Chapter 447: Breaking the Camp
The court's war boats can be described as vigorous. Three small war boats sailed across the sky, pulling out a cloud tail dozens of miles long - taking the lead in entering Jiaozhou territory under the gaze of everyone.
The reason why it is called a small war boat is because it is too far away in the air and is indeed as small as a walnut in people's eyes.
But when the three war boats landed to carry supplies, people knew what it meant to be big - it felt like a county could be moved up there. Fortunately, this is where the South Vietnamese border troops are stationed, otherwise they would not be flattened when they landed in Nanyue Prefecture. .
So what is the concept of a medium-sized warship?
Let’s put it this way, this thing is not allowed to fall to the ground——
So what is the concept of a large warship?
You'll find out when you get here.
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The territory of Nanyue Mansion has basically become the world dominated by the Yin Soldiers from the God King's Tomb... And with Guanqi Pass as the center, thousands of Yin Soldier strongholds hidden in the mountains spread out. It can be said that they are fighting steadily, allowing everyone to Every inch of land is under firm control.
According to intelligence from the human race, the Yin soldiers used mountain spirits and ghosts to dig underground passages to connect these strongholds, so that they could transport troops like ghosts.
If you advance, you can attack from all directions, but if you retreat, you will be stuck in three burrows and cannot catch the tail. The depth and depth of the mountains are what is called "strategic depth."
However, Yin soldiers cannot understand it with their brains. They only know to follow the soul-calling flags, which point at the enemy, and then swarm them without fear. Ghosts do not have much emotional fluctuations in the first place, they are just invisible killing machines.
Therefore, the Tomb of the God King is headed by General Black Wind, commanding tens of thousands of Yin troops to attack cities and seize territory, and is almost omnipotent.
As for the remaining two teams, one is King Qi. His momentum is not inferior to that of Black Wind, and his military exploits are also the same. It is said in the tomb of the God King that if King Qi had as many subordinates as Black Wind, he would never succumb to Black Wind. under. The other branch is the ghost king's newly adopted son, You Chuiyun, but the human race doesn't know about it and only calls him ghost-faced man because of his ghost face.
This team of Ghost Faced Men is the strangest, completely different from the first two who charged head-on and fearless of death.
He often led only two or three hundred men. When the army was in direct conflict, he would use the convenience of mountains and forests to bypass the enemy and penetrate directly into the enemy's hinterland. He would do the last thing of looting food, grass and baggage, and the next step would be beheading——
Of course it wasn't really a killing. I heard that more than a dozen of the human escorts who had been captured by the Ghost Faced Man were tied up.
There was even one time when the governor of Nanyue Prefecture almost gave him his meal. That time the governor heard the sound of swords coming from outside the tent door. If his subordinates had not saved him with their lives, he might have become a prisoner of the Yin soldiers. .
Therefore, the Yin soldiers on the front can be swept away by the regular army of the imperial court and cannons and flying boats, but the elusive team of the Ghost Faced Men is actually the biggest headache for the human race.
However, with the crushing advance of the human imperial army, the living space of the Ghost Faced Man team was also shrinking, and they were gradually locked near the Qi Pass.
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Hong Guo, an old acquaintance of the pot-bellied You Chuiyun, was leading a thousand elite soldiers of the human race, leaving two thousand to guard the home, out of the camp gate.
"General, can we catch the Ghostface Man this time?"
Hong Guo was one of the generals of the Pioneer Battalion this time. He had whips at his waist and commanded the infantry to attack the target lightly.
"If the intelligence is accurate, this mountain pass must be the home of the Ghost Faced Man -" Hong Guo put the map away in his arms and answered his subordinate: "I took a look at the terrain and found that this mountain pass is an excellent place for an ambush. Rolling stones and flowing arrows can be used to attack and kill. According to the intelligence, the Ghost Faced Man troops are often after plundering. It is very likely... no, they will definitely take the nearest road to the mountain pass. It can be said to be the only way to pass. As long as we are here in advance. Ambush, this ghost-faced man will definitely fall into our encirclement."
The subordinate officer asked with some confidence: "General, we really don't want to report to the superiors..."
Hong Guoyi looked at him with a hopeless expression: "You know what the hell, this is a fighting opportunity. It will disappear in a flash. By the time the official approval comes, the ghost-faced man will have fled long ago."
The subordinate officials were also really worried: "But we left the camp without permission... There is no one to guard the camp. Once it is breached, a big gap will be created in General Huwei's defense deployment. By then..."
Hong Guo
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He sneered: "Although we are not here, I have arranged the camp defense properly. No matter how powerful the ghost-faced man is, if I lend him 10,000 courage, he will not be able to sneak attack on me with only a few hundred shady soldiers." The officers and soldiers are ready!"
Seeing the domineering tone of his superior's words, the subordinate officer swallowed a mouthful of words and was speechless.
A thousand human tribe officers and soldiers, lightly armed, quickly ambush on the high ground on both sides of the mountain pass that Hong Guo was interested in. They held the hilts of their swords and waited.
I could see a thick fog and miasma below, which really looked like the way of the Yin soldiers.
Not long after, the sun was setting on the west mountain, but not even a shadow of the Yin army led by the ghost-faced man could be seen.
"I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry." Hong Guo was still calm. He was also a veteran fighting against the demon army.
The subordinate officer frowned and said: "But General, if it's dark and the Yin soldiers have the right time and place, I'm afraid it will be detrimental to our army."
Hong Guo glanced at him: "Are you afraid that the ghost-faced people will attack our tent in the dark?"
"My subordinates are worried about this."
Hong Guo looked at the mountain pass in silence for a while: "Okay, if we don't see the Yin soldiers until sunset, we will withdraw to defend."
Finally, the sun's last few rays of light were shining, so as not to blind him. Hong Guo sighed and waved his hand. It seemed that he would not be able to get this credit. Damn it, the ghost-faced man didn't take this road.
"General! There is black smoke where we are stationed - it may be Yin soldiers attacking the camp."
The subordinate officers were horrified and pointed towards the home of the officers and soldiers - and sure enough, there was a thick black smoke rising into the sky in the direction of where they started.
"I'm stupid!" Hong Guo couldn't understand how the enemy had the courage to attack the camp before it was completely dark. It was guarded by two thousand people.
If there is no way to catch a fire in the rear, Hong Guo should still direct his troops to go back to put out the fire——
So the thousand officers and soldiers all came down the mountain from the heights, gathered on the path at the foot of the mountain, and ran back.
Unexpectedly, the officers and soldiers had just come down the mountain, and some of them were even still on the way down. There was a ghostly sound coming from the top of the mountain they had just left.
The sky was already dark, and it was terrifying at first sight.
Hong Guo held the long whip and roared angrily. Unexpectedly, this sinister soldier actually surrounded them. The rolling stones and other ambush things he prepared turned out to be their handy weapons.
"Go down, don't look back, run away from the mountain!" Hong Guo roared and passed on the general's order.
Then, the ghostly screams of the charging Yin soldiers came from the mountain. Coincidentally, the sun had completely set at this time, which meant that it was dark night, giving the officers and soldiers an unexpected blow.
That night, the officers and soldiers heard ghostly cries like roaring mountains and tsunami, and probably could only see the waves rolling towards them like a tidal wave.
"Don't panic! There are only a few hundred enemy troops!"
Hong Guo quickly ordered the night lights to be lit, but the enemy troops extinguished the night lights that were enough to illuminate the entire mountain pass. It seemed that this wave of enemy troops was well prepared and had already made arrangements to use absolute force in the night. Take advantage of this human army of one thousand people.
"General! Retreat, General, we are at the rear, you retreat first!" The subordinate officials organized a group of soldiers to protect Hong Guo and wanted to force Hong Guo away.
Hong Guo's eyes were bleeding, and he raised his whip: "No! I can't withdraw. Let me down. This is a military order!"
Hong Guo reluctantly continued to hold on, then thought about it in his mind, and immediately said: "Light the general flag night lantern, let everyone move closer to me, and shoot the cloud-piercing arrows to tell the camp that there is danger on our side, and let them take precautions." Prepare to defend the camp to the death.”
Lighting the general's night lantern was undoubtedly a dangerous move. Although it allowed his soldiers to see where the commander was, and the commander did not evacuate, it undoubtedly gave the secret soldiers a clear opportunity to directly capture the opponent's commander.
Therefore, lighting the general's night lantern was a sign of Hong Guo taking a risk. In fact, the battle situation was not so critical. If Hong Guo was willing to exchange the lives of his soldiers for his own, he would definitely be able to escape safely back to the place where he was stationed.
Who told him that Hong Guo was an ambitious general? If he lost thousands of officers and soldiers here in vain, how will Hong Guo survive in the future? And if he fights without retribution this time, he will definitely be labeled as acting without authorization. He will probably move his head as well.
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The same is a dead end.
Who knows the weirdest thing about the matter - after lighting up the general's night lantern, is it true that after opening one's eyes and blinding oneself, the ghostly screams that were all over the mountains and plains just now are now gone?
Are you the underworld soldiers? Why is there no trace?
Even the subordinate officials were puzzled: "Huh? With such a good advantage, they... withdrew?"
Hong Guo was also dumbfounded. He ordered to go down and count the battle losses, and then thought about this matter.
"General, if the real target is not us, then it will only be our camp."
"What you said makes sense. However, after our camp defense sees the Cloud Piercer Arrow, we will only be more careful. How can we relax our vigilance and give them a chance to sneak attack?"
"Perhaps -" the subordinate officer suddenly opened his eyes, took Hong Guo's wrist and said, "General, if the battalion defense realizes that we are in danger and sends reinforcements to support us, the battalion defense will be empty."
"It doesn't make sense, I gave the order——"
"You are the highest commander of our army! Daxia Law decrees that if someone is killed or injured in an attack on the peak, they will be held accountable."
Hong Guo's expression suddenly changed. He didn't have time to ask any more questions and quickly led his troops back to the defense.
He also ordered another cloud-penetrating arrow to be fired to indicate that it was safe, to signal that the camp defense did not need to send anyone to support.
But some people are betting on this safe cloud-penetrating arrow.
For example, the ghost-faced man.
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Hongguo tribe camp defense.
"Are we really not going to save General Hong?"
"General Hong has issued a death order. Our mission is to hold on to the camp and cannot support it. The general has experienced hundreds of battles, so it must not be true..."
Whoosh, the cloud-piercing arrow rose in the distance and changed from red light to white light. This meant that Hongguo was temporarily out of danger. The few military attachés who were left behind to guard the camp also breathed a sigh of relief. At least they no longer had to split up their troops to run for rescue.
One was not enough, several white lights flew up in the distance.
"It seems that the general just won't let us send reinforcements and stick to the local area, otherwise he wouldn't send so many safety signals in succession."
"It's good if nothing happens, it's good if nothing happens."
"General, they must have succeeded! Maybe the Ghost Faced Man has been captured, so we can rest assured."
"It's everyone's credit for catching the Ghost-Faced Man."
After a while, the camp defenses relaxed, and the officers and soldiers came out of their nervousness and started to light a fire to cook. They had been tense before, so naturally they were mentally tired. Only then did Shangfeng give the order that they could eat. Naturally, Relaxed.
Then the sentry came to report, and in the night, a small team holding the flag with the word "Hong" came back lightly.
"General Hong must have been worried and returned after he succeeded -"
The officers were thinking about greeting him, but they were still wary, and they were preparing to confirm the opponent's identity on the camp wall.
Suddenly, a dark wind blew up, surrounded by dark winds. There were actually groups of dark soldiers attacking Hong Guo's team!
It seemed like it had been lying in wait for a long time.
"General!"
"Ah, General!"
All the school lieutenants and military attachés were furious. If Hong Guo died tragically in front of their eyes, they would not be able to escape their involvement!
"Send troops! Reinforce! Save people, save the general, open the door and let the general in!"
Military orders were issued rapidly one after another, and the soldiers who were eating were caught off guard. They had just relaxed just now. Why was there suddenly another war at this time?
The camp gate was wide open. After Hong Guo's team entered the gate, before the officers could see clearly, they killed the gate guard with their gleaming swords. The ground was covered with corpses, and they completely controlled the gate.
"Oops! It's not the general, we let the enemy in!"
"Don't panic! We'll just take back the door."
But at this moment, a rumbling sound was suddenly heard.
It turns out that the place where the garrison is located is a rare flat terrain, suitable for the movement of large armies... However, flat terrain is also an excellent place for cavalry to charge!
"yes……"
Amidst the trembling sound of the earth, the human officers and soldiers saw a line of blue ghost fire skeleton horse cavalry approaching like a big wave.
Passing through the camp gate, they came rolling in with great force.
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