Chapter 5: Feints and Assassinations

The west side of the Gohara Valley is the other side, and the entrance is the east side.

Liu Qi's troops made a feint to harass the enemy in three ways, and let the enemy flee from the west. If the enemy is scheming, this group of thieves will definitely encounter the 800 soldiers trained by Chen Zhi.

"Leopard, when you feint, let's see if you can grab some war drums and come back. Let's do it quickly! Liu Qi gave an order, and the scout camp was immediately divided into three teams, sneaking away in three directions: southeast, south, and south.

The military literacy of the thieves of more than 10,000 people was very low, Zhang You simply sent more than ten scouts to guard the east and west valleys, and then placed more than ten guards at the gate of the village, while the rest of the army rested in the village.

It was late at night, the full moon hung high, and there was not much fire in Dazhai. At the east entrance of Wuyuan Valley, Chen Bao led dozens of scouts to quietly arrive.

Most of the scouts arranged by the thieves to guard were from peasant backgrounds, and they could not resist the cold of the night, and most of the scouts of more than ten people fell asleep, leaving only two or three sergeants who were still holding back their sleepiness to guard.

Quiver! Quiver! Two rapid arrows rang out, and the two scouts in charge of the guard were killed and fell to the ground.

"Who!" The sound of the two of them falling to the ground woke up the scouts among them, and he couldn't help but exclaim. "Damn it!" Chen Bao cursed, and before he finished speaking, he quickly set up a short bow and shot arrows in the moonlight and firelight.

The "enemy" man seemed to have noticed something wrong, and was about to shout, when there was a loud sound, and the short arrow shot by Chen Bao hit him in the throat and died.

The enemy scouts woke up at this time, and when the music saw the figures at the east entrance of the Wuyuan Valley, he reacted quickly and shouted loudly into the village: "Enemy attack!" Enemy attack! ”

"An enemy is coming!" There was a commotion in the village, and Zhang You's thieves had already been awakened, and they rushed out with their weapons.

When Chen Bao shot the opponent's scouts, the horns of feints to harass the enemy were heard from the north and south sides at the same time. "It has been discovered, brethren! Fight quickly, don't delay the lord's strategy. Chen Bao drew his saber and rushed into the gate without hesitation, cutting down the two guards guarding the gate.

At the same time, when Chen Bao rushed in, the others calmly pulled out the saber on their waists and rushed in.

The feint attack on three sides to harass the enemy has been carried out for most of the time, and the screams in the village are immediately continuous.

"Ahh My hand"

"Ahh My eyes"

"Oh no! Enemy attack! Dazhai is on fire, put out the fire! ”

In the midst of the miserable howl of panic, I don't know who beat the war drums. The whole camp suddenly boiled, and thieves continued to pour out of various military tents, either to fight fires or to find enemies.

Zhang You stood up in a burst of war drums and asked left and right: "Are the officers and soldiers chasing after you?!" Left and right replied: "I don't know who the men and horses are, they attack ...... from all directions."

"Report!" Zhang You's words came from outside the tent door, and Zhang You put on his worn armor and said, "Hurry forward to tell me what's going on." ”

A sturdy figure pounced in, slashed at Zhang You with a knife, and shouted at the same time: "Anti-thief, watch me take your dog's life!" The cold light flashed, and the blade approached Zhang Youmian's door.

Zhang You's soul was in a hurry, and he grabbed a guard in a hurry, and he was able to dodge this thunderous knife. Syllable! The ghost of the dead was suddenly separated and died. The other guards came back to their senses at this stall and slashed at the assassin one after another.

The assassin was Liu Qi, but seeing him sneer, he instantly swung several knives to slash Zhang You's guards back, and then attacked Zhang You. Zhang You was so frightened that he couldn't dodge, and with a bang, the knife in Liu Qi's hand had been inserted into Zhang You's left shoulder.

"Ahh Zhang You's screams rang out, and the guards on the left and right besieged him with anger. Liu Qi pulled out of the way, and when he wanted to kill Zhang You again, he let Zhang You be rescued by the guards on the left and right. At this point, the rebels outside had noticed the movement of the Chinese military tent, and the plan to kill the thief leader tonight had failed.

Liu Qi snorted coldly: "For the time being, I will spare your dog's life, and I will take it later." After killing several guards, Liu Qi deliberately hit the torches in the tent, causing a fire to burn the tent, and took advantage of the chaos to escape.

Zhang You was a little backbone, and he hid the severe pain in his shoulder, and shouted: "The assassin is gone!" When he raised the knife and was about to chase after him, the guards on the left and right hurriedly hugged him and comforted: "King, your body is important!" The pursuit will be left to us. He said to the others, "Send men after the Assassins at once, and there must be no mistake." Someone immediately went out and brought someone to chase Liu Qi.

Liu Qi came out of the Chinese military tent all the way, and met Chen Bao at the Zhaimen, the two looked at each other, and Liu Qi immediately said: "Retreat immediately!" The thieves have gathered and pursued them. Although Chen Bao was worried that Liu Qi was injured, he knew that the overall situation was the first, and suddenly said: "Retreat!" ”

There seemed to be a tacit understanding on the southeast, north and south, and they attacked once, and under the astonishment of the thieves, they retreated safely. The personal guard team that pursued Liu Qi was caught off guard and was taken away by dozens of lives by Liu Qi's scout camp who suddenly fired back cold arrows.

Under the rain of small arrows, Liu Qi and his party had disappeared into the middle of the night. The thieves knew that they couldn't catch up, so they returned to the village to resume their lives.

In the village, Zhang You was bandaged by his personal guards, and asked angrily: "How many people are there on the enemy?!" ”

"No... I don't know, my lord. ”

"What's the use of leaving you!" Zhang Youleopard's eyes were furious, pushed away the soldiers who were bandaging himself, and with a wave of his big knife, the scout died when he arrived, "A bunch of waste! ”

"Big... The king, the little one has something to report. An adjutant general stepped forward tremblingly, not daring to exhale.

Zhang You glanced at him and said, "If you have a fart, let it go!" Fuck it! ”

"Dazhai was attacked by night, and we lost nearly a thousand... Nearly 1,000 troops. The adjutant paused for a moment and continued: "And... And there's... The grain that was snatched back in the past two days was also burned by the other party for three points... One. ”

"What!" Zhang You was furious, drew his knife and was about to cut it again, but the guards immediately dissuaded: "King, now is not the time to be angry, it is important to comfort the wounded and rectify the soldiers." ”

When Zhang You heard this, he stared coldly at the deputy general's eyes and said, "Spare your life first!" Hum! The deputy general hurriedly kowtowed and thanked the king for not killing, and Zhang You said impatiently: "Get out!" ”

At this time, the guards who were chasing Liu Qi returned to Qiqi and said, "King, the other party has retreated while the night is dark. Zhang You's complexion, which had just improved, was about to attack again, but he endured it and asked, "Do you ever know which team the other party is?" ”

"Judging from the configuration of the opponent's weapons and armaments, it seems that it is undoubtedly the elite soldiers of Runan County. I suspect this is their vanguard, my lord. The soldier replied.

"You're saying that we lost more than a thousand soldiers before their main force appeared?" Zhang You was taken aback, with his 10,000 troops, he was the enemy of Yuan Shu's army in Runan County. I just took advantage of the time when the princes were begging for Dong, and I just came out to grab food when there was no food.

"If the subordinates guessed correctly, it should be like this."

"Shhh There was a gasp in the tent. Zhang You instructed: "It seems that it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time, and the whole army will return to the cottage early tomorrow morning." ”

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Less than three miles away from Wuyuan Valley, Liu Qi and a total of two hundred and one people all stood here safely.

"Lord Qi, this feint attack killed more than 500 thieves and injured more than 400 opponents. Because the thieves were heavily guarded, they could only burn one-third of their food. Chen Bao's face was full of joy, and he continued: "Our arrows have lost half of each person, none of the seriously injured, and dozens of lightly injured. ”

Liu Qi's eyes were happy, and he said, "Win beautiful!" The head of the thief has been stabbed by Ben Gongzi, so there is no need to worry. ”

He paused, looked around, and said to Chen Bao: "Treat everyone's wounds first, the real show is still to come." ”

Chen Bao looked at Liu Qi, who was full of injuries, worriedly, and said: "Lord, let us do this kind of assassination in the future, in case you have a mistake, how can we explain to the prince?" ”

Liu Qi waved his hand, tore off his rags, and personally applied herbs and said, "This little injury can't take the life of my son, you go down to deal with the wound." The wound is not deep but not shallow, the herbs are applied like this, Liu Qi does not frown, and the scouts are surprised for a while, and they are amazed in their hearts that the lord is a god.

"Yes!" Chen Bao reluctantly bowed down and sent someone to treat the wounded wounds.

As soon as the third watch arrived, Liu Qi ordered everyone to carry war drums, hang torches in the southeast, and light fires. The war drums beat and the roar sounded, and the Wuyuan Valley Dazhai panicked.

"Enemy attack!" The southeast and southeast sides were full of torches, which shocked the people in Dazhai and thought that the state and county armies had killed. Zhang You was too frightened to fight, and ordered all his corporals to surround the Chinese military tent. The war drums sounded for a long time, and there were no officers and soldiers in the village, so they sent people to check with trepidation, only to find that there were only torches left on the mountain, and there was no one.

When the guards came to report, Zhang You was so angry that he almost fainted, and slapped it on the table, causing the wound on his left shoulder to crack open and bleed.

Finally, after the third watch, everyone in Dazhai was asleep. As soon as the fourth watch arrived, the fire on the east and west sides was red, illuminating the entire mountain, and there were all human figures at a glance. The war drums rumbled and remembered, Liu Qi shouted angrily: "Anti-thief, surrender quickly!" ”

Chen Bao asked half of the scout camp to beat the war drums, but the other half followed Liu Qi and shouted: "Surrender quickly!" Seeing such a formation in Dazhai, no one dared to come out to fight. Zhang You personally came out of the tent door, looked at the opposite side of the mountain, the figures were building, and he was so frightened that he didn't dare to take another step out of the tent.

"Kill!" "The thief came out and died!" And so on and so on and so on, and the Dazhai was frightened and frightened, and there were those who were fartful and urinating, and there were those who cried, and so on.

For a while, Liu Qi calculated the time, and on the fifth watch, he even lit dry firewood on the mountains on all sides, and the war drums rumbled non-stop. No one dared to sleep in Dazhai, and there was no rest all night, and the plan of tired soldiers to disturb the enemy quietly took effect.

In order to prevent the thieves from pulling out the village and retreating early in the morning, Liu Qi's 200 men took turns to rest and take turns to disturb the enemy. A large number of traps were set up at both entrances and exits.

Liu Qi was confident that after harassing the enemy last night and a night, most of them had already been frightened, and they might not dare to come out of the village. This allowed Liu Qi and them to get a better arrangement and rest.