Come to Lianghe River.
The heavy snow and low temperatures for several days have made the ice a little thicker.
Song Che tied the broken blades into skates and skated back and forth on the ice a few times in front of Ma Guocheng and other generals. Then he returned to the shore, pointed to the shoes under his feet and said:
"The secret of walking on thin ice without sinking lies in the shoes under my feet. If you can't do it, put on my shoes and try it yourself like I did just now."
"Then let me try!"
Ma Guocheng personally removed his armor and put on his skates. Following Song Che's method, he lowered his center of gravity and gradually slid. After sliding around for two times, he returned laughing and said, "It's really amazing. Add two blades to the soles of the shoes and your body will feel light when you slide on them. It's much easier than walking!"
Song Che said: "General Ma and I are both 140 to 50 kilograms in weight, and we can navigate on this glacier with ease. If we select a group of short and capable soldiers in the army, take off their armor and go into battle lightly, then Put on these 'skates', wouldn't it be possible to attack the enemy camp at night?"
"Mr. Song was able to escape among thousands of troops. I should have thought that he was not a common man!" Ma Guocheng knelt down on one knee, cupped his fists and apologized to Song Che: "I, Ma Guocheng, am a rough man. I just said something rude. Please don't take it to heart." "Sir, if you don't feel relieved, you can give me a whip!"
"General, please get up quickly." Song Che hurriedly helped Ma Guocheng up and said with a smile: "Honestly, if I were a guard general and a soldier wearing enemy armor suddenly appeared, I would be suspicious of him. From the standpoint of a general, Don't tell me you scolded me, even if you chop me down, it's not wrong."
Afterwards, Song Che and the generals returned to the camp to discuss and implement the night attack plan.
On the way back, I passed by Wengcheng Street and saw that the ground was full of hungry people, and I couldn't bear to look at the suffering in the world.
It's not that they don't want to escape, but that the Hu people are surrounding the city on three sides and blocked by glaciers, so they can't escape even if they want to.
Now that Song Che had brought the skates, they saw the hope of escape, so the next day, all the soldiers and civilians began to make skates.
After the night attack is successful tonight and the Hu soldiers are restrained, all the soldiers and civilians will unload their heavy objects and cross the Lianghe River lightly. If they dare to escape into Fengming Pass when the Hu soldiers react, these five thousand soldiers and civilians will have a chance of survival.
After deciding on the night attack plan, Ma Guocheng selected 500 slightly lighter soldiers from the army, with Song Che as the coach, and practiced skating on the Liang River.
After nightfall, Song Che was so sleepy that he chewed some hard dry food and fell asleep.
When he woke up, it was already midnight, and he and Ma Guocheng ordered five hundred elite soldiers to come to the Liang River.
The elite soldiers wore skates on their feet and ordinary boots hung around their necks. Each of them was only equipped with a knife and carried animal ointment and other fire starters.
"Commander Pang, you and the people were waiting by the river. When you saw the Hu camp was on fire, you called on all the residents to cross to the other side of the Liang River. Remember, don't be afraid of the cold. Take it easy if you can, and don't seek speed. Just be stable, and don’t cross the river in a group, lest the ice cannot bear it;
After crossing the Lianghe River, move to Fengming Pass quickly. You must be fast, otherwise when the Hu soldiers react, with their bridge-building speed and iron weapons, they will soon catch up with you! "
Before leaving, Song Che gave numerous warnings to military advisor Pang Wei.
Then without further delay, five hundred elite soldiers marched up the glacier in a triangular formation in the dark.
The reason why Song Che dared to plan this night attack was because he had grasped the psychology of the Hu people - no Hu people would have expected that a Wengcheng with only two thousand defenders would attack a camp ten times its size at night. They were still walking on a glacier that could burst at any time. In addition, they failed in today's siege and were busy reorganizing their armaments, so they naturally relaxed their vigilance.
The riverbed of Lianghe River is generally lower than the bank. If you walk on it with your body down, it will be difficult to see even under the cover of darkness, not to mention that you will not find any Hu military stations along the way.
Half an hour later.
The enemy's fire stood out in the darkness.
Song Che led everyone to carefully board the river bank, and then according to the pre-planned plan, everyone took off their skates, put on ordinary boots, and prepared igniting items.
"There is a hayyard on the east side of the military camp. There is no need to get too close, as long as the rocket can reach it... First column, second column, you go around from the left to the back of the hayyard, third column, fourth column you go directly I am lying in ambush on the left side, and the fifth column follows me to the right, where the barbarian camp is located. Since we are here tonight, we must let him bloom in many places;
After each team arrived at the designated position, they lay down in the snow, but when they saw the fire light up on the right side, everyone responded together, each fired three rockets, and then walked to the river after shooting, quickly changed into skates, and we went directly Do you understand everything about crossing the Liang River? "
"clear!"
"The action time is quarter of an hour, let's go!"
Five hundred soldiers quietly climbed onto the river bank and began to move to their respective areas of responsibility.
When they were a hundred steps closer to the military camp, they all lay down on the snow and crawled forward. When there were only fifty steps left, they had reached the range of the bow and arrow. Song Che raised his hand slightly to signal to stop advancing.
Looking at the Hu military camp, there was no movement except for the patrolling guards.
Song Che counted the time, and a quarter of an hour had arrived.
"ignition!"
Ma Guocheng took out a torch and lit five torches coated with animal fat. The archer already had his arrow on the string and quickly ignited the arrow!
"emission!"
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
After one row is shot, the second row fills in, the third row ignites, and the fourth row intersperses!
Five hundred people, each with three arrows, equal to fifteen hundred, shot into the enemy camp from different directions.
"There is an enemy attack!"
The rocket fell into the military camp, and the enemy in his sleep only realized it later. For a moment, the noise and fire ignited the night.
The rockets coated with animal fat easily ignited the hay, and the cold wind helped blow the flames in all directions. If one of the tightly packed tents in the rows was ignited, the other rows would not be spared.
Soon, a raging fire broke out in the military camp, especially in the direction of the forage yard, and the flames shot up into the sky.
Liang Jun's three rockets had also been fired. They no longer crawled to hide, but stood up and ran to the Liang River.
"There they are!"
What if the enemy sees them? The sudden fire left them with no time to put on their pants!
After a while, the Liang soldiers ran back to the Liang River, quickly changed their skates, and quickly skated towards the other side of the river.
When the pursuers organized by the military camp arrived, most of Liang's soldiers had crossed the Lianghe River.
"Go down and chase me!" The pursuers were furious and tried to pursue them on the glacier. However, the surface of the river was not only slippery but also fragile. They swarmed up and soon stepped out of the ice hole. The outcome can be imagined.
"Even if they build a floating bridge, it will take at least an hour or two. Let's run away quickly!"
Everyone started running towards Fengming Pass, which was forty miles away.
