But in his heart, Liu Yu still felt that he could support Wang Mi's bold adventure plan.
Because after personally investigating the Jin army in the afternoon, Liu Yu discovered that the Jin army's camp by the Weishui River had been built on a large scale and looked relatively strong.
If the Jin army is determined not to attack and just defends its camp, if the Donglai army attacks by force, it may have to suffer a lot of losses or may not be able to attack.
Although Wang Mi's suggestion is risky, if a surprise attack can be launched in the early morning when the Jin army in the camp is unprepared, it can still greatly increase the probability of victory.
After Wang Mi explained the detailed plan again, Liu Yu was the first to clearly express his support.
With the support of Liu Yu and Wang Mi, the two biggest military leaders, this risky plan was accepted by everyone, but some changes were made to camp here tonight, wait until the early morning, and then set off early, arriving in Shanxi before dawn. military camp and then launch a surprise attack.
Liu Yu actually knew that this plan was full of loopholes. For example, before the Donglai Army arrived at the Jin Army's camp, the Jin Army's scouts found out and the Jin Army alerted them. The Donglai Army not only failed to achieve the purpose of the raid, but also lost all the soldiers. Rest time for most of the night.
Furthermore, if the soldiers of the Jin army are of high quality and the Jin army can immediately organize a counterattack when the Donglai army launches a surprise attack to steal the camp, all the previous efforts will be wasted.
According to Beihai County scouts who interrogated the prisoners, Liu Yu and the others already knew that Sima Luo, the governor of Qingzhou in Jin Dynasty, had sent general Liu Tun as the governor and general of the town army, and had ordered the recruitment of soldiers from Le'an, Qi, Jinan, and Dongguan. The soldiers and horses rushed to Linzi. If the Donglai rebels did not fight quickly, it would be more difficult to deal with Liu Tun's army after it was assembled.
Moreover, for the Jin army's strong camp, Liu Yu also had a trump card that Wang Mi and others didn't know about. As long as he could reach the Jin army's camp, he would be very sure to break through the Jin army's defense.
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By early morning, the Donglai Army had completed their reassembly and cooked and carried a day's worth of rations.
The personal guards of several military leaders were all sent to the front of the army to eliminate possible hidden sentries, scouts, etc.
When Liu Yu and Wang Mi arrived at the Jin army camp, the Jin army camp not far away was quiet. Except for a few vague sentries, there was no other movement.
"There are no secret sentries or scouts from the Beihai soldiers along this way." Wang Mi felt that the Jin army general opposite was extremely stupid.
In fact, the Jin army also arranged sentry scouts, but in the second half of the night, when it was almost dawn, it was the time when people were most sleepy. When a few scouts saw that dawn was still an hour away, they searched around the camp. Went to a secluded place to sleep.
After the whole army took a short rest, the Donglai army divided into two groups. One group was led by Wang Mi and raided the gate direction on the south side of the camp. The other group was led by Liu Yu and raided the north side of the camp. There was a camp wall and no gate.
Soon the two armies arrived at the predetermined attack position. By this time, the time had passed Yin hour, and there was already a light blue light in the sky.
Liu Yu led more than a hundred cavalrymen of the Northern Route Army, followed by 5,000 infantrymen carrying planks for paving trenches and long ladders for climbing. In the dim light, they rushed toward the Jin army camp ahead.
Liu Yu led a hundred cavalry and rushed to the place twenty steps below the wall.
At this time, the sentinels of the Jin Army also discovered the sudden appearance of the Donglai Army. A desolate horn sounded, and the dull horn broke the silence of the early morning.
At the same time, Liu Yu and others had dismounted and fired their bows. An arrow shot out of the air and shot down the Jin sentry who was blowing the horn from the high platform.
At this time, bursts of killing cries came from the south, and Wang Mi's side had also begun to attack the city.
The Jin troops in the camp were awakened from their sleep by the sudden sound of horns and shouts of death, and each one of them was in a hurry to find their weapons and armor.
Although Cui Meng, Huangfu Qin and Xue Yong had been away from battlefields like Guanzhong and Hexi for more than ten years, they still judged the current situation based on instinct.
The three people quickly led their soldiers to suppress the initial panic, and dispatched the soldiers closest to the camp wall to start organizing defenses. Xue Yong was in charge of the southern camp gate, Cui Meng was in charge of the northern camp wall, and Huangfu Qin was in charge of the organization and dispatch within the camp. Protect Pei Jun and Mr. Pei Mansion.
"Brother Huangfu, the thieves won't break in, right?" Pei Jun pulled Huangfu Qin's sleeve and asked with a pale face and trembling.
Pei Jun, the governor of Beihai, had previously felt that the Donglai bandits were completely different from high-class celebrities like him. He only needed to use one or two points of his celebrity talent to wipe out these ants.
But when the thieves arrived, Pei Jun's whole body began to tremble involuntarily.
The feeling of fear has made him forget to maintain his gentlemanly demeanor. Even for Huangfu Qin, a vulgar veteran who once looked down upon, Pei Jun would pull on his sleeve to find some sense of security.
"Don't worry, Mr. Fu, the thieves are just making a sneak attack. We have organized soldiers to defend. If the thieves didn't capture the camp gate with one blow, they have already lost more than half." Huangfu Qin began to comfort the young Beihai governor.
"However, at this time, the morale of the soldiers is not stable, and the general is daring, so I would like to ask the prince to comfort the soldiers before going into battle." Huangfu Qin felt that at this time, Pei Jun, as the commander-in-chief, should personally go to the front line to encourage the soldiers who were fighting.
"Huangfu Qin! My Sanlang is the son of a rich man. How can he go to the battle line and fight with those slaves?" An elderly follower of Pei Jun shouted angrily.
Pei Jun also expressed his unwillingness to go.
"There is no need for Fujun to go into battle. Fujun just needs to stay behind the battle and raise the flag." Huangfu Qin was not angry because he was scolded by the prefect's servants, but continued to persuade patiently, "Fujun can wear double robes." A, the last general will give instructions to all the officers and men on behalf of the governor."
With Huangfu Qin repeatedly emphasizing the importance of military morale in defending the camp, and repeatedly ensuring absolute safety, Pei Jun finally put on double armor, raised the flag of the commander-in-chief, and began to go to the front line in person to comfort the Jin soldiers.
Pei Jun and Huangfu Qin first went to the southern camp gate, where they had repelled the first wave of attacks by the Donglai bandits. After shouting a few words of rewards and wishes, they immediately aroused bursts of cheers from the Jin soldiers.
At this time, Wang Mi was organizing a second attack not far away. When he heard the cheers of the Jin army and saw the banner of the Jin army general raised high, he secretly thought: Pei Jun, a member of the Pei family in Hedong. It seems that the sons of the aristocratic family dare to go into battle in person, which seems to be a bit courageous. Then he must lead his men to work harder. When the camp is taken, he will see whether it is the bones of these sons of the aristocratic family that are stronger, or his own knife.
Pei Jun, accompanied by Huangfu Qin, soon arrived at the north of the camp. The Donglai bandits here also retreated after leaving twenty or thirty dead and wounded soldiers.
Guard Cui Meng saw Pei Jun's banner from a distance and quickly came down to greet him.
Huangfu Qin frowned slightly at Cui Meng's behavior of leaving the formation without permission, but since the two were equal, he couldn't say anything.
"Thanks to the prestige of the king, the sons and daughters have already beaten off the thieves." Cui Meng said with a flattering smile.
"It's ridiculous for thieves to attack with force and overestimate their capabilities." When Pei Jun saw himself appearing, the soldiers cheered for the three armies' sacrifice. Feeling that his noble demeanor was back, he began to laugh at the Donglai thieves who overestimated their capabilities.
"Well, the thief didn't climb the camp wall, but dug holes in the camp wall." Cui Meng said with some confusion.
"Dig a hole in the wall?" Pei Jun thought, does the thief want to dig a dog hole and get in?
"But a hole attack is required?" Huangfuqin said, but he quickly overturned his guess. This kind of simple camp is mostly made of wood and rammed earth, which is light in weight. It is not as heavy as the city wall. It can hollow out the foundation and destroy the city wall, and it has never been I have never heard that the hole attack is not from the ground, but from the wall.
"The general doesn't understand either, and after the thieves dug out the hole, they blocked it again with earth and rocks." Cui Meng's words made Pei Jun and Huangfu Qin even more confused.
Several people suddenly thought: This group of Donglai thieves in the north are not using some trick of gods and demons, right?
