Chapter 959: Night Attack on the Purple River (II)
Han Qianhui and fifteen soldiers also sneaked into Yangma City from the mountains, so that they could avoid the Turkic patrol posts that could not be defended on the periphery, which was the biggest defense hole of the Turkic army, they sent thousands of soldiers to patrol within ten miles outside the camp, but they could not take into account the south of Yangma City, which was close to the mountains and could not patrol on horseback, so it became a defensive hole in the Turkic military camp. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
However, not being able to take care of it did not mean ignoring it, and the Turkic commander still arranged two patrol teams to patrol the inside of the wall, but the unfavorable terrain here still made the south of Yangma City a soft underbelly of the Turkic outer defense.
Han Qianhui had the experience of stealing sheep here many times, he knew how to avoid the patrol posts inside the Sheep and Horse City, when a patrol cavalry galloped past, he led fifteen soldiers to jump up the wall, climb over the wall, and run quickly towards the depths of the Sheep and Horse City.
These fifteen soldiers are all selected martial arts masters, and the water nature is not bad, coupled with Han Qianhui's rich experience as a thief, they quickly walked through the millions of crowded cattle and sheep, which only caused a slight commotion of nearly a thousand sheep, and the sheep bleated and avoided them uneasily, but the slight commotion of a thousand sheep was like a wave in the sea among the millions of cattle and sheep, and it did not have any effect.
More than a dozen Sui soldiers were as fast as cunning rabbits and fast as deer, and soon passed through Yangcheng Macheng, and climbed out of the wall north of Yangma City, outside is the Purple River, and on the opposite bank is a Turkic dome, there are no patrol soldiers here, and the nearest sentry to them is also hundreds of steps away, there is the entrance of a ditch from the Purple River to Yangma City, guarded by fifty soldiers.
The soldiers crouched in the grass on the shore, keeping a close eye on the situation on the other side of the river, the river was not deep, the deepest was only up to the thighs, but the current was very fast, it was difficult to stand firm in the water, and the slightest mistake would be swept away by the torrent.
At this time, it was the third watch, and it was also the time when the 10,000 Turkic troops were asleep, they were far away from the battlefield, and they did not encounter any attacks in the south for a month, and the vigilance of the military camp was gradually relaxed.
Han Qian looked up at the sky, the moonlight was bright and dark, and under a full moon, a large area of thin gray clouds was extremely fast, drifting towards the northwest, the wind was strong, and the wind direction was still southeast.
This was the first time Han Qianhui had led a regular army on a mission, and he was very nervous, he knew very well that this was an opportunity for him to turn around completely, but it was also a severe test.
He quickly glanced at the fifteen soldiers under his command, these fifteen soldiers were selected from the 50,000 army of martial arts masters, there were team leaders and brigade commanders, and he, the leader, was the person with the lowest position, just a fire commander, fortunately, everyone did not know the details of each other, if he let his subordinates know that he was born in a trap and was only a fire commander, I am afraid that no one would obey his command.
"Listen to me!"
Han Qianhui summoned everyone to his side and whispered to them: "The river is very turbulent, I have personally experimented with it, if it is difficult to stand up, it will be swept away by the river, the best way is to dive into the bottom of the water, the body is close to the riverbed to parade, the bottom of the water is very gentle, everyone needs to dive to the opposite bank in one breath, you can't stop halfway, let's see if you can do it?" ”
Everyone looked at the river, the river was more than 20 zhang wide, and everyone nodded, indicating that there was no problem.
Han Qianhui instructed again: "Even if you are swept away by the river, don't panic, don't struggle, the river will slow down when you reach the mouth of the Purple River, and there will be no danger to your life, but don't come over again, so as not to be discovered by the sentinels!" ”
After speaking, Han Qianhui looked at everyone one by one, everyone nodded silently, Han Qianhui saw that no one had any doubts, so he said: "Finally, check the oil paper bag on your body, and prepare to go into the water!" ”
Everyone took off their shirts, stabilized the oiled paper bag tied to their backs, took a deep breath, and dived into the water.......
In just a moment, Han Qianhui was the first to go to the opposite shore, and then the soldiers also went ashore, Han Qianhui quickly counted the number of people, fifteen people were not less, at this time all the soldiers were prostrate in the grass on the shore, waiting for further orders.
Han Qianhui said that their task was simple and simple, and it was difficult to say that it was difficult, their task was to attack the Turkic camp by fire, saying that it was simple as long as the fire was lit, with the wind, the fire would spread quickly, but it was not easy to break through the outer defense of the Turkic army, the Turkic soldiers were in a team of ten, and they had to shoot all the sentries at one time in the dark, and as long as one of them did not die, they would shout loudly, thus triggering the alarm, so the key to the success of the fire attack was whether they could avoid the Turkic patrol posts.
And Han Qianhui happened to know the defense loopholes of the Turkic camp, entered Yangma City from the mountain, and then passed through Yangma City and Zihe, and then infiltrated the Turkic camp, thus avoiding the dense patrols on the periphery.
Everyone unwrapped the oilcloth tied to their bodies one after another, and took out layers of fire sickles, fire cloths and other fire-inducing things from inside.
Han Qianhui waved his hand lightly, sixteen people moved very quickly, each of them pounced on a big tent, hidden behind the tent, the soldiers lit the fire cloth almost at the same time, the fire cloth quickly burned, the soldiers threw the fire cloth on the big tent, and then pounced on another dome tent, they were vigorous, skilled and fast, only a moment of effort, they ignited forty-five dome tents.
As the leader, Han Qianhui's mission was not to light the fire, he held two torches in his hand, rekindled more than a dozen unlit tents, and at the same time observed the surrounding movements, at this time, there was a shout in the distance, the figure was shaking, and a cavalry was rushing towards this side, Han Qianhui did not hesitate to order: "Retreat!" ”
The soldiers turned and ran, jumped into the Purple River, dived to the opposite bank, and soon reached the shore, and then fell into the sheep and horse pens, and disappeared among the millions of cattle and sheep.
At this time, the fire located in the southeast corner of the Turkic camp began to spread rapidly, the flames soared into the sky, and with the strong assistance of the wind, the fire swallowed one big tent after another, without any signs of stagnation, the flame maw became bigger and bigger, and there were constantly burning tents rising into the air with the help of the wind, drifting into the distance, making the fire show a kind of leaping spread.
The Turkic soldiers, shouting in fear, rushed out of the tent and fled barefoot and lifeless.
At this time, the hundred soldiers led by Wang Canghai lurked in the horse circle, they were waiting for the signal of the camp, compared to their task, the burning of the camp is more important, once they start in advance, it is likely to alarm the Turkic camp, so that the task of burning the camp fails, this is very clear to everyone, although they are anxious, but still wait patiently.
Just when the soldiers' eyes were about to look sour, suddenly, a fire appeared in the southeast corner of the camp, and more than a dozen soldiers excitedly pointed at the fire at the same time and shouted: "General, the fire is on!" ”
Wang Canghai was also excited in his heart, and immediately ordered: "Let the horse go!" ”
The horse circle of the sheep and horse city is not rammed with soil, but surrounded by long wood, everyone started together, only a moment to remove a large section of the fence, dozens of soldiers turned over on the horse, urging the horses to rush outward, at this time, from the horse stall not far away rushed out of more than 30 grooms, waving whips and shouting, Wang Canghai gave an order, dozens of arrows were shot, more than a dozen grooms in front of them fell down with arrows, and the rest of the grooms were so frightened that they rolled and crawled, turned around and fled to the stable.
The general who commanded this Turkic army was called Volesi, and he was the commander of the Turkic Ashina Division, and this Turkic army was also one of the core armies of the Ashina Division.
But Chu Luo Khan still didn't expect that the Sui army would take the lead in opening this army.
Seeing that the fire in the camp was too fierce to be stopped, he was so anxious that he shouted, "Evacuate to the east!" ”
He knew that this must be an attack by the Sui army, so the main force of the Sui army would definitely wait in the north and west, and only by withdrawing to the east would there be a glimmer of life.
But no soldiers heeded his shouts, the east was already engulfed in fire, and only fleeing to the north and west could survive.
At this time, the fire had engulfed more than half of the battalion, and was rapidly spreading north and west, and many soldiers could not outrun the speed of the flames, and were engulfed in the fire, only to hear heart-rending screams echoing in the fire, and soon disappeared.
"General, let's go!"
More than a dozen personal soldiers rushed over, pulling the reins of the war horse of Fule and fled, and the war horses of ordinary soldiers were in the horse pen, but he and the war horses of his own soldiers were kept in a special big tent for the convenience of inspecting the camp.
Seeing that the fire had engulfed his tent, Voller was terrified, and he jerked his horse, which galloped away in a northeasterly direction.
Countless soldiers fled the camp, many soldiers ran to the horse pen, only to find that their horses were no longer in the horse pen, the soldiers were bare-handed, most of the soldiers were barefoot, wearing only a thin underwear, the soldiers were terrified, and fled for their lives to the west.
At this time, the 50,000 Sui army had already surrounded the west and north, as if a large net had been laid.
Li Jing watched coldly at the large group of Turkic soldiers fleeing on his horse, and coldly shouted: "Kill me, don't leave a single one!" (To be continued.) )