Chapter 21: Night Attack

In the camp, it was already busy, Zhao Chen assigned the personnel, and immediately took out the materials needed for the crossbow machine from the supermarket, wood, tools, gears, etc., the design of the crossbow machine is still the same as the crossbow machine on the treasure ship.

The rectangular crossbow body, the tension is driven by gears, and three arrows can be placed at the same time in the card slot, and the huge recoil force can double the range compared to the eight-bull crossbow.

The things in the supermarket are all of high quality, whether it is wood, tools, etc., they are more than a star and a half higher than those of Datang at this time.

Although the twenty-seven soldiers all call themselves half-hangers, the craftsmanship required for the crossbow machine is not high, which is enough to make these carpenter soldiers who call themselves half-hangers competent.

The camp was busy, and the soldiers who were a little hesitant just now, when they really started to do it, they immediately became serious, and Zhao Chen really admired it.

It is said that in the bloodline of Huaxia, there is hard-working blood, and you can see it by looking at these Tang Dynasty soldiers in front of you.

Even if there is a wind and snow, and the whole person's face is blue, but the work in his hands is not left behind at all.

The production of the crossbow machine is actually not difficult, it is rare that it is just the process of assembly and production, Zhao Chen stayed outside, and waited until the soldiers to manufacture the parts of the first crossbow machine, and then assembled them in front of the soldiers.

With the first one demonstrated by Zhao Chen, after that, the soldiers themselves followed Zhao Chen's assembly process and groped for assembly.

While the soldiers were busy assembling, Zhao Chen called someone to set up a tent for him alone. Let the wingmen stay outside the tent. Alone he hid in the tent and began to prepare ammunition.

Gunpowder. I can't see a little Mars, so in this set up tent, at this moment, it is cold, compared to the wind and snow outside, the cold inside is not much worse.

When Zhao Chen and the soldiers were busy, Li Jing and Li Jing were not idle. Constant rest and planning.

And in this process, the two hundred horsemen sent to the Chinese army were not idle, constantly running back and forth between Li Jing's military tent and their tent, and constantly passing telegrams to other generals.

The army of the Tang Dynasty, except for Li Ji's Eastern Route Army, was left in place. The other armies were moving towards this side one after another at this time.

The whole army is coming, that's naturally unrealistic, but. Just like Li Ji, since the army couldn't come, a small force was arranged. Hurry up and get closer to this side.

By this time, the power of the telegraph. That's what it shows, to each other. It was more than dozens of miles away, but because of the telegraph, Li Jing was directing the itinerary of the armies anytime and anywhere.

The army of more than 100,000 people was distributed in various places, but at this time, under the effect of the telegraph, Li Jing commanded it, like an arm, and the plan was often passed on in a very short time.

Now, the armies of all walks of life are gradually moving closer to their side, and the large encirclement that was originally based on Dingxiang is gradually shrinking towards their side.

On Dingxiang's side, the old lieutenant Chi Gong had already led people over to occupy it as soon as he repelled the Turkic general Yarkin, and at this time, Dingxiang had completely fallen into the hands of the Tang Dynasty.

In just three days, Zhao Chen completed a lot of ammunition, and Li Jing also used these three days, all of which have been arranged.

When everything was ready, Li Ji, who had left the East Road Army, also bid farewell to them, and returned to the location of the East Road Army with more than a dozen of his personal guards.

Next, it is time to make a move against Jieli, at the beginning of the war, he has to personally sit in the army and assist Li Jing to resist the enemy.

On the third day, when it was almost afternoon, Zhao Chen looked at a room full of ammunition and finally breathed a long sigh of relief.

Now, a lot of crossbow machines have been manufactured and assembled, one by one they have to be placed in the camp, looking hideous and terrifying, not to mention using them, just looking at it like this, it already makes people feel their scalp tingle.

In the camp, there were not only crossbow machines, but also huge climbing plows, which could not only carry one crossbow machine, but also five or six soldiers at the same time.

On the grassland, the wind and snow that have been blowing for several days in a row have long turned the original snow into ice and frozen together.

In such ice and snow, although you can't ride a gallop, it is no problem to let three or four war horses drag a climbing plow at the same time.

Li Jing's face was already with a victorious expression, in fact, from when he heard Zhao Chen talk about the power of rockets, he had a premonition that this victory was expected.

And at this time, when I saw the new crossbow machines in the camp one by one, that feeling was even stronger!

Then, in the evening of the third day, after Li Jing sent the last telegram before the operation, he took advantage of the evening to take a team of 3,500 people and ride a huge climbing plough to quietly rush straight to the Turkic camp where Jieli was located.

Zhao Chen didn't rush to this raid on Jieli at all, and in the past three days, he had already suffered a lot, so what he wanted to do most at this time was to wrap himself in a blanket, not have to think about anything, and sleep deeply.

Because, indeed, he has a cold!

It was night, and the whole prairie was still full of wind and snow, and in the sound of cold wind, the snow foam on the ground was rolled up, and the world was raging to the fullest.

It was already early in the morning, and the Turkic camp was quiet at the moment, and all the tents that had been improvised were all dark at this moment, without the smoke of the fire, and the people in the tents were curled up in their leather mattresses and slept.

At the beginning, Jieli led people out of Dingxiang and deliberately headed north, and when heavy snow began to fall halfway, he suddenly turned back to the east and came towards Tuyuhun.

Naturally, whether it is Jieli or the Turks below, they all think that they have thrown off the army of the Tang Dynasty, and at this time, they have set up camp here, and they already have a foolproof mentality.

And in the Turkic camp, when it was quiet, Li Jing with more than 3,000 Tang soldiers had already rushed over quietly from dozens of miles away, and at this time, he was approaching the Turkic camp step by step.

More than 3,000 people were divided into three waves by Li Jing, approaching the camp from three directions, and with the snow flying all over the sky, Li Jing's plan was being realized step by step.

The camp was already in sight, Li Jing saw the Turkic camp from a distance, and a sharp color suddenly flashed in his eyes, and then ordered everyone to stop and unload the crossbow machine from the climbing plow.

The team of more than 3,000 people was divided into three teams, each team was equipped with more than 20 crossbow machines, and at this moment, Li Jing ordered to move down the climbing plow, swing it out one by one, and aim the arrows tied with ammunition at the Turkic camp.

"Ready, put!" In the Turkic camp, it was still quiet at this time, Li Jing looked at the Turkic camp with murderous eyes, and at a certain moment, he suddenly yelled at the soldiers.

As Li Jing just fell, there was immediately a 'buzzing' sound around him.

With the continuous sound of 'buzzing', at this moment, dozens of arrows, in the sound of 'woo' breaking the wind, spun rapidly, and went straight to the Turkic camp.

The next moment, when the arrow fell, the first explosion I heard, a 'boom', came from the Turkic camp.

And when the first blast sounded, a succession of blasts began to explode in the Turkic camp.

Although the power was not as powerful as the cannon that Zhao Chen had used in the Evil Yang Ridge before, however, when more and more arrows began to explode densely throughout the Turkic camp, that kind of covering power made people's scalps tingle when they looked at it.

A rapidly rotating arrow quickly drilled into a certain tent, and the next moment, I heard a 'boom', a little light came from the tent, and the four corners of the entire tent were lifted away and collapsed to the ground softly.

As soon as Li Jing made a move here, the other two sides also made a move at this time, and one arrow after another spun and flew in the night sky.

When the lead is pulled, the gunpowder tied to the front of the arrow flashes with sparks, and when it flies densely in the night sky, it is like a bright spark, and when it falls into the camp of the Turks, it explodes one after another dazzling sparks.

The originally peaceful Turkic camp had long since been in chaos under the attack of 'rockets', with people shouting and neighing, women screaming, men roaring, wounded men neighing, and among them the crying of children.

However, this is war, when the beacon fire is lit, there is no sympathy on the battlefield, there is only swords and blood in the eyes, and sympathy is always in the case of superiority.

Otherwise, unprincipled sympathy will only lead to self-defeat!

After firing several rounds of 'rockets', Cheng Chumo and the soldiers of the Flying Tiger Army all boarded the climbing plow, holding steel knives in their hands and wearing black armor.

"Let's go!" Li Jing held the hilt of the knife on his waist in his hand, looked coldly at Cheng Chumo and the others on the plow, and suddenly, raised his finger to the chaotic Turkic camp and ordered loudly.

"Whoa!" Hearing Li Jing's order, all the soldiers on the plow shouted at Li Jing.

Immediately, a soldier standing in front of the climbing plow shook the reins, and the climbing plow, pulled by two war horses, carried the murderous soldiers towards the Turkic camp, and slashed out.

The war horse galloped rapidly in the snow, driving a climbing plough behind, and in the night, it quickly approached the Turkic camp.

'Poof! ’

'Poof! ’

'Poof! ’

‘……’

At this time, because of the rain of arrows, the camp of the Turks had already become chaotic, and as soon as they entered the camp, they immediately entered the group like a tiger.

The soldiers on the plough waved the steel knives in their hands, and without waiting for the Turks to react, a puff of blood splashed where the blades passed.

The Turkic camp in the night, at this moment, completely turned into a Shura hell! (To be continued.) )