Chapter 15: Thoughts on the Flames (10)

In the middle of the night, there was still no light of stars and moon on the sky covered by clouds. But in the ink-dyed night, there was suddenly another light strip that shone like a galaxy.

In the direction of Quy Nhon Pu, a light dragon composed of countless torches lit up and meandered out of the camp of the Song army. Braving the drizzle that was already lacking, they quickly rushed north, and at the same time as the light dragon left, the Song army's camp in Quy Nhon Pu fell into darkness.

There was a commotion in the Jiaozhi camp, the soldiers on duty at night, the Song army was about to escape?

Li Changjie was awakened from his sleep, and as soon as he heard it, he put on his robe and rushed out. Looking at the Quy Nhon Shop, which had blended into the night, and the light dragon that took all the lights in the Song military camp on the road, Li Changjie's heart was full of doubts.

Because he captured a Song man to explore the horse, and captured alive the envoys sent by Huang Jinman to persuade Liu Ji and the others, and pried out the details of the Quy Nhon Pu Song army from their mouths, and after comparing it with the previous news, Li Changjie was relieved and boldly transferred more than 10,000 troops from the rear as arm help. Although Liu Ji, Shen Jinggui and Wei Shouan are still pushing back, but with the Song army's background, the possibility of rebellion is very small, and it is enough for Zong Jia, the commander from Guangyuan Prefecture, to keep an eye on them.

In the face of the Song people, who only had 800 soldiers, but let themselves fall into a humiliating situation, the auxiliary lieutenant of the Da Yue Kingdom made a poisonous oath to bury them all in Quy Nhon Shop. It's just unexpected, the Song people's reaction was so fast, so fast that Li Changjie was suspicious in his heart, and he always felt a little ...... No, it should be said that it is very suspicious.

Leaving with a torch, he extinguished all the lights in Quy Nhon Shop. Isn't this a loud proclaim that you want to flee? How can there be such a retreat. Maybe the torch light flow when he left was just an illusion. The Song people are still lurking in the dark, waiting for him Li Changjie to throw himself into the net.

The Song people did it.

After learning about the itinerary and experience of this Song army from different angles, Li Changjie deeply realized this.

It is not so much that the deputy envoy surnamed Han surnamed Guangxi, who commanded the Song army, is bold, but that he is a madman. From leaving Guizhou, I went straight to the south, and I didn't even have a moment of rest in between. Especially after arriving in Pennsylvania, he acted more aggressively. Destroy Liu Yong, seize Kunlun, break Changshan, and then take Quy Nhon shop in one fell swoop, and then set up camp under Quy Nhon to hold on, not even stopping to rest. This time, he may also be planning to survive in death, trying to seek a victory.

But having said that, after Li Changjie landed in Qinzhou, he went all the way to Yongzhou, and there was no rest in the middle, and none of the soldiers under the tent complained. As long as the morale is high, a little fatigue will not affect the combat strength at all. However, if you lose the battle or encounter a fierce battle, this kind of strong morale is likely to drop to the bottom all at once. Li Changjie has such an unforgettable experience.

The same is true for the Song people, who have full morale after successive victories, but when they have to face a siege of 20,000 troops, they are no longer willing to maintain their morale. More likely, it was an illusion, deliberately just to make yourself hesitate. Isn't there a case of increasing and decreasing the focus in the history books? Fiction and reality are the methods of using soldiers.

But if you go around in such a circle, things will not be over.

The problem boils down to a simple choice:

To chase, or not to chase?

Without hesitating for too long, Li Changjie quickly made a decision.

He transferred more than 20,000 troops here, not to scare the Song people away, he would not be satisfied with this. No matter what the Song people had in mind, he didn't let them go.

The 10,000 new soldiers and horses were not at their disposal, and they had to rest for the night after a day's walk in the rain, and could only catch up with them tomorrow during the day.

As for the issue of ambushes, would the Song people think that they would not even send a scout?

It was only half an hour slower than the Song army, and the Jiaozhi army also made a move.

The first to be dispatched were the cavalry, which served as scouts, and marched towards the camp of the Song army in Quy Nhon Pu. Although it is easy to fall off the horse due to various accidents when galloping in the dark, even if you are trotting, you will be a little faster than the infantry.

The infantry also went out at the same time, one commanding the other to leave the battalion and follow different routes, rushing towards the north.

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"Li Changjie really came out."

Scattered all over the wilderness, there were dense and innumerable fires. It's scary to watch.

The torches that line up on the official road are nothing more than a galaxy, and on the field south of Quy Nhon Pu is the canopy where the stars gather. Tens of thousands of cross-chin soldiers slaughtered from the camp, and then spread across the field, more like a stormy wave that slammed in, trying to cover the land.

The night obscured the figure of the cross-chin soldier, and only countless fires could be seen occupying the entire field of vision. The torrent of light is surging and more intimidating than during the day.

"When there are so many people, it's really daunting."

Listening to Han Gang's evaluation as if it was none of his business, Li Xin moved his mouth, if he had a little more troops in his hands...... But there was no point in thinking about these things now, he only had 800 soldiers.

"But the local chickens and dogs, if there are more officials and soldiers, how can Li Changjie be rampant." Huang Jinman followed Han Gang's side. Even if his men were heading north with torches, he only sent his son to take command. As a hostage, as a surrendered general, his attitude is very correct.

In order to prevent a sneak attack, Li Changjie did not concentrate on advancing on the official road. Will they be able to walk outside the stockade before dawn? ”

"Someone walks fast." Han Gang's eyes narrowed. In the raging waves set off by the Jiaozhi army, there were more than a dozen points of fire rushing to the front, judging from the speed, it would only be cavalry, looking at their direction, it was going straight to the camp of Quy Nhon Pu, "Or send someone to investigate first, Li Changjie is really cautious." ”

"In the past few days, Li Changjie has long been afraid of the official army like a tiger, where do you dare to be cautious? In addition, as the envoy said, the Jiaozhi soldiers hated Li Changjie the most, and the army was unstable, and if they encountered an ambush in a hurry, they would definitely be defeated. Where can it be better than luck to make the military heart? ”

Han Gang smiled and shook his head. He said that the Jiaozhi soldiers hated Li Changjie the most, but in fact, he applied the same principle to himself, which is also generally applicable. After so many days, I have not been given a day of rest, and I am afraid that the soldiers below also have a grudge against themselves, after all, the fatigue caused by continuous marching and fighting is incomparable to any hard training.

However, such thoughts among the soldiers have always been suppressed by successive victories. However, if the official army had been besieged in Quy Nhon by the Jiaozhi army, the pressure from below would not have been as absent as it is now.

Moreover, Han Gang couldn't wholeheartedly believe that the people who were left in Kunlun Pass by the golden man. When the official army is marching high, only a madman will rebel. But if the situation on Quy Nhinpo's side is not good, Li Changjie will send people to attack Kunlun Pass, and the defenders who stay inside may not be able to support it.

"Let's go first." Han Gang turned his horse, "Although I don't know what Li Changjie will do, if he chases him, I will give him a lesson that he will never forget." ”

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It took half an hour to complete the road of just five miles, and dozens of Jiaozhi cavalry approached the Song army camp in Quy Nhh.

The gate of the fortress was wide open, and the camp of the black hole seemed to be a monster with its huge mouth open. With the stockade that has not been defeated by tens of thousands of troops, at this time, as long as you take a step, you can enter. But they were patrolling outside, cautiously looking inside, but none of them dared to go in first.

"You! You! And you! The leading military academy was impatient, pressing the waist knife in his left hand, and pointing at people one by one with the fingers of his right hand, "Let me go in and take a closer look." ”

Under the threat of military law, a small group of cavalry finally crept into the quiet barracks.

There was no sound inside, and there was no reaction to the invasion of enemy troops. The scouts emboldened a little, raised their torches, and went to inspect the tents. But as they approached the first tent, there was a clatter, and an arrow flew out of the darkness and into the neck of one of the soldiers under the torch.

A scream was heard throughout the camp.

Sure enough, there are people!

A dozen or so Cochin cavalrymen immediately turned around and fled, not checking whether their screaming companions were alive or dead. Their escape led to a catastrophe, as arrows rained down from behind, shooting one of the cavalrymen in the way of escape, and at the end of the day, only two of them rushed out of the camp.

The officer who was waiting outside for news did not think at all about rescuing his men, jumped on his horse and ran back the way he came, while taking the horn from his waist and blowing it vigorously.

Hearing the sound of the horn throughout the four fields, the marching procession changed direction one by one and began to converge towards the center with the goal of Quy Nhon Pu Camp.

As if in response to the attack of the Cochin army, the lights in the camp were also re-lit, and the arrows flying out of the camp also drove away the Cochin cavalry who were blocking the gate. Watching the gate of the Song army's camp close again, the hearts of the Jiaozhi army swelled with the pleasure of finally seeing through the enemy's conspiracy.

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'Deceived. ’

An hour later, under Li Changjie's calm appearance, there was anger like volcanic magma tumbling at the side.

The scouts who were watching outside were still reporting that only a few dozen cavalry had escaped. But by the time he gathered his scattered team and arrived at Quy Nhon Pu, the camp was already empty, only the bonfire was still burning. Hiding in the camp was not an ambush trying to turn the tide of the battle, but only a small number of cavalry used to contain him, and he was stupid enough to fall for him.

Song Jun came in front of him, and he left if he wanted to. Li Changjie only felt that the generals below were looking at him, full of contempt and ridicule. The image of invincibility that he spent decades in the army was cut off by the Song people.

"The art of war is cloudy, and the enemy must be defended. Penn and Kunlun Pass, I don't believe that the Song people dare to give up. "Li Changjie wants to use victory and killing to restore his popularity.

In the entire Guangxi road, only the poor Jingnan Army really came in handy, and there were only 800 people who went south to Yongzhou. Under the deliberate precautions, even if Guizhou sent reinforcements again, he was not afraid.

Take Kunlun Pass and Pennsylvania as the end point of this invasion! Li Changjie: Before leaving, he wants to teach Song Ren another lesson!