Chapter 203: Night Attack on the Qi Army Camp
When night fell, the camp of the Qi army under the barren mountain lit countless torches, dense, like a yellow ring of fire, surrounded the entire barren mountain, not only illuminating the barren mountain, but also illuminating the entire Qi army camp!
The daylight made the Qi army's camp clearly visible to the soldiers of the forward brigade on the mountain, providing direction guidance for their breakthrough.
"If we want to break through, we must ride horses, but except for the musket battalion and the cavalry battalion, which have horses, the brothers of the artillery battalion are basically infantry, so we must snatch war horses for these brothers! The stables of the Qi army are on the west side of the mountain, so I'll rush down from the east and run north to lure them away! Then you rush down from the west, and after snatching the horses, you will immediately break through to the south! Xiao Yao said.
"Commander, are you going to lure them away yourself? No way! Commander, you must not go! I'll lead them away, and then command you and the rest of your brothers to break through from the west!" Li Nong objected.
"You're going? You are not qualified enough to attract the attention of Gao Changgong! Only if I go, Gao Changgong will not hesitate to mobilize all his forces in order to catch me! Then the guards of the western stables will be slackened, and you will be able to snatch more horses for the rest of your brothers! Xiao Yao shook his head and said.
"But it's too dangerous to do that! And if there is only one word from the commander, I am afraid that it will also cause Gao Changgong to realize that this is a ploy to attack the west! Why don't I rush down with the brothers and commanders of the cavalry battalion, and lead the Qi army to the north, so that the brothers of the other two battalions can break through to the south! Huang Wenyuan suggested.
"No! The stable is the most important place for the Qi army, Gao Changgong will definitely send heavy troops to guard it, if only the people of the musket battalion go to sneak attack, there is no chance of winning at all! Therefore, the men of the musket battalion and the cavalry battalion must attack at the same time, so that after snatching the war horses, they can lead everyone to quickly break through and leave here! Xiao Yao analyzed.
"But it's too dangerous for you to act alone, Commander! Why don't I send a cavalry detachment to act with the commander! Huang Wenyuan continued to persuade.
"You don't need more, I've made up my mind, so it's decided, I'll act alone! And you don't have to worry too much about me, Gao Changgong must capture me alive, so they don't dare to kill me at all, so that I can make a big fuss in the Qi army camp even more unscrupulously! Also, you think it's dangerous for me to act alone? I'm alone, and I can easily rush out at any time when the time comes! It's you, but it's a great responsibility to rush out with thousands of brothers, and if one of the brothers is left alone, I will ask you alone! Li Nong, you immediately make all the remaining gunpowder into explosives bags, and these explosives bags will be my escape tools when the time comes! Xiao Yao commanded.
Everything is ready, Xiao Yao gathered all the soldiers of the forward brigade for the general mobilization before the breakthrough!
There are less than 3,000 people left in the more than 5,000 Rao Forward Brigade now, and when Xiao Yao looked at these soldiers who were still energetic, confident, and laughing in front of him, now they are full of exhaustion, bloodstains all over their bodies, and some wounds are still dripping blood! This couldn't help but make Xiao Yao feel sad: the well-built artillery that could be swept down has been lost, and now there are only these hundreds of broken guns left, if the remaining soldiers are all captured or killed by Gao Changgong, then this time it will really be a complete failure!
"Brothers! Today we have been defeated by Gao Changgong! And it failed badly! Throw away their armor and flee in the wilderness, and now they are still besieged on this barren mountain! The infantry battalion was invincible and invincible before, and I didn't expect that the first big battle after the expansion into the forward brigade was a fiasco! This is the first defeat in my Xiao Yao's life, but I can tell you that this will also be my Xiao Yao's last defeat! Because we haven't been crushed by them yet! We're alive! As long as we live, we have a chance to turn defeat into victory! Xiao Yao said excitedly.
"I have been leading you to break through today, I can give up those artillery, I can give up those war horses, but I will never give up on you! Because you are my brothers! In the future, I will take you to take revenge on Gao Changgong, defeat Yecheng, conquer Chang'an, eliminate Qi and Zhou, and recover the Central Plains! So everyone can't die, they must rush out alive! Xiao Yao shook his fist and roared.
"Forward Brigade, all stand upright! Pass my orders! Later, after I rush down, you must follow your battalion commander, take the opponent's war horse, and then leave quickly, don't look back, run all the way back to the south, and then recover your strength, wait for my return, and then lead you to continue to fight the enemy! Xiao Yao said solemnly.
"Commander, our brothers are your personal guards, and we must protect the commander at all times, so please allow us to act with the commander!" Big Tiger Road.
"Commander! I've been seriously injured and can no longer ride a horse, so instead of being a burden to my brothers, let me give them my last strength! I'm going to follow the commander and rush down the Qi army camp and make a big fuss! Before you die, you have to pull a cushion on your back! A soldier shouted.
"Commander! I'm also injured, and I can't run fast, but I can still throw bombs with both hands, and I have to follow the commander! ”
"I don't know how to ride a horse, it's impossible to follow everyone to break through with the horse, so I have to act with the commander!"
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A total of more than 300 soldiers resolutely stayed for various reasons, wanting to rush down the Qi army camp with Xiao Yao, attract the attention of the Qi army, and create opportunities for others to seize the war horse and break through!
Looking at these warriors who regarded death as home, Xiao Yao said admiringly: "Good! Since you all have the consciousness of dying on the battlefield, then I will rush down with you and go to the Qi army camp to kill them and turn them on their backs! Man is inherently dead, or heavier than Mount Tai, or lighter than a feather! Even if you die here today, you have created the conditions for the other brothers to break through, and they will remember you! History will remember you! ”
Then he said earnestly to the brothers led by Huang Wenyuan, He Fu and Li Nong, who were responsible for breaking through the siege: "These brothers who are willing to stay have created an opportunity for you to break through with their lives, so you must really cherish this opportunity, and you must go all out to break out of the encirclement, not only for yourself, but also for these brothers, you must live well!" "After Xiao Yao solemnly gave a military salute to everyone!
Xiao Yao and the two tigers rode war horses, followed by more than 300 infantry dressed in neat paper armor, some of them held spears in their hands, some held some big knives, some held torches, and dozens of bombs were hung on their bodies, and they were ready to follow Xiao Yao to the Qi army camp!
"Rush!" Xiao Yao took the lead, led everyone to rush down the barren mountain, and soon rushed to the blockade line of the Qi army camp.
Suddenly attacked, the sentries of the Qi army hurriedly sounded gold to warn, and then shot arrows at the incoming enemy to attack! Xiao Yao and the others shot at the bow and arrow of the Qi army, and rushed forward to the bottom of the sentry post, and the bombardier immediately lit the fuse of the bomb, and then threw the bomb vigorously at the sentry post of the Qi army! Boom Boom! After a few explosions, the gate of the Qi army camp was blown up, Xiao Yao immediately rushed into the Qi army camp with everyone, cut down when he saw someone, and kill everyone he met!
Gao Changgong didn't expect that Xiao Yao, who had escaped, would now dare to rush into the Qi army camp with a team of remnants and take the initiative to kill him! When he heard the sound of explosions and all kinds of shouts and fights, he immediately rushed to the scene with his men and horses, and saw a young boy riding a war horse, rampage through the Qi army, and opened a killing spree! Because Gao Changgong had given an order to capture Xiao Yao alive before, now these Qi soldiers did not dare to kill Xiao Yao, so they could only dodge Xiao Yao's rush and kill all the time, waiting for Xiao Yao to be exhausted, and then go up to capture Xiao Yao alive!
"You are Xiao Yao Xiao Shilang?" Gao Changgong led a group of men and horses to block Xiao Yao's way and asked loudly. These two have fought several times, and they have always wanted to capture each other alive, and now they are meeting for the first time!
Handsome! It's really handsome! It's so handsome that other men are envious, jealous and hateful! This is Xiao Yao's first impression of Gao Changgong, a famous handsome guy!
Young! It's really young, a sixteen-year-old boy, and even a little beard has grown on his mouth! This is Gao Changgong's first impression of Xiao Yao!
"This general is Xiao Shilang, who killed you and fled in Xuyi City! Didn't I warn you not to stand too clearly when fighting! "After raising the revolver, prepare to shoot at Gao Changgong more than ten meters away!
But the guards around Gao Changgong were also prepared, and they already had a certain understanding of firearms, so when they saw Xiao Yao raise his hand and raise his gun, they immediately rushed in front of Gao Changgong and blocked Xiao Yao's shot!
Seeing that several of his guards were killed by Xiao Yao on the spot, Gao Changgong scolded angrily: "Despicable and shameless Xiao Yao'er, I didn't order you to be killed, you dare to sneak attack!" ”
"On the battlefield, either I kill you or you kill me! What is despicable and not despicable! I'm going to give you a bomb! You have the ability to catch me! "Over, Xiao Yao threw another bomb at Gao Changgong, and then fled to the north with the soldiers behind him!
"Chase, give me all my strength to chase, after catching Xiao Yao, I will skin him alive!" Gao Changgong, who was blocked by the guards and dodged the bomb explosion, said fiercely!
As a result, the entire Qi army camp became chaotic, and Xiao Yao's 300-strong troops were killing and leaving, leading the Qi army's pursuers to rush north!