Chapter 178: Dawn's Attack

Dawn crept in, the last thick darkness before the dawn shrouded the sky, and the only sound of the cold wind howling over the wilderness was the faint sound of the main city gates opening, and groups of soldiers took advantage of the night to rush out.

The soldiers, armed with their weapons, marched out of the city gates and lined up in the dark, holding unlit torches in their hands, and stood in neat squares behind the cavalry.

Huyan Ruiqi, Huyan Liexiong and General Murong rode in a row on their horses, looking out at the distant hillside with only deep darkness in their vision, and when the soldiers were ready, they instigated their horses to move forward.

A large number of troops quietly surrounded the Capricorn camp in the dark, and at this time the Capricorn soldiers were unprepared, and did not expect that the Hujia army had approached their camp, and they were sleeping soundly.

The soldiers continued to lean into the enemy's camp, and the lights in the fence could be seen from a long distance, and the Hujia army was only a few hundred meters away from them.

With an order, Huyan Ruiqi pushed the large crossbow machine to the front of the team, inserted crossbow arrows tied with oilcloth, and prepared to ignite and shoot at the enemy camp.

Riich calmly observed the other party's camp, the barracks was still silent, and the little light could almost illuminate Riich's face.

"Ignition!"

Riich snapped, and the soldier immediately lit a torch and lit the arrows stained with fire oil on the crossbow.

In an instant, the flames lit up the position.

At this time, the sentry of the Capricorn Kingdom suddenly noticed that there was a fire in front of him, and immediately exclaimed loudly: "There is an enemy!

Immediately caused a commotion in the camp.

Many Capricorn soldiers hurriedly put on their clothes and went to look for weapons, shouting in a panic in an exotic language: "Get up, the enemy is coming!"

Seeing that the time had come, Ruiqi waved his hand with a long stroke: "Launch!"

In an instant, countless torches lit up on the position, and crossbow arrows with flames shot like meteors across the silent night sky towards the enemy camp.

In the blink of an eye, a sea of fire ignited on the camp of the Capricorn country, and the soldiers began to cry for their fathers and mothers, and from time to time there were shouts and shouts, mixed with harsh cursing.

"Crossbow bolts!"

Riich continued to drink and ordered the soldiers to load their crossbow bolts and prepare to shoot.

"Launch!"

This was followed by a rain of arrows towards the enemy camp.

The steady stream of arrows burned the Capricorn camp into flames, and many of the soldiers who had not had time to hide fell in pools of blood with long crossbow arrows stuck in their bodies.

At this time, Gartnu hurriedly ordered the soldiers to prepare for battle in a panic, waiting for an opportunity to resist the attack of the Hujia army.

However, in the midst of that sea of fire, the Capricorn soldiers were already in chaos, but Gartnu was an experienced general after all, and quickly ordered his subordinates to organize the soldiers to prepare for battle.

After several rows of crossbow arrows attacked, Riich decisively ordered the cavalry to attack.

From the dark position, the horses and cavalry rushed to the enemy camp like thunder and lightning from the dawn of the night.

Amid the thunderous sound of horses' hooves and shouts of killing, the gates of the Capricorn camp were slammed open, and the rows of collapsed fences were still burning with flames.

The Capricorn camp was swept to pieces, and the soldiers were holding their heads and running around.

But soon Gartnu organized a resistance, and the Capricorn soldiers began to wake up from the chaos and fight against the influx of cavalry.

At this time, Huyan Ruiqi saw that the time was ripe, and shouted loudly and ordered the soldiers to start attacking the Capricorn State camp.

The soldiers, who had long been unable to contain their passion, picked up their spears and rushed straight to the enemy camp.

General Huyan's troops rushed to the Capricorn State position like a tide, and suddenly the flames engulfed the Capricorn State camp with the sound of swords and guns.

But the fierce Capricorn soldiers quickly calmed down and quickly gained a foothold in the sound of rushing and killing, and Gartnu commanded the resistance, step by step, ordering the soldiers to fight to the death while organizing the retreat of the team.

The sound of the soldiers rushing to kill overshadowed the tide after tide, and the soldiers of the Hujia Army were very heroic, killing the soldiers of the Capricorn country to the point that they could not form an army and retreated straight back.

Soon the battle was heating up, but the eastern light had already emerged, and wisps of blood-colored morning light began to illuminate the dark wilderness, and the cold morning air was filled with the smell of burning.

Gartnu commanded the remnants of the defeated army to retreat continuously, while resisting the constantly attacking Hujia army.

The Capricorn soldiers were well-trained, and it seemed that they had trained their wolf-like tactics over the years, and they were not immediately slaughtered all over the field by the Hujia army.

The battle lasted for almost two hours, and when Huyan Ruiqi saw that the Capricorn army was in a state of disarray, and was constantly retreating in the resistance, he sounded the horn and the golden drum and ordered the soldiers to retreat.

Seeing that the situation was very good, and the main general did not intend to pursue it relentlessly, the Hujia army gathered its formation, waved the big flag and shouted victory, and gave up the pursuit of the Capricorn army.

You must know that the poor are not chasing, and you have to have a degree to beat the water dogs. Now that the Capricorn army is gone, there is no need to chase after it.

The Hujia army captured many Capricorn soldiers who had time to escape in the future, and they were escorted back to the camp in groups.

And Gartnu, who was able to breathe, retreated for ten miles, far away from the pursuit of the Hujia army.

When the dawn illuminates the battlefield, Riich can't help but laugh when he sees that the originally heavily guarded Capricorn State camp has been burned to pieces, and it is a mess.

General Huyan and General Murong were extremely happy, riding on horses and high-fives each other to celebrate their hard-won victory.

When the battle was over, they returned to the city, where Generals Huyan and Murong interrogated the Capricorn captives and inquired from them about the situation of Ghatnu.

As expected, General Huyan confirmed the truth of Gartnu's weakness.

When General Huyan informed General Murong of this situation, they were overjoyed and raised their glasses in celebration, it seemed that there was hope for defeating the mighty Gartnu!

Huyan Ruiqi behaved unusually calm and decisive in this raid, and won the praise of the two generals, it seems that this young Dingguo general has the potential of the commander, and the Huyan family will succeed him.

Yuxi learned that the Hujia army had won the battle, successfully defeated the Capricorn army, and burned the enemy's camp, and couldn't help but be overjoyed and came to congratulate Ruiqi on his victory.

Huyan Ruiqi was pleasantly surprised, hugged the oncoming Yuxi, and took her hand back to the room.

Yuxi unloaded the armor for Riich, placed the heavy armor on the table, and then washed his cheeks with a basin of water.

Riich removed her armor and felt relieved.

He straightened his clothes, then walked over to the basin.

At this time, Yuxi had already wrung out the sweat towel and walked to Ruiqi's side to gently wipe the sweat for him.

Ricky's face was covered in black stains, which were burned ashes mixed with sweat sticking to his cheeks.

Yuxi looked at Riich and carefully wiped the sweat and stains from his body with a sweat towel.

Ruiqi looked at the delicate Yuxi, and was very touched that she was so intimate, and couldn't help but grab Yuxi's little hand holding the sweat towel.

"Yuxi, you are so good, how can I thank you!"

"Your victory is a thank you to me, only by defeating Gartnu can we have a chance to return to Yuxu Mountain!"

Yu Xi smiled, a pair of bright eyes staring into his eyes.

"This time we have won, and we have a bad breath, but there will be a next time, they are just retreating, and the Hujia army has not completely eliminated them, and we have to continue to work hard in the future!"

Ruiqi regretted a little, this battle could not wipe out the Capricorn army for the time being, and next time General Huyan and General Murong had to discuss the strategy of attack, after all, the enemy had only retreated ten miles, and was still deployed outside the main city.

Although the enemy's vitality was greatly damaged, the Hujia army dealt a severe blow to their spirit, which was also the first victory after being besieged. However, Riich realizes that despite the great losses suffered by Gartnu, his defeat is not enough to cover up his intentions, and he will find a way to organize the Capricorn army to come and counterattack the Hujia army, otherwise his proud pride will not allow the defeat and shame of the Capricorn country.

Ricky knew in his heart that he had caught a glimpse of Gartnu in the chaos of the Battle at Dawn.

Although it was a defeated general, but Gartnu's arrogant and fierce appearance couldn't help but make Riich's heart shudder, he knew that this evil general was not an ordinary person, and there might be a face-to-face confrontation between them, otherwise Gartnu would not die, and this battle would continue forever.

Huyan Ruiqi was ruthless, he must kill Gatnu in battle, completely defeat the forces of the Capricorn Kingdom, and drive them out of the Western Regions, otherwise they will not be able to end this war, and Yuxi and he will not be able to return to their hometown to enjoy a peaceful life.

In this battle, Ruiqi knew that the longer the war was fought, the more unfavorable it would be for the Hujia army, because this place was full of war, and the people could not recuperate, so one day the supplies would be scarce, and they would eventually abandon the town here and leave the border city.

In this way, the Capricorn army will resurrect and burn and loot again, causing the lives of the Western Regions to be ruined, and the results once achieved will no longer exist.

Ruiqi didn't want to waste his previous efforts and lead to another war in the future, which was not the result he wanted, and this time he would inevitably cut down the enemy and expel him from the Western Regions.

The soldiers returned to the main city, cleaned up the battlefield, and a celebratory feast began to be set up in the city.

Everyone toasted each other with their glasses, they hadn't been so happy for a long time, and the soldiers swept away the sad faces of the past, and they all raised their eyebrows.

However, after the celebration banquet, General Huyan and General Murong looked straight and returned to the courtyard with Ruiqi to talk carefully.

They summed up their experience, but in the end they all came to the conclusion that this was only a temporary victory, and that the real enemy had not been annihilated on the battlefield, and perhaps the enemy was still alive and ready to fight back against the Hujia army.

When Riich spoke his mind, the two generals agreed with his proposal to take advantage of the victory to pursue and completely drive the Capricorn army out of the Western Regions, waiting for the next day to discuss the next offensive strategy.