Shu Chen

Chapter 187
The barracks of the Han army are narrow and long because they fall along the small water pond.

It is about [-] paces wide and nearly [-] paces long; there are only exits at the front and back, and no side doors.

The military tents where the soldiers lived at night in the barracks were set up side by side, with a passage of about [-] steps left in the middle for the passage of chariots, horses and soldiers.

There are many disadvantages to setting up camp like this.

For example, when attacked, the passage is too narrow for soldiers to provide immediate support, and it would be too time-consuming to go around through the back door.Also, if the fire accidentally falls into the water, the crowded military tents will cause the fire to spread wantonly, making it impossible to save.

Wang Mi, who had just rushed into the camp, saw the arrangement of the Han army, and couldn't help thinking inwardly: "This is God helping me!"

Night attack is surprising.

To attack suddenly by surprise, when the enemy generals have no time to organize defenses, break through the enemy's formation in one fell swoop; then make loud noises and set fires, etc., to create panic among the enemy soldiers, causing them to flee in a hurry, and evolved into a "battalion camp" Howling" effect.As long as this effect is achieved, the attack will be twice the result with half the effort.

In panic, the enemy trampled on themselves and more people died than were killed, and the collapse of morale would trigger many people to surrender.

Naturally, night raids are also risky.

Most of the soldiers in the army are from low-born men, and there are many people who suffer from sparrows.

In order to hide their whereabouts, night raids could not be lit with torches.In the dark night, it is not easy to lead soldiers to the enemy camp.

Fortunately, this place is Liangzhou.

Lishu people mostly make a living by combining farming and animal husbandry, fishing and hunting; not many suffer from thrush disease.

Moreover, for the soldiers of Wei State stationed in Liangzhou, it was difficult for the Luoyang Temple to transport food and fodder, so they drew up fields and pastures in the local area for the soldiers to support themselves.The soldiers still ate a lot of cheap food such as sheep offal, and there were also a lot of things that could be seen at night.

This is what Cao Jun dared to rely on to attack at night.

The [-] soldiers led by Wang Mi are all without bird eyes!
This is a very scary number.

Don't you see, in the past, Gan Ning of Eastern Wu used a hundred horses to rob the camp, and with Wei Wu Cao Cao's ability to know soldiers, the soldiers in the army were still frightened and clamored, so that they retreated from the camp to avoid them?
Today, [-] soldiers of the Wei army come to attack at night, and the Han army area has seven or eight thousand cavalry, can they still defend?
Wang Mi didn't think so.

Not only because he had rushed into the Han army camp, but also because there were [-] cavalry led by Xia Houru himself five miles behind.

It was a plan to steal the camp, but it was a preparation to take him back.

Naturally, when the stealing of the camp goes well, it will become the follow-up army of "surprisingly successful" in this battle.

"Act as planned!"

Looking back, Wang Mi gave instructions to the two Dubos beside him, and then he held up a sharp knife to lead the soldiers and strode forward, "All officers and soldiers, follow me to destroy Nishu!"

"kill!"

Cao Jun roared neatly, and all of them moved forward bravely.

Only the two Dubos who had been instructed led the headquarters to separate from the left and right, lit torches and set fire to the tents where the Han soldiers lived.

At this moment, the Han army had just been warned by the voice of Jinshi.

I saw many soldiers who were suddenly awakened came out of the army tent with disheveled armor and no swords or spears. Seeing that the Wei army had poured into the barracks, they panicked and roared to the rear.

No one intends to form a defense.

Before leaving, in order to stop the pursuit of Wei Jun, he repeatedly overturned the lighting braziers along the road and burned the military tents.

It also caused complete chaos in the camp.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the fire became a prairie fire, and the flames tore through the dark night sky.

The screams of the Wei army, the hoarse shouts of the generals of the Han army, the panic of the soldiers fleeing for their lives, and the frightened neighing of the pack horses and other beasts in the rear resounded through half the sky.

In such a scene, the Wei army only needs to continue to drive away the terrified Han soldiers to establish the victory.

Wang Mi, who led the soldiers forward bravely, knew it in his heart, and couldn't help laughing.

The joy of succeeding in one blow made him forget to realize that this night attack was too smooth.

However, when he advanced forty steps forward, he was blocked.

In front of him, there are about [-] Han troops in full armor, waiting in full battle.

Listed is a circular array.

It is a circular battle formation in field defense warfare, and it is one of the ancient "ten formations".

The shield soldier was in front, squatting on the ground, and put his shoulders against the shield.The spearmen were behind and put their spears on the shields. Half of the spear body protruded, flaunting the cold light of the spear tip.

Looking closer, the spears are as dense as a forest, like a frightened hedgehog with vertical thorns.

Far away, like a small island in the ocean, ready to meet the beating of the stormy waves.

The man in the middle was as strong as a mandrill, with bird feathers on his head, animal teeth on his neck, and a long-handled barbed terrier bone; seeing that he was leading the army, he held up the long-handled barbed terrier bone and shouted violently, "Fight!"

It also led to the roar of all the subordinates.

"war!"

"war!"

Seeing Wang Mi, he couldn't help smiling even more happily.

The small array formed by the Han army was defensive, but there were no bunkers such as WISCO vehicles, and there were only 500 people in it. He led the army to rush to the past, and it was hand-to-hand, without much difficulty.

Moreover, as Xia Houru's confidant general, he was also informed of all kinds of generals in the Nishu Army.

Like the strong man in the middle, he knew that he was the governor of General Nishu Pingbei, and he was a man begging for teeth.

Just imagine, even the first general of the army has entered the battle, isn't Nishu at the end of his life?
I just don't know if Zheng Pu, the Shupingbei general, is also behind this small circle.If he can be captured or beheaded, then Luoyang Temple will at least reward me with a marquis!

Blessed be the heavy general!

hehe~~~
The passion for achievements in his heart made Wang Mi unwilling to delay for a moment.

"Punish the enemy!"

The long knife roared forward, causing the soldiers under his command to shout and kill loudly, and rushed over suddenly.

"kill!"

When the road meets, the brave wins.

Under the approach of fire from the barracks on both sides, the width of the two armies' head-to-head confrontation was only more than twenty paces.

This benefited the Han army very much.

"Support the shield!"

"prick!"

Various long voices sounded in different places, repeating constantly.

The circular formation is a defensive formation. The advantage is that as long as the shield soldiers resist the opponent's impact and maintain the formation from being broken, the spearmen behind them only need to repeat the two actions of thrusting and retracting their spears to continuously kill and injure the enemy.

Simple and practical.

As soon as the two sides came into contact, more than a dozen Wei soldiers fell to the ground moaning.

On the Han army's side, there were only a few soldiers with their shoulders against the shield, grinning their teeth due to the huge impact.

However, without powerful crossbows and other sharp weapons to kill the enemy, hand-to-hand combat will eventually be broken through.

Wang Mi has also experienced battles for a long time, and it is easy to think of a way to break the formation.

He gathered four or five spearmen together, and suddenly exerted their strength together. Five spear points poked on a shield at the same time, knocking the soldiers behind the shield to the ground.

One hit works, and countless imitations immediately.

Inevitably, countless openings were opened in the formation of the circle, and it entered into hand-to-hand combat.

Even Wang Mi led his personal guards to fight.

He was worried that he would be delayed here for too long by these Han troops, allowing the barracks behind the Han troops to gather panicked soldiers.

In this way, the effect of the night attack is greatly reduced.

"Whoever blocks me, die!"

He roared like thunder, regardless of whether he was stabbed by the spear point, he looked like a mad tiger, and rushed into the Han army formation with all his strength.

The lord will take the lead and always let the soldiers die without hesitation.

However, he struggled to make any progress.

Among the army, the most fearless and fearless is the general's personal guard.

Their lives and interests are tied to the Lord and General, and there is no reason to be afraid of death.

After one was hacked to death, another quickly rushed forward, dragging Wei Jun to the spot.

All of a sudden, the stumps, broken arms, intestines and livers, as well as blood and brains, quickly turned into a devastated place amidst the soldiers' shouts of killing.One after another human life is between Xumi and becomes dust between heaven and earth.

It's just that the number of the Han army is still too small after all.

As time goes by, there are fewer and fewer steps that follow Qi Yacuo, and it is no longer possible to protect him comprehensively.

For example, he was slashed in the shoulder.

If it wasn't for the protection of the armor, the bone might be visible deep in the wound.

It also made him violent.

"Ow~~~"

With a sharp whistle, he raised a long-handled barbed wire, rushed out of the formation, and smashed randomly.

When it fell on the spears of Cao Jun's soldiers, a string of sparks would pop out, making the spearman let go; land.

Duan's bravery is incomparable.

Only when manpower is limited.

A quarter of an hour passed, and amidst the loud shouts of killing, Qi Yacuo was somewhat exhausted, and could no longer break the wooden shield with iron rivets.

And the soldiers of the Wei army who shouted to kill were still endless like the tide.

"clang!"

"Clang! Clang!"

At this moment, the sound of Ming Jin came from behind the already crumbling Han army.

There is another order, "Begging Yacuo, retreat!"

The man gave the order so loudly that even Wang Mi heard it.

The only person who can give orders to the governor of the trilogy is Zheng Pu, the general of Shupingbei himself!

Therefore, Wang Mi was also overjoyed, and when he encouraged the soldiers to chase after him, he did not forget to turn his head and repeatedly urged the guards beside him, "Quickly release Ming Di! Quickly release Ming Di to inform General Xiahou!"

"promise!"

The personal guard quickly untied the longbow he was carrying, pulled out the Ming Dy to put it on, and shot vigorously into the air.

The sharp and mournful blare resounded throughout the world.

It also made Xia Houru, who led the army three miles away, breathe a deep sigh of relief.

His heart hanging in his throat finally let go.

Although he saw the entire barracks in flames rising into the sky very early on, he also heard thunderous shouts of killing.

But Wang Mi didn't send a letter asking him to attack, so he was always worried.

After all, judging from Zheng Pu's previous record, it was unreasonable for him to be burned to the ground so quickly.

And in this night attack, he put all his hopes on it.

If they win, they will naturally go after them to Longyou and force the Wei Yan tribe in Anding County to come back to defend, thus breaking the deadlock in Guanzhong; The others had no choice but to strike back.

The war in Xiping County was easily resolved.

But if he was defeated, he had no choice but to abandon Li Shu here and go back to Sangyuan Gorge in Yuzhong County to hold on; he also needed to ask Guo Huai in Xiping County not to send some reinforcements.

Because these soldiers of his now have suffered consecutive defeats and their morale is worrying.

Not only do they not have the confidence to stick to Sangyuan Gorge, but they may also have the possibility of surrendering to the enemy.

It's not surprising that Liangzhou has been disturbed for countless years.

And he himself will face the criticism from Luoyang Temple, and even Grand Sima Cao Zhen can't deal with it.

In any case, he was once Cao Zhang's Sima.

Perhaps, Luoyang Temple will conscript him back to the imperial court to take up idle positions on the charge of cowardice in war first and then humiliating the country later, and he will never have the opportunity to get involved in military power in this life.

Therefore, he was relieved when the gong rang through the night sky.

Finally, he stopped hesitating and drove his horse forward, leading the army to the Han army camp.

But what he didn't expect was that at this moment, Wang Mi regretted that Ming Di sent the letter.

Because the Han army is also waiting for this moment!
Setting up a long and narrow barracks, lax night guards, soldiers in the front line of military tents fleeing for their lives and overturning the brazier to burn the military tents, and asking Qi Yacuo to lead the guards to block the enemy, etc., are all for the purpose of confusing Wang Mi.

It's all to make all the Wei troops think that the night attack has succeeded, so they all come in!

Therefore, when the sound of dysprosium resounded through the night sky, all the ministries of the Han army also moved.

Zhang Ni and the Taibu of Zhou, who had led the army to lie dormant eight miles away from the camp, also led their soldiers back.They waited for Xia Houru to lead the army into the barracks, and attacked from left to right to cut off the Wei army!
Mi Wei's Department was stationed at the back door of the barracks, guarding the food and supplies, and also just in case the Wei army would use cavalry to kill them from the rear.

And Zhang Bao's two hundred Jiaqi are on the other side of Xiaoshuipo.

He will cooperate with Zhang Yi and the State Department.

When Zhang Ni and the others ambushed Xia Houru and blocked Wang Mi and wanted to retreat out of the camp, he suddenly rushed out, and with the invincible thunder of the armored cavalry, he sealed the battle!
Turn this battle into a chase!

As for transferring them all out of the barracks, would it be self-defeating, allowing the [-] soldiers under the supervision of Wang Mi to kill through the entire barracks before the ambush?
Liu Lin will take on this important task.

He is the commander of five hundred heavy infantry.

Yes, five hundred heavy steps are enough!

These heavy infantry were carefully selected by Zheng Pu from the entire army, and each of them was over seven feet and eight inches tall!
At the beginning, a total of more than a thousand people were selected, and then the standard training of "Wei Wuzu" practiced by Wu Qi in the past was used to gradually eliminate the remaining 500 people in a way of survival of the fittest.

Everyone is not afraid of death, because Zheng Pu personally created the name "Dare to Die".

Moreover, their armor is heavier and tighter than other heavy infantry of the big Han, and a pair of them weighs more than [-] catties (Han).

Even if the spear and the ring head knife are slashed hard, they will not be able to penetrate in one fell swoop.

This is because in the past Zheng Pu collected the armor that was killed and injured in the great epidemic against Wei Xiaoguan, and returned to Hanzhong to be reforged by the Ordnance Department.After excluding the cost of reforging, the [-] pairs of heavy step armor alone consumed almost all the loot.

Its sophistication can be imagined.

Moreover, the shields they equip contain eight times the iron content of ordinary soldiers.

Almost the entire wooden shield was wrapped with iron blocks.

There is nothing special about the spears, because each of them is equipped with a ring-headed knife called a "magic knife" by the big man.

This kind of knife was made by Cao Puyuan in the west of Xiangfu, and it only has [-] mouths.When the knife is finished and inspected, the bamboo tube is filled with iron beads and sealed, and the knife is raised to cut it off, as if cutting grass.

According to legend, the Death Battalion was able to get as much as [-] knives, and it was Zheng Pu who got it by grinding the prime minister for more than ten days.

(End of this chapter)