Chapter 454: Night Attack

"The king of Luoyang has been stationed on the other side for three days, why hasn't he crossed the river yet?" On the north bank of the Yishui River, a member of the Jizhou River stood by the river, frowning tightly, and asked a young general with a long sword at his waist and scaly armor behind him: "General Wang thinks, why didn't the king of Luoyang cross Yishui?" ”

Standing by the Yishui River, looking at the Luoyang military camp on the other side and questioning, it was Gongsun Fan who was named the Bohai Taishou by Gongsun Zhan. Standing behind him was the Jizhou general Wang Men, who was ordered to come to cooperate with Gongsun Fan in the battle.

Gongsun Fan asked why the Luoyang army on the other side of the river bank did not cross the river to attack, Wang Men frowned slightly, looked at the other side of the riverbank, and said to Gongsun Fan: "The Luoyang Wangtun army is on the other side, but it is not in a hurry to cross the river to fight, which shows that the Luoyang army has abundant food and grass. Although our army occupies Yi County, the grain and grass in the city are quite tight, and the long-term confrontation does not have an advantage......"

"These generals know!" Before Wang Men could finish speaking, Gongsun Fan interrupted him and asked him, "What General Ben wants to know about Lu Dao is why the King of Luoyang didn't cross the river to fight?" ”

"Generals should be cautious!" The conversation was interrupted by Gongsun Fan, Wang Men knew that Gongsun Fan was in chaos at this time, he lowered his eyelids, groaned for a moment, and said to Gongsun Fan: "The king of Luoyang will not move, there must be a deep meaning......

Listening to Wangmen's words, Gongsun Fan pursed his lips, and his frowning brows stretched out, and said to Wangmen: "Although this easy water is not vast, the river is cold, and in early spring, if a person falls into the river, even if he is not drowned, he will be frozen. Our army has piled up countless firewood on the bank of the river, and as long as the Luoyang army dares to cross the river, the general will definitely want them to come and go. ”

When he said this, Gongsun Fan pressed the hilt of the sword with one hand, his tone was full of confidence, raised his hand to the other side of Yishui, and said to the royal gate: "General Wang, look, within ten months, this general will definitely break the army of the king of Luoyang!" ”

Standing behind Gongsun Fan, looking at the Luoyang military camp on the opposite side of the riverbank. The look on Wang Men's face was not as calm as Gongsun Fan.

He always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

At the same time, only a few miles away from the county seat of Yi County, Zhao Yun led five hundred tiger guards who had crossed Yishui the night before, and hibernated in a low-lying place, looking at the city wall in the distance.

"General, don't I want to take Yi County directly?" Lying beside Zhao Yun, a tiger guard officer looked at the city wall in the distance and whispered a question to Zhao Yun.

"No!" Zhao Yun shook his head and said to the Tiger Benwei officer: "Tonight, you only need to select ten people to enter the city while there is chaos outside the city, and wait until the army crosses the river and opens the city gate from the city." The rest of the people waited with General Ben to kill the enemy troops by the river. ”

"Didn't the army cross the river at night?" Listening to Zhao Yun's words, the Tiger Benwei officer was stunned for a moment, and reminded in a low voice: "Among the army, there are many soldiers who cannot see at night......

Zhao Yun didn't speak, but the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and his eyes narrowed slightly when he looked at the city wall in the distance.

In the Luoyang military camp on the other side of the riverbank, Liu Wei pressed the hilt of his sword and stood straight, looking at the military camp of the Bohai Navy on the other side.

Yi Shui is not very wide, standing on the bank of the river, you can clearly see Gongsun Fan standing on the opposite bank. However, because there is still some distance between the two sides of the strait, Liu Wei could not really see Gongsun Fan's face clearly.

"The other side is also watching us and waiting, thinking that I wonder why our army has not crossed the river yet." Standing behind Liu Bian, Zhang Liao saw several figures on the other side of the river, and said to Liu Bian: "It has been three days since His Highness appointed the last general to lead the dragoon guard, and the enemy army has lost patience!" ”

"Wen Yuan, don't be in a hurry, wait a little longer!" Looking at the other side of the river, Liu Wei did not look back, he said to Zhang Liao in a very indifferent tone: "At this time, the enemy army has made all preparations, even if our army breaks through the enemy's defense line, there will be a lot of casualties." For the Luoyang army and the king, the lives of the soldiers are the most important. If you don't have the best time, don't attack for the time being! ”

Liu Wei had already said this, Zhang Liao didn't want to say more, standing behind Liu Bian, looking at a few figures on the other side of the river, his eyes showed a little impatience.

The day passed in the tranquility of the confrontation between the two armies, and the night quietly fell. In the Luoyang Army camp, in addition to the officers and soldiers on patrol, most of the officers and soldiers have entered the dream.

The Bohai naval camp on the other side of the river bank was also immersed in silence. Standing in the Luoyang military camp, you can clearly see the flames jumping in the brazier of the military camp on the other side.

Most of the soldiers of the two large battalions across Yishui have entered their dreams, and Zhao Yun, who has been dormant on the north shore all day, led two thousand tiger guards to quietly touch the Bohai naval camp after the sky was completely dark.

At the same time that Zhao Yun led the team towards the camp, ten black shadows left the team, with grappling hooks and lassoes, and ran towards the not tall Yixian city wall under the cover of night.

With two thousand tiger guards, lurking only a hundred steps away from the Bohai naval camp, Zhao Yun raised an arm to stop the advance of the team.

The tiger guard, who stopped running, followed behind Zhao Yun, squatting on the ground one by one, and dozens of people in front took down the crossbow arrows from behind and cast their eyes on Zhao Yun.

Nodding to the dozens of tiger guards who had taken off their crossbow arrows, Zhao Yun raised his arm and swung forward.

Seeing Zhao Yun waving his hand, the officers who led the dozens of tiger guards immediately beckoned behind him, and with dozens of people, the cat bent on his waist, and quickly rushed to the barracks of the Bohai Navy.

At the same time that more than a dozen people jumped out, Zhao Yun also waved behind him, but he did not run as fast as the more than ten people, but lowered his body and rubbed forward as slowly as possible.

Dozens of tiger guards who ran quickly jumped to a place only twenty or thirty steps away from the Bohai Navy barracks, and after the officer waved his hand, everyone squatted down again, calmly picked up the strong crossbow in their hands, and aimed at the Bohai Navy barracks.

At intervals in the barracks, there was a brazier with flames. The light of the brazier reflected the light of the general's camp.

In contrast, it was pitch black in the field outside the barracks. Dormant in the dark night, dozens of tiger guards stared at the barracks of the Bohai Navy with unblinking eyes by the light of the brazier.

Several teams of the Bohai Navy were patrolling back and forth in the barracks, and every time a team of the Bohai Navy walked by, the strong crossbows in the hands of these dozens of tiger guards would be pointed at them.

Zhao Yun led the group of men and horses to slowly advance towards the Bohai Navy barracks, although their speed was already very slow, but they were not very far from the barracks after all, and it didn't take long for dozens of tiger guards who rushed to the designated position first, and they had already heard the sound of rustling blades of grass being rubbed behind them.

It wasn't until they heard the sound of blades of grass behind them that these dozens of tiger guards breathed a long sigh of relief. The army was not discovered by the Bohai naval outposts, and the operation was already half the success.

"Crossbow Bolts Ready!" Leading all the Tiger Ben Guards to the designated position, Zhao Yun raised his arm, lowered his voice, and whispered an explanation to the Tiger Ben Guards behind him.

With his order, all the two thousand tiger guards took off the crossbow arrows from behind them, put the arrows on the machine spring, and then tied the arrow clusters tightly with linen, and when all this was done, all the tiger guards stopped the movements in their hands, focused their eyes on Zhao Yun's body, and waited for his next command.

Staring at the Bohai Navy barracks, Zhao Yun raised an arm and pressed it towards the bottom.

As soon as his arm was pressed, all the tiger guards took out the flint from their arms and "crackled" and struck.

With the sound of flints clashing, a pale blue fire flickered in the field. Some of the tiger guards were more skilled in beating flints, and they had already lit the linen cloth wrapped in the arrow clusters, picked up their crossbows, and aimed at the Bohai naval camp.

A person lights a fire with a flint, and in a quiet night, the sound will also drift far away. Two thousand people rubbed the flint at the same time, and the sound was self-evidently spectacular.

The Bohai Navy, who was patrolling the barracks, heard the sound of brushing flints from the wilderness very close to them, and hurriedly ran in the direction of the floating sound.

Running to the edge of the barracks, the group of Bohai Navy saw a puff of blue fire flickering in the field, and with the flickering of the blue firelight, red flames lit up.

The flames lit up, and the Bohai Navy who saw this scene was stunned one by one, and for a short time, he actually forgot to warn his sleeping companions.

"Enemy raids!" There was silence for a moment in the gradually weakening flint, and finally Bohaijun, who reacted faster, shouted at the top of his voice.

At the same time as the Bohai Navy just shouted, Zhao Yun, who was squatting in the field, had already pressed his arm down and shouted: "Release the arrow!" ”

As soon as Zhao Yun's shout fell, the two thousand tiger guards who had already set fire to the arrowheads wrapped in sackcloth immediately detained the reeds of the strong crossbow.

The flaming arrows broke through the evening breeze, made a "whirring" sound, and flew towards the barracks of the Bohai Navy with a shining tail of light, like a meteor in the sky.

The officers and men of the Bohai Navy, who were sleeping, heard someone outside shouting "the enemy has robbed the camp", and some of them ran out of the camp before they had time to put on their clothes and armor.

The sky was full of rockets, and the sky above the military camp was bright, and the Bohai Navy, who had just run out of the tent, only felt that their eyes were stabbed, and many people hurriedly raised their arms and blocked their foreheads, intending to use the shadow of their arms to reduce the irritation of the firelight to their eyes.

But they ignored an extremely crucial issue, that is, it was not the sun or the brazier that burned with fire that emitted light, but rockets that broke through the night and roared towards the barracks.

The arrows with flames flew towards the Bohai Navy barracks like an overwhelming meteor shower. Many arrows hit the tent in the barracks, and the sharp arrows pierced the tent's curtain, and the body of the arrow shot into the tent, leaving a small cloud of flame on the tent.

In the rocket **** tent, the curtains of the tents burned in an instant, and many Bohai Navy, who had no time to run out of the tents, were wrapped in the burning tents in just an instant.

Hearing the shouts, the Bohai Navy ran out of the tent, and their luck was not much better than that of their Tongze, who was wrapped in flames in their tents. Many of them were still shielding their arms from the light in front of them, and a rain of burning arrows came towards them under their hoods, shooting them into "dead hedgehogs" roasted by the flames.