Chapter 16 The so-called integration of the inside and the outside (2)
"Ding-ding! Ding ding! β
Around the middle of the day, the originally very quiet Zhou army camp suddenly became noisy and noisy, the sound of the early warning of Jin Ge resounded throughout the camp, everywhere because of the panic and uneasy Zhou soldiers, they held their weapons with both hands, ran in the Nuo camp, looking for the empty night attack enemy.
"Damn, which direction is the enemy army attacking at night?! -- Who was in the camp shouting and shouting for the enemy to attack? Stand up and make it clear! β
Because they couldn't find the so-called enemy troops for a long time, many Zhou soldiers began to curse in frustration, after all, they were awakened by the noise in their sleep, and they thought that the Taiping army was coming to attack at night, but they didn't see half of the enemy army after searching for a long time, so you can imagine how angry they were in their hearts. "Maybe it's a false positive!"
A thousand generals of the Zhou army stood up, waved his hand and said to most of the unknown Zhou soldiers around him, "Okay, okay, in that case, let's go back for the time being." Each of them will return to their own accounts, and let me report this matter to General Liao Li first! β
"Yes!"
Seeing that thousands of people were about to speak, all the Zhou soldiers didn't dare to say more, but just scolded and scolded, eager to peel off the skin of those guys who had just given an inexplicable warning.
At the same time, near the tent of a tent, a soldier named He Wen frowned slightly.
He Wen, the former Taiping Army soldier, was an uncle under Xu Le's command, and it was he and hundreds of pairs of Xu Le's loyal former Taiping Army soldiers who shouted loudly in the barracks, following Xu Le's orders, intending to mess up the entire Zhou military camp.
But he ignored one point, ignoring that this Zhou soldier is a Jizhou soldier, well-trained and experienced, even if it is such a late-night bombing camp, although there are indeed many Zhou soldiers who are afraid at the beginning, but after a stick of incense, after some thousands of generals and hundreds of generals stand up one after another to stabilize the situation, the entire Zhou army camp suddenly returned to order.
And this is not what He Wen wants to see.
Suddenly, He Wen inadvertently caught a glimpse of the camp tent near him, and he found that there were still a few Zhou soldiers in the tent who were not affected by Fang Cai's noise, and were still asleep.
With a roll of his eyes, He Wen had a plan, and while those Zhou soldiers had not dispersed, he turned to the back of the tent, cut through a hole on the outside of the tent with a sharp sword, and quietly slipped in.
After entering, without saying a word, he cut a sharp knife on the necks of several sleeping Zhou soldiers, and pitied those Zhou soldiers who were killed without realizing it.
After quietly killing the soldiers, He Wen returned the same way, crept out of the cut on the outside of the tent, and hid in a dark corner and waited.
At this time, the Zhou soldiers gathered in the center of the camp had dispersed one after another, but they were still scolding. Among them, several soldiers of Zhou happened to walk into the tent where He Wen had just been.
After a few breaths of calm, an angry roar erupted from inside the tent.
"There are thieves! - There are thieves in the camp! β
There is no doubt that the bodies of the Zhou soldiers killed by He Wen have been found by their fellow tents.
At this time, the entire military camp was suddenly in chaos, after all, at first the soldiers in the camp only thought that the sleeping soldier had misreported the alarm, except for scolding a few words to vent his anger, he would not really find that person, cramping and peeling his skin. And now that there are human lives, the nature of the whole incident is suddenly different.
"Bell, bell, bell! Bell bell! β
This time, there was no need for He Wen to shout, the entire Zhou camp sounded again, and it was more urgent than that.
Seeing this, the corners of He Wen's mouth raised a somewhat triumphant smile.
However, in his opinion, this is not enough, and the entire Zhou army is not turbulent enough.
Thinking of this, he took advantage of the chaos to quickly contact the former Taiping soldiers under his command, and the shouting that he thought of at the beginning gradually turned to assassinate those unsuspecting passers-by.
Because He Wen and other Taiping soldiers were also wearing armor in the style of the Zhou army, at first, the Zhou soldiers did not realize that there was actually a murderer lurking beside them.
But as the so-called paper can't hold the fire, as hundreds of former Taiping soldiers secretly killed more and more Zhou soldiers, there are still some Zhou soldiers who have seen the true face of the murderers who poisoned them.
"The Taiping Bandits! -- There are thieves dressed in our armor and mixed into the army! β
"There are thieves in my barracks!"
The first to shout was none other than He Wen's former Taiping soldiers, because they wanted to divert the attention of the Zhou soldiers to the side of the Niu Zhu Taiping Army, after all, their people were at most hundreds, and once the Zhou soldiers noticed the real situation, it would definitely be the end of being chopped into pulp. After all, there are nearly 30,000 Zhou soldiers in this Nuo camp, but He Wen and others only have a few hundred, how can they resist?
This shouting made the entire Zhou army camp even more chaotic, causing the countless Jizhou soldiers to be in danger, holding swords and nervously guarding the surroundings, unless it was the familiar Tongze, they would not approach the other party.
"The Chinese army, the Qu Department under General Liao Li, a battalion of soldiers, gather here! - If you are not my battalion brothers, you must not come close! β
"The Left Army, the Qu Department under the command of General Tang Hao, and the brothers of the second battalion are here to gather! -- Soldiers of the camp next to you, don't come close! β
I have to say that the Jizhou soldiers are indeed the army with the most rich combat experience in the Great Zhou, and the quality of the Jizhou soldiers in the army is incredible, even in such a chaotic situation, they still maintain their sanity and calmness, if they were replaced by the rest of the army, I am afraid that the camp would have been bombed, showing a miserable scene of friendly troops killing the entire camp.
During this period, some of the former Taiping soldiers did not believe in evil and wanted to blend in with a certain team under a false name, but because of their unfamiliar faces, they were immediately killed by those soldiers. And what is unbelievable is that seeing such things, the rest of the Zhou soldiers around him seem to be commonplace. It is not difficult to guess that the Jizhou soldiers have conducted a lot of training and acting in the matter of bombing the camp late at night.
[Damn, this Jizhou soldier is inevitably too disciplined, right?] ]
He Wen's eyebrows were deeply furrowed when he was watching from a distance, he thought that getting a few lives would make the Zhou soldiers in the entire camp fall into terror, and everyone was in danger, so it was best to make them suspicious of each other and kill each other. As a result, the Jizhou Army showed him, the former Taiping sergeant, what is a regular sergeant who has experienced a hundred battles, and what is the leading force in the Great Zhou.
"General Liao Li's battalion of 1,000 people will be Liu Di, this time on behalf of General Liao Li, this time the army will temporarily order that all the troops will search for thieves who are mixed in our army according to the location of the station!"
A Zhou army of thousands of generals stood up, after all, the Jizhou soldiers were originally the rules of temporary authority. In the case of an emergency military situation and the absence of generals such as Fei Guo, Ma Dan, Tang Hao, and Liao Li, the partial general has the right to temporarily act as a general; In the absence of the general, a thousand people will be temporarily promoted to two ranks, as generals and commanders, and so on.
And the current thousand-person general named Liu Di has been temporarily promoted by two ranks, replacing the general Liao Li to give orders. This is the rule of the Jizhou soldiers to deal with emergencies, and the military order stipulates that even if the general temporarily replaces the command of the general, the orders of the same battalion under the command of this person must also be followed, as if the general is there in person. Because of this, the chaos that He Wen finally caused was once again resolved by the Jizhou soldiers, but so many Zhou sergeants were crowded in the middle, identifying and asking about their identities one by one, and it still looked a little chaotic.
But even so, in He Wen's eyes, it made him secretly anxious. After all, at the moment, the generals of the Jizhou army have not yet appeared, and in this case, the Jizhou soldiers have stabilized the chaos on their own, so you can imagine what the situation will be if the generals are present.
[Huh?] ββSpeaking of the generals of the Jizhou Army? Obviously, the camp has become so chaotic, and those generals don't show up? ]
A mystery flashed through his mind, and He Wen slipped into a nearby tent. After all, not far away, Zhou Bing had already begun to examine the nearby soldiers one by one, and if he was seen that He Wen was alone and did not belong to any army general, then he He Wen would inevitably be suspected.
Therefore, He Wen slipped into a pitch-black tent not far away without thinking. He had thought that the soldiers in the nearby tents were all in the open space outside the tent, and as long as he could sneak into the tent, he would be able to pass the pass in a fool's way.
But as a result, as soon as he stepped into the tent, He Wen was frightened by the scene inside the tent, and he gasped in shock, and his eyes widened unconsciously.
What did he see?
He saw that the tent was full of heavily armed soldiers of Zhou, and his eyes were full of oppression, which made He Wen feel chills all over his body.
[What's going on?] These Zhou soldiers ......]
Before He Wen could react, a hand suddenly reached out from the side and pinched his mouth, making him feel severe pain.
He Wen subconsciously wanted to swing the sword, but unfortunately, before he could make any movements, his hand holding the sword was also restrained. He struggled instinctively, but found that his strength was like a mud cow entering the sea, and no matter how much he struggled, he could not struggle.
A light breeze blew a little bit of the tent, and with a little light shining in from outside the tent, He Wen was shocked to find that the person who subdued him was actually Liao Li, the general of the Zhou army.
[Finished......]
At that moment, He Wen was discouraged, after all, Liao Li was the most brave general in the Jizhou army, even Xu Le was not necessarily this person's opponent, not to mention that he He Wen was a hundred generals.
"Whew-"
A cold and piercing sword pierced He Wen's chest, He Wen only felt a chill in his chest, and in an instant, the strength of his whole body seemed to leave his body, causing him to let out a miserable scream in the process of slowly falling to the ground.
Among the dense soldiers in the tent of the "General's ......", several people had unbelievable expressions. They must have been stunned that Liao Li killed the soldier wearing the armor of the Zhou army who broke in without asking, and they were not afraid of killing the wrong person.
As if he had guessed the thoughts of the soldiers in the tent, Liao Li lowered his voice and said, "This person has a very strong smell of blood all over his body, and the blade of the sword in his hand is still bloodshot...... It's not my sergeant! β
The soldiers in the tent were relieved when they heard this, after all, Liao Li was also famous in the Jizhou army, and there was not a single soldier in the army who did not recognize him. Obviously, when he saw that Liao Li, the general, was still planning to raise his sword to resist, only the Taiping thief sergeant!
Thinking of this, all the soldiers in the tent sincerely admired Liao Li's judgment, after all, Liao Li subdued the other party as soon as he stepped into the tent, and killed him immediately, and it didn't take a few moments to do so. It can be said that Liao Li judged the identity of the other party within a short period of time, and this keen insight is really not something that ordinary people can do.
I have to say that Liao Li is really not inferior to Fei Guo and Ma Dan in most cases, if he can get rid of his impulsive temperament and short-tempered temperament when the situation is not good, he can definitely become a handsome man in his own right.
"Humph!" Glancing at He Wen's corpse on the ground, Liao Li lifted a trace of the tent and looked out.
"General, how long will I have to wait?" One of the soldiers asked in a low voice.
"Wait until Niuzhu's Taiping army attacks...... Don't worry, it will definitely come! Explaining in a low voice, Liao Li put down the tent that had been raised.
At the same time, outside the tent where Xie An lived, Xu Lezheng, the former general of the Taiping Army, was listening attentively to the movements around him, secretly judging in his heart how many Dongling assassins were left in this vicinity.
During this period, he noticed that the false warning sounds in the camp gradually disappeared, and the camp, which originally seemed chaotic, gradually restored order, which made Xu Le frown slightly, after all, this meant that He Wen and the others had been noticed and killed by Zhou Bing one after another.
But even so, Xu Le did not have the slightest panic in his heart, because in his opinion, the implementation of the whole strategy was very smooth, and when He Wen attracted most of the Zhou soldiers in the camp, another henchman of his was trying to deceive the camp gate on the east side of the camp, which was convenient for Niu Zhu's Taiping soldiers to enter the camp.
No, at the same time that He Wen was killed by Liao Li, the gate of the Zhou army camp on the east side was already burning with a raging fire, and it is not difficult to guess that it was another henchman of Xu Le who led his corporal to find a way to kill the Zhou soldiers guarding the camp and set a fire near the camp gate.
"What's going on?"
With a slightly annoyed question, several black shadows appeared around the handsome tent, and the ability to come and go without a trace only saw Xu Le's heart slightly startled.
"Why does Dongying Yuanmen go to the water?" A Dongling assassin who had heard a somewhat imposing voice asked in a deep voice.
"I don't know ......"
"Could it be that the Niuzhu Taiping Army has really invaded our military camp?"
Just as the assassins of the Dongling Mountains were whispering, they suddenly heard the sound of gongs and drums outside the gate on the east side of the camp, and the shouts of killing shook the sky.
Faintly, you can even vaguely hear the early warning sounds of some Zhou soldiers.
"Dongying! Dongying was attacked by the Taiping army at night! β
"There are fine works that open the door of Dongying camp......"
"The Taiping Thieves have entered!"
Listening to the shouting that was nothing, Xu Le was secretly happy in his heart. It is not difficult to guess that it was the commander of the Niuzhu Taiping Army, Ku Yang, who had agreed with him earlier, led his troops and horses to attack the Zhou army camp.
Xu Le's guess was not wrong, in fact, as early as when He Wen frequently set fire and killed people inside the Zhou military camp, deliberately creating chaos, on the east side of the Zhou army camp, Wei Zhuang, the general under the command of Niuzhu Taiping Army Commander Ku Yang, had already led many soldiers to watch outside.
After Xu Le's henchmen found a way to deceive the defenders of the Dongying camp gate and set a fire near the camp gate, Wei Zhuang immediately led the army into the Zhou army camp.
Of course, on the surface, it seems that this is indeed the case, but in fact, it was the Zhou army that deliberately let the Taiping army in......
"It's coming! ββAs adults expected! β
In the dark corner near Dongying, Zhang Dong, a veteran of the Jizhou Army, watched from a distance the Niuzhu Taiping sergeant who took advantage of the weakness, and stroked his beard with his right hand, without the slightest panic.
From the side, a partial general watched the Taiping soldiers in the distance enter the camp, frowned, and said in a low voice, "General, do you really want to let this thief army into the camp?" -- Right now, there's chaos in my barracks, in case ......."
As if seeing the worry in the hearts of the generals, Zhang Dong said on the ground, "Don't worry, don't look at the situation in the camp that seems to be chaotic, it is just deliberately revealed to the Taiping Army...... What we have to do is to lure this Taiping army in...... Hmm, it should be said that you are invited into the urn! -- When he killed the Chinese army where the adults were, we blocked the Dongying and cut off its retreat, Tang Hao blocked its way, and then Liao Li, Ou Peng and other generals killed from both sides...... Is there any reason why the thief army is undefeated? -- For this reason, the adults deliberately made the camp like an iron bucket, without leakage! β
When the general heard this, he suddenly realized, but after glancing at the Taiping army in the distance, he still showed a little doubt on his face, and asked puzzledly, "Strange, the Taiping thief army doesn't seem to be in a hurry to enter the middle camp of our army, and has been staying outside......"
"Hehe, yes!" Zhang Dong smiled slightly and said, "It can be seen that the withered sheep is also a thoughtful person, if you don't cast enough bait, I'm afraid it will be difficult to lure him into taking the bait!" β
"Bait?"
"Ah, that's a great bait!" Stroking his beard, Zhang Dong involuntarily turned his head and looked in the direction where the military marshal's tent was.
At the same time, in the tent of the commander of the Chinese army, because Dongying was attacked by the Niuzhu Taiping army, all the assassins in Dongling who were guarding outside the tent left one after another to inquire about the news, so that Xu Le finally waited for the best time to assassinate Xie An.
At least in Xu Le's opinion.
Hinting at the henchmen left and right with his eyes, Xu Le clenched the sword in his hand, and after glancing at the left and right for a few times, he quietly slipped into the tent of Xie An, the commander of the Zhou army.
One-step......
Two-step ......
Three-step ......
With the faint light of the fire outside the tent, Xu Le quietly walked to the couch inside the tent, gently pulled out the saber at his waist, and then a burst of light erupted in his eyes, and slashed down on the couch.
After slashing six or seven times in a row, Xu Le was suddenly stunned, because he felt that the sword in his hand seemed to be just a futon.
At this moment, the tent suddenly became bright, and it turned out that someone had lit the oil lamp on the table. Xu Le subconsciously turned his head, and then his eyes changed suddenly, because he saw that Xie An, the target of his assassination this time, was sitting next to the desk with an indifferent expression.
Opposite him, Liu Qing, the former lord of the Taiping Army, sighed quietly.
The sigh had not yet fallen, and beside Liu Qing, Xu Le's former colleague and the former Taiping Army's Six Divine Generals, Yuheng Divine General Qi Zhi, slowly pulled out the saber at his waist with a complicated expression, and pointed at Xu Le from afar.
"You still won't listen to the persuasion...... Xu Le! β