Chapter Eighty-Six: The Counterattack Begins

Under the vast night, countless soldiers and horses are constantly moving in Yanzhou City. As the gates of Yanzhou City slowly opened, the cavalrymen walked out of the city gate side by side with torches.

"This bluff has been used so many times, and there is no new one." The scouts on duty outside the Jin army camp hid in the darkness and watched this scene.

Facing the cavalry that walked out of Yanzhou City, these scouts were not the slightest surprised. Because such a scene has appeared many times, some time ago, there were cavalry in Yanzhou City every day to go out of the city at night.

At first, almost all the men of the battalion were dressed in armor and took up arms to meet the enemy, but the cavalry went out of the city for a short time and then retreated.

Just before he could go back, the cavalry in Yanzhou City came out again, and there were more than a dozen times when it was the most frequent at night. The Jin army, who was forced to do nothing, finally made the decision to take turns on guard.

There were four gates that were like this every night, and the soldiers were numb for a long time. Siege the city during the day, and sleep unrestably at night.

The scouts who had been inquiring about the news also began to become numb, "Go and inform the people in the camp, you continue to keep an eye on it." ”

"For so many days and nights, every time you go to report to the steward to receive the reward, I won't do it."

"Let me tell you, it's useless to report the news that Lu Zhan is preparing to sneak attack us now, and there is no reward. If you don't believe me, you will work hard today to report to the steward. ”

A few scouts chatted with me one by one, and in the end, it was the scout who often reported to report to the steward.

The steward on the night shift waited for his men to report, and then sent someone to inform the troops on duty tonight.

"Well, I come here a few times a day, every night." The steward yawned and added some oil.

Sure enough, the cavalry who had left the city returned not long after, and it all seemed to be business as usual.

But if you look closely, you will find that there are fewer people who go back to the city than those who go out of the city. But none of this was noticed by the scouts, who had become accustomed to the comings and goings of the cavalry, and did not bother to remember how many men came out and went back.

Seeing the last cavalry enter the gate of Yanzhou, these scouts can also rest for a while. According to the pattern that I have figured out in the last few days, I can now take a good rest.

Just as the scouts let their guard down, several dark shadows quietly approached the scouts through the night.

The scouts in the army are often served by some clever or experienced veterans, and the individual combat ability of these people is often at the first-class level in the army.

But even tigers sometimes take a nap. These scouts were cut straight in the throat by a sharp blade when they were unsuspected.

These killers in the dark night were Duan Xiaohan and Mo Zhu who led their men to pull out the eyes and ears of these Jin troops, and the Jin army that lost its scouts was tantamount to a deaf and blind man.

"These scouts are so stupid, they haven't even moved their positions for so many days. Even small animals know how to move their nests, and these scouts stay the same place every time. Duan Xiaohan wiped the short knife in his hand and said to the scout who died at his feet.

"Lord Mozhu and Lord Lin should also be going well, so can we inform Lord Lu." One of his subordinates stood beside Duan Xiaohan and said.

"Well, it's time, it's not been many days since we were pressed by the Jin army in this Yanzhou City, and it's finally time for us to fight back." After receiving the news from his subordinates, Lu Zhan put on his armor and walked out of the city gate with the team.

The closed gates of Yanzhou City opened again, and Lu Zhan and Chen Zhuang prepared to launch a night attack with the main force.

With the captured horses, the previous cavalry unit was once again expanded. The current cavalry has expanded to more than 8,000 people, and these cavalry are not only performing the tactics of vanguarding and breaking the camp, but also the duty of pursuit.

The defeat battle is not what Lu Zhan wants, not to mention that these routs will cause disaster to the people of one side after the rout. More importantly, these routs will gather again in a short time.

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had twice broken through the Qing army's camps in Jiangnan and Jiangbei, but only three or four thousand people were annihilated after breaking through the camps, and these retreating Qing troops regained their combat effectiveness after just a few months.

Therefore, it is necessary to destroy the enemy's living forces to the greatest extent possible, and to beat these people to the pain and fear, in order to completely solve these scourges.

The camps that were abandoned before were all used by Lu Zhan to let these Jin troops reserve grain and grass baggage, and after the camp was recaptured, the grain and grass baggage inside would be his own.

Even if those routs were to regroup, how could the troops that had lost their baggage pose a threat to themselves.

"Brethren, we have been pressed and beaten for so many days, and tonight is the time for us to let the enemy learn how powerful we are." Lu Zhan sat on horseback and carried out the final mobilization.

Except for the soldiers who were on duty that night and waited in the barracks in armor, the other taxis had already fallen asleep. The cool evening breeze blew away the autumn heat, and the soldiers on duty listened to the time reported by the soldiers on duty.

"What do you say? Lu Zhan's cavalry is out of the city again, why are you so anxious about such a normal thing. The scout's former steward looked at a scout with a dusty face.

"My brothers were killed, and I took the opportunity to lie on the ground and pretend to be dead before rolling into the grass to escape."

"Someone, hurry up and inform everyone to get ready to fight, Lu Zhan is coming with his troops to attack at night." The man in charge now urged all his men to inform all the troops.

The sleeping soldiers, as their commanders urged them to get up, began to curse.

"What kind of thing is this, the night attack every day, not all of them are fake."

"You better don't say it, let the chief hear it and inevitably whip it."

And the soldiers who kept the night vigil didn't take it seriously, after all, the wolf came so many times that it was fake.

There is a proverb in the West that when a lie is told enough, a lie becomes truth.

As the cavalry got closer and closer, Chen Zhuang began to give orders to prepare for the charge. The soldiers who were originally giggling suddenly felt the earth tremble slightly, and only then did they react, and the night attack was real.

"I'm going, I'm real. Arrive at the camp gate to prepare for defense. "After the commander found out that Lu Zhan was really coming, he urged the soldiers to prepare to attack.

The cavalry in the first row of shocks rode the horses that had captured the Jingsai cavalry, and these fierce horses fearlessly rushed into the wall. How could the wooden walls and fences hold back the cavalry's onslaught.

The first group of charging lancers stabbed at the enemy with their spears, and the spears stabbed several people in succession before they stopped the charge. The cavalry behind him brandished their sabers and slashed at the Jin army.