Chapter 380: Night Attack (2) [2-in-1]
PS: There is something going on today, so I can only do it less.
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Actually...... Coming from behind our army?
Standing outside his tent, Meng Zhong frowned and pondered.
The garrison situation in his camp, the Jin army is stationed in the west camp, the Fangcheng army is stationed in the middle camp, the north camp and the south camp are stationed by the Zhao army and the Korean army respectively, it is undeniable that compared with the rest of the battalions, the garrison of the east camp is indeed relatively weak, after all, this camp is facing away from Hangu Pass, even Meng Zhong did not expect the Qin army to attack the east camp - after all, from the direction of Hangu Pass, he sent troops to attack the east camp of the Wei camp in his way, which needs to bypass his entire Wei camp, which means that it will inevitably be discovered by one of the Jin Conda, Lian Po, and Han Zu, Not to mention that the Fangcheng cavalry is mainly active in this area, it can be said that the probability of the Hangu Qin army sneaking up on his eastern camp is very small.
Unexpectedly, the Qin army actually attacked Dongying.
At this time, several Zhao soldiers hurriedly came to report: "Qi Qi Yunchengjun, our battalion was attacked by the Qin army, and now, Lian Sima is leading the soldiers to resist it. β
"Hmm." Meng Zhong nodded, and immediately walked towards the attacked Dongying District and the Northeast Camp without hurrying.
By the time he hurried to the east camp, Wei General Yu Ying had already stabilized the situation in the camp and led the soldiers to extinguish the fire in the camp.
However, in the wilderness outside the camp, the sound of continuous fighting was still heard here.
"Yu Ying." Meng Zhong shouted from afar.
Hearing the voice, Yu Ying put down the things at hand, immediately walked quickly in front of Meng Zhong, and responded with a fist: "Yuncheng Jun." β
Meng Zhong nodded and asked, "What's the situation now?" β
Yu Ying immediately reported: "Right now, Lian Sima and Le Sima are leading their soldiers out of the city to pursue the Qin army...... When Dongying was attacked, it was Lian Sima who took the lead in reacting and led the Zhao army to support Dongying, and then led an army with Le Sima to help, and combined the strength of everyone to repel the Qin army......"
From Yu Ying's mouth, he learned that Lian Po was the first to notice the attack on the camp, Meng Zhong nodded secretly, and secretly praised Yu Lian Po's alertness in his heart.
After thinking about it, he asked, "Is there a corpse that Qin Jun fell?" β
"......" Yu Ying glanced at Meng Zhong with some puzzlement, and then turned sideways and pointed not far away.
Following the direction pointed by Yu Ying's finger, Meng Zhong saw many corpses lying not far away, both the corpses of his allied soldiers and the corpses of the Qin army.
He stepped forward to identify it, and determined that it was most likely indeed the corpse of the Qin soldier.
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After looking down to examine several of Qin Jun's corpses, Meng Zhong stood up, frowning and silent.
Tonight's attack, is it really the Qin army?
Don't look at Fang Cai, when he heard the noise in the camp for a long time, the idea of "Qin army attacking the camp" jumped out of Meng Zhong's mind for the first time, but when he found out that the enemy army that attacked them tonight was not from the direction of Hangu Pass but from the rear, in fact, he also thought about whether it was the Qi and Yan armies that were fighting against the water - although this possibility was small, but Meng Zhong did consider this.
However, now, after examining the corpses of the enemy soldiers, he can basically confirm that the enemy army attacking tonight is indeed the Qin army.
Then the question arises, since this Qin army is not attacking from the direction of Hangu Pass, then let's ask, where did this Qin army come from?
It is impossible to ambush the army, after all, during this time, the Fangcheng cavalry searched and patrolled everywhere, if there was really a Qin army ambushed in the belly of his coalition army, how could it be possible not to be discovered?
After ruling out this possibility, the answer gradually emerged: in this area, there is a hidden path that can lead to Hangu Pass, and it is very likely that it can lead to the back of Hangu Pass.
The question is...... Do you want to be so coincidental?
He was still thinking about how to break through the Hangu Road this afternoon, or find a remote path to go around the back of the Hangu Pass, and the Qin army jumped out impatiently at night, not so much attacking his Wei camp at night, but telling him in disguise: Look, the path behind the Hangu Pass is here.
β¦β¦ It seems to be in a hurry.
Glancing in the direction of Hangu Pass, a slight look of smiling appeared on Meng Zhong's face.
Immediately, he ordered: "Contact the cavalry immediately, and ask Menghu and Huahu to be responsible for pursuing the Qin army, and find out where the other party came from." β
"Whoa!" Among the left and right guards, even if someone clenched his fists, he left.
After a while, it may have been learned that Meng Zhong had come to Dongying, and Han General Han Zu immediately came here to meet Meng Zhong.
When he saw Meng Zhong, Han Zu's expression was slightly embarrassed, probably because he failed to react to the attack in the camp at the first time, but Meng Zhong didn't blame him, after all, Dongying was not Han Zu's garrison in the first place, and the attack on Dongying tonight really had nothing to do with Han Zu - to be exact, it had nothing to do with any of the generals in the camp, but a small negligence on the part of Meng Zhong himself, but fortunately, this small negligence did not cause much damage.
"Yun Chengjun."
After the salute, Han Zu asked with a puzzled face: "As far as I know, the Qin army that attacked my battalion actually attacked from behind my battalion?" What's going on? β
"What's going on?" Meng Zhong smiled faintly: "It means that behind my camp, there is a hidden path that leads to the area of Hangu Pass?" β
Seeing that he was attacked by the night, instead of being annoyed, the Yuncheng Jun in front of him showed a slight smile on his face, and Han Zu felt that there must be something deep in it.
He asked curiously, "That being the case, why is Yun Chengjun laughing?" β
Meng Zhong smiled slightly and said, "After Le Jin and Lian Po return to the camp, it's not too late to talk about this matter in detail......
As he spoke, a sound of armor trembling gradually sounded behind him, and Meng Zhong turned his head to see Jin Cong hurrying to this side with hundreds of Hedong soldiers.
I saw Jin Contempt rushing to this side, and after taking a look at the situation in the camp, he immediately knocked on one knee in front of Meng Zhong, clenched his fists and pleaded guilty: "Jin Contempt's support is late, please punish Yuncheng Jun." β
Meng Zhong immediately stretched out his left hand and pulled Jin Contempt up.
Of course, he wouldn't blame Jin Cong, even if Jin Cong didn't explain, he could guess a few points: it must be because Jin Cong fought with the Qin army in the daytime today, and his physical strength was huge, so he fell asleep early, so that he became the last general to come to Dongying.
What is there to blame for this?
If you want to be punished, Meng Zhong will not punish the generals in the camp, but will punish the Fangcheng cavalry led by Meng Hu and Hua Hu - obviously there are 4,000 Fangcheng cavalry operating in the surrounding area, and he actually let his camp be attacked by the Qin army, let me ask Meng Hu and Hua Hu whether they have to bear the main responsibility?
Seeing that Meng Zhong did not punish himself, but reassured him with kind words, Jin Contempt felt a little apprehensive in his heart, and instead was suspicious of tonight's attack: "Is it really the Qin army who attacked my military camp tonight?" Before coming to Dongying, I questioned the soldiers under my command who were in charge of patrolling at night, but they said that they had been patrolling all night and had never seen any Qin troops sneaking around......"
"You didn't punish them, did you?" Meng Zhong chuckled and said, "It has nothing to do with the soldiers patrolling under your command, this Qin army is emerging from behind our army......"
"Behind the scenes?" Jin was stunned, and immediately reacted quickly: "The Qin army in Hangu Pass, is there a way to go around the back of our army?" β
Meng Zhong was about to explain, when he suddenly saw many Zhao soldiers and Fangcheng soldiers returning from outside the camp, and then listened carefully, at this moment, the shouting and killing outside the camp had long been far away and subsided, probably Le Jin, Lian Po and the Qin army repelled.
Seeing this, he said to Jin Cong and Han Zu: "When Lejin and Lian Po return to the camp, we will talk about this matter in detail when the time comes." β
After waiting for about a moment, the Zhao army and the Fang Cheng soldiers who attacked returned from outside the camp one after another, including Lian Po and Le Jin.
When Meng Zhong and the others saw Lian Po and Le Jin, the two seemed to be talking with solemn expressions, so that they didn't notice that Meng Zhong and the others were waiting for them to return near the camp gate, until the soldiers around Lian Po and Le Jin reminded them, and the two of them saw Meng Zhong and the others and walked over quickly.
"Ah Jin, what's the situation now? Have you two received my summons? Meng Zhong waved his hand to signal that Le Jin and Lian Po did not have to salute, and asked directly.
"Roger." Le Jin nodded and said, "After receiving your order, Lian Sima and I pursued the Qin army all the way, until the cavalry took over halfway, and the two of us explained the situation to them, and then returned to the camp." As he spoke, he added: "I saw Cai Cheng, so I shouldn't chase him away." β
Cai Cheng, that is, Huahu's lieutenant general, seems to be careless, but in fact he is a very capable general, and Meng Zhong doesn't need to worry.
Also, a group of cavalry chases and loses a group of foot soldiers, how much disgraced cavalry does it take for this to happen?
While everyone was chatting, a call suddenly came from afar: "Yunchengjun? Is it Yuncheng-kun over there? β
Meng Zhong and the others turned their heads to take a look, and saw Wei General Dou Xing walking quickly to this side with a team of Wei pawns.
I saw Dou Xing walking quickly to Meng Zhong and the others, and asked with confusion: "The camp was attacked by the Qin army?" What's the situation? β
Obviously, Dou Xing, who was stationed in the Wei camp on the northwest side of the Wei camp in Daozhong, found that the Wei camp in Daozhong had been attacked, so he hurriedly brought people to support.
Hearing this, Meng Zhong smiled and said, "It's just that the Qin army on the other side played a little trick, and it was bothering Dou Sima to run hard." β
Dou Xing waved his hand and said, "Yun Chengjun, what are you talking about?" However, this little trick that Yun Chengjun said is not very clear in the next place......"
Seeing this, Meng Zhong nodded and beckoned to the generals: "Let's talk about it in detail in my tent." β
After a while, all the generals gathered in Meng Zhong's tent, except for Wei Qing, Meng Hu, and Hua Hu, who were not present, the rest of the generals under Meng Zhong's command had all arrived.
Seeing this, Meng Zhong did not hide it, and said: "The night attack of the Qin army on our camp tonight is a trick of Bai Qi, whether it can succeed or not, in fact, Bai Qi does not care, because his real purpose is not to attack our camp, but to reveal a message to us, that is, behind our camp, there is a hidden path that leads to the area of Hangu Pass...... My personal guess is that this path should lead to the back of Hangu Pass. β
Hearing this, the generals in the tent were dumbfounded, and they couldn't believe their ears.
"Yun Chengjun, yes...... Did you hear me wrong? Han Zu was dumbfounded and said, "Bai Qi? He took the initiative to leak that secret path to us? β
You must know that this afternoon, Meng Zhong had explained to him, Lian Po, and Jin Confucius, and at that time Meng Zhong said that he had the certainty of breaking through Hangu Pass, and the problem was how to find a way to break through Hangu Dao - Hangu Road was a problem that Meng Zhong failed to solve at that time.
In this case, Bai Qi suddenly launched a strange night attack at night, and took the initiative to leak a hidden path that leads to Hangu Pass and even behind Hangu Road to his coalition forces, you two are too tacit, right?
Are you sure that the Bai Qi in your mouth is not a spy planted in the Qin State?
As if he had seen through the thoughts of the generals present, Meng Zhong said with a smile: "Bai Qi took the initiative to leak this matter to me, of course he was uneasy and kind, he can't be the general of the Qin State, but secretly help us behind his back, right?" Speaking of this, he thought for a while, and then continued to explain: "According to my inference, the reason why Bai Qi behaved like this...... Well, eagerly, probably because he was in a hurry. β
"Is it because of our army's building carts and catapults?" Lian Po keenly grasped the crux of the matter.
"Not bad." Meng Zhong looked at Lian Po approvingly and nodded, and then explained: "In my opinion, Bai Qi has probably guessed that I have already guessed that I am sure that I will capture Hangu Pass, and the only problem is Hangu Dao, so he is eager to reverse the situation......"
"He doesn't want our army to continue attacking Hangu Pass?" Jin Wei frowned and asked: "I don't understand, if the path he took the initiative to leak can really go straight to the back of the letter Gu Dao, then what is the difference between him taking the initiative to reveal it to us and him failing to keep the letter Gu Dao?" β
Hearing this, Meng Zhong thought for a moment, then nodded and said: "Regarding this, I haven't figured it out for the time being, but I can roughly conclude that tonight's night attack was definitely done by him on purpose, the purpose is to take the initiative to expose the existence of that remote path, otherwise, what reason does he have to do this?" A hidden path that can sneak up on the back of our army, isn't it good for him to stay until the end? Why did you expose that hidden path in advance for the sake of a night attack that might not have succeeded, and which might not have been able to inflict heavy damage on our army? β
Speaking of this, Meng Zhong pondered for a moment, and then said in a deep voice: "Based on my understanding of Bai Qi, he probably hopes that our army will turn its attention to that path and find a way to attack his Qin State from that path, so as to reduce the pressure on Hangu Pass in front in disguise......"
Listening to Meng Zhong's analysis, except for Lian Po, Le Jin, Jin Con and others, who could still follow Meng Zhong's thoughts, the rest like Han Zu, Dou Xing and others had an expression that seemed to understand from beginning to end.
It was just a tentative attack, and Meng Zhong had already figured out the approximate defensive strength of Hangu Pass? And full of confidence in the capture of this Hangu Pass?
And Bai Qi on the other side also guessed that Meng Zhong was sure to capture Hangu Pass, but he was just having a headache about Hangu Road, so Bai Qi was a little anxious, and took the initiative to expose a small road, hoping to attract his Meng Zhong's attention to that small road? Alleviate the pressure on Hanyaguan in the front?
And Meng Zhong also guessed Bai Qi's intentions?
These two ...... How the hell do you know so much? How can you know so clearly what information the other side has?
Except for Le Jin, the generals in the tent glanced at Meng Zhong, who was analyzing the situation, and then glanced at each other invariably.
They seemed to have a strange feeling at the moment, once upon a time they thought they were experienced in combat, and they suddenly couldn't even understand the battle situation in front of them.
They couldn't help but sigh.
Qin Guobai ......
Wei Guomeng Zhong ......
These two generals are really incomprehensible to each other's calculations.