The captain at the station hurried to the commander's tent to inform Lu Ci. When he opened the curtain, a strong smell of blood rushed towards him. Then the captain was shocked to find that Lu Ci was lying on the bed, with blood splattered on him. It was everywhere, but the head was... missing!
Realizing that the general had been attacked and killed by the enemy, the captain couldn't help but turn pale. After all, he was responsible for the night watch tonight, and he actually allowed the enemy to infiltrate under his nose and kill the general. After tracing it, he must have moved his head!
At this time, there was no way to clear away the involvement. Colonel Zhao Huan gritted his teeth and decisively took dozens of his followers to escape from the station and went straight into the wilderness, disappearing without a trace in the blink of an eye.
Even the night captain ran away, and the whole camp was in chaos.
Although many captains and lieutenants who came after hearing the news began to organize soldiers to pursue the enemy, the best time was missed. Thousands of people searched for nearly half an hour, but no trace of the enemy was found.
At the same time, Lei Hu and his men had escaped more than three miles away.
Everyone trotted all the way without stopping.
However, the sound of horse hooves still came from behind.
Lei Hu did not dare to hesitate and immediately waved his hand to signal his men to slow down, pretending to be searching for the enemy.
In just a few breaths, twenty cavalrymen ran up, led by a young tooth general. Seeing that Lei Hu and others were wearing the same light armor as themselves, although the leading tooth general was confused, he did not show any signs of it. hostility.
"Why are you running so fast?!"
"We were riding horses, but we ran behind you."
Facing General Ya's question, Lei Hu's eyes were not nervous at all, and he said calmly: "Since the enemy attack, we have rushed out to hunt down the enemy, so naturally we are faster."
Hearing this, General Ya did not doubt his presence and asked, "Have you ever discovered the enemy's whereabouts?"
Lei Hu pointed his hand towards the north: "I found some messy footprints earlier. They should have fled towards the north."
General Ya nodded, without further ado, and immediately led his men to rush towards the north.
As a result, the more I ran, the more I felt that the team just now was a little strange.
"Since he rushed out of the military camp immediately, he must be a soldier on night duty."
"But why are the weapons and armor of the night soldiers so completely covered?"
Recalling Lei Hu's outfit, Ya Jiang frowned.
He has a complete set of bows and arrows, a rifle and a sword, and a water bag and grain bag hanging around his waist...
"wrong!"
General Ya jerked the reins, turned the horse's head, looked in the direction of Lei Hu, and shouted: "I almost got deceived by him!"
"The enemy's disguise is similar to our armor. The team we encountered earlier was attacking the enemy camp!"
General Ya immediately led his men to counterattack and rushed to the place where they met Thunder Tiger, but he was nowhere to be seen.
"Hmph, I don't believe these thieves can fly!"
"Search for me..."
Just when General Ya was giving the order to conduct a blanket search around the area, a loud arrow cut through the silent night and flew towards him.
Because the tooth general was holding a torch in his hand and his target was very obvious, he was hit in the shoulder by an arrow and fell off his horse.
The "whistle" on the arrow makes a harsh sound, which is undoubtedly a signal for attack.
Lei Hu, who had long expected that the opponent would kill a carbine, had already arranged for his men to set up an ambush. As the signal was sent, Lei Hu and his fifty infantry archers fired rapidly at the enemy cavalry from all directions at the same time.
Due to their close proximity and the suddenness of the incident, the twenty cavalrymen had no time to react and were struck by arrows and fell off their horses.
"There's an ambush!"
"Go back to camp quickly!"
The remaining seven or eight cavalrymen forced their way through a gap and headed towards the station without looking back.
Lei Hu shouted: "Stop shooting!"
Fifty infantry archers, following orders and orders, immediately put away their bows and arrows, took out their rifles, drew their single swords, rushed forward, and killed several injured cavalrymen in a blink of an eye.
"Retract the arrow!"
Following the order, all the infantry archers immediately searched the spot and picked up all the arrows they had just shot. After all, arrows are important consumables and need to be used many times. No army has the capital to treat arrows as Disposable consumables.
After the foot archers recovered the arrows, Lei Hu gave orders one after another to take away all the war horses.
A dozen war horses were simply not enough for fifty people to ride away, and Thunder Tiger would never abandon his men and escape alone. These dozen war horses can only be used as material reserves to deal with the enemy.
On their way to Zhuozhou, they were chased several times. They either escaped or set up an ambush to kill them. They failed to capture them until daybreak.
Seeing that they had reached the boundary of Zhuozhou and victory was right in front of them, Lei Hu decisively ordered to change direction and head towards the west.
The reason is very simple. After a long period of maneuvering, the opportunity has been missed. The other party will definitely send fast riders into Zhuozhou and organize manpower to intercept. Entering Zhuozhou rashly at this time is tantamount to throwing yourself into a trap.
At this time, the area bordering Sangzhou and Zhuozhou was already in chaos.
In order to capture Lei Hu and others, the Sangzhou camp sent a large number of manpower, and at the same time, the Zhuozhou military camp also sent people to stop them.
Such a big move directly caused the Beidi loyalists in Zhuozhou to mistakenly think that the enemy was attacking, and immediately organized troops to prepare for resistance.
At the same time, the news also spread back to Eagle Ridge.
When he learned that Lu Ci had been infiltrated and beheaded by the enemy, Li Zhang had almost no reaction and just said coldly: "It makes sense."
"Lu Ci's talent is only suitable for serving as a guerrilla captain. He is quite good at leading small groups of troops in combat. However, he has now become the leader of the opposition imperial party. The difference in status is too great. With his ability, he is naturally unable to do the job. "
"The main military camp was attacked and infiltrated by a small group of enemy troops. The general was killed in his sleep. This shows how loose the defense of this military camp is!"
"It is indeed too far-fetched to let a pure warrior take charge of the overall situation."
"The war is barely bearable, but the internal affairs, security, and logistics are all a mess!"
Jing Qianying, who was sitting aside, frowned slightly. Even Lu Ci, a professional soldier, was reduced to nothing by Li Zhang. She was not even considered a soldier, so naturally she did not dare to point out the country at will.
Jing Qianying humbly asked for advice: "Lu Ci is the commander-in-chief after all. If he dies, won't the opposition imperialists be leaderless?"
Hearing this, Li Zhang couldn't help laughing: "Hahaha, Miss Fourth, there is no need to take it too seriously."
"The opposition imperialist party is indeed a dragon, but Lu Cike is definitely not the leader. He is not even the head of a snake."
"The real leader is still in Beidi Capital at this time."
Of course Jing Qianying knew that the "leading head" Li Zhang mentioned was naturally Qin Feng.
However, now that both Sangzhou and Zhuozhou are in chaos, doesn't it disrupt the original strategic plan?
