I Xiaoxiong

Chapter 252 Night Attack
In the middle of the night, the burning embers of the campfire flickered like the sleepy eyelids of a night watchman.

Yelang Beach is located at the junction of Songzhou and Yizhou, and it is an open land with a radius of tens of miles.The camp of the Jin army was set up here, with its back against the river.

"boom."

A sound on the forehead made the sentinel Liu Shishi suddenly open his eyes, and put his hand on the handle of the knife immediately.

Zhao Hu next to "Who" also woke up.

"Who? Open your dog eyes to see who I am. Mother Du Te fell asleep on you, and I didn't realize it when I walked up to you. If Qingtang people touch this, your boy's life will be gone. You two People are not as spirited as this dog."

Under the firelight, a very familiar silhouette was reflected, and the voice was too familiar.Only then did Ma Hu realize it, but it turned out to be General Liu, the envoy of his own army.

Although he was called General Liu, he was actually very young, about twenty.A few soldiers stood behind him.

"Seventh brother?" Liu Shishi blurted out immediately.

"What's your name?" Liu Min asked with raised eyebrows.

"General."

"General." Zhao Hu and Liu Shishi immediately saluted.

"Is there anything wrong?" Hearing the envoy's question.The two were hesitant to speak.After all, they were all asleep just now, how could there be any report?
"Forget it, you can fall asleep standing up, what else do you know? Just relax for me later. If something goes wrong, let's see how I will deal with you."

After finishing speaking, Liu Bingmashi, who commanded more than a thousand troops, continued to patrol the camp with his own soldiers.

Because of the day's march during the day, the soldiers on duty at night will inevitably be sleepy.

However, there are generals and schools at the level of soldiers and horses patrolling the battalion, and both of them are also strong.

Zhao Hudao: "General Liu from our side is patrolling the camp in person in the middle of the night. He is really diligent."

Liu Shisi proudly said: "Look, my sixth brother and seventh brother were both trusted servants under the command of the commander-in-chief. They work under the commander-in-chief, so if they don't work hard, they can do it."

Zhao Hu rolled his eyes. Liu Shishi is the younger brother of General Liu Min, the envoy who patrolled the battalion just now. This is something everyone in the team knows.

And Liu Min, also known as "Liu Qi" in the army.General Liu Qi also has an elder brother named Liu Chang, also known as "Liu Liu".They are all praising the Japanese army, and they have already achieved the position of Duke Yuhou.

These two brothers are well-known fierce generals in the Japanese army, able to ride and shoot well.Moreover, he was born as a confidant of Marshal Fu, Marquis of Wu'an.

So Liu Shishi, as a clan brother, was quite proud of being in the army.

But that's just pride.Standing guard is still the same as standing guard.

When it is time to be batoned, it is also batoned.But sometimes when the Huotoujun divides the meat, he may give him an extra piece.
From Liu Shishi's mouth, one can often hear some rumors about important people.

For example, the Sixth General and the Seventh General like to drink and eat roast leg of lamb.

General Ma likes to drink and eat roast leg of lamb.

General Shi likes to drink and eat roast leg of lamb.

Marshal Fu likes to drink and eat roast leg of lamb.
Basically useless.

After the two woke up, they chatted one after another.Liu Shisi came to his spirits again, "My sixth brother told me that he was with Marshal Fu in Xiaoye City back then."

On Zhao Hu's side, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and looked around.

Liu Shishi was showing off, seeing that the only audience in front of him was a little strange, and wondered, "What's wrong with you."

"Do you ever feel like something isn't right?"

"What? What's wrong?"

"Why are there no wolves howling? This place is called Yelangyuan. There were wolves howling all the time in the first half of the night."

"The wolf may have gone to sleep?"

"Sleep you ghost." After saying that, Zhao Hu pulled out the horizontal knife in his waist, because he could already hear the sound of horseshoes.

Liu Shishi also heard it, and hastily pulled out his waist knife, looked into the distance, "Who?"

"Enemy attack, enemy attack. Hurry up, blow the horn, enemy attack."

Liu Shishi heard it very clearly, the voice was unmistakable, it was his ninth brother Liu Chi, who was also the team leader in charge of the outer scouts tonight.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Hu hurriedly blew the horn hanging around his neck.

"Ugh-"

The low sound of the horn woke up the whole camp.

Liu Qi, who had just inspected the sentries in the camp of the headquarters, had just entered his military tent and was about to undress and go to sleep when he heard the sound of the horn.

This represents an enemy attack.

The sentry soldiers would never dare to blow the horn indiscriminately, especially at night.Invincible warning, that is a serious crime.

As a result, the soldiers in the entire Jin army camp were awakened, and hurriedly put on their armor and prepared for battle under the command of generals and schools at all levels.

With the help of his own soldiers, Liu Qi quickly put on his armor and put on a pocket guard, and stood outside the tent with a saber in his hand, and began to gather the soldiers.

The Jin army has a special plan for guarding against night attacks. After the sentry and scouts warn, there is a time requirement for how long it takes to put on armor and how long it takes to complete the formation.

And Liu Qi's inspection also happened to make the sentries everywhere very vigilant, coupled with the night watch scouts on the periphery, so the Jin army completed the combat preparations before the attack in a very short period of time.

The entire 5000-person Jin army camp is divided into four separate camps, with the front forming a square, and they embrace each other to defend each other.

The incoming enemy army happened to be at the camp gate between Liu Chang's left wing of the first capital and the right wing of the second capital.

The envoy of the right wing of the second capital is Lu Hongwei, who also followed Fu Jinchuan to cut leeks from the time of the Huben Festival. He participated in one of the 30 people who attacked the palace at night in Xiaoye City, and the battle between Shule and Baiting.

Liu Chang remembered the sound of the trumpet here, and Lu Hongwei also heard it here, and immediately began to gather troops to prepare for battle.

The hooves of the Qingtang cavalry could be faintly heard in the wind, and the ground seemed to be shaking.In order to increase their momentum, the Qingtang people continued to make all kinds of strange howls to intimidate the Jin army.

"woo woo woo woo"

"Hoo Hoo Hoo"

With the help of his personal guards, Ma Shanbao put on his armor quickly, and then walked out of the tent with a long spear in his hand.Almost at the same time, Shi Wannian from the nearby tent also came out wearing black armor and holding an iron spear.

"Damn it, the Qingtang puppies sent their mothers to their door, it's just enough to live."

Shi Wannian had a fiery temper, so he was awakened from a deep sleep during the march, so he was naturally full of anger.

"What's the situation now?" Ma Shanbao was much calmer, and first asked about the current situation.

"Returning to the general, there are enemy cavalry in front of the left wing of the first capital and the right wing of the second capital. The number is unknown, about several thousand."

"Heading orders, each battalion guards the camp, obeys orders, and is ready to mount a horse and fight at any time."

Shi Wannian ordered directly.

The Jin army was in an open field, backed by a big river, and there were no fences and antlers to rely on except for the trenches that were simply dug when camping.

After all, the 5000 of them were all cavalry, and they didn't carry too much luggage, in order to quickly support the Songzhou battlefield.

Therefore, although there are trenches in various camps to prevent enemy cavalry from directly attacking one's camp, there are not many defensive arrangements.But with the trenches, it is still possible to keep the cavalry out of the camp at night.

The response speed of the Jin army has greatly exceeded the expectations of the Qingtang people. According to Enlan Zhipuya's plan, if they can attack at night and take advantage of the Jin army's unpreparedness to directly enter the opponent's camp, then it is not a bad idea to eat this group of Jin troops. Impossible, no matter how bad it is, it can be severely damaged.

If the night raid is unsuccessful, then try to lure the enemy out, and then introduce the Qingtang people to the expected and prepared battlefield.

So after the raid failed and the Jin army became alert, the Qingtang people immediately changed the raid to harassment, screaming continuously in front of the Jin army camp.

But Shi Wannian and Ma Shanbao directly refused to accept the move.

Even if they roar past the gate of the camp, they are only allowed to fight back with bows and arrows, and they are not allowed to go out of the camp to fight.

Wait until the sky is getting brighter, and when they see the Qingtang cavalry who are not being recruited by the Jin people, they start to retreat.

However, when the Qingtang cavalry was about to retreat, the Jin army cavalry immediately set out to pursue them.

After receiving Ma Shanbao's personal order and instructions on how to proceed face-to-face, Liu Liu directly led a regiment of several hundred cavalry from the headquarters to pursue them.

When the enemy army saw a small group of enemy troops coming out of the imperial army, they immediately turned their heads and prepared to fight.

Who knew that the cavalry army led by Liu Qi fired a round of arrows at the Qingtang cavalry army after rushing to the place where an arrow was shot.

Dozens of Qingtang cavalry casualties were caused, and then they returned to their horses and left.

Seeing this scene, the Qingtang cavalry army couldn't hide their anger even though they knew that the other party wanted to fly their kite.

However, under Enlan Zhipuya's strict order, he did not pursue the cavalry of the imperial army, but turned his horse back.

However, the Qingtang cavalry did not pursue, and the Jin cavalry continued to follow and harass.

Liu Qi's archery skills are extremely superb, it's easy to say that he can shoot through Yang with a hundred steps, and when he repeatedly shoots arrows beyond the range of Qingtang's bow and arrow, one person will fall off the horse with each arrow.

Among his subordinates, there are also many men who are good at riding and shooting. Under such harassment, the Qingtang cavalry finally became impatient and prepared to turn around and fight the Jin army.

On Liu Qi's side, he galloped his horse back, and was very proud to see the Qingtang cavalry who turned around and chased after him.

"Stealing a chicken is not enough to lose money."

(End of this chapter)