In order to avoid being discovered by the soldiers guarding the city, a rifle that looked like a fire stick was not held by the soldiers who sneaked into the city, but was hidden somewhere.
Therefore, another problem faced by the 50,000-strong army in the city is that they do not have any weapons in their hands.
This matter can only be figured out by themselves.
With bare hands, facing a number of well-equipped enemies equal to your own, and having to capture four city walls within an hour, it is not an easy task, even if it is a calculated and unintentional sneak attack.
Conventional methods have no effect here. The only thing that can be used is the deep night and the deliberate and unintentional strategies.
If they can be discovered by the other party a little later, these people will be more likely to succeed.
Ten thousand people cannot all be placed on the city wall, so there must be temporary camps scattered everywhere under the city wall.
These temporary garrison locations are the primary targets of the four captains of ten thousand.
About one kilometer inside the North City Gate, the houses here are scattered and the roads are crisscrossed. Not to mention at night, even in broad daylight, people who are not familiar with this place will get lost.
However, under the leadership of the ten thousand captain, the soldiers and horses along the way came to this place with familiarity. It seemed that they had done a lot of work before.
Just now, a few of the most skilled soldiers had already figured out the situation of the defenders on the city wall and the distribution of surrounding troops. Several places where the defenders were temporarily stationed had also formed a map in his mind. Incredibly clear map.
Four thousand people were either stationed on the city wall or traveling between the city wall and the garrison. These people had to be left until the end to deal with them. The other six thousand people were stationed in three places, not far from the city wall, to ensure that they could Support the defense on the city wall as quickly as possible.
It seems that these defenders did not send half of the defenders at once to guard the city wall, but very smartly chose to work in four shifts. Regardless of Yuan Shao's order, the commander of the city defender was definitely not stupid.
I don’t know which one of them is Yan Liangwen, Chou Zhang He and Gao Lan.
The captain watched the fire on the city wall quietly, and then quietly conveyed the order to his subordinates.
One pass to ten and one hundred to pass.
Soon, these 10,000 people were divided into two parts and took action separately.
One part followed the captain of thousands, and the other part was led by a captain of thousands and moved quickly towards the target.
The two temporary camps were not far from each other, and the torches inside continued to burn, illuminating the camp with bright lights.
Five thousand versus two thousand should not have any difficulty. After all, all the soldiers cannot stand still and wait in formation. They will not have armor and weapons in hand at all times before they discover these enemy troops who have sneaked into the city.
But the difficulty of such a raid is that it must be completed without being discovered by the opponent as much as possible. The requirements for mobility are simply outrageous.
It can even be said that whether a sneak attack can be successfully carried out within the four city gates will completely determine the direction of this war.
Five thousand people took advantage of the darkness and quietly came to the camp gate. Seeing the guards yawning, they felt a lot more at ease.
Several figures in night clothes, like civet cats shuttled on the roof, quietly came behind the sleepy soldiers, and then stood up suddenly.
After a few crunching sounds, the guarding soldiers didn't even have time to make a muffled sound, and just collapsed.
There must be other patrolling soldiers in the station.
After getting rid of these few who were standing guard, thousands of people quietly followed the footsteps of the pioneers in night clothes and lurked into the enemy's station.
There was no earth-shattering cry of killing, no clang of weapons clashing, and even the sound of footsteps was extremely small.
Hidden beneath the vague shouts of killing from the army outside the city, there was only the terrifying sound of broken neck bones.
Bang, bang, bang...
Finally, as the two teams found the place where the other side kept their swords, the seemingly endless and terrifying sound finally stopped.
Next came another voice.
It was the sound of a knife cutting into flesh.
Swish...poof...
Although this sound is not as terrifying as the sound of a broken neck bone, it is no less terrifying.
Every sound sounded, which meant that a resting soldier guarding the city would never wake up.
And often soldiers in a group would stay close together to avoid being heard by their fellow soldiers, so one sound often meant the death of several people.
In short, after about half an hour, the two temporary camps had been cleared by ten thousand people, and miraculously no clues were discovered by any enemy.
The lives of four thousand people were left here forever. After the people left the camp, only a dead silence was left. Paired with the crackling sound of burning torches, it seemed particularly desolate.
Ten thousand people gathered together again, targeting the only remaining garrison.
At this time, four thousand people already had the enemy's standard swords on their waists, but it was not enough for them.
The only remaining garrison in front of us was not much closer to the city wall, but what was terrible was that the soldiers in the garrison were changing defenses with the soldiers on the city wall at any time.
Not only that, there was a cauldron burning in the station, obviously burning kerosene.
It is more likely that all the soldiers in this station, at least most of them, were sober.
Just now it was 5,000 people versus 2,000 people, and now 10,000 people versus 2,000 people. It seems that the disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves is even greater, but for a sneak attack, the difficulty is several orders of magnitude higher.
However, the military order comes first, and even if there are no conditions, conditions must be created.
Fortunately, their main focus was on the city wall, and they didn't think they paid much attention to the enemies behind them.
The captain waved to the rear.
This time, more figures wearing night clothes stood up from behind and moved towards the front.
Just like before, the guards guarding the gate of the station were quickly eliminated, but this time, the captain chose to keep everyone calm and did not rush into a sneak attack.
The bodies of several guards whose necks were broken were also carried into the alleys and hidden.
After a while, four thousand soldiers wearing enemy armor came towards the garrison step by step from a distance.
The sound of armor clashing kept coming, and it seemed that the four thousand people in disguise had no intention of hiding their whereabouts.
But he walked very slowly.
They were holding torches, and it didn't look like they were changing defense, but rather like they were taking a walk.
The aboveboard movement of four thousand people obviously alarmed the soldiers stationed there.
However, after seeing each other wearing the same armor, their expressions relaxed, and they probably thought there were some new orders from Yuan Shao.
The one who came out to greet him was a commander from the station.
He cupped his fists and raised his hands to the leading captain and asked, "What's next..."
"The other city gates reported that the enemy troops are moving from the other three city gates to the north gate. The military advisor judged that the enemy is preparing to use the north gate as a breakthrough to attack. The general will come to support on the order of Duke Yuan!"
"I see, where is the tiger talisman, my lord?" the commander asked loudly.
The captain's heart skipped a beat, thinking that he had just put on the enemy's clothes, where did he get the tiger charm?
Time passed bit by bit, just a few seconds, but it seemed as long as a century.
Once the opponent discovers that these four thousand people do not have tiger talismans in their hands, they will naturally become suspicious, and the original plan of sneaking in safely will completely turn into a warning. At that time, they can only attack by force.
Just when he was stunned, the station guard who had just changed into enemy clothes suddenly pointed to his right and shouted: "Commander, look!"
On the west side of the city gate, a soaring fire shot into the sky, illuminating everyone's faces.
"What happened over there!?" the commander asked quickly.
However no one could answer his question.
At this time, at the end of the long street, the sound of a fast horse's hooves resounded in everyone's ears. A cavalryman rushed in front of everyone in a panic and fell off the horse. His body and face were all black. He looked like He just went through a tough battle.
"A large number of enemy troops were found in the west city gate. They are now fighting with us. There are so many enemy troops that the west gate can no longer hold on. Please support us!"
After saying this, he fainted without saying a word.
"This..." The commander was startled and turned to the commander: "Let me report to the general quickly!"
The captain was shocked and thought, what is going on? Is the west city gate exposed?
He walked up to the soldier who was covered in dirt and leaned down to check on him. Unexpectedly, he saw the hemp rope on the soldier's right arm.
It turned out to be one of our own.
The captain sighed inwardly, but did not expose the other party. He stood up again with a calm face.
After just a cup of tea, the soldiers and horses in the station had already gathered.
The commander said to the captain: "The general has an order. You and I can rush to the west gate to help. The general is here, that's enough!"
The captain nodded: "Without further delay, let's go quickly!"
Four thousand disguised enemy troops and two thousand real enemy troops were divided into two square formations one after another and ran quickly towards the west city gate.
After some distance from the North City Gate, the six thousand people entered the crisscrossing alleys again.
Suddenly, the four thousand people in front stopped uniformly, and the two thousand enemy troops in the rear had to stop as well.
The commander thought he had discovered enemy troops ahead, and quickly asked loudly: "What happened in front?"
Unexpectedly, the friendly troops in front suddenly turned around, and the two sides stood face to face.
The captain suddenly appeared in front of the commander, showed a smile, and said softly: "Kill them all."
The soldiers who had been prepared for a long time drew out the swords from their waists and charged at the enemy closest to them.
A long-planned attack and killing begins here!
