Chapter 529: Night Attack
The perfect wine feast came to an abrupt end.
Long Chuanyun drank a lot of wine, but as soon as he heard that the enemy was coming, he immediately came to his senses, rushed to the door, and protected the dragon king, Shangguan Fei staggered behind, he didn't drink much, but he was even more drunk.
Shangguan Yun and Zhang Ji didn't seem to react, one was still sitting on the blanket playing with the wine glass, and the other fell asleep on the ground, but several attendants quietly approached the two masters, forming a loose protective circle five steps away.
Shangguan Ru was sober, but several of her female officials couldn't afford to be drunk, so they had to be dragged aside by her and Old Man Mu, intending to wait and see what happened, the wine had almost no effect on Old Man Mu, except for a few more trips to the toilet, he was not drunk at all.
Only the largest number of people in the North Court were puzzled, and some of them didn't even hear the call of the sentry, and were still drinking heavily from their bowls.
What puzzled them was that this place was already part of the hinterland of Beiting, although there were also horse bandits, they had always only robbed single guest brigades or small caravans, and since the big head god was killed, they had never heard of any bandit gang with such a strong strength that they dared to attack the Beiting army and tribe.
"The enemy is coming, in large numbers, at least three thousand people. The sentry said again in a panic.
There was no need to doubt it anymore, the wine bowl in the hand of the tribal leader who was in charge of receiving the guests was thrown to the ground, and he said angrily: "Who dares to be so bold and dare to come and make trouble when the people of Beiting are drinking?"
The sentry shook his head in horror, and as soon as he saw an enemy, he ran to report it, knowing nothing of his identity and origin.
The men of the tent rushed out, shouting at the same time, "All shout, all war, all shout!"
The people of the Shangguan family walked at the end, and they gave in at the door, Zhang Ji had already woken up, although he was supported by his entourage, his face was not drunk at all.
Gu Shenwei had already returned to his camp, he didn't bring many people, but he reacted the fastest, the patrol guards found the enemy almost at the same time as the North Court sentry, immediately woke up their companions, lined up in array, and when the dragon king arrived, they were ready to fight.
Fifty people was too little, and Gu Shenwei brought everyone to the camp in the country of incense and united with a thousand female archers.
The female soldiers were a little flustered, some of them were not even dressed neatly, but everyone held a short bow in their hands and carried an arrow bag on their bodies, and Shangguan Ru let people settle the drunken female officers, and galloped through the camp on horseback, giving several orders in a row, and quickly lined up the formation, although they all had mounts, they were better at standing and shooting, so they did not get on their horses.
More than 50 people of Gu Shenwei acted as cavalry at this time, stopping a little in front of the right flank of the female soldiers to respond to the flank.
The Lotus Girl and the others did not appear, at this moment, they were more suitable to hide in the shadows, and even Han Xuan hid, taking this as an opportunity to learn from the disciples of Xiaoyue Hall.
In contrast, the Beiting cavalry was even more panicked, almost all the people in the entire camp were neighing from them, the first group of cavalry had already rushed to the door, and there were many people chasing their horses behind.
Gu Shenwei saw all this in his eyes, and he couldn't see Jinpeng Fort in the distance, there was no sound there, and there was no torch lit, as if it was not affected at all.
The quality of the Beiting cavalry can not be prematurely concluded, Dugu Xian has been a general in the armies of Beiting and the Central Plains, and once told the Dragon King in detail what he knew, and he had an opinion on the differences between the two armies.
"The Central Plains army is rigorously trained, flags, passwords, drums and gongs, etc., all of them, the first half of the recruits are almost used to memorize complex military orders, and they must be able to point where to fight, the problem is that once the command is wrong or not smooth, the soldiers are at a loss, do not defeat themselves, capture the thief and capture the king first, and it is the most suitable for the Central Plains army. β
"The Beiting cavalry is just the opposite, the military order is simple, nothing more than forward and backward, the training is hunting, the tactics are also very simple, below the commander, in fact, there are many small units fighting separately, as few as dozens of people, more than a thousand people, each unit according to its own strength and conventions, arrange the position during the war, no need to arrange the troops in advance, even if the commander is killed, the military will not be overly flustered. But the Beiting cavalry is most afraid of sneak attacks at night, they are used to being hunters, and once they become prey, they are in a hurry. β
This happened to be a night attack, and Gu Shenwei planned to observe the response of the Beiting cavalry.
The two Beiting cavalry escorting the guests together have more than seven hundred people, most of the soldiers in the tribe were ordered to assemble in the distance, and only twenty or thirty people remained, in terms of quantity, the thousand female archers of the country of incense are the strongest army here, but they are guests, so they stay in the rear.
Then two more sentries came back to report the news, and estimated the number of enemy troops, "at least three thousand, as if ...... It doesn't seem to be a robber. β
The Beiting cavalry was not ready, the enemy had already been killed, and it was really not a bandit, and under the reflection of countless torches, it was another Beiting cavalry.
The leader of the Beiting cavalry who escorted the Dragon King and the guests of Jinpeng Fort was a commander of a thousand with the highest status, and his mother was from the Khan family, so he also had the greatest temper, and when he found that the other party was his own person, he fell in fear, his anger rose, and he slapped his horse and came out of the crowd, "Who is coming, don't you see the royal flag erected here?"
This sentence seemed to have had an effect, and instead of charging all the way, the cavalry on the opposite side stopped their mounts, but the army behind spread out to both flanks, as if to surround the entire camp.
Gu Shenwei estimated that this army numbered about 5,000 people.
The commander's face turned a little pale, and he shouted again, "What kind of clan are you? β
Finally, a dark and fat general urged the horse to come out, "We are from the Naihang tribe, come to pay homage to the king's banner, and catch an enemy by the way." β
The commander's tone immediately softened, "You are the general of the speed, I am the commander of the old Khan's tent, and I was ordered to escort the guests to the Dragon Court, you came late at night, but it scared them a little." β
While the commander was speaking, there were soldiers behind him who had not found horses and were not fully armed, but were "frightened" guests, and they were all waiting for them.
Gu Shenwei learned a lot of information about Beiting from Dugu Xian, most of which were related to military affairs, and he had no impression of the "Naihang clan", and the "General Zhisu" seemed to have heard it, but he couldn't remember the specific content.
Old Man Mu solved his doubts, he just came over with Shangguan Ru to join the Dragon King, "Naihang is one of the three major descendants of Beiting, and today's Da Yan clan is from this clan, I'm afraid things are a little bad." β
Old Man Mu didn't say why it was not good, and the atmosphere at the gate of the camp was already tense again.
"Hand over the enemy? We are the cavalry of the old Khan king, how can there be an enemy of the Hang tribe?"
"Look among your guests. β
"Don't talk nonsense, the old Khan personally guarantees the safety of the guests, which of you dares to disobey the order?"
For the people of Beiting, a sentence from the old Khan was more effective than a mountain of written agreements, because the vast majority of the people of Beiting, including members of the royal family, were illiterate and distrustful of the strange strokes.
"We didn't want to disturb the guests, we just wanted to ask them for a favor. The black fat General suddenly raised his voice, "Please ask the Dragon King to come out and speak." β
Gu Shenwei was slightly startled, he hadn't even heard of the name of the Naihang clan, how could he offend them? His gaze quickly swept over the people around him, and finally landed on Old Man Mu, this was the only person in the team who should be related to Beiting, this was once his "territory".
"I said, I'm afraid it's not good. The old man stood on the horse, shrugged, and looked unconcerned.
Gu Shenwei drove the horse forward, did not let the guards follow, and only nodded at Shangguan Ru.
Shangguan Ru followed behind, and Old Man Mu could only accompany him.
"Why did you offend people?" Shangguan Ru asked in a low voice.
"Who knows, I used to kill too many people to remember. β
Shangguan Ru frowned, she still remembered that Old Man Mu once told every murder story with great interest, which was treasured in his heart and would not be forgotten easily.
"Oh, I remember......" The old man made a look of sudden realization, but when he reached the gate of the camp, he shut up in amusement, and said no more.
"I'm the Dragon King. Gu Shenwei said.
He looked up and down a few times, obviously feeling a little surprised, he, like most people, believed more in the rumored demon-like dragon king, than in reality, this pale and gloomy young man.
"Are you really the Dragon King?"
"This is the Dragon King. The commander replied first, "The honored guest invited by the old Khan." β
After a few more glances, and then saw that there was only a woman and a strange little old man behind the dragon king as guards, he was even more disdainful in his heart, and even saved the ordinary cold and noisy clichΓ©s, raised his horsewhip, crossed the dragon king and asked, "Are you an old wood?"
"Ahem, old man wood, not old wood, don't make a mistake. β
Zhi Su recognized this title, "Old wood, I heard that you have changed your appearance, but I didn't expect it to be such a thing, the sky has eyes, and you will suffer endless torture." β
The enemy of the Naihang clan is really the old man Mu.
Gu Shenwei and Shangguan Ru both ignored a problem, more than ten years ago, Old Man Mu was the number one devil north of the Tianshan Mountains, killing countless people, and many enemies were still alive.
Gu Shen was regarded as a demon for himself, so his title was not sensitive enough, and Shangguan Ru was confined to his own experience, thinking that Old Man Mu was what she saw: although vicious, there was still salvation.
Old man Mu laughed twice, he swore to Shangguan Ru not to kill again, but it doesn't mean that he has become a saint from now on, "The sky has eyes, you used to be quite handsome, and now you are not a big black fat man?" I would rather be shorter and smaller than grow like you are now." β
His eyes widened angrily, and he shouted: "Don't talk nonsense, the Naihang clan will take revenge and blood hatred today." Dragon King, do you want to hand over someone?" The latter sentence was said to Gu Shenwei, and his tone did not slow down at all, full of threats.
The people of Beiting have always spoken arrogantly, but Gu Shenwei feels that this threat is real.
"Wait. The old man Mu rushed to the front to speak, jumped off his horse, and came to the Dragon King, "Dragon King, in the battle of Haipo, am I following you and breaking into the camp to kill the commander?"
"Yes. Gu Shenwei admitted that Old Man Mu's help at that time was very important.
"That's good. In front of everyone's eyes, the old man Mu made an astonishing move - he knelt down and kowtowed three times to the dragon king, "The old man Mu, a small soldier of the dragon army, meet the dragon king, long live the dragon king." β
The speed and the cavalry led by him were confused, the old man Mu was a murderous devil, just blocking his view could provoke killing, and he had never heard of him surrendering to anyone, let alone kowtowing in public to be loyal.
The old man Mu had his own ideas and expressed his loyalty, and before the dragon king could speak, he stood up and said loudly to the Naihang cavalry: "I am a soldier of the dragon army, and the old Khan king personally promised to protect my safety, if any of you touch my finger, you will take the words of the old Khan king as a fart." β
Old Man Mu planned to cling to the big tree of the Dragon King, but Gu Shenwei didn't want to be entangled in a poison ivy.
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