Li Yuan said in astonishment: "But what's your plan? Tell me quickly?"
Joining the army, he cupped his hands and smiled and said: "Captain, after our army set up camp, I carefully observed the terrain. The Han army's camp stretches for several miles, with its back on the hillside and a whole forest behind it. If we can send a group of soldiers and horses around it, Attack the rear camp in the mountains and forests to create chaos. It is said that one move can affect the whole body, and the entire Han army camp must respond accordingly.
The Han army guarding the siege equipment in the front camp will inevitably be distracted and will definitely divide its troops to come for reinforcements. Once our army is in danger, we can quickly retreat into the mountains and forests at any time. If we want to know the secrets of the mountains and forests and are on the back of the hillside, the Han army should Don't dare to chase into the forest.
Of course, even if the Han army really dares to follow them, they don’t have to be afraid. The lush mountains and forests are an excellent place to ambush the army..."
Li Yuan couldn't help but slap his thigh, and then immediately reached out and pointed randomly on the map, and then laughed loudly and said: "Haha! What a plan to attack the east and the west! How could the governor forget that the enemy camp is backed by a hillside, and the terrain is Looking from high to low, isn't this a good opportunity? As long as the pressure from the rear camp is strong enough, the rebels in the front camp will inevitably shrink their defenses. There is a lot to be done in this matter!
Everyone, without further ado, I will personally take you tonight to the back camp of the Han army to cause earth-shaking..."
Zhu Kuangcong stood up first and said eagerly: "Captain, you are the commander-in-chief of our army, how can you put yourself in danger? Why don't you let the last general lead the army?"
"No." Li Yuan looked like he was determined to win, and said with a meaningful smile: "I have another important task that I need to entrust to you."
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Twilight fell, and the earth fell into a confused and gray chaos. The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, the new moon is already hanging in the sky, the clear light is hazy, and the scenery is vaguely discernible. However, it is windy in the mountains, and there are floating clouds in the sky. The lush forest and grass cover up the moonlight from time to time, making it difficult to distinguish the true meaning within only a few dozen steps.
In the Wuping Army Camp, the east camp gate slowly opened. Under the light of weak torches, groups of soldiers and horses quietly walked out of the camp gate, walked quickly to the foot of the mountain, and then divided into several groups and headed in different directions. Soon they all disappeared into the darkness.
Li Yuan did not put on the eye-catching gold armor, but changed into black unicorn armor and rode on a tall black horse. The bodyguards beside him, including Wang Jingguo, a young man who joined the army for the first time, were also dressed in black armor, with stern expressions on their faces, and they were very capable and neat in their light equipment. Behind them, about five thousand cavalrymen followed closely, galloping on the open ground at the foot of the mountain.
Seeing that the journey was almost halfway, Li Yuan summoned a few generals. After a few brief explanations, the troops began to march north. They marched in small groups of more than a hundred people, setting off at short intervals in order to avoid large groups. The soldiers and horses acted together and made too much noise.
More than 5,000 soldiers and horses slowly headed north, bypassing the Han army's camp and their night patrol range, deliberately making a huge circle. It was not until night fell and it was past Chou that the large group of troops arrived at the foot of the hillside that stretched five miles to the north of the Han army's camp.
As the order was given, all the soldiers dismounted one after another, parked all their horses in the valley, and then walked into the mountains and forests on foot. After more than an hour of trekking, we finally detoured to the back of the Han army camp. On the protruding rocks between the mountains and forests, Li Yuan and a group of Wuping sergeants carefully poked their heads out in the darkness and looked down at the Han army camp below the hillside. It was almost Yin time.
The Han army's camp at the foot of the mountain was naturally brightly lit with candles. The camp that stretched for several miles looked even more majestic when viewed from the side. The densely packed tents stretched endlessly, and only a few firelights flickered from time to time in the dark night like stars. Wherever the rear camp could be seen, tall piles of supplies stood tall.
In the middle of the night, the soldiers and horses of the Han army in the rear camp were still cruising back and forth, showing no signs of slacking off. They naturally guarded important supplies such as grain and fodder very closely.
In addition to the wooden walls of the camp, a deep ditch was dug as a ditch protection. It is estimated that due to the rush of setting up camp, there are still gaps in the walls of several camps that were not repaired in time, and there are only a few scattered arrow towers to block the horses. There are ten, but there are naturally a lot of soldiers and horses there.
Li Yuan took the water bag that Wang Jingguo carefully handed over and took a sip of water. Then he handed the water bag back, pointed at the Han army camp down the mountain and whispered: "After all, this back camp has always been used to store grain and grass supplies." In this land, the Han army’s defenses are quite tight.”
Wang Jingguo blinked his eyes. It was probably his first time to go into battle. He said excitedly: "Commander, if we can burn their food and grass, wouldn't it be a great achievement?"
Looking at the childish young man, Li Yuan shook his head and said solemnly: "We are just creating chaos on this trip, and we do not expect to destroy all the food and grass. Take a look, this rear camp is obviously prepared. The food and grass are piled up. The piles were divided into dozens of places, separated by ditches around them, and each pile was next to the sergeant's tent.
Whenever there is a fire, they can quickly isolate the fire and quickly mobilize troops to resist the invading enemy... This night attack depends on fate! "
The generals around them looked in the direction of Li Yuan's finger, and they saw that the stacks placed independently were indeed isolated from each other. There was a long and narrow dark ditch in the middle, and there were rows of soldiers' tents around them. Indeed, as the governor said, the Han army did have a set of preventive measures. In the past six months, the Han army had been able to win many battles. How could its general be mediocre?
"Everyone, are you ready?" Li Yuan said to several generals in the shadows.
"Please give the order, Grand Governor!"
Li Yuan nodded and said: "In a moment, I will only bring five hundred sergeants with me, and the rest will draw their bows and stand by! Remember, you don't need to be stingy with kerosene, just create a great momentum, but when you see the signal from this governor, you will act as planned immediately! If When the governor retreats, the Han army chases him. Don't fight forcefully. We can just retreat into the mountains and forests. Don't forget to plant more flags here!"
"General, I obey!" all the generals responded in unison.
Li Yuan led Wang Jingguo and other 500 personal guards over the rocks first and walked quickly through the forest. Only a moment later, they appeared at the edge of the forest. This place is about a few hundred steps away from the Han army's rear camp, and there is an open hillside grassland in the middle. The large and small tree stumps left here are naturally left by the trees cut down by the Han army when they set up camp.
Originally, the edge of the forest was only a few hundred steps away from the Han army's camp. After a large number of trees were cut down, Li Yuan had to lead everyone along the areas where the trees were still sheltering, hiding themselves and making circuitous detours. The distance naturally became further. After all, approaching in an open area on the hillside with such swagger, I am afraid that I will immediately become a living target for the Han soldiers.
Not long after, everyone finally rushed to a corner of the Han army's rear camp, and there happened to be a gap here. Dozens of large and small rocks protruded from the ground, making it impossible to erect a wooden wall here, and the Han army The army also knew how to adapt, so they erected high fences on both sides of the rocky beach.
But even if the rocky terrain is difficult to navigate, in Li Yuan's opinion, the physical work of climbing up is always better than the big noise of dismantling the wooden wall fence. The so-called best breakthrough point is undoubtedly here.
He led more than 500 personal guards to lurk in the darkness. After looking around for a moment, Li Yuan took a strong bow from the personal guards and took out a rocket with a blazing arrow. Then Shen Li raised his hand. The bow was fired fiercely towards the sky.
With a "buzz" sound, meteors suddenly appeared from the ground and pierced the night sky. Within a few breaths of the sharp sound, a deafening shout of death was heard from the high mountain forest behind him, resounding throughout the entire mountain. The surrounding nocturnal birds flew up one after another, frightened by the sudden cry of killing and flying into the night sky.
Accompanied by the cry of killing that resounded through the night sky, fiery red flame tracks were drawn in the sky above the hillside, flying hundreds of steps and falling into the Han army's camp. Those were the rockets fired by more than 4,000 Wu Ping sergeants on the hillside from their ballistae.
The arrows of each long crossbow arrow are not only soaked in fire oil, but also tied with a spare oil bag, hoping that after landing, the strong impact force will smash the fire oil bag and ignite a pool of fiercely burning flames. .
Continuous rockets fell fiercely into the Han army's rear camp like a meteor shower. Soon more than a hundred fires were lit in the Han army's rear camp, even if some of the rockets just hit the ground and ignited some weeds. That's all, but as long as it hits the tent or the pile of grain, it will be out of control...
