The night sky is clear and clear, and the Sui army's camp at the foot of Yantong Mountain is brightly lit, complementing the stars in the sky, making it a scene in the night. There were people coming and going in the camp, and the guards were tight.
Yang Ji was wearing a set of red armor and stood outside the Chinese army's tent. He looked far ahead at the brightly lit enemy camp halfway up the mountainside. Hearing the sound of "Dongdong Dangdang" gongs and drums coming from outside the camp, he couldn't help but look at the soldiers in the same suit. Ling Jing, who was wearing armor, said: "In the past, when we used the time of exhaustion against the enemy, it felt really satisfying. Tonight, the enemy suddenly attacked us like this, which is quite disgusting."
"Your Majesty, although this method is disgusting, the enemy and we are very cooperative. So this is a very good thing." Ling Jing said with a smile: "The enemy is beating gongs and drums, and our army is cooperating with the roar of people and war horses. Xiaoxiao; This can not only satisfy the enemy's psychology and make the enemy general think that the plan is successful, but our army can take this opportunity to prepare for war and actively prepare for war."
"What Ling Shenjun said is absolutely true!" Xue Ju next to him also added with a smile: "Even if there are scouts nearby closely monitoring our army's every move, they think that our army has fallen into the trap of a tired army and have to be prepared. They didn’t even realize that our army was actually preparing for war. In addition, it also attracted the enemy’s attention very well, but General Hulu was better able to sneak in and set fire.”
Yang Ji was just talking. Hearing this, he said: "That's right. The main reason we have fought so far is because the enemy has cooperated well. The same is true for this battle."
They arrived at Yantong Mountain this afternoon and set up camp on the plain six or seven miles away from the enemy camp; although the light cavalry of the Goguryeo Army wandering outside just stared at it from a distance and did not attack the Sui Army soldiers, the Sui Army As long as the scouts catch up, they will run away; once the Sui army's scouts retreat, they will appear within sight again; at night, they will beat gongs and drums endlessly.
Thinking about it, it's really disgusting.
The key is that Yang Ji does not have as many troops as the Goguryeo army, and he does not know the terrain as well as the enemy, so he would not dare to go out at night just for the sake of a safe journey; if they had not planned a fire attack in advance , and Hu Lujin successfully sneaked into the enemy camp, but he could only return to the army in disgrace. But everything is as Ling Jing and Xue Ju said. With the enemy and ourselves cooperating so well now, Hu Lujin's chance of success will definitely increase.
According to their previously set battle plan, Yang Ji led the main force to attract the enemy's attention on the frontal battlefield, and then the Hulu Jin army set fire to the mountain, using the scorching fire on the left and right sides and behind to roast the enemy in the camp to death. The army was surrounded by fire on three sides, so they could only flee in the direction of the Sui army; then they fled to the northeast, where Wei Yunqi was already ready.
In addition to setting fire here, Hu Lujin also sent a group of soldiers to burn the pine trees behind Goguryeo City, using the heat wave to force the soldiers in the city to escape from the city. As long as the fires on both sides were strong, the enemy troops in the city could only go to Jian'an City in the west. They fled, but halfway through, Yang Lun had already led 15,000 soldiers into position.
On a high ground in front of the Goguryeo army camp, Yuan Ziche also looked at the Sui army camp from a high place. He saw that the Sui army fell into a commotion due to the sound of gongs and drums. After the gongs and drums disappeared, it became quiet again; soon it was quiet again. Because of the noisy gongs and drums, the Sui army never dared to go out to fight, which made him look a little proud.
Yang Xian, who was next to him, said excitedly: "General, as long as our army makes noise all night tonight, the Sui army will lose at least 60-70% of its combat effectiveness and energy tomorrow. As long as the harassment continues during the day tomorrow, its combat effectiveness will be even less. Tomorrow, If we do this again at night, we will be able to capture the enemy camp early the morning after tomorrow."
"Not bad! In short, we just can't let the Sui army have a good night's sleep." Yuan Ziche also said excitedly: "It seems that Yang Ji will not send troops tonight. Let's seize the time to rest and prepare for the battle. Prepare."
"Here!" Yang Xian responded and returned to the camp with Yuan Ziche. The soldiers in the camp also slept peacefully. However, what they didn't know was that danger often came from 'around' them.
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Time passed by like a trickle, and the Goguryeo camp returned to calm, and the soldiers had all fallen asleep. When they entered Yin at this time, the soldiers of the Hulu Jin Army lurking in the mountains lit torches, lit fires everywhere, and covered them with kerosene and other Yi. The pine forest of Burning Things quickly burned, and thick smoke rose into the sky above the pine and fir forest of Chimney Mountain.
The dry forest was full of pine needles and fir trunks and leaves, and pine and fir trees were very easy to burn. The entire mountaintop was engulfed in fire and began to burn. The fire spread rapidly to the west and north under the east wind blowing at night.
The fire east of the enemy army took the spotlight and burned the fastest. The raging flames were quickly swept into the camp to the west by the wind. Red flames flew from tent to tent, quickly forming a sea of fire.
The Goguryeo soldiers and horses in the camp were burned by the fire. They cried for their fathers and mothers and neighed. People and horses trampled each other in the raging fire, and they scrambled to escape to the west camp and the front camp.
Compared with the scorching fire, the billowing smoke and the trampling of each other by men and horses are more deadly. The soldiers who are desperately running away and screaming will inhale the thick smoke and either feel dizzy, have difficulty breathing, or cough violently. Once they are hit by random soldiers or frightened horses, Unfortunately, what awaits them is the fate of being trampled to death.
The soldiers who escaped and escaped in front seemed luckier, but most of them walked in front of the camp fence. Because the camp built by Yuan Ziche was an extremely strong "death camp", especially the front camp fence facing the Sui army was extremely strong. There were two layers of antlers array built inside and outside the camp fence, and the trenches in front of the military camp were even more powerful. It is covered with iron thorn pears. At this time, the fire broke out, and the camp fences, antler formations, and iron pear trees that were originally used to protect the soldiers in the camp became insurmountable "natural chasms" that prevented them from escaping.
The cavalry led by Song Chi stared blankly at this scene. The tragic sea of fire shocked every soldier and even forgot to beat the gongs and drums. The fire on the mountain also illuminated the world, exposing them to the Sui soldiers. Under sight.
A captain asked in a trembling voice: "General, what should we do?"
He felt extremely lucky at this time. As the first cavalry army, they had a total of 5,000 people. Five thousand-man teams took turns harassing the Sui army. Now it was their turn, and after the other four teams completed their tasks, they Returned to camp to rest.
The result and fate can be imagined.
"Kill! Kill." At this moment, the gate of the Sui army's camp opened wide, and groups of cavalry rushed out of the camp and swept towards them.
There was also a large army that left the North Camp and flew towards the far north. This army was clearly meant to cut off the escape route that Goguryeo was preparing to escape to.
Song Chi saw that the enemy army was approaching. There were only a thousand soldiers on his side. Not to mention that all of them were frightened. Said: "Retreat to the west!"
When the order was passed, the soldiers immediately abandoned the gongs and drums, turned around and fled to the west.
