Northern Dynasties

Chapter 485 Drunk
Although the marching formation formed by Li Tai's men and horses has largely avoided being intercepted and charged by the enemy's fine cavalry, it basically has nothing to do with speed.In the few hours after the first confrontation between the two sides, they only advanced a dozen miles, and they were still more than 20 miles away from the destination of this trip, the Golden Barn City.

As night falls, the field of vision is greatly limited, and the ability to perceive the environment also drops sharply. Traveling at night undoubtedly entails greater risks.

Although the marching distance in one day is not long, the energy consumption of men and horses is not small. If you can't gain the right to win in terms of mobility in a field environment, you will have to pay more energy and price.

Li Tai knew that the whole process of the march would be exposed to the enemy's eyes, ears, iron hooves and blades. These Jinyang soldiers are all elite cavalry, and any slight negligence may be taken advantage of by the enemy, so he marched on this day. Coming down is also mentally tense.

Although the two sides have never fought again, they are still engaged in another form of competition.For Li Tai, not fighting is a kind of victory, which shows that his marching method is thorough and meticulous, so that the enemy can't find any loopholes in the fighter.

From this point of view, he is already a qualified and even excellent general. He may not be able to talk about winning battles and conquering attacks, but he has already mastered the basic skills of a general very solidly.

Although the advance on land was not great, due to the weak control of the enemy army on the river, the boats were limited in advance and retreat. To a certain extent, it replaced the function of cavalry scouts, allowing Li Tai to gain an understanding of the enemy's dynamics. Basic understanding, also know that the enemy is attacking Golden Barn City.

Although Han Xiong's troops are not many, he is also an old revolutionary who has fought against the enemy on the border for many years. He is very rich in both ability and experience. Relying on the terrain of Cangcheng, he has repelled the enemy's fierce offensive several times.It's just that the enemy army was outnumbered and powerful, and after repeated attacks, they occupied the trestle and water villages outside Cangcheng, making it impossible for each other to communicate directly by water.

After nightfall, Li Tai chose a slightly higher-lying Pigang to be stationed first, formed his chariots on the outside, and rested his men and horses inside.

The enemy scouts were still wandering outside the car formation like vultures, and when they saw that they had no intention of going on the road immediately, they left a few cavalry to keep watch, while the others withdrew temporarily.

"Master Lang, after nightfall all the troops and horses can't see far away, and it's inconvenient to convey orders. The large number of enemy horses is a disadvantage, and the command and dispatch can't be calm. If three hundred fine horses rush to the camp to shake the formation, the bandits will be frightened. disturbed."

After dinner, He Ruodun leaned up again and whispered: "This place is not far from the bandit camp, and you can go straight for more than ten miles to arrive quickly. Please attack and harass the enemy. Even if you can't break their camp defense, you can still make Jingu City's defenses go away." Knowing that there are rescuers, the people in trouble will not be depressed, frightened, and lose their fighting spirit."

Because of their high mobility and fast movement speed, the cavalry is more difficult to command battles. Once the vision is limited at night, it is more difficult to carry out large-scale assembly and dispatch and become an effective combat unit. It is also difficult to fully utilize the advantages of large numbers of people. come out.

After thinking about it for a while, Li Tai agreed to He Ruodun's invitation to fight. His riding and archery skills were also among the best among his subordinates, and he was rarely comparable. If he was responsible for attacking the enemy camp at night, the success rate would also increase greatly.

Of course, now is not a good time to launch a night attack. After confirming this plan, Li Tai asked He Ruodun to personally select the entourage to go to battle, and then let these people rest and sleep in advance, so that they no longer need to participate in the night watch.And he sent two light boats down the river to carefully investigate the enemy's camp defense and movement.

After making all these arrangements, Li Tai went to bed and went to bed. After the day's march, he was already exhausted and needed to recharge his batteries.

I don't know how long I've been asleep for this sleep. In a daze, Li Tai was awakened by Li Quji who was outside the tent. When he went out of the tent in clothes and carrying a knife, he looked up and saw the stars in the sky, so he asked, "What time is it? He Ruodun Are you waiting to go?"

"It's been a quarter of an hour, the night raid team has not yet set off, and there has been a new change in the bandit camp, which needs to be decided by Alang."

Before entering, Li Quji said in a low voice: "At three o'clock in Haishi, the bandit camp suddenly sounded a drum order, and the soldiers were gathered to be fully armed and armored. It seemed that they were going to launch a night attack on Jingu City. However, there was no other news. After discussing with the generals, I felt that the bandit army might be pretending to attack at night, but in fact it was to lure our army to save the city..."

Li Tai also frowned after hearing this situation, and went straight to the bonfire where the generals gathered, and then called the scouts on the boat to come closer to inquire carefully, and he also agreed with Li Quji and others' conjecture in his heart .

The enemy army gathered in the middle of the night, but did not launch an attack on Jingu City, which is close at hand. It only makes sense to lure yourself to rescue it.

If this is indeed the case, then the enemy must have already made preparations for an ambush. If they launch a night attack according to the original plan, it will undoubtedly be a self-inflicted trap, and it is only natural to abandon this plan.

However, He Ruodun was still a little reconciled to this, and raised his own doubts: "If the thief really lures me to attack, he will always make some feigned attack gestures, but now I only see people gathering but not leaving the camp, but it seems to be to intimidate them. Ji, as if afraid of my attack..."

It is indeed a bit strange that the enemy army can only gather but cannot gather, but if it is said to be a bluff threat, it is not very likely.After all, the difference in strength between the two is not small, even if Li Tai's entire army attacks, it is not worth the opponent's staying up late at night and queuing up in the camp to scare people.

"I'm afraid I didn't see the details of the peeking in the river. Maybe there are some changes in the bandit camp that I can't find out. I invite a few riders to go and investigate carefully. If there are any conspiracy arrangements outside the camp, I can predict it first."

He Ruodun said again, he had been left idle for a long time, and now he finally joined Li Tai's family and was reappointed, he didn't want to miss any opportunity to make meritorious service.

Li Tai nodded after hearing the words, and sent several small boats to cooperate with the inspection.After this interruption, he didn't feel sleepy anymore, so he simply stayed here to wait for further news, and let the other night duty officers rest first.

It wasn't just Li Tai and the soldiers who were puzzled, but also the soldiers in the Eastern Wei army camp looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing why.Obviously in the evening, the chief general Xue Guyan personally ordered to eat in advance to rest and prepare to continue the siege at night, but now the agreed time has passed for a long time, and the soldiers have all assembled, but there has been no further movement in the chief general's camp. Order.

Without the command of the general, these soldiers could not leave the camp.And because the previous assembly order prevented them from disbanding the troops without authorization, the situation became awkward for a while.

"The Lord is just handling important affairs in the account. Please, the general and other supervisory departments, wait for the military order."

The soldiers guarding outside the big tent smiled and said to the generals who came here to ask for instructions, whether they believe it or not, it is just such a rhetoric, but each of them is already complaining in their hearts.

The big tent was filled with the smell of alcohol, and Xue Guyan, who had vowed to only drink a bucket of wine before, was lying down in the banquet with his belly uncovered. It's nothing left, obviously eating its own words.

For a person who is addicted to alcohol, forcibly setting a drinking limit for himself will only become a goal that he must break through when he gets drunk.If he had this kind of self-control, he wouldn't drink alcohol before the battle at all.

Fortunately, the guards already knew the lord's temperament very well, and they were quite experienced in dealing with similar situations. Outside, they patiently dealt with the generals who came here to ask for instructions, while inside the tent, they began to cook soup to relieve the hangover, which was exhausting. He opened the lord's teeth and carefully poured the soup into it, and then waited to sober up.

As for how long it will take to sober up, they have no way of knowing, they can only beg in their hearts as soon as possible.Although such a situation is helpless, according to past experience, there is no danger at all, and I hope this time will be no exception.

"The situation is not right, there is something weird..."

Outside the camp, Ho Ruodun, who had already approached, frowned deeper and deeper. He hadn't seen any arrangements made by the enemy along the way, and even the scouts were almost gone. This is really not in line with the situation of luring the enemy. .

He couldn't figure it out for a while, but since he had already marched here, he simply continued to go to the enemy camp. The campfire ahead was already in sight, and finally there was a yelling sound beside the wilderness road: "Who is it?"

He Ruodun followed the sound and raised his hand to shoot. After a short scream, another person jumped up from the hut and ran towards the camp in the dark.

"If you want to live, tell me the truth!"

He Ruodun pressed the blade of the saber on the man's neck, and immediately asked about the ambush plan in the camp, but the soldier shook his head and said he didn't know, he only said that he would attack Jingu City tonight, but no soldiers came out of the camp to set up an ambush along the river.

"Send this survivor back, and I will go to the enemy camp again."

One side's words are not credible, but what He Ruodun saw all the way along the way was consistent with the account of the enemy soldier, so he threw the victim to a few soldiers in his company to bring it back, and walked around the front of the camp with two other soldiers. Feeling close to the side, he even arrived at the enemy's horse camp smoothly.

The horse camp is surrounded by simple fences and fences, and there are posts at intervals. Several soldiers and horsemen are in charge of guarding them, and the horses in the circle are not allowed to go outside the camp.

"kill!"

Taking advantage of the cover of the night, He Ruodun raised his hand and shot a dog barking outside the sentry post, and while the sentry was startled, he got off his horse and went forward and drew his knife to kill him. The two soldiers behind him cooperated tacitly, and soon seven or eight of the sentry posts were killed. People are slaughtered.

The sound of fighting here also aroused the awareness of the left and right enemy soldiers, and some war horses in the circle who were more sensitive to blood also neighed.

Mr. He Ruodun and his troops seized the time to chop the fence, and soon broke through a huge gap, and then threw the ignited grass into bundles, and the startled war horses rushed out of the gap. .

(End of this chapter)