Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Night Battle of the Thorny Sun

Under the faint darkness of the night, Ge Bao had already led the army under his command from the Gou clan land to come out of the five miles.

Ma Dalong caught up, originally because of the injury on his back, Ge Bao also did not agree to Ma Dalong to fight with injuries, but Ma Dalong was bent on following, and the front army lacked a leading horseback rider, so Ge Bao agreed to Ma Dalong to follow.

"Brother Leopard, why did you stop?" Ma Dalong saw that Ge Bao ordered the army to stop, and he also turned around and asked.

Ge Bao looked up at the night and said slowly: "When the night darkens, it is the south wind tonight, just enough to suppress our movements, here you see that there is also a dark cloud in the south, and when it is covered by the wind and the moonlight, we will immediately raid the camp of the Shuyang army!" ”

Ma Dalong nodded, and also admired Ge Bao: "Brother Leopard, what a calculation!" ”

However, after glancing at the surrounding soldiers, Ma Dalong asked, "Now let's stop here and wait?" ”

Ge Bao glanced around, shook his head and said: "No, I led the large army to slowly move forward, this is all a plain area, Brother Dalong, you take some people to touch the front, I guess that the official army of Shuyang will definitely put some spies outside, you will sweep the fish eyes two miles in front of me, and when we wait for three miles, our front army will lead people to rush over, and hundreds of iron horsemen will rush over at once, and there must not be much left of these Shuyang officers and soldiers." ”

Hearing this, Ma Dalong got carried away and laughed: "Haha, Lao Tzu must take revenge for the day before yesterday this time!" ”

Ge Bao said with a silent face: "Brother Dalong, go." ”

As soon as Ma Dalong turned his horse, he took a few good-looking bandits and touched it while there was still a little moonlight.

Ge Bao also returned to his original position, looked at the back of Ma Dalong who went to sweep, also nodded, looked up at the moonlight, and estimated the time when the huge black cloud covered the moon, that is, he lowered his head and slowly moved forward with thousands of people and horses on his side.

Two miles, no matter how slow it is, it is only the time of a stick of incense, and at this time it is only three miles away from the military camp of the official army in Shuyang.

Ma Dalong turned back and said to Ge Bao: "Grandma's! Brother Leopard, this group of officers and soldiers don't take us seriously too much, and no one has been arranged to watch us along the way...... Only a few campfires were built two miles outside the barracks, and it seemed that they could not stand the bite of mosquitoes and flies. ”

Hearing this, Ge Bao narrowed his eyes, and then asked deliberately: "There are no traps on the ground?" ”

When Ma Dalong heard this, he also smiled: "Brother Leopard, you are too careful, these officials and soldiers from Shuyang have only been here for two or three hours, and they have been short of manpower to build this military camp, the day before yesterday, they were more than 1,000 young people in Shuyang who dug for more than half a month, what can they do in such a short time?" ”

"Be careful, it's not a big mistake......" Ge Bao said, and then glanced at the direction of the official army camp in Shuyang, where the fire was already faintly visible.

Ma Dahu said: "By the way, Brother Leopard, it is also false to say that those officers and soldiers in Shuyang are defenseless, and the officers and soldiers of Shuyang dug a trench a foot deep in front of their barracks, and it is estimated that they think that this is safe, and there is no defense......

Ge Bao listened to Ma Dalong say: "Hmph! These officers and soldiers in Shuyang can't help but ignore us too much! ”

Ma Dalong saw that this leopard brother was angry, and he also smiled and persuaded him: "Stop, now the moonlight is covered by black clouds, Brother Leopard, I will take the front army to bring a bundle of hay each, fill in a trench in the past, and first set fire to the military camp of the official army in Shuyang!" ”

Hearing this, Ge Bao immediately agreed, and then looked in the direction of the official army camp in Nayang, and said: "It's just three miles, and it only takes twenty breaths for the front army to run over on a chain war horse, even if the chain war horse is not small, presumably these Shuyang officials and soldiers don't even wear leather armor, and under the impact of the chain cavalry, there is not much left of these officers and soldiers back and forth!" ”

Hearing this, Ma Dalong smiled and said: "Lao Tzu is afraid that the movement of the chain cavalry will scare those soft-footed shrimp in Shuyang to death!" ”

Hearing this, Ge Bao shook his head and said to Ma Dalong: "The fifty cavalry of the front army are in a row, one zhang distance from the left and right, and the six rows are pushed over. ”

"Good! Lao Tzu is going to prepare, let these little cubs drink blood well! Ma Dalong nodded in response.

Ge Bao nodded, and then agreed with Ma Dalong: "The night is dark, and it is inconvenient to send messages back and forth, you first let the front army prepare, and after a pillar of incense time, I will raise the fire as a number, and you will lead the front army to sprint towards the military camp of the Shuyang army!" ”

"Good!" Ma Dalong answered, and then said goodbye to Ge Bao, and began to arrange the front army.

In the night, Ge Bao watched Ma Dalong's departing back gradually disappear into the night, and also looked at the firelight in the distance, inexplicably, the eyes of the bandit army leader flashed with a trace of excitement.

Immediately arranged some front and rear formations, Ge Bao was waiting for the information from Ma Dalong's side, half a pillar of incense, Ma Dalong sent someone to send a message over, Ge Bao just pulled out his long sword, and let the left and right ignite the fire!

Ma Dalong saw that Ge Bao's location lit a fire, and he also held Changge high, shouting, "Kill!" ”

He immediately rushed to the camp of the Shuyang Army not far ahead with more than 300 cavalry.

The majesty of the three hundred horses trampled together in front and behind is not an exaggeration to describe the overwhelming sea, and the sound is as continuous as thunder.

Ma Dalong also laughed loudly when he heard the threefold cavalry power that had been suppressed for a long time, and howled "Kill, kill me!" Kill......"

In less than twenty breaths, Ma Dalong led the front army to the front of the Shuyang military camp.

Ma Dalong had already heard the panicked sound in the Shuyang military camp, and the soldiers who didn't even have time to put on leather armor from the barracks fled in the desert.

Ma Dalong was so excited that he threw hay into the trench, which directly broke through the horse barrier on the other side of the trench.

This kind of temporary horse rejection fence is not as thick as the bowl mouth, Ma Dalong saw with his own eyes that this horse rejection fence became a pile of rotten wood under the rampage of the chain war horse.

Ma Dalong saw that he had broken through the periphery of the official army camp in Shuyang, and immediately laughed and said, "Brothers, burn it for Lao Tzu!" Kill Lao Tzu, kill them with a horse for Lao Tzu! ”

As soon as the words fell, Ma Dalong picked up a fire, led the fire directly to the camp tent, and then took the chain war horse directly to the main camp tent, because Ma Dalong knew that the big fish were usually there!

"Kill!" Ma Dalong shouted again and again.

Behind him, Ge Bao was already commanding the rear army to rush over when Ma Dalong launched a charge.

I have to say that the momentum caused by these three hundred war horses is really not small, like thousands of people beating drums at the same time, Ge Bao only felt a slight tinnitus when he heard the war horses running together.

However, this is also extremely powerful, under the deliberate spread of Ma Zhong, the old lady Ma, these ill-informed coerced bandits all think that the officials and soldiers of Shuyang have killed their relatives, and they also hate these officials and soldiers.

Seeing that the front army was so powerful now, he was also overjoyed, and immediately raised the weapons in his hands and shouted that he had killed the official army in Shuyang with the front.

Lin Yuyan, who was woken up after falling asleep, opened his worried eyes, and at a glance it was actually a cavalry, and exclaimed: "Where did the cavalry come from?" ”

Xiang Ying on the side smiled, this highness is really a good sleep, the movement of three hundred cavalry is so big, and he still needs to be woken up by the guards, but Xiang Ying still replied honestly: "It should be in the land of the old clan in Jianyang, they have built a lot of hunting grounds in Jianyang, and it is estimated that there are horses in the hunting grounds, and they have collected them for these bandits!" ”

Lin Yuyan was completely sleepy, and then completely woke up to watch the movement on the battlefield.

Ma Dalong and the central camp tent is only a short distance of dozens of zhang, as long as a dive is enough, Ma Dalong is extremely excited, shouting is to rush to the middle military camp tent, in the blink of an eye, it is all crushed.

Ma Dalong was not splashed with blood, and he didn't even smell the slightest smell of blood in the air.

Here's what's going on!

Ma Dalong turned his head and looked at the Chinese army camp tent that the chain war horse had crushed past, except for the camp tent that had collapsed and been ravaged by the horses' hooves, Ma Dalong had no other gains.

What about the people in the tents!

Ma Dalong was stunned, and then looked around, several rows of iron chain cavalry crushed over the Shuyang official army barracks, in a mess, but there was no gain, except for a few officers and soldiers who escaped when they entered the barracks, there was no other gain.

"Fuck! Fooled! ”

When Ma Dalong noticed that the official military camp in Shuyang was an empty tent, Ge Bao had already led people to rush over, and when he saw the messy official military camp in Shuyang, there were no officers and soldiers who ran out of the tent, and he also noticed the strangeness, and then looked at Ma Dalong and said: "It's not good, Brother Dalong, there may be an ambush!" ”

But no one gave him the effort to react to this.

"Whew! Shout! Shout...... Woohoo! Shout...... Shout! Whew......"

Suddenly, wave after wave of arrows came to the sound, and Ge Bao heard an arrow straight past his ear, and there were people on his side who kept shouting, and people were panicked!

"Where the hell are they hiding?" Ge Leopard's eyes were gloomy, he glanced around, and only then did he come over to deliberately check the surroundings, a plain, it was impossible to hide so many people.

Ge Bao looked at the raging flames burning around him, which was burned by Ma Dalong, but now he has become a live target on the bright side.

"Fire extinguishing ......" Ge Bao let people extinguish several fires, and the sound of arrows around them was really much smaller.

At this moment, the sound of a fight sounded somewhere on your side, and then there was a sound of fighting.

Ge Bao asked in a deep voice, "What's the matter?" ”

Left and right replied: "It seems to be a mistake, the night is too dark, the fire is extinguished, and people can't see clearly......"

Ge Bao had a natural vigilance in his heart, and immediately shook his head: "It's not a mistake, it's someone who has mixed into our team!" ”

"Haha, it's not slow to discover!" Lin Yuyan's Zongwei Baifu is now wearing civilian clothes, mixed in the bandit army, holding a giant tree several zhang, walked under the firelight, then looked at Ge Bao, and laughed: "Grandpa has been waiting for you for a long time!" ”

Suddenly, a piece of wood several zhang wide that he was holding smashed into Ge Leopard.

Ge Bao did not resist, but dodged and dodged the giant tree, but the bandits in the rear did not dodge, and a large area, more than a dozen people were smashed to the ground by this giant tree!

Ji Wu didn't know where to change to a long knife in his hand, slashed left and right, and saw that he had no chance to kill Ge Leopard, and disappeared into the night.

After a while, Ge Bao found that his side was becoming more and more chaotic, and people slashed at each other abounded.

Ge Bao didn't care about these people, but looked in the direction of Ma Dalong and said, "Dalong, turn the chain horse's head over!" ”

Ma Dalong is also turning the horse's head, but this chain war horse is riding smoothly, but it is extremely difficult to turn, not to mention turning around, which requires the rider to dismount and lead the horse one by one to move the position.

But right now, these horses are on the battlefield, the sound of fighting is constant, but the fire is shining brightly, and they are already frightened, if it were not for the iron chains to tie the war horses together, many of these horses would have run away like crazy.

Ge Bao was anxious, and looked around, but found that the shadows were swaying, as if there were figures walking!

"Disarm or kill! Those who fall on the ground do not kill! Disarm or kill! Those who fall on the ground do not kill! Disarm and don't kill...... Those who fall to the ground do not kill ......"

The surrounding fires suddenly appeared, and suddenly the faces of the officials and soldiers of Shuyang were revealed, all of them were equipped with swords and armor, and they were ready to fight.

Ge Bao sneered: "Do you still use this trick??? ”

It seems that this kind of trick to persuade the righteous army to surrender has been cracked by Ma Zhong, the old lady Ma, and these bandits now think that the official army of Shuyang is to lure them to surrender and then kill them.

Sure enough, after the opposite side surrendered nothing, it was shown the hole cards, one by one arrow stained with oilcloth, lit and shot to the periphery of the righteous army, perhaps the range was too far, these Shuyang officers and soldiers were not to shoot people, but to light up the surrounding night.

Ge Bao was horrified to find that at some point, his side had killed and injured hundreds of people, in addition to those killed by arrows, there were also wounded, and it was obvious that this was caused by the enemy army mixing into his own army just now, causing mutual manslaughter.

"These crumbs !!"

Ge Bao's fierce eyes stared at the official army of Shuyang that appeared not far away, there was no doubt that since he got into this set, Ge Bao knew that his night attack plan had failed.

However, Ge Bao did not intend to directly give up the attack on the official army of Shuyang.

If you can't attack at night, then fight at night!

Ge Bao commanded everyone to re-form a military formation, and sent cronies and bandits to supervise the bandits who came to supervise the coercion, and finally controlled the situation.

Ma Dalong's side was also about to turn around.

This is Ge Bao's most favored hole card, after all, since seeing the power of these three hundred cavalry, Ge Bao is also very confident.

Sure enough, with the courage of these 300 cavalry, the bandit army also rekindled the courage to fight against the official army of Shuyang.

So much so that Lin Yuyan, who was far away from the battlefield, saw the three hundred horsemen, and he was also stern.

"It seems that the bandits are planning to fight with this war horse tied together in chains, Your Highness, the last general wants to invite out of the Saimen knife car!" Xiang Ying had seen the scene of these 300 horsemen breaking through the Huayang military camp early in the morning, and he was also afraid of the power of these 300 horsemen.

"Hmm...... I'm afraid it won't work......" Lin Yuyan was originally very confident in his Saimen knife cart, but after seeing the impact power of these three hundred horsemen, he felt that his Saimen knife cart transformed from an ox cart could not withstand the impact of several bandits' three hundred horsemen.

However, Lin Yuyan still spoke: "Let's take a few impacts first, I see that it is difficult for the horses tied together to turn around, so that the formation is dispersed, and the Chinese army pushes the knife cart forward, and the left and right send people to cover up!" ”

"But ......" Lin Yuyan paused in his tone, and then looked at everyone: "Who dares to go around to the back of these three hundred horsemen?" Ride and Conquer! ”

......Hearing this, everyone was shocked, they really didn't expect that His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince of the Emperor would actually have such a mind, and it would be very difficult to kill horses and seize horses, among this group of thousands of bandits!

However, Lin Yuyan said his own opinion: "Don't be surprised, everyone, these three hundred horses are not small, but it is mainly the impact of horses, these bandits can't even control the horses, who can do anything on the horse, you can send someone to follow the war horse, and then kill the horse!" ”

Having said that, the risks can be imagined, otherwise Lin Yuyan would not have chosen to let people recommend themselves, rather than ordering them.

Seeing that no one agreed, Lin Yuyan increased his chips: "Those who succeed in killing horses and horses will be the first credit in this battle!" ”

Still no one showed obvious desire.

After a while, seeing that there was no movement around, Jing Yi behind Lin Yuyan stood up, hugged his fists at Lin Yuyan and said, "Your Highness, Jing Yi is willing to go with the sect guards!" ”

"No, at this time, His Highness is in the middle of the battlefield, and there must be no one by his side!" Xiang Ying stood up and objected.

This is also where Jing Yi is worried, the existence of Zongwei is to protect the safety of the sect master, and now in this environment, if Jing Yi hadn't taken into account the embarrassment of His Highness's order but no one responded, he would never have recommended himself like this.

Lin Yuyan knew that Jing Yi was not greedy for merit, but he didn't take Xiang Ying's words into account, and said directly to Jing Yi: "All the sect guards are brave and good at fighting warriors, and they are skilled in bows and horses, I will give you bows and arrows, I hope you can successfully kill the horses and horses!" ”

Jing Yi nodded, and then said to Lin Yuyan: "Your Highness, you can let Ji Wu take someone to stay by your side......"

Lin Yuyan shook his head and said: "No, this battle is dangerous, the Zong Guards must all be dispatched, you don't have to worry about my safety, this place is far away from the battleground, I can hide, it will never be fine, you just go and kill the horse." ”

Hearing this, Jing Yi knew the temperament of his Royal Highness, and he didn't say much, but asked Xiang Ying: "Captain Xiang, take care of Your Highness......"

Xiang Ying nodded, and then watched Jing Yi order the Sect Guards and turn to leave.

Xiang Ying just wanted to turn around and say something to this His Royal Highness Wancheng, but he heard this Highness open his mouth first: "Xiang Duwei, the bandits are ready, you still personally command the soldiers to fight, this son wants to see how many rounds can Ge Bao, the little Chang'an Judu Lieutenant who betrayed my Wuguo Imperial Court, survive a few rounds under our Huaiyang Commander Xiang Ying!" ”

Xiang Ying knew that this His Royal Highness Wancheng was to boost morale, so he immediately instructed Lin Yuyan, "Your Highness be careful", and ordered some people to stay and organize his soldiers to resist the bandits.

Since they have chosen to kill the horses and seize the horses, it is impossible for the Chinese army to use such clumsy and lethal tools as the Saimen knife cart.

The Saimen knife chariot was handed over to the left and right armies, which were used to divide the three hundred cavalry and the rear bandit army on this battlefield, and create conditions for the Zongwei army to cut off the horses and seize the horses.

Ma Dalong had already driven his horse forward, and glanced at the official army of Shuyang on the opposite side, the night was very dark, Lin Yuyan asked people to deliberately use torches to confuse the bandits, so that the bandits thought that the location of the Chinese army was the main force of the Shuyang army, but secretly sent two people on the left and right to push the Saimen knife cart to the sides of the bandits.

Ge Bao stepped forward and instructed Ma Dalong: "Big brother, the three hundred horsemen are divided into six rows, you don't need to think much after rushing over, I will lead people to follow you in the back to cover up and kill!" ”

Ma Dalong nodded and said, "Okay, let's see how I trample these officials and soldiers of Shuyang to death!" ”

Immediately, Ma Dalong commanded the front army behind him: "Brothers, kill with me!" ”

The three hundred cavalry divided into six columns once again rushed towards the Nayang official army (the Chinese army).

"Kill! Kill me......"

Suddenly, Ge Bao also led everyone to rush over with the three hundred horsemen.

Xiang Ying saw the bandit army charging, and he also gave orders: "The Chinese army is hidden, avoid the enemy's edge, and divide the enemy's front and rear armies with the left and right armies!" ”

Suddenly, the central army of the Shuyang Army withdrew the firelight, and under the cover of the night, quickly withdrew to both sides.

"Pretending to be a ghost!" Ma Dalong scolded, and then shouted around: "Kill it, give the fish that slipped through the net to the brothers in the back, kill!" ”

Ge Bao was commanding the men and horses in the rear of the bandit army to cover up with the three hundred cavalry that charged, but he did not expect that the enemy soldiers and horses would suddenly be killed on the left and right.

"What the hell is that???"

In the darkness of the night, in the firelight, Ge Bao vaguely saw several behemoths in the enemy army rampage towards him, and everyone who came into contact with them was screaming again and again.

The big thing was pushed into his sight after a while, and Ge Leopard's pupils constricted, it was actually a chariot with all kinds of weapons in the front row, and corpses were dragging on it, full of blood.

"Not good! Distance yourself from the front army! Ge Bao also discovered this fatal place, and with the entry of those big guys, his own soldiers were in chaos again.

Watching the three hundred horsemen of the front army disappear into the night. Ge Bao was also helpless, that thing couldn't turn around easily, and suddenly shouted: "If you don't want to die, kill it with me!" ”

Obviously, the enemy soldiers rushing around were obviously trying to hold them back, otherwise with such a big chariot, I am afraid that they would be able to break through their own defenses at will without worrying too much.

Finding that the enemy had gained an advantage, but he didn't rush to fight, Ge Bao gradually realized that something was wrong: "They seem to be waiting for something......

But at the moment, they didn't rush up, and they were also powerful against themselves, because of the existence of those big guys, Ge Bao also had a cowardly heart, and then thought about how to gather people and prepare to break through.

The two sides were caught in a brief stalemate.

Soon, however, the deadlock was broken by the neighing of horses.

"Shhh Hiss...... Hiss! ”

Ge Bao laughed and said, "Okay, the front army is back!" ”

also heard that the front army was back, and the sergeant of Shuyang also turned around and ran, and he didn't even pull back the Saimen knife cart.

Seeing this, Ge Bao immediately calculated that when the front army rushed away the enemy soldiers, he sent someone to take these big guys into his hands, such a sharp weapon, Ge Bao looked at it with hot eyes.

"Captain, Captain, look, the army in front seems to be coming towards us!" The personal soldier next to Ge Bao pointed to the front army rushing over, and suddenly said in shock.

Ge Bao looked over, his eyes widened, and he really rushed to his side!

What is this Ma Dalong doing!

The front army was already less than fifty feet of his own camp, Ge Bao reacted and shouted loudly: "Disperse, it's the enemy army!" ”

But it was too late, and the first wave of cavalry had already rushed in front of them.

Ge Bao was pushed away and survived, but Ge Bao's original guards were killed by the impact of the war horse.

Ge Bao took advantage of the night and immediately disappeared into the night with a few people.

Ge Bao followed an old soldier of the Fangcheng Army to learn the art of war, and he was particularly fond of the "Trick Soldier's Dao", and he also practiced the tactics here, but he didn't expect that he was defeated by the opponent's "Trick Soldier's Path".

Ge Bao, who fled in the night, never thought that he had been defeated by the officials and soldiers of Shuyang twice in a row, especially this time, it was clear that he had been careful and careful, or a night attack, why did the officers and soldiers know in advance?

This is about to be said last night when Lin Yuyan just ordered the Shuyang army to be stationed.

Thorn Yang is a plain, except for some small hills, the rest is a flat land, so the soldier's "topography" technique is greatly discounted here.

The Luoyang military camp chose a small hill that slowly climbed, because Lin Yuyan did not plan to live in this military camp for a long time, and everything was simple when it was built, but since it was on the territory of the bandit army, the precautions that should be there were no less, except for the dark posts scattered in all directions, and a deep trench was dug out.

The camp tent arranged by Lin Yuyan was the first to be packed, so in addition to supervising and watching the garrison of the military camp, it seems that Xiang Ying came to Lin Yuyan's camp to discuss the battle tomorrow.

"Today is the twentieth, the moonlight is not thick, there is not much starlight, and the wind is loud, what did Xiang Duwei think?" Lin Yuyan looked at Xiang Ying and asked.

"Hmm...... I don't know ......" Hearing Lin Yuyan's question, Xiang Ying was indeed not clear about this matter, and immediately replied with an embarrassed face.

Seeing this, Lin Yuyan also smiled and said: "I have heard such a sentence, the moon is dark and the wind is high, when killing people and setting fires, and this time the bandit army is a water bandit from the past, the water bandits have always liked to do business in the dark night, Xiang Duwei doesn't know this reason?" ”

Xiang Ying nodded and responded: "That's true, the last general used to be in Shuyang to lead the city to defend the army, I heard that most of the water bandits do bad things at night, as for the daytime, those water bandits don't have the courage to do evil in broad daylight!" ”

Seeing this, Lin Yuyan nodded and said, "This is only more than ten miles away from the Gou clan land occupied by the bandits, less than half an hour's journey......"

Xiang Yingtou turned around and asked, "Your Highness means that this group of bandits may want to ...... Night Raid??? ”

Lin Yuyan, who was at the end of Xiang Ying's line of sight, nodded slightly......