Chapter 1253: Sleepless Nights Before the War
Zhang Jixian just sighed, and then said in a sullen voice: "Lord Wang doesn't have to be so discouraged, our army is nearly 100,000, and we are backed by Tianjin and Jizhen, and the thieves in Xuzhou are lone and deeper, the number is less than one-third of our army, and the odds are greater for us, maybe we can have a result tonight." ”
"I hope so!" Inspector Wang Zaijin has never been very optimistic.
The sneak attack organized by the official army will definitely not be dispatched from the south gate, because this is the front of the Zhao family's military camp, which is brightly lit and heavily guarded, and the same is true for the official army, and the movement of the soldiers and horses is easy to detect.
Xuanfu Xiong Qian is holding a knife, and everyone behind him is also holding a knife, axe and short spear, and some people are carrying fire starters, except for Xiong Qianzong, everyone else is biting a wooden stick in their mouths, and their shoes are helped with two thick layers of cloth, just to make no sound, and that is located in Qianzong, is to go in another direction.
Although the army supervisor and the main general are very cautious, but Xiong Qian's general idea is similar to the evaluation point of the city, this Xuzhou thief army is also a kind of goods, the outside looks strict, but in fact does not understand anything, it took a lot of effort to build this camp, looking tight, but in fact there are many flaws, it is heavily defended in the direction of the city, and there is no guard on the side towards the canal, and the position on the left side of the rear is also very loose, and it should be a place for the people and chariots and horses to rest.
Isn't that just a joke? Is it possible that the enemy army will cooperate with your camp to attack, this camp must pay attention to all aspects, and the important places must be carefully guarded, but if the enemy breaks the hole and kills in the unimportant places, it is also a fatal disaster!
Xiong Qian's team went around a big enough circle, and stopped far away in the left direction behind the Zhao family's military camp, in this Xiong Qian's opinion, the Zhao family's camp has loopholes, but the dark whistle and the like are arranged very well, so that people can't find any loopholes to exploit, and it can be seen that the arrangement is very careful.
But this inspection is too stiff, just hidden there for half an hour, Xiong Qian has already summed up the law, the thieves' rangers patrol back and forth, as well as the guards who patrol with lanterns on the camp earthen ramparts, the time is too fixed, although it is difficult to exploit the loophole with one person, but there is a gap of about a stick of incense, in this gap, the left position of the rear is empty, how can there be a few sentry posts to block the elite of the official army attacking the camp.
Xiong Qian always whispered a few words, the hundreds of people he brought with him began to prepare, the people who went out of the city to attack the camp late at night are the elite of one in a hundred, just have the courage not to be afraid of death, otherwise, when walking at night, you can't see clearly, you can't run when you attack, that is not only delayed, but also to implicate your companions, this is also the source of Xiong Qian's confidence, he is also the person who led the troops into battle, knowing the combat power of the team behind him, if these hundreds of people rush up on the battlefield, tens of thousands of formations may not be able to stop.
"This is the time!" The Xiong Qian always let out a low shout, ran forward quickly with a simple knife in his hand, and the people behind him also ran, but at this time, everyone still moved very lightly, not rushing into the camp of the thief army, shouting and shouting will only attract siege and expose their tracks.
The sentry guards of the thieves are close to the camp, the lights are dark here, everyone's steps are very light, it is estimated that the few thieves in front of them do not know that they are dying, Xiong Qian always puts the knife in his hand, ready to swing it out at any time, as long as he can succeed this time, how can he earn a guerrilla future, his own background is just a small flag, there is no great merit and miraculous skills, there is no way to ascend at all.
Seeing that he was about to come to the front, he clearly saw the thief army sentry, and he could see the shocked expression of the thief army guard, and now he was more than forty steps away from the thief army barracks, and he could rush in after killing people!
But at this time, the thieves didn't shout, didn't run away, didn't resist, just hugged their heads and lay on the ground, could it be that the thieves begged for mercy? But at this juncture, there was no time to delay and doubt, and stepped forward to cut him and rushed in to bomb the camp!
"Bang" "Bang" several muffled sounds in a row, there were a few flashes on the wall in front of him, Xiong Qian's hair exploded all over his body, what kind of movement is this, not like artillery, but not like firecrackers
Immediately, Xiong Qianzong heard a dense roar in the air, as if the ghosts of the underworld were screaming and roaring, Xiong Qianzong saw the bleeding line on the bodies of more than a dozen elite officers and soldiers who rushed to the front, and they were directly beaten upside down
Pu Dao was interrupted, Xiong Qian's body was hit hard in several places, at this moment, Xiong Qianzong felt that his whole body was hit by arrows, but this time the arrow cluster was a hundred times greater than the times he had experienced.
The hundreds of elite officers and soldiers who attacked the camp were knocked down by a third in this muffled moment, and then they could hear a shout from the barracks, and then the bowstring sounded, this time they were very familiar with the sound, but it was the bow and arrow that were shot, and they cheered through the lights on the camp to see the arrow rain falling, and they fell to the ground with a scream.
At this time, who dares to continue to move forward, the other party is obviously ready to wait for them to come, and those who dare to go out at night are elites, which is also resolute, regardless of the companions who screamed miserably on the ground, they all turned their heads and ran, and it was too late to run, but at this time it was too late, and the sound of horses' hooves could be heard from the left and right directions, and there were more arrows that were ignited and shot over, constantly falling in the crowd, this rocket was not to kill, but to point out the direction to the pursuers.
Fortunately, the rangers arranged outside by the Zhao family army did not chase too far, and chased out two hundred steps to return, but the cavalry pursued the foot soldiers, or the foot soldiers who were lightly armed for the surprise attack, the damage was too great, and the elite of the officers and soldiers who did not die in front of the camp were completely scattered, and only more than 100 people could escape, as for whether these soldiers would return to the camp, it is difficult to say.
On the side of the canal, there was a similar sound, the shotguns fired by the one-pounder cannon and the two-pounder cannon swept away all the officers and soldiers who attacked the camp within dozens of paces, and the generals who led the team were also killed on the spot, but the space between the camp and the canal was limited, and many officers and soldiers who fled only jumped into the canal.
In the left position of the rear, the archers all came up to watch, looking at the corpses outside, but there was not much excitement on everyone's faces, but a little stupid, and some people said listlessly: "Our brothers shot two rounds, but not as many as these four cannons killed." ”
"Those who use firearms are sleeping, just we are on duty at night, when I practiced bows and arrows, I thought it was a good craft, I never thought that we had studied for a few years and ten years, and it was not as good as those who had practiced for a few months, so we had to change careers as soon as possible!"
"Don't say this Rausch frustration, he tossed and shot a shot of lead bullets, let's shoot a few arrows, let's be fast!"
The discussion of the archers was quickly stopped by the team members, tomorrow is the big battle, tonight is not sure whether there will be an attack on the camp, we must not waste our spirit, we must seize the time to rest.
Jinghai County Chengtou couldn't see the details so far away, when the Zhao family's military camp was noisy and noisy, and all kinds of noises were intertwined, the civil officials and military generals in the city were excited, and several generals even ordered in succession that as long as the camp of the thief army collapsed, they would immediately send troops to cover up the past.
However, the noise did not last long, and soon quieted down, which made the atmosphere in the city suddenly become extremely low, although it was difficult to see the details, but everyone knew what was going on, and those who had just denounced the thief army as a good thing were all depressed, and there was still nothing to understand, the Xuzhou thief army not only had no flaws, but also deliberately set aside flaws for the officers and soldiers to drill.
The Governor King is in Jin and the main general Zhang Jixian and the leading officers of the soldiers and horses are quite calm, this night raid is a gamble, a small bet is a big profit, and the loss of gambling is not much, and the battle is natural after a long time, but this depression is inevitable, after going down to the city, the Inspector King did not let the generals disperse in Jin, and they were all summoned to the Chinese army to discuss the matter
"I heard that Zhou Baolu, the general of Xuzhou, has rebelled from a thief, and the thief army has the help of this general, which is really a great harm!" As soon as he sat down, Wang Zaijin mentioned this first, which made everyone's frustration dissipate a little, although Zhou Baolu did not know the righteousness, but he was also an old figure who led the troops and used the soldiers, with his guidance, everyone was not wronged to suffer this loss.
The atmosphere in the room was a little relaxed, and Wang Zaijin said in a deep voice: "Everyone has heard and seen in the past few days, this Xuzhou thief army is not a rabble, the advance and retreat are quite orderly, and there are rebel generals to instruct, and profiteers supply grain and grass, this is a difficult bone to gnaw, if our army wants to win quickly, I am afraid that it will be a little difficult." ”
Liu Pinghu, the deputy chief soldier of the official army of Jizhen Town, said: "Lord Wang is right, but our army is backed by a strong city, there is plenty of food and grass, and there are many people, as long as our army does not rush in and out, the thief army will still be defeated!" ”
This said that Wang Zaijin and Zhang Jixian's faces were not very good-looking, they were going to send troops to attack the camp, this Liu Pinghu was against it, and now he took it out and said, obviously not to comfort everyone, the superintendent Wang Zaijin looked at the Hong general who led the Beijing camp, and then looked at the infantry guerrilla in Shanxi, as well as the two generals of Zhending and Baoding, everyone was sinking like water, and they couldn't see what they were thinking.
However, the superintendent Wang knows in Jin's heart that everyone's thoughts are different, there are those who don't contribute to work, those who want to see jokes, and those who don't know what to toss.
Wengui and Wu, Wenchen led the army, and Qi Jiguang, the first general of the Ming Dynasty, had to call himself a lackey in front of the cabinet chief, Wang Zaijin knew these allusions, but the experience in Liaozhen and Liaoxi also let him know that if the military general was strong and did not obey the order, Wenchen actually had nothing to do
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