Night Seven: Night Attack on Dongguan (1)

(It's really troublesome to send two or three times a day.,Lao Feng actually wrote big chapters.,Anyone who has read previous works knows it.。 So let's send 5k at a time in the future, so that you can enjoy watching it. Ask for a monthly pass! Twelve hours later, the dreamer came out of the "night tent" again, less than 100 miles away from Dongwei Pass, and arrived at Dongwei Pass later that day.

Later, with the help of craftsmen, five eight-ox crossbows were installed on the wall, replacing the winch crossbows, which had a range of only 300 meters. After some simple debugging, since this place is already very close to the tail of Dongguan, I will no longer do the test, I believe there should not be too much of a problem.

Since the march was tiring, and there was still a little more than a month before the deadline set by the Dongzhou Imperial Court, the three stinkers decided to rest and recuperate until late tomorrow night before launching a surprise attack.

Due to the constraints of the Donghai team, the more than 400 town guards who came with them to reinforce Dongwei Pass did not make any noise, so the garrison of Weidong Pass on the opposite side did not realize all the changes that had taken place here, and they didn't even know that Dongwei Pass had quietly changed hands two months ago, and until this time they still thought that this pass was still in the hands of Li Wei, the capital of the state.

After resting for a day and a night, including the people in the dream, everyone up and down Dongwei Pass was full of energy, waiting to give a surprise to the rebels in Weixian County tonight.

Although it is still not clear what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd of the person in the dream, but Wu Qiang and Zhao Meng have seen their ability, to say that the use of soldiers like gods may be a little, but they will definitely not fight an uncertain battle, since they dare to bring such a little soldier over, there must be some unexpected tricks.

Due to the long-standing confrontation between the two passes, the rebels in Weixian County had long lost their vigilance against Li Wei, who was guarding this pass, thinking that the army sent by the state capital to garrison it was just to prevent them from invading the territory of the East China Sea and further expanding their territory. They never imagined that this level would quietly change hands, and secretly hatched a surprise attack against them.

The long period of calm made the defenders of Weidongguan quite lax, and the 1,000 defenders were divided into five shifts. One of the shifts is closed, and the other four shifts change every six hours. The two hundred people in each class have a Zhengbapin Xuanjie lieutenant under the unified jurisdiction, and there are two adjutants under it, namely Xuanjie lieutenant and Yu insult lieutenant, these three have the strength of C- to C+ ranks, which is equivalent to three dream people of ordinary level.

Due to Sima Fuqiang's special explanation on Monday night, Wu Qiang has been paying attention to the other party's shift change during this period, and learned that the specific time of the rebels' four shifts is the beginning of the sub-hour, the middle hour, the noon time, and the unitary hour, which is equivalent to five o'clock and eleven o'clock in the morning and evening in the real world.

The class that was on duty when he was a child was particularly lax, and there were often less than fifty people on the wall, and the others didn't know whether they were lazy or gambled. In short, as the most lax class, they were naturally targeted by the Donghai team.

In addition, there is a half-hour meal break in the middle of each class. As the saying goes, when you are full, you are sleepy, let alone at two or three o'clock in the morning, you are even more sleepy.

Although Wu Qiang does not have Sima Fuqiang's ability to "climb high and overlook" and "night vision", he can still see an approximate distance of 400 meters between the two levels. Moreover, Weidongguan is also afraid of being attacked by a sneak attack, even at night, the entire wall is brightly lit, so whenever this time, he will find that the figures walking on the opposite wall are even more rare.

After twelve o'clock, in addition to the necessary garrison on the wall, Sima Fuqiang concentrated the rest of the town guard behind the wall to arrange tactics. This kind of thing should have been done by him, the chief governor of the East China Sea Territory, but considering that the morale of the town guard was particularly important tonight, he asked Huang Zhilai to perform the command of the town guard in his place.

As soon as Huang Zhi spoke, he calmed everyone. "Tonight, the nine of us will be the vanguard, you can wait here with confidence, wait for us to open the gate of Weidongguan, and then a hundred cavalry will go up first, and the foot soldiers will follow. We worked hard to take Weidongguan before dawn, and tomorrow's breakfast was held over there! ”

"Nine people attacked a Xiongguan guarded by a thousand people......" Wu Qiang said nothing, he couldn't believe that this kind of thing would be true. But he had nothing to say, and the dream man took on the hardest part of the battle, and the rest of the matter was much simpler.

Huang Zhi was already impassioned when he said this, and he secretly launched the "inspiring" aura effect, which made the villagers below listen to it with blood.

Attacking Xiongguan with more than 1,000 people with 500 people is a myth like a fantasy in itself. In anyone's mind, even if the besieging side has great ability, it is inevitable that a large number of soldiers will be lost. And the man in the dream is the master of Donghai Town, and he already has the right to kill and kill the members of the town guard, and it is normal to use the villagers as cannon fodder when the time comes. Therefore, these villagers have long been extremely pessimistic about their future.

Who would have thought that Huang Zhi's tactical arrangement at this moment was very different from what they thought, not only did he not assign the most dangerous task to ordinary soldiers, but instead took the initiative to assume the most dangerous charge and battle duty, which suddenly gave them the feeling of climbing from the region to heaven. At this time, they only feel that these dream people are worthy of their lifelong life, even if they have to go to the soup for it one day, not to mention the battle of tonight's surprise attack on Dongguan, it is even more deserving of life, at this moment, the morale of the town guards is bursting, and a force of iron and courage that has never appeared on them permeates Dongwei Pass, as long as this battle can be successfully won, this army will develop into an iron-blooded strong army, and the villagers who participated in this battle will also become real warriors, Become the core backbone of this strong army of the future.

Of course, Huang Zhi did not say this to boost morale, this was indeed something that the three stinkers planned. If the soldiers all went to knock with the East China Sea team, who should make the five eight-ox crossbows?

Huang Zhi's speech was short but effective, and after completing the morale-boosting effect, he announced the disbandment as soon as possible, and the specific details of the operation did not need to be known by these ordinary villagers, but only a few backbones including Wu Qiang and Zhao Meng needed to be informed.

At three o'clock in the morning, Sima Fuqiang saw the rebels in Weidongguan finishing their meal at the head of the wall, one by one they were tired, and some of them had secretly leaned against the female wall and started to nap, and it was finally time to start this battle. The nine members of the Donghai team, including Xiao Qi, all changed into gray-brown night clothes and left Dongwei Pass against the wall and the dark part of the mountain.

On the wall of Dongwei Pass, except for Wu Qiang and the twenty people who must stay here to fill the heads, the rest of the foot soldiers are all working on eight-ox crossbows under the guidance of craftsmen.

Behind the gate of Dongwei Pass, a hundred town guard cavalry were ready to go, and the war horses all stopped their mouths to prevent neighing at the critical moment. This cavalry was led by Zhao Meng himself, and when Wu Qiang gave an order above his head, they went out to reinforce the people in their dreams who had opened the other party's door.

The only suspense is whether the three stooges' tricks will really work, and if tonight's surprise attack fails, it is basically impossible to repeat the same trick. Everyone prayed silently in their hearts, praying that God would give the East China Sea team a little more luck.

Don't look at the open area between the two passes, which is more than 300 meters, this section of the road is more relaxed, because whether it is Dongwei Pass or Weidong Pass, the torches that are set up immediately outside the pass cannot shine so far. Therefore, it only took less than half a minute for the members of the East China Sea team to pass through this insurmountable thunder pool during the day.

There are also five winch crossbows on the wall of Weidongguan, which were captured by the rebels when they seized the pass, and also have a range of 300 meters. Although the power of this winch crossbow is not as good as the newly replaced Eight Bull Crossbow in Dongwei Pass, if people in their dreams try to cross that open area during the day, I am afraid they will not be able to withstand the blow of the winch crossbow. At least Sima Fuqiang's "shield guard" in the C rank and Huang Ying's "tenacity" who had just reached this rank couldn't stand it, let alone others, it was no different from sending him to death at all.

After quickly passing through this dangerous area, the nine dreamers paused for a moment outside the range of the lights of Weidongguan.

In both passes, a horse barrier was set up fifty meters outside the wall, and several torches illuminated the area. Every day before dark, two or three soldiers would come down and light these torches to prevent them from sneaking up in the dark. After all, the setting of these torches is not very even, and there are a few places that are a little loose, which is the breakthrough selected by the Donghai team in advance.

Even if the torches are a little loose, after all, they still form a complete and seamless light zone, and it is impossible for the East China Sea team to drill the hole, so their first step plan is to "extinguish the fire", artificially cut off this light zone, and create a breakthrough for the people in their dreams to cross the horse rejection line.

This step is carried out by Xiao Qi launching a "sneak", so let's see the other party's reaction. If the "extinguishing the fire" plan is not successful, then everyone will have to go home and think about it in the long run. However, the three stinkers naturally do not formulate an indiscriminate plan that purely fights for the good or bad of character, and they have corresponding second-step countermeasures for several possible reactions of the other party, so they are at least ninety percent sure.

Xiao Qi, who launched the "stealth", easily came under a pre-selected torch without attracting anyone's attention. These torches are dipped in animal fat to help burn, and they are usually not easy to extinguish, so Sima Fuqiang also prepared a simple "fire extinguishing" prop for Xiao Qi in advance - a flame retardant asbestos cloth bag.

Xiao Qi glanced at the wall of Weidongguan, and confirmed that no one was staring at these torches so responsibly in the middle of the night, so he quickly put the asbestos cloth bag on the torch, and the torch that was cut off from the oxygen supply was instantly extinguished, and a shadow area finally appeared in the defense line of the horse. After hiding under the torch for a while, seeing that there was no obvious reaction on the wall, Xiao Qi continued to move forward to the bottom of the wall. Only then did he stick to the wall and touch the gate of the tail gate.

At the same time, Xiao Feng also moved, he directly activated the "speed" effect, like a gust of wind, it only took a second to pass through this shadow area, catch up with Xiao Qi in front, and the two walked towards the wall together.

At this time, someone on the wall finally noticed a small shadow area appeared in the horse rejection line below, and the rebel pulled his sleepy companion, "Hey, brother, why did you extinguish a torch over there?" ”

The rebel soldier who was woken up glanced impatiently in the direction he was pointing, and then leaned against the female wall with sleepy eyes, "If it's extinguished, it's extinguished, what's all the fuss about." ”

"Do you want to report to the lieutenant?" His partner still asked uncomfortably.

"Lord Lieutenant must be hiding in the Guan Lou and napping at this time, do you dare to quarrel with him? It's okay for you to wake me up, but if it affects the lieutenant's sleep, see if he doesn't reward you with fifty sticks! I don't think you're looking for anything, but I can't stand it, so you go down and light the torch again. ”

Seeing that the veteran ruffian was indifferent, the rebel, who was obviously a newcomer, did not dare to say anything more. He was not afraid of letting him go down alone and light the torch, but it seemed to be more troublesome than waking up the lieutenant. You still have to open the gate, that's not a matter of alarming an lieutenant, I'm afraid that even the Xuanjie captain on duty tonight will be alarmed, and then he will be hit with a hundred military sticks.

He is not stupid, this veteran ruffian is obviously woken up by himself and is unhappy, and wants to fix himself. A torch will be extinguished, anyway, even if it is not extinguished now, it will have to be extinguished tomorrow morning, as long as the people on duty do not say anything, no one knows about it. He soon saw it away, and became sleepy under the infection of his companions.

The "extinguishing the fire" plan was successful, and the best was expected, and the dream people began to pass through the shadow area one by one, unknowingly touching the edge of the wall.

According to the analysis of the three stinkers in advance, in addition to the current situation, it is also possible that the captain guarding the pass sent someone to relight the torches. In this way, Xiaofeng and Xiao Qi, who broke into the gate first, became the key to the action.

If the rebels only send one or two people, they must kill each other as soon as possible, seize the opportunity to seize the gate, and wait for their teammates to follow up for further action. If the opposing side sends out more people than they can handle, they must first hide and try to infiltrate the end of the pass with their unique skills, while the rebels who come out to light the fire are left to their teammates to destroy.

In the worst case, the "firefighting" operation attracted the close attention of the rebel lieutenants, and as a result, they were reminded of a night attack, which sent a warning signal to all rebels to be ready for battle. Once this happens, the Tokai team has no choice but to retreat. If you forcibly continue the night raid, it will be no different from a moth to a fire. But after repeated arguments by the three stinkers, they all felt that the last scenario was almost unlikely.

These rebels stationed at Weidongguan are said to have been at ease for several years, and their garrisons have been lax to the point where they are now, and it is impossible for them to be so vigilant. And unless the three stinkers who planned this night attack, no one can think so far just by the extinguishing of a torch, if the rebels really have that kind of talent, they would have taken the empty Dongwei Pass long ago, and the original "empty city plan" would not have worked.

At this time, there was no point in thinking about those unexpected situations, and the success of the "firefighting" operation allowed all nine dream people to reach the city wall of Weidongguan without any problems. At this time, even if there are rebels looking down from the wall, it is difficult to find these people, their gray-brown night clothes are selected with reference to the color of the stone and ground of the wall of Weidongguan, which has a good camouflage effect in the night when the light is poor.

At this time, Zhang Wei looked at his companions, and it was not until everyone made an "ok" gesture to him that he took out a small mirror from his arms, held it in his hand and shook it in the direction of the head of the Dongwei Pass wall, and at the same time kept lighting the fire in front of the mirror with flint.

Because the camouflage effect of the night suits of the people in the dream of the East China Sea team was too good, since they entered the dark open area, Wu Qiang lost their sight, and could only wait anxiously for the pre-agreed contact signal. After seeing the other party extinguish a torch, he began to calculate the time, and finally after a few more minutes, a faint flash of light appeared next to the closed door of the East Sea Pass, which was the signal that the East China Sea team had agreed with him in advance.

Wu Qiang hurriedly turned around and shouted to the hundreds of villagers who had been waiting behind him for a long time, "Ready!" Turn the winch! Launch! ”

The five Eight Bull crossbows fired five huge bolts almost in no sequence, not only drawing five white lines in the air, but also breaking the silent night sky between the two levels with their sharp whistling. Two seconds later, five giant crossbow arrows, known as "One Shot and Three Sword Arrows", were firmly nailed to the wall of Weidongguan, emitting a silent and dull crashing sound in almost no particular order.

Each of these two-meter-long "one shot and three sword arrows" penetrated into the wall to a depth of half a meter, and because the shooting angle was adjusted in advance, these five "one shot and three sword arrows" were built at an even distance of half a meter each at a height of half a meter on the wall of Weidongguan.

At this time, Zhang Wei took the lead in climbing this staircase and began to approach the wall of Weidongguan, while other teammates also followed suit, even if two adult men climbed a "one shot and three sword arrows" at the same time, these huge arrows did not show a trace of loosening, and they firmly supported the people climbing above, stronger than any ladder.

"One gun and three sword arrows" is also known as "stepping arrows", which can be directly launched with a crossbow of eight bulls and nailed to the city wall to form a peg for the siege soldiers, so it is called. The eight-bull crossbow with the "stepping arrow" is far better than the siege ladder, which can be used to kill and kill, and can be used to climb the city, which is the fundamental reason why Sima Fuqiang chose it as the secret weapon to conquer Weidongguan.

Without interference, the ladder formed by the "Stepping Arrow" is fairly easy to climb, even for Li Sha and Huang Ying. It's just that the wall of Weidongguan is six meters high, and the "ladder" constructed by five "stepping arrows" at this time has only reached half the height, which is not enough to send the people in the dream to the wall.

Naturally, the three stinkers would not make such a superficial mistake, and they had been prepared for it.

"All eight-bull crossbows are turned up five degrees, start the second round of shooting!" Wu Qiang issued a second directive at the head of the Dongwei Pass wall.

As the second series of whistling sounds, the "ladder" that could not reach the end was completed, and Zhang Wei climbed to the top for the first time, while the rebels in Weidongguan were still sleepy-eyed and stunned looking at Dongweiguan opposite, not even realizing that this was the beginning of the attack.

(To be continued)