Border Cook

Chapter 473 Night Attack
The situation is the same as before. The enemy has not made any unusual movements and is still resting in place.

But there is also new news.

"The enemy general led a small group of men out hunting today, and when they returned they brought back a deer and a few rabbits."

"Two carriages arrived at the enemy camp, and several people got off. Their identities were unknown, but judging by their clothes, they looked like women from the Great Zhou Kingdom."

"The patrol shifts are changed every hour."

"There are four people on each sentry tower near the military camp. Most of the archers are located in this position..."

Lu Qiyan wrote down the basic layout of the military camp one by one, and when he heard two things that were not related to the deployment of soldiers, his eyebrows raised slightly.

Hunting and women.

It seems that tonight is the most appropriate time.

Lu Qiyan immediately gave an order, ordering all the soldiers to start eating and prepare for action at night.

Since it was an ambush, they dared not do anything that would expose their hiding place, so the food they ate was just the bread they had prepared when they set out.

The biscuit was completely dry at this time and tasted a bit hard, so I had to drink more water to swallow the biscuit completely.

The cold cakes were washed down with cold water, which was not pleasant to eat, but when going out to fight, food was not guaranteed. The reason why they could eat these was that Lu Qiyan had ordered the kitchen to rush to prepare them before he set out.

Otherwise, they might not even be able to eat this now.

Moreover, Commander Lu said that if the battle was fought well, he would definitely reward them well and stew plenty of meat for them to eat.

As for whether the military camp is willing to do so or not, it doesn’t matter.

Commander Lu also said that if the military pay in the camp was tight, he would take out his own purse!

There is a lot of stewed meat with lots of oil and thick meat, it must taste very delicious.

With the idea of ​​stewing meat, everyone now had a strong belief and just kept stuffing the dry biscuits into their mouths to eat as quickly as possible.

As night falls, the sky becomes dotted with stars.

The new moon at the beginning of the month set quickly in the first half of the night, but the bonfire in the enemy's camp burned more and more vigorously. Even from a long distance away, one could vaguely see many people in the camp drinking and having fun around the bonfire.

Occasionally there were loud and powerful shouts and cheers, and Jin Weiguo's unique singing and dancing movements, which clearly showed that they were celebrating something.

At the end of midnight, the singing, dancing and shouting gradually died down, and only a little flame remained on the bonfire, emitting wisps of blue smoke.

The earth was silent, as if the whole world had fallen asleep.

Lu Qiyan led a group of capable people including Zhao Youcai and Fang Baosheng, and took advantage of the night to gradually approach the side, relying on the branches that had just turned green and sprouted green buds.

Another team of archers went towards the watchtower from the other side.

The rest of the people formed a semicircle and completely surrounded them from the back and sides.

The archers nocked the arrow onto the bowstring, waiting for the appointed time to come, then released it at the same time, then quickly drew another arrow, nocked it, pulled it fully, and released it.

The accuracy was sufficient, the speed was extremely fast, and the number was extremely large. The arrows flew away like raindrops.

The person in the watchtower was almost instantly turned into a hedgehog and soon died.

The team that went with the archers threw out the Flying Tiger Claw and climbed up the watchtower at an extremely fast speed. They then lowered the rope and pulled up all the archers who arrived later.

The archers were on top of the watchtower, commanding the enemy from above, and launched another attack.

This time, it was a rocket that was fired.

Several arrows were fired at once, and a rocket flew away, lighting up almost half of the sky, and landed inside the enemy camp, quickly starting a fire.

"There is an enemy attack!"

"Put out the fire!" "Protect the general!"

"Line up!"

"..."

The enemy army suddenly fell into chaos. Many people woke up and quickly ran out of the tents with weapons in hand. They hurriedly put on armor, fetched water to put out the fire, or formed a battle line to meet the enemy.

Almost at the same time, the large force launched attacks from the front, side, and rear, while Lu Qiyan led his men to rush into the enemy camp from the other side during the chaos.

The enemy was caught off guard by such a sudden attack, and the night's revelry and drinking had made them dazed and unsteady. Facing the fierce close-range attack from Lu Qiyan and others, they were completely unable to fight back.

The fighting continued, and Jin Weiguo's soldiers fell one after another, while the Western Frontier Army became more and more courageous, sweeping away the shadow of previous defeats.

Lu Qiyan gained an overwhelming advantage from the very beginning.

The enemy leader Jiang Siyuan was in a state of disarray at this time. While commanding his troops to resist, he also arranged for people to go and ask for help.

The deputy general frowned upon seeing this and said, "General, the enemy is coming with great force and their numbers are greater than ours. I'm afraid that before reinforcements arrive, we will be completely wiped out!"

"What do you think?"

"As long as the green mountains remain, we will be able to survive." suggested the deputy general.

Is this what you want to withdraw?

A hundred miles ahead is Qingyang Town, which has convenient roads and is close to other stationed troops. If anything unexpected happens, reinforcements can be received quickly.

This is just the territory of a town and several nearby villages, and it really doesn't play a big role in the entire war.

Can……

Jiang Siyuan was displeased, "It's really embarrassing!"

Previously, he was the only vanguard with the most powerful momentum, and they fought all the way here with unstoppable force. Jiang Siyuan even made a bold statement that he would be the first army to attack the Changzhou city and regain territory for the Jinwei Kingdom.

The king therefore valued him very much, and even the prince came specially to see him.

As a result, in front of the young master, he had to back down and give in...

"Victory and defeat are common in the military!" The deputy general continued to persuade, "If the entire army is destroyed, the general will never be able to make merit again. This time, you have to preserve most of the strength. There will be opportunities to make merit in the future. General, think twice!"

If you resist stubbornly, you will only die.

Pull again and again, preserve your strength, and there is still a possibility of victory.

The deputy general is much older than Jiang Siyuan, has fought in many wars, and has a lot of experience in these matters.

Jiang Siyuan thought for a moment and prepared to give the order.

"Don't retreat!" Li Junhao roared angrily.

"Young Master." Jiang Siyuan bowed respectfully.

"The Western Frontier Army is nothing but a mob, strong on the outside but weak on the inside. If we hold on for a while longer, the Western Frontier Army will see that they can't gain much advantage and will surely retreat!" Li Junhao shouted.

"But, sir..."

"Hasn't it always been like this before?" Li Junhao asked back.

Jiang Siyuan's expression froze.

Indeed, since the beginning of the winter of last year, when the battle with the Western Frontier Army began, no matter whether the Jin Weiguo army really had the advantage or was defeated by the Western Frontier Army, the final result was that the Western Frontier Army suffered successive defeats.

For this reason, their Jin Weiguo army has discussed it many times.

The final conclusion was that the soldiers of the Great Zhou were thin and weak, and had poor endurance, so they were unable to carry on. However, the soldiers of the Jin Wei Kingdom were tall and brave, and had stronger combat power. After a long time, the Western Frontier Army could not resist and had to flee.