Chapter 187: Luring the Enemy Deeper

To everyone's great surprise, the retreat of the Jin army was really as Ouyang Xuan expected, and it did not retreat far, but only withdrew twenty miles.

When the spies brought the information back, the whole camp of wooden generals was taken aback, only Ouyang Xuan looked up and smiled, and said quietly: "Sure enough!"

The generals were puzzled, but they still praised one after another: "The general is really a god! I wonder how the general knows that the Jin army will not be far away?"

Ouyang Xuan said with a smile: "According to my estimates, more than half of the soldiers of the Mu army have suffered from malaria, if they forcibly retreat to Shangpu County, the soldiers will not be able to hold on at all, if our army comes to chase and kill, the Jin army will be defeated without a fight, how can the cunning of the Jin army not think of this?

"I see!" The wooden generals suddenly realized, and they all bowed their hands and said: "The general is clever, our army will definitely be able to defeat the Jin army this time!"

"haha-" Ouyang Xuan got up with confidence, and said slowly and proudly: "No matter how cunning the Jin army is, it can't hide it from the eyes of this handsome!"

At night of the same day, the Mu army poured out, and the nearly 100,000 Mu army that was originally stationed in Changyu County quietly and silently went straight to the Jin army camp.

In the process of marching, Ouyang Xuan also specially ordered the horse team to take off the copper bells, and wrap the four hooves of the war horses with cotton cloth, and the soldiers of the whole army were all grassy in their mouths, and it was strictly forbidden to speak during the march.

The title of the person, the horse picks the bell, this is exactly the necessary for a sneak attack at night.

When the Mu army was about to approach the Jin army camp, it happened to be the fifth watch, and it was the darkest time at this time. Ouyang Xuan quickly gave an order to divide the wooden army into two parts, and he personally led the army to directly kill the Jin army camp, leaving another 20,000 wooden troops outside the camp to respond.

Ouyang Xuan has been in the army for so long, so he naturally understands that stealing the camp must be reserved, otherwise the whole army will be killed. What if you fall into an enemy ambush? You need to leave some of your troops outside to respond.

It can be said that Ouyang Xuan's command of the army did not make any mistakes from beginning to end, but he ignored one of the most fatal problems, if there was really a large-scale outbreak of malaria in the Jin army, with Lin Haotian's mind, how could he leave you evidence?

Under the command of Ouyang Xuan, 80,000 soldiers of the Mu Army followed him and quietly marched towards the Jin Army camp.

The movement of 80,000 people, even if you are careful, there is a sound. The sound of armor grinding and messy footsteps was endless, but at this time it was too dark, and as far as the eye could see, nothing could be seen clearly in the darkness, only a muffled rumbling sound could be heard.

When the wooden army led by Ouyang Xuan approached the Jin army camp, people raised their eyes and couldn't help but gasp after seeing the truth.

Don't look at the fact that this Jin army camp was built temporarily. But the camp is very perfect, and the inside is a wall. Standing tall, let the night wind howl, not trembling, looking out, it was a long circle of rejecting horses, enveloping the huge barracks. Looking out again, there is a circle of not too high but very solid earthen walls, which should be the first line of defense of the Jin army camp, and when fighting, the soldiers can borrow the earthen wall as cover. Or arrow shooting or holding, if the perimeter can not hold on, you can also retreat to the camp, to resist the cavalry, to block the infantry with the wall.

It is hard to imagine that in just half a day, the Jin army has set up such a complete battalion, which is no different from a military fortress.

Ouyang Xuan also nodded secretly after seeing it, if it was a head-on battle, with the Jin army's defense, there was no possibility for his side to break through, but fortunately, his side came at night, and the Jin army was defenseless.

Ouyang Xuan sneered and waved his hand behind him, causing the vanguard to rush straight to the gate.

At the gate of the Jin army camp, not even a single guard could be seen, only the figure of the Jin army could be seen on the tower above, but it seemed that the Jin soldier in charge of the lookout was also asleep, standing on it leaning against the wooden pillar, motionless.

In the wooden army, at the forefront is the arrow array, in which several soldiers raise their bows and arrows, aim at the Jin army on the tower, and shoot out the eagle feathers in a salp.

"Plop, pounce, plop—"

The sound of arrows piercing armor sounded almost at the same time, and the unsuspecting golden soldiers on the tower did not even scream, and fell with the arrows.

The soldiers of the wooden army were overjoyed after seeing it, and they turned over the earthen wall, jumped over the horse, and rushed directly to the front of the gate.

Seeing that the gate of the Jin army's camp had been opened, Ouyang Xuan didn't delay any longer, stood up violently, and at the same time drew his sword, swung it forward with all his strength, and shouted: "Brothers, follow this commander into the enemy camp and kill the enemy army!

"Kill—"

Ouyang Xuan responded, and the surrounding heralds shot rockets at the same time.

More than 10 rockets pierced the night sky, which was particularly eye-catching, and the soldiers of the 80,000 Mu Army saw the rockets rise into the air, knowing that the commander had given the order for the whole army to raid, and people rushed up from the ground one after another, each holding a weapon, and rushed towards the camp of the Jin Army.

The charge of the 80,000-strong army was like a tide, and its momentum could be described as earth-shattering.

The wooden soldiers finally found an opportunity to fight back against the Jin army, and they ran forward as if they were crazy, as long as the speed of any soldier in the crowd was a little slower, they had to be hit by the people behind the earthen wall or refuse to horse, at this time the morale of the wooden army was strong, like a flood beast.

After Ouyang Xuan did not fall behind, he followed the leading wooden army into the Jin army camp, and it could be seen that the patients in the Jin army were very serious, and there was no shadow of people in the huge barracks, only by looking at the center of the camp could you vaguely see the fire and human figures, which was also the core of the Jin army camp, the Chinese military tent.

Facing such a strong Jin army camp, Ouyang Xuan's excited heart was about to jump out of his throat, and he shouted loudly to the left and right: "Rush me! Kill into the Chinese military tent of the Jin army, no matter who captures Lin Haotian, I will give the king of Ming, and promote his officials and lords to three levels, with a reward of 1,000 taels!"

There has always been no shortage of brave men under the heavy reward, and when the wooden soldiers heard this, they even charged with all their strength, and the shouts of killing shocked people's eardrums. The 80,000 wooden army entered from the gate of the camp and rushed towards the Chinese military tent of the Jin army.

In the end, the first to run the first to reach the Chinese military tent, but after arriving here, everyone was dumbfounded, through the curtain that was raised, you could see that there was no one in the Chinese military tent, and there was no one, and the Jin army guards standing outside did not move, they were all straw men in gold clothes outside.

The Mu soldiers couldn't figure out what was going on, and subconsciously looked around, if the silence of the big Jin army camp was terrible, except for the Mu army's own shouts and killing, they couldn't hear the slightest movement of the Jin army.

Just when people's minds were full of inexplicability, Ouyang Xuan led the crowd to arrive, and he rode to the front of the Chinese military tent and asked the first thing he said: "Where is Lin Haotian?"

"Will ...... General, Lin ...... Lin Haotian doesn't seem to be here......" The general in charge of the front army replied with a stammer.

"How is it possible?!" Lin Haotian is the commander of the whole army, where else can he be in the military tent if he is not in the middle of the army?

Ouyang Xuan turned over and dismounted, and pushed away the wooden general in front of him, but at this time, he also happened to see the straw man wearing gold at the door of the big tent, Ouyang Xuan was shocked in his heart, and subconsciously shouted: "What is this?"

He hurriedly walked to the straw man, looked up and down twice, gasped violently, and secretly screamed badly, is there fraud in it? Thinking about it, he shook his body and strode into the Chinese military tent, just as General Mu said, Lin Haotian is not here, and even a soldier of the Jin Kingdom is not here.

Seeing this, Ouyang Xuan's face had turned pale and bloodless, his body shook again and again, and he staggered forward a few steps, if it weren't for the wooden generals on the left and right who quickly supported him, he would have to rush to the ground at this time.

Ouyang Xuan was supported by everyone, and muttered with dull eyes: "Fooled! We have fallen into the trap of the Jin Army......

Before he finished speaking, a wooden general who walked up to the handsome case shouted: "General, here is the letter!"

"What?" Ouyang Xuan came back to his senses and shouted urgently: "Quickly bring it to me!"

Mu Jiang handed the letter to Ouyang Xuan, who hurriedly took it, only to see five big characters written on the envelope - Ouyang Gongqi.

Ouyang Xuan tore open the envelope with trembling palms, and took out the stationery inside, there was not much content on the letterhead, only a few words: Ouyang Xuan, the general of the Mu Kingdom, was damaged here! (To be continued......)