Chapter 242: The Serpent of the Mountains (continued)

Night, sleepless night, the wailing in the barracks came and went, which made many soldiers toss and turn and could not sleep, a fiasco in the daytime, many soldiers and young men died, and some people escaped with their lives, but they were scarred, at this moment, moaning because of the pain.

Saving one's life on the battlefield is something that many people ask God to worship and Buddha, but for some people who are wounded but not dead, it is tormenting, because their injuries cannot be healed, and they still have to die in the end.

At this moment, the people who were moaning in the barracks were the wounded who were lucky enough not to die on the battlefield but were not as good as dead, although Shangguan mobilized many military doctors to treat the wounded, but the piercing pain made many of the wounded unbearable.

Outside the camp, a group of soldiers who were wearing sackcloth and napping against the dirt slope listened to the moaning sound coming from the camp not far away, and their expressions were tangled.

Tonight they were ordered to be on duty at night, beware of the enemy army in the city of Hanging Gourd sneak attack at night, everyone pillowed and waited, listening to the groans of their comrades, their hearts were not a taste, although this kind of thing was commonplace when they went out to fight, but the heart was compared to the heart, if it was themselves who were wailing at this time, who would want to?

On the battlefield, there are no eyes for knives and arrows, and if you can survive, it depends on who is killed, the same is an arrow wound, someone can survive if they are shot into a hedgehog, and someone is over after only one arrow; Some people can't survive after being slashed in the shoulder, and some people have their stomachs cut and their intestines flow out, and they are still alive and well after being stuffed back.

Therefore, on weekdays, I still have to burn incense and worship the Buddha and ask the Buddha for blessing!

While many soldiers were thinking wildly, the vigilant sentries quietly warned one after another, and everyone was agitated, tore off the sackcloth draped on their bodies, and began to prepare for battle under the command of the general.

Today, the official army failed to attack the city, and the casualties were heavy, and the generals said that the enemy army was very likely to come to attack at night, so the soldiers held back their strength, and once the other party really came to sneak attack, then come to a head-on attack to avenge the casualties of their comrades.

There was no moon tonight, and it was pitch black outside the camp, and someone cautiously looked into it, only to see that in the dark wilderness, nothing could be seen clearly, but some people with good eyesight still noticed that something was wrong:

There seemed to be a black shadow moving in the field, and if I looked closely, I found that there were quite a few black shadows.

There is no doubt that it was the enemy army who came to sneak attack, and there were quite a few of them, and everyone worked hard to stay up all night in the field, but it was not in vain!

The eastern camp where they are located is located on the outer edge of Changwei in the cage city, and there is a trench on the inner side of Changwei, and the passage of soldiers and horses and trebuchets is through several drawbridges on weekdays, and the drawbridges have been put away at this time, and if the enemy wants to sneak attack the camp, they have to climb over the trench and climb up the Changwei.

The officers and soldiers used the camp as bait, and the soldiers on duty at night lay in ambush on the north and south sides of the camp and the long wall, opened a large pocket, and waited for the enemy troops attacking at night to crash in.

Wait until more than half of these bitches have crossed the long fence, and everyone can do it!

The soldiers held their breath and quietly looked at the Changwei dirt slope, but after looking for a long time, they didn't see anyone crawling over, and suddenly the fire on the inside of Changwei was blazing, and many fire arrows flew towards the camp like a meteor shower.

The attacking enemy army turned out to be directly attacking the camp with fire arrows, which made the soldiers in ambush a little stunned, but they were not fools who did not know how to adapt, since the other party did not dare to climb over the trench and the long fence, then they would shoot at each other.

The black light is blind, whoever lights the torch is the lantern in the toilet - looking for (looking for death), the soldiers who can participate in the ambush at night, of course, are not blindfolded, so everyone climbs up the earthen fence and shoots arrows directly at the black shadows in the field.

The explosions sounded one after another, and the enemy and the enemy began to throw thunder at each other, and in the flickering light of the fire, I saw the figures in the field longing, and a large number of soldiers poured out of the camp, pouring up the dirt slope and firing arrows outward.

They are not afraid of the enemy attacking, not only have they been prepared, but their own friendly forces can send reinforcements at any time, no matter how many enemy troops there are, they have to retreat in disgrace, and as both sides keep throwing thunder, they can use the light of fire to aim at any suspicious black shadow and shoot arrows.

The two sides are shooting at each other across the trench, and their own numbers are not lagging behind, so there is nothing to worry about!

At this moment, in the direction of Dazhai in the south in the distance, there was also an explosion sound, undulating, it seemed that there were many thunderstorms exploding, and the soldiers couldn't help but be shocked: Could it be that this is a feint, and the other party is going to Nanzhai?

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In the south of the city, in the south of the lower reaches of Rushui, the officers and soldiers who set up an ambush are shooting at the enemy soldiers who are attacking, because the camp is located in the lower reaches of the hanging gourd, the defenders in the city can take a bamboo raft to carry out a sneak attack, so the camp is heavily guarded, just waiting for the other party to send him to death.

As a result, the other party really came to die!

The sentinel, who had excellent eyesight, saw a large number of black shadows moving on the surface of the Rushui River upstream, and quietly informed the ambush soldiers, and when the other party was close, he first threw a round of thunder, and then fired ten thousand arrows.

The attacking enemy seemed to have been prepared, and after being attacked head-on, they still had the strength to counterattack, throwing many thunderbolts, and in the dark night, the fire flickered, and the loud noise sounded, looking like lightning and thunder.

In night battles, not all soldiers are competent, and the sight is not good at night, and it is easy to be confused when there are many people, and it is easy to be injured by mistake, so the officers and soldiers who set up ambushes and wait for the rabbit did not attack easily, but guarded the soil fence and fired arrows at the black shadows shaking outside.

The thunder that constantly exploded, blooming with firelight, flickered and dazzled, the sight was not good, it was impossible to distinguish whether a black shadow suspected of being a human figure in the distance was a person or not, anyway, there were enough arrows, shoot it first.

Since the official army surrounded the hanging gourd, the siege has not been smooth, many soldiers have a fire in their hearts, and now the other party is looking for death, which is in line with everyone's wishes, while resisting the enemy, we must also beware of the other party destroying the dam.

There is a barrage on the Ru River, and the water gate of the diversion canal is open, and there is a wooden fence on the dam, and soldiers are stationed on it.

The river in front of the dam was full of wooden piles, and it was almost impossible for the enemy to send people to swim in the water to attack the dam, and even if they went down the river by boat, they would be blocked by wooden piles that were out of the water, and the weir was more than two miles away from the overhang, and the enemy could not attack directly from the city anyway.

The reason why it is so tightly defended is that this weir across the Rushui River plays a very important role, and is a bridge between the east and west banks, which is conducive to the rapid mobilization of troops and horses by officials and troops on both sides of the strait, so that the villages can echo each other.

Therefore, if the enemy wants to carry out a sneak attack tonight, the weir next to the south village is very likely to be the target, and the defenders on the dam have long been ready, in order to avoid becoming a bright target in the night, they did not light torches, and fired arrows directly at the black shadow on the water.

There were fires and sounds everywhere, and with the staggered light and shadow, and the poor line of sight, they couldn't tell how many people were on the other side, but there were so many of them that there was nothing to worry about.

There was an explosion from the east, and from a distance, there was a flickering fire in the direction of the camp in the east, as if it had been attacked.

Could it be that the enemy army feinted to attack here, and the main force of the night attack rushed to the east camp?

Many people thought so, but suddenly there was a fire in the northwest direction, and there was also an explosion, looking at the two camps in the east and west, the soldiers were a little ignorant for a while: Could it be that the enemy army attacked from three sides and attacked three directions at the same time?

Originally, there were few troops, so if the troops were divided into night raids, was the other party stupid or arrogant?

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In the northwest of the hanging gourd, on the outer edge of the long fence, a small village was in flames, and the defenders were struggling to support themselves in the fire, and they fired at the enemy who came to attack, and they lit the beacon fire and blew the horn at the same time as they were attacked.

The long circumference is in a circle, the hanging gourd is enclosed in the circle, connecting the east, south, west and north four large camps, and there are small villages at certain distances in between, as a vigilance.

Once the defenders of each small village find that there are suspicious people approaching Changwei, they can directly intercept it, and if they find that there are enemy troops trying to break through in Changwei, they can immediately warn the large camps on both sides, and at night, they must prevent the enemy from going out of the city to destroy Changwei.

Today, the official army attacked the city and suffered heavy casualties, and the herald brought an order to the Xiaozhai defender, saying that the enemy was very likely to sneak attack tonight, so the defenders were ready and waited for the enemy to "arrive as scheduled".

And now, the enemy has really come, and while attacking the big camp in the west, he is attacking the small village here, and his intention is very clear, that is, to intercept the reinforcements sent by the big camp in the north here, and buy time for him to attack the big camp in the west.

The west camp direction is full of flames, explosions come and go, it seems that the battle is very fierce, and the defenders of the small village are about to be unable to support it, the other side throws thunder, not to mention, the sound of explosions alone makes the soldiers' ears buzz.

At the critical moment, the soldiers and horses from the large camp of the Chinese army in the north finally arrived and began to shoot at the enemy troops in the shadows, because it was dark, they did not dare to advance.

The leading generals kept in mind the Prime Minister's instructions: if the enemy army sneaks up tonight, it is very likely that they are preparing to feint and attack a large camp somewhere, and then the main force ambushes the soldiers and horses who are rushing to reinforce them, in other words, the opponent's strategy may be to encircle the point and send reinforcements.

Therefore, although the army he led was quite numerous, it was necessary to be cautious, for it was already difficult to march at night, and the battle was even more troublesome, and if the team was too scattered, it would be easy to be broken one by one.

Even if the soldiers are not blindfolded, have poor visibility at night, and cannot light torches, they must be cautious.

Reinforcements were deployed on the periphery of the small village, cautiously shooting at countless shadows in the dark, and sending a small group of elites to touch the south, and sure enough, there were traps such as tripping horses and other ropes found in the field, and there were also shadows near the slope of Changwei, and there were obviously ambushes.

The reinforcement commander was overjoyed in his heart, relieved by his caution, and looked at the blazing western camp to the south, and he decided to march carefully, and not to rush.

The large camp in the west is heavily guarded, with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses stationed, and many young and strong, and they are ready to defend tonight, and even if the enemy army attacks, it will not be able to attack the camp in a hurry, and even if it is attacked, the officers and soldiers will be outnumbered, and they will never be left behind.

So, just wait a while!

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In the western camp, the fire was as bright as day, the camp was full of corpses, and the defeated officers and soldiers fled from the dilapidated camp and fled into the dark wilderness, followed by the Anzhou cavalry.

The defenders of the western camp have been on guard against an enemy attack tonight, so when the enemy really attacked, they immediately counterattacked, and the reinforcements sent by the Chinese army battalion in the north also arrived quickly.

Seeing that there was no opportunity for the attacking enemy, they quickly retreated, and the direction of the large camp in the south also ignited fires, and the explosions came and went, and the reinforcements did not enter the western camp, but directly bypassed the camp and marched to the south.

As a result, not far from going out, he was ambushed, the battle was very fierce, and the commander of the western camp saw that the friendly army was ambushed, and quickly opened the camp gate and led the troops to rush out for reinforcements, and everything was over.

The reinforcements were attacked falsely, and the supporting army was also false, and the defeated enemy army was also defeated.

The soldiers and horses out of the camp were soon ambushed, and the elite of the enemy army was not afraid of death, regardless of casualties, forced to storm the camp, and even the follow-up archers ignored the melee of the soldiers on both sides and fired arrows directly into the crowd.

The elite of the enemy army, like mad dogs, soon broke through the interception of the officers and troops, rushed to the camp and set fire everywhere, and then a large number of enemy troops poured in, and tens of thousands of defenders of the western camp collapsed.

Then it became the target of cavalry pursuit.

In the corner of the camp, Yang Su, who had several arrows in his armor, sat on a corpse and gasped, he was no longer the blood and strength of the year, and he was a little tired after a white-knuckle battle, and he needed to rest.

As the initiator of tonight's night attack, Yang Su made some careful arrangements, and then took a few troops and led his personally trained Yuzhou troops as the vanguard to launch an attack on the enemy camp.

More than half of the casualties, in exchange for his own quick attack on the enemy camp, he was almost killed by random arrows.

Yang Su is not afraid at all, because he has the obsession of resurrection and the certainty of victory.

The enemy's strength is more than 100,000, and the garrison of the hanging gourd plus the young and strong are barely more than 10,000, and the strength is ten to one, which seems to be unstoppable, but the opponent has divided the troops: four large battalions in the east, south, west, and north, and the strength is divided into four parts.

The strength of a single battalion is at most more than 40,000, and the ratio of the strength of the garrison is about four to one.

Then he built a long fence and dug a trench, thinking that by forming a snake situation in the mountains, he would be able to keep the battalions safe, and at night he thought of nesting in the camp and waiting for help, like a flock of lambs.

Yang Su resorted to a suspicious plan and sent a small team to attack and harass the east camp and the south camp respectively, and only a few hundred people were used to make the other party unable to hold on.

So the reinforcements on the south side of Xizhai were cut off.

Send more than 100 people to take the scarecrow as suspicious soldiers, and stop the reinforcements from the north camp, leaving a lonely west camp, and some of the defenders were used by him to earn out of the camp, so what's the use of having more people?

With 2,000 troops, I can defeat you bunch of rubbish!!

The sound of footsteps started, Yang Su turned his head to look, and saw a group of soldiers coming this way, and the first person pressed the knife forward, and the firelight was reflected on his face, flickering and dimming.

"The King." Yang Su got up and saluted, Xiyang Wang Yuwen Wen approached, stopped and stood, looked at the fire and mess all around, and nodded with satisfaction: "Yang Yuanjun, this battle is good." ”

"The king has an overreputation, and it is really a matter of duty for the lower officials to kill the enemy for the country."

Yu Wenwen didn't say anything, looked at the rather lively Nanying in the distance to the south, and then looked at the Beiying in the north, where there was no movement, and suddenly sneered: "What is the snake of Changshan, the widow originally thought it was a big python, but it turned out to be a grass flower snake." ”

"The snake of Changshan is full of suspicions, so it is easy for others to take advantage of it...."Yang Su said this, and suddenly lowered his voice: "King, what should I do with the captives?" ”

"There is a shortage of food in the city."

"Xiaguan understands."

Yuwen Wen turned his head to look at Yang Su, and asked with a smile: "What does Yang Yuanjun understand?" ”

"Let the prisoners go, and mess with their troops."

"This is an enemy..."

Yang Su's one-eyed light flashed under the firelight: "In today's situation, it is better to release people than to kill people." ”