Chapter 310: Breaking the camp at night
On the vast ground outside Zhen City, there are tents in a row, and about 50,000 Qi troops are distributed here.
The Qi army claimed to have 100,000, but not all of them were camped outside Zhencheng.
The tents of the 100,000-strong army cover too much space to accommodate them in ordinary places.
Second, in the art of war, it also pays attention to the division of troops from the outside, and they are each other's horns.
If all the 100,000 troops are gathered together, and the other side comes to attack with fire, they will be killed.
Only those commanders who do not know how to fight will like to put hundreds of thousands of troops together and give the enemy a chance to burn down the company camp and become famous in one fell swoop.
Tian Chong Da Sima is familiar with the art of war, so naturally he will not make such a low-level mistake.
Therefore, among the remaining 50,000 Qi troops, 10,000 soldiers and auxiliaries were stationed on the border line, and the remaining 40,000 were divided into two battalions and distributed in two open spaces a few miles outside Zhen City.
Aside from the camp on the border, the three camps near Zhencheng are on the lookout of each other, guarding each other, and if one battalion is attacked, the other barracks can immediately go to support.
In the early morning of this day, the sky was still dark, only the stars and moon shining on the night sky, which could barely make people see the road ahead.
The battalions were still asleep, and only the soldiers who were keeping vigil in each camp yawned around the campfire.
The Qi military camp located on the border.
"It's no wonder that the Qin people have been on strict guard recently, and even merchants are not allowed to let them go. It turned out that Da Sima had sent assassins to assassinate the county lieutenant of the eastern county of Qin. Tsk, I didn't expect that our big Sima is actually this kind of person."
A short-bearded pawn yawned, trying to find a topic and cheer up.
Another yellow-faced pawn said, "Hehe, I've heard about it too. Da Sima also underestimates us, we are a full 100,000 people, how many people are on the other side? Directly with a military order, we can rush over and crush those Qin people to death in Puyang, so there is no need to send assassins."
[In view of the general environment,
These five Qi commanders, the commander of the Qi military track (Wu Chang) also spoke: "Yes, our Qi country is also one of the overlords of the world in the past, I heard the old man in the family say, what kind of Eastern Emperor did our previous king be? Listen, this title is so majestic, it's just that I haven't fought in the past few decades, and the name of my Qi country is not obvious, if my Qi country makes a move, how can they have a chance for the Qin people to become famous."
"What the Rail Commander said is right, the reason why he Qin State was able to destroy a few countries is just that my Qi State didn't make a move. Once I make a move, I will definitely shock the world!"
A few Qi pawns laughed with their cowhides, but as time passed, their voices became quieter and quieter.
"I'll sleep for a while, you guys watch."
Commander Qi said hello to his subordinates, leaned against the fire, lowered his head, and lost his voice in a blink of an eye.
The other people saw that the track chief was asleep, looked at each other, and slowly closed their eyes and dozed off.
The Qi army had been stationed here for several months, and there had never been any accidents. Not to mention that Zhao Tuo, the commander of the Qin army on the opposite side, broke his leg and was unable to walk on the couch, and the county lieutenant Tu Sui was assassinated by assassins.
So during the vigil, it shouldn't be a problem to sneak a nap for a while, right?
Not only did this line of soldiers, but most of the night watchmen in the various camps also thought the same way.
At that moment, in the distance in the direction of the border of the Qin State, a large black shadow was approaching under the moonlight.
A few Qi pawns who were guarding near the gate and sleeping on the fence were suddenly awakened by a noise.
"What's that?"
A pawn opened his eyes, and before he could wake up, he saw a bloodthirsty and excited face staring at him in front of him.
Then there was a pop of metal cutting into flesh, and a bronze sword reflecting the moonlight stabbed into the throat of this Qi pawn, and he could only stretch out his hands weakly, and the sound of air leaking in his throat sounded.
Before losing consciousness, this Qi pawn saw that under the moonlight, countless black figures pushed away the antlers in front of the gate and rushed into the Qi army camp.
In the distance
Fang, there seemed to be countless black shadows surging.
"Ah, enemy attack!"
There were screams in the Qi camp, followed by earth-shattering shouts of killing, and jerky Qi Yu everywhere shouting: "The Qin army is coming, and Da Sima has been killed!"
"Da Sima is dead, and our army has been defeated!"
"The second and third sons run, Zhen Cheng has been lost!"
"There are traitors in the camp, the second and third sons are careful of the people around them!"
"The people of the Four Kingdoms colluded with the Qin army and were defeated! Run, run!"
The shouts of chaos, the sounds of fighting, and the screams before death resounded in the Qi army camp in the darkness of the night.
The sleeping Qi soldiers in the camp had just been awakened, and before they could react, they were dazed by the series of shouts.
"What's going on?"
"Da Sima is dead? Isn't Da Sima in Zhencheng?"
"Qin Jun? People of Shikoku?"
Before they were drafted, most of them were farmers digging in the fields, fishermen fishing on the beach, and unemployed teenagers wandering the streets and alleys......
They had never experienced war, so there was no concept of a night raid. At this moment, under the stunned, many people froze in place, and even forgot to take the armor and weapons around them.
Someone else pulled away the tent curtain in a panic and stretched out his head to look out to see what was going on outside, but as soon as his head reached out of the tent, he was poked into his throat by a bronze halberd and forked to the ground.
Immediately afterwards, a group of hideous-looking and vicious armor-clad Qin soldiers crowded into the tent, slashing and stabbing wildly with the blades and halberds in their hands, killing all directions.
Such scenes kept happening in every camp, and screams resounded under the night sky.
Eight hundred meters away, Zhao Tuo stood on his chariot, looking at the scene in the distance.
Because he was afraid that the fire would alarm several other Qi army camps in the distance, the Qin army only attacked at night this time, and did not set fire to it wantonly, although some camps were ignited by flames, but after all, there were not many, so what Zhao Tuo saw, he could only see pieces of black shadows surging in the distance.
"General, these Qi people are too slack."
Zhong Liyi stood beside Zhao Tuo, looking at the Qi army camp that had been invaded by the Qin army in front of him, and couldn't help but shake his head.
Zhao Tuo nodded, the Qi army was obviously camped at the border, but it didn't seem to have thought that the Qin army would come to sneak attack, the garrison was negligent, and the night watchman even dared to sleep, and the Qin army took advantage of the night to touch the camp to find out.
If it is really famous, it is better to meet, and it is better to meet than to be famous.
The Qi army, which had not fought for more than 40 years, had a more serious collapse than Zhao Tuo thought.
Soon, a herald from the front reported that the Qi camp in front had been broken, and a part of the Qi army fled in the direction of Zhencheng.
After all, there are 10,000 people in the Qi army here, and once the battle is engaged, how can it be intercepted and killed, there will always be many people who take advantage of the night to escape.
However, this point was also expected by Zhao Tuo, and those Qi troops who escaped would be of great use to him.
He calmly ordered: "Send an order to Zhao Guang, tell him not to kill the Qi people here again, gather the elite of his subordinates according to the original plan, and drive those fleeing routs to the Qi army camp outside Zhen City."
"Rush the Qi army elsewhere with a rout, so that the 50,000 people in Zhencheng cannot be arrayed, and our army can follow behind the rout to cover and kill, and then we can break the enemy."
"Yui."
Zhong Liyi nodded, Zhao Tuo's tactics were just like the previous Huaiyang City, Xiang Yan broke the Mengwu army, first attacked the enemy camp with a rout, and then the army covered up, and it will definitely be able to break the enemy.
Zhao Tuo continued: "Then send an order to Shiruma, let him and Black Hip each take five thousand elites to attack the two surrounding Qi camps and set fire to the tents, the bigger the better. If you don't want to annihilate the Qi army there, you must disrupt and break up the Qi army, so that the two battalions of 40,000 Qi people can't support Zhen Cheng, as long as you succeed, it will be a great achievement!"
"Yui."
Zhong Li promised, his eyes shining.
The two Qi camps, located a few miles on both sides of Zhen City, were indeed a big trouble for the Qin army.
If the Qin army only rushed to the Zhencheng camp, these two Qi troops would definitely lead troops to rescue them after receiving the news, which would make the Qin army suffer a flank attack.
Therefore, Zhao Tuo first sent an elite to attack the two battalions at night, and under the surprise attack and arson, although he could not kill many people, it was impossible for the Qi troops in the two places to support Zhen Cheng in the chaos.
And the two battalions were in flames, which would cause a great morale blow to the Qi army in Zhencheng.
Zhao Tuo turned his head and looked at the 10,000 Dongjun soldiers who were following behind him.
Although these people were selected from the 20,000 Dongjun soldiers, they were still not as elite as the original Guanzhong, so he used them as a reserve force.
"Let Zhang He lead a thousand people to protect the rear of our army, and prevent these scattered Qi troops from gathering and threatening our army formation from behind."
"The remaining 9,000 people, follow me and send troops to Zhencheng!"
Zhao Tuo raised his head and looked into the distance, facing the night wind, in the bright and clear moonlight, his eyes looked in the direction of Zhencheng.
"Da Sima, I'm here."