Chapter 196: Night Attack

———— Pearl Khan Tent

As usual, most of the people hid in their tents to make fires, and a small number went out to patrol and stand guard. In the past, the siege was only the patent of the Han people, but this time, the grassland people came to besiege the city, and the siege was naturally Baima Mountain. They didn't know who was on White Horse Mountain, and they didn't know why the Pearl Khan used the strategy of besieging but not attacking this time. But these are not important, the important thing is that they do not go to death on horseback now.

Xue Yantuo's people have not learned to walk to be able to ride horses, so they are all able to fight, and all the people are soldiers. The army in Xue Yantuo is composed of three parts: free people, slaves, and the khan's personal guards, among which the really powerful ones are the khan's personal guards, and the free people and slaves are much worse, not only because their equipment and martial arts are inferior to people, but also because their purpose in fighting is not what a soldier should have.

Traditionally, everything that Xue Yantuo soldiers bought and looted on the road belonged to individuals, and they did not need to be handed over or taxed. However, all this was guarded only by the freemen and the khan, and the slaves did not exist. Therefore, the freedmen go to war in order to grab things, and when they encounter unarmed people, they can reach the point of "aggression like fire", but if they encounter a strong army, they can escape faster than anyone else.

Free people are not unorthodox, they are nothing more than a downwind for helpers, in other words, they are nothing more than bandits. The slaves were even more miserable, they were captured Han Chinese and other people from the defeated tribes, killed in battle, but if they lost an arrow and captured supplies, they had to hand over all of them, and if they were wounded, they were more likely to be abandoned and then fed to wolves by the steppe people. Moreover, except for a very small number of super strong warriors, slaves will always be slaves, and there will be no one who will come out. The combat effectiveness of such an army can be imagined.

Even so, because the shackles on the steppe are used to their backs, there are still many people, no one will question the badness of this system, but like everyone else, secretly breathe and live in this place where the jungle eats the strong. The desire to survive often makes people's hearts as strong as steel, coupled with the natural advantages of cavalry, they still pose a huge threat to the Central Plains army.

On this day, a troop of cavalry went out, and they were to patrol the gentle slopes around the White Horse Mountain. The Han people did not appear for more than ten days, and the army on the mountain seemed to have been abandoned by the Central Plains. At first, they thought that this was just a bait, so they planned to kill the fisherman who came to collect the fish, but the fisherman did not come for a long time, and Xue Yantuo's cavalry gradually slackened and became depressed.

Soon after, a group of cavalry returned, but the soldiers guarding the gate could see that this was not the pair that had gone out at all, and although they also seemed to be steppe people, they still warily stopped the approaching cavalry ranks.

"Hey, who's coming!"

"We are, the people of the Khan of Hanhai, passing by the treasure land, begging to spend the night and feed the horses a little salt."

"Brother, I'm sorry to ask again, do you have any credentials?"

"Hanhai Khan sent us out and handed us his saber, can this be?"

A person came out of the door, checked the saber, and couldn't help but say: "(Suddenly) the steppe people don't leave their swords, you must be the personal guard of the Hanhai Khan, what kind of mission do you have?"

"(Suddenly) That's the case, Jilu Khan wants to build a good sword, you know, this iron is still made by the Han people, and we Hanhai's subordinates, there is just a Han man, so he sent us over."

"Oh, that's ......," the examiner revealed.

So open the door and let these people in, and the steppe people will arrange food and lodging for you, draw a place, set up your own tent, and bake the fire? Cooking rice? Sorry, please bring your own cow dung. There is little firewood in the grasslands, and sun-dried cow dung is burned.

In a flash, if someone suddenly turned off the electric switch, the sky suddenly darkened.

The vote that came in just now was Li Yu and his party, and they made dumplings for Xue Yantuo's cavalry who went out to patrol. Then, according to the plan that had been made, he infiltrated the enemy camp. Li Yu led, twenty people, and thirty improvised cannonballs (shoulei) in their hands. Use a bamboo tube with water and pour in sand bombs and fire. medicine, and also made a stick stained with fire. The fine hemp rope of the medicine serves as a guide. Line.

In fact, Xu Qing still took a lot of risks in making this artillery battle, first of all, fire. Medicine, such an anti-heaven thing, is inseparable from ten, and this time it will leak out, although the fire. The gun has not yet been known, but with the ingenuity of the Datang craftsmen, it is not far from being created.

In addition, Xu Qing only had the medicine left in his hand to put three more times in each gun, if there was a war, Xu Qing would not fight, and it would be easy to "kill the jade".

The sound of a heartbeat resounded in the hundreds. According to the plan, the people inside set fire to all the tents first, and then lit the cannonballs inside the tent of the Pearl Khan. In order to avoid not being able to hit people, what Xu Qing said was to set fire twenty around the entire tent, and some had to throw them in. The artillery is not powerful, but if you get too much, you can still kill people.

After the cannon sounded, Xu Qing was a suspicious soldier here, lighting a torch to induce Xue Yantuo to kill, Li Yu took the opportunity to kill with other Xue Yantuo people, and then waited for the opportunity to leave. Moreover, when the company camp was burned, the prince would definitely attack when he saw it. Pearl Khan is dead, and the other khans can't obey the people, even if they attack for revenge for a while, but the free people will definitely be unwilling, and eventually they will pack up the things of Pearl Khan and go home separately.

But it's not that easy. First, this Pearl Khan seems to be a simple person, there are hundreds of tents in this camp, and at a glance, I can't find any special camp. However, Li Yu didn't dare to look around, for fear of being seen by others.

Hide in your tent and listen to the discussions of passers-by with your ears that you have cultivated over the years. You must know that Long Wei is also a special soldier, not only is the bow and saber gun powerful, but also has eighteen kinds of martial arts, and his hands and eyes are all over the sky.

In the middle of the night, in Li Yu's tent, twenty figures came out one after another like ghosts. First they scattered in all directions, and without touching the ground, they went to the various tents and put a little sleeping incense, which was a necessary part of them. The advantage is that it is colorless and odorless, and has some resistance, although it is not affected by sleeping incense, it cannot be detected.

After putting the sleeping incense, Li Yu and the others asked everyone to set fire to the folds. This fire fold is also specially made, and it will burn slowly when you open the folding hat, and it can be easily lit by placing it on the edge of a tent made of woolen cloth. When the army is on the march, the dragon guard will usually prepare dozens of packs on horses.

Next, it's time to confirm the location of the ledger. During the day, they heard passers-by and other people in the tent talking, and basically determined the location of the tent. What is surprising is that Zhenzhu Khan did not put his tent in the center of the entire camp, hmph, this was a good way to prevent the enemy's sneak attack, but now it has fulfilled Li Yu and others.

It took half an hour for everyone to do these chores.

"The tent in front is the Khan's tent, the general......"

"Okay, success or failure is here," Li Yu raised his hand, made an offensive gesture, and shouted in a low voice: "Up!" ”