Chapter 8: Burning the Enemy Camp
An hour later, after avoiding those simple traps and guards, Kong Ming and others finally sneaked into the enemy's back camp, as Kong Ming said, after the big victory, the Yan army relaxed its vigilance, the general was not able to suppress the excitement of the soldiers, the barracks, there was chaos everywhere, if it wasn't for Kong Ming's troops were not enough, Kong Ming really wanted to come to a counter-robbery camp, and he must have gained a lot, and now, this situation is very conducive to the infiltration of Kong Ming and others. After entering the enemy camp, Kong Ming and the others quickly figured out the enemy's arrangement. The whole barracks has about 20,000 people, it should be the vanguard of the enemy, the whole barracks falls on a hillside facing Zhecheng, the mountain is about 300 meters high, arranged in a circle around the entire hillside, the top of the slope is the middle army, the flag stands there, with the top as the center, the enemy army is divided into the front and rear left and right middle army, of which the rear army is where the enemy military needs are, and outside the left camp is a small river, the river is not deep, and the personnel can wade on foot. All the tents are set up in the dense forest on the mountain, not much apart, I think the enemy general thinks that the army is too tired, the weather is too hot, and this weather has been going on for a while, so the forest is not cut down, plus they are the vanguard, mainly come here in advance to fight the advance, the main thing is to make some preparations for the attack on Zhecheng, and these trees are undoubtedly a very good material. Around the tent there were a lot of soldiers chatting and bragging, most of which were inseparable from the battle of last night, and next to the soldiers there were some wine bottles and the like, and the smell of alcohol was also soaring to the sky, and some people who were obviously drunk and crazy, and they didn't know what to do. Kong Ming could see in the light of the fire, and even some of the officers gathered to have fun, and even the sentry yawned and slept on the sentry box.
Before Kong Ming infiltrated the barracks, the personnel were divided into four groups, each group of thirty people, of which Kong Ming's group was thirty-one people, including Kong Ming, and the other three groups were led by three mercenary captains, who infiltrated the enemy camp from four directions in four directions, and then, the first task was to burn the enemy's ordnance and food, followed by assassinating the enemy's low-level officers, and finally to create a chaos, so that Kong Ming and they had enough time to separate. At one o'clock in the morning, except for a few enemy soldiers in the enemy camp, most of them had already slept, Kong Ming sneaked into an enemy tent with thirty people, this was an ordinary soldier's tent, the people inside were already sleeping, their heads were covered with quilts, Kong Ming waved his hand, three mercenaries dressed in enemy soldiers stood outside to sentry, Kong Ming carefully touched the nearest soldier, covered the soldier's nose and mouth with one hand, and cut off the major artery in the soldier's neck with a dagger, and the soldier died in less than two seconds, but muttered in his mouth: "Boy, don't kick around, make me sleep." He rolled over and fell asleep again. When the mercenaries next to them heard the words, they did not move, but watched quietly there, and only after watching the soldier fall asleep did they begin their slaughter. In less than three minutes, all the Yan soldiers of more than ten people in the tent were killed by Kong Ming. After changing into the enemy's clothes, Kong Ming divided them into three groups and approached the three tents. This kind of work lasted for three hours, and there were more than 600 people who fell into Kong Ming's hands, plus the other three groups, more than 2,400 enemy soldiers fell directly, but the enemy never discovered the actions of Kong Ming and others, until an accident happened, this assassination operation was terminated, and at this time, there were more than 40 enemy officers who fell in the hands of the Chu army.
Just when Kong Ming and the others touched the next tent again, a miserable cry came from the enemy's back camp, the sound broke through the sky, and all the people in the back camp woke up at once, there were many Yan soldiers, disheveled, holding weapons, ran out of the tent, looking at the place where the sound came, Kong Ming and the others were not very far from there, there were hundreds of meters, so their Yan army here rushed out of the tent for the first time, and suddenly Kong Ming and others were surrounded by a lot of Yan soldiers, those mercenaries saw so many Yan soldiers in front of them, their hearts couldn't help but tighten, and most of their hands were subconsciously held on the hilt of the swordAt the same time, they all looked at Kong Ming, waiting for Kong Ming to send a signal, whether to kill, to advance, or to retreat? But what they saw was that Kong Ming was actually motionless looking at the place where the cry came from, and then from there, a lot of fire was emitted, and the sound of explosions came, shaking the heavens and the earth, and strong magic fluctuations were also heard. Next to Kong Ming stood a Yan soldier wearing only underwear, and the soldier said tremblingly: "Oh my God, that's where our military rations are located, it's all over now!" There were similar expressions on the faces of the others, who had not experienced much war, and who had a very inadequate understanding of the cruelty of war, and whose victory the day before was so great that it was the result of suddenness, that many of them still did not believe that they had fought a battle, and that many of them had not yet come out of the shadow of death, and now this disadvantage was revealed, and for some of their soldiers, learning war in the midst of war was an inevitable process, and for those officers, they were only a little ahead of these soldiers, because of their education, let them realize this earlier than the soldiers, but they can also only learn war in the midst of war, because no matter how many books can not record the whole of a war, they will always only write about the war from one point of view, but the reasons that affect the victory or defeat of the war are varied, and a military strategist once said that military theory can only be used as a reference for war. And now the chaos in the barracks is no one to give any of them a reference, because no matter how much preparation has been made in advance, no matter how many situations have been anticipated in advance, when it comes to reality, there is always a big difference from the plan, all the people looked at the back camp that caught fire, after a while, only to hear some officers began to call for firefighting, all of a sudden, the barracks of the Yan army were in a mess, some called for firefighting, some called not to move, some said that some enemy troops mixed into the barracks and quickly caught those spies, and after some killed people, they directly said that the person who was killed was a spy, and some stood still, looking at this messy scene in panicKong Ming took the thirty mercenaries and watched this scene quietly, pondered for a while, and walked directly towards the enemy's stable, as if they were patrolling, and those enemies did not notice their existence.
Just about thirty meters away from the enemy's stable, an officer of the Yan Army suddenly walked out from the side, the man was disheveled, a set of armor was wearing seven up and eight down, obviously put on in a hurry, the man saw Kong Ming wearing a set of low-level sergeant armor, and the appearance of dust on his body, it was the general patrol squad leader, walking towards him, the man shouted in horror: "Patrolman, come here." The voice was like an ordinary superior calling a subordinate, and in addition to being frightened, there was also a little anxiety. Kong Ming was stunned when he heard it, and thought that his disguise was exposed, but he didn't move, but watched the changes, and after the officer saw it, he was angry in his heart, thinking that Kong Ming was disobeying military orders, and hurriedly shouted: "Fuck, call you, are you deaf? Come here!" Kong Ming noticed that the officer was calling them, and he didn't mean to treat them as outsiders in his words, so he hurriedly ran towards the officer with the team, and there was even a panic on his face when the subordinate saw his superior, and after the man saw it, he couldn't help but be sure in his heart, and then said: "Come here, well, just stand around me, don't let the spy who mixed into the barracks get close to me, come with me." Saying that, the officer raised his head, suppressed the frightened mood, and said as he walked: "Boy, after bringing your master and me to the Chinese army, I will mention you to the third level, fuck, it's obviously a good night, what do those Chu soldiers want to do? Don't let people take a break, really, alas, you guys go quickly!" At this time, the man found that after Kong Ming surrounded him, he did not escort him, but vaguely blocked his vision, and then he felt that something was wrong, and when he wanted to shout again, he found that his throat had been stuck by the person wearing the squad leader's armor, and then his head was dizzy and he didn't feel it anymore. After Kong Ming stuck the throat of the person, he knocked the officer directly unconscious with one blow, and then under the cover of everyone, the person was carried into a no-man's corner, and then in the surprise of those mercenaries, Kong Ming directly read the officer's memory with spiritual magic. After a while, after Kong Ming read the man's memory, he killed him directly, it turned out that this person was not very Yan Jun, but a Harvey Empire officer named Edward, and these soldiers in front of him were not all Yan Army, but a coalition army composed of Yan Army and Harvey Army, which also let Kong Ming know why the Yan Army would be so strong all of a sudden, and this army of 20,000 people as the vanguard did not participate in yesterday's battle against the Chu army, but pursued and killed those defeated Chu troops on the way, which can be said to be very fruitful, and the results were huge, and because it was a pursuit of the defeated army, the Chu army did not make much resistance, This gave them the idea that the Chu army was just like this, and they didn't care too much about tonight's camp, plus the two armies cooperated for the first time, so Kong Ming and the others had a chance to exploit the loopholes. When there was a riot in the Yan army camp, this person was venting his excess energy on a woman snatched from nearby, so he was so nervous, from this person's memory, he knew that the commander of the Harvey army who came to Yan this time was a general named Pang Longye, this person was famous in the Harvey army, even in the Huayuan Empire, it was very famous, and the military plan was proposed and implemented by him, at the same time, he would also command the entire war against Chu and these more than 20 small countries, and their army was still gathering towards Yan, and the total number of troops in the future will reach more than 300,000This attack was a surprise attack that was taken when the army was not fully assembled in order to prevent the Chu army from receiving information, and only in this way could the maximum result be achieved with the least consumption. And this Edward is a captain of the front battalion, he only relied on the family to sit in this position, he himself does not have much ability, today has been driving the Chu army to Zhecheng, they took the time to catch a few beauties from the nearby villages to entertain, in order not to let the superiors know and safety, they came to this place close to the back camp, when the back camp was attacked, he was sleeping with a beautiful woman, the incident happened suddenly, he hurriedly got up, rushed to his army, and was attacked by Kong Ming. From his soul, Kong Ming got the vigilance and password of the defense area that Edward was in charge of tonight, precautions, and so on.
After finishing his work, Kong Ming looked at the mercenaries who were paying attention to him and said, "Let's go." The crowd didn't say anything, after all, this is not a place to speak, and anything will only be explained clearly after leaving. Kong Ming led the mercenaries to the stable, there were two guards in front of the stable, they were stretching their heads and padding their feet, looking in the direction of the burning back camp, and saw Kong Ming coming with a group of people, they took a look, and then one of them shouted: "Stop, password!"
"Chu is defeated, and the order is returned. Kong Ming raised a palm and motioned for the team to stop, then shouted quietly and forcefully to the two guards.
"Yan Sheng, special password. The man shouted, apparently the fire in the back camp had also raised their vigilance a lot, and even though Kong Ming's group seemed to be normal patrol soldiers, it still didn't let them relax a bit.
"The wind blows Zhecheng. Order," Kong Ming continued.
"The rain has passed through Chu Jing. You can get guò now. The soldier said. Password is an ordinary means of distinguishing between the enemy and us in war or peacetime, although this means is ordinary but extremely effective, usually composed of a word or a sentence divided into two or several paragraphs, and in some special areas there are some special passwords, this password is only used between a few people, only this can ensure the safety of the barracks, after all, the people in the barracks are generally thousands, no one can remember the names and faces of all the people, so the only way to distinguish between the enemy and the enemy, to prevent the enemy from mixing in。 Kong Ming and the others had been waiting outside the barracks for a long time just to get the enemy's password, and by searching for Edward's memories, Kong Ming's understanding of the Harvey Army and the Yan Army was one step further, and it was even more convenient to pretend to be the Yan Army. After the soldiers of the Yan Army let Kong Ming and the others pass, Kong Ming raised his palms again, and then swung forward a few times, and then walked forward first, and those mercenaries saw Kong Ming go, and also walked towards the stable door with Kong Ming. The two soldiers of the Yan Army had been paying attention to the entire team of Kong Ming and the others, and at this time, no one dared to relax anymore. Under the attention of the two soldiers, Kong Ming and his party passed directly in front of the door of the stable, and after watching Kong Ming and the others pass in front of the two without any reaction, the two couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but before that breath came out, they felt a cold neck, and there was no more sound. It turned out that it was Kong Ming who had the team walk directly over there to attract the guards' attention, while the four high-ranking swordsmen used stealth to walk behind the guards, killed the guards the moment they relaxed, and then stood directly on top of the guards, while the other two dragged the two guards to a corner of the stable. Kong Ming led the mercenaries into the stable, and then, according to the pre-plan, as planned, untied all the horses as quickly as possible, and tied some flammable clothing and other things to the tail of the horse. Then, immediately left there.
Twenty minutes later, on a hill almost high next to the Yan army barracks, Kong Ming and the others, dressed as patrol soldiers, stood there, looking at the military camp that had gradually calmed down from chaos, behind Kong Ming, there were more than 120 people standing or squatting, they all spread out into a vigilant formation, all the people who participated in the sneak attack were already here, and what they were waiting for now was a moment, that is, the moment when the entire enemy camp was on fire. Kong Ming's plan is very simple, put a few small fires in a corner of the enemy's logistics, make the enemy panic, and then, let them think that it is just their own soldiers accidentally misfired, and all the people have also destroyed traces in the fire, so that they can relax their nerves that they don't care about to the greatest extent, and then come back again, so that after many times, their already relaxed nerves will not be able to react at once. This kind of ploy is somewhat similar to the 36 schemes. Every thirty minutes or so, a small fire would be lit in the barracks, or a warning would cause the Yan army to spend the whole night in shock. It was caused by the timed fire demon scroll that Kong Ming had placed in the Yan military camp. Time passed bit by bit, and Kong Ming looked at the magic watch in his hand, a magical timekeeping tool. Seeing that there were still ten minutes left, the most exciting moment of the night, Kong Ming took out a seventh-level magic scroll "Meteor Fire Shower" from the space ring, which was the most advanced magic scroll in this operation, it could cover a radius of about a kilometer, and the distance could reach about a kilometer. Since magic scrolls can be used without magic spells, they can also use magic spells, but the difference in power between the two depends on the user's magic power, just like a magician like Kong Ming, there is a double bonus for the seventh-level magic scroll, a five-fold bonus for the sixth-level magic scroll, a tenfold bonus for the fifth-level magic of the same level as him, but only a 0.5 times bonus for the eighth-level magic, and so on. Kong Ming raised the scroll, pointed to the Yan army barracks, and began to chant the incantation, there was a trace of red that was not commensurate with the black night in the sky above the Yan army barracks that had just calmed down, and it was slowly generated, this red was only a faint point at first, and it did not attract anyone's attention, the red light was reflected on the clouds, constantly brightening, and this phenomenon has not attracted the attention of those guards, because the fire in the barracks is also reflected in the white clouds in the sky, but now the white clouds are getting brighter and brighter, as if there has been a continuous fire。 In the last ten seconds, the firelight above the clouds suddenly lit up, and one by one fireballs fell from the sky, covering the entire mountain with the Chinese army as the center. At this time, they finally knew that they had been attacked, but they had no choice but to prop up their own Douqi Hood, but the people standing guard were usually some high-level swordsmen, how could their Douqi Hood be compared to the seventh-level magic? And those swordsmen fell asleep because of the harassment of the whole night, and before they could react, they were directly drowned in the rain of fire, and the entire square garden with the military flag of the Chinese army as the center was drowned in the rain of fire, and the terrain and layout of the Yan army intensified the spread of the fire, and the horses and other demonic beasts in the stable rushed out one after another, running in the opposite direction of the fire, and the miserable screams caused by the fire, the woods burned by the fire, military supplies, etc., were like a piece of hell The images were displayed in front of Kong Ming and others。 The arrangement of the Yan army doomed them to suffer heavy losses this time.
Kong Ming looked at it for a while, then turned around and walked in the direction of Zhecheng, if you don't run at this time, when will you stay?