Chapter 243: Surprise Raid
"Okay, let's go!"
At the sound of an order, five thousand elite soldiers rushed out of the dense forest, with cavalry on both sides in front and infantry forming a conical battle formation at the back, and the attack power of this battle array was the strongest.
The army began to move rapidly, and rushed towards Wang Tong's troops in front.
It was only a quarter of an hour's work, and a fire faintly appeared a mile ahead, and it was Wang Tong's forward barracks.
"Alas, these people are really .........!"
Shi Le and Chang Yuchun both shook their heads when they saw each other's military camps, but their faces showed joy.
Camping is not a random place, it is necessary to build a wooden fence around to block the cavalry, and spies must be sent several miles in front of the barracks, as long as someone comes to attack, they can immediately send back the news, but now, their troops are close to the distance of less than a mile and do not see a sentry, and the other party's front troops are lying on the official road, there is no protective wooden fence around, and there is no basic military common sense, so the end can be imagined.
"Whew!"
Chang Yuchun and Shi Le lit a two-zhang long torch and held it high, this torch represented the order of the general attack, as the torch fell, Shi Le took the lead in shouting: "Kill!" ”
As the sound sounded, the two thousand cavalry fiercely attacked in a conical formation, and the three thousand infantry behind changed formation, divided into three groups of men and horses, and followed the cavalry forward.
The distance of more than a mile was in the blink of an eye, and Wang Tong's men were fiercely attacked by the cavalry without any reaction at all.
These cavalry did not just rush away from the opponent's formation, they were all holding repeating crossbows in their hands, each equipped with 200 crossbow arrows, 2,000 cavalry were like 2,000 deaths, when they charged, the crossbows in their hands were fired in unison, and more than 1,000 people were killed by just one round of cavalry shooting, and thousands of others were seriously injured on the spot and lost their mobility.
"Kill! Capture Wang Tong alive and kill Wang Tong! ”
The shouts of 5,000 people rang out, and they could be heard far away in the silent night.
Five thousand elite soldiers were like entering a no-man's land, and they broke down the forward battalion in less than a cup of tea, and they did not encounter any resistance at all, and Wang Tong's thousands of soldiers were killed even in their sleep, and they didn't know what happened until they died, and the rest of the people were so frightened that they were all frightened after waking up.
The forward force has 5,000 soldiers, the same number as the troops of Shile and Chang Yuchun, how big is a camp of 5,000 people? The length alone is more than three miles, and the width is as much as 200 zhang, and it looks like a square box when viewed from the air.
Liu Yuetian's five thousand elite soldiers broke through directly from the front, like an incomparably sharp war knife slashing head-on, and the other party was just a square box.
Two thousand cavalry charged violently, and there was no obstruction wherever they went, but there were thousands of casualties in just one round of cavalry shooting, and the rest were either trampled directly under the hooves of the war horses, or were chopped to the ground by the infantry who came from behind, and in an instant, the forward troops of these 5,000 people completely lost their combat power, and even the commander of the forward battalion was killed in the military tent by crossbow shooting, and he didn't understand what happened until he died.
The 5,000 elite soldiers didn't take this forward battalion in their eyes at all, what they wanted to deal with was Wang Tong's Chinese army battalion, as long as the Chinese army camp was eliminated, these 30,000 horses would be completely destroyed.
The forward camp is more than three miles away from the Chinese army camp where Wang Tong is, although the five thousand men and horses of the forward have been completely wiped out in less than a cup of tea, but the sound of shouting and wailing has alarmed the Chinese army camp where Wang Tong is located, and many soldiers have woken up, rubbing their eyes one by one and looking ahead, not knowing what is happening.
"It's not good, it's an enemy attack, the enemy is coming, hurry up and get ready to fight!"
One of the lieutenants was the first to react and shouted loudly.
"Enemy attack? What enemy attack? ”
Many of these soldiers are recruits who have been caught by strong men, and their reaction ability cannot be compared with that of veterans, but even if they are veterans, they are confused at the moment, there are 5,000 soldiers and horses in front of them, how can there be an enemy attacking here?
But then they saw a large number of cavalry appear in front of them, and in the blink of an eye, the hideous faces of the other side were clearly visible under the illumination of the torches around them.
"Ahh It's the enemy! It's the enemy! ”
This time the soldiers all reacted, but their first action was not to pick up weapons and fight for the other party's life, but to turn around and flee backwards or left and right.
"Boom!"
Shi Le led the cavalry to rush into the camp, and the crossbow in his hand fired a volley, and the crossbow arrows rained down on the other side, and more than a thousand people fell in response in an instant.
"Kill! Capture Wang Tong alive! ”
The shouts of killing shook the heavens and the earth
The Chinese army battalion guards Wang Tong, most of the soldiers are veterans, and the experience of the enemy is much stronger than those recruits, and when they heard the shout, they immediately understood, and they turned over one by one, and picked up the guys and prepared to fight, but they were not facing an ordinary army, it was the Tianshui elite who held the crossbow, especially the two thousand cavalry, and it was impossible to stop the fierce attack, and some soldiers were shot into hedgehogs by crossbow arrows just before they were about to step forward with spears, so to speak, there was almost no obstruction on the advance route of the two thousand cavalry, Until now, the formation of the cavalry has remained intact.
There are 20,000 soldiers in the large camp of the Chinese army, and the area occupied is very large, and there is a distance of five or six miles between the front and back, and the two thousand cavalry of Tianshui inserted from the front and penetrated directly into the camp for a distance of more than three miles before stopping, while the three thousand infantry behind followed and constantly changed the formation, dividing the enemy into several parts.
5,000 people attacking 20,000 people, the strength of the two sides does not sound at the same level at all, but at this moment, 5,000 people are directly surrounding each other and pressing each other, and they are also divided and surrounded, without any suspense suppression, as if 5,000 tigers rushed into the flock, and the scene looks more like a massacre.
Looking at Wang Tong's troops again, some soldiers originally wanted to resist, if they really formed a team and united, although it would not stop Liu Yuetian's army, but at least it would cause great casualties to the other party, but these people had already been frightened to the point of dissipation, and then saw the powerful and mysterious weapon held by the enemy to kill people like mowing grass, where would they have any intention of resisting?
Even if these 30,000 people stand there and do not move, it will take some time for 5,000 people to be killed separately, but the other party runs away like a madman, the people in front run back, and the people behind don't know what is happening, just want to go and see it is trampled under the feet of the deserters rushing in front, the army is most afraid of chaos, everyone is like a headless fly, you step on me, I step on you, you are rushing to the back, 20,000 people are like a torrent, once someone falls, they will be trampled to death by the people behind.