Chapter 49: Night Attack
It's already the third watch, the sentry of the Qing army is not lazy, and still sticks to their posts, it can be seen that this is a disciplined team, and it is not unreasonable for Ma Shanbao to be appreciated by Ulantai as a Han man with no background.
In front there were two sentries lined up on the mountainside. Xiao Chaogui made a throat-cutting gesture, and Li Lin and the two detoured behind the sentry on the left, one covered his mouth, and the other hugged his legs to solve the sentry; Chen Yucheng and the three of them also dealt with the sentry on the right in this way.
Everyone was about to move forward, but Yang Xiaoshan stopped them in time. He pointed to the top of the tree more than ten meters in front of him with his hand. Everyone looked at his fingers and broke out in a cold sweat. There is a man leaning against the trunk of this tree, which is the dark whistle here. The secret post of Yang Xiaoshan's team once let go of the deserters, and later Luo Xuan also paid close attention to the secret post discipline for a while. Therefore, when Yang Xiaoshan came here, he paid special attention to the direction of the secret whistle, and he really discovered it.
Yang Xiaoshan and the others were really lucky, this dark whistle may have been on the tree for too long, and seemed to be leaning on the trunk and dozing off. If he was awake, he would definitely sound the alarm, then this sneak attack of theirs would have been exposed, and the consequences would have been unimaginable.
"Chengfu, it's up to you." Chen Yucheng greeted a young man next to him, his name was Liang Chengfu. The young man looked thin and not tall, but his gaze was extremely energetic, like a searchlight. I saw him say "okay", took out a dart from his arms, crossed the fingers of both hands and moved his muscles, squinted his eyes and gestured twice at the dark whistle on the tree, and then raised his right hand and whispered in his mouth: "Medium!" The dart flew out of his hand like lightning, sending a cold light through the air and piercing the throat of the dark whistle with great precision.
The Dark Sentinel didn't even scream, and he fell straight from the tree with a whimper.
Everyone else looked at this guy with surprise eyes, stretched out their thumbs, and secretly admired it in their hearts. Liang Chengfu also scratched his head embarrassedly, "I'm ugly, I didn't eat when I was a child, and I often used darts to play with birds and look for food." ”
The seven of them successfully arrived at the camp of the Qing army, solved the guards at the gate of the camp in the same way, and blew out the lamp at the entrance of the camp.
"Everyone took off their shirts, put on the hat of the Qing Demon, and when they entered the barracks, they cut off the people who were wearing clothes. Li Kaifang and Lin Fengxiang, you go to the left camp, Chen Yucheng and the three of you go to the right camp, Xiaoshan, you and I go directly to the barracks of the leader of the middle camp and kill their leaders first. Do you all understand? Xiao Chaogui whispered before entering the enemy camp and made the final arrangements.
"Understood." Everyone agreed. They have shown a single knife, which is the Qing army's matching knife, and using this to cut people is misleading to the enemy.
Yang Xiaoshan followed Xiao Chaogui, the two of them bent on their waists, and only rushed to the highest barracks in the middle, if he was still a little nervous before, Xiaoshan was no longer nervous at this time, anyway, they were all here, and their lives had already been given up. Fortunately, the light here is too dim, and you can't see each other's appearance clearly within a meter, and you can only see each other's clothes vaguely, which is extremely beneficial to this night attack.
The two secretly entered the door and looked at the room layout, which was indeed the residence of the commander of the Qing army. There are several cases in the middle of the room, and there are small frames with military orders and various inkstones on the desks, which are the places where the chief gives orders.
Xiao Chaogui found the bed on the right side of the barracks, and slashed according to the quilt. The quilt was immediately stirred to pieces, but no screams were made.
"It's broken! The leader of the Qing army is not here. Xiao Chaogui and Yang Xiaoshan's hearts suddenly cooled, a sneak attack is to catch the other party off guard, the leader is dead, the enemy army is difficult to organize again, and it is basically lost, but if he does not die and is stabilized by him, it is difficult to say whether he will win or lose, after all, there are only seven of them, and the Qing army has a team of 1,000 people.
Xiao Chaogui immediately retreated with Yang Xiaoshan, "It should be around here, let's hurry up and find it." ”
As soon as the two of them withdrew, a group of people came to the gate of the Qing army camp, led by Ma Shanbao, the chief of staff. This Ma Shanbao is a very sensitive person, he wakes up at night and is always anxious, and always feels an inexplicable danger, which is a general's intuition.
This dangerous instinct kept him awake and led four guards around the camp. After a round of inspections, nothing unusual was found, and when I returned to the camp gate, I found that the lamp at the camp gate was missing, and the two guards guarding the gate were nowhere to be found, knowing that something was wrong.
Ma Shanbao is preparing to enter the camp and organize a team investigation. When I looked up, I saw Xiao Chaogui and Yang Xiaoshan holding knives and coming straight towards him, "There is an enemy stealing the camp!" Ma Shanbao immediately shouted.
It's a pity that it's too late, Li Kaifang and they have already started, and the camp of the Qing army keeps screaming.
"There's a mole!"
"We've been attacked!"
"Your own people, why did you cut me?"
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The Qing army has become a pot of porridge, all panicked, bursts of screams made the Qing army everyone in danger, because they can't distinguish between friend and foe, so as long as they see the opposite person with weapons, they will kill each other desperately, and everyone is afraid of becoming a ghost who has died unjustly.
Because the camp kept dying, it became a slaughterhouse. Many more broke through the fence and fled for their lives outside the camp, fleeing the place of death. But the light outside was too dark, and many people panicked and pushed each other, and a large number of people were squeezed off the cliff, some fell under the mountain, and some fell into the deep pool. There are countless people who have fallen to their deaths and drowned. Even so, the Qing army was still crowding the path down the mountain, and the screams from trampling on each other were endless.
Xiao Chaogui stared at Ma Shanbao, he saw the red top on Ma Shanbao's head, and knew that the person in front of him was the leader of the Qing army. He knew that he had to keep an eye on this man, and that he could not be separated to reorganize the enemy army, which had become a mess.
"Xiaoshan, you take care of my back." Xiao Chaogui greeted Yang Xiaoshan and went straight to Ma Shanbao.
I saw Xiao Chaogui kick the lamp of the guard in front of Pegasus Shanbao, and raise his knife to kill this guy who was in the way. Ma Shanbao was not a fierce general, he did not panic, and immediately pulled out his saber to meet Xiao Chaogui. The other three guards also surrounded Xiao Yang and the two in a circle. Xiao Chaogui and Yang Xiaoshan were back to back, raising knives to protect each other's backs.
Xiao Chaogui attacked Ma Shanbao vigorously, forcing him out of the camp first, preventing him from entering the camp. The situation of the Qing troops fleeing inside and outside the camp shook the morale of the three guards, and Xiao Chaogui and Yang Xiaoshan seized the opportunity to kill two, and the other one threw away his weapon and ran away when he saw that the situation was not good, only Ma Shanbao was still stubbornly stumbling.
At this time, the situation reversed, and Xiao Yang and the two who were surrounded just now became Xiao Yang and the two surrounded Ma Shanbao.
Ma Shanbao knew that the situation was not good for him, but he still did not run away, but kept cursing "bandits" in his mouth, frantically brandishing his saber, and slashing at Xiao Chaogui with his head and face, almost all of them were life-for-life moves. Xiao Chaogui didn't get used to his style of play all of a sudden, if it wasn't for Yang Xiaoshan blocking a few knives for him, he was almost injured by Ma Shanbao.
The three of them fought and attacked each other, and they reached the edge of the cliff after fighting.
Although Ma Shanbao is brave, Xiao Yang and the others are not vegetarians. He had been wounded in several places, and blood was pouring out of his wounds. Ma Shanbao knew that he was in danger, his eyes flashed with viciousness and despair, and he shouted: "Lao Tzu fought with you!" He slammed him away with the knife facing Yang Xiaoshan on his back, looked back and pounced, and led Xiao Chaogui down the cliff together, he had already seen that Xiao Chaogui should be the head of the Taiping army's night attack, and planned to exchange his life for his life.
"Ahh Yang Xiaoshan exclaimed, he didn't expect this leader of the Qing army to be so fierce, and Xiao Chaoguizhen was taken off the cliff by him. Is it difficult that Xiao Chaogui died here? It's impossible, history isn't like this, shouldn't he die so soon, stumped that he has changed history?
Yang Xiaoshan sat on the ground in a daze, things came too suddenly, he didn't react at all, what was going on?
"Xiaoshan, save me!" Xiao Chaogui's cry for help came from the edge of the cliff, it turned out that Xiao Chaogui grabbed the branch that emerged from the edge of the cliff and did not fall, which was really lucky.
"Xiao Junshi!" Yang Xiaoshan heard Xiao Chaogui's call for help, climbed to the edge of the cliff and saw this scene, "I'm here to save you!" Yang Xiaoshan turned around and came back, ready to save Xiao Chaogui.
Suddenly, an evil thought rose from Yang Xiaoshan's heart, whether to ignore him, in this kind of place, even a man who is beaten by iron will be unable to fall sooner or later. If Xiao Chaogui died, would Hong Xuanjiao love herself, anyway, she was already her own person, and there would be no obstacle between the two of Xiao Chaogui if he died.
But he quickly drove away this thought, Yang Xiaoshan's essence is kind, he doesn't want to use such despicable means to get Hong Xuanjiao, he is already sorry for her, he can't do anything sorry for her anymore, it's too villainous.
Yang Xiaoshan took off the clothes of the dead Qing soldiers, rolled them into long strips of cloth and fastened them with a dead knot, tied one end of the long strip of cloth around his waist, and put the other end under the cliff: "Master Xiao, hold on, I'll drag you up." ”
Yang Xiaoshan's feet were against a big stone, his body fell to the ground, and he pulled Xiao Chaogui up little by little.
Xiao Chaogui was finally pulled to the top of the cliff, grabbed the long cloth strip with one hand, and held the cliff wall with the other, and finally climbed up. At this moment, he was already weak in all fours, lying on the ground panting, and thanked in his mouth: "Good brother, if it weren't for you, I would be finished, and I owe you a life this time." ”
Yang Xiaoshan also ran out of strength, leaned on the stone tiredly, panted and said, "What's polite, this is all as it should be." The Qing army has collapsed, and it's time for us to signal the outline. ”
Xiao Chaogui immediately got up when he heard this, "Yes, hurry up and send a signal." I've ordered all the camp tents of the Qing Demon! ”
Luo Xuan, who had been waiting for news outside the pass for a long time, saw the tent of the Qing army camp lit on the other side of the mountain, and immediately ordered the Taiping army to kill the Liangshan Pass. This time, the Taiping army attacked very quickly, and the sound of killing shook the sky. The people in front of them have prepared ladders, ready to climb the wall of the Qing army and open the gate.
"Boom, boom!" The cannon of the Qing army at the pass sounded, and there were still 200 Qing troops left to defend the pass, and a garrison led by the Qing army commanded the pass to attack the Taiping army. "Fire the cannons, fire the arrows!" Even if there is a problem in the camp, this garrison is still sticking to his post, which is really a rare elite division of the Qing army.
The Taiping army stagnated, and the shadow of the loss suffered here before shrouded in the hearts of the Taiping soldiers, who were once bitten by snakes for ten years and were afraid of the well rope, and in addition to the absence of the main generals, the former army that has always been heroic does not seem to be enough, and several times rushed to the pass to set up a ladder, and was beaten back. I just can't rush through this pass.
Luo Outline saw that the situation was not right, and hurriedly replaced another team of people to rush up, who knew that he still couldn't rush down, so angry that Luo Outline was about to go up and take the lead in rushing, but was stopped by the guards next to him, "Master Luo, you can't do it brutally, you are the only commander here, if you are in danger, the whole army will be pulled randomly!" ”
Xiao Chaogui and the seven people were anxious on the mountain, they didn't expect this group of Qing troops to be so tenacious, most of the Qing troops in the camp were scattered, and the small Qing army at the pass was still defending it. I thought that this pass would be broken as soon as it was rushed, but it still couldn't be taken down for a long time.
"What are you doing with this Luo outline? Can't take this down? Xiao Chaogui was so angry that he stomped his feet on the mountain and scolded his mother.
"We have no one here who will fire artillery, there is a cannon in front of the hill camp, we are in a high place, as long as the muzzle of the cannon is turned over and they are bombarded, this battle can still be won!" Yang Xiaoshan had an idea. This cannon was originally left in the camp by Ma Shanbao for backup, but he didn't expect to cheapen them at this time.
"Crooked cannon, you go and try." Lan Chengchun was recruited by Chen Yucheng from Wuxuan, and he was also brought over by Chen Yucheng this time. He is nicknamed Crooked Cannon, he is tall and strong, full of tendon flesh, and can operate cannons, but the hit rate is too low, so he calls him Crooked Cannon.
"I'll try, but there's no guarantee that I'll hit it." Lan Chengchun scratched his head, adjusted the muzzle, picked up a cannonball with both hands and stuffed it into the muzzle. This young man really has a bullish spirit, and these hundreds of pounds of cannons are like playing in his hands.
"Boom!" One shot.
"Hey, where is this crooked." Everyone was still holding on to hope just now, but when they saw that this cannon was too far from the pass, it was really crooked, and the hope of hitting it looked very slim.
"I'll try again! Just now this is called a test gun. Lan Chengchun adjusted the lower angle again.
"Boom!" The shells fired again, this time a little closer, but unfortunately still a little farther away.
"Crooked cannon, there's the last shot, aim point!" Chen Yucheng couldn't hold back his anger, this person was brought by him, and he couldn't hit his face and didn't shine.
"Almost, this time it's definitely right." Lan Chengchun pressed the muzzle of the cannon down.
At this time, everyone is no longer hopeful, anyway, a dead horse is a live horse doctor, and this cannon is left to fate.
"Boom!" The last shell whizzed out of the chamber.
"Oops! It's a pity, just a little bit. "The crowd followed the prestige, and the shell landed a little behind the pass, and almost hit.
Just when everyone was shouting that it was a pity, an accident appeared, although Lan Chengchun's cannon did not hit the pass, but the effect was better, because he hit the Qing army's artillery magazine. The earth-shattering explosion rose from the ground, the wall of the Liangshan Pass collapsed, and the gate of the wall was also blown through. The Qing troops defending the pass were either killed or wounded, and no one expected that there would be shells coming from their camp.
"Rush!" Luo Xuan saw the opportunity to win, and at this time, the pass could no longer stop the tide of the Taiping army, and was finally taken by the soldiers in one fell swoop.