Chapter 38: The Night Attack (I)
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When it was ugly (now more than 3 o'clock), the night was deep, the crescent moon hung high in the sky, the stars were dotted, the green mountains and green trees were quietly hidden in the thick night, and there was no distinction at all, only the sound of the ding dong running water, telling the sergeant that on the left side of the barracks was a stream. ?? ?
The Southern Han Dynasty was located in Lingnan, and only generals and some high-ranking officials and nobles had horses to ride, and there was no cavalry in the army at all. Yesterday, the sergeants rushed for a whole day, thinking that they would be able to rest well in the evening, but who knew that in the middle of the night, the general was ordered to bury the pot and cook, and after a while, they immediately set out for the battle. If they continued to hurry, the sergeants might have fewer complaints, but they actually wanted to return to Rongzhou. The sergeants didn't know what happened to Rongzhou, and their rude personalities immediately scolded in a low voice: "Fuck, what's going on, didn't Lao Tzu leave in vain this day!" ”
Grievance is dissatisfaction, but they did not dare to disobey the military order, so they had to carry torches and weapons to rush back. For a while, in the vast night, along the official roads of Yizhou and Rongzhou, a fire dragon slowly appeared. It's just that this fire dragon doesn't seem to have much energy, and it walks extremely slowly. Wu Huaien soon sensed that the army's march was too slow. If it is said that the rescue of Fengzhou is for the country and friends, this time Junrongzhou is to completely save himself. If the march is slow and the return is late, the Chu army is successively conquering Xiuzhou and other places, then it will be a big deal. The soldiers and horses under their command are not all Rongzhou soldiers, but also Xiuzhou, Dangzhou, and Laozhou, if they know that their hometown has fallen, not to mention the turmoil of this army, maybe some people will ask to send troops to their hometown. If his 30,000 troops are divided into multiple routes, they will be broken by the Chu army one by one, and the situation in Rongzhou will be completely out of control.
Wu Huaien sent a law enforcement team, repeatedly urging the sergeants to speed up their pace, and at the same time moved the general's order to return to Rongzhou City to feast on the three armies, which was already encouraged. Here, he swiped his head and said that he was going back to Rongzhou City to reward the three armies, but if he wanted to return to Rongzhou Chengli, he had to defeat Rongzhou first.
With the threat of the law enforcement team and the incentive of reward, the sergeants barely bred up their spirits and quickened their pace. By the time they arrived, the army had just passed through Yongseong County in Uiju. This official road, flanked by lush primeval forests, is full of shadows and shadows, black rumbling, like a demonic beast that wants to devour heaven and earth. At this time, it was in the dark stage before dawn, and the moon was hidden, and although there were many stars, it made the extremely sleepy pedestrians, although they barely blinked, but they had no energy at all. In the night when you can't see your fingers, the fire dragon traveling on the official road is unusually eye-catching.
Anyone who walks at night knows that when he first started walking at night, the cool breeze was blowing, and the surroundings were black and oppressive, and his brain was sober. But after walking for a while, the sleepiness gradually appeared, and the brain became a little sleepy, like a machine, just walking for the sake of walking, and the vigilance was greatly reduced.
The spies only followed the official road to check the situation on the road, and as for the dense forests on both sides of the road, they were no longer willing to go in to check. I just checked it once yesterday and there was nothing, so why not check it again in the evening? Besides, it's so dark inside, so I can't see far if I go in with a torch.
"Whoosh~~~", the sound of long arrows breaking through the air suddenly sounded, followed by the sound of war drums and shouts of killing, which was also sandwiched with a series of screams.
"Oops, there's an ambush!" The sergeants who were sleepy suddenly saw the rain of arrows in the sky, and they couldn't react for a while, until they were hit by arrows on their bodies, or heard the terrible screams of their companions, and then they woke up, damn, they were ambushed. They panicked, some ran to the front, some to the back, and some ran into the dense forest in a panic. This torch fell to the ground, although it was ***, the trees had just sprouted, and there was no fire for a while.
"Dashuai, there is... There is an ambush! A guard came to report in a panic.
Wu Huaien's Chinese army was also attacked by the rain of arrows, and he hurriedly said: "Order, sword and shield hands on both sides, form a phalanx." Each guard and horse sent two teams into the forest to investigate, and the rest of the army accelerated and hurried forward. Li Shuo, who gave an order to the rear army, led his troops into the dense forest to outflank him from both flanks. Wu Huaien hurriedly arranged the military order. This section of the road is walking during the day, and the terrain is still clear, although there are dense forests on both sides, the terrain is flat, and it is not a dangerous place, but when the forest does not enter, in this dark and rumbling weather, it is better for the Chinese army not to enter.
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw several fires rising from the depths of the dense forest, until they fell to the official road, and the fire attacked! The sergeants panicked even more, and even the sergeants of their own personal guard troops were wandering, and it seemed that no matter how bad the situation was, they had the meaning of peach.
If there is a hillside, and the fire balls roll down the hillside one after another, no equipment is needed, and everyone can set fire, and the attack range is large, and the fire balls spit out tongues of fire and smoke, and the pressure on the sergeant's heart is also great, so the lethality of this fire attack is great.
However, this piece of terrain is flat, there are trees to cover it, and the official road is also wide, so it will be much troublesome if you want to set fire to the official road from the woods. So, the Chu army had no choice but to use the stone machine to throw the fire ball, but the stone thrower was fixed, and the fire ball thrown was also limited, Wu Huaien smiled at the corner of his mouth, although this little fire could make the sergeants panic, but as long as the general orders were passed down, they could be restrained. Looking at the bows and arrows shot in the dense forest, there are not as many as just now, presumably the ambush of the Chu army has gradually retreated.
Wu Huaien's heart sank suddenly, the Chu army attacked him here, it seems that they have expected that they must be going back to save Rongzhou, this... This... Are there 10,000 or 20,000 soldiers and horses from the Chu army, or more people? What was their idea? Why hasn't the spies sent to Rongzhou come back yet?
He expected that there were not many soldiers in ambush for the Chu army here, and he ordered one after another to destroy the fire regiments on the road, and then he didn't care about it anymore, but just urged the army to continue to move forward, and when it was dawn, this matter would be much easier.
Two quarters of an hour later, the east was already showing the whiteness of the fish's belly. It was getting lighter. At this time, except for the sound of war drums, there was neither a fire ball nor a cold arrow, and the sneak attack of the Chu army seemed to have fled. Wu Huaien smiled slightly, what Chu Jun meant, he completely figured it out, the sneak attack was secondary, but what he did was a tired strategy, wanting to consume the physical strength of the Han army. Otherwise, the ambush here will definitely not be able to be repelled in two quarters of an hour.
He was about to give an order to let the army that was chasing the Chu army in the dense forest withdraw, after all, the Chu army was small and flexible, and he spent a lot of time on his own, so I am afraid that he would not be able to catch them, so it was better to ignore the Chu army and go straight to Rongzhou wholeheartedly.
"Handsome... Make move... It's on fire! One of the guards said in alarm.
Wu Huaien, who was riding on a horse, looked up, there was silence in front of him, the blue sky, the breeze was slow, the green trees were swaying, how could there be any fire? He said angrily: "What nonsense? Shake the hearts of the army, be careful that I cut off your head. What's the fire here? ”
The guard said timidly, "Dashuai, look back. ”
"Back, back... Wu Huaien turned his head as he spoke, and before he finished speaking, he saw a mile behind him, the dense forest on both sides of the official road he had just passed was in flames, and the fire was in the wind, and the wolf smoke was billowing, spreading for two or three miles, and the sun had not yet come out, and the fire was reflected in a red patch for half of the day, and the air near the flame seemed to be unable to bear the high temperature of the flame, and became distorted.
"Where's Li Shuo?" Wu Huaien reflected and hurriedly asked.
"This..." The guard opened his mouth, not knowing what to say. Didn't this General Li Shuo Li just now be ordered to lead the rear army into the dense forest to ambush the soldiers?
Wu Huaien was furious in his heart, and scolded angrily: "Why don't you hurry up and rush to the rear army to see what Li Shuo is doing?" Get out of the woods quickly, lest ... ”
"Report..." A man came from behind the army on foot, his armor crooked, his helmet off, his face dark, his head disheveled, the light smoke on his head, and the smell of burning hairs. It looks like it just got out of the fire.
"Report ... Report to the marshal. General Li led his troops into the dense forest to pursue, very... Soon the enemy soldiers were found, twice... Twice, fighting, those people are not our opponents, so, they, they fight and retreat, we are victorious... We, General Lee... This person finally ran to Wu Huaien, and he didn't care about being out of breath, so he said it directly.
He was out of breath, but the content of what he said was Lori's instigation, Wu Huaien couldn't help but interrupt: "Tell me quickly, how is Li Shuo." ”
The man was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "General Li... General Lee was surrounded by fire, I'm afraid... I'm afraid that there will be more than one luck, General Li is eager to kill the enemy, chasing... The guy started to report in detail again.
"What's the situation with the 5ooo army now?"
"Dashuai, at the beginning, the fire was not big, but General Li was surrounded by the fire, and the brothers behind naturally couldn't abandon it, but the fire became more and more vigorous, and the brothers who fought the fire were smoked by the smoke, and many were smoked, and more were burned... This burn wound... ”
"Let me ask you, how many people did the rear army rush out of the fire?"
"This... There are probably 2,000 people here. ”
"What!" Wu Huaien's body on the horse shook a few times, the water and fire were ruthless, this is a lot of effort, 5ooo rear army, there are only 2,000 people left... This... I've hit the trick... This Li Shuo must have seen that there were few soldiers in Chu and he was greedy for credit, hey. I didn't set fire on the official road just now, that's because it can't be burned, and if you run into the dense forest, it's strange that it can't burn you...
"Handsome... Handsome. But this Wu Huaien was shaking, and several guards hurriedly ran over to pull the reins and help him.
"Order, the army continues to move forward, and the order is to let the people of Yizhou move the people of Yizhou and go into the forest to fight the fire." Wu Huaien held the reins in one hand, rubbed his temples with the other, and said slowly.
The army had barely gone a mile when they heard the sound of war drums again. Could it be that another enemy is coming to sneak attack?
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