Chapter 66: Night Attack 2
The fifth watch had just arrived, and the moon had disappeared into the clouds, and the sky was so gloomy that it was almost impossible to see the five fingers, and even the stars in the sky had disappeared into the darkness, but the wind blew a little more, making the treetops in the forest rattle, and beyond that, there was a dead silence.
I saw a group of more than 30 people in the dark night, all carrying fire pots and carefully sneaking in the forests of Mangshan, not daring to make the slightest sound
Although this person is not brave enough, there is a unique skill that Ban Hao attaches great importance to, that is, sneaking in the forest, just because he is a hunter in the mountains, he has been hunting in the mountains and forests with his father since he was a child, and he has practiced a good hunting technique.
This time he was ordered to be in danger, Zhang Qiujie did not dare to ignore it, and led two good hands as the vanguard, with the help of the cover of the trees in the forest, and slowly sneaked away.
Mangtou Peak is not high, when the first leader Zhang Qiu Jie has climbed to the mountainside, just poked his head out from behind a big stone, but quickly retracted it, raised his hand to the two subordinates who followed closely after him and made a "stop" gesture, and the three of them were almost close to the back of the big stone.
"Poof, poof......"
A sound of soft footsteps sounded from far and near, and a ten-man Liao Kingdom ranger emerged from the dense forest on the right, walked along the gap between the forests to the vicinity of the big rock, and after a short pause, he walked to the left, not noticing Zhang Qiujie and the others who were almost close at hand.
"Let's go!"
Zhang Qiujie listened with his ear on the ground, turned his head and waved his hand to signal the subordinates who had quietly followed to continue to move forward, but when they arrived at the place where they were only ten zhang away from the peak, they had to stop, just because the front was the camp of the Liao army, although there was no cover to guard the soldiers were indeed a lot, and if they were not careful, they might be discovered by the Liao army.
Zhang Qiujie quietly lay on the ground, carefully observing the surroundings with the help of the cover of weeds, and after another team of patrol cavalry passed not far in front of him, Zhang Qiujie moved his body slightly, gestured behind him, and then rushed forward.
Zhang Qiujie and his entourage quickly rushed to the top of the mountain, only to see Zhang Qiujie jump up, holding a dagger in each hand, and swinging it violently, accurately hitting the throats of the two guards who were only more than a foot apart, and cutting the throats of the two guards.
Zhang Qiujie used his body and arms to retract the situation, dragged the two corpses into his arms, and stabbed them hard to ensure that the two were already lifeless, and then lightly placed the two corpses on the ground.
Immediately afterwards, looking back and learning a few bird calls from the rear, I saw more than 30 detectives rushing out of the shadows like ghosts, quickly climbing to the top of the mountain and sneaking into the camp of the Liao army on the top of the mountain
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"Gone off, off!"
"Hurry up and put out the fire!"
"Ah, help... Help..."
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The blazing fire first rose from the top of the mountain, and then the dense forests on the left and right sides also burst out at the same time, and the fire spread rapidly as soon as it was blown by the strong wind, and before the Liao officers and soldiers camping here could figure out what was going on, the fire had become a skyrocketing trend, and the wind spread to the Liao army camp at the foot of the mountain.
The Liao army at the top of the mountain was burned by the fire and screamed again and again, and the Liao army camp at the foot of the mountain heard the sound, and it was also a mess, and the officers and soldiers who were at a loss were already panicked, and there were exclamations and screams everywhere.
"Dashuai, Dashuai, no, the mountains are water, the water is gone!"
Yelu Chucai was sleeping soundly, and suddenly heard a commotion outside the tent, and there was a sense of uneasiness in his heart for no reason, and he hurriedly got up and just wanted to ask what was going on, but he saw his pro-army commander rushing in from outside the tent in a panic.
"What ......"
Yelu Chucai couldn't help but be shocked, and he couldn't even care about wearing armor, so he rushed out of the big tent, and when he got out of the big tent, he saw the fire outside, and the entire Mangshan became a sea of fire, and even the sky was reflected in the fiery red.
When Yelu Chucai hurriedly wanted to order the whole army, he heard "Boom, boom!" Dozens of loud noises exploded in the camp, and dozens of tents burned in an instant, and when they were blown by the strong wind, they inevitably spread rapidly in the camp.
Enemy attack!
Yelu Chucai had already learned the power of the Zhou army's fire canister under the surrendered city, and only by listening to these dozens of explosions, he knew that it was the Zhou army that came to attack the camp.
Seeing that the camp was full of flames, it was already out of control, and he didn't dare to delay dragging the war horse in the hands of the guards, and ordered loudly: "Blow the trumpet and order the whole army to rush out of the camp immediately!" ”
"Woo, woo, woo......"
As soon as Yelu Chucai gave the order, a terrible horn sounded, and a group of Liao officers and soldiers who only knew how to scurry around the camp like headless flies immediately gathered together in chaos and rushed towards the camp gate......
The valley under Mangtou Peak is north-south direction, showing gourd rows, the two ends are large and the middle is small, and only the south exit can be driven because the terrain is flat.
The north entrance is winding, the road is narrow, and there are many potholes on the road, and the horses can't run at all, not much faster than walking.
It was in Yelu Chucai that he ordered a retreat, and the Liao soldiers who had long been clueless grabbed their horses out of the camp and galloped towards the north entrance.
"Woo, woo......"
Before the Liao army rushed out of the Beikou Valley Road, a horn suddenly sounded outside the Beikou Valley Road, and then the rumbling horses' hooves were mixed with the sound of shouting and killing in the sky to attack the Liao army, which made the Liao army, which had long been six gods and no masters, completely confused, and did not know what to do.
"Damn! Quick, U-turn, U-turn! Withdraw from the South Exit! ”
Hearing the sound of horses' hooves at the north entrance, Rao is Yelu Chucai was calm by nature, but he couldn't hold his breath anymore, twisted the horse's head, changed the direction of the breakthrough and galloped towards the open road.
Although the north entrance is wide, it is only more than 20 zhang, and only a few thousand cavalry are needed to guard here, which is enough to completely defeat these Liao troops who have long been without the will to fight.
He knew better that there were only more than 3,000 cavalry in Guang'an County, and since there was a cavalry brigade of the Zhou army at the north entrance, the south entrance was bound to be empty, although they could not drive their horses to gallop, but it was enough for them to escape.
Under the tossing and turning of the Liao army in this way, the fire on the mountain was already about to burn into the camp by the wind, and it was about to be connected with the fire in the camp.
At this point, Yelu Chucai didn't care about what army was not an army, and he led a group of guards to rush to the south entrance first, and he didn't know how many chaotic soldiers flew along the way, and finally rushed out of the narrow south entrance without danger, and then looked back, the camp had already been burned to ruins.
"Blow the trumpet, gather the troops!"
Looking at the sky-high fire in the valley, Yelu Chucai couldn't help but turn pale, and his heart was broken. In his mind, the Zhou army, which has not many troops, is still guarding the north entrance, as long as he can integrate a cavalry army, it may not be possible to strangle the Zhou army on the spot, but they have already thrown most of the horses in the valley along the way, but after looking at the stragglers everywhere, there are still a lot of horses.
As soon as Yelu Chucai gritted his teeth, he planned to gather troops to fight back.
"Woo, woo......"
Yelu Chucai's idea is good, but the truth is extremely cruel, just when Yelu Chucai is desperately rectifying the chaotic army, behind the mountain wall not far away, suddenly the horn sounded, followed by the sound of dense horse hooves like raindrops, and a large group of Great Zhou cavalry came out from the foot of the mountain.
"Kill!"
Seeing the remnants of the Liao army huddled together on the wasteland at the exit, Ban Haodeng burst out laughing and gave the order to attack with a wave of his hand.
He himself rushed to the front, his eyes were full of excitement that could not be concealed, Ban Hao's night attack plan was actually quite risky, and the most critical part was whether he could successfully set the fire, but fortunately, Zhang Qiujie finally lived up to his trust.
Next, there is another key point, that is, whether the virtual soldiers placed in the north entrance will be seen through by the Liao army, after all, the troops at that end are only more than 100 horses, just using horses to drag branches to kick up dust and smoke and pretend to be an army.
If LinkedIn, the commander of the Liao army, was more cautious, it was very likely that he would see through the reality of the Zhou army, and the Liao people would be able to leave the valley safely. Fortunately, everything was as Ban Hao expected, and there were no accidents, and at present, the remnants of the Liao army tried to rectify the soldiers and horses, which gave the Great Zhou cavalry a great opportunity to charge and break the enemy, so Ban Hao couldn't help but be excited.
"Don't mess up, steady, form a formation, quickly form a formation!"
A group of officers and soldiers of the Liao State had just escaped from the sea of fire, and when they were panicking, they suddenly saw the Zhou army killing in a big way, and they were out of order, trampled by people and horses, and the dead did not know how many.
Yelu Chucai was so anxious that he was furious, desperately shouting and trying to stabilize the Liao soldiers and horses that had become a mess, but the remnants of the defeated generals who had long lost their fighting spirit only thought about escaping, and had no intention of obeying Yelu Chucai's orders.
Seeing that nothing could be done, Yelu Chucai sighed in annoyance, gave up the last effort, twisted the horse's head, and led a hundred and ten guards to flee westward.
"Da Zhou is mighty, Da Zhou will win!"
Seeing that the enemy army was completely chaotic, the shouting and killing of the Great Zhou cavalry was even louder, and they rushed through the open space between the two armies with a roar, and directly entered the chaotic army.
Kill, kill, kill! The cavalry of the Great Zhou Dynasty scattered in all directions to chase and kill the fleeing Liao army, and kept interspersing until the horsepower was exhausted, and then stopped the pursuit, and this night attack came to an end.
So far, more than 20,000 enemies who have come to attack can escape back to the surrendered city camp of only more than 1,000 people, and the rest have either fled, or become ghosts under the knife of the Zhou army, or they have been burned alive in the Mang Mountain.
The Zhou army only paid more than 100 casualties.