Chapter 63: Moonlit Night Attack on the Camp
The cold night is quiet and peaceful, with the dark mountains in front of you. Occasionally, a terrible wolf howl or two sounded from the mountains, and a round full moon hung high in the sky. A qiē shows that it was a peaceful night, although it was a confrontation between the two armies, but after all, it was dozens of miles apart. The Dongou soldiers did not have that sense of urgency when the bayonets were red.
Ou Zhenming looked up at the night sky, and the confrontation had been going on for almost two months. The strangulation in the jungle became more and more brutal, and the scouts were replaced in batches. At this time of the day, a group of scouts will come out of the barracks, and no one knows how many will return tomorrow at sunset. The worst outcome is that a team of people does not come back.
The camp of wounded soldiers in the distance was unusually quiet, because there were no wounded soldiers at all. The scouts' struggle was brutal, with both sides being killed. Either you die or I die, and this mercy to the enemy is cruelty to oneself.
"Hopefully they'll all come back alive." Ou Zhenming glanced at the backs of those hidden in the darkness and blessed softly.
"General, we have more than 20,000 people now. Why bother fighting with those Han people anymore, just surprise out. "The lieutenant on the side really can't stand the torture of the wet and cold winter, and sleeping in a tent this season is no different from sleeping in the fucking field.
"Chong, you know Chong. The canyon is dozens of miles long, and it is a dream to raid it. Unless you fly over, you'll be spotted halfway through. Once the other party is prepared, Taniguchi is so narrow again. Even if more than 20,000 people die, they will not be able to rush out. ”
Ou Zhenming angrily reprimanded the lieutenants under him, all of whom were a group of reckless men who could only shout and kill. Cultural differences make the soldiers of Dongou generally simple-minded. The advantage of this is that morale is always guaranteed to be high, but the disadvantage is that you don't use your brains to do things.
He was a little envious of the Han people opposite, they had such a splendid culture. There are many scholars who give good ideas to the generals, and Dongou has to rely on himself. Even the scholars who can't get along in the Han land run to Don'ou, and the king of Dongou will regard it as a treasure.
Seeing Ou Zhenming's ugly face, the captains didn't dare to speak. But my heart is full of slander. I always feel that the general exaggerates the Han people too strong and destroys his own prestige.
The mountain breeze at night was cool, and the lieutenants gradually dispersed. Despite the cold night, the hard work of the day also made the soldiers fall asleep early. There was a burst of snoring in the tent, and only the sentries were still on guard.
"I didn't expect the soldiers in Dongou to be quite conscientious, so I have to learn this hard." Yun Xiao put down the telescope in his hand. tightened the cloak on his body and said to the goshawk beside him.
"Our guards are not bad, and no one was found sleeping or napping when the last general was patrolling." Goshawk felt that Hou Ye was a little demeaning to his brother, and he was a little unhappy.
"Needless to say, our guards are there such vigilant soldiers in the Han army? Ben Hou dares to bet with you that the sentries in the Weiqing camp must have secretly slept and snooze at this time. ”
"The Han army's military discipline is sloppy, so it's also called the army? It's a rabble that was put together temporarily, and the thirteen said that Wei Qing's gang of people. Except for the period gate feather forest he brought, the others were all guards. Those lieutenants of the Tun Cavalry were red-eyed when they ate empty quotas. A camp of 1,000 people did not even have 500. That's it, and there are many strong men who have been improvised from nearby villages.
As far as their kind of bear soldiers are concerned, don't talk about our brothers. Even the soldiers of Hyogo, one of them can beat them. "Goshawk, who was born in the Northern Army, has a natural contempt for the Jiangnan Army, and the Northern Army has always been respected in the Han Army. The Southern Army has always been considered to be the division of fish belly, since the goshawk followed Yunxiao. The guards of the Yun family were considered by their brothers to be the strongest soldiers in the world. Naturally, there are now more Hyogo soldiers, and these people don't want to die in battle. If there is the Yun family's armor and equipment. I'm afraid that the combat effectiveness is not inferior to the Yun family's guards.
"This winter in Jiangnan is really difficult! Did the brothers drink all the ginger soup that was ordered, and each of them had to have a bowl to get rid of the cold. Yun Xiao felt that he couldn't discuss this topic any further. The goshawk has no tendons, and he can't understand his deep meaning at all.
"I drank them all before I left, and some of them even gave out chili peppers. The wine has been collected, otherwise these guys' favorite is our steamed wine. ”
"Tonight, there will be a battle, and they will drink as much as they want after they go back. Holy damn it! Yun Xiao raised his head and cursed at the cold weather, and then got into the carriage. There's a hot stove in there. There is also a hot soup woman. Holding it in his hand is the warmest, Yun Xiao doesn't know what's wrong with him, why he is so afraid of cold.
I spent some days in Jiangnan in my previous life, so why didn't I feel like this. Is global warming real? Or is it that you lack yang qi and have a weak physique?
Yun Xiao got into the carriage and took a small sip of steamed wine. hugged a soup woman again, and then I felt warm. The goshawk couldn't help but shake his head when he looked at the carriage, and Hou Ye's body seemed to be getting weaker and weaker. Hurry up and finish this battle, and it is serious to go back to Dawang City to recuperate. At the very least, there are still four ladies waiting in the Great King City.
Shouldn't you find a woman to serve Hou Ye, how can a group of careless old men serve Hou Ye!
The goshawk was thinking nonsense, and the little bear ran over irritably and said, "Fourth uncle, it's time to give an order." ”
"Oh......" The goshawk came back to his senses and looked up at the sky, where the full moon was hanging high above his head. There was not a single cloud in the winter sky, and the cold moonlight sprinkled the whole land.
"Let the crossbowmen and bed crossbows go up, and let these Dongou mongrels taste the taste of gunpowder crossbows first." The goshawk followed the battle plan.
Tonight's battle cloud is let go of the goshawk's command, as long as the battle plan is followed. Yun Xiao believes that the fate of these Dongou soldiers is only a dead end.
As the order was whispered, the bed crossbows hidden in the darkness were removed to camouflage the branches and leaves. In the silence of the night, the goshawk faintly heard the squeaking of the winch turning.
"Squeak" "Squeak" A gorgeous firework blooms in the sky, and with the fall of the gorgeous fireworks. Dozens of gunpowder crossbows dragging Mars flew towards the Dongou army camp.
The Dongou soldiers who were keeping vigil all raised their eyes to look up at the sky, and they didn't know why such dazzling flowers suddenly bloomed in the sky during the day. Could it be that the immortal apparition is still an omen from heaven! Some of the pious soldiers were already on their knees, chanting in the air and not knowing what to say.
"Boom" "Boom" "Boom" ...... Explosions rang out in the tents of the Dongou army, and many soldiers were sent into the air in their sleep. All kinds of stumps, severed arms, and debris scattered in the sky.
The guards of the night vigil were stupid, and those who knelt on the ground were even more frightened. They didn't know what it was, they thought it was God's punishment for them.
Everything fell as if it were raining, and the guards of the night watch took refuge. The entire Dongou Army's barracks were surprisingly quiet, without the slightest chaos. Because everyone was stupefied, only a few sentinels were dodging the falling debris from the sky.
The silence lasted for more than ten seconds, and suddenly the entire barracks tumbled like boiling water. The frightened soldiers woke up and fled in all directions. Screaming and screaming, especially those close to the bombing point. At this time, I realized that there was suddenly an extra arm or leg beside me. There were also unknown howls of pain, all of them were hit by shrapnel and their bodies were pitch black. Many wounds were bleeding together, and it was not clear which place to cover first.
"What's going on?" Ou Zhenming didn't have time to put on his armor, and rushed out of the tent with only a felt robe.
"The general is not good, God punishes. Heaven has sent down heavenly punishment. The six gods and masterless soldiers even talked and gestured, pointing to the sky and pointing to their robes for a while, and their thinking was confused.
"Punish your grandma for a leg." Ou Zhenming kicked down his own soldiers, but he couldn't do anything in the face of the chaotic situation in front of him. can only shout for the captains to put order in order and restrain their subordinates not to run around.
It didn't take Ou Zhenming's orders, the captains were already doing it. I have to say that the military discipline of the Dongou Army is quite strict. The lieutenants wasted their efforts, and finally gathered the panicked fellows. There are fewer and fewer guys running around in the barracks.
When the captains formed a team and counted the number of people. "Squeak" and "Slap", the sky in the distance bloomed with a gorgeous flower. This time, almost everyone saw the flowers. The chaotic barracks fell silent again, and the soldiers looked up at the sky with their mouths open. Look at the wonders that you have only seen in this life.
Before they could wake up from the shock of the first fireworks, dozens of spark-filled gunpowder crossbows entered the barracks.
Yun Xiao and the goshawk plan to increase the shock effect of the gunpowder crossbow. All the powder crossbows are wound and fired in unison, and the signal is, of course, the fireworks that bloom. For the Dongou soldiers, that fireworks was the standard flower of death.
"Boom", "Boom", "Boom", "Boom", "Boom...... Dozens of pillars of smoke rose into the air, and the iron nails and steel balls in the gunpowder crossbow were scattered and splashed in all directions. This time the damage was even greater than the last, because last time many people were lying in tents, and this time the captains were counting the number of people in the whole team.
Many of the soldiers were beaten out of shocking blood holes, and the bubbling blood was covered in a moment. They screamed and wailed loudly, and the entire barracks was enveloped in terrible screams.
The most peculiar thing is that there are some guys who react very quickly and fall to their knees in front of the fireworks. There is a constant prostration, and few of these prostrations are injured. Even if they were injured, they believed that it was the result of their devotion to God.
Ou Zhenming's forehead was cut by a splinter, and the blood flowed all over his cheeks almost instantly. As long as the shrapnel is an inch off, it will be embedded in Ou Zhenming's eye socket.
"Ahh Ou Zhenming felt a heat on his face, and reached out to touch the slimy blood on his hand. (To be continued......)