Chapter 332: Sneak Attack
Lin Yu shook his head and said, "Weida, right now, our soldiers are tired of traveling and traveling, and they are already sleepy and lack of fighting spirit. In addition, there are still a lot of old and weak soldiers and inexperienced recruits in the team, so it is not suitable to jump into battle right away anyway. In addition, the grassland tribes are menacing, and now is the time when their morale is high, and it is really unwise to attack the enemy's strengths with their own shortcomings, so there is no need for us to go head-to-head with them. ”
After a pause, seeing Zhou Weida's realization, Lin Yu turned to Lin Chen and asked, "Lin Chen, from your point of view, how long can Demuxi's army last?"
Lin Chen thought for a moment and replied, "I guess...... They will be able to hold out for an hour or two at most! Although Demuxi's walls look quite thick, they are not at all vulnerable to the domineering siege weapons made by the steppe tribes. ”
After many years of fighting abroad, Lin Chen had seen a lot of siege weapons, but this time he had observed this kind of siege weapons made by the grassland tribes, he had never seen them before. Judging from the appearance alone, you know that it should be the kind of weapon that is extremely lethal and easy to attack the city.
"Hmm......" Lin Yu lowered his head and paced back and forth for a few steps, as if he had made a decision, and said, "Weida, you go and select a hundred cultivator soldiers from the legion and ask them to bring their night suits to us." After arriving, Lin Chen and I led them to burn the grain and grass in the enemy's logistics camp first, which would plunge the enemy into chaos. At that time, you will lead an army of 100,000 to come to our aid as soon as possible, and then we will work together to kill the enemy and turn him on his back. ”
"By the way," Lin Yu suddenly remembered something, "Among the 100,000 troops, about half of them are fairly strong soldiers, and you mainly lead them to join me." The remaining 50,000 old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers and recruits were first responsible for maintaining their baggage and ensuring that they would not be attacked. Of the remaining 900 cultivator soldiers, 100 were set aside for backup, and the remaining 800 were assigned to the ranks of the army as secret protection soldiers, ensuring that they could be co-ordinated and commanded at any time. ”
After Lin Yu finished talking about the plan, route and personnel assignment in one breath, he saw Zhou Weida looking at him with a disapproving expression.
"Young Master Lin Yu, you are the chief general of our army, how can you only lead a hundred people to a sneak attack? The danger of this operation is too great! I can't let you take this risk, it is better for me to lead the soldiers to burn the enemy's grain and grass!" Zhou Weida said anxiously, he never imagined that Lin Yu would personally lead the troops into the enemy camp.
In Zhou Weida's view, this kind of dangerous errand is usually performed by the vice president, and the main general should strategize in the rear and win thousands of miles away. Although he had long known that Lin Yu would bow down to everything and never put on a show, he was still worried about his safety.
Walking two steps in front of Zhou Weida, Lin Yu looked at him very seriously and said, "Since I am the main general, then follow my decision! This is a military order, you need to execute it immediately!"
After finishing speaking, Lin Yu waved his hand and motioned to Zhou Weida to find the soldiers as soon as possible, after all, time waits for no one, and there is still a distance to reach Demu Xi City from here.
"Yes, the subordinates obey the order!" Although Zhou Weida was still reluctant, he also knew the truth that the military order was like a mountain, so he directly agreed, got on the horse and ran to the place where the soldiers were resting.
It didn't take long for the sound of horses' hooves to be heard not far away, and a group of figures appeared on the horizon.
A hundred cultivator soldiers hurriedly came to Lin Yu's face, and looking around, Lin Yu found that there were many familiar faces among them, which should be the first batch of "cultivator legions" that he had trained when he first went to the Shenwei camp.
Since Zhou Weida had already explained the task to these soldiers in advance, Lin Yu didn't plan to say more, he jumped directly on the grass, motioned for them to follow him, and then galloped away in the direction of Demu Xi City.
After about a stick of incense, Lin Yu and Lin Chen arrived at the rear of the grassland tribe's barracks with a hundred cultivator soldiers. After everyone had observed the location, they hid in a wood.
At this time, it was already completely dark, Lin Yu ordered everyone to change into night clothes, and divided every twenty people into a small team, and first sent a few teams of people to set up a tripping rope in the woods, in order to burn the enemy's food and grass for a while, so that everyone could retreat safely from the woods.
"Young Master Yu, the soldiers are ready, when will we start?" The soldiers who went out to set up the tripping rope had all returned, and Lin Chen asked Lin Yu softly for instructions.
Lin Yu listened attentively for a while, and then spoke: "The siege battle in front has reached the most intense time, the sound of killing is shocking, I estimate that Demu Xi City is about to be unable to defend, now is the time when the other party is the most complacent, and it is also the time when the defense is the most lax, let's do it now." ”
"Remember, your job is to set the grain camp on fire and create chaos. You are all cultivators, there should be no problem in dealing with those baggage troops, if you really encounter the idea of piercing your hands, don't touch it! If you can't beat it, retreat to the woods, or ask someone from other squads to help, I'll take a hundred of you out, and I'm going to bring you back completely, do you hear?" Lin Yu glanced deeply at everyone with a resolute gaze.
Some of the soldiers were still muttering in a low voice: Why does this General Lin talk like a bandit...... Isn't this all black talk on the road? But after hearing Lin Yu's words, everyone still shouted in a low voice: "Obey!"
"Let's go!" Lin Yu waved his hand, and saw that the five squads immediately dispersed, like a big net, rushing towards the enemy's military camp from different directions, and looking at it in the dark night, it was like a wisp of black smoke, which did not attract people's attention at all.
"Xiaocao, watch these horses, don't let them make a noise or frighten them and run away. Lin Yu commanded a few more words in Xiaocao's ear, and seeing that Xiaocao nodded slightly as if he understood, he rubbed Xiaocao's head reassuringly, and then took Lin Chen to chase after the team closest to him.
The temporary barracks set up by this army of the steppe tribes were built in the form of "earthfars", which is a kind of five-layer square from the inside to the outside, which can effectively protect the inside of the barracks and prevent it from being directly dispersed by the large army.
The tents where the grain was placed were located directly behind the barracks, and on the sides were several large wooden fences, each of which contained hundreds of unused horses