After nightfall, the moon and stars are sparse, and it is still very cold in the mountains at night in spring.

But Chai Rong's heart is hot, tonight's action is his first signal, if he can defeat Cao Jun, capture or behead Xu Huang in battle, he will be able to make a great contribution!

His present state of mind is wonderful, and this impulse to make meritorious deeds is to be said to be rewarded, or to gain a higher status...... There may be factors in this, but not necessarily.

Chai Rong naturally wants to live a good life, but after getting along for a long time, especially after his wife and children get enthusiastic help in the "shantytown", he thinks more about "living a good life with everyone".

A few words, but a big difference.

And the status ...... In the Red Star Army, being a general is not a fat thing.

The generals and colonels of the Red Star Army not only have almost no special treatment, but also shoulder the work of teaching and training their subordinates, learning to lead the army and manage the army, uploading and issuing orders in wartime, and commanding operations......

But what is gained is the trust of the soldiers, and the respect from the heart.

This was a special feeling that he had rarely experienced before, and that feeling was indescribable, but for Chai Rong, it fascinated him more than brocade clothes and food.

He also wants to experience this feeling more, and wants more colleagues to respect and trust him, so that the prince can appreciate and affirm himself more.

This is a rare opportunity, he wants to make a great contribution with his brothers!

Chai Rong's eyes were not good at night, but the veterans of the Red Star Regular Army could see easily in this kind of moonlit night.

In every dark operation, these veterans lead the way and guard from the side, and those with poor eyesight listen to their commands.

"Tun Chief, down this slope is the valley road. Cao Bing's army has gone east along the road, and we are not far from the Beishan path. ”

Chai Rong listened to the report of the veteran in front of him and waved his hand: "Go!" Let's go explore first, and wait for a few other people by the way. ”

"Yes!"

At this time, Chai Rong gathered several teams closest to him, with a total of more than 300 people, including veterans with good night vision and tribal mountain people who were familiar with the environment here.

Even with the previous smaller detachments, Li Er ensured that there were veterans with good night vision in each team.

In fact, the best choice is naturally to ambush the path on the mountains on both sides, but the North Mountain Trail is different from the main road, both sides are not gentle slopes, but cliffs, which is not suitable for such a fight.

If you want to ensure that Xu Huang is captured, you can only enter the Beishan Trail as well.

But the ambush advantage is gone, and there is also the night vision advantage.

Taking advantage of its unpreparedness, attacking the camp at night, coupled with the superiority of troops, will definitely succeed in the first battle!

"Tun Chief, the intersection is safe, and there is no ambush of the Cao army."

"Okay, let's take a break and wait for the rest of the centaurs to converge."

The other two roads converged under Li Er and Ding Feng respectively, and Chai Rong waited for a short time before coming to converge.

Li Er said solemnly: "From the beginning of the intersection, people will be on duty at every section of the road, and once the scouts at the intersection find that the Cao army on the main road is coming to block the back road, they will immediately transmit the message in turn with a whistling sound. ”

He still had some vague concerns, because he had been following the crown prince Liu Chan for a long time and talked more, Li Er could objectively look at the ability of Cao Wei's generals more objectively than Ding Feng and Chai Rong.

This Xu Huang has also heard the prince mention it, and he knows that he is by no means easy to match.

But because of this, Li Er saw the opportunity, and he also didn't want to return to the mountain.

If Cao Wei's powerful minions can be cut off again, it will be a great help to his own revenge plan and the ideal of the crown prince Kuang to support the Han family.

Since it has already been fought, it is naturally impossible to say some frustrating words that will make the enemy angry, but it is still necessary to be careful.

"The prince often says, 'There are people with productivity and combat effectiveness', we must be cautious in this night attack, once we find an abnormality, evacuate immediately, and don't bury the prince's hard work here!"

Holding half of the Red Star regular army in his hand, Li Er felt a great responsibility and aggravated his tone.

"Yes!" Chai Rong and Ding Feng solemnly hugged their fists, and the other generals and colonels hugged their fists at the same time.

After a few simple explanations, after arranging the retreat, everyone did not light the torches, and entered the Beishan path by the moonlight.

marched all the way, and finally found the Cao army camp about ten miles away.

It was the first place on the trail that was fairly wide, and during the day, Cao Jun had cut down the surrounding trees and set up a simple camp.

But it seems to be because of the rush to work? This time, the Cao military camp did not build a four-corner watchtower, but only built a few high platforms that were not too high.

There are some sparse antlers at the doorway.

Chai Rong couldn't help but laugh secretly, on such a rugged path, the cavalry couldn't exert their power at all, so why did they place antlers?

Then Xu Huang shouldn't just be in vain.

The area around the camp may be due to the cutting of trees and trees, and the dead leaves are piled up very thickly.

There are torches burning in the village and at the gate of the camp, and the soldiers guarding the gate are very eye-catching under the reflection of the torches, and there are Cao soldiers patrolling in the camp.

There were piles of hay and firewood all over the camp that were supposed to be used for heating.

Everything seemed very natural.

"Touch closer, the front row is ready to release arrows." Li Er said in a low voice, and the order was quickly passed on by word of mouth.

Accustomed to harassing Cao Jun at night, they were already very familiar with Cao Bing's vigilance.

"Put!"

Whoosh!

The nearest soldiers pulled their bows and released arrows, and more than 100 arrows shot at the more than ten Cao soldiers on duty at the same time.

After the first wave of shooting, the warriors immediately rushed forward, and in the process continued to draw arrows and bow bows, and after the arrows were completed, they stood still and opened their bows, and shot the second wave of arrows again.

The soldiers who couldn't shoot at the back also entered the range at this time, so the second wave was more numerous than the first wave of arrows.

"Kill ——!"

After two waves of arrow rain, most of the Cao troops on duty were wounded and killed, and the soldiers immediately rushed to the Cao army camp with their swords!

The night attack is all about being sudden and fast, taking advantage of the chaos of the enemy army to cause a lot of damage, and naturally it is impossible to form a formation like two armies facing each other.

Instead, they took each team as a unit and acted separately to find and kill the enemy.

The excited Chai Rong rushed to the front, bypassing those antlers, and was the first to lead people into the Cao camp.

"The Shu army is here! The Shu army is here——! "The patrolling team of Cao Jun found that they were attacked at night, and they had no intention of resisting at all, so they ran away.

Chai Rong seemed to have seen the appearance of killing Cao Jun all over the ground for a while, and Xu Huang's face was colorless......

It's just that today, Cao Jun's camp tent seems to be a little farther away from the camp gate.

When everyone rushed into Cao's camp, Li Er was the first to discover the abnormality.

shouted to kill Zhentian on his side, why didn't Cao Jun's camp tent react at all?

Broken!

"That's not right! Hit the trick, withdraw quickly! ”

Li Er, who had always been puzzled, reacted unhappily, and with a command, the soldier holding the golden cymbal immediately struck with a bell.

Chai Rong, who was still a few steps away from killing Cao Jun's tent, was in a hurry to make meritorious service at this time, but he still had a trace of luck.

Striding across the last distance, his heart sank completely as soon as the spear in his hand lifted the tent curtain.

In the tent, there was only hay...... But where is there any Cao Jun.

Click!

Many small crashing sounds sounded outside Cao's barracks, and it was the sound of flint...... It's just that the Han soldiers in the camp are noisy and the golden cymbals are ringing, so naturally they can't hear it.

But immediately, they saw that the reason why the fallen leaves around the camp were so thick was because Cao Jun was lying in it.

By this time, they had all appeared and lit the torches that had been prepared in their hands.

"Set fire to ——!"

At the sound of the order, torches were thrown into the unusually rudimentary camp, and the wooden fences, dry wood, and tents filled with hay all became excellent fuel.

At this time, Chai Rong also knew why Cao Jun wanted to set up those antlers at the camp gate.

It wasn't meant to be a cavalry defense, and now the false antlers had been pushed to the camp gate, and they were blazing......

"Hahahaha! If you like sneak attacks and night attacks so much, don't leave tonight! Shoot the arrows, release the arrows! ”

Li Er's eyes closed, knowing that he was afraid that he would be buried here today, but he immediately opened it suddenly: "Imperial Array!" The whole army followed me to storm the camp gate and rush open the antlers! ”

The Red Star Army soldiers quickly recovered from their brief panic following the order, and had formed a rapid formation almost instinctively, defending against the arrows thrown in from outside the camp.

However, those tribal mountain people did not have such a literacy, and at this time they had fallen into chaos, although some followed behind the Red Star Army, but more people ran in a panic, trying to find if there was a place where there was no fire to escape, and they had already been hit by arrows and began to suffer casualties.

Chai Rong, who was full of remorse, was about to split, and his tightly clenched fists trembled slightly.

He was greedy for merit for a while, so he caused this disaster, but it was too late to say anything at this time.

He untied the skin water bladder from his waist, poured the water on his head and face, and said viciously to the soldiers around him: "Pour water on me!" ”

His soldiers did not know what he was going to do, but they obeyed the order and poured water on him.

"I'll push the antlers away!!"

After the resolute roar, Chai Rong did something to violate the general's order for the first time, he raised his shield to protect his head, and took the initiative to break away from the formation and gallop towards the burning antlers at the camp gate.

Since he brought his brothers to a dead end, even if he didn't want to fight for his life, he would open a way for his brothers to come out!

He may be anxious and greedy, and he made mistakes, but there is no one in the Red Star Army who is afraid of death, and he Chai Rong is no exception.

(End of chapter)