Chapter 376: The Defense of the Barracks

The task of this surprise attack, in fact, Chu Ruowei himself proposed, since they took the initiative to attack, they must be caught off guard, if many people go, the movement is too big and easy to be discovered, it is better for them to harass the people in the north first, and others can take advantage of the chaos to take it in one fell swoop.

Taking advantage of the thick night, they quietly sneaked around the barracks in northern Xinjiang. At this time, only a few places in the Northern Xinjiang Barracks were lit, and they were some soldiers who stayed outside to guard, and the others had already fallen asleep at this time.

"Yang Zhen, you go and observe where their grain and grass are, and then burn them with a fire!"

"Yes, Your Highness." Yang Zhen took the order and left, and it didn't take long for him to turn back and report the location of the grain and grass to Chu Ruoyi.

"Your Highness, my subordinates found that the defense of the barracks in the northern Xinjiang was not tight at all, and my subordinates went back and forth in their barracks a few times, but they didn't even find me."

"It's not that they don't defend tightly, they are guarding against the soldiers in the northern frontier, but they can't guard against secret guards like you." After hearing Chu Ruoyao's words, Yang Zhen suddenly realized.

"We only had 10 people this time, in two teams. The five of you attacked from the right and burned their food and grass, while we rushed straight into the barracks, chopped them down for a while, and then came back. ”

Yang Zhen nodded and left with a few people. Chu Ruoqi and the others hid in the grass, and when they waited for the light of the grain and grass to be fired, they would immediately rush in.

After waiting for a while, the grain and grass suddenly burst into flames, followed by a rush of footsteps, and the soldiers of Northern Xinjiang who were still sleeping just now all ran up, and rushed to the grain and grass to start fighting the fire.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Chu Ruoqi led people directly into the barracks in the northern Xinjiang, although there were only five of them, but through this chaos, many people had fallen to the ground.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! In the chaos, the people in the northern Xinjiang shouted everywhere like headless flies, and they couldn't find Chu Ruoyao's location for a while, Yang Zhen and the others joined Chu Ruoyao's team after burning the grain and grass.

In the midst of this chaos, the people in northern Xinjiang gradually reacted. Seeing that the advantage had gradually been lost, Chu Ruoyan said to everyone to retreat, and then took the lead in leaving the military camp in the northern Xinjiang.

The people in northern Xinjiang saw that a few black shadows had fled, and subconsciously wanted to go out to chase them, but the fire on the grain and grass side was getting bigger and bigger, so they gritted their teeth and could only give up the pace of chasing, turning their heads and hurriedly fighting the fire.

It was only after they finally put out the fire that they realized how terrible the loss was, because the grain and grass were completely burned by the fire, and the existing food on hand was only enough to support them for three days.

Now the only way is to bring grain and grass from the north of Xinjiang, but it will take a long time, and when this time comes, it is uncertain whether those people will attack them.

"It's all rubbish! Isn't there anyone who sees how the grain and grass are lit? When the leader saw that the grain and grass had been burned, he was furious, and the people below all shrank their heads one by one, not daring to make any sound.

"I'm asking you, are you all deaf?" He yelled again.

"Back to the words of the marshal, we didn't see it." Finally, a brave soldier stood up and replied, but this sentence completely angered the marshal of the northern frontier, and he stepped forward and kicked the soldier to the ground.

"Didn't see? There are so many people patrolling outside, you dare to tell me that you didn't see it? ”

"The marshal was angry, and his subordinates felt that this must be a ghost made by someone from the Mingyue Kingdom."

"I don't need you to say that I also know that it was the people of Mingyue Country who made trouble, the question is how did they get close to here so quickly!" The marshal was furious, he thought that his defense was very tight, but he didn't expect to be exploited by these people.

At the same time, he was also very puzzled, when he fought with these soldiers before, they had never taken the initiative to attack, why did they make such a move this time?

"Don't let anyone sleep for me tonight, keep me around the tent! Don't even blink your eyes! Before he could finish his sentence, the sound of feathered arrows could be heard in the air.

The arrows that came from all directions instantly knocked a group of soldiers to the ground, and everyone panicked to find the direction where the arrows were flying, but found nothing.

The soldiers were like headless flies scurrying around in place, but they couldn't find Chu Ruoyao's hiding place.

Both the leader and the soldiers were in a state of panic, not knowing from which corner the next second would be another arrow that would knock them to the ground.

Compared to the chaos they had here, Chu Ruoya and the others in the grass were very leisurely.

When these soldiers in the northern frontier gradually relax their vigilance, it would be good for them to launch an attack again, so as to continuously stir up their nerves, keep them in a state of tension and exhaustion, and create a better condition for the attack of Marshal Shen and others in the future.

After harassing them three or four times in a row, the soldiers in northern Xinjiang also gave up completely.

"Marshal, my subordinates think that these people are just trying to trick us, maybe there are not many people who come at all."

"There aren't many people coming, so we're not guarded?" The marshal roared at the soldier.

"But if we go on like this, the brothers will be very tired." The soldier said boldly, telling the marshal to look at the people around him as he spoke.

Seeing the tired looks in everyone's eyes, the marshal also knew that he would not be able to hold on like this.

"Okay, now divide into two teams, one team will go down and rest for an hour, and then the other team will come back."

After thinking about it for a long time, the marshal divided the soldiers in the northern frontier into two teams and decided to take turns on duty.

After the northern Xinjiang barracks were completely quiet, Chu Ruoyao and the others had been observing the demeanor of these soldiers, and found that although they tried to stay awake, many of them still began to fall drowsy because they couldn't resist the tiredness.

He turned to Yang Ning and nodded, and Yang Ning quickly disappeared into the night. What he had to do now was to tell the news to Marshal Shen, who was rushing from the rear, and let them take advantage of this opportunity to launch an attack as soon as possible.

"You go around to the back of the main tent with me, and when Marshal Shen and them attack, they will quickly take down the marshal of the northern frontier."

Several secret guards nodded, indicating that they would definitely obey Chu Ruoyao's orders. It didn't take long for Marshal Shen to arrive with his men and horses, and at the same time, the soldiers in the northern frontier also noticed that something was unusual.

They faintly felt the shaking of the ground, but by the time they reacted, Marshal Shen had already led the soldiers into the barracks.

Many of the soldiers were captured before they could even pick up their weapons, and those who went to rest were even simpler, some wearing only a pair of trousers, tied to the outside of the tent, and in a short time all the men were driven to the center of the barracks.

As for Chu Ruoyan and the others, they appeared in the main tent at the first moment Marshal Shen rushed into the barracks, and pressed the Marshal of Northern Xinjiang to the ground before he had time to react.

"Who are you?"

"Who are we? Don't you really know? Chu Ruoyan asked coldly.

When the marshal of the Northern Frontier saw the clothes on them, he also understood that he had been completely ambushed this time, and that they had appeared in his main tent, and that the rest of the barracks must have been captured. He sighed and gave up his resistance.

Chu Ruoqi and the others took the marshal of Northern Xinjiang out of the main tent, and the soldiers outside saw that even their marshal had been captured, and there was no hope at all.

"Marshal, everyone is here." Marshal Shen's adjutant ran up to him and said.

"Are you sure there aren't any people missing?"

"Sure," the adjutant nodded, "not even a single spy from the Northern Frontier has slipped away." ”

As soon as he heard that even the spies had not slipped away, the marshal of Northern Xinjiang knew that he was completely finished this time.

He had hoped that the spies would pass on the news of the attack here, even if they couldn't save themselves, at least they could make the people in the north have a defense, but now this expectation has been completely disappointed.

"Okay, you leave some people here to watch them, and we will take advantage of the victory to pursue them."

Marshal Shen said to the adjutant, ordering them to bring all the people here back to the prison in Chaoyang City, while they led the rest of the men and horses to attack directly towards the northern frontier.

Now that most of the men and horses in the northern frontier are staying in the border area, they will take this opportunity to drive them back inland in one fell swoop.

"Lord Wang, there is a request below." Marshal Shen said to Chu Ruoyao.

"That's it, there's no need to be so polite."

"I want the prince to be this pioneer."

Marshal Shen hesitated for a moment and said, he felt at first that it might be a bit overkill to let Chu Ruoyu be this vanguard, and he was even ready to be rejected.

"Okay."

"What?" Marshal Shen raised his head in some surprise, but he didn't expect Chu Ruoyao to agree with a mouthful.

"But this time, I'm going to take the princess with me." Chu Ruoyan also put forward such a condition.

"Isn't it too dangerous to take Princess Yan with you?"

Chu Ruoyan shook her head: "It's not dangerous to take her with me, but I will feel even more dangerous if I put her in the back." ”

After hearing Chu Ruoyan worry about Li Luobing like this, Marshal Shen naturally would not refuse. He immediately ordered someone to tell the news to the rear.

When Li Luobing rushed over from the rear with Qiao Su and others, Chu Ruobing explained his meaning to her, Li Luobing not only did not blame Chu Ruoyao, but also felt very happy.

She had been looking forward to fighting side by side with Chu Ruoyan for a long time, and now that this day had finally arrived, not to mention being able to test her power.