Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 712
Under the night, Shen Mu and other two battalions of [-] armored riders stood silently behind the reeds in the shoal. The horses were all caged, and the men were also covered with masks. When they were silent and motionless, they looked like an iron wall protruding from the flat ground.

In order to transport their hundreds of heavy cavalry across hundreds of miles of enemy territory to this point while maintaining secrecy, the Huainan Army in Woshang was overstretched to the extreme.All the rangers were sent out, disturbing people's sight, fortifying the walls and clearing the fields.In the water camp, all the boats and servants that could be dispatched were dispatched while maintaining the rear transport capacity, and a considerable part of the Xuzhou Army's manpower was also borrowed.

In addition to these two battalions of [-] heavy cavalry, there are also an equal number of light cavalry led by Ying Dan at the rear.In addition to attacking the flanks, these light cavalry also serve as a reserve capacity when the battle is not going well and fails to break through the enemy's defense.In other words, if this raid is not successful and the enemy's operating force is supplemented, then these hundreds of light cavalry must be abandoned, so as to ensure that the heavy cavalry can leave the battle and return to the rear battalion in Wowan.

Shen Zhezi didn't underestimate the enemy just because he had a lot of small victories in the previous disturbance, so he invested in the Huainan Army's strongest field armored cavalry in this battle.However, if these armored cavalry were not here, the Huainan Army would also suffer a severe blow and would not be able to restore the organizational system in a short time, so this time was also a big gamble.

At this time, the front line has been dispatched, more than [-] elite infantry who are in charge of the first ascending battalion.According to the information delivered by Liu Di, the fort ahead is an outpost stationed by hundreds of scattered soldiers from Pei County.But more than ten miles away is a big fort garrisoned by the slave army.Shen Mu and the others needed to break through two forts in a row before they could enter the slave camp. Once the fire broke out, it would be a signal for the rest of the troops to attack.

But if the food and grass cannot be burned, it means that the raid has failed. Even if the ministries barely attack, it will be difficult to break through the fortresses everywhere, and there will be no big gains.

Liu Meng and other people who were in charge of pulling out the stronghold were prowling on the ground in the low reeds, with sharp blades in their mouths and backs of swords, and some had strong bows and crossbows on their shoulders.In order to make a quick decision, they have spent more than half an hour for the short distance of a few miles, and their physical strength is exhausted.

After many years of intensive training and combat, at Liu Meng's age, it is no longer possible to maintain peak physical strength. If it was in previous years, he should have retired long ago, and by the way, he will train the newest soldiers in the clan.However, as the master's family became more and more powerful, there was inevitably a shortage of personnel. Now that the master's side was replaced by young and brave men, Liu Meng simply joined the brigade and continued to serve.

But after all, he is not young anymore, when he attacked and killed Yixing Zhou's family enemies in previous years, he was able to climb over the dock wall and rush into the fierce battle after traveling for more than ten miles.But now, his shoulders were already sore and unbearable, so he could only stop and take a rest.When I caught up again, I had fallen from the front row to the last.

Moving forward, most soldiers stop here.In front of an open area, there is no shelter, more than half of the firewood is burned, and the bonfire is about to go out, but there is still light left.There is a sentry on the left. Two soldiers have fallen asleep lying on the railing, and the other is leaning on the wooden post and yawning again and again, but his sleepy eyes are still looking around.

The sentinel was still a little away from the bonfire, and the light was dim. Although the soldiers had bows and crossbows, they were not sure that they would hit a single blow, and they were thinking about countermeasures.Liu Mengxing came forward and pondered for a while, then untied his crossbow, and motioned for two soldiers to sneak to the edge of the reeds from the flanks.

Liu Meng held the crossbow in both arms, took aim for a while, and suddenly pulled the trigger, and the crossbow shot out of the string.All of a sudden, the body of the soldier on the sentry's watch was shocked, his hands covered his throat, and he was about to fall.The two soldiers in front rushed close to the ground, and the hook rope wrapped around their arms was suddenly thrown upwards, and then the two shadows rushed to the watchtower nearly ten feet high with the force of the rope.

At this moment, the pawn who was hit by the arrow fell to the ground. Hearing the sound of landing, the two soldiers in their sleep were awakened. Just when they opened their eyes, their vision was still blurred, and then it went dark again. Calloused hands strangled them. Throat, with a little force, the throat has been pinched!
The soldiers filed out and continued to sneak.At this time Liu Meng returned to the front again, pulled out two watchposts again, and the group went to the bottom of the wall.The camp located on the shoal slope is not that big, and the fence is less than one foot long. Due to neglect of repairs, some of the fence trees have even taken root and sprouted new branches, making it even more difficult to stop these soldiers.

At this point, there is no need to hold back any more, and the crowd should just pass by.Probably because he had too much confidence in the outside sentry, there were not even many patrolling soldiers in the village.But with so many people jumping in, the sound was by no means low. There were still light-sleeping soldiers who were awakened and poked their heads out of the barracks. Immediately after seeing hundreds of wolves and tigers attacking them, they were shocked. Shouted loudly: "Who..."

"Quick kill!"

Liu Meng raised his hand and shot an arrow, then retracted the crossbow and lifted the knife, the handle of the knife smashed against the dirt wall for a while to test, and then it fit and smashed through the thin wall.There were seven or eight sleeping soldiers in this barracks, they were all awakened by the loud noise, some stood up, some covered their faces and cursed.

But Liu Meng's movements were even faster, and the knife in his hand protruded like a poisonous snake. A blood hole suddenly appeared in the chest of a soldier in front of him, and then he raised the knife and dropped it.When he walked out, there was no one alive in the room.It was only within a few breaths between entering and exiting, and at this time some soldiers who entered together had not yet found their opponents, and looked at the blood-stained commander who was stunned and changed color.

The scale of this fort was not large, more than [-] soldiers rushed in, many of the guards lost their lives in their sleep, even if someone woke up and rushed out, they were all cut to pieces.If you don't count the stealth time, it took less than a quarter of an hour to pull out this camp.

After breaking through the camp, the soldiers did not slack off. Some collected the bows, knives, arrows and other weapons stored in the camp, and some picked the corpses of the slave soldiers out of the camp and threw them on the way. Firewood and other things are stacked inside and outside the wall of the village.After a quarter of an hour, all the busy work came to an end, and then a fire was raised high in the camp as a sign.

At this time, Shen Mu and the others who had been waiting for a long time got on their horses and followed the solid road protruded by the front line, wading through the shallows and reeds.Then it stopped at the downwind place and was not in a hurry to move forward.

The reaction of the slave soldiers in the distance was much quicker than expected. When Shen Mu and the others waded through the shallows and finished lining up, there was already the neighing of rangers in the night.

However, when the slave soldiers approached, they were first attracted by the conquered camp. They went around the camp and shot at the soldiers inside the camp for a while, and then sent a few cavalry back to warn them.

Several other slave soldiers who were still cruising here also found Shen Mu and other armored cavalry after they bypassed the camp. Shoot in the wild.

After a while, there were torches in the distance, people roared and horses neighed loudly, and as many war horses hooved and charged, the ground began to shake!
There is no moon in this night, and the light is mostly dim.As the slave soldiers came out of the camp, the camp that was conquered first was also full of flames, the light gathered here, and the rest was even darker.As a result, Shen Mu's armed forces were completely hidden in the darkness.

The fierce battle was imminent, Shen Mu's face was covered with iron armor, but he couldn't see his expression, but under the armor leaf, his lips were already moist and slightly dry.

Although there have been many victories before, the opponents in this battle are different. They are the elite Chinese army who attacked from all directions. Due to various reasons, the two sides did not actually confront each other head-on.Therefore, many generals, including Shen Mu, did not have an intuitive understanding and feeling about the combat effectiveness of the slave army.

Although there is no official battle yet, judging from the sound of the opponent mobilizing the battalion in the distance, this group of slave soldiers should not be underestimated.It was already midnight at this time, people were tired and horses were exhausted, and the attack was sudden, but the enemy was still able to organize a counterattack so quickly, and the sound of the impact was not chaotic.It is also conceivable that even if the Huainan army made a surprise attack on light cavalry, they might not be able to gain much advantage in the face of the elite Chinese army of slave masters.

At this time, Shen Mu was already worried, worried that Liu Meng and others might not be able to withstand the first round of attack from the slave soldiers even if they had a camp to rely on.In the earlier plan, Liu Meng and others had to draw out more than half of the slave soldiers before the heavy cavalry would attack.Now it seems that although they had already estimated the combat effectiveness of Jienu's army before the war, they were actually a bit overstated.

In the camp, Liu Meng also had a lot of anxiety in his heart.They had made a surprise attack so far, and it was difficult to carry too many weapons, so they planned to capture a slave camp to support the war, but they did not expect that the slave soldiers were so divided between Chinese and foreign soldiers.

The combat effectiveness of the slave soldiers in this camp is indeed weak, and the weapons used are even more rudimentary. The number of knives and guns collected is only a few hundred, and they are basically evenly distributed among the heads of the people.There are dozens of bad bows, and even some bows from rural households, the lethality is not enough to count on.That's all right, the Huainan Army itself carries strong bows and crossbows, but the problem is that they don't have many arrows.There are more than two hundred iron-cast arrows, and the rest are mostly native bamboo arrows, which are light and weightless, and even if they are fired with a strong bow, they will hardly break the armor!

No matter how good the tactics are, there are always changes before the battle. While the slave soldiers are still attacking, Liu Meng ordered the soldiers to pile up outside with their salaries, and at the same time broke all the spears into short spears.But the slave soldiers didn't give him too much time, and soon dozens of cavalry rushed into the field of vision.

"Eject!"

At this moment, it is difficult to stick to the original plan for a long time to defend and fight, so Liu Meng no longer spared any strength, and ordered the dozens of powerful crossbows carried by the army to stand in front of him. Most of the slave soldiers fell in response to the arrows, and the momentum was stopped.There were still a few slave soldiers remaining within the range of the fire, and they all quickly withdrew without leaving a second chance to shoot.

When they rushed forward, the torches of the slave soldiers were all extinguished, making it difficult to observe the enemy's formation.Fortunately, firewood was piled up outside earlier, at this time Liu Meng ordered people to ignite the firewood outside with bamboo arrows, the fire spread out in an instant, and the slave soldiers hidden in the night were also exposed.More than three hundred slave soldiers appeared in the field of vision, and the original sharp charge was stretching out to the two wings, ready to flank the ranger!
　One chapter will be released first, and there will be another chapter later. . .Why are you working so hard today?Because there is something to do tomorrow, it may not be more. . .

　　
　
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