Chapter 588: Counterattack
In the middle of the night, on the deer catching ridge, the mist has all dispersed, like the starlight of water sprinkled down, making the mountains and fields gradually come alive. The insects, who had been holding back for many days, screamed desperately at the throat, as if celebrating the arrival of a new life, and the whole Deer Hunting Ridge was full of jubilation.
Suddenly, the dull sound of horses' hooves disturbed the insects' ensemble, scattered the beautiful starlight, and shattered the night wind that had not been seen for a long time.
Taking advantage of the coolness of the night, the northern and southern armies suddenly launched a surprise attack when the fog had just cleared. For the suddenness of this attack, many men and horses had already entered the ponding platform in advance, or walked along the ridges on both sides to chase the fog.
Along the way, some scattered corpses could be seen on the road, many of them were uninjured, their eyes were wide open, and they were staring at the world deadly. The fear and despair of the last moment before death remained so clearly in the godless eyes.
Losing their way in a dense fog and seeing no way out, not everyone can get through. This kind of constant fear is enough to devour the life of a big man bit by bit.
The southern army went straight to the western camp of the coalition army, which was also where the central army of the coalition army was located, so naturally more men and horses were gathered.
According to the plan, the southern army was ready to use the army to use its own means again, and the Lingwei would tear a hole in the generous enemy camp, and finally other soldiers would rush in.
It's just that it takes a certain amount of time for the army to launch a secret technique, and Ji Jing deliberately deployed a layer of cavalry in front of them to block a possible surprise attack by the coalition army.
When he arrived at the camp, Ji Jing couldn't help but gasp. After a few days, the camp suddenly became much larger, almost equivalent to a small city. Faintly you can see that there are small camps in the big camp, and the roads between them are winding, like a huge labyrinth.
The last time I sneaked up on the barrier pupil, the opponent's camp was definitely not that big. Looking at the newly excavated traces on the ground, Ji Jing suddenly understood that the coalition army took advantage of the fog to send people into the fog and further expand their camp.
No wonder the Yihu army did not report this information, they could not see the opponent's actions at all.
"Calming down, there's something wrong." Ji Ye rode on a horse and looked at the military village crouching in the field like a beast in the distance.
"Young master, the enemy camp has become much larger, and as a result, the number of people that the army can kill and wound is not satisfactory. It seems that these thieves must have learned the lesson of the last time and deliberately enlarged the camp, so that the guards are much more thin." Ji Jing pointed to the camp opposite where there was constantly a fire, and explained sideways.
Ji Ye straightened up from his horse, and at a glance, there were stars in the camp opposite, and he couldn't see the end at a glance, and his heart couldn't help but sink. If the other party arranges it like this, the lethality of the army will indeed be much smaller.
"Prepare to storm the village." Ji Ye said calmly, "The northern army has set out to attack the gap between the east and west villages, and if we don't move, they will inevitably be attacked on their backs."
"Young master, you said that the Ba family would be anyway." Ji Jing was a little worried.
"It was Wu Gen who talked to him, if Ba Hong repented, then he didn't want to stay among the thieves, believe it or not, everyone will know that Ba Hong accepted the reward of my Ji family tomorrow." Ji Ye smiled slightly, and pulled out his sword, "The matter has come to this, there is no need to worry about the pacification, the battle is fought by the soldiers with a knife and a gun, and they rely too much on the guards of the army, but they have lost their roots, they are just means, and what is really reliable is these more than 10,000 ordinary soldiers."
Ji Jing was stunned, his face couldn't help but have a fever, from the very beginning, he had great hopes for the army in his heart, and he did have the idea of dependence, but he didn't want a small arrangement from others to greatly reduce the prestige of the army, so that he was defeated. He is a perennial leader of the army, and he has not seen it through the young master beside him.
"The young master is right, and let's see how the sons and daughters break the enemy." Ji Jing arched his hand on the horse and picked up his big axe, "Rush."
The horses, wrapped in soft armor, began to run, gradually getting faster and faster, and went straight to the increasingly dense fire of the military fortress. The coalition forces also discovered the movements of the Southern Army and are hurrying to deploy men.
"Kill." The first cavalry rushed up, throwing arrows and charging towards the coalition camp.
Boom, boom, after a dull sound. When approaching the opponent's camp, the cavalry in the front row fell down one after another, and it turned out that in front of these camps, they dug up
A deep ditch a few feet wide, covered with sand, could not be seen in the night.
There were a lot of sharp wooden sticks and iron thorns inserted in the ditch, and many cavalrymen were stabbed to death on the spot when they were planted in the ditch, and the formation of the charge was chaotic for a while.
"Go up to the trench bridge and take turns throwing sandbags." Ji Jing roared angrily, but he was glad in his heart, fortunately he listened to Wu Gan's opinion, demolished part of his camp in advance, built siege equipment such as trenches and ladders, and each soldier carried a sandbag, in order to prevent the scene of the coalition army being attacked by fire in front of the city, and at the same time, in case of any traps and trenches, throw the sandbags in, and soon fill in a passage.
In the military village, with the sound of orders, countless arrows began to be thrown outward to block the attack of the southern army.
The Sergeant of the South, holding his shield and resisting the rain of arrows from the opposite side, ran to the edge of the trench at a rapid pace, throwing the sandbags he was carrying into it.
At the same time, more than 30 tall carts were slowly pushed out, covered with iron plates and cowhides, and in front of the carts were two folding iron ladders, which were pushed slowly by the soldiers towards the trench.
Seeing this, the coalition forces on the opposite side hurriedly replaced with rockets, and countless flames passed through the night sky and fell on the left side of the trench bridge, but these trench bridges were mostly covered with sandbags, and the rockets would soon be extinguished when they fell on them.
Finally, after the seven trench carts were broken, the rest were pushed to the edge of the trench, and the soldiers in the carts pulled up the ladder in front of the carts with iron chains, and slowly fell to the trench, forming a simple iron bridge.
Attracted by the fighting here, the guards in the coalition army camp flocked to support the soldiers guarding here. According to the orders of the coalition army, the people in the army should be arranged separately and not too concentrated together, so as not to be attacked by the strange methods of the opposing army.
But in the night, there was only a sound of killing, and out of instinct, these soldiers rushed to help, so that several layers of people were densely accumulated behind the wall.
In the flickering night, a warrior with a height of more than 100 zhang appeared above the head of the southern army, like a mountain, standing in front of the coalition camp.
For a moment, everyone's eyes were attracted by this object, and the coalition forces hidden behind the walled wall stared at this monster in astonishment. Although they had heard that the Southern Army had this method, most of the people who had seen it had already died on the stagnant water platform, so it was the first time that many people here had seen such a terrifying scene.
The giant's sword slashed forward, and the camp in front of him fell silent.
When the southern army rushed to the coalition camp, Wu Gen and the northern army had also gone around to the north side of the coalition camp. The task of the Northern Army this time was to cut off the connection between the eastern and western battalions of the coalition army, block the support of the eastern battalion, and at the same time attack the western battalion from the flank.
The route of the Northern Army's march was like someone throwing an uppercut and slamming it into the ribs of the coalition army.
Soon Wu Gen saw the outline of the East and West camps, and the further he went, the more Wu Gen's heart beat harder. According to the arrangement of the coalition army, most of the men and horses of Bahong's family are located in Dongdaying, and this time the northern army attacked, Wu Gan has managed to notify Bahong, asking him to coordinate with the troops, and attack the coalition army with himself while destroying the other horses of the Dongdaying coalition army.
It is only five hundred steps away from the east camp, and there is still no movement in the camp, Wu Gan's heart gradually sank, it is difficult for Bahong to regret it, if this is the case, he has to withdraw now, so as not to be ambushed by others.
Bao Xiang rushed over, and through these days of recuperation, he had healed a lot from the injuries he had suffered in the city. On this expedition, Wu Gan originally wanted him to stay, but Baoxiang categorically refused. had to let Zu Yuantong and Ji Dai stay in the camp in case an enemy came from the west.
As for what Ji Ye said, Wu Gen didn't put it in the camp at all, Shui Congyue was his reserve, and at this time, he had already gone around to the east of the Dongda camp, preparing to lead people to rush in as soon as the camp was in chaos, and monitor the reaction of the coalition forces on the spot after leveling the camp, and support Wu Gen in a timely manner.
Since the war with the coalition forces, Shui Congyue has not stopped, and the lone army has been running around, either intercepting the grain road, or raiding the enemy camp, which has never made Wu Qian worry.
To be honest, his team is the most dangerous, there is no backup, no supplies, everything has to be taken from the opponent. Only with Shui Congyue led, Wu Yan dared to rest assured that these thousands of people would be separated from the main force for a long time and take on the task of the firefighting team.
"Wu Gan, Dongdaying
There's no reaction there, so stop there, and I'll take someone to see it first, and let the other brothers wait, so as not to get caught up in each other's ways." Bao Xiang shouted at Wu Gen beside him.
Looking at the black and oppressive Northern Army soldiers behind him, Wu Yan glanced at the direction of the camp hatefully, "Okay, be careful, once you find something wrong, withdraw immediately." If he dares to play tricks on me, I will make him regret this decision for the rest of his life."
Wu Gan's horse speed gradually slowed down, and Baoxiang led hundreds of people straight in the direction of the eastern camp, and the opposite camp only sporadically lit torches, and it seemed that most of the defenders did not get up.
At this moment, a killing sound sounded in the direction of the west, and countless torches swam in the western camp. Wu Yan knew that Ji Ye had already started a fight there.
There was cold sweat oozing from Wu Gan's forehead, this kind of deployment of the northern and southern armies had to be launched at the same time, making it difficult for the enemy to take care of, but now that the enemy situation on his side was unknown, how could he not be anxious.
Suddenly, there was a shout of killing in the eastern camp, and the camp was suddenly full of people, and countless torches lit up and rushed towards the sporadic torches that appeared first.
Wu Yan finally let out a sigh of relief, Ba Hong did not break his promise, he still made a move, attacking the other soldiers of the coalition army in the same battalion.
Farther east, there was a rumbling hoof, but it was Shui Congyue who found the riot in the camp, and knew that the Ba family had raised troops, so he led people to rush to the East Camp, preparing to eliminate the resistance forces in the camp in one fell swoop, and at the same time control the East Camp, forming a formation of east and west attack on the coalition army.
After a stick of incense, Baoxiang hurried back, followed by Ba Hong and Ba Yueze, as well as thousands of people and horses of the Ba family.
"Wu Zhenfu, according to the agreement, I have defeated the thieves in the Eastern Camp, and the rest is up to your men and horses to clean up the mess." When Bahong saw Wu Gan, he shouted loudly from afar.
"Very good, Young Master Ba understands the righteousness and has made such a great achievement, I will definitely report to the second young master, and when this battle is over, I will reward my merits." Wu Yan cautiously greeted him, Ba Hong He was not afraid, but Na Ba Yue Ze himself couldn't beat him, in case the other party repeatedly caught him, it would be a big joke.
"Young Master Murong, I have already contacted her, but she seems to have other hidden intentions and is unwilling to send troops here." Ba Hong secretly poked and poked Murong Yuqiang.
"Regardless of her, we will quickly join forces and attack the thief camp, and plan for the attack of the second young master." Wu Yan knew that Murong Yuqiang was waiting for reinforcements from her family, and he would not come here without permission.
The two groups of men and horses turned their horses and were about to rush to the western camp, only to see a giant swinging his sword and slashing at the coalition camp in the night sky in the distance.