Goose Three Kingdoms

Chapter 530: Conquering Two Villages
There were no stars in the night sky and the air was humid.

The distant Jiangdong region was being devastated by a typhoon, while thousands of miles to the north, large-scale rainfall began to fall in the Youzhou area.

The rain seemed to fall suddenly, and the view inside the Xishan camp was immediately submerged.

Tian Yu looked at the extinguished campfire outside the military tent, and the cold and damp steam hit his face.

He couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief, and smiled at his comrades and friends who gathered around the tent to watch the rain outside: "The black thief is gone!"

"Yes, this bandit is best at night fighting. Today he set up camp outside the valley entrance. He will not fight during the day to recuperate. He wants to fight with our army at night."

Wang Ling was filled with emotion. What he feared most was fighting at night and fighting in the field, and he was even more afraid of fighting in the field in winter.

It rained so heavily that the army had to fight in the rain and they also caught typhoid fever and illness after the battle.

There are also two car camps at Black Bear's place. The roads are muddy after the rain, and the car camps move slowly, which is even more inconvenient for movement.

They have already figured it out based on scout reconnaissance.

During this period, the enemy's wounded soldiers were transported by car camp. Based on his understanding of Black Bear, the enemy would not abandon the wounded.

I expect that I can sleep well tonight. After getting in touch with Yuan Shang tomorrow, I will be able to better reduce the opponent's range of activities.

The smaller the encirclement becomes, the thicker it becomes.

The thicker the encirclement, the more stable our morale will be, the less room the enemy will have to maneuver and jump, and the fewer choices they will have.

At this moment, Yuan Shang stood in front of the door of the house, looking at the rain curtain hanging from the eaves, his expression calm.

More than 10,000 people were defeated in today's battle, with nearly one-third of the troops killed. Fortunately, the cavalry led by Jiao Chu suffered little loss.

Only if there are no problems with this cavalry can we suppress the Wuhuan in the three counties.

If the cavalry was also severely damaged, when Tadun arrived at the battlefield, the Wuhuan people, who were mainly composed of cavalry, would definitely be afraid of fighting and might even bargain and go back on their words.

However, the Hejian soldiers were defeated before the battle, which had already caused a bad impact.

Before this, in his eyes, all the soldiers under his command hated the black thieves; but when they actually encountered them, the powerful men's subordinates and servants did not seem to have the ideological awareness to desperately defend the powerful men's property.

If one person wavers, a hundred people will follow, and then the whole army will retreat, and it will be impossible to stop them.

Fortunately, it rained. This rain would slow down the efficiency of the black bear's breakout. If it were delayed for a few more days, his and Youzhou's follow-up troops would be able to reach the front line, and the force would be further increased.

He began to analyze the choices from the perspective of Black Bear. There were only two options now. The first was to retreat to Ji County and hold on, waiting for reinforcements from Guanzhong. The second was to stick to the original plan to break out to Dai County.

You can enter the Xishan Valley, where the mountain road is winding and the mountains are steep.

Once their morale is low and they are unable to fight again, they will be easily blocked off by the Youzhou soldiers in the mountains.

Or he could abandon the cumbersome infantry immediately and lead hundreds of elite cavalry to flee.

With the BMW horse under Black Bear's seat that can travel a thousand miles a day, there is a high probability that they can evacuate over the mountains in the direction of Miyun.

When a small group of troops is on the offensive, there is no need to consider the road conditions.

Not only Yuan Shang, the morale of the entire Yuan army began to recover under the rain, and their mood continued to relax.

Although the rain brought great torture to most of the soldiers who lived in tents and slept on haystacks, it was only a short-term torture and would pass if they endured it.

Without this rain, many things would have cost lives.

Under the rain, at the entrance of Xishan Valley.

There are camps on both sides of the valley entrance, built against the mountain.

The rain blocked their view of each other's campfires, and even the sound of drums was difficult to transmit.

Not only them, the black bear's night vision was also greatly affected by the rain.

He approached the right stronghold in front of him. In such a heavy rain, there were only a dozen guards standing under the wooden shed wearing sheepskin cloaks. Soon, they were drowned by a group of armored knights who appeared directly in front of them.

The blood mixed with the rain water flowed down the mountain road and passed by the black bear's feet.

The gate of the village was pushed open, and more than a hundred heavily-armored Taoist soldiers armed with spears and halberds rushed in silently. Black Bear could vaguely hear shouts, screams and wails from within the camp.

Those who can come to guard the Yukou stronghold must be the elite of Youzhou.

But at this moment, they were attacked by surprise, and even though they were wearing armor, they had no order or coordination, and were destroyed by the army of undead.

Then when he arrived at the next village, the dogs in the village kept barking, which had alarmed the defenders.

But bows and crossbows were useless in the rain, and those wearing armor did not bother to protect themselves from the rain, but stood behind the fence with spears and halberds in hand, ready for battle.

They have made mental preparations for the confrontation across the fence. As long as they can hold off the first wave and wait for others in the village to get ready for battle, they will surely be able to hold out until dawn and the arrival of reinforcements thanks to their defensive fortifications and geographical advantages.

To their surprise and surprise, what rushed up were not heavy infantry, but dozens of armored cavalry.

We galloped up the not-so-steep mountain road, our horse's hooves trampling the sand, gravel, mud and water, our feet showing their strong strength.

Before many defenders noticed, Lu Bu, who was in the front, jumped over the fence more than ten feet high on his horse, and fell into the camp with his horse, followed by the other knights.

Seeing this incredible breakthrough method, which was like a divine force descending from the sky, the guards who reacted faster immediately dropped their weapons, climbed over the fence and fled.

There was no way to fight. The space inside the village was so small, and with dozens of fierce horses charging back and forth, the defenders could not maintain combat coordination at all.

As long as the enemy infantry breaks into the stronghold, the defenders will be doomed.

Not much surprise, the stronghold was also breached.

The puppet Taoist soldiers could not say that they would not be killed if they laid down their weapons, and under their cold and efficient killing, only a dozen people escaped.

Black Bear entered the camp and came to the largest wooden house that smelled of blood. He ordered several Taoist soldiers to move the corpses out, while he sat in front of the fire and warmed himself.

A military camp with seven or eight hundred people could not withstand his attack at this moment.

He no longer had any doubts about breaking through the mountainous area and entering Daidi.

What we need to consider now is how to bring Yuan Shang in. Yuan Shang has the same resourcefulness as Yuan Shao, and he may suddenly stop when he is about to succeed.

After warming himself up a little, he walked out of the camp and saw the follow-up troops arriving after a difficult trek.

Although the road inside the valley has not been maintained and repaired in recent years, the road itself is hydrophobic and has drainage ditches on both sides.

After the rain, the roadside was still solid, but there were large and small pools of water on it.

But these did not affect the march. What affected the march was the mountain slopes on both sides of the road. Although there was grass on the surface, it could not withstand repeated trampling and crushing.

Especially the fields that will be trampled and used by large armies during battles. Although the land is fine at normal times, it is most likely to become muddy after rain.

So after this rain, the various paths in the mountains became difficult to walk on, and we could only take the main road.

However, mountain roads have large terrain differences, fast drainage, and usually strong winds, so they dry out quickly. The most troublesome areas are flat, concave, and low-lying areas.

Thinking about it, Black Bear walked down the hillside and met several military officers. They were all wearing wide-brimmed felt hats. Most of the torches had been extinguished, and they held up shields to block the rain and protect a few torches.

“Rainfall is a bad thing, but it’s also a good thing.”

Looking at these people, Black Bear said, "I am worried that in summer and autumn, the vegetation is lush and we may encounter fire attacks after entering the mountainous areas. After this rain, the mountain roads are muddy and difficult to travel. Our army will follow the main road. Even if they set up camps on the mountains on both sides, they will be unable to do anything to us."

Several military officers listened, and Black Bear continued, "General Taishi and I will go to seize a camp. If the rain stops after daybreak, the entire army will set out in order without delay."

"Here."

(End of this chapter)