Volume 1 Troubled Times Chapter 197 Opportunity?
The soldiers on duty at the gate of the Ji army camp were yawning, stretching their waists, sleepy-eyed. Suddenly, he felt that he had heard something, and quickly straightened up, and looked around, feeling even more uneasy in his heart. He kicked his sleeping companion next to him and said, "Hey! Feed! Don't sleep, wake up, listen, is there any sound? ”
The companion who was disturbed from his sweet dream was awakened from his sleep, and was in a very bad mood, and with a great sense of getting up, he said impatiently: "What is the sound? You're stupid, don't mess with me, delay Lao Tzu's sleep! ”
The night guard listened carefully with his ears pricked up, and shouted, "No! It's the sound of horses' hooves! ”
The companion who was awakened was now in good spirits and serious, he felt a strong vibration, his eyes widened and looked ahead, the sound of horses' hooves getting closer and louder, and the vibration feeling became stronger and stronger. The two of them stared blankly at the strings of black shadows that appeared one after another in front of them, and their minds were blank, is it really a cavalry?! Why did the defenders of Yanmen Pass come out?! Are they crazy?!
The night guard quickly reacted, quickly woke up from the shock, and shouted: "Enemy attack! ”
"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! ”
I don't know if the defenders of Yanmen Pass will die, but the lives of these two Ji soldiers are gone. I saw that before the night soldier's voice fell, a rain of arrows covered it, and an armor-piercing cone pierced through his chest, and the tail of the arrow kept shaking, and the night guard did not dare, and fell to the ground softly without a blind eye.
When the cavalry of the 1st Division, which rushed to the front, approached the camp gate of the Ji army, they straightened up from their horses and threw out the rope hook in their hands, the hook and claw firmly grasped the wooden board of the camp gate, and one end of the rope was firmly tied to the saddle. The cavalry in the front row immediately urged the war horses under the seat, galloped to both sides, the war horses pulled the ropes, and hundreds of horses worked together to "coax!" It collapsed.
Seeing that the camp gate had been opened, Qin Changqing Qiu Hu rushed into the camp first, and ran wildly in the camp with the cavalry under his command, and the five thousand cavalry were divided into five roads, respectively rushing to the flying ladder, cloud ladder, building car, catapult and other targets that had already been set.
At this moment, most of the Ji soldiers were still immersed in sleep, and many of them were confused
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Tu was trampled to death on the marching bed by the iron hooves of the war horses of the Bingzhou army. Some Ji sergeants ran out of the camp in a daze, and before they even had time to penetrate the armor, they forgot to take the weapons they had in hand, and they were stabbed to death by the cavalry of the first division of the Bingzhou Army, and then their bodies were thrown to the ground.
When passing by the piles of flying ladders, the cavalrymen of the first division took off a torch on their shoulders and threw it fiercely, and the overwhelming torches were like a burning cloud in the air, and for a time the fire was permeated, and the camp of the Ji army was suddenly in chaos. The same scene took place where ladders, carts, bed crossbows, and trebuchets were piled up, and the fire spread so quickly that the entire camp where the siege equipment was placed was in flames.
"Bell! Clang! Clang! The sharp and piercing alarm bell woke Li Mubai from his sleep, and after many years of military career, he still kept his composure. At this time, a general of the Ji army broke in in with a panicked face, and forgot the military salute to Li Mubai, who was wearing armor, and said: "Li Shuai! The big thing is not good, the defenders in Yanmen Pass have come out and are attacking the ordnance battalion, and most of the siege equipment has been burned! ”
Li Mubai listened to the general's report, and immediately became furious, stepped forward and kicked him to the ground: "Waste! What a panic! Immediately send someone to inform the left front battalion, and the cavalry will immediately attack and bite this enemy army to death for the commander! ”
The generals of the Ji army, who were kicked to the ground, listened to Li Mubai's order, did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and immediately went out to give the order.
Li Mubai finally put on the gorgeous and cumbersome armor with the help of his personal guards. He strode out of the tent of the Chinese army, and at this time, several lieutenants of the army stationed around the tent were waiting anxiously outside the tent of the Chinese army, and the direction of the ordnance battalion of the right front battalion was full of flames, which really brought chaos to the soldiers of Ji. However, after experiencing the initial panic, the army of the Ji State has gradually come to its senses, and groups of soldiers were quickly assembled by the generals, and the cavalry of the Ji army got on their horses and rushed towards the ordnance camp.
Li Mubai looked at the fire in the direction of the ordnance camp, and asked the captain standing on the side loudly: "How many people are from the Yongjun?" ”
The captain bowed and replied, "It is estimated that there are 5,000 people, and they came so suddenly that we were caught off guard. ”
"Humph!" Li Mubai snorted coldly, what was caught off guard, but the whole army was slack, thinking that the defenders in Yanmen Pass did not dare to take the initiative at all
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Hit it. But he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this Wang Rong was really bold, and five thousand people dared to take the initiative to attack.
Li Mubai's heart immediately turned, and he suddenly realized that this was not a perfect opportunity. For many days, he was worried that there was no way to capture Yanmen Pass, if the 5,000 cavalry surrounded, then he could attract all the defenders in Yanmen Pass to fight a decisive battle, so as to save the trouble of attacking the city. Now that the cavalry of Yanmen Pass has taken the initiative to come out, isn't it a godsend!
Thinking of this, Li Mubai couldn't help laughing, as if the Yanmen Pass had opened the city gate to welcome him in. The captain standing on the side looked at his commander's smile, he was confused, and thought to himself: It's over, it's over, my own commander won't be scared stupid, his own battalion was attacked by the enemy, how can he still laugh.
Li Mubai looked at the captain standing aside, waved his hand, and said, "Go and give the order quickly!" Our cavalry surrounded the 5,000 Yongjun cavalry and forced the defenders of Yanmen Pass out to respond. Ordered the infantry to assemble in formation, wait until the defenders of Yanmen Pass come out to rescue, and immediately block the road to Yanmen Pass! ”
The captain asked suspiciously: "Marshal, there are three passages in this Yanmen Pass, and the enemy army does not necessarily have to return to the city from the south gate, but if the passage to the south gate is blocked, I'm afraid it will be useless?" ”
Li Mubai explained: "The south gate of Yanmen Pass is the closest to our army's camp, and returning to the city from the south gate is their best choice. If our army's infantry is scattered and deployed on three roads, the strength will be too small, the formation is weak, and the cavalry will disperse as soon as they rush, and it will not work at all, so our army's infantry will guard the road leading to the south gate of Yanmen Pass, go and prepare! ”
After listening to Li Mubai's explanation, the captain suddenly realized, and hurriedly received the order and let the herald go down to deliver the order.
Li Mubai has been in the army for many years, and he has won a lot of battles, and he has not experienced many defeats, so as a top general of Ji State, he did not panic after the surprise attack on the military camp, and he was able to stabilize his position immediately, and quickly found the most conducive way for the army to win.
It's just that what he didn't expect was that the ultimate goal of Wang Rong in this battle Yanmen Pass was not the siege equipment in the ordnance camp, but his Li Mubai's head.
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