Chapter 245 Night Attack on the Enemy Camp
Eight hundred miles away, the people under his command are burning, and the sound of fifty strings turning over the Great Wall. ------- Xin Qiji of the Southern Song Dynasty "Breaking the Formation? Compose a heroic poem for Chen Tongfu to send it"
It is said that Wang Yun issued a petition to impeach Yuan, and the allied forces of Chen Long and Ma Teng took the opportunity to go out and attack Chencang along the old road. General Chencang was caught off guard and abandoned the city. Ma Teng's army marched south to Wudu and attacked Yangping Pass, the northwest gate of Hanzhong.
Chen Long's troops entered Tianshui to the west, successfully scared away Tianshui guard Liang Xing, occupied the strong city, and established a defensive perimeter. Several major military divisions each performed their own duties and worked together to build Tianshui into the most important supply base for the Sichuan-Sichuan war.
Xun You and Xun Gongda strategized and formulated a plan to capture Hanzhong. Zhang He, Gao Lan, and Xun You led an army of 20,000 people and rushed to Yangping Pass as a vanguard. Chen Long led his own army of 40,000 men and was about to leave. Suddenly he heard that Liu Xian had come to report on his horse. A few dozen miles to the west of Tianshui, dust started to rise in the wilderness. Han Sui's generals Ma Wan and Liang Xing led the Xiliang cavalry. Thirty thousand invaders.
Ma Wan was one of Han Sui's eight capable generals. According to official history, Cao Cao sent Zhong Yao and Xia Houyuan to lead an army out of Chang'an in an attempt to attack Zhang Lu in Hanzhong through the territory of Ma Wan and other Liangzhou warlords. Ma Wan and other Kansai warlords all suspected that Cao Cao wanted to attack After annexing Liangzhou, a total of ten forces including Ma Chao and Han Sui raised troops to jointly resist Cao Cao. "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" describes that he, Han Sui, Hou Xuan, Li Kan, Liang Xing, Yang Qiu, etc. participated in a conspiracy to surrender to Cao Cao, but they were discovered by Ma Chao. Ma Chao defeated the five people with his sword. As a result, he and Liang Xing were both killed. Ma Chao was hacked to death with a sword, which shows that Ma Chao's swordsmanship is high.
Ma Wan and Liang Xing joined forces. They discussed for a long time, but they did not know the enemy's intention. They suspected that the Qinglong Army would pass through Liangzhou all the way. While sending people to report to Han Sui in Wuwei County, they assembled heavy troops, intending to take advantage of the enemy's weak position. Stable, regain Tianshui. Unfortunately, although there were many military generals in Xiliang, they were all straight-laced rough men with little resourcefulness. The two of them did not conduct detailed investigation and directly led their troops to the Fenghuang Yuan Formation Camp to the west of Tianshui.
Chen Long was overjoyed when he heard that Ma Wan and Liang Xing had 30,000 cavalry. He happened to have a main force of more than 40,000 people and had not experienced any decent battles, so he could gain experience through this. With an order, the main force of the Battle of Hanzhong was dispatched and laid five ambushes in Caozigou, Zhaojiagou, Shijiaya, Zhoujiashan and Luoyu Valley east of Fenghuang Plain. The remaining troops and horses slowly poured into the area from Fenghuang. Originally setting up a stronghold in Luojiaping, fifty miles away, Chen Long ordered his army to dig trenches, build construction sites, and place obstacles such as antlers in front of the stronghold to prevent the cavalry from attacking.
Among Chen Long's army, there is a very special team of thousands of people, equipped with the five hundred consecutive crossbow boxes that have just arrived in Tianshui. At the same time, hundreds of thousands of crossbow arrows were shipped, the size of which was suitable for a repeating crossbow. Chen Long was going to use it for the first time in this battle to test the power of the wooden box jointly developed by Xiao Zhuge and Xiao Yueying.
Chen Long's stronghold had just been established, and Ma Wan's letter of challenge arrived. The letter of war accused Chen Long of fighting an undeclared war, and on behalf of Han Sui, he asked the Qinglong Army to withdraw from Xiliang territory immediately. Otherwise, when Han Suizhoumu's army arrives, the Qinglong Army will be crushed and everyone will be burned.
When Chen Long received the letter of challenge, he chuckled and thought to himself that he was too frightened. If a little pony was making false threats, he would not be so frightened that he turned around and ran away. How are Han Sui's generals better than Ma Chao? How is Han Sui's counselor better than Cao Cao? How does Han Sui's equipment compare to the Qinglong Army?
Chen Long wrote four big words in the letter of war: "We will fight tomorrow!" He ordered the sergeant to hit the messenger who brought the letter with 20 large boards to humiliate Ma and avoid the threat in the letter. The messenger hit the big board and scurried away, cursing Chen Long in his heart for not mentioning the integrity of the conflict between the two countries.
The sky was getting dark, dinner was over, and the torch lights were lit up all the way to the distant Tianshui City Wall. It can be said that the lineup was at its peak. Chen Long rode a flying dragon horse and inspected the combat readiness of the entire army. Then he and Lu Chang led 20 cavalry out of the camp and went to the hill next to Fenghuang Plain to watch the enemy stronghold. In the middle, we passed a slope that was high in the east and low in the west. The grass was very deep. Chen Long said with a smile: "Tomorrow, let the Liannu troops stationed on the top of this slope. Wait for the Xiliang army and horses to attack from the bottom of the slope. I guarantee that the cavalry will forget about whatever they shoot." Who is mom?" Everyone laughed.
The ambush designed by Chen Long was on both sides of the strip of plains between Luojiaping and Fenghuangyuan. They waited for Mawan and Liang Xing's troops to retreat. Hearing the horn of Chen Long's main force, they cut off Mawan and Liang Xing respectively. Liang Xing returns home. As long as Chen Long's main force wins, this pocket formation will completely bury Xiliang's troops.
Chen Long inspected the area and was overjoyed to see that all the ambush troops were in place. Riding his horse to the small hill beside Fenghuang Plain, he saw that Fenghuang Plain was very desolate, with only the lights of the Mawan Army stationed on one side flickering. The top of the hill was bare and there were no soldiers guarding it. Lu Chang smiled and said: "My lord, according to the art of war, shouldn't there be a guard here?"
Chen Long was overjoyed and looked at Lu Chang and said: "I didn't expect that you, a young man, would be successful and know how to use the art of war. Yes, the location to observe Mawan's camp here is perfect, and it should indeed be defended. From this point of view, Mawan and Liang Xingnai He is a fool, I will kill him tomorrow." After saying that, I looked up, my eyes were full of shining stars, remembering the higher altitude here, I cheered in a low voice: "What beautiful stars!"
Lu Chang and others also looked up, and Lu Chang murmured: "Although we don't understand the art of astrology, we heard several military advisors talk about it privately. The lord is the star in the sky descending to earth." Chen Long couldn't help laughing and said: "This is Who said that? You're still flattering me!"
Unexpectedly, as he spoke, his voice got a little louder and spread far in the wilderness. He only heard a shout from the camp: "Who is it?" Then a crossbow was fired blindly, and a whistle sounded.
When Chen Long saw his whereabouts exposed, he thought he was about to try the treasure gun. He was so passionate that he raised the steel spear and released his inner strength. The red dragon suddenly appeared in his hand, which was particularly spectacular in the dark night. Chen Long shouted: "Sure!" Here comes the red dragon!" Taking the lead, he rushed towards the enemy camp like a whirlwind along the slope.
The patrol team outside the camp randomly shot a few arrows at the top of the slope in the dark. Suddenly they saw a thick red dragon rising in the dark night. They were all shocked. Seeing the red dragon coming in the clouds and mist, they all stood there blankly. I forgot to escape for a moment.
It was too late to tell, but it was so fast at that time. The flying dragon and horse were so fast, and the red dragon was in front of us in a flash. As the red dragon unfolded its body, the tip of its spear swept across the throats of the stunned patrols, and the entire squad was instantly settled. When Chen Long saw that the fast horse that Lu Chang was waiting for was already behind him, Chen Long shouted: "Follow me!"
Steel guns were everywhere, and the red dragon suddenly pounced out and hit the fence made of wooden piles hard. There was only a loud rumble in the ears, and the fence was broken into a big hole. The flying dragon flashed with white light, and it was already there. It was a leap into the horse play camp.
Lu Chang and others followed quickly, waving their sabers in their hands, following behind the red dragon, like a dagger thrust into quicksand, as if they were entering an uninhabited land. Chen Long galloped on his horse, his steel spear hidden behind the red dragon, and he lifted the soldiers who came to intercept the attack into the sky. The whole camp gradually became boiling, and there were more and more Xiliang soldiers around them. They were all disheveled and barely holding weapons to fight. Chen Long's twenty-two cavalry were like monsters descending. Under the guidance of the red dragon, they surged forward in the dark night. Under the fast horse were the corpses of Xiliang soldiers.
Chen Long immediately estimated the distance to the camp. He saw a large bright torch rising in the center of the camp from a distance. Knowing that the general had been alerted, Chen Long was gathering the army to attack. He reined in his horse suddenly and shouted loudly: : "Nanxiang Marquis Chen Long is here! I am a star in the sky descending to earth. Those of you who are waiting for Xiliang soldiers will die!" The flying dragon and horse were blocked by the huge force, and the man stood up amidst the wild hissing, and the man and the horse were united in the torch light. The silhouette, the red dragon flying high in the sky, combined with Chen Long's powerful and powerful shouting, left an indelible mark of terror in the eyes of the Xiliang army.
As soon as the Feilong horse's front hooves hit the ground, Chen Long suddenly clamped the horse's belly. The Feilong horse had already jumped out more than ten meters, and with its twenty-two riders, it galloped past a row of military tents and overturned the row of military tents. Under the large firelight Before arriving, he galloped towards the camp gate. Several rows of long arrows were fired from the archery towers on both sides of the camp gate. Chen Long fired two shots at the base of the archery tower. The archery tower gradually collapsed. As Chen Long's cavalry galloped past, the archery tower banged against the standing tower at the entrance of the camp. On the tree stump, even the camp door was smashed to pieces.
When Ma Wan and Liang Xing chased the army to the gate with crooked helmets, they had no choice but to watch Chen Long's red dragon rush out of the gate. As Chen Long's internal strength was withdrawn, the cavalry attacking the camp had disappeared into darkness. Ma Wan held a steel gun, looked at the soldiers' corpses and the mess on the ground, looked at Liang Xing, and shook his head helplessly.
Ma Wan and Liang Xing spent the whole night checking the camp with torches. They were stunned when they saw the traces of the powerful blow looming on the fence that was shattered by Chen Long. They didn't expect the power of the blow to be so powerful. The soldiers didn't dare to say anything, they all looked at each other in confusion, thinking that the general claimed that he had descended from the stars. Could it be true? How could a mortal have such power?
Early the next morning, Chen Long's army moved out and crossed Lijiaping to form a formation. Chen Long had completed the deployment and arrangements and called Liu Yong: "Nanhe, you lead three thousand troops and go to Fenghuang Yuanma Wan Dazhai to fight. This way, there must be no mistake." Liu Yong nodded frequently and nodded to the three thousand soldiers. The cavalry went.
After the struggle last night, Ma Wanjun's morale was obviously low. Seeing that the Qinglong Army had few soldiers, Liang Xing was overjoyed and said: "General Ma, in my opinion, although Chen Long is powerful, he does not have enough troops. That's why he came for a sneak attack last night. I want him to I think he is strong. I heard that his main force went to Hanzhong to fight this time. Let's work together to annihilate his troops and our morale will be restored."
Ma Wanxin took it for granted and led his troops to fight. Relying on his large number of people, they actually swarmed forward. The war horses of the Xiliang cavalry are all bright horses, and their combat effectiveness in this plain is indeed unmatched. When Liu Yong saw the overwhelming number of war horses approaching, he sent an order to withdraw his troops and rushed into the valley diagonally. Liang Xing shouted: "The Qinglong Army is nothing more than that. Erlangs, follow me and go straight to Tianshui and kill Chen Long!" The army galloped and reached the gentle slope in front of Lijiaping.
The gentle slope extended upwards. Xiliang's army horses were a little slow. They saw a group of army horses on the slope in front. There were no more than a thousand people in Lingling. They were all infantry. There seemed to be some boxes and boxes standing there. Ma Wan said happily: "Then It's the supplies and supplies of the Qinglong Army, children, grab them for me!"
The horses of the Xiliang army galloped, rushing up the slope like a tide. Suddenly, I heard the sound of jumping machine springs everywhere, and when I looked up, the sky was filled with black arrows and rain of arrows.
If you want to know what happens next, listen to the explanation next time.
