Chapter 636: Night Attack
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The fire in Longji Mountain is particularly eye-catching in this dark night, even if it is dozens of miles away, the Chu general Dou Lian on the Chu camp of Mengshan can see it clearly.
He thought it was the fire of the Burning Mountain.
Because the mountain was originally called Rift Mountain, the whole hill split from it, and a large amount of natural gas and oil in the mountain came out of the ground and flowed into the nearby lake Nanhu.
What's even more amazing is that it is said that once during a lightning and thunderous weather, lightning in the sky ignited the natural gas seeping out of the cracks in the cracks, causing the entire hill to be covered by a sea of fire, so the locals renamed it Lieshan.
It was precisely for this reason that Chu General Doulian thought it was the fire of Lieshan at first, but after careful identification, he found that it was actually Longji Mountain that caught fire.
Could it be that the Qilu coalition army attacked Longji Mountain at night?
Dou Lian thought subconsciously.
It is no wonder that he has such a guess, after all, it can be seen from the geographical location of this area that Longji Mountain is not on the route of the Wei army's march, it belongs to the middle battlefield of Fu Lisai, not the west battlefield of Xiangcheng.
Because of this, Dou Lian thought of asking for assistance from Longji Mountain, in order to kill the Wei army by surprise.
At this time, the middle-aged lieutenant general also raised a possibility: "Could it be the merchant army?" β
"Shang Shui Jun?"
Chu Jiang Doulian's expression was slightly stunned, and he was a little unimpressed at first.
After all, there are only 20,000 Shang Shui troops, but there are nearly 100,000 Chu troops stationed in Longji Mountain.
But for some reason, the more Dou Lian thought about it, the more he thought that perhaps this guess was the closest to the truth.
The reason is that the abnormal attitude of Wei General Xu Yin in the daytime and the strange behavior of the Shang Shui Army in an unfathomable manner made Dou Lian faintly feel an inexplicable oppressive force hit his heart.
The Western Route Army of the Qilu-Wei Three Kingdoms Alliance...... The commanders of those Wei armies, Ji Run, the Su King of Wei......
Dou Lian imagined in his mind the face of the young King Su of the Wei Kingdom.
He had not met the king of Su in person, nor had he dealt with the latter, but he had heard that the young king of Wei had defeated their prince Tuo (ζεεXiongTuo), and that the two seemed to have some ulterior private agreement after the war.
Maybe it was on the way to hear, anyway, Dou Lian had indeed heard that in front of Xiong Xu, the king of their Chu State, Yan Gongzi Tuo privately colluded with Ji Run, the king of Wei, to plot against him.
Could it be that this son has already seen through my intentions?
A guess appeared in Dou Lian's heart, and he immediately shook his head with a smile.
He felt that he was too suspicious: a sixteen or seventeen-year-old child, where could he have such insight?
And just as he was secretly laughing, suddenly a guard on duty outside the tent of the Chinese army walked in, clasped his fists and said, "General, there is something unusual in the Wei army under the mountain!" β
Xu Yin?
Dou Lian walked out of the Chinese military tent without saying a word, came to the watchtower on the top of the mountain, and climbed high to look at the Wei army under the mountain.
At this moment, at the foot of Mengshan Mountain, there are still two Wei armies of the Wei State, the Fencheng Army and the Yanling Army, which are stationed in Wei.
Due to the fact that the Wei army attacked Mengshan many times during the day, so that at present, the two Wei armies did not have time to build a military camp in that plain.
If it weren't for the fact that Dou Lian was still waiting for the news of Nangong Yang, the general of the Shang Water Army, and the inexplicable fire of Longji Mountain made him a little uneasy, he would have organized men and horses to attack the two Wei troops under the mountain.
After all, the latter did not have the protection of the military camp, and once the night attack took the lead, the Chu army could easily win a great victory: even if it could not win, Dou Lian could retreat to the Mengshan Chu camp.
It is no exaggeration to say that this is simply invincible.
Unexpectedly, Wei General Xu Yin, who was obviously in an unfavorable situation at the moment, actually took action before him Doulian.
What does he Xu Yin want to do?
Standing on the watchtower, Dou Lian squinted at the dark night in the distance.
Half an hour ago, in the tent of the Wei army, Xu Yin, the general of the Fencheng army, invited the generals under his command, including the generals of the Yanling army, to the tent to discuss the next battle.
It is undeniable that the gains of the Wei army in the daytime today are not small, killing at least 5,000 Chu soldiers of the Mengshan Chu battalion.
Although these 5,000 Chu troops did not account for a lot of this battle involving hundreds of thousands or millions of people, it should be taken into account that the Wei army achieved such results at a small cost.
No, all the generals in the Chinese military tent, including Xu Yin himself, were all smiling, obviously very satisfied with the battle situation in today's daytime.
And during this period, if the conversation between the generals was heard by the Monsan guard general Dou Lian, I am afraid that the latter would be angry on the spot.
Because almost every general was making fun of Na Dou Lian who thought he was hiding deep enough, but he was tricked by Xu Yin, who quietly achieved the outstanding result of killing 5,000 enemies.
"Alright, alright, that's the end of the gossip."
has been touted by the generals for a while, especially the generals of the Yanling Army, who are committed to reaching a rebellious friendship with the Fencheng Army, Rao is Xu Yin, and they are also touted a little unbearable.
Because Xu Yin knew very well that if Zhao Hongrun hadn't reminded him this time, maybe he would still be deceived by the blinking method of Dou Lian, and he didn't know that he had brought the army to an extremely dangerous situation.
Waving his hand to signal the generals in the tent to calm down, Xu Yin Zhengse said: "In today's daytime battle situation, our army has indeed gained a lot, but I am afraid that this trick can no longer be used." β¦β¦ If nothing goes wrong, Na Dou Lian must have known at this moment that his intentions, including the inside information of many of his hidden troops in Monsan, have already been discovered by our side. β
Hearing this, the generals in the tent couldn't help but sneer.
This is indeed a very interesting thing: on the surface, the Mengshan Chu army, which was only guarded by about seven or eight thousand Chu troops, at first lost about 1,000 people at the location where their Wei army was preparing to camp, and then ambushed Cai Baohu, who was in the west guard camp of the Fencheng army, lost more than 1,000 people, and in the Mengshan offensive and defensive battle that ended at dusk, this Chu army lost another 5,000 soldiers. But what is the current situation at Monsan? There is actually a Chu army that is no less than five or six thousand people.
That dou Lian is simply a shame and a shame to go home.
In fact, the generals were very curious about what kind of expression that Chu General Dou Lian would have at this moment.
However, Xu Yin's follow-up words made the generals gradually unable to laugh.
ββ¦β¦ I'm sure you've heard about it, maybe you've seen it with your own eyes. Just now, a fire broke out in the direction of Longji Mountain, if Xu Mou expected it, this should be the handiwork of His Royal Highness King Su......" After a pause, Xu Yin looked around at the generals in the tent, and said in a deep voice: "According to the information given by the Qi State, there are nearly 100,000 Chu troops stationed in Longji Mountain, which are guarded by Nangong Yang and Ziche Ji, two Chu generals. It stands to reason that Longji Mountain is not on the route of our army's strategy of forcibly crossing the Huhe River, and there is no need for His Royal Highness King Su to risk going to Longji Mountain to set fire. But he did it anyway, what does that mean? β
"This means that the Chu army of Longji Mountain originally wanted to copy the back road of our army......" Qu Cheng, the general of the Yanling army, replied with a solemn expression.
Xu Yin glanced at Qu Cheng approvingly, nodded and said, "That's right!" β¦β¦ Fortunately, His Royal Highness King Su escorted us this time, otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable. β
As he spoke, he took a map from the hand of his guard, walked to the table in the center of the tent, laid it out on the table, and beckoned, "Everyone, look at the map." β¦β¦ According to the map, our Fencheng army and Yanling army are between Mengshan, Xiangcheng, and Danshan at this moment, and it can be said that there are Chu troops on three sides, in this case, if the back road is cut off by the Chu army of Longji Mountain......"
Speaking of this, Xu Yin took a long breath and did not say any more.
But the meaning he wanted to express was understood by all the generals in the tent.
The faces of the generals were very solemn, after all, they also thought that this time was really dangerous and dangerous, if they were really succeeded by the Chu generals, the 55,000 Wei army might really be buried here.
"It's actually a delusion to swallow my 55,000 army in one go, that honest heart, it's really not small...... Where did this bastard come from? Hua Yu, the general of the Yanling Army, said coldly.
I have to say that Hua is also a noble surname in Chu State, although Hua Yu is from a family, but he can be regarded as a nobleman, and he has heard of many generals in Chu in the past.
But he really hadn't heard of this dou lian.
And similar to his expression, it seems that Qu Cheng, Yan Mo, Zuo Xunxi, Gongye Sheng, Zuo Qiumu and other generals of the Yanling Army also frowned and thought hard.
In this regard, Xu Yin's view is quite similar to Zhao Hongrun: just allow talents from Wei to emerge in an endless stream, and not allow talents from other countries to emerge?
Thinking of this, Xu Yin waved his hand and said: "Okay, what is the details of this person, we don't have to investigate it too much, we just need to know that this person is not easy to deal with." β
Hearing this, the generals nodded.
Seeing this, Xu Yin said again: "Let's talk about the current battle situation. β¦β¦ Although our army has the upper hand in today's daytime, the situation our army is in at the moment is really embarrassing. advance, unable to conquer Monsan in a short period of time; Retreat, I believe that Mengshan's Doulian and the two Chu armies in the south of our army who came to help from the direction of Xiangcheng will obviously not sit idly by and watch our army withdraw. Therefore, Xu thought that instead of waiting for the Chu army to attack our army, it was better to take the initiative! β
"Night battles?" Qu Cheng raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and quickly grasped Xu Yin's intentions.
"Hmm!" Xu Yin nodded.
Seeing that Xu Yin really nodded, the generals in the tent looked at each other and couldn't help but whisper.
After all, since ancient times, both the enemy and the enemy will avoid night battles, because night battles cannot give full play to the strength that soldiers should have, so that the war is reduced to a war of attrition that simply consumes the number of each other's soldiers, and to be honest, it is meaningless.
may have guessed the confusion of the generals, Xu Yin Zhengse said: "Xu understands your concerns, but the current situation is urgent, and our army can only have a chance to reverse the unfavorable situation by biting the Chu army and taking the initiative to attack, otherwise, our army, which has no camp shelter and cannot evacuate, will be dragged to death by the Chu army sooner or later." β
Hearing this, the generals thought about it carefully, and then nodded their heads one after another.
Seeing this, Yan Mo couldn't help but ask: "But General Xu, I'm afraid it's even more difficult to attack Mengshan at night." β
However, Xu Yin showed a few smiles.
"Then attack the Chu army in the south, anyway, they are the same as our army, and they have no defense facilities to cover each other......"
"Huh?"
The generals in the tent were really stunned when they heard this. (To be continued.) )