Since Wang Maozhang, Guo Chongtao and others already had precautions in their hearts, they would naturally act cautiously.

That night, the Wu army left 5,000 men to garrison the camp they had just captured, and at the same time intensified their patrols, and the patrols everywhere were doubled than usual.

The main force of the Wu army led by Wang Maozhang was also stationed not far from this camp, and remained on alert to rescue the camp ahead at any time.

It stands to reason that under such strict precautions, even if the enemy forces want to launch a counterattack at night, there is no possibility of success.

However, that night, when the whole Wu army was on guard to prevent the enemy from attacking suddenly, a raging fire suddenly broke out in the camp that had just been occupied today, and then many shouts of killing sounded, obviously someone was taking the opportunity to create chaos.

Immediately afterwards, a large group of Liang troops took advantage of the night to launch a fierce attack on the camp, and in the night, the unprepared Wu army did not know how many enemy troops were coming; Coupled with the chaos in the camp, the resistance of the Wu army was relatively scattered and could not effectively launch a counterattack.

The attacking Liang army, with the cooperation of the Liang army in the camp, quickly broke through the camp and attacked.

In the rear, hearing the shocking changes in front of them, Wang Maozhang and the others immediately couldn't sit still.

With such strict precautions, it was still attacked by the enemy, and it could be felt from the voice coming from the front that the situation was obviously extremely unfavorable to the Wu army.

"No, you can't sit like this, there are five thousand brothers there, we can't give them up! General, the last general asks for orders to lead troops to reinforcements! Zhu Qianyou asked with a worried face.

The soldiers stationed in the camp in front of him happened to be his direct army, and many of them were veterans who had followed him for many years, and if he was damaged, he would not be happy in his heart.

Wang Maozhang hesitated in his heart, shook his head and replied: "The enemy army attacked at night, and we don't know how many troops were mobilized; Blind to the rescue, I'm afraid that even the reinforcements will fall in! Let's take a look first! ”

"General, the situation is urgent, we can't wait any longer!" Zhu Qianyou became anxious.

Chai Zaiyong and other generals were also anxious, because the situation ahead was indeed not optimistic.

At first, it was only a fire and confusion in the camp, but after only a few moments, judging by the sounds, the enemy should have stormed the camp.

If it is delayed any longer, I am afraid that most of the five thousand brothers will be lost.

Wang Maozhang looked at the generals, bowed his head and muttered for a moment, and then made up his mind: "That's it, this time the general should personally lead the troops forward, and he will definitely save our troops in the camp safely!" ”

"The general can't, as the commander-in-chief, can the general really take risks in person? Let the last general do it for you! Zhu Qianyou asked.

Chai Zaiyong and other generals also dissuaded him, hoping to lead the troops to rescue instead of Wang Maozhang.

"You don't have to quarrel, saving people is like fighting a fire, time waits for no one! Ben personally led the troops to the rescue; Firewood is used again, you command the rear army, ready for further support at any time! Wang Maozhang took out the majesty of the coach and ordered directly.

Seeing this, the generals did not dare to quarrel anymore, so they had to bow down and obey orders.

At this time, Guo Chongtao, who had not spoken out just now, stood up and said: "General, I thought that the general would inevitably be ambushed for this rescue. ”

Wang Maozhang's heart sank, and then asked: "Is there a way for Guo to join the army?" ”

His thoughts were similar to Guo Chongtao's, tonight the enemy army suddenly launched a counterattack and broke through the camp in one fell swoop by unknown means, in this case, the enemy army would definitely expect the Wu army to send reinforcements, so the Liang army would inevitably send troops to ambush.

If Kou Yanqing can't even think of this simple question, then he is not worthy of the title of "famous general".

It was precisely because they realized that the enemy army might have reinforcements, so the generals did not want Wang Maozhang to take the risk himself; But Wang Maozhang has always been accustomed to taking the lead, and now where is he willing to stay in the rear and let his generals go on adventures.

Of course, even if it was expected that the enemy army might have ambush troops, the generals still had to send troops to rescue, because this was not only related to the lives of the 5,000 soldiers who were surrounded by the enemy in the camp ahead, but also related to the morale and cohesion of the Wu army.

If the soldiers in front are surrounded, and the main force in the rear sits idly by for fear of being ambushed, it will obviously make people feel chilled.

At this time, in the face of Wang Maozhang's question, Guo Chongtao said with a serious expression: "There is a way that may succeed, and that is to divide the troops!" ”

He quickly explained his method to Wang Maozhang, which attracted the latter's approval again and again, and the generals were also happy, obviously excited by Guo Chongtao's proposal.

Soon, the army that was ready to go to the rescue was ready, a total of 10,000 troops.

Wang Maozhang ordered the army to be divided into two parts, the first part was only 3,000 people, but each person held torches, and tried to make the noise as great as possible, making people think that there were many troops; The latter part was the opposite, and although there were 7,000 troops, the soldiers died down and marched quietly to disguise their movements.

In this way, the two parts of the soldiers rushed to the camp that had been attacked by the enemy.

Halfway through, the part of the Wu army that walked in front was indeed ambushed by the Liang army; Fortunately, first, they were prepared in their hearts, and secondly, they knew that there was still a friendly army in the rear, so they did not feel panicked, but calmly lined up to meet the enemy.

And Wang Maozhang, who was in the back part, immediately led the rear army to meet the ambush at the front.

In this way, the ambush of the Liang army turned into a melee at night.

At this time, in the camp of the Wu army, which was raided, the panicked soldiers of the Wu army were in chaos after all, and they were quickly attacked by the enemy, although they resolutely resisted, it was difficult to block the fierce offensive of the Liang army.

It didn't take long for the Liang army to completely defeat the Wu army, which was still resisting.

At this time, the camp was full of Liang troops, and the general trend of the Wu army had gone, and it was impossible to hold the camp any longer; The commander Wu Qun immediately ordered to evacuate.

However, under the pursuit of the Liang army, the Wu army, which had been evacuated in a panic, further became a rout.

Fortunately, at this time, Wang Maozhang led the army to respond, and many of these routs successfully joined the reinforcements.

After Wang Maozhang engaged the Liang army, Chai Zaiyong gathered troops in the rear and prepared the whole army to attack and engage the enemy.

Fortunately, at this time, Liang Jun may have realized that it would be difficult to take advantage of the fight tonight, so he did not entangle with Wang Maozhang much and retreated.

On the Wu side, Wang Maozhang was also reluctant to engage the enemy in the absence of an unknown enemy situation, so after the Liang army left, he also led his troops back to the main camp.

After returning to the camp, whether it was Wang Maozhang, Chai Zayong, or other generals, their faces were extremely unsightly.

The defeat tonight was a little inexplicable, and no one knew how the enemy had managed to sneak into the camp ahead.

You must know that the military discipline of the Wu army is very strict, and there are a lot of patrols in various places, and in the reinforcement tonight, he specially issued an order that all units must strictly guard against the enemy's sneak attack, and in this case, the enemy army should not have a chance to blend into the camp.

Even the enemy army could not even get close to the Wu army camp without alarming the Wu army patrol team.

However, what was considered impossible was done by Kou Yanqing, so the generals were in a bad mood.

After summoning the defeated soldiers who had been rescued back to question, the generals' hearts were even more strange.

"Although the soldiers took strict precautions outside the camp and inspected them very strictly, the enemy army seemed to suddenly appear in the camp, they set fire everywhere to create chaos, and then raided from the rear to meet the Liang army outside, which broke through the camp in a short time and killed in!" The commander caused Wu Qun to suffer a slight injury, and when he faced the generals' inquiries, he replied with a ashamed face.

"According to you, could it be that the enemy flew in?" Zhu Qianyou's face was not good-looking, and he asked coldly.

"Yes, the enemy did fly in!" At this time, a person next to him said solemnly.

The others all looked at the man with surprise on their faces, but saw that the person was Guo Chongtao.

"Guo Senjun, what do you mean by that? How could enemy troops fly in? If you don't have wings, how can you fly? Wang Maozhang said unhappily.

Guo Chongtao replied with a wry smile: "The enemy army did not fly in from the sky, but from the ground!" ”

"From underground? Guo joined the army to say that the enemy army dug tunnels? Only then did the generals suddenly realize.

They are all smart people, and when Guo Chongtao reminded them like this, they immediately understood that the reason for tonight's defeat was that the enemy army was digging tunnels.

Of course, the enemy obviously did not dig a temporary tunnel, but had dug a tunnel from the outside of the camp to the inside of the camp, but it was not completely dug through, or it was dug and covered with wooden planks or something.

Then, in the process of engaging the Wu army, the Liang army deliberately allowed the Wu army to seize the camp, and controlled the time so that the Wu army captured the camp when it was about to get dark.

At that time, it was almost dark, and it was too late to build another camp temporarily, and the most suitable place to build a camp near here was also the camp they had just captured, so in order to save trouble, Wu Jun naturally took this camp of the Liang army as his station.

And also because it was dark, and the tunnel was covered, and the camp was large, it was difficult for the Wu army to check all the positions, so naturally the existence of the tunnel could not be found.

At night, the Liang army could unknowingly send a large number of Liang troops into the Wu army's camp through the tunnels, so as to set fire everywhere, create chaos, and respond to the Liang army outside.

After all, the focus of the Wu army's defense was outside the camp, and the Wu army in the camp was hurrying to rest after a day of fierce fighting to deal with the next day's battle, so they didn't notice it before the Liang army suddenly launched.

After figuring out the whole process, all the generals did not look good, and Wang Maozhang even sighed: "People say that Kou Yanqing is brave and strategic, and today's battle is indeed not a waste of fame!" ”