It was almost the end of the month, and the moon in the sky was already missing a large chunk, and it took a long time after dark to slowly rise from the east. The moonlight shone on the earth, and everything showed a vague shadow.

Xu Ping stood on the top of the mountain with his hands in his hands, looking at everything under the mountain, and Tan Hu stood quietly behind him.

It has been more than a month since the first time I entered Langzhou, and nearly 10,000 Jiaozhi troops have been defeated before and after, but this is the first time that we have fought with Jiaozhi's regular soldiers.

Xu Ping couldn't help but be nervous, compared with the regular soldiers and the native soldiers, there was a huge difference in combat effectiveness. He didn't know what the situation was on the Jiaozhi side, at least on the side of the Great Song Dynasty, not to mention the forbidden army, it was the box army in Yongzhou, and the local local army could be at least one and two, and the more the number, the greater the difference in combat power.

The township soldiers of the cane sugar business are based on the retired Xiang army on Fujian Road as the backbone, and the combat power is only slightly weaker than the Xiang army, and the difference is not big.

Look at Gao Daquan's performance tonight.

On winter nights, even in Lingnan, the chill still hits. The surroundings were quiet, and occasionally a beast roar came from the distant mountains and forests, shattering the silence of the night.

Gao Daquan rode on his horse and looked at the mountain pass not far ahead, the moonlight shining with misty colors. It was a beautiful night, and it was time to kill.

Everything was packed up, Gao Daquan exhaled lightly, and said in a deep voice: "Order the whole army, go!" ”

The horses' hooves were wrapped in sackcloth, and in the middle of the night there was a gentle fluttering sound, and they walked down the valley unhurriedly towards the mouth of the valley. The Song troops defending behind the two long walls in the valley climbed to the wall, and looked at the cavalry brigade slowly advancing by the moonlight, some with eager eyes and some with heavy eyes.

On the top of the mountain, Xu Ping saw the cavalry led by Gao Daquan out of the valley, and said to Lu Fang beside him: "Let the stone cannons behind all be loaded." Aim two miles away! ”

"Official, although there is a moon in the sky, the Jiaozhi military camp is still not clear, if they really gather a large army to come out, it will be difficult for us to fight accurately."

"It's just that you can't see clearly, so you can fight two miles away. The Cochin striker is only a mile away. As long as the Jiaozhi army two miles away is sealed, Gao Daquan will be safe and sound. ”

This is one of the most spectacular uses of artillery in later generations, but no ranged weapon of this era can achieve this effect. Although Xu Ping's stone cannons were quite numerous and accurate, they were actually far from achieving the effect of establishing a blockade line. However, in this era, the infantry attack pays attention to formation, and it is no problem to disrupt the formation of the reinforcements.

The wind at the mouth of the valley was noticeably stronger, and the handsome flag was blowing. Looking at the Jiaozhi military camp not far ahead, Gao Daquan felt that blood was gushing up at once, burning his whole body with a hot feeling.

Hold the reins of the horse, and the tall and full will take the lead, and the speed will slowly return to speed.

On the watchtower of Nguyen Dali's military camp, the vigilant Jiaozhi soldiers dozed off and turned around boredly. A mile away is a mountain, and there is a valley mouth sandwiched between two mountains. The watchtower is also not far away, and the sentinels are especially boring.

A sentry turned. Suddenly, he saw a large black shadow in the valley silently walking towards him, struck a spirit, and pushed the person next to him: "Look, look!" Is it the Song army who came to steal the camp? It's so fast, like a cavalryman! ”

The three sentries lay on their stomachs together and looked over, and by the moonlight they could gradually see the silhouette of the cavalry in front of them. Don't dare to delay any longer, take out the horn and blow it with all your strength.

The terrible sound of the horn pierced the silence of the night, waking up the mountains and forests not far away, and all kinds of birds flew into the sky like arrows, and tigers howled and wolves howled one after another.

The tranquil Cochin barracks boiled all at once. People shouted and neighed, and there was a mess.

Gao Daquan shook the reins of his horse and said loudly: "Speed up, follow me into the barracks and kill back and forth!" The other commanders will act according to the original military orders! ”

After saying that, he rushed out first.

The two thousand cavalry pressed towards the Cochin barracks, and the momentum was particularly amazing in the moonlight, and the three Cochin sentries on the watchtower only felt that they were like a small boat that was swaying in the wind and waves, and they trembled with fright.

From Gao Daquan to the Jiaozhi military camp only two or three hundred steps, in the blink of an eye.

When he arrived outside the barracks, Gao Daquan's speed did not decrease, and he rushed straight towards the gate. The two knights behind him reached the bottom of the watchtower, and as soon as they raised their hands, the two clay pots flew to the watchtower, smashed on the wooden pillars, and shattered.

One of the sentries sniffed and exclaimed, "What smell?" Some nose flushing! ”

Before the words fell, a torch flew up from below, ignited the watchtower, and by the winter air of the night, it suddenly lit up, reflecting the gate of the barracks.

The cavalry brought kerosene clay pots to burn the Jiaozhi military camp, mainly to light the fire, so that the Song troops supporting on the top of the mountain could see clearly, and to prevent the Jiaozhi people from doing tricks and feet in the dark.

Entering the gate, bypassing the rejection of the horse, Gao Daquan rushed straight to the handsome account in the middle. At this time, the camp layout is still rigid, and the tent is almost inevitably located in the center of the barracks, and there is no need to look for it.

The cavalrymen who followed behind the tall body kept throwing the kerosene clay pots in their hands at the camp tent, and soon the entire Cochin barracks was in flames, and the soldiers who had just woken up were in chaos.

It is said that there are rules for the army to camp, and as long as it is done step by step, it will not be easily rushed in by the enemy. However, Ruan Dali was in a hurry here, and he was extremely opposed to camping here, and he always felt that the coach Chen Changji let him send him to death, and with the idea of escaping at any time, the military camp was hastily arranged.

The most fatal thing is that Ruan Dali's mind was on the mountains on both sides, and he didn't think about the direction of the Song army's attack on the first night, and was easily rushed in by Gao Daquan.

Xu Ping looked at the sky-high fire from the top of the mountain, the messy appearance in the Jiaozhi military camp, and sighed in his heart. It seems that this attack was unexpected, and most of the success has been achieved.

Ruan vigorously rushed out of the camp tent, looked at the already burning barracks, cursed in his heart, called his own soldiers, and asked him to quickly recruit his cronies and kill them with him.

There are only two or three hundred Jiaozhi soldiers left with him, and as for the native soldiers from various states carried on the road, who cares about their life or death at this time. As long as he escaped with the regular soldiers, he would have pushed away this unfortunate errand, and he didn't have to live tremblingly under the nose of the Song army.

Gao Daquan led a commanding cavalry of his Chinese army to run wildly, and on the way, he also cut dozens of Jiaozhi soldiers who ran around, without making any stops, and rushed straight to the tent of the commander of the Chinese army.

The handsome tent was facing the gate, there was no obstruction, and the Jiaozhi soldiers had no effective resistance, and the fires of the native soldiers on the periphery were chaotic together, so that Gao Daquan easily entered the center of the barracks.

When he was less than a hundred steps away from the tent, Gao Daquan saw Ruan Dali who was getting on his horse at a glance, presumably the main general of this military camp, shouted loudly, raised his steel knife and rushed forward at an accelerated pace.

Ruan Dali had just gotten on the horse, and was facing Gao Daquan who rushed over, gritting his teeth and scolding angrily: "Straight lady thief, you really killed me in front of me!" And use your blood to flush out bad luck! ”

As he spoke, he snatched the spear from the hand of the soldier next to him, shook the reins of his horse and rushed towards Gao Daquan.

Gao Daquan exhaled in a deep voice, and saw clearly on the horse, turned to one side, stretched out his left hand to hold the spear that Ruan Dali stabbed over, and clamped the horse and stuck it.

Ruan Dali was startled, he didn't expect Gao Daquan to be so powerful, the spear in his hand was like a root, and he couldn't pull it out in Gao Daquan's hand, and he was scared into a cold sweat.

Throwing away the spear after being burned, Ruan vigorously turned his horse's head and wanted to flee to the rear of the barracks.

"Kill—"

Gao Daquan roared, and the long knife in his hand slashed diagonally at Ruan Dali's shoulder.

Ruan Dali only felt a gust of wind blowing around him, and the cold hairs on his body stood up, and he used force on his waist to hide to the side.

Gao Daquan slashed through the air with a knife, and had already chased Ruan Dali's side, and the steel knife in his hand slapped back, smashing into Ruan Dali's chest, knocking him off the horse.

Stopping the horse, turning the horse's head, Gao Daquan glanced at Ruan Dali, who was struggling on the ground, and stabbed the spear he snatched from his left hand to the ground, hitting Ruan Dali's chest, resulting in his life.

At this time, the shouts of killing in the barracks shook the sky, and the remaining Jiaozhi soldiers saw that the master would be stabbed to death, so they no longer stayed in the barracks, and simply formed a formation, rushed to the back door of the barracks, and fled straight to the large camp in the south.

More than 2,000 Jiaozhi native soldiers were leaderless, wandering around the barracks like headless flies, and were cut down by the roaring Song cavalry.

Chen Changji walked out of the gate, looked at the flaming forward barracks not far away, his face was gloomy, and he said to the deputy general beside him: "Ruan Dali, this idiot, only said that the Song army has stone cannons on the mountain, but he doesn't know what the arrangement is in the valley. Fortunately, let him camp at the mouth of the valley and lure the cavalry of the Song army out, otherwise when we are in the middle of the battle, thousands of cavalry of the Song army will go out of the valley and cut off our back road, wouldn't it be bad! ”

The adjutant general said: "Marshal, most of Ruan Dali's local soldiers are there, how can they resist the Song army's rush and kill?" We'd better send someone to pick it up. ”

Chen Changji snorted coldly: "What's the hurry, wait for them to entangle with Song Jun for a while." These native soldiers are following us to pick up food, and they don't care about it when it is critical! The local soldiers sent to save Jiatong last time were of no use, but they made Su Maozhou a mess, and there were more than enough successes and failures! ”

The adjutant general also knew that Chen Changji had recently been urged by the Thang Long Mansion because of the Su Maozhou Rebellion, and he didn't dare to answer.

After looking at it for a while, Chen Changji said to the deputy general: "You go and order 5,000 regular soldiers and prepare to rescue the forward military camp." Remember, to outflank the past from both flanks, it is good to leave the cavalry of the Song army, and the life and death of the native soldiers are left alone! ”

The adjutant general already understood that Chen Changji wanted to let the native soldiers be cannon fodder, and said in a deep voice: "The last general will obey the order!" ”

On the top of the mountain, Xu Ping looked at the chaotic Jiaozhi Forward Barracks, at this time the overall situation had been decided, his mood was relaxed, and he said to Lu Fang beside him: "The tall and full battle array is clean and neat, and the Jiaozhi Barracks is pulled out, so there is no need to entangle there anymore." In another quarter of an hour, I will let the cannon sound on the mountain, let Gao Daquan come back with the troops, and you will prepare stone cannons to block the pursuers of the Jiaozhi people, don't delay. ”

(There's another chapter in the evening.) (To be continued.) )