Chapter 140: Night Attack
Zhang Le immediately understood what Liu Yin meant, and excitedly geared up, after leaving Chengdu, he only had a fight at Jiangyouguan - that could only be regarded as a fight at best, not a war at all - Zhang Le's hands were already itchy, and when Wei soldiers appeared in front of him, Zhang Le had long been eager to come forward and fight.
Liu Yin selected 300 of the most athletic soldiers, left Zhao Zhuo to sit on the top of the mountain, brought swords, shields, guns, crossbows and fire-starting objects, and led the troops with Zhang Le Ajian to leave Jingjun Mountain and go straight to the Wei army camp at the bottom of the mountain.
I have to say that God takes care of it very much tonight, October 17 was originally the moon in the sky, and a gust of north wind blew over that night, rolling through a dark cloud, covering most of the bright moon, and the moonlight was hazy, which provided great convenience for Liu Yin's actions.
The moon is dark and the night of killing, the wind is high and the sky is on fire, it is really a help from heaven!
Liu Yin did not mobilize all the men and horses, first, if there are too many people, do not use the surprise attack, and second, everything is risky, if the sneak attack fails, and then want to retreat to Jingjun Mountain, the situation will be greatly unfavorable, and now only one-third of the men and horses are mobilized, which will not affect the defense of Jingjun Mountain.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket, this is a wise saying in the investment community, put it on the military, it is also completely applicable, any military action is risky, how to pursue the advantages and avoid the disadvantages, reduce the risk, that is, can not be desperate. Using one-third of his strength to sneak attack, Liu Yin felt that it was enough.
Starting from the top of Jingjun Mountain, about ten miles away from the river valley where the Wei army camped out, Liu Yin led the team to march all the way, and at most it could be reached in about half an hour. Along the way, Liu Yin ordered all the soldiers not to speak, except for the sound of footsteps, the three hundred people were silent, quietly approaching the camp of the Wei army.
As Ah Jian spied, there was not a single sentry post around the Wei army's camp, all the camp tents were concentrated on the river beach, and several flags could be seen fluttering in the wind from a distance, and the big characters "Wei" and "Deng" on the flags were particularly conspicuous.
It seems that Liu Yin's inference is good, the main general of the first camp is Deng Ai's son Deng Zhong, so there will be a "Deng" banner on the main flag, and Deng Ai, as the commander, must coordinate the overall situation, so naturally he will not appear in the first camp.
There was no figure in the camp, probably because of the cold weather, all the Wei soldiers went to the camp tent to rest, only the remaining bonfire outside the camp was burning with dark red flames, wisps of green smoke, and the snoring in the camp tent could be faintly heard one after another, obviously this time was the most fragrant time for the Wei soldiers to sleep.
Even Liu Yin didn't expect that this sneak attack would go so smoothly, thinking that even if the Wei army did not set up a sentry three or five miles away, at least there would be patrolling soldiers in the camp, but unexpectedly, there was not a single soldier patrolling in the camp.
But it's normal to think about it, along the way, the Wei army is not to mention the Shu army, and even a figure has not been seen, maybe when the march began, the Wei army still maintained the original vigilance, but after marching for many days, this vigilance was naturally gradually lost, coupled with the hardships of the march, walking for a day, tired like a dog, as soon as he arrived at the camp, he fell asleep, and there would be energy to do unnecessary vigilance.
This is not the arrogance of the main general Deng Zhong, but completely paralyzing carelessness, in his mind, there will definitely be no possibility of being attacked, if the environment is changed, Deng Zhong will definitely not make such an arrangement.
Liu Yin secretly smiled coldly, Deng Zhong was destined to pay a heavy price for his negligence.
"Big brother, these Wei soldiers sleep like dead dogs, what a chance!" Zhang Le whispered excitedly.
Liu Yin immediately ordered Ah Jian and several other teams to lead dozens of people each, and infiltrate the Wei army's camp tent separately to carry out assassination.
Ah Jian was ordered to act immediately, and took the lead in leading people to approach the camp tent closest to the side of the road lightly, the tent door was hidden, Ah Jian gently lifted the tent door, took the lead and got in, and the soldiers behind him also rushed in.
In the hazy moonlight, Ah Jian vaguely saw that there were at least twenty or thirty Wei soldiers lying in the tent, all of them in kimonos lying on the hay and sand, and these Wei soldiers slept so deeply that they were unconscious when someone sneaked into the tent in the middle of the night.
Ah Jian gestured with his fingers, and the dozen or so soldiers who followed him into the camp understood and immediately locked on to their targets with sharp blades. Ah Jian was the quickest, covering the mouth and nose of a Wei soldier with his left hand, and the Wei soldier had just felt that he was out of breath and wanted to twist his neck, and the sharp blade in Ah Jian's hand had pierced his heart with unmistakable accuracy.
The Wei soldier struggled for a moment, and then died quietly. More than a dozen soldiers started at the same time, but after a few breaths, there was no longer a single breath of Wei soldiers in the entire camp, I am afraid that they would not even dream of it, they lost their lives in their sleep, just slept for a while, and there was no chance to come back to life.
Ah Jian led his troops out of this dead tent like ghosts, and soon infiltrated another tent, concocted the same method, and sent dozens of resentful spirits to Huangquan Road.
When Ah Jian and them started, Liu Yin didn't rest, he and Zhang Le also picked a tent to start, but this is not an ordinary tent, the tent of all cowhide is full of luxury inside and out, and it seems to stand out among the many tents, needless to say, this must be the camp of Deng Zhong, the first camp leader.
Capture the thief and capture the king first, this is the minimum principle. Liu Yin and Zhang Le led dozens of soldiers to tiptoe towards Deng Zhong's main tent. Deng Zhong's main tent was built in the center of the camp, surrounded by countless ordinary tents, Liu Yin and they wanted to sneak attack the main tent, they had to bypass these ordinary tents, in order to prevent disturbing the Wei soldiers in these tents, Liu Yin had to slow down and make no noise as much as possible.
The soldiers in the Wei army's tent slept like dead people one by one, and no one realized that the danger of death had quietly descended on their heads, Liu Yin bypassed the tents one by one, and soon approached the front of the main tent.
Standing on the side of the main tent, Liu Yin could clearly hear the loud snoring sound coming from the tent, he snorted at Zhang Le, Zhang Le nodded, pulled out the bright saber on his waist, rushed towards the door of the tent with an arrow step, lifted the tent door, and rushed in, in the faint moonlight, Zhang Le saw a person lying on the couch, snoring like thunder, and secretly said: This person must be Deng Zhong. Zhang Le's knife was as fast as lightning, and it slashed towards Deng Zhong's neck with a single sword.