Everyone was used to Nie Chen's cheeky way of making jokes from time to time. No one thought he was immoral. On the contrary, they all found it easy to be with Nie Chen, the master.
This is the difference between Nie Chen and other lords.
For other lords, their thoughts and classes are solidified. No matter how good the relationship between the lord and his subordinates is, it is impossible for them to joke unscrupulously. They must be polite when meeting, listen to the lord in everything, and have absolute respect for superiors and inferiors. Those subordinates are companions of the emperor. Like accompanying a tiger.
But Nie Chen is different. He is a modern man, and he upholds the concept of equality for everyone.
In his opinion, whether he is a lord or a military advisor, general or scribe, it is just a difference in position. At best, it is the difference between a boss and an employee. From the bottom of his heart, he does not care about superiority and inferiority.
It is precisely because of his unique affinity that people are willing to get along with him and be loyal to him.
The important factor that made Nie Chen rise was not how many weapons he made or how many good things he invented.
It's about his forward-thinking and open-mindedness as a modern man.
He makes people willing to be loyal to him regardless of their superiority, and his open-minded approach to knowing people well prevents him from being arbitrary. He also selects talents regardless of their origin, whether they are civilians or nobles, whether they are world-famous or unknown, as long as they have the ability. Nie Chen was willing to use him and dared to entrust him with important tasks.
They withdrew and stayed in the camp waiting for Ning Wushuang's army to arrive.
The spies of the Shadow Guard have been monitoring Ning Wushuang's army, and they send letters every day reporting the itinerary of Ning Wushuang's army.
What makes Nie Chen and others curious is that the parents of the Ning family have been away from Dongping County for many days. Even if King Anton is a fool, he should have noticed something is wrong. Why has Ning Wushuang not been deprived of his military power yet?
This is totally inconsistent with King Anton’s suspicious character.
Little did they know that King Anton had issued the order that day, but Qian Dafu, as the supervisor of the army, suppressed the message and decided to take another look at Ning Wushuang.
Finally, one evening ten days after Nie Chen and others arrived here, Ning Wushuang's army appeared within the scope of Hutou Mountain.
It was evening, and it was time to set up camp and rest. After observing the terrain, Ning Wushuang sent spies to observe the surroundings and chose this open space surrounded by mountains on three sides as a place to camp.
The spies rode up to Hutou Mountain. Looking around, they could see nothing but trees below, so they went straight back down the mountain to report.
In fact, it was because the trees in the valley were too dense, blocking the tents below. Even if there were some gaps, Nie Chen's army cut down the branches in advance to cover them.
It was getting dark, and Ning Wushuang had already set up camp, then buried the pot to make rice, and the smoke was rising.
After night, most of Ning Wushuang's army fell asleep, leaving only a small number of patrols and guards standing guard.
In the middle of the night, Nie Chen's army started to move, and by the moonlight, they broke out of camp. After leaving behind the materials and tents of the 20,000-strong army, the others dragged things and countless pieces of wood and rushed north around Hutou Mountain.
Soon, they arrived at the north of Ning Wushuang's camp. Nie Chen asked the entire army to set up the camp walls as quickly as possible to resist the enemy's attack.
The army went to set up camp. Nie Chen took a few generals, wrapped the horses' hooves with cloth, and arrived a few hundred meters in front of Ning Wushuang's camp. Looking up, he saw the soldiers guarding the camp opposite, sitting in front of the camp gate. Asleep on the ground.
No one would think that they would be attacked by the enemy here. Even the soldiers guarding them couldn't keep up their energy at all. It was so tiring in the middle of the night that they might as well sleep.
The soil on the grassland was soft and easy to dig. They prepared a lot of wood in advance. Hundreds of thousands of people started working together and quickly built the wall.
The wall of the village is very thick, one meter long. People can stand on the wall. It is also very long, and it surrounds the entire mountain col airtightly.
After the wall was erected, Nie Chen asked Liang Peng to come out with an army of 100,000 men. He, Lin Guang, Yue Dongwen, and Ma Niubai personally took the lead with 10,000 cavalry and charged towards Ning Wushuang's camp.
The remaining 40,000 people stayed in the camp to pitch tents.
After all, Nie Chen didn't expect to defeat Ning Wushuang's army this time and force him to surrender. He just hoped to burn Ning Wushuang's food and grass through this night attack and kill as many enemy soldiers as possible.
The cavalry and infantry charged together, and the sound and vibration of the 100,000 people running at full speed attracted the enemy's attention.
The two soldiers guarding the door were awakened. They stood up and looked around. They saw densely packed torches rushing towards them. They were so scared that they were scared to death. They rushed in and closed the door while shouting,
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Please come and meet the enemy!"
The two men closed the village gate as quickly as possible, and then went to get the door bolt to block the village gate. However, no matter how fast they were, they could not beat the galloping cavalry.
The power of the charge of ten thousand cavalry was so terrifying. Lin Guang and Yue Dongwen rode their horses and hit the gate of the wooden fence, and the soldiers inside were also knocked out.
After the cavalry rushed into the camp, they immediately threw the torches in their hands onto the tents.
A raging fire burned, and the shouts of killing and the sound of burning woke up most of the soldiers.
These soldiers shouted and rushed out of the camp, holding their swords and spears, and looked around in panic.
There were shouts of killing everywhere, and flames were burning everywhere. The camp inside was a mess, and it was not organized at all. There was no one to give overall command.
Nie Chen and others led the cavalry to charge left and right, cutting down enemy troops when they encountered them, and setting fire to tents when they encountered them.
"Let's go, follow me to capture Ning Wushuang, and take down the enemy camp in one go!"
Nie Chen shouted and rushed inside with everyone.
There were cavalry in front of him who could charge faster than him.
Suddenly, the horse of the cavalry in front screamed, and then there was a rumble of landing.
When Nie Chen saw the first few cavalrymen all fall down, he was shocked and shouted quickly,
"Stop charging! Stop charging!"
They looked up and saw that the middle part of the enemy camp was filled with chariots.
These chariots and planks were placed crookedly in the middle of the camp, like a Great Wall, blocking the way of the cavalry.
The enemy soldiers clamored and climbed onto the chariot one by one and jumped over, but the cavalry couldn't jump over.
In this era without cavalry, horse-drawn chariots are like tanks on the battlefield. There will be no shortage of chariots in any large army.
Coincidentally, it had not been long since Nie Chen raised his troops, and this was the first time he saw the chariots of the chariot soldiers.
