Chapter 2 O 6: Night Raid (Ask for Subscriptions, Recommendations, Collections)
The night is deep, and the grassland under the night is very peaceful, and all kinds of insects are chirping one after another. If it weren't for the fact that there was still a trace of blood in the air, who would remember that this was a brutal battlefield.
At the third watch, the soldiers of the Duoyan Department quietly gathered in the camp, and quietly sneaked out of the camp, and the people and Malekou quietly sneaked towards the Longmen caravan station.
In order to succeed in one hit, Hua Chihu carefully planned the time.
According to Hua Chihu's plan, Duoyan's soldiers set off for the third watch, and sneaked to the caravan station to get close to the fourth watch. Hua Chihu thought that even if the Longmen caravan was still a little vigilant, there would be a big negligence at this time.
The time of the fourth watch is the darkest time and people sleep the most soundly. Even if the Men were spotted by the caravan at close range, they would have plenty of opportunities to storm the caravan's camp.
Hua Chihu believed that as long as he broke into the caravan's defensive circle, with the combat power of 3,000 light cavalry under his command, it should be easy to rob the entire caravan.
Under the strict order of Hua Chihu, the soldiers of the Duoyan Department led the horses and slowly approached the Longmen caravan station.
In the dark, the station of the Dragon Gate caravan was soon there.
100 steps, 90 steps, 80 steps, ......, Duoyan soldiers are trying to get as close as possible to the car formation.
Hua Chihu explained very clearly, that is, to get as close to the car formation as possible, and then launch a charge.
The closer the charge, the better.
In the dark, the forward of the Duoyan soldiers was already less than 80 steps away from the caravan formation, and the Hua Chihu who followed the rear formation had a little heart that couldn't hold back the pounding heart.
It was at this distance that the charge began, and Hua Chihu believed that his subordinates could also rush into the car formation.
Hua Chihu felt that the god of victory had begun to smile at him.
There was a loud bang, and in the dark night, under the flickering fire of the caravan, the sound of muskets was deafening.
With this gunshot, hundreds of guns were fired in the caravan, and the soldiers of the Duoyan Department were instantly beaten.
was discovered, and Hua Chihu's brain was hot.
"Rush," Hua Chihu roared.
The horns sounded, the torches were lit, and the soldiers of the Duoyan tribe turned on their horses and rushed towards the caravan station with a shout.
In the dark, the rhythm of the caravan's carriage bloomed with the spark of death.
In order to maintain the continuity of firepower, this time the junior team adopted the most standard three-stage strike. The teenagers were divided into three groups and took turns firing, trying to maintain the continuity of fire.
Although the junior team can knock down a row of soldiers with Duoyan every time they fire. But the darkness covered up the tragic casualties, and the Duoyan soldiers rushed towards the caravan station without hesitation, ignoring the screams of their comrades.
80 steps, for a war horse, it only takes about 20 seconds to sprint at full speed. Even if the darkness affected the sprint of the war horse, it would not take more than 30 seconds for the Duoyan soldiers to rush to the car formation.
In 30 seconds, the boys' muskets could only fire a second shot.
In the dim light of the fire, the soldiers of Duoyan rushed towards the car array like a torrent.
The chariot formation arrived in an instant, and when the Duoyan soldiers were facing the black pressure wall-like chariot formation, they realized that at some point, several spears stretched out from the carriage.
Duoyan soldiers instinctively followed the car formation to find a weak entrance.
The reserved entrance and exit were quickly found, and the Duoyan soldiers rushed towards the interior of the car formation through the entrance.
The resistance at the entrance and exit of the car formation was very weak, and the Duoyan soldiers broke through almost as soon as they rushed. didn't even need to dismount and fight, and the Duoyan soldiers rushed directly into the car formation.
Rushing into the inside of the formation, Duoyan was very disappointed.
There were no regular tents or other camping facilities in the caravan, and there were no caravans of people or livestock, only a shrunken and irregularly shaped caravan.
The Dragon Gate caravan turned out to be a battle within a formation.
With a sharp whistle, the inside of the caravan's carriage also protruded with a spear, and the carriage seemed to become a hedgehog-like existence.
The sound of muskets in the car formation also began to sound, and this time even the bows and arrows in the caravan began to join the attack on Duoyan's soldiers, and the attack fire suddenly increased.
The Duoyan soldiers who rushed into the outer car formation, like rats entering the bellows, were attacked from both sides, and fell down one after another.
The soldiers in front fell, and there were still a large number of Duoyan soldiers outside the entrance, swarming into the car formation.
The Duoyan soldier who didn't want to die in front of him, in the dim firelight, could only follow the reserved passage in the car formation, quickly walked around the inner formation, and looked for a breakthrough in the inner formation while marching.
Fortunately, there were not many obstacles on the passage in the car formation, and the war horse was still able to maintain a good speed. In the attack in the car formation, the Duoyan soldiers seemed to run faster and faster.
Turning left and right, the fateful Duoyan soldier suddenly found that there was a large entrance and exit on the car array in front of him.
Is this the entrance and exit of the inner array?
Without thinking, the fateful Duoyan soldier rode his horse into the new entrance.
Inside the entrance, there was a lot of openness in front of me.
The Duoyan soldiers who rushed into the car formation, under the attack of muskets and bows and arrows, actually circled around the inside of the car formation, and rushed out of the car formation from the other end.
Oh my God, there are ghosts!
The Duoyan soldiers, who were lucky enough to escape, shouted that there were ghosts, and fled to the field on horseback. The feeling of bullets and hell in the car formation, they would never try again.
In the darkness, the army of Duoyan like a tide rushed into the caravan's chariot formation in a steady stream, and flowed out from the other side of the chariot array like a trickle.
In the dark, the screams became more and more frequent, and Hua Chihu instinctively felt that something was wrong.
With so many soldiers in the front team rushing into the formation, even if he repeatedly ordered not to set fires, it was difficult for the melee sergeants to strictly abide by this order. Not to mention the resisters of the caravan itself.
But why is the fire always small?
In addition, what made Hua Chihu feel even more strange was that there were nearly 2,000 soldiers in his middle and front team, and they had already rushed into the caravan array.
Although it seemed that the attack was going well, why was the shouting and killing in the car formation still not too enthusiastic, as if it was always their side shouting and killing alone.
What made Hua Chihu feel even more wrong was that the gunshots on the side of the car formation were always chaotic, still maintaining a clear rhythm, and they were still ringing continuously.
Looking at the dark and oppressive station of the Longmen caravan in the dim firelight, Hua Chihu felt that a shadow became bigger and bigger in his heart.
Hesitating, Hua Chihu instigated his war horse, wanting to lead the rear team to rush into the strange car formation. Hua Chihu felt that only by going in person could he break the strange defense of the car formation.
Hua Chihu's war horse had just started when he was pulled by a guard.
"Young master," the guard whispered, "you can't rush in again. There must be a trap inside the car formation, and more than 2,000 riders have not been able to find out the opponent's bottom line, so it may not be useful for us to rush into it again. ”
Seeing Hua Chihu's unwilling look, the guard said again: "Young master, this night is too dark, and I can't see the situation clearly under the torches." The other party is hiding in the shadows, and it is too dangerous for us to rush in like this. Or will we talk about it after dawn? ”
Seeing that Hua Chihu was still reluctant, the guards had to persuade him again.
In the team behind Hua Chihu, there was a sudden commotion.
A soldier who rushed out of the car formation, running dizzily, actually rushed to Hua Chihu's rear team.
"What's going on?" Hua Chihu reined in his horse and shouted with a horizontal eyebrow.
The guards grabbed the soldier.
Hell!
The mournful cries of the soldiers were heard far and wide in the night.