The cloudless and scorching sun is scorching, and the weather is different from the previous heavy rain, now it is the rain and the sky is clear, Yanji, which has been silent for many days, is about to usher in a new round of attack, and the soldiers of the Zhou army, who have been impatient to see the rain, finally have a battle to fight, and everyone rejoices to welcome the opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

Thanks to the full pre-war preparations, even during the heavy rain for several days, there was enough dry firewood to ensure that the soldiers had dry clothes to change, sufficient food and garrison materials, and the wounded soldiers could return to Jiangbei to recuperate, all of which maintained the morale of the Zhou soldiers very well.

With the trestle bridge by the river, there is a steady stream of materials being transported by ships, they strongly support the Yanji camp, and at the same time the warships that can dock at any time to help the battle, as well as the reinforcements that will definitely come to support, and finally look forward to the better weather Zhou Jun is eagerly looking forward to the Chen army to continue to attack.

Outside the camp was a vast wilderness in the heavy rain, and as the rain passed, the water receded, revealing the muddy ground and the mess it had been before the rain, but now only the remains of siege engines remained.

According to the precautions for epidemic prevention in wartime, the remains of the Chen soldiers who were killed in the war had been disposed of, and when it was raining heavily, the Zhou army sent people out of the village to 'collect the corpses', and the bodies of the Chen soldiers who had been swollen were transferred and moved to the riverside for the river to take away.

As for whether Chen Jun downstream will help his comrades collect the corpses, it is none of their business, now the weather is improving but the ground is still slippery, and they have to wait for the sun to be exposed for a few days, and it will be convenient for Chen Jun to attack after the ground is dry.

Seeing that the 'meritorious soldiers' were about to besiege again, the Zhou army was also ready to make all preparations, and the arrows and stone bullets newly transported from Jiangbei were all ready.

The whole army was looking forward to the upcoming offensive of the Chen army, but the bad news came that the Chen army had retreated.

On the arrow tower, the fifth brother of the unified army Chen is observing the movements of the Chen army with a clairvoyant mirror, whether it is the Chen army camp in the east or west, the camp of the Chen army is pulling out the camp, and the withdrawal of the other party seems to have been decided a long time ago, and it has been busy from early morning to noon.

"Tongjun, what's going on, could it be that you copied the other party's back road?"

"I don't know yet, maybe the winner will be decided on the Qizhou side." Fifth Brother Chen said with some uncertainty that he didn't dare to draw conclusions before he got the exact military information, Yuwen Envoy Jun said that "sooner or later, he will be slapped in the face if he speaks randomly."

"It must be yes, Yuwen Envoy Jun must have solved the northern offense Chen Jun." Some generals said with great certainty that Yuwen envoy led them to fight without defeat, although they didn't know what to do when they returned to Jiangbei this time, but everyone believed that they were going to copy the back road of Chen's army.

"I thought about it day and night, but I didn't expect Chen Jun to withdraw like this"

"You're thinking about the little lady next door day and night, hahaha!!"

Fifth Brother Chen listened to his subordinates joke and was also quite happy, he had a heavy burden as the general of Yanji, Yuwenwen invested huge manpower and material resources in Yanji, and there was no room for any mistakes, this is a stronghold of Zhou Guonailed in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is also the bridgehead for the future war against Chen Guo.

Not only Yanji, but also the five continents on the river have also been built into a key place for river defense, and the five continents in the middle of Bakou in the north and Yanji in the south are connected together, like an iron lock firmly locking the Yangtze River.

If the Chen Guoshui army below the five continents wants to go up the river, it has to gnaw down this defense line, and the Chen Guoshui army upstream has to pass this pass if it wants to go south, such as transporting grain and grass or something can not bypass the Wuzhou defense line, of course, if the other party attacks strongly, it has to take human lives to fill it.

It takes a lot of lives to fill it, so much that the other party can't afford it.

"Pay attention and observe, don't let Chen Jun be blinded." ……

At night, the wilderness is quiet, the Yanji camp under the moonlight is very lively, the Chen army besieging Yanji finally withdrew today, and the opportunity to make meritorious contributions without fighting is naturally gone, but being able to survive the days of being besieged also made the soldiers of the Zhou army relieved.

Yan Ji is a thorn in Chen Guo's side, so Chen Jun will make a comeback sooner or later, for the soldiers, they will take turns to cross the river and garrison anyway, no matter what, they will have the opportunity to make meritorious service and receive awards again, according to the 'convention', if it is not good, there will be a battle after the autumn harvest.

The laughter came and went, and there was a faint jingle of cups and lamps, and the soldiers in the camp seemed to be drinking and having fun, and the evening breeze blew, bringing the smell of wine to all around.

"I'm so interested, hehe." A man in a gray cloth sneered, he looked at the Yanji camp in the distance for a moment and waved his hand, and many people behind him were advancing towards the camp with their waists bent, they were also wearing gray cloth.

Night walking, there are fledgling people dressed in black, these people think that it is safe to wear black clothes in the night, so it is good to say but it depends on the situation, if there is moonlight, only gray is safe, and people in black walking in the wilderness under the moonlight are actually easy to be discovered.

"Be smart, keep up!" Someone shouted in a low voice, a bamboo ladder was carried with the army to advance, different from the bamboo ladders used in the siege of the city on weekdays, these bamboo ladders are very simple, they are all a bamboo with wooden sticks tied to it like the word 'Feng'.

With armor under the gray cloth, a saber hanging from his waist and a bow and crossbow on his back, they were the soldiers of the Chen army who were about to attack the camp at night.

The Yanji Zhou army camp was more difficult to bite than imagined, the official army besieged for several days and paid heavy casualties but still failed to succeed, the Zhou army was very well prepared and able to fight, and prepared countless arrows, rolling wood and stone bullets.

There are Jiangbei reinforcements continue to support, the Zhou army has controlled the river, and the personnel and materials continue to replenish the south bank, and the Yanji camp is now easy to defend and difficult to attack, although the number of officers and soldiers is large, but it is not good to consume it like this.

In view of this, the generals set a plan to capture Yanji, so the withdrawal of troops during the day allowed the Zhou army to relax its vigilance, and then sent elite troops to take the opportunity to sneak attack at night.

Not everyone can do night battles, some people are blindfolded and can't see clearly at night, of course, some people are not affected, in order to achieve the effect of a successful blow, the army selects night battle soldiers, and the generals' troops are also among them.

Those who have the best eyesight at night and those who are slightly affected are the forwards, and the bamboo ladders that can probably see the road follow closely behind, and as for those who can barely walk at night as backups, there are many soldiers selected in this way.

However, it is a trivial matter to be blindfolded, and it is the most fatal thing for a large army to fall behind at night, in order to attack the Zhou army, it is naturally impossible to light a torch, and Chen's countermeasure is to tie a soldier with a rope and walk with a wrist, of course, the striker and the bamboo ladder are naturally not used, and the support soldiers who need to be strung like this are the soldiers.

This method is really effective, plus there is a moonlight road, but also because the march distance is not far, Chen Jun touched most of the people along the way to follow the team, originally they were worried that the Zhou army was heavily guarded, but when they heard the laughter in the camp, they knew that the other party was celebrating.

Celebrate the retreat of the enemy army and escape, but you didn't expect us to sneak attack tonight, you just can't avoid this catastrophe!

Chen Jun's forwards had already touched the outside of the camp less than fifty paces away, they carefully took out their crossbow arrows and wound them, while observing the movement on the arrow tower of the camp, the matter was now the last step away, they didn't want to fall short.

The comrade carrying the bamboo ladder behind him is also cautiously approaching, tonight the moon is bright is not the best time for a night attack, there is not much concealment in the wilderness, the distance may not be visible to the sentinel before, but now the distance is close If the other party is not blindfolded, it depends on luck.

Fifty paces away in the moonlight can already see the figure clearly, the soldiers of the Chen army do not dare to hope to touch the wall and the other party can not see, once there is a change, at this distance can shoot the sentry of the arrow tower with a crossbow, and then carry the bamboo ladder to rush to the wall to set up, and climb the wall when the defenders react.

To be able to do this is to be victorious, and there are many supporting soldiers behind him, and if the other party lights a torch, it will be death, but the comrades in the wilderness can shoot arrows by the light of the fire, or shoot accurately.

Things went smoothly, a large number of Chen soldiers gathered at a distance of about fifty steps from the camp, and there was still laughter and laughter in the camp, they took a deep breath and slowly advanced towards the camp.

It was not only their group that attacked the camp tonight, but the officers and troops in the direction of Wuchang on the opposite side should have also attacked as agreed, and the two sides set a time to attack at the same time in the east and west, just to take advantage of the Zhou army to relax their vigilance and attack at night.

The distance was slowly approaching, a gust of night wind blew, and then the figure of the sentry on the arrow tower shook a little, at that moment, the heart of the Chen army soldier tightened, and the crossbowman who had already aimed at the arrow tower did not hesitate to release the arrow immediately.

The low bowstring sound sounded one after another, and the faint sentry figure on the arrow tower in several places was silent, seeing that the sentry had been solved, everyone risked their lives, and they all straightened up and walked quickly, seeing their comrades watching the bamboo ladder rushing to the corner, many people were nervous and sweaty palms.

The bamboo ladder was firmly erected on the wall, and everyone was relieved to see this: it was a success! We did it!

The next thing is to climb up and enter the camp to kill, so far it can be seen that the Zhou army is completely defenseless, and the other party must be caught off guard as soon as the official army rushes in, so Yan Ji will get it.

Meritorious, awarded, promoted! With a heavy amount of money, the family's food, clothing, housing and transportation will be settled, and marrying a daughter-in-law is no longer a dream.

Many people have foreseen their own happy life, thinking that they are about to break the enemy and make meritorious contributions, and the Zhou soldiers in it are all meritorious!

A soldier of the Chen army took the lead in climbing towards the wall, in order to facilitate the climbing, he used both his knife and his feet, and the ladder from the ground quickly approached the wall, and his reward as the first to climb was more than that of his comrades, although the chance of surviving the first climb was very small, but tonight was different.

'After making meritorious deeds and receiving rewards, go back to marry a daughter-in-law!' He thought so, and when he saw that the arrow stack was in front of him, his heart tightened, and he stretched out his hand to grasp the arrow stack, and the other hand also grasped it tightly, and he took a deep breath and climbed it with both hands.

Then he was stunned, and the comrades below couldn't help but whisper when they saw that there was no movement above, but where could he still hear it, cold sweat slid down his face, and his heart became cold.

In front of him squatted a group of stubborn soldiers, all of them looking at him with fierce eyes, everyone was silent as a hunter waiting for his prey, and he was the prey.

Not only that, but the whole wall is full of soldiers, like butchers sharpening their knives, waiting for the lambs to be delivered to the door with sharp knives, which makes people shudder.

Before he could scream, his neck was slashed by a knife in front of him, the pain was sharp and his breathing became difficult, and he clutched his throat only to feel a wet liquid gushing out.

As he leaned back and fell backwards, he saw his puzzled comrades on the top of the stairs, and suddenly the sound of the wind sounded in his ears, the sound of countless bowstring vibrations.

Countless blood splashed on his comrade's body, and he saw horror, pain, and despair on his comrade's face, and the moment he landed, he only felt a sharp pain coming from his neck, as if something had broken.

Shattered together, there was also that dream, the little lady next door who blushed when she saw herself, could no longer be her mother-in-law

"Ah, there's an ambush in the village!"

It was the last word he heard. (To be continued.) )