Tonight, when he learned that tens of thousands of Tang troops attacked the rear camp, Shao Tingjuan was very puzzled. Then why is Tang Army coach Li Yuan so bold? How dare the Communist Party to send out all its troops to launch a surprise attack with only so few troops? Do all famous generals fight like this? It really doesn’t follow common sense...
In any case, since the Tang army's troops were all used in the rear camp, his front camp should be safe and sound.
However, after careful consideration, Shao Tingxuan finally ordered to withdraw all the three thousand soldiers who were stationed outside the camp to patrol the perimeter.
Just because in addition to Li Yuan's more than 10,000 troops, Shao Tingxuan suddenly remembered the situation when he was attacked by the Tang Army's Qingqi when he was in Tanzhou. Although he had not been attacked by the elusive Qingqi recently, who can guarantee that Li Yuan will not do it again? How to arrange such a surprise army?
Then Shao Tingxuan sent an order to all the three thousand soldiers who had withdrawn to the camp to huddle around the tents for defense and never give the Tang army any chance of a sneak attack. Coincidentally, at the same time that Shao Tingxuan issued the order, Xie Gui happened to send someone here. After making a report, the visitor asked the front camp troops to shrink and strengthen their vigilance.
Shao Tingzhen sneered secretly in his heart, "Xie Gui, do you think we don't understand anything?" We have already done this.
However, the retreating figure of three thousand Han troops in the front camp caught the eyes of the Wuping Army scouts. A few hours ago, they had been hiding in the trees under the leaves in the forest to monitor secretly, and they had been waiting for this moment. When the three thousand Han troops gave up patrolling and retreated, the scouts were overjoyed and immediately sent the news to the rear.
After hearing the scout's eager report, Zhu Kuangcong, who had been waiting anxiously for a long time, finally breathed a sigh of relief. The governor was worthy of being a governor. It seemed that the rear camp had made quite a stir. The Han troops in the front camp had indeed withdrawn to defend!
Zhu Kuangcong immediately issued the order. A moment later, the leaves in the mountain forest five miles west of the Han army's front camp suddenly swayed gently, and dozens of long-awaited carts advanced quietly under the moonlight.
The team moved forward very slowly, trying not to make any noise. There are more than a thousand crossbowmen on both sides of the Han army in a dispersed formation, slowly approaching the front camp of the Han army. They are responsible for monitoring the movements of the Han army at any time, so as to prevent them from being discovered by the Han army and be able to stop them with bows and arrows in time. . Not long after, all the carts slowly stopped more than 500 steps away from the Han army's front camp.
Zhu Kuangcong raised his eyes and looked at the light in the distance, and immediately ordered in a low voice: "Quick! Assemble quickly and move gently!"
The hundreds of warriors who came with the car immediately took action. In order to avoid making any noise, they all took off their boots and stepped barefoot on the ground. In order to cover up the sound of the trebuchet being assembled, all parts that needed to be hammered and tamped were padded with animal skins for cushioning, and all the heavy hammers were carefully wrapped with a layer of cotton to make the sound as dull as possible. , to avoid being too harsh.
The Han army outside the camp knew nothing. They had no idea that five hundred steps away in the darkness, hundreds of Wuping sergeants were busy assembling a trebuchet, a powerful weapon.
"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
Even if some sergeants knew what a trebuchet was, they could never imagine how terrifying the power of the trebuchet improved by Li Yuan was. The first test firing distance was able to reach 390 steps, and now after many adjustments, it can reach more than 500 steps, which is obviously beyond their knowledge.
Moreover, there was a lot of noise in the camp at the moment. The talk about the rear camp being attacked by the Tang army had already covered the ears of the Han soldiers. There were even sergeants mobilizing their queues. All kinds of sounds were enough to cover their hearing, so that they suddenly heard some things. The faint strange sounds paid no heed.
Of course, there were still scouts during this process, and they vaguely heard the sound of some mortise and tenon hammering, but they subconsciously thought it was the sound made by the fellow sergeants beside them reinforcing the tent. After just a brief glance, they turned their attention again. Concentrated on the fighting in the rear camp...
In this way, five hundred steps away from the front camp of the Han army, under the noses of a large number of Han army soldiers, thirty trebuchets were successfully assembled, and soon they were lined up on the ground.
The nightmare starts from now on.
All thirty trebuchets were in place, the tall throwing arm was slowly pulled down, and stone bullets weighing one hundred kilograms were neatly put into the throwing basket. The warriors adjusted the direction and aimed at The Han army's siege equipment was densely arranged in the front camp.
Zhu Kuangcong waved his big hand and gave orders. Thirty heavy stone bullets immediately rose into the air and were thrown high and far. The siege vehicles and bed crossbows that were the targets were already large in size, and the Han army's chief general Xie Guibang After doing a lot of work, all the equipment was parked densely, so that the Wuping Army's trebuchets did not need to be accurately aimed to hit and kill.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!", the sky-shaking explosions sounded one after another, and stone bullets continued to bloom in the front camp of the Han army. How could the wooden rams and crossbows withstand such horrific bombings?
Not only did the explosion cause sawdust and soil to fly, but the ground with a radius of about ten feet was directly exploded and dented. The gravel and sand thrown up by the impact rippled around, and the air wave knocked over all the surrounding vehicles that had not been hit. Seven Lingbaluo is miserable.
Seeing that the plan was going well, Zhu Kuangcong took a deep breath as if relieved. It had to be said that tonight's sneak attack made all the generals very nervous. The Grand Governor Li Yuan used the strategy of joining the army to attack the east and attack the west. He ordered five thousand soldiers and horses to circle the hillside of the Han army's rear camp and harass them in order to attract the attention of the entire Han army's camp. This plan itself was an adventure.
Regardless of the combat effectiveness of the sergeants in the rear camp of the Han army, if the opponent's powerful generals dare to choose to leave the camp and attack the hillside immediately, Li Yuan may have to lead his army back to the mountains and forests before the attack. After all, he only brought a mere five thousand soldiers. How can men and horses really fight against the Han army?
On the other hand, after the Han army's front battalion sergeants retreated to defend as planned, the use of thirty trebuchets to approach and bombard was also an unexpected move. This is obviously the boldness of an expert. Not to mention the range of these trebuchets, no one expected that the Wuping Army would adopt such a bold attack method and dare to push the heavy siege equipment to the front camp of the Han Army only a few meters away. A hundred steps.
Once the Han army, which was monitoring the soldiers and horses cruising outside the camp, did not retreat, but instead stepped up the patrol, tonight's plan would be completely miscalculated. But before Li Yuan set off, he firmly said to Zhu Kuangcong, who was worried, that as the saying goes, it is up to people to make things happen, and it is up to heaven to make things happen. Wuping's army must have God's care...
Zhu Kuang never believed in such words that were obviously words of comfort and encouragement, but these words came from the mouth of Li Yuan, the famous general in the world, and he had to believe them.
What is a famous general? In addition to their ability to lead troops and unexpected calculations, their luck is always much better than that of ordinary people. This is the so-called divine care. There have been countless generals since ancient times, but at the critical moment, they just lacked a little bit of luck. Some people became famous in one battle, while others failed miserably.
As for Li Yuan, after counting all the major and minor wars that this 21-year-old governor has participated in since last year, who dares to say that he is unlucky? What's more, the anecdotes that Li Yuan is a "god man" have spread in Langzhou City for more than a day...
Of course, if the Han army commander is also a lucky man, then Zhu Kuangcong will admit defeat. With military orders, he will just fight hard and fight hard. As for personal life and death, when it comes to a critical moment, he Zhu Kuangcong But I will never be timid...
