Chapter 142: Silent Killing
Looking at the quiet cavalry camp in front of him, with a solemn atmosphere. Zhao Xiaoxi felt that it was not as dangerous as the foreign military camp he had broken into alone in his previous life. At least the sharpened fence in front of me resembles the yurt-like tents.
Compared with some of the teams he led in his previous life, he raided the reinforced concrete fortress fortress, which is undoubtedly much simpler. Of course, at this moment, he does not have the silent sniper rifle and the special combat equipment of Yishui.
But for Cho Hyo-seok, who is proficient in special operations, this seemingly tight military camp is actually full of loopholes. If it weren't for the fact that he was now available at his side, there would not be many Takebe cavalry trained in special operations.
Zhao Xiaoxi was completely confident that he could wipe out all the people who lived in it without using cavalry to charge the camp. But now! Although he is not sure, Zhao Xiaoxi still wants to try it and assassinate some awake enemies first.
If the surprise attack fails, send troops to attack this cavalry battalion. At least he knew that this was at least fifty or sixty miles away from the nearest Xixia city. As long as it doesn't shine, no one will know about it here.
Just to ensure that nothing goes wrong, if the opposing cavalry comes to help in fifty or sixty miles, it will be a few pillars of incense at most. If they are caught up by the opponent's large force of cavalry, then the cavalry who came to raid tonight are afraid that the losses will exceed Zhao Xiaoxi's expectations.
Cho Hyo-seok, who is very concerned about the battle loss rate, hopes to achieve the ultimate goal in as simple a way as possible. Then at the moment, the method of first attacking secretly and then attacking quickly is undoubtedly the most appropriate, and the next step is to take down this cavalry battalion.
Waiting until Zhi Zhigang and others, who led the arrival of the large army, came to Zhao Xiaoxi to ask for combat orders. Zhao Xiaoxi quickly found out the cavalry in the cavalry camp who was good at hand-to-hand combat.
At the same time, let Zhi Zhigang and Cao Wenhu lead the rest of the cavalry respectively, and divide them into two teams, one in front of the other and one behind, and get on the horse and stand by. Once the raiding team broke into the barracks, its whereabouts were exposed, and the raid was carried out immediately.
Looking at the nearly 100 selected cavalry officers and soldiers who are good at hand-to-hand combat. Cho Hyo-seok decided to launch a surprise attack from the front and take out the archers at the main gate first. Take control of this main gate so that the surprise attack fails, and the cavalry on standby can enter in force.
As for the cavalry officers and soldiers who were all armed with short blades after entering the camp, they were selected by Zhao Xiaoxi to lead the team. In groups of ten. Deal with the patrolling sentries first. There is a hand-held crossbow as a close-quarters weapon, so it shouldn't be a problem to be careful.
Cho Hyo-seok, who decided to attack from the main gate, had already seen clearly the time when the opposing patrols passed through here during the time he was waiting. After letting the guards around him bring bows and arrows, he handed over the archers of the other arrow tower to Zhao Da beside him.
Wait for Zhao Xiaoxi to see the opportunity, and the two of them shot the arrows in their hands at the same time, killing the archers on the two arrow towers with one arrow. As long as there are no archers watching from above, they will be much safer and more secluded when they enter the camp.
I watched as the patrol appeared in everyone's eyes again with torches. After a while, it disappeared again, and Zhao Xiaoxi quickly whispered: "Zhao Da, prepare!" ”
The two of them looked at the archers on the left and the right on the arrow tower at the same time, with Zhao Xiaoxi in charge of the archer in the distance, and Zhao Da in charge of the archers in the distance. After keeping aiming, Cho Hyo-seok waited until the two archers also turned to the outside side.
Immediately: "Shoot!" ”
Zhao Da, who had already taken aim, shot the sharp arrow in his hand very calmly. It also shot into the opponent's throat with great precision. As for Zhao Hyo-seok's iron arrow, although the distance is farther.
But when shooting each other. Almost ahead of Zhao Da. This arrow attack ended exactly like this.
Looking at the two archers who were paralyzed on the arrow tower, Zhao Xiaoxi immediately led the first detachment and climbed over the fence in front of him. He entered the cavalry camp of the Tangut people and ordered two personal guards. Just in time for the patrol to arrive.
He quickly rushed to the top of the arrow tower, untied the costume of the archer who had been shot, and put it on. When the patrol patrolled here again, they would not have thought that the two archers on the arrow tower had been replaced by two other archers.
This seemingly silent but thrilling attack. Let the cavalry officers and soldiers waiting in the dark outside also feel a feeling of heartbeat. At the same time, I am glad that today they are the ones who attack one side.
Looking at these patrolmen with torches and disappearing from everyone's sight again, Zhao Xiaoxi pointed with one hand. The two guards who had entered with him immediately opened the camp gate at the main gate.
The cavalry officers and soldiers who were waiting outside quickly assembled in the shadows. Next, what they were doing was to be as careful as possible to wipe out the living people in the camp.
Outside, several squads of raiders had been divided, and all of them were lying in the shadows of the camp. They need to be here to personally watch a demonstration of Cho Hyo-seok's actual combat of attacking and killing the patrol.
Although this kind of temporary teaching is a bit too simple, Cho Hyo-seok knows it very well. With a direct experience, these cavalry officers and soldiers who have good martial arts but are not good at sneak attacks will have a relatively intuitive actual combat performance.
Knowing this direct observation will allow these cavalrymen, who are then divided into several teams, to better understand what to do. In order to obliterate as accurately and quickly as possible, these squads are almost always patrols of eight to ten people.
Looking at the nine-man patrol, they were in sight again. The cavalry officers and soldiers lying in the shadows were all holding their breath and staring at the urgency, and Zhao Xiaoxi, who was lurking around the corner, and eight personal guards.
When these patrolmen came into the firing range of the crossbows, these cavalry officers and soldiers saw it, almost at the same time. The crossbow arrows of Zhao Xiaoxi and others shot at the same time, and they were shot out in an orderly manner.
What shocked them even more was that at the same time as the crossbow arrows were fired, Zhao Xiaoxi and the others also immediately walked away. The patrol soldiers who were shot by crossbow arrows but were not killed immediately were wiped out by Zhao Xiaoxi and others who quickly pounced.
In the blink of an eye, Cho Hyo-seok, who had killed a patrol, quickly made a gesture for the guards to pick up the torch that had fallen to the ground. At the same time, several people were separated, and the body was quickly dragged to a dark corner next to it.
This kind of orderly division of labor also deeply touched these cavalry officers and men. The first time I knew that they could kill people like this, I really understood why Zhao Xiaoxi would give them a show in person before the action.
After demonstrating the attack, Zhao Xiaoxi quickly asked the guards to take off the military uniform of the patrol and quickly changed into the military uniform on his body. He became a member of the patrol of this large battalion.
Waiting for these cavalry officers and soldiers in the sudden battalion, they will follow behind the patrol team pretended by Zhao Xiaoxi, and continue to infiltrate the depths of the camp. Until the cavalry soldiers in charge of patrolling the battalion were completely wiped out.
In order to ensure the spread of bloody qi, Zhao Xiaoxi also specially confessed to wait for the Western Xia cavalry who were attacked and killed. The bleeding wound was covered with mud to ensure that the bloody smell would not be smelled by the people in the tent.
It is clear that some battlefield veterans are very sensitive to the bloody atmosphere. If the Western Xia soldiers resting in the camp were awakened, then the surprise attack could fail at any time. Don't underestimate this small detail that covers up blood, but it can make the difference between the failure of an attack.
Following behind the team leaders led by their respective teams, he looked at Zhao Xiaoxi and others who were walking with torches in front of them. For the first time, these cavalry officers and soldiers felt the experience of sweating in their palms and a high degree of mental concentration.
When Zhao Xiaoxi brought this group of cavalry squads into all parts of the camp. A silent killing that took place in the camp of the Western Xia cavalry immediately kicked off.
As for Zhao Xiaoxi and these disguised patrol guards, they were directly interspersed from the center of the camp. Open to the back door of this barracks. The sentry in front of the rear camp was also replaced by the officers and soldiers of the cavalry.
This also ensures that once the whereabouts of the raiding team are exposed, the front and rear cavalry can attack the camp at the same time, and all the Western Xia cavalry living here will be annihilated here.
Zhao Xiaoxi, who always paid attention to the situation of the camp, soon wore the Western Xia military uniform on his body after solving the Western Xia cavalry at the back door. He wandered among the tents of the cavalry camp until it was already light.
Zhao Xiaoxi, who walked out of the last empty tent, found that the people hanging outside the camp seemed to be his subordinates. It wasn't until a closer search that I found that there was no one alive in this cavalry camp except for them.
Zhao Xiaoxi, who felt that this was really a bit unexpectedly smooth, saw that he didn't need to use the cavalry to rush the camp, and he also felt that he had saved a lot of trouble. Only the cavalry who received the order to enter the camp were also very disappointed when they heard that they had waited all night but were not of use to them.
However, to be able to take down a large cavalry camp of the opponent so cleanly, the cavalry soldiers who came were undoubtedly excited. Began according to the orders of Cho Hyo-seok, in addition to these tents.
The materials that could be taken away from the other cavalry camps, as well as the thousands of war horses kept in the stables, were all brought back to the Song Realm. As for those who were killed, nearly 200 cavalry stayed behind in Western Xia, and Zhao Xiaoxi simply destroyed the corpses.
Let his cavalry survive, take all the corpses out of the cavalry camp, and throw them into a narrow valley nearby. Then, when he returned, he hung a branch from the horse's tail and cleaned up all the footprints.
What made his cavalry soldiers even more puzzled was that Zhao Xiaoxi even asked his cavalry to remove the blood stains left by the killing last night. At the same time, it is cleaned up to make the whole camp look exceptionally clean and tidy.
After all the supplies and horses were sorted out, Zhao Xiaoxi immediately ordered to return to the army and went straight to Lanzhou City. and personally ordered the cavalry to cut off the troops, and removed the traces of them after crossing the bridge.
The reason for this is very simple, that is, the Tangut people have countless guesses and associations when they see this person going to the empty barracks.
That is, it ensured that the arrival of the cavalry would not be discovered by Western Xia in a short time, and it also left them with a shadow of inner fear. After all, in a large battalion where thousands of cavalry were stationed, the materials, horses, and personnel also disappeared. This is a strange situation! (To be continued......)