Chapter 67: The Attack of the Elite Cavalry (I)
The night was deep, the moonlight was dim, and the starlight was slowly receding. The night before dawn is always so quiet that you can hear a needle dropping, so quiet that you can clearly hear the breathing of animals.
On an open field, stretching for ten miles with white light, this is the place where Wang Xu's army is stationed; As Jia Hui said, the rest at noon caused the army to delay the journey, and it only marched thirty miles in the afternoon, so it failed to reach Wanling County, so it could only camp here.
The makeshift camps of the army were very rudimentary, there was not even the simplest fence, and the fortifications were almost non-existent; Although there were no fortifications, the defense was quite tight, and the soldiers' patrols were also orderly, with Sun Yu and Huang Quan taking turns to keep vigil.
From the second half of the night, Sun Yu replaced Huang Quan and inspected the safety of the camp.
Sun Yu carried a silver spear and patrolled back and forth in the camp; The army is stationed, only simple tents, fences, horses and other places are not placed, Sun Yu is particularly cautious about this, you must know that the current army is sleeping, if the enemy army attacks at this time, the consequences will be unimaginable.
"Huang Xiaosan, be energetic, it will be dawn in two hours, this time is the easiest time for people to relax their vigilance, and it is also the easiest time for the enemy to come to rob the camp, you must be extra careful, don't be careless" Sun Yu walked up to a soldier, patted the soldier's shoulder, showed encouragement in his eyes, and said loudly.
Huang Xiaosan clenched his fists and said: "Don't worry, my subordinates will not let go of any trouble."
Sun Yu smiled and nodded, and continued to walk forward.
"Hey, wake up, be refreshed, don't doze off".
Sun Yu's eyes were like torches, scanning the entire front camp of the soldiers, when he saw a soldier with a sad expression and low spirits, he immediately shouted loudly, and woke up the soldier.
"My lord, my subordinates are guilty, please punish them."
The soldier's face was ashamed, his words flickered, and he didn't dare to meet Sun Yu's gaze.
Sun Yu waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, be mental, pay attention to the wind and grass around you." After finishing speaking, Sun Yu continued to walk forward, but wherever Sun Yu walked, all the soldiers held their heads high, and their big eyes were bright; After patrolling in a circle, the soldiers standing guard were all in good spirits, and they completely lost their previous expressions.
Sun Yu nodded with satisfaction, walked to a camp and sat down. Just as he relaxed and was about to rest for a while, Sun Yu suddenly felt a slight tremor on the ground.
"Da... Da... Click......".
Horse's hooves? Sun Yu's nerves tensed suddenly. He leaned down, his ears on the ground, listening to the sound coming from afar, and after a while, Sun Yu's face changed greatly, and a solemn look appeared on his face.
Tens of thousands of cavalry? There were tens of thousands of cavalry attacking the camp.
Sun Yu stood up abruptly and shouted: "Enemy attack, all soldiers gather."
Sun Yu's shout was like a thunderclap, especially before this silent dawn; The first to react was the soldiers standing guard in the front camp, and under Sun Yu's orders, dozens of soldiers ran to the rear camp to deliver the news.
Zhang Meng squatted outside Wang Xu's Chinese army tent, and his reaction was not slow, and after hearing Sun Yu's warning, one stood up and walked towards the Chinese army's big tent.
"My lord, the enemy is coming; Wake up".
Zhang Meng's voice was no smaller than Sun Yu's, and as soon as he broke off, Wang Xu was startled, turned over and got up, and was completely sleepy, "Where did the enemy come from?" ”。
"Quick, all the soldiers assemble in front of the battalion".
Zhang Meng looked excited and said loudly: "Don't worry, the soldiers are gathering."
"Let's go, go to the front camp" Wang Xu hurriedly put on his armor, took the long sword and walked outside the Chinese army's tent.
After receiving the whip handed by the soldier, Wang Xu turned over and rode away, and Zhang Meng also followed closely behind.
The military camp is very particular about the layout of troops, roughly divided into five parts, the front army, the rear army, the left army, the right army, and the middle army each have 5,000 people, a total of 25,000 soldiers; Of the 25,000 soldiers, only 10,000 had armor and equipment, and the rest had only a spear and no armor; On the whole, the combat effectiveness of the army is still very low.
If the enemy attacked, the front camp was the first to bear the brunt, so when he set up camp, Sun Yu arranged the most effective 5,000 elite spearmen in the front camp; The second is the Chinese army, the position of the Chinese army is very important, so the remaining 3,000 sword and shield men and 2,000 archers are in the Chinese army; The remaining 15,000 soldiers with slightly weaker combat strength were distributed in the left, right, and rear armies; The entire camp was arranged so carefully, it can be seen that Sun Yu still put a lot of thought into it.
When Wang Xu and Zhang Meng arrived at the front camp, five thousand spearmen had already assembled under the command of Sun Yu, and a huge phalanx appeared in front of the camp; Sun Yu stood behind the military formation with a broken wind silver spear, and when he saw Wang Xu coming, he hugged his fists and said, "My lord, the five thousand soldiers in the front battalion have also been assembled."
As soon as Sun Yu's words fell, Wang Xu felt a slight tremor on the ground from time to time, and the sound of the horse's hooves was very small and soft; It looked like it was wrapped in something.
"The lord doesn't have to worry, the enemy cavalry still has five miles to go." Wang Xu glanced at Sun Yu approvingly, and could clearly distinguish the number and distance of the enemy's troops.
"Sun Yu, thanks to you today, if it weren't for you, my army would have been wiped out," Wang Xu said gratefully.
Sun Yu said: "This is all the duty of subordinates."
There was a commotion behind, and Zhang Meng turned sideways and looked behind him: "Lord, Huang Quan is here."
Two thousand archers, three thousand sword and shield men rushed to the front army under the leadership of Huang Quan, although the formation was a little chaotic at the beginning, but when the five thousand soldiers came to the front camp and stood still, the formation was immediately neat; Three thousand sword and shield men in front, two thousand archers in the back, another huge phalanx.
After the phalanx, Huang Quan came to Wang Xu with a horse, hugged his fists and said: "Lord, the five thousand soldiers of the Chinese army have been assembled, and the 15,000 people of the left army, the right army, and the rear army are approaching the front camp." Wang Xu said, "Well, I'll leave it to us here, you go to the rear army and gather the 15,000 soldiers here." "Oh, by the way, send someone to protect Mr. Jia." "Don't worry, my lord, I'll go and arrange" Huang Quan clamped the horse's belly, and the war horse ran towards the rear camp.
As soon as Huang Quan walked on his front feet, the sound of a huge horse stomping suddenly arose, and the ground where the front camp was located shook uncontrollably and trembled violently; The momentum caused by tens of thousands of elite horsemen rushing together is enough to shake the heavens and the earth, just like an earthquake is coming, which is daunting. As the sound of the horse stepped closer and closer, Zhang Meng's blood was boiling and his fighting spirit was high; Holding the hammer tightly with both hands, a trace of bloodthirsty madness crossed his eyes, and he said loudly: "Lord, wait for a certain family to come forward and challenge."
"Okay, be careful" Wang Xu agreed after a little hesitation; The most terrifying thing now is not the combat power of the tens of thousands of cavalry, but the rushing force that is enough to destroy everything; If the enemy stops when he sees someone coming up to challenge, he will be more sure that he will defeat the enemy.
As for Zhang Meng's safety, Wang Xu is not worried; The person who can hurt Zhang Meng is afraid that he has not yet been born; At least until now, only Sun Yu can fight Zhang Meng for 300 rounds, and the rest are scum, and they can be done with three hammers at most.
The deafening sound of horse trampling swept like a black torrent, Zhang Meng rushed to the front of the spear phalanx with a pair of sledgehammers, and shouted loudly: "Oh, who is in front of you, who has disturbed your grandfather's good dreams."