Volume 1 Disputes and Troubled Times Chapter 44 Calm and composed
Wang Wei put down the bear winch crossbow with a blank face, this time he was able to repel the man, he really had to thank the other party's craftsman for his poor math. If it weren't for the fact that they miscalculated the length of the ladder cart and prevented the Bearded Man from climbing the city, this battle would have been a bitter battle.
"Captain, in this battle, our army lost more than 100 people, seriously injured more than 50 people, and slightly injured more than 200 people." Wu Xinghan stepped forward and bowed.
Wang Rong listened to Wu Xinghan's words, nodded, indicating that he knew that it had arrived, and then asked Wang Hao, who was standing aside: "How much oil is left?" ”
Wang Mo calculated in his mind and said, "Captain, there are still one hundred and twelve barrels of fire oil left, and more than fifty barrels were used in the battle just now. ”
Wang Rong's mental arithmetic is very fast: "In other words, it would be good to be able to use it twice at most." ”
Wang Wei shook his head and did not agree with Wang Rong's statement: "Du Wei, if the war is bigger, it is estimated that it will be good to be able to use it once." ”
Wang Rong raised his hand and pressed his temple, although crude oil has been discovered and used in the war, but the production of crude oil is too low, and the production area is only one or two, the nearest Gaonu is a thousand or two miles away from Woye City, and it is impossible for Hexi County to send fire oil to Jiyu like goose feathers.
Wang Rong had no way to get more oil for the time being, so he could only say: "Soak the linen cloth with two barrels of crude oil, and then tie it to the arrows, and you can make as many rockets as you can." The remaining 110 barrels are divided into two portions to save use. ”
Wang Mo gave up his promise, and then went down the city wall. Meng Song walked quickly to the top of the city, bowed his hand, and then said, "Captain, are you looking for me?" ”
Wang Rong looked at Meng Song, who had a dusty face, led him aside, and said: "This group of decorators has already dropped nearly 4,000 corpses in Saicheng, but the army of General Zhengbei has not yet reached Linhe City, and I need to drag this army here, so I plan to attack the camp of the deermen tonight." ”
Meng Song listened to Wang Rong's words, his face was sluggish, he really didn't expect his boss to be so bold, it has been three days since the Badman attacked the city, and today is only halfway through the third day, who knows if the Badman still has a plan to attack the city.
Wang Rong patted him on the shoulder comfortingly, and said, "Don't worry about the Badbeard people launching another offensive in the afternoon, they need to harvest timber, rebuild ladder trucks, and build more." ”
Meng Song's heart was relieved, and he thought: Yes, the original construction has been burned, and it cannot be rebuilt. Then he asked, "When is the captain going to attack the camp of the Bearded Man?" ”
Wang Rong smiled and said, "Shen Shi! ”
Meng Song heard this and said with a smile: "It is worthy of being a captain, it is insidious enough." ”
Wang Rong laughed in response.
Why did Meng Song say that Wang Rong was insidious, Shen Shi is usually called Shen Shi, Ripu, and Xi Shi, which is the time for ancient people to enjoy the second meal.
And Wang Rong chose to attack the camp at this time, and its purpose is self-evident. And the Badbeard people outside the city did not disappoint Wang Rong, far away, Wang Rong could see that three or four long poles had been erected in the humble camp of the Badens, and a round thing was inserted at the top of the long poles.
The camp of the Bearded Man was in a commotion, and countless soldiers rushed into the woods, and soon the sound of trees being cut down was heard, and the sound of clanging in the camp was also heard, and the craftsmen in the camp were crafting new siege weapons.
Wang Rong was at the head of the city, looking at the camp of the Bearded Men in the distance. The habit of the steppe people is that they set up camps very casually, just a simple wooden fence is done, which is convenient for attacking, easy to escape, but inconvenient for defense.
It was the end of summer, and by the time the sun was setting, the warm yellow sun was shining on the city, and the camp of the Bearded Men in the canyon was already dim.
Wang Rong had already arrived at the city, and the five hundred cavalrymen had already put on their armor, armed with spears and shields, and hung sabers at their waists. Wang Wei carefully looked at the young faces in front of him one by one, and helped them sort out the armor on their bodies.
Wang Rong asked softly, "How is it?" Are you afraid? ”
The young cavalry in front of him replied loudly: "Don't be afraid! ”
The loud voice and sufficient momentum made Wang Rong nod with satisfaction.
Wang Rong came to the front of the team, did not say too much, but gave a military salute. Five hundred cavalry returned a military salute, and a muffled sound sounded in the city.
Then Meng Song waved his flag to the city, and the soldiers guarding the city gate quickly raised the gate latch and opened the city gate. Wang Rong waved his saber and pointed diagonally outside the city, and the whole city was silent, which was a secrecy measure. Although the camp of the Badmen outside the city is five miles away from the city, there will be scouts of the Tigers outside the city watching the movements inside the city.
An example can illustrate the problem, Tang Taizong Zhenguan of the Tang Dynasty conquered Goguryeo in the nineteenth year, and the city lord of Anshi was ready to lead the city sergeants to prepare for a raid, but this raid was seen through by Tang Taizong in a very funny way.
On the night when the city lord of Anshi was preparing for a surprise attack, Tang Taizong was inspecting the Tang army camp when he suddenly heard chickens, ducks, geese, pigs and other livestock in the city screaming. As soon as he heard this scream, Tang Taizong immediately ordered his subordinate general Li Tao with a nervous face, and ordered the Tang army camp to be strictly defended.
Sure enough, late that night, hundreds of Goguryeo soldiers, after eating and drinking, went out of the city with hanging baskets and prepared to raid the Tang army camp. Then, it fell into the encirclement of the prepared Don army.
The reason why Goguryeo's raid failed was the screams of chickens, ducks, geese, pigs and other livestock, and Tang Taizong, with his keen sense of smell on the battlefield, realized that this was the Goguryeo army treating the dead and organizing a night sneak attack.
Of course, not everyone has the terrifying battlefield intuition like Tang Taizong, but Wang Rong does not dare to underestimate anyone, although the ancients are ancient, it does not mean that the ancients have no wisdom.
Wang Rong led 500 cavalry to go farther and farther away under the worried and nervous eyes of the defenders at the head of the city. At this time, Wang Rong could already see the curling smoke rising from the camp of the Bearded People, and the pillars of smoke became the best pointing point.
If Wang Rong had set off half an hour earlier, his surprise attack would not have achieved the effect of surprise and unpreparedness. And at the end of the Shen period, it was just right. The sky was already darkening, especially in the canyons, and it was even darker. The Bearded Man must make dinner while it is still dark. Although it is possible to light a fire in the dark, it is very troublesome, and no bade likes trouble. Although the Bearded People on duty in shifts are on duty, the smell of rice has already hooked their souls, and they are often the most negligent at this time.
The closer he got to the camp of the Bearded People, the more warlike intent and murderous aura became in Wang Rong's eyes. Although the number of 500 cavalry behind him was small, the fighting spirit was extremely high. Riding on warhorses, with spears in their right hands and shafts tucked under their armpits, and shields on their left arms, they carefully sneaked to a mile from the camp of the bearded men. Wang Wei quickly raised the bear-pattern winch crossbow in his hand, and the cavalry behind him followed suit, and five hundred arm-mounted crossbows were raised.
"Boom! - ""Boom! - ""Boom! ——”
A dull sound of crossbow strings rang out, and five hundred and one black crossbow bolts pierced the gray sky and landed in the camp of the Bearded Man.
Wang Rong hung the winch crossbow on the hook on the saddle and shouted: "Kill!" "And then take the lead, as fast as flying. Before the guards could come to their senses, they rushed into the camp. There was no time to scream and warn, and in their frightened eyes, the second, third, ten, hundred, and one hundred cavalry... An endless stream of Dayong cavalry has already shown its blades and rampaged into the camp of the Bearded People.
Wang Rong shouted loudly: "Don't be headed, go straight to the craftsman!" ”
The purpose of Wang Rong's 500 men this time was to destroy the siege equipment that was being built in the Badmane camp. This time they brought a lot of oil in small clay pots, just to do this.
Five hundred cavalry followed Wang Rong and rushed straight to the place where the Qiangmen had built siege equipment, and the place was easy to find, and the ladder cart was very conspicuous.
The speed was very fast, and five hundred and one people quickly arrived at the place where the Bearded Man had built the siege equipment. When he arrived here, Wang Bian found that there were not only ladder trucks here, but also battering rams, crashes, and flying ladders.
Wang Rong cried out loudly: "Brothers! Let's get to work! The Bearded Man lacks firewood to cook, let's help them! ”
Five hundred people quickly threw the hanging clay pots on the siege equipment built by the Bearded Men, and then the torches flew and the fire suddenly ignited.
When Wang Rong saw the fire burning, he shouted, "Go!" Let's withdraw! ”
Five hundred cavalry followed Wang Wei and shuttled through the camp of the Bearded Man, the fire was kicked apart, the iron pot was kicked away, and the tent was lit by torches. The whole camp was in chaos, and several generals in half-armored armor were holding swords and shouting something loudly in panic.
Wang Rong raised his knife and cut off the head of a bearded general who was blocking the front, and the head, which was only a few strands of braids, fell to the ground a foot away like a football being kicked away.
And several other generals saw the Dayong cavalry, which was like a fierce tiger out of the gate, and scattered in all directions in horror, they were not fools, blocking the way of the cavalry's advance, and the result could only be to become meat mud, and it was impossible to report to Changshengtian if they wanted to.
Bursts of exclamations, shouts of killing, and the sound of weapons colliding suddenly erupted in the camp, which directly alarmed Hu Yanyun, the right general of the Qianghu Khanate, who was enjoying dinner, and he really didn't expect that the Dayong soldiers who were defending in the chicken fortress would dare to launch a sneak attack on his camp at this time.
Hu Yan calmed down, and at the same time, his right lieutenant, Lanzana, broke into the big tent. In a panic, he saw Hu Yanyun, who was calmly eating meat on the throne, and his mind quickly calmed down.
The right lieutenant Lan Zhana steadied his mind, and said in a trembling voice: "Right general, the defenders of the chicken presedence have raided the camp. ”
Hu Yanyun wiped his oily hands with the placket of his clothes, and said in a calm voice: "General Ben already knows, go, let me meet this group of daring guys." ”
Lan Zhana looked at the calm Hu Yanyun with admiration, his eyes were full of admiration, such a general is his goal, and he is still far from it.
Hu Yanyun carried a scimitar in the tent in his hand, wore an iron armor, did not wear a helmet, threw his braids, and walked out of the big tent.