The faint rumbling sound, and the sound of the thunderbolt and the screams like a storm, tore the silence of the night sky in an instant,

"Night attack, huh."

I stroked the female body next to me a little sleepy, and motioned for her to lie down again and put on a more comfortable position.

"It doesn't matter."

"If you want to say that this army is the most accustomed to, or the least to worry about, is the night attack."

"Let's go ahead and put it."

And in the misty moonlit night, there was still a dark red fire outside the camp, which was a mine stepped on by the attackers, and between the splashing of lightning and flint and the explosion of human figures, it also pointed out the direction of radiation and sniping to the garrison soldiers standing by behind the watchtower and the barricade.

"Hold your place, and don't move where you are."

In the midst of the screaming of whistles and the sound of passwords one after another, all kinds of strategies and rules for the immediac correspondence have become daily training habits and natural reactions between short and short runs.

"The observation ship has sent a signal."

"The projectile is ready."

"Twenty-three in the front corner."

"No. 5 standard fire oil bomb. Put... ”

"Prepare for the trumpet Flying Fire Mine, press the white flame ball head illuminated at night."

More than a dozen bright fireballs flew out of the camp in an instant, cut through a zigzag parabola and crashed heavily on the dark outer ground. The blazing firelight that cracked and splattered illuminated the ups and downs, the trenches and the rejection of horses, as well as the large figures and movements that ran and shuttled in the process.

Some of the figures were lying on the ground and not moving, some were still rolling and squirming and struggling forward, some were still supporting each other and trying to retreat, but more black shadows rushed forward to drown them, and then they were hit by the continuous stacking volleys of fire, and became cascading obstacles and stepping feet.

However, among these scattered figures, there was a sudden buzzing sound similar to a buzz, and then many specks of reflected fire splashed on the barracks, and suddenly there were muffled grunts and cries of pain, and the soldiers behind the barricades also began to suffer casualties this time.

Then, as more fire oil bombs used to guide the direction of the attack exploded and burned one after another on the periphery, the revolver guns originally set up on the guard tower and the fortress also began to spew out hundreds of fan lead and iron slag in a short and rapid sound of clattering and clattering;

Then a variety of long and short beads and scattered small cannons joined the great ensemble of firearms; Finally, the continuous explosion of the rhythm and rhythm of the platoon mechanism gradually overwhelmed most of the uneven sounds and movements in the night sky.

By daybreak, all that could be seen was a bleak sight of corpses strewn outside the camp, full of craters of varying depths and bloody corpses, severed limbs, and piles of prostrate enemies lying on their sides between trenches, horses, and earthen ramparts after the mines had exploded.

The blood that gathered from this even gathered into a large and small pool of blood in the low recess, and a lingering heavy smell of rust diffused in front of the camp.

Most of them were blocked by waist-length barbed wire within twenty or thirty paces, and they had no choice but to become a living target on the opposite side.

Then only a few were scattered within the last distance of the barbed wire fence to the outer breastwork, and yet their condition was even more miserable; Under the combined coverage of the close-range shots, dense iron bullets, and thrown explosive bombs, it is almost the result of being incompletely skinless and inhuman.

However, in this light and cheerful atmosphere, there are also not so harmonious noises and atmospheres.

In the corner of the Huai Army's left flank joint camp, a battalion officer and general also had a blue face, following behind the frosty soldiers and horses of the headquarters, glaring fiercely at a group of subordinates who looked a little smoky and bloodstained.

And on the barricades and barracks not far from them, several large openings that had been seriously damaged and rushed open were like invisible mockery with grinning mouths, and the soldiers stationed in this outlying camp all had heavy expressions and dull faces.

Because it was the defenders in this camp who fell into the enemy's repeated tricks in the sneak attack last night, and the enemy broke through the defense line and rushed in and made a big fuss;

Or maybe they're a little unlucky or quite unlucky. For the enemy they were confronted did not rush directly into battle as in other directions, but used many large cattle to kick through the outermost mines and ropes, and at the same time to attract fire from behind the wall, they filled in the trenches and repelled the horses, and when the battalion found that the target was not right, they ordered a short moment of suspension of the concentration of fire and the preparation of the spot, and a moment of slackening to confirm the target.

Then the enemy light soldiers who really held the short blades followed up and suddenly covered up in a big way, and suddenly hit the earth fortifications, and the guns behind the fortifications were all taken by surprise, resulting in many of them being broken through in hand-to-hand combat and hand-to-hand combat, and even being separated and having to fight on their own.

Although in the end, it relied on a group of veterans to shout and assemble, shoulder to shoulder, foot by foot, and spur, lined up in a wall of white blades to contain and counterattack, only to expel and kill the enemy who rushed in again.

But the corresponding consequences and mistakes have already been done; Although the casualties and losses inflicted were relatively insignificant and rather limited in the whole, they succeeded in causing temporary confusion and change of hands in some of the extended positions, as well as affecting the positioning and disposition of adjacent camps.

Compared with the reaction and performance in the other garrison camps this night, this is undoubtedly an embarrassing and humiliating thing. This is especially true for the units to which their battalion belongs.

This time, the First Army of the Beiping Governor's Mansion (the main formation formed by the left army of the former imperial camp), as well as the third army (the right guard army of the front battalion) and the fourth army (the former model rear army) were added and strengthened.

It can be said that because of their respective performances and events, in addition to the First Army,. The Third Army and the Fourth Army were holding back their strength and wanted to work hard to show and make achievements in this campaign to conquer Pinglu;

can directly or indirectly wash away the former, as a returning army accepted by Huaizhen regardless of the previous suspicions, but once again out of the commander Zhao Bingyuan, an ungrateful traitor, and the rest of the party; and the latter, both of whom were rebuilt by Huaizhen, but were held hostage by the imperial court at a critical moment, and sat idly by and watched the events in Jiangning with all kinds of shame and negative reputations.

But I didn't expect that this battalion, which had been newly replenished by the Third Army, would once again lose such a small face before the battle.

"You're so nice."

The third-order soldier and horse eunuch scanned everyone with a voice that hated iron but not steel

"They all made people attack the camp at night."

"Although you are a new battalion, the foundation of veterans and non-commissioned officers is still there."

"Why didn't it work in time? And we can only remedy it after the fact."

"It seems that your mastery of the corporal is really disappointing."

"Isn't it because your daily behavior is all fooled around?"

"From top to bottom, we must immediately reflect and submit a summary, and accept the investigation of military justice and internal affairs on the spot."

"The subordinates are to blame and are willing to be punished."

The battalion generals and colonels on the left responded in unison.

"I hope they will give me a chance to repay the shame."

"See Vice President Wu."

At this moment, a military general who was hugging each other walked in, interrupted their lecture, and turned back to salute the visitor.

"No need to be polite, I'm just here to see how the soldiers are doing."

Wu Li, the official and deputy commander of the authority, said solemnly,

"By the way, I would like to explain a few extra words from the bottom of my heart."

Then he turned to the assembled soldiers and shouted

"That's a lot of morale."

"It's a good thing to be able to be ashamed of it."

"But it's even more important to keep a normal heart."

"You can't lose your sense of proportion because of the restlessness of momentary gains and losses."

"Even the rush to achieve merit and the rush to perform will cause even worse consequences and losses."

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After the sky is completely transparent, the Yacheng of Youzhou is the location of the Jiedu envoy and the governor's mansion.

"So, the operation of the Nandu night attack has basically failed?"

Metropolitan Governor Han Zhongyan was also expressionless to accept the report of his subordinates.

"The six-way strange soldiers who crossed the Sangganshui finally escaped only one way."

"According to his words, he is called a thief, with sharp firearms and good use of traps."

"The alarm was triggered before it was still infiltrating, and it was scattered with firearms."

"Whoever chases is like a lightning strike, and a secret shot is like a gale. Those who touch it are all rotten and festering. ”

"It's because the people who are in the battle are too tired to enter."

"Only this last way to escape is to break through to the enemy camp."

"However, when there are many enemies, they can only retreat miserably."

It's just that such a setback and blow didn't seem to be able to move Han Zhongyan, who was the governor of the capital; Or rather, these smuggling camps that were sent out were themselves pawns used to throw stones and ask for directions; It basically concentrates the remnants of those in the army who are not satisfied with the status quo, or the radical agitators who underestimate the enemy, or those who have been suppressed and are eager to show their sins;

Therefore, it is of course one thing to be able to test out the reality of the Huai Army, and on the other hand, it is to use this as a reference to unite the remaining generals more closely around themselves.

So, at the moment, he was more concerned with something else.

"What is the situation and reply from the support from behind the mountain?"

After all, compared with the concentration of most of the money, grain, taxes and population of the sixteen states of Pinglu Dao, the former seven states such as You, Ji, Ying, Mo, Zhuo, Tan and Shunshan located in the Taihang branch and the southeast foot of Yanshan Mountain;

Located in the northwest of the mountain range, Yasango Kyushu is home to the main horse-producing and mineral resources of the Pinglu Province, as well as a large number of mountain and wild people who live in the mountains and hills, and are persevering and good at shooting and fighting.

Among them, the land of several states is also the basic plate of Han Zhongyan's beginnings and the vassal forces that have an impression, so it is still relatively handy to get up.

"Back to the governor, Yingzhou Town (now Chaoyang, Liaoning) Fei Town said that there are changes in southern Liaoning."

"More than a dozen people from the banners of the Andong Domains have taken the initiative to cross the line of the Xiaoqing River."

"The Yingzhou region is preparing for the enemy, so it can only send two thousand Liulin light horsemen to the south."

"In addition, Yingzhou (now Yingxian County, Shanxi) and Huanzhou (now Shuozhou, Shandong) have already requisitioned 6,000 Yanmen Tun troops and Anbian Yicong 5,000 on the spot, and they have set off three days ago."

"And the Datong regiment of Yunzhou (now Datong, Shanxi) trained 10,000 soldiers, and the Mayi clan of Shuozhou (now Shuozhou, Shanxi) rode 4,000, and they were also on the road to the front of the mountain under the starry night."

"The defense envoy of Fuzhou (now Huailai, Hebei) said that the local soldiers were outnumbered, and before the loss, there were 40,000 stones of variegated rice and grain and 6,000 cattle to be used before the army.

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With this piece of news and feedback from the back of the mountain, Han Zhongyan's expression finally loosened, and the faces of the generals under the hall gradually became better.

However, as the so-called undesirable and unprovoked blessings and misfortunes were unprovoked, the buzz of discussion that immediately began in the hall was interrupted by an abrupt intrusion.

"Report, Jizhou (today's Jinji County) heard the police."

"There is an enemy coming from the sea, and then it will be reckoned with."

"What..."

This news suddenly caused an uproar in the hall. Immediately, there was a military general who was born with strong martial arts and thick sideburns and took the initiative to cheer.

"Please also ask the Governor and me to go and take it back and expel it."

After all, the consequences and effects of the previous fall of Zhigu Village are still vivid; Once these enemies who occupied Zhigu Village cleared the silt and obstacles in the course of the Haihe River, it meant that the story of the warships from the enemy's naval division penetrating deep into the river and shelling and burning the banks was repeated again.

Moreover, compared with the previous time, it was only the result of retreating to Haikou after a short period of rage, this time it was the main army of Huaizhen to echo and shelter the wings, once the term of office was great, the entire eastern part of Youzhou and the coastal states would be unstable and shaken.

However, at this juncture, Han Zhongyan hesitated again; At this moment when the battle to defend Youzhou is about to converge, is it still necessary to allocate valuable mobile forces to ensure and maintain the situation and posture of a flank?

(End of chapter)