Late at night.

The stars are scarce.

The 1,000 light cavalry of the Night Owl Battalion, after resting for a day, carried a large number of gunpowder arrows, and quietly appeared on the periphery of the Wu army camp again in high spirits.

They burned the Wu army for two nights in a row, and they were so successful that they were already addicted.

The night owl camp is only a thousand soldiers and horses, with extremely small losses, but it can cause huge results to 200,000 Wu troops, so that the Wu army is tired to cope, which is difficult to play such an outstanding record during the day.

However, I saw that every 10,000-strong battalion of the Wu army was half a mile away from the periphery, dug a long ravine, placed horses, raised a bonfire, and sent 2,000 miscellaneous soldiers to keep vigil next to the bonfire.

If there were not 2,000 miscellaneous soldiers guarding the horses, they would have been easily removed. The light cavalry of the night raid camp can easily pass through.

The cavalry of the night raid camp couldn't help but be taken aback when they saw that the Wu army was so serious.

"Husband, the Wu army is so strictly guarded. I'm afraid that in a daytime, their hundreds of thousands of troops are busy digging ditches and building horses. The ravine was at least half a mile from the camp. Gunpowder arrows could not reach their camp. ”

Li Yu exclaimed.

Chu Tianxiu also had a headache when he saw the Wu army camp defending like this, "It seems that King Wu has suffered a loss, and he has learned a long lesson." Since you can't beat their big battalion... Then use gunpowder arrows to defeat all these miscellaneous soldiers! ”

"Hmmm! They were all miscellaneous soldiers, with only swords and guns, and lacked leather armor. However, they had wooden shields in their hands to guard against bows and arrows. ”

Li Yu said.

A thousand light cavalry of the Night Owl battalion took out bows and arrows, as well as powerful gunpowder arrows. These gunpowder arrows not only have a long range, but they also explode and are very lethal.

With a burst of projectiles, thousands of gunpowder arrows flew towards the 2,000 miscellaneous soldiers who were keeping vigil next to the campfire!

These miscellaneous soldiers had worked all day during the day, and they were tired and resting listlessly on the ground.

"Enemy attack!"

"Ah~!"

Suddenly, a dense scream rang out, and some of the miscellaneous soldiers fell to the ground before they could raise their shields.

"Raise your shield!"

"Cover, cover!"

The miscellaneous soldiers raised their shields and lined up in a line to defend against a volley of gunpowder arrows.

Thousands of gunpowder arrows fell around them, and the rumbling explosion blew up a whole crowd.

The power of a powder tube is not great, but the explosion of thousands of gunpowder in such a dense concentration still caused great casualties.

The sound of horses' hooves outside the ditch quickly disappeared.

The night owl battalion did not engage them in close combat, and rushed directly to the next Wu army 10,000-person camp, and soon, explosions and screams sounded again.

...

The Wu army camp was noisy for a night, and many soldiers stood by the bonfire, not daring to rest.

Wait until after dawn.

The night owl camp quickly retreated, disappearing into the depths of the field.

Dozens of generals from the 25 battalions of 10,000 people came to Xiang Bi, the king of Wu, to report the losses of the soldiers in each battalion.

After all the generals summed up, they all gasped.

Last night's night attack, nearly 3,000 soldiers were killed, and as many as 20,000 soldiers were injured... Although these soldiers did not die, after being wounded, they almost lost their combat effectiveness, and it was difficult for them to go back to the battlefield within a month.

In one night, nearly 20,000 troops were reduced. Wounded soldiers will become a drag, not only consuming food, but also a large amount of healing herbs.

This is almost comparable to the attack on Wanling City, several days of losses.

The combat effectiveness of this night raid battalion is too strong.

"Father, I can't bear it like this! In less than ten days and a half months, the 250,000 troops of our Wu army were all dragged down by this night attack battalion of Xiao Duhou, and all of them were crippled. ”

Xiang Xian's eyes were red, "Just pull up an army of more than 200,000 and go to fight with Xiao Duhou!" If we don't fight now, after another ten days and a half months, we won't be able to fight if we want to. ”

"O king, you must not stay here.

We simply took up the Wu army and went to attack the county seat of Danyang.

The height of Danyang County is only one zhang, and a pair of ladders can rush up, and it is easy for ladders and siege vehicles to deal with the county seat. After taking Danyang County, we have a place to stay. ”

Xiangguo also said urgently.

"However, 250,000 troops went to attack Danyang County. Our back road, the grain line, will be cut off by the defenders of Wanling City. As soon as the grain line is broken, our Wu army will be in danger. ”

Wu Wang Xiang Bi said in a deep voice.

"My lord, our army only needs to bring ten days of food and grass. Attacking the county seat of Danyang will definitely be captured within two or three days. Turn back, and attack Wanling City again! ”

"Not bad!"

"Our army's new batch of grain and grass has just been delivered, and it is solving the urgent need."

"Capture a city first, so that the army has a place to rest, so as to avoid being attacked by the night attack camp."

The generals didn't want to be shrunken turtles anymore, and they were beaten so badly by a night raid camp of Xiao Duhou, this breath was really unbearable.

Originally, they didn't want to fight Danyang County.

However, last night's defense was so tight, and it was still beaten so badly by the night attack camp. Even if they don't want to fight, they have to fight.

Otherwise, if it drags on, the battle will be lost.

"Good! Now the people will have this determination! ”

Seeing that all the ministers and generals were strongly demanding, Xiang Bi, the king of Wu, shouted: "Listen to the order of this king, immediately pull out the camp and attack Danyang County."

Xiao Duhou is known as the new generation of war god of Great Chu, and this king will personally go to break his wrist with him! See what he is capable of defeating the king's army of 200,000. ”

"Yes!"

The generals agreed.

Outside Wanling City, more than 200,000 Wu troops pulled up the camp, no longer paid attention to the defenders of Wanling City, and went directly to Danyang City.

Without this bad breath, Wu Jun couldn't vent this hatred in his heart.

Those Wu troops who were dead and seriously wounded and unable to fight again were all sent back to Huiji. lest you waste food and grass and become a burden.

The Wu army that really went to Danyang County was left with a total of 200,000 troops. 20,000 elite cavalry, 30,000 elite infantry, and 150,000 other miscellaneous soldiers roared to Danyang County.

The daily speed of the infantry is about 100 miles a day.

The 200,000 Wu army infantry was too much, and there was a large amount of heavy grain and grass, and the march was not too fast, and it took about a day to reach Danyang County.

Wanling City Head.

Taishou Xie Anran, Princess Xiang Ling, the generals, and tens of thousands of soldiers guarding the city were all stunned when they saw that the Wu army's more than 200,000 troops pulled out of the camp and actually gave up attacking half of Wanling City.

This Wanling City was besieged by the Wu army for six or seven days, suffered heavy losses, killed and wounded five or six thousand people, and the loss of the city's defense equipment was very large.

"Wu Jun is gone?"

"It seems that I went in the direction of Danyang County. Are they going to attack Danyang County?! ”

"Last night, the night attack was quite intense. It must have been Xiao Duhou who beat them up, they couldn't bear it anymore, and wanted to take Danyang County first. ”

"The siege of Wanling City has finally been lifted. Immediately reported to the imperial court on the battle situation in Wanling City, and the flying pigeon passed the book, informing the imperial court and the Xiaoduhou of Danyang County of the movements of the Wu army. ”

"Also, after the Wu army attacked Danyang County, it will definitely turn back and attack my Wanling City. Immediately hurry up to build a batch of equipment to defend the city, and replenish arrows, grain and grass. ”

Xie Anran said excitedly.