Another fire?

Completely subconscious, such a thought flashed through Guan Hai's heart.

It's not that he doesn't have enough association, it's that fires in the company camp have been too frequent recently, almost once a day or two, and the most terrible days are two or three times a day!

Guan Hai tried to investigate the spy at first, but it didn't take long for him to find out in despair that the difficulty of this matter was higher than the overnight attack on Duchang City.

Before attacking Zhu Xu, his troops were less than 10,000 people, and in just over a month, they more than fivefold! Although the momentum and combat effectiveness have increased, they are not strictly managed, and they have naturally become more chaotic.

In fact, not to mention a thief like Guan Hai, even if it is a famous general like Xu Rong, there is no way to build the rapidly expanding army into a monolith in the first place, otherwise in the battle of the Yangren, Wang Yu will not be able to get the opportunity to sneak in.

The members of the Guanhai army come from all over the world, and it is good to say that there are fellow villagers, and they can prove each other's innocence, but the population turnover rate in this era is too poor, and many people only know the people in their own village, dozens of miles away is like another world, where can they clearly distinguish who is a spy and who is a real thief?

What's more, many people are simply coerced by Guan Hai, and they are all unwilling, where are they willing to cooperate?

Therefore, although Guan Hai has always suspected that there are conspirators, he has no choice but to strengthen the supervision of military materials. But the fire continues, even a clump of weeds will spontaneously combust from time to time, and the situation is extremely weird.

A spy who burns whatever he catches? Or is it an inherent flaw that the army is too large for management to keep up with?

Guan Hai is a little confused, you don't need to know the art of war, you will fight when you have many people, and if you can't win, you will run into the mountains, and then turn back to exploit loopholes when the opponent's defense is lax...... It's Qu Shuai.

If he can't produce conclusive evidence, even if he is a big boss, he can't force the brothers to catch the wind and catch the spy all day long, and the brothers' protest is also very reasonable: what does it mean to risk his life to set fire to scare people by not burning grain and grass? Is the enemy's spy a madman or an idiot who doesn't want to die?

As a result, the serial fires under Duchang City gradually faded out of the sight of the thieves and became commonplace.

But Guan Hai soon discovered that the problem this time was very unusual, not a misfire, but a ......

Guan Hai felt that something flashed in his sight, and when he raised his eyes to look urgently, he saw a meteor piercing the night sky, with a bright trajectory, burning and falling into his camp, not far from the place where the fire burned before!

One after the other!

Meteors slid across the inky black night sky and spread out above the company camp, as gorgeous as the Nine Heavens Fairy was blessing mortals, sprinkling the petals in the Heavenly Palace one after another.

However, the magnificent scene does not bring blessings, but death and murder!

Some of the petals hit the ground, jumped, and went out in an instant. The other part of the orange-red petals, accurately, or unfortunately, splashed on the curtain made of kudzu or linen, and quickly caused a blaze.

"Enemy attack!"

The next moment, Guan Hai's heart-rending shout pierced through the night: "Enemy attack, sons, rise up and fight!" Someone attacked the camp! ”

That's not a hellish meteor or a celestial maiden, it's a rocket! Someone is attacking his barracks with rockets! Those who have this kind of equipment and are hostile to themselves can only be officers and soldiers!

"Damn Zhang Rao! With 200,000 people, he couldn't block the road, and he really let the enemy in! The moment he realized the reality of the situation, Guan Hai was furious, and at the same time began to regret it.

I was too careless, thinking that Zhang Rao's 200,000 army was enough to shield the Beihai Kingdom, in fact, this is not wrong, the Youzhou army that rushed from the Bohai Sea was not blocked in the Le'an Kingdom?

Based on this inference, he also guessed the identity of the attacker: it was Taishan Army, it was Wang Pengju, and only this person would have formulated such a bold and crazy plan!

Meteors came one after another, like a heavy rain, yes, like rain, because with the meteors, there were also bursts of dull thunder!

In the apocalyptic scene, the flames of death are becoming more and more dense and widespread.

Guan Hai's hoarse shout didn't alarm too many people, the company camp was too big, let alone ten people, even if it was a toad of the same size as Guan Hai, it was impossible for him to shout so loudly and alarm the entire company and camp.

The first to be alarmed were the thieves near the fire, who were either disheveled or naked, running out of the tent, rubbing their sleepy eyes and cursing with swearing in their mouths.

They didn't know what was going on, and instinctively let out a piercing scream when they found themselves surrounded by raging fire. The screams alarmed more people, and soon, the terrible screams joined together and converged into a lament from purgatory, countless times louder than Guan Hai's roar alone.

However, the battalion was still not completely alarmed.

At this moment, Guan Hai had an enlightenment, and he finally knew the truth about the serial fires!

That's right, that's the spy who did it, the spy from the Taishan Army. The purpose of these spies is not to burn their own grain and grass, they are here to step on the plate for the surprise attack troops!

Every fire incident will cause a certain degree of commotion, after frequent troubles, the minions will be accustomed to it, will not react at the first time, anyway, it is not burned around themselves, what kind of strength do they toss blindly, is it that if you run fast, the big boss will reward yourself for not succeeding?

Guan Hai didn't take any precautions, he arranged people to patrol the camp and arrange defenses, and instead of completely connecting the companies and battalions together, he divided them into several relatively independent battalions. The most important thing is that he has cleared the obstacles around the camp for more than ten miles, and his vision is quite wide, even if it is a cavalry, there is enough time for warning.

But the successive fires have lowered the vigilance of the thieves, no matter what movement they hear, what strange things they find, they will not react in the first place, even in the current situation, it is the same!

The fire in the camp began to spread, and the fire was reflected in the surrounding area, but the darkness in the distance was as dark as it could be.

In the darkness, I don't know what monsters were, and the low and muffled thunder sounded like a horse's hooves hitting the ground, but it was a little different, duller, shorter, and lighter than the sound of a horse's hooves falling on the ground!

Like a strong wind blowing, the muffled thunder rolled outside the camp, and where it passed, countless new stars rose brightly and fell suddenly, igniting the tents one by one, plunging Guan Hai's camp into a sea of fire, and blowing fear into the souls of the thieves!

The fire is spreading at an unimaginable speed, and faster than the fire is fear, fear that goes deep into the marrow!

Wind and thunder intersect, fire soars to the sky!

More and more minions fled from the tents, not covering their own clothes and not having time to pick up arms, but out of human instinct for survival, they frantically fled to the depths of the camp.

The continuous fires can already be regarded as an early warning of heaven's punishment, and now, the curse has finally arrived, and if you don't want to die under the thunder and fire, you can only escape from afar.

Even the people in the depths of the camp were alarmed, fires were commonplace, but the chaos of hundreds of people running was not commonplace. People have a herd mentality, and when turmoil occurs, no one will seriously think about it, and unless there is some more authoritative person or rule to guide them, most people will only join the ranks of the collective.

The ranks of the fugitives are expanding;

Deadly panic is spreading;

Gradually, it spread to the depths of the company camp, causing more and greater chain effects.

"Stop, there are few people in the Taishan army, don't run away, kill all the thieves who are coming!" Guan Hai was anxious, and the roar became louder and louder.

He had no experience in dealing with this big scene, but he didn't expect that just because he was stunned for a while, the situation would evolve out of control. But he knew that there wouldn't be too many soldiers and horses.

Zhang Rao's 200,000 army is not an ornament, and the yellow turbans from all over the country that have been gathered in Qi are not blind. If the Taishan army invades the territory, there will be no warning at all, and Zhang Rao will not just say that there is a small force of cavalry operating in the territory!

What's more, he also knows more accurate information, the Taishan army returned from Luoyang is less than 10,000 people, and Wang Pengju has not expanded the army during this time, even if Mount Tai pours out, there are only a few thousand, and his own army is more than 50,000!

In fact, there may not even be thousands of people who come, because it is a cavalry, and Wang Pengju is not a real immortal, can he conjure thousands of war horses with a wave of his hand?

"Don't run away, pass on my orders, prepare to fight back, violators will be killed!" Guan Hai kicked over a minion who had run in front of him, and grabbed another one.

He, the big boss, was cut out solidly, and those who died under his knife were officials and soldiers, heroes, people, and many colleagues. The killing of officers and soldiers is to resist; Kill Haoqiang for revenge; Kill the people for plunder; Killing fellow people is for self-preservation and fighting for power!

Therefore, he has always had a great prestige in the army, not to mention the minion soldiers, even Zhang Rao's generosity attaches great importance to him, not only promising a heavy reward to invite him to participate in the grand event, but also sharing a lot of very confidential information with him.

However, at the moment of life and death, who cares about this? No one paid attention to Guan Hai, even the little minion who was grabbed by his neck and collar, struggled hard, left the only coat to his big boss or Qu Shuai, and ran into the depths of the darkness without looking back, only the bare buttocks, slightly reflecting the firelight, like a firefly flying away.

"Stop! I am your big boss, and I am your commander! Listen to my orders and kill back! There are only 1,800 cavalry outside, and the cavalry of the Taishan Army is just that! Kill them, Duchang will surrender, and then you can have fun in the city, and then let's fight the world together and build a peaceful world that will never starve! ”

Guan Hai roared like crazy, the war knife in his hand was already stained with blood, and several disobedient minions were buried under his sword. However, the rout did not end, and the only effect of Guan Hai's actions was to empty a large chunk around him, and at the same time, make the panic real.

The routs avoided this madman-like killing god from afar, and shouted while fleeing: "Wang Pengju is here, it's Taishan Wang Pengju who is coming!" ”

"There are a lot of cavalry, like evil spirits!"

"The thieves are finished, don't send them to death with you!"

"Don't take weapons, the soldiers and horses of the prince and the prince are the army of benevolence and righteousness, only kill thieves, not good people!"

"Run, run!"

Guan Hai only felt a heat in his throat, and a smell of blood lingered in his throat, and he finally remembered that not all the minions in the camp were those who had followed him for many years, and there were many ordinary people who had just been coerced in.

According to the normal law, these new recruits are reluctant at first, but over time, these victims will become just like the former perpetrators, accustomed to looting, to fighting, to slaughter...... People are very adaptable.

However, Guan Hai's time to raise troops this time is too short, and the results of the battle are only a county town in Zhuxu, and the emotions of these victims are not very stable, and they yearn for a peaceful life day and night, rather than wielding knives and guns to create a peaceful world.

Usually there will be nothing to do, these people drag their families with them, they can't escape far if they want to, and they can't escape if they do, but now, when the thief army under the banner of the Yellow Turban is facing annihilation, scattering and fleeing is their only choice.

The most important thing is that there are an unknown number of spies among these people!

Damn Wang Pengju, he is so scheming, before the surprise attack, he also arranged spies, which is obviously not a way to live!

Guan Hai swallowed the blood that gushed into his throat in one gulp, turned over and returned to the camp, he hadn't lost yet, and he didn't admit defeat!

He became a yellow turban from the summer, and before that, he was a bandit, and once wandered between the Taishan thief and the Qingzhou thief.

After more than ten years of banditry career, many of his minions are the first batch of victims of the disaster, and after more than ten years of banditry career, they have all changed from honest and harmless people to murderous bandits.

That's a team of 5,000 people!

Even if some are scattered in the turmoil, the rest is enough to fight with the Tarzan cavalry! Guan Hai began to wear armor, of course ordinary thieves did not have this kind of equipment, but Guan Hai was a big boss, so he naturally had privileges.

Zhang Rao's intelligence source was very reliable, he began to feel uneasy, and sent people to infiltrate Xuzhou and Mount Tai to verify them separately. Intelligence shows that the cavalry of the Taishan army is only about 1,000 people, including 500 white horse servants from Youzhou, will these guest troops fight to the death for other people's affairs?

As long as he gathers one or two thousand people and shows enough fighting spirit, he can make the Youzhou people who are guest soldiers have some scruples, no matter how powerful the Taishan soldiers are, it is impossible for Wang Pengju himself to appear here, what else is there to fear?

……

Guan Hai's intelligence sources are indeed very accurate, and the cavalry that launched the battle of the assault camp was only more than 800 people.

In the battle of Yangren, Bai Ma Yi did not suffer major casualties from a group, but after a series of battles, the attrition was about 20%, Gongsun Yue originally intended to help Wang Yu make up for it, but for various considerations, Wang Yu did not accept it.

Then Wang Yu drew two hundred men from the cavalry of his own team, intending to train them into mounted cavalry. It must have been a long and costly process, but he did it anyway.

The hoplite cavalry had a poor ability to run, and more importantly, this cavalry had not yet taken shape and was not ready to take it out for battle. Therefore, the cavalry brought by Tai Shici was less than 900 people.

Nine hundred against fifty thousand, completely not relying on the response of the city, this plan seems crazy, but Tai Shici is enthusiastic, if he wants to fight, he should fight this kind of big battle to be majestic enough, and the credit is also great.

In the general army, the generals may have a lot of objections, but neither Wang Yu's descendant Fang Yue nor the guest army commander Qin Feng have any intention of objecting.

The Taishan Army is this style, followed by a domineering lord, what battle do they dare not fight?

An army of 50,000 thieves? It's just a rabble of local chickens and dogs, and it's flat with a wave of your hand.

"Let's start bursting, don't give them a chance to regroup!" After observing for a while, he determined the chaos of the enemy army, Tai Shi Ci couldn't hold it anymore, he jumped his horse and crossed the fence first.

"Uh......h Woo...... Woo! ”

Fang Yue blew the horn, and under the command of Qin Feng, the nine hundred light cavalry were divided into thirty squads in units of thirty people, one of which chased behind the main general Tai Shici, and the other part spread out in a fan, advancing into the depths of the enemy camp in an all-round way.

Some of the squads were armed with torches and knives, and the other were armed with bows and arrows. The bearer draws his arrow, lights it on the torch in his companion's hand, and then fires his bow and arrows, sending countless burning meteors into the depths of the sky, turning into a rain of meteors and fire, bringing a new round of disaster.

In late autumn, the north wind is strong, the wind helps the fire, and the fire borrows the power of the wind! The raging fire lit up the sky, like a red sun rising on the ground!

The fire began to spread to the depths of the company camp, on one side of the continuous sea of fire, there were thieves running wolf and people who were being coerced, and on the other side, groups of ghostly cavalry loomed in the firelight. I couldn't see any flags, and the only thing that could identify the other party was the white body of the horse......

"White Horse Righteous Servant!" The panic intensified further.

Starting from the Tiger Prison Pass, Wang Yu's world-shattering achievements are always accompanied by the shadow of the white horse, and the princes will not be unable to distinguish it, but many ordinary people who have only heard the legend are more likely to regard the white horse as Wang Yu's personal guard.

Resistance was weak, and among the few who counterattacked, there were only a small number of outlaw bandits, most of whom were routs who were overwhelmed by the darkness and fire, and who could not distinguish between things and ramming.

These people could not form an effective resistance, and a few of them died under the swords and lances, and many more did not even see the face of the Tarzan army.

White Horse's archery skills are not ordinarily exquisite, even in the dark of night, they are terrifyingly accurate. The minions do not have the privilege of being in charge, and they are not a mortal threat to the regular army, but they are shot one by one.

"Don't be afraid, follow me, there are few of them, rush up and kill them all!" Guan Hai finally assembled a force of about 1,000 people, he asked the guards to patrol the camp before, but it still played a role after all, and the patrol soldiers gathered some routs in addition to the soldiers, and it had the current scale.

Seeing that the Taishan army was divided into many places and arrogantly set fire everywhere, he did not hesitate to launch a counterattack.

"Uh......h Woo! ”

The cavalry that Guan Hai met did not hesitate to turn the horse's head and quickly pulled away. Guan Hai pounced, and could only look at the dust and sigh; On the other side, the cavalry led the trumpets; The white-horse cavalry drew its arrows from the other side of the saddle and rained a rain of arrows as they retreated.

This time, there was no fire on the arrows, but it provoked a splash of blood and screams.

"Woo ......" seemed to respond to peace, and there were horns sounding near and far, obviously, the Taishan cavalry passed the warning signal of the enemy and was about to assemble.

Guan Hai desperately rushed to kill, trying to defeat and repel the small team in front of him before the enemy's reinforcements arrived. However, the two-legged ones were destined not to catch up with the four-legged ones, and the cavalry of the White Horse Righteous Servants advanced and retreated freely, mercilessly raining down bursts of arrows on the heads of the thieves.

The team around Guan Hai began to shrink, a small number of people were killed by bows and arrows, and more were scared away.

"Big boss, withdraw, we can't catch up and fight, it's not a matter for us to be beaten, the enemy's reinforcements are about to arrive again."

"yes, let's withdraw." The minions were talking nonsense.

Guan Hai was furious: "Withdraw a fart, now that you are gathered in a ball, even if you die, there is hope to pull a few cushions on your back, scatter and run, you can outrun the horse?" Not a dead end? Listen to me...... Those who have shields stand in front, and those with bows and arrows stand in the middle, let's learn the tactics of the officers and soldiers, receive the shield array, and surround them! If you run fast, you are definitely not good at hand-to-hand combat! ”

As he spoke, he picked up a shield and rushed to the front with his sword raised.

Guan Haijun is not a pure Yellow Turban Army, after so many years of bandit career, he still has accumulated some armor in his army, at least there are a lot of wooden shields or something.

The big boss took the lead, and the minions also plucked up courage. Anyway, it's useless to escape, and if you escape here, you can only go to other thieves, and enjoy the privileges and the life of a master, they don't want to start all over again. If you drive away the cavalry in front of you, you will have a chance to regroup!

Hundreds of minions formed seven or eight shield formations, and the rain of arrows from the White Horse Righteous Servants continued to fall, but the casualties of the minions were much less. The biggest weakness of mounted archery is the lack of attacking ability.

"See, they can't do it, go up, follow me!" Guan Hai roared loudly, and the minions also cheered in unison, seeing the movement here, many of the routs stopped, and they also found that there were not many enemies, if they gathered around the big boss, maybe ......

"Crossbow!" In the swing, an order came from the Taishan army array, and the chaotic arrows stopped, replaced by the sound of wind and thunder!

"Collapse-collapse-collapse!" The sound of the crossbow loosening its strings is not much different from that of a war drum, and when this sound is connected, it brings only the breath of death.

"Bang! Boom! ”

"Click!"

"Ahh

The accumulation of crossbows can destroy even the military oars, not to mention the ordinary wooden shields of the thieves' army? Swiftly and resolutely, the thief's shield array broke through a large piece and collapsed into the middle.

Without waiting for Guan Hai to give another order, in the dark, a fast horse galloped at full speed, and the knight on the horse roared like thunder: "Donglai Tai Shici is here, and the thief chief is not quick to take his life!" ”

Before the words ended, one man and one rider had already rushed into Guan Hai's formation along the collapse of the shield array, and the spear halberd set off a new storm of death!