Chapter 231: The Death of the Shanyue People
Li Yunji is a small clerk, but his status in the big camp of the closed city is not low, because the news heard by spies and scouts from all walks of life will certainly be sent to the front of the lockdown as soon as possible, but after that, they will come to him for another record, and after the filing, Li Yunji will conduct a second cross-analysis, so as to come up with some information that is not easy to see on paper.
Of course, under normal circumstances, Li Yunji's work is equivalent to that of a field statistician, and all he can draw is nothing more than innocuous things such as the accurate number of enemy casualties, but Li Yunji, who was busy until the night today, made a new discovery.
The number of people in Xiangyang Fort was about 8,000 people, and the number of troops was about 20,000 people, but through the integration of intelligence, Li Yunji came to an extremely absurd conclusion, that is, since about three days ago, the number of people who have fled from Xiangyang Fort one after another is actually about 14,000.
Li Yunji's first reaction was that he had miscalculated somewhere, but after three re-examinations, Li Yunji finally understood one thing, that is, he did not miscalculate, but there was a cat in the tide of refugees who fled from Xiangyang Fort!
It is very likely that it is a special team with an unknown number, unknown strength, and unknown whereabouts. Thinking of the current battle situation, Li Yunji's face turned pale almost instantly, as an intelligence secretary, Li Yunji clearly realized that the whole army was focusing on defending the enemy in Xiangyang Fort, and even if part of the army was divided into four sides of the defense, it was just the caution that the commander of the lockdown had always been careful.
However, the troops who really carried out the task did not pay much attention to this defensive task in their hearts, and even Li Yunji heard that some belligerent generals planned to carry out defensive tasks with half of their army and rest half of their military strength, eager to gain some military merits in tomorrow's siege battle.
Almost crawling out of his tent, Li Yunji clutched his conclusions in his hands, and ran frantically towards the place where the tent was.
That is, the soldiers near the tent all know Li Yunji, and they also know Li Yunji's mission, otherwise. Li Yunji, who broke into the handsome tent at night, is very likely to be in a different place. Even so, the last sentry in front of the tent also stopped Li Yunji very dutifully and went in to report.
Looking at the night that had been nearly three watches, Li Yunji's heart was already in a mess, and he constantly regretted in his heart, why he didn't deal with that information earlier, why he couldn't have discovered the problem earlier. He even prayed that if the enemy army made any moves, it would be better to launch it a little later, so that the lockdown commander, who he had always admired so much, would have some time to prepare.
When there was movement in the tent again, it was not the guard who had gone in earlier to report. Instead, he was only wearing a middle coat in the lockdown city, and when he appeared in front of the handsome tent, he didn't care about anything else at all, but just stared at Li Yunji with a grim face, "Get the information!"
Li Yunji didn't dare to slack off, and handed over his conclusions and some relevant information as quickly as possible, fortunately, he still remembered the teachings of the lockdown on weekdays, and suppressed the fear in his heart and the panic on his face, but his pale face could not be subsided.
The lockdown holds the information in hand. After reading it at a glance and ten lines, the original pale face turned red suddenly, and it was a little difficult to accept it in my heart, who would have thought that I would make a good move that caused panic in Xiangyang Castle. It will be used by the opponent a lot.
Looking at the stunned appearance of the lockdown city, Li Yunji didn't know why his heart suddenly became stronger, "Feng Shuai, we have to do something! It's not necessarily that bad!"
Hearing Li Yunji's voice, the lockdown finally calmed down a little, "It's late." It's late! But you're right, we're going to have to do something! Order, the whole battalion is on alert, all the guards battalion is dispatched, all the avant-garde battalions are dispatched, all the criminal battalions are dispatched, and the camp is defended!"
The heralds hurriedly dispersed to give the order, but Li Yunji was a little moved, the three battalions were dispatched, and the only ones left who still kept resting were the left and right battalions and the large battalion, which means that there are only 50,000 people who have the ability and body to continue the siege tomorrow.
As it is said in the art of war, the number is divided, and the ten are encircled, and the 50,000-strong army is only more than twice the strength of Xiangyang Fort, can the Xiangyang Fort be captured?
In fact, the position is different, and the things are not the same, but the lockdown no longer thinks about the siege tomorrow, but is thinking about how to delay tonight. It's just that his heart suddenly moved, and he suddenly turned his head to look at the position of the three thousand Shanyue people, but he felt a pain in his heart, and finally panicked.
In order to ensure that the Shanyue people have enough body to join the siege battle tomorrow, the food of the Shanyue people is not only the best, but also the camp, and even the other camps are basically gathered around the Shanyue people in a situation of encirclement and protection.
This camp was originally a defensive posture, but at the same time, it almost clearly told the enemy that this camp was the most important and important camp in the entire Dreadnought Imperial Army. Then, if the enemy wants to attack at night, I am afraid there is no other choice.
You must know that the city is closed lightly and urgently, without any siege equipment at all, and even the slow-moving artisan battalion is not brought, the key to breaking the city is the three thousand brave Shanyue people, if the Shanyue people are all wiped out, no, even if more than half of the casualties are killed, the closure will no longer be able to break the city, but can only rely on human life to fight to the death. And in that case, I'm afraid that one day breaking the city will become a joke. Whether or not Xiangyang Fort can be defeated after three days of hard fighting is unknown.
At the same time, in the camp of the Shanyue people, who have always liked to eat and drink, a tall figure appeared in front of the camp gate, it was Dalaxiu, the leader of the Shanyue people, not that he found anything abnormal, but he ate too much, and some couldn't sleep, so he had to get up and walk towards the latrine.
However, Dara Xiu was only three steps away from the barracks, but he heard an unusual trilling sound in his ears, like a falcon in the mountains and forests pounced on its prey, cutting through the air. And the moment he looked up, his eyes were already filled with a huge black arrow, and he only felt a pain in his chest, his eyes were black, and then he didn't feel any more.
Just as the lockdown thought, the setting of the camp of the Dreadnought Empire unmistakably conveyed the importance of the Shanyue people's camp, how could Ling Xiao, who was well prepared, not see that the attack point he chose was also this special centered camp.
The prelude to the night attack was started with four giant crossbows, and nearly a thousand feathered arrows of the entire strongbow team pierced the camp of the Shanyue people like a torrential rain. I have to say that the body of the Shanyue people is really extremely powerful, even under such an attack, there are still strong men with arrow wounds all over the camp rushing out.
It's just that manpower is sometimes poor, and the continuous rain of arrows is not something that a mere person can resist. No matter how powerful the body is, it only delays some death. And the lockdown that watched this tragedy happen, but it was dark in front of me, and I fainted. The panicked surrounding guards and Li Yunji hurriedly carried the sealed city into the handsome tent, but fortunately, the fainting of the closed city was not seen by more people, otherwise the army's heart would be a little shaken anyway.
Perhaps he was worried about the battle situation, and he woke up shortly after the lockdown was carried into the tent, although the red face showed that he was abnormal, but it sounded calm, "Order, the camp of the Shanyue people is no longer savage, and the battalions dispatched will do their best to find the enemy's location and kill all the people who sneak attack." The rest of the camps build a shield wall and continue to rest!"
In the heart of the lockdown, although it is difficult to accept, the result of the demise of the people of Shanyue is a foregone conclusion, so it is better to solve the enemy who attacked at night. In his heart, even the scale of a night raid of thousands of people was just a dead word.
The soldiers who gave the order last time had not yet returned, so the guards and Li Yunji around him could only take on the responsibility of heralding, and hurriedly took the talisman to go to the order. It's just that everyone didn't notice that in the handsome tent, after everyone left, a mouthful of blood spurted out of the lockdown city, and the whole person's figure was a lot more depressed, so he shrank on the marching bed, not knowing what he was thinking.
The battalions that went out to look for the enemy who attacked at night were a little crazy, the night was unknown, the mountain road was rugged, and they followed the direction of the rain of arrows, and they couldn't find the enemy trace for two miles. In fact, such a result cannot be blamed for the incompetence of the dreadnought army, who would have imagined that on the God of War Continent, there would be nearly a thousand people with a range of more than five miles.
In the convention, a good hunter who can shoot a hundred paces is a good hunter, and a person who can shoot two stones and shoot one mile can become a qualified archer, which has searched the distance of two miles, and everyone is wondering whether the enemy has moved to other directions.
As if to justify this erroneous conclusion, the rear of the search party suddenly rained down on a rain of arrows, at least more than 3,000 feathered arrows.
The leader of the search party was a little unrecognizable, didn't he say that there were only nearly a thousand archers, and those damn scouts deserved to go to hell. In the panic, the rear army turned into the front army, forming a shield array and going forward to search for a while, but how could they find the enemy who ran away after a round of shooting.
In this way, Ling Xiao, the strong archers lurking high above, under the cover of the remaining ordinary archers, not only completely wiped out the Shanyue camp, but also did not expose it.
The 4,000-strong ordinary archers spent a full night harassing the enemy in order to exhaust the enemy. The casualties of the 6,000 dreadnoughts may not be a great feat, but they dragged nearly 40,000 troops overnight, but they laid a good foundation for the upcoming siege battle.
In the end, under the cover of the Lingxiao Strong Bow Team, this team, which was also exhausted and could no longer even pull away the bow and arrow, actually crossed the blockade of the Dreadnought Army and returned to Xiangyang Castle.
At this point, all the tactical goals in Ling Xiao's mind have been achieved. The first is to go to the enemy's strong point, that is, the camp of the Shanyue people who do not know the details; the second is that less than half of the enemy troops will be able to join the siege after dawn; and the third is that the strong bow team lurks in order to surprise the siege and make meritorious deeds.
Looking at the rising sun, Ling Xiao ordered all the strongbow team members to rest and seize the time to recover, but he was alone on the edge of the cliff, constantly monitoring the movement of the enemy army. (To be continued......)