that you can use yourself again.

Sighing and wiping his face, this time, he had to bleed profusely. But as long as it can be used again, what was sent out of the land can still be retrieved eventually.

There were countless thoughts in my heart, and fatigue finally hit mercilessly, my eyelids drooped, and I fell asleep in a daze.

Chen Ying woke up at the sound of shrill arrows, and when he rushed out of the tent in disheveled clothes, he saw a sky full of fireworks, rockets with a sharp whistling sound, attacking from outside the camp, one by one the tents were set on fire, and the soldiers inside screamed and rushed out from inside, without even taking their weapons.

The light of the fire completely covered the light of the stars and moon, the enemy's war horse galloped and roared, and the hooves of all four fell to the ground, but there was almost no sound, and the attacking enemy wrapped the horse's hooves, and it was precisely because of this that they were able to hide from the ears and eyes of the soldiers between the rivers, and the attack of hundreds of cavalry, if not wrapped in the hooves of the horses, it was impossible to be silent.

Watch as the enemy rampage into the corner of the camp, sharp sabers glistening in the firelight, blood splattering, and howling miserably.

Chen Ying was full of heart and gall, and the enemy's retreat during the day was just a plan to capture the old people, and he was too careless.

"All the army assembled!" He roared hoarsely, and looked at the soldiers who were scurrying around the camp like headless flies, and felt that his head was about to explode.

Helan Xiong galloped in the camp of the other party, waving his scimitar, harvesting the lives one by one, beside him, Helan Yan's long horse whip rolled up torches, shook his hands, threw these torches on the tents, and lit them into a flaming torch.

Looking at the chaotic Hejian County camp, He Lanxiong was also a little dumbfounded, Gao Yuan seemed to overestimate the opponent's ability, and the other party seemed to have no defense at all against a possible night attack. Although the current Helan Xiong's subordinates have gathered the troops led by his sister, they only have only 500 cavalry, and the other party has more than 2,000 troops. Accustomed to all kinds of methods when the Gaoyuan army was camped, He Lanxiong was naturally cautious, but after the initial temptation, he actually found that this camp was undefended.

"Brother, Gao Yuan, let's not go too deep, are we going to quit now?" Helan Yan shook her hands, threw a few more torches out of the cannon and lit a tent, looking at the chaotic camp, she asked loudly.

"It depends on the time, depending on the situation, I'm afraid Gao Yuan didn't expect the other party to be like this, such a good opportunity, how can we let it go, we might as well do a big job, after this village, but there will be no such shop, after tonight, the other party will inevitably strengthen its guard, there will be no more such opportunities." Helan Xiong said with a smile. Besides, if we kill harder now, it will be easier to go high and far in the future."

"Brother is right, if we kill a few more, then Gao Yuan will face fewer enemies, and there are too few people there." He Lanyan nodded in agreement.

Helan Xiong glanced at the girl, and his heart was really outgoing, Gao Yuan was a few people, but he couldn't stand his firepower, a hundred Fufeng cavalry, with a hundred repeating crossbows, what a really good thing, before he set out on the expedition, the Fufeng soldiers didn't have this thing, and now they even got such a thing, the battle in the daytime, listening to the whistling sound of the swishing crossbow and the continuous whistling, he couldn't help but get goosebumps.

Five hundred cavalry crisscrossed the camp, except for the direction of the Chinese army, encountered resistance, the outer camp tent was basically powerless, the sky was exposed to the white belly of the fish, when He Lanxiong took his cavalry away, leaving Chen Ying with a mess, countless dead bodies and bloodstained grass.

Chen Ying wants to cry without tears.

During the day, he lost a thousand cavalry, and at night, he killed hundreds of foot soldiers in the attack of the opposing side.

The panicked Hejian soldiers only walked less than ten miles this day, because around them, there were a group of rangers, these rangers were not many, the least was only a group of three or five people, and the most were only more than ten people, but seeing the equestrian level shown by the other party, the Hejian soldiers were all frightened.

The other party doesn't seem to have the intention of attacking them, but hanging them like this is really unsettling. After enduring it for a long time, Chen Ying finally couldn't help but send the last hundred cavalry out of the city, and there were dozens of his own soldiers.

When these rangers saw the Hejian cavalry swarming in, they immediately turned around and fled, and the Hejian soldiers who were in hot pursuit seemed to have a short circuit in their brains at this time, or they were too angry and unwilling to be angry because of the two defeats, and they actually chased after them.

Then they never came back.

Chen Ying was expecting the cavalry at hand to get back some of the results a little, so that the morale of those who had fallen to the bottom could be boosted a little, but after an hour, he did not wait for his cavalry, but found that those haunting rangers appeared around him again, this time, there seemed to be fewer people, gathered in twos and threes, staring at these dejected river soldiers from afar.

This result made Chen Ying almost collapse first, this group is not the group of people who attacked the camp last night, their clothing and weapons are completely different, the enemy who appeared last night has unified clothing and weapons, and this group of people, weapons are varied, from the scimitar used by the Huns, to the saber used by those Tsing Yi soldiers, to the spear, meteor hammer, iron shovel, there is almost no duplicate.

Cheering up, Chen Ying ordered to camp on the spot, this time, he didn't dare to be careless, outside the camp began to set up antlers to guard against cavalry, dig trenches, set up obstacles, arrange patrols, Chen Ying put everything he could think of here.

Night fell, and those damned enemies still appeared. It's no longer the same guys during the day, this time, it's the same batch from last night. But this time, they no longer hid their appearance, like the sound of thunderous horses' hooves, earth-shattering shouts, whistling rockets, almost never stopped overnight.

These cavalry made a fuss all night, and the soldiers of Hejian County in the big camp were also wide-eyed, and guarded all night, and then except for archery, the enemy had no intention of attacking, and when the morning star hung in the sky, it finally died down, and the enemy suddenly disappeared without a trace.

With two dark circles under their eyes, the soldiers of the river had breakfast, packed up their tents, and prepared to set out on their way home again, but around their ranks, there were those scattered vain, like vultures in the sky, staring at their prey.

For two days and two nights in a row, the endurance of the Hejian soldiers finally reached the limit, and deserters began to appear in the ranks. Chen Ying's control over the troops has been reduced to a minimum, and it is almost impossible to control the resentful soldiers under his command.

In one day, there were as many as 100 deserters. And for these fugitives, Chen Ying no longer has the ability to chase and capture and punish the crime. After not closing his eyes for a few days and nights, Chen Ying's whole body felt soft and unable to lift the slightest strength, looking at the long queue, he was already like ashes, the opponent had the idea, at this time he was already very clear, but there was nothing he could do.

At this moment, he is looking forward to the most difficult moment coming soon, and that moment may be a relief.

Looking at the Hejian soldiers who had almost collapsed from a distance, Bai Yucheng shook his head, "Gao Yuan overestimated these guys, there is no need to work so hard at all, launch an attack now, and you can easily wipe them out."

Helan Xiong felt the same way, "I have already sent someone to inform Gao Yuan, and when he arrives, we will launch a general attack, although the other party is exhausted, but there are still more than a thousand people, and the ants bite the elephant to death, wait for us to gather all the strength, and then do the last blow, Gao Yuan is right, now every time we lose a soldier, it will be distressing."

Gao Yuan, who received Helan Xiong's letter, shook his head with a wry smile, he spent a lot of effort and set up a trap, but he suddenly found that the prey he wanted to capture could not wait to step into the trap after the most Lu, and he had no combat effectiveness, it seems that he still overestimated the strength of the other party, originally, because the soldiers of Hejian County bordered the Xiongnu, their combat effectiveness was not bad, think about the Liaoxi soldiers like this, compared to the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of other counties in Dayan, it is more than one grade higher. Zhang Shouyue's troops can be compared to the conventional troops of the United States Dayan, and his Chinese army has a combat effectiveness that exceeds the standing army of Yan State, and it is precisely because of such a force that Zhang Shouyue can stand tall.

When the sun was about to set, Bai Yucheng took the lead in attacking, and there were a lot of people under his command who used heavy weapons, which were just used to break through the defensive lineup of the infantry.

Helan Xiong followed closely behind Bai Yucheng to attack, and when they rushed the Hejian County soldiers to pieces, and after cutting them into several sections, Gao Yuan led the Fufeng cavalry to rush over. The three parties work together, and there is no suspense in the war.

The remnant sun on the horizon was like blood, reflecting the broken banner planted on the ground by the Hejian soldiers, but around the banner, there was no longer a single Hejian soldier in sight. (To be continued......)