Chapter 179: Breaking the Enemy
Hundreds of officers and soldiers faced more than 1,000 Hui warriors, and they did not have an advantage in numbers, not to mention that the Hui warriors came prepared, running two miles away, just finishing the warm-up, and they were in a brave state.
And those hundreds of officers and soldiers originally came just to chase and kill Zhang Zhaozhong, but they didn't expect to encounter a fierce battle as soon as they opened the door, and they were stunned all of a sudden.
Some of the soldiers who fell behind did not see the situation in front of them, and they wanted to rush forward when they heard the sound of fighting, although the officers and soldiers in the front row had high martial arts, their thinking was not unified, most of them wanted to withdraw to the camp and then defend, and a small number of people wanted to temporarily block the rebels, and the formation was chaotic in an instant.
Except for a small number of people who directly confronted the Hui warriors, most of the remaining people used their backs to meet the enemy's steel swords, how to stop them?
Less than a moment later, Huo Qingtong led his people to envelop the defeated soldiers of the Qing army into the camp, it was late at night, most of the officers and soldiers had just been woken up by the sound of riots in the camp, and they were still in a drowsy state, encountering a group of wolf-like enemies, and the only thought they could think of was to escape.
Don't worry if you can escape the rebels, at least escape those comrades around you first.
At this time, I don't know who in the camp set fires everywhere, and there was thick smoke and fire everywhere, and the entire military camp was suddenly in chaos.
Occasionally, a few junior officers tried to gather manpower and wanted to organize an effective counterattack, but they were overwhelmed by the tide of defeated soldiers, and the 50,000 elite soldiers were driven away like 50,000 sheep for a while, and someone opened the camp gate on the east side, and suddenly it was like catharsis, and everyone rushed towards the east, and as long as they were in their way to block themselves, whether they were enemies or comrades, they were all cut down with a knife, trampled on in all directions, and those who were killed and trampled to death by their own people were far more killed by the rebels.
After a night of fierce fighting, when the sun reappeared on the horizon, Ah Gui's lieutenant reluctantly gathered his men, and under the count, there were only 10,000 people left.
Naturally, there were not as many as 40,000 people who died on the spot, and most of them fled in all directions by night, and they did not know that in the vast Gobi, there was no food or water, and how many of these people could survive.
However, the remaining eight or nine thousand people still face a huge problem, their food was burned last night.
Even if they searched around in the dead and silent military camp at this time, the little military rations they could find were still far from enough for them to return to Lanzhou City.
Of course, Xu Yang doesn't care about these headaches.
His plan was successful, infiltrating the camp, assassinating the enemy commander and burning the rations.
In addition, there is an additional gain, that is, the blame is given to Zhang Zhaozhong, which is perfect.
This can also be regarded as revenge for the fact that when he was in the imperial capital, Zhang Zhaozhong almost killed his own revenge.
As for how Zhang Zhaozhong will act in the future, and whether he will hate the Red Flower Society even more because of this, it is even less about Xu Yang.
However, he didn't expect that there would be Hui warriors who took advantage of the chaos he had created and killed him, which also made his action of setting fire smoother and unhindered.
When the entire camp was completely messed up, Xu Yang looked at his masterpiece and was very satisfied.
The first battle was decided, and Zhuge Kongming was nothing more than that.
Taking advantage of the chaos, Xu Yang found a good-looking military horse, opened the west gate of the camp that had long been unguarded, and went all the way west.
Kill or bury, refers to people like Xu Yang.
A few days later, at a contact point, Xu Yang waited for the Hui warrior death squad led by Huo Qingtong, although they also lost more than 300 brave and good fighters in this battle, but the rest of them were even more powerful.
In this battle, it was these soldiers who benefited the most, the 50,000 elite army of the Qing army, which was so easily defeated by them, which made their confidence and morale extremely high.
Even if Qianlong sent another 100,000 troops at this time, these warriors were confident that they would defeat them, and the confidence and experience gained from such a victory could not be bought back by any amount of money.
Xu Yang naturally would not ruin their nature and mention the merits of his life, for him, these merits were all false names, far less important than treasures.
In the past few days of waiting, he has not been idle, and has long asked what the key palindromes on the treasure map mean, in addition to the name of the mountain where the treasure is located, there are also some strange words such as left three and right two, thinking that there is a secret passage about the mechanism.
Therefore, Xu Yang felt that it was a bit risky to dig up treasures alone, after all, he was alone, although his martial arts were already few opponents in the world, but when he encountered things like mechanisms that he didn't understand, Xu Yang was always a little worried.
What's more, there is a group of hungry wolves near the location of the treasure in the original book, and they have not been expelled at this time, if Xu Yang goes alone, if he unfortunately falls into the circle of wolves, he shudders to think about it.
The power of nature, Xu Yang will not underestimate at all.
So Xu Yang returned to the temporary station of the Hui Department with everyone, and when the people in the tribe heard that the invincible Qing court army had been wiped out, they immediately thundered with joy, and Mu Zhuolun led everyone to kneel down and thank Allah for his blessing.
After two more days, waiting for everyone to rest for a while, Xu Yang found an opportunity to mention the secret he found from the short sword to Huo Qingtong.
Huo Qingtong was extremely happy to hear that Xu Yang actually cracked the secret of the short sword, but she had no greed, since she gave the short sword to Xu Yang before, then the treasure map that could be found from it naturally belonged to Xu Yang, in Huo Qingtong's heart, this is Allah's will.
Xu Yang was a little embarrassed, he was worried about whether the sharing ratio he proposed would cause Huo Qingtong's unhappiness, but he didn't expect her to take a penny, which made Xu Yang quite amazed.
Xu Yang simply told the truth, it would be dangerous for him to go to get the treasure alone, and the Hui Department has just broken the enemy, and it should be okay for the time being, Xu Yang wants to ask someone to be a guard and guide, if he obtains the treasure, no matter how much, Xu Yang is willing to take out thirty percent as a thank you.
Huo Qingtong didn't want it, but Xu Yang insisted on refusing, and finally agreed.
Everyone made a plan, Huo Qingtong brought eight hundred warriors plus a few guides, enough food and water for twenty people, and prepared them before heading towards the white peak marked on the treasure map.
The mountain peak was not far from where the people were stationed, and everyone went out of the day and at night, and they reached their destination in just three days.
The terrain here is quite different from other places in Huijiang, except for a small amount of yellow sand, most of them are rough rocks, the closer to the white mountain, the worse Huo Qingtong's face is, Xu Yang didn't notice it at first, but when he saw that he was about to arrive, he excitedly turned around and wanted to celebrate with Huo Qingtong, only then did he see her face ugly.
"What's wrong?" Xu Yang asked.