Chapter 607: Burning the Company Camp
The darkness covered the forest, and when Tong Meng made up his mind to walk into the woods, he deeply felt the horror of the woods at night. Ma Chao knew that his task was to delay time first, so he gathered all the soldiers in the team who had been hunters before, and temporarily made many simple traps, but such simple traps played another purpose in the dark night. From time to time, there were a few eerie ghost cries in the woods, which made Tong Meng feel a chill from the bottom of his heart. As a general, a general who commands the army, Tong Meng does not believe in ghosts and gods, even if Tong Meng exists, he will not be afraid, but he can't stand the screams of his own soldiers after this gloomy ghost shout.
Tong Meng called out to a lieutenant and asked him to take the lead. The captain looked at Tong Meng deeply, and helplessly walked at the front of the team with the soldiers under his command. The nerves of the whole team were extremely tight, and even if the five thousand people carried torches, they could only decorate the road up the mountain into a fire dragon, and they could not stop the soldiers of the Shenwu Army who were hiding in the darkness like wolves. These torch-wielding soldiers were the most targeted in the dark, and the archers crouching in the dark did not have to worry about their sight.
Ah, several screams rang out in the ranks again, and a flurry of arrows took the lives of dozens of soldiers. And it was not these soldiers who screamed, but the soldiers who walked ahead to find their way. In the darkness of the night, how could you see the traps disguised by the hunters, and the soldiers who were undoubtedly walking in front fell into the traps with a bang. The improvised wooden sword in the trap did not have a very good lethality, not killing the soldiers who fell into it, but causing the soldiers who fell into it to be injured a lot. The wooden sword pierced a part of their body. But it didn't hurt the vital point. I can only scream in the trap in pain like this.
"Bastard, what are you eating with long eyes, don't you pull people up for me!" The captain who led the team scolded his soldiers with a red face, and the soldiers under his command suddenly became busy, dozens of soldiers gathered together to barely light up the night, and several soldiers threw ropes and carefully slid down the wall of the trap. Fortunately, this trap was also improvised, and the wooden swords inside were not very closely arranged, and these soldiers carefully touched into it and finally cleared out a place where people could stand. Reluctantly tied up those soldiers with ropes, and the soldiers standing above hurriedly pulled them up, and before a few soldiers could come to their senses, suddenly several other screams in the dark night made all the soldiers subconsciously shrink their necks.
"What's going on again?" The captain who led the team was already going crazy, and the matter here has not been resolved, and there is a problem again. What kind of battle is this fighting, and those who have not yet seen themselves in front of the enemy will lose the courage to fight. News from there soon spread, and several soldiers accidentally stepped on the beast traps in the grass. The lieutenant scolded his soldiers for their incompetence, while letting his soldiers carefully explore to the sides, cutting down trees to make crutches. Pathfinder ahead.
Pathfinding was undoubtedly a painful task, even with the help of the branches of the trees in front of the soldiers. Injuries were also a matter of an instant, and the captain who walked in front now hated the army that attacked the top of the hill. If you fight, you will fight, and if you attack, you will attack, and if we take the barracks, we will fight face-to-face with you and take the barracks back, where is it like now, why do you have nothing to bury so many traps on the road! The lieutenant had hatred in his heart, but he did not dare to express it, so he could only keep sending soldiers to the front to explore the way, so that the faces of the soldiers who were named were even more ugly than letting them die. It can be said that they are not afraid of death, but they are afraid of being injured! It is pitch black here, even with torches, it is useless, once injured and the team is separated, the beasts in the woods do not matter which army you are, no matter how skilled you are.
As the saying goes, the wicked have their own wicked grinding, Ma Chao has never thought of himself as a good person, especially when he has more contact with someone, and the character and morality of someone have taught Ma Chao a lot. In terms of the art of war, Ma Chao thinks that he doesn't have the kung fu and command to learn the mysteries of the art of war of those high gods, but the tricks of the Yin people have more contact with the people in the quicksand of the night, especially the characters in the rivers and lakes, and you will naturally know more. This is the current Ma Chao, with an idea, he laid countless traps in the woods to make the soldiers of the Tong Family Army miserable, but they couldn't set fire to the mountain, put the fire down, and before they rushed up the mountain, it was estimated that their young marshal Tong Zhonghu would cut them down first.
Zhu Yao sat next to Ma Chao, although she couldn't see the scene in the woods, but the screams in the woods all came into her ears without accident, she really couldn't imagine how a general like Ma Chao could use such a shady trick. Listening to the screams in the woods, it seems that the other party is still not lightly injured. Zhu Yao subconsciously looked at Ma Chao, and saw that Ma Chao was resting with the spear in his hand leaning on the trunk. Zhu Yao naturally knew that those soldiers were here to save him, but the generals beside him who looked away were too bad, and it was estimated that there would not be a few people left when this group of people walked to the mountain. Zhu Yao's heart couldn't help but worry about these soldiers, if there was no war, these people should still be farming at home.
"Don't think about it, there are not many traps laid by the short time, and I'm afraid it's going to end when I listen to this voice. Ma Chao closed his eyes and said to Zhu Yao beside him: "You don't have to worry too much, they will be rushing back soon, and it is estimated that they will not be able to walk halfway up the mountain." ”
"Do you really want to burn down the grain and grass camp?" Zhu Yao looked at Ma Chao with some concern and said, what kind of enemy did he provoke? A few hundred people dared to attack the camp of tens of thousands of people, and it seemed that they still took it for granted, and they were full of confidence. Do these people really not know what death is? Do they really not know what fear is? Are they really only a few hundred people? Even if half of the reinforcements come, and half of the men and horses in the barracks, is it really possible to burn down the grain and grass camp?
"You wait and see, and soon you'll know the answer you want to know. You should have more questions than that, right?" Ma Chao had a smile in his voice, and Zhu Yao was stunned for a moment. Zhu Yao glanced at Ma Chao, and Ma Chao still looked drowsy. There is no meaning to explain at all. Zhu Yao could only press the doubts in his heart. Sit quietly and wait for the answer you want. Sure enough, it was just as Ma Chao said. There were far fewer screams in the woods.
In the grain and grass camp, Tong Zhonghu's performance at the moment did not have a trace of worry about Zhu Yao's appearance, and he drank a large bowl of wine with a few remaining officers in the barracks, enjoyed the dance of the singer, and played with the singer next to him, of course, Tong Zhonghu did not get carried away, at least the guards were still sent, but only God knows how much this guard has to do. As the saying goes, what kind of general leads what kind of soldier. Tong Zhonghu is like this, what combat ability can you expect from the soldiers under his command? This kind of top-down corruption is the most powerful, and it only takes a blink of an eye to corrode an invincible and invincible army into a pile of sheep, and it is obvious that Tong Zhonghu is doing this.
Nian Qianyao and his soldiers were dressed in the coat of night, and even the war horses were wrapped in the black night. The soldiers' horses were tied to ropes, and the soldiers behind them were pulled to prevent the soldiers from getting lost in the middle of the night. Nian Qianyao walked at the front of the team, the closer he got to the other party's camp, the more nervous Nian Qianyao became, the victory or defeat depends on tonight's battle, once he and Ma Chao failed, they would really die and have no place to be buried. Nian Qianyao signaled to the soldiers behind him, and the soldiers signaled one after another, and the team that was secretly advancing quickly stopped. Five hundred steps ahead is the other party's grain and grass camp. The soldier hurriedly untied all the ropes from his body, took off his bow and arrows, and held them in his hands. The cavalry advancing at full speed could shoot two hundred paces away with the help of the empire's finest bows and crossbows, and Nian Qianyao's first step in combat was to carry out a rocket strike on the opponent, causing chaos and immediately attacking the camp, and retreating without hesitation after burning the grain and grass.
Nian Qianyao raised the torch in his hand high, and the cavalry charging at full speed with two hundred and fifty paces only needed to rush in the blink of an eye. Nian Qianyao judged that the distance he chose was very accurate, and this distance was exactly the distance that could maximize the charging speed of the cavalry under his command without wasting valuable horsepower. The moment Nian Qianyao put up the torch, he was also discovered by the guards on the sentry tower, of course, the guards who were drinking did not take this matter to heart, just now an army of 5,000 people came out of the camp, it is estimated that it is a messenger sent by the other party. The sentry thought so, and continued to hide in the sentry tower, drinking the wine he didn't know where to find it, he didn't know that his decision had brought ruin to their boy army, and it was not only the soldiers hiding in the camp who were unlucky, but also the 200,000 troops in front.
Boom, Nian Qianyao drove the war horse that sat down to run quickly, and the cavalry under his command followed closely behind Nian Qianyao without hesitation. The hooves of the horses were wrapped in thick cotton cloth, and even then the five hundred horses running at full speed still made a lot of noise. Nian Qianyao hung the torch on the saddle of the war horse, took off the bow and arrow behind him, put an arrow on the bowstring casually, lit the rocket and shot out the bow and arrow in his hand with a whoosh.
Three hundred steps, this is the distance of Nian Qianyao's arrow, this rocket is like a signal arrow, the soldiers under his command took off the bows and arrows behind them, lit their bows and arrows and pulled the strings, waiting for the limit of two hundred and fifty steps to arrive. With a bang, the rocket was heavily inserted into the wooden wall, the dry weather in the north finally showed its power at this time, and the dry wood fire was sometimes not all derogatory, with the sound of the bow and arrow inserted into the wall, the fire burned uncontrollably. Without an order, the soldiers under the command of Nian Qianyao shot out the bows and arrows in their hands in unison, and with a whoosh, they shot out the rockets with anger in their hands, and the guards who were still a little dead in their heads saw that something was wrong at this time.
Whew, a breeze blew, and before the guards could shout, the fire burst into flames. Nian Qianyao and his cavalry had already shot three rounds of rockets when they hit two hundred paces, and then in a gorgeous circle, the rockets in their hands shot out again. Nian Qianyao grabbed the three bows and arrows in the quiver, and shot them into the camp with a swish, and the three arrows landed impartially on the haystack where the war horses were raised.
Boom, the sky-high fire rose from the ground, and at this time, the soldiers of the Tong Family Army, who didn't know the southeast and northwest, finally reacted. It was on fire, and his own camp was set on fire.
"It's on fire, put out the fire! It's on fire. The granary is on fire!" all the guards are going crazy at this moment. Here is the big rear. There are still two military camps on the mountain that monitor the enemy's situation, how could anyone raid here. These soldiers didn't have a chance to think much about it at this time, and they desperately searched for everything they could use to put out the fire. The smarter soldiers rushed to the logistics baggage camp to find a water source to put out the fire, and those stupid people were already scared and ran around the camp.
"What's going on? What's going on?" Tong Zhonghu, who was about to carry his gun into battle, carried his pants in one hand, and rushed outside the camp in a daze, shouting loudly, seeing the red fire that rushed to the sky, even if Tong Zhonghu drank too much wine, he shivered all over his body at this moment, and instantly sobered up. I happened to see a drunken and fierce officer wearing armor from east to west dangling around in front of him.
"Bastard, what are you still doing here?!Fight the fire, put out the fire for me immediately!" Tong Zhonghu woke up instantly. However, it does not mean that those soldiers who are already drunk and do not know the southeast and northwest have also come to their senses, the enemy is obviously still wandering around the camp, and rockets are constantly being fired into the camp. The fire, which had been burning uncontrollably, was completely destroyed by the enemy's rockets, one after another. The sky-high fire set the entire barracks on fire, Tong Zhonghu's face was burned red by the fire, and the singers who had already been scared stupid added to the chaos of the camp.
"Come on, people, the war horse ring is also on fire! Come on, people put out the fire!" If people are unlucky, what you least want will appear in front of you. The Tong Family Army, which was suddenly attacked, did not bomb the camp, which had already made Tong Zhonghu breathe a sigh of relief, and when he was about to send someone to control the war horse, he suddenly heard a shout from the soldiers under his command. Suddenly, cold sweat dripped down like raindrops. There are nearly 100,000 war horses in this military camp, if the war horses get out of control. This large battalion was completely destroyed without even needing to be attacked.
Crackling, the fire completely engulfed the entire barracks, even if the soldiers had risked their lives to extinguish the fire, it was obvious that they were still thinking too much, and before they could be relieved by the frightened breath, the war horse was out of control. Repeatedly, the war horses struggled desperately in the fire, even though the soldiers of the Tong Family Army tried their best to appease the war horses, but how could thousands of people take care of so many horses, those soldiers didn't even have time to release the screams from their throats, they were kicked over by the frightened and crazy war horses and disappeared without a trace, turning into clay and sticking to the hooves of the war horses. The already frantic war horses rumbled out of the stables and into the barracks.
The chaos, screams, blood, and fire made the entire military camp completely fall into madness, and Tong Zhonghu looked blankly at the dozens of war horses rushing towards him, and his legs seemed to be filled with lead, and he couldn't lift them at all. Tong Zhonghu had completely lost the ability to think at this time, he knew that he was finished, what this camp had was not only the food and grass needed by the 200,000 troops in front and the horses that needed to be replaced, but also the equipment needed for the siege of the city sent today, and now it was completely finished. Tong Zhonghu knew that he was finished, even if he didn't die under the hooves of these already crazy war horses, he would definitely not escape death.
Xi repeatedly, just when Tong Zhonghu was stunned, two strong sword qi hung by Tong Zhonghu's side, and the strong sword qi instantly cut down dozens of war horses that rushed over to the ground. The two guards jumped out and pulled up Tong Zhonghu, who was still in a daze, as if he was running outside. Regardless of the soldiers shouting beside him, the soldiers who dared to stand in the way with the swords in their hands were all cut down on the ground, so the chaotic camp was now even more chaotic.
"What do you want to do first, what do you want to do, hurry up and put out the fire!" Tong Zhonghu finally reacted when the guards beside him threw on the war horse, and immediately struggled and looked at the camp that had become a fire, his eyes were full of tears, this was not tears of regret, but tears of nostalgia for the world.
"Young marshal, now that we can't do anything, now we have to save our lives, as long as we go back to the rear and find our wife, we still have a chance to make a comeback!"
The words of the guards suddenly made Tong Zhonghu understand, now the fire in the camp is obviously uncontrollable, these war horses are already crazy, if you go to the barracks at this time, it will be no different from looking for death. Tong Zhonghu naturally won't go back, the guards are right, he can't die yet, as long as he returns home and has his mother's protection, even if Tong Weiyong wants to kill him, it depends on whether he can kill him. Thinking of his mother, Tong Zhonghu's eyes suddenly flashed with a fine light, if he found his mother, he would definitely not be able to die.
"Yes, let's hurry up, hurry up!" Tong Zhonghu suddenly understood, and hurriedly urged the sitting war horse to rush frantically in the other direction of Qinshan, while on the other hand, the entire grain and grass camp had already fallen into the fire, and even the fire of this fire far exceeded Nian Qianyao's expectations.
"We have won this war!" Looking at the war horses rushing out of the barracks and the fire that lit the entire sky, a trace of excitement flashed on Nian Qianyao's flushed face. (To be continued......)