Chapter 10: Exploring the Enemy Camp at Night
The autumn moon hangs high and is clear.
The weeds that were water-colored in the wilderness half a month ago are now shriveled and yellowed, and withered.
To the north of the city, hooves clattered, and a Tatar cavalry circled the range of crossbow arrows in a staggered formation, their torches drawing a fluttering line in the night.
In the shadows, a rope rolled down the city wall, followed by a black shadow turned out of the battlement, spread its legs, and crouched on the city wall like a frog, and a person next to him whispered: "Absolutely loud, be careful, don't act recklessly!" The black shadow nodded slightly, pulled the rope back, and slid down silently, and the two ups and downs had reached the root of the wall.
The people in the city put away the rope and looked down, only to see Qin Jue's feet on the ground and running a few steps, jumping on the ground, shooting across the moat, and disappearing among the barren grass.
A voice said: "Uncle Sun, you don't have to look here, let's go to the arrow tower in the west of the city, where there is clairvoyance, you can observe the situation of the enemy camp from a distance, once there is a change, you can kill and respond." ”
Chang Sihao nodded, thinking in his heart that if he really exposed his traces, how could a child in the Ten Thousand Horse Army be killed no matter how high his martial arts skills were?
The torches in front of the enemy camp are bright, it is difficult to approach, Qin Jue Xiang lowered his body and sneaked in the dry grass, went around a large circle to the northwest, came to the north slope, and secretly observed, the camp of Alta covers an area too wide, and the wood required is far from enough, only the fence was erected in the front camp, and the rest of the place is with antlers, Thorn piles and other things are scattered and blocked, accompanied by sentry patrols, the bright and dark sentries should take care of each other and coordinate, the mobile sentry team or a group of twenty people, or a group of fifty people, holding torches to shuttle back and forth, the head and tail should respond, staggered and long, the edge of the village is set up every fifty or sixty zhang far away arrow tower, there are three archers inside, look around, the torches are bright nearby, and the moonlight is bright tonight, I am afraid that the wind and grass within a hundred zhang can not hide from their eyes.
Qin Juexiang quietly observed for a while, could not find any gaps, and became anxious in his heart, thinking that he had boasted about Haikou, but he couldn't even enter the camp in the place, so how could he have the face to return to the city? Suddenly, he heard the rumbling of the hooves of the rear camp, and went around to watch, only to see that the horse team of the Tartars under the moonlight continued to come out of the camp and gallop westward, although there were many people, but none of them held torches, which seemed very secretive.
Looking back at the direction of coming, Datong City is too far away, only a faint outline, even if there is a clairvoyant eye on the city, it is impossible to see here. Qin Juexiang thought secretly in his heart: "The torches in front of the Tartar camp are bright, but the back camp is secretly evacuating, and the gods are not aware of it, and there will only be an empty camp left in the morning, it seems that grandpa is right, they really have no intention of fighting a decisive battle." However, after a short time, the horse team out of the camp broke off, and the hooves of the team going west gradually moved away, and after guarding for a while, there was no horse team coming out, and he couldn't help but be confused in his heart: "Look at this team of people and horses, that is, about 20,000 people, and the rest of the camp is still the majority, is it possible that the people and horses who left the camp are not evacuating, but going to perform some tasks?"
Not far behind him, there was a group of ox carts, pulling large water jugs, and the old army of Tartars was leaning on the carts and waving their whips and was rushing forward, and the bull's head was heading straight in their direction. There were about twenty or thirty ox carts in this caravan, but because the old oxen walked slowly and silently, and because he was thinking about something, he did not even notice it.
At this time, it is too late to get up and avoid it, this place is closer to the edge of the rear camp, and if it is found here, it will be a catastrophe. If there is only one ox cart, it is good to say, as long as the old army is killed quickly, and then there is no problem to escape, the difficulty is that the ox cart is in a team, kill one person, will be discovered by the rear team, no matter how fast you are, it is impossible to take care of so many people at the same time.
Seeing that the ox cart was not far away, and it was impossible to divert the route, Qin Juexiang secretly thought that the old army driving the cart did not pay attention to the situation on the ground, as long as he didn't startle the ox, it would be okay to let it step on him, and now there was no other way, so he had to take risks. Then he turned his heart sideways, and lay down in the grass and did not move.
The convoy came slowly, the first one was approaching, the old cow was walking like wading through water, raising his hooves not high, touching Qin Juexiang's knees, he moved slightly, but he didn't step on him, the car was originally slow, and the slightest delay was also imperceptible. Qin Juexiang was secretly happy in his heart, the oxtail had already crossed the side of his face, and suddenly a thought came to him, and he grabbed the crosswood under the car with both hands, and put his body on it.
His body is light and agile, the movement is not big, the old army on the car did not notice, the rear coachman's vision is blocked by the cow's body, where to pay attention to the situation under the car in front, the convoy slowly came to the edge of the camp, the sentry saw that the waterwheel was back, and hurriedly moved the barricades such as the horse stakes, and let the convoy in.
Qin Juexiang looked at the legs of the people walking on both sides at the bottom of the car, and almost laughed out loud, secretly thinking that Seon was not blessed, and what he said was not bad at all, he was not found out at this time, and he easily entered the camp, it was really deserving of the deity to make this contribution.
He secretly observed the geographical situation of the rear camp, and saw that the sentry posts on the Pingchuan ground were scattered, the arrow towers and lookouts were neatly scattered, and the high and low observation nets were almost arranged without dead ends. Along the way, I also saw a lot of big fences along the way, the fat cattle and horses, pigs, sheep, mules and donkeys were very numerous, continuous like the sea, not like the Tatar feeding, and the carriages full of wooden boxes were lined up in rows, and the patterns and locks on the boxes were all Han styles, knowing that this must be the Tartars going south to grab it, and secretly gritted their teeth.
The water convoy continued to move forward, every other way, the tail of the team left one, the Tatar sergeants each took a water bag and stepped forward to drink, Qin Juexiang secretly calculated, thinking that although the water tank on this car is not small, but there are many people in the camp, how can it be divided, the first car can only go deep into one-third of the camp, after the army takes water, the convoy is only afraid that it will have to go out of the camp to fill a few more times to be enough for the whole army to drink.
After a journey, the waterwheel behind also stopped, leaving only the one he was in to continue moving forward, Qin Juexiang only felt that his hands were numb, and he walked for a while, a little unable to hold on, thinking that it was better to go down here, suddenly the wheels braked, and a group of Tatar soldiers surrounded him, and suddenly heard someone shouting in Mongolian: "Get out of the way!" Someone asked: "What are you doing?" The person in front shouted: "The Khan is waiting for water, this car will be sent over first!" The rest of the people did not dare to disobey, and obediently let it aside, and the man said: "Hurry up the car!" The driver hurriedly agreed to wave the whip, and the speed of the car suddenly increased.
Qin Juexiang looked up at the bottom of the car, and the fence in the distance in front was connected, and the guards inside were all dressed in red armor and white feathers, and secretly thought: "This is the Iron Guard Camp that Brother Chang said, I don't know if the commander Wu Enqi who fell with him is not there, I will answer what the little princess Zhong Jin looks like? Was it shelled that day and turned into a face full of flowers? haha!" Although he smiled in his heart, he also knew that the investigation here was very strict, but he was afraid that the bottom of the car was not safe, and his hands were so sore that he couldn't stand it, seeing that the chaser and the Tartar sergeant were running in front, and he was not expected to look back, and there was a tent approaching in front, he secretly calculated the distance, saw the opportunity to lift the qi, put his feet first, let go of his hands, and the car moved forward, his body rolled sideways on the ground, disappeared into the shadows, and lifted the corner of the tent and drilled in.
In the tent, a tartar came back to rest, took off his Mongolian boots, and was sitting and picking his feet, when he suddenly heard a soft sound behind him, and when he looked back, the carotid artery had been cut by a knife.
Qin Juexiang dragged him back, covered him with a felt, wiped the blood knife, looked sideways at the tent, and when he saw that there was no abnormality, he was relieved. The edge of the camp is tightly defended, the village is relatively loose, the sentry team patrolling the camp is sparse, there is a time difference to take advantage of, he carries light work, carefully observes the surrounding situation, shuttles back and forth between the tent shadows, and has approached the Chinese army in a short time, only to see three thousand red-clothed iron guards in three layers and three layers outside, densely protected by the big tent, and the birds are difficult to approach. The old army who drove the car came down and handed the car to the red-clothed iron guards, these people checked the ox cart up and down, and even opened the lid of the water jug to take a look, Qin Juexiang secretly congratulated himself on his wisdom, otherwise they found out, not to mention anything, trapped in the camp of tens of thousands of people, how could it be possible to kill it!
He cautiously circled, it was difficult to find a breakthrough, and his heart became anxious: "When you get to the hinterland of the center, do you still want to withdraw and make a fuss and go back in vain? No, grandpa looked down on me, and always said that he was a craftsman, and he didn't take me with him when he went out to assassinate me. ”
Looking around, I saw that there was a tent not far away, which was not small, leaning next to the Iron Guard Camp, but outside the fence, and it was expected that it was also where important people lived, so I touched it over there. When he arrived at the back of the big tent, he looked for a wrinkled place in the dark and cut a hole with a knife to look inside, only to see that in front of him was a very tall chair back, covered with tiger skin, the light in the tent was bright, but behind the chair was a dark shadow, outside for fear that there was a patrol team passing by unsafe, he carefully cut open the tent, drilled in, and crouched behind the chair.
The two of them were talking, but they were both speaking Chinese, and they didn't notice anything unusual, and one of them was asking, "Strategist, why did the eldest prince leave? Could it be that something happened?"
The man on the chair replied with a calm smile: "The Great Khan sent Huang Taiji to have a business trip, it is normal, what can be done? You just have to keep your heart in your stomach and do your part." ”
Qin Juexiang secretly rejoiced in his heart: "Military advisor, which military advisor? Dog's day, could it be that Zhao Quan's big traitor is sitting here?" Haha, today we should have great luck with the deity, cut off this dog's head and take it back, wouldn't it be a great achievement?"