My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 59 Crazy Night
There are no stars or moon in the early spring night, and the rolling foothills in the distance are reflected eerily in people's eyes.

A few desolate wolf howls occasionally sounded in the distance.

Su Chen took the drink from Dian Wei next to him and took a swig to drive away the chill in his body. He turned his head and saw Guo Jia staring at the wine bag in his hand. He smiled and was about to hand it over.

Guo Jia reached out to take it, but Dian Wei coughed and reminded him. Su Chen retracted his hand, returned the wine bag to Dian Wei, and said with a smile:

"It's better not to drink the sacrificial wine, or you will die young!"

Dian Wei also nodded: "Shizhong Xun said so."

"You two!" Guo Jia pointed at Su Chen and Dian Wei who were singing in harmony, but there was nothing he could do about them.He had to turn his face away and talk about the war to cover up his embarrassment.

"At this moment, the governor of Huaizhou should be called for help to rescue people. Once the troops are divided, Lu Bu and Wen Yuan will have the opportunity to give them a fatal blow. Once the food and grass are burned and there is no supply, they can only retreat. This journey will be relieved. .As for Qizhou, haha..."

Guo Jia chuckled.

"Without the long-distance response and heavy losses, morale will definitely be at the bottom, and we can no longer fight. Two of the three armies were cut off. The governor of Rongzhou heard that he had an old relationship with the father of Changsheng. Knowing that the soldiers and horses of the two states had retreated, he naturally followed the trend. Soldiers."

Su Chen followed his words and kept analyzing and comparing in his mind. No wonder Cao Cao cherished talented people. With these people around him, he would save trouble and effort.

"Chang Sheng, this matter is not over yet. The most difficult thing is the soldiers and horses of the Yan Kingdom. After this battle, you only have a little time to recover. Jia recommends recruiting these surrender troops!"

Guo Jia said with a serious face.

……

The night wind blew for dozens of miles.

To the southeast of Ji County, the troops stationed lit up bonfires with speckled lights.The soldiers remained vigilant and sat around the fire to keep warm. The archers on the sentry tower kept scanning the field.

When it was time to go to bed, Jiang Fengyi, the governor of Huaizhou, did not take off his armor. He sat in the tent and flipped through a military book written by his predecessors. His mind had long drifted to the distant place. Since the two generals under his command had ten thousand soldiers and horses, After leaving, he never felt at ease.

Always feel that something is not right.

"I wish I was overthinking it," he murmured, looking at the oil lamp.

At the same time, in the dark wilderness, groups of cavalry dismounted, holding the reins and walking quietly, bypassing the military camp that accommodated more than 2 people, and headed to the rear.

As soon as this group of Huaizhou soldiers and horses entered Ji County, the cavalry scouts had already targeted them. Now they were going to the most important place for Huaizhou soldiers and horses: the baggage camp.

A few miles away, between the two hills, one could see the bright fire in the dark night.

The faint light of fire caught the eye, and the quietly moving cavalry began to mount their horses and line up.

While the cloak was stroking, Lu Bu held up his halberd and stroked the restless Qianli horse. He narrowed his eyes and looked at the figures walking around in the camp in the distance. "Who are you looking down on with so few soldiers and horses?"

He raised his hand, and the hoofs of the horses behind him pressed through the low-lying grass and sank into the soil. The marching cavalry team spread forward silently, rows of horse heads breathing heavily and pawing their hooves uneasily.

Zhang Liao was dressed in thick black scale armor and wore a long white single-sleeved robe on his left sleeve. He immediately stepped forward and looked at the camp in front of him with Lu Bu. He slowly lowered the yellow dragon hook sickle in his hand and hung it on the ground, speaking in a relaxed tone.

"Fengxian, should we use the old method?"

"Haha, I'll break the formation, Wen Yuan will lead the army to fight!" Lu Bu pulled out a red scarf and wrapped the halberd shaft and his right palm together.His voice was soft: "Let's go."

The horse's hooves took a step slowly, and in the next moment, the red horse stirred up the mud and galloped out. One after another, the cavalry in full gear lit torches and galloped behind.

On the other side, the yellow gelding slowly moved its hooves. Zhang Liao looked at the figure rushing towards the camp with a faint smile on his face. He did not talk about his own affairs after Lu Bu's death, let alone Xiaoyaojin.

Because there is no need at all. Being able to be together again is better than anything else.

Zhang Liao urged his horses forward, and the five hundred cavalrymen behind him followed suit and raised their spears.

He opened his mouth and whispered the simple words.

"kill!"

Murderous aura filled the air from the words, and the faint voice seemed to contain thousands of corpses.

Soon the earth woke up from the dark night. One thousand one hundred cavalrymen were divided into two groups, front and rear. The densely packed fields undulated and advanced. Their churning iron hoofs dug into the soil. When they stepped out, they brought up mud debris and made a deafening sound of horse hooves.

Rumbling, the ground trembled slightly.

Surrounding the dark Zizhong camp, a sentry lurked in the wilderness, lying on the ground listening. The sudden vibration of the ground made him raise his face, and the light of a torch continued in his eyes.

"Night attack..." the spy murmured, running back crazily, pulling out a noisy arrow, and buckling the bowstring. Before he could shoot into the night sky, a whistling sound followed closely, and he immediately felt a sharp pain in his vest.

A feather arrow was nailed straight into his back, and the huge force penetrated his chest. He pushed the body forward two feet with all his remaining strength.

The red horse was galloping. Lu Bu hung his bow and arrow in his left hand on the horse. There were many scouts running in his eyes.

But all he could see was the closed camp door.

The sounding arrows still shot into the night sky from the hands of the scouts. The archer on the sentry tower looked at the undulating sea of ​​​​fire on the field and spread rapidly towards this direction. With a panicked expression on his face, he turned around and shouted to the hysterical voices in the camp: "Cavalry! The enemy! Attack——"

A high-pitched and frightened voice came. In the military camp, the resting soldiers hurriedly picked up their weapons and stood up. Some people lay on the ground and listened to the noise. Most people had panic on their faces. Noisy and shouting sounds hurriedly sounded. , the general who was resting in the tent put on his armor and rushed out of the tent to issue the order to resist. Some people stepped forward to form a formation, and some ran to the camp gate and joined forces with their fellow guards over there to push against the doorpost.

The camp was in chaos, with figures running around in panic in the camp.

"Secure the gate!" someone shouted.

"Form up! Don't mess up, follow me -"

On the sentry tower, the archers drew their bows and nocked arrows. They nervously looked at the cavalry getting closer and raised their arms.

rumbling...

The iron hoofs seemed to shatter the ground, and the roar they caused made the earth tremble. With his red cloak fluttering, Lu Bu drew his bow again and aimed an arrow at the figure on the arrow tower. The archer screamed and fell to the ground.

A group of Huaizhou soldiers who came forward to form a formation were trembling and holding their spears. They saw their comrades on the archery tower hit by arrows and fell to the ground. Some of them tried to escape and left the formation, but were beheaded by the general supervising the battle. The fierce men raised their swords and shouted: "This is The baggage and rear camp must not be lost! All the men will do their best to resist the enemy!"

At the end of his field of vision, in front of the stretching sea of ​​fire, a figure like a red cloud rushed towards him.

"Hold the gate!"

The roaring sound of horse hoofs shook the air, "Hurry up and hold on -" The Huaizhou soldiers near the camp gate bravely hugged the doorpost. More than a dozen people were shouting. The panicked soldiers kicked the ground and struggled to hold the camp gate tightly. withstand.

In the flickers of fire, figures with fiery red horses, painted halberds, and golden crowns galloped forward, and Lu Bu grinned and let out a sigh of relief.

Fifty steps!
Hold the halberd tightly!

Ten steps!The halberd was raised suddenly, Lu Bu urged the horse to speed up again, the look of ferocity on his face became even more fierce.

"Ahhhh!!" The soldiers holding the camp gate widened their eyes, opened their mouths and shouted in fear.

A Huaizhou Army primary school commander was still shouting: "Push hard..."

The oncoming cavalry closed the distance instantly.

The moment the rumbling horse's hooves stepped into the camp gate, Fang Tian's painted halberd whipped out a big circle from the horse's back, slamming into the huge camp gate. The gate shook, and the more than ten soldiers who were standing against the gate were shaken back. , the last few people flew out even more, and then there was a huge cracking sound. In the sight of the surrounding soldiers, the camp door shattered and flew horizontally, and the comrades who arrived at the door also flew horizontally, and the fiery red figure Without any pause, he stepped over the person's body and rushed in.

Above the collapsed camp gate, more than a thousand black horsemen swarmed in like a long dragon, stepping on debris, sawdust, and human bodies. Following Lu Bu, who was charging ahead, they spread into the camp and threw the torches they held in their hands. They fell into tents, carriages, and grain bags and were all set on fire.

Flames lit up the military camp, and black smoke rose into the sky.

The next moment, more cavalry followed Zhang Liao into the camp with long spears. The weapons collided with each other and made a sound. The weapons penetrated the flesh and flesh and rubbed against the armor. The blood and sparks that burst out continued to flicker and splash. , the spears stabbed like a forest, and the figure wearing scale armor and a one-sleeved robe rushed out of the cavalry team at lightning speed, with a hook and sickle, knocking a forest of spears topsy turvy.

"How dare you stop me——"

Zhang Liao's voice roared violently, and the horse's hooves stepped down heavily, trampling over a screaming body. He exerted force with his arms, and with a loud bang, a school captain was slashed backwards from the horse's back.

He reined in his horse and turned his head, looking at the camp guard who was mounting his horse in front of the tent, his eyes filled with murderous intent.

The latter shivered directly on horseback.

……

In the camp where the Huaizhou Army was stationed, Jiang Fengyi held the scroll and propped up his chin, his head dozing off little by little, and he vaguely heard the chaotic noise outside the tent.

The curtain was suddenly opened, and a general strode in, "Provincial Governor, it's not good, the rear camp has been burned!"

The sleepy figure was so startled that his palms moved away from his chin, and he almost hit the table. When he heard the general repeating something, he was frightened out of sleep. He stood up quickly, pushed away the opponent, and rushed outside the tent. The soldiers in the camp were running around in panic or in a daze. Standing there looking east.

The night in the east was bright red by the firelight.

"You guys, go to the rescue!" The governor of Huaizhou stamped his feet and shouted angrily. He was so anxious that tears almost fell from his eyes. He called to the remaining three generals, and two of them, Zhang You, Xu Zhen, and Xu Qinghu, quickly led their troops over.

The three of them did not move. Among them, Xu Qinghu's young general explained to the governor: "There is definitely no baggage left. If we send troops to rescue, we may be able to divert the tiger away from the mountain!"

The general named Zhang You also took a step forward and agreed with his hands: "Ask the governor, the enemy is in darkness and we are in the dark. It is important to defend the camp at this time, wait until dawn, and then worry about it!"

"I am the governor, or you are the governor! If we don't save them, what will my army eat?! There are still 3000 people over there, how many can be rescued! There are still more than [-] people in the camp here, no less than you two!"

Jiang Fengyi's face turned red, he cursed hysterically, and took out his identity as governor to press him over. Xu Qinghu and Zhang You could only nod, and each led 2000 people from their headquarters out of the camp and rushed to the rear camp where they were stationing food and crops.

At this moment, the fire was blazing into the sky, showing how powerful the fire was. You could vaguely see the raging flames from a mile or two away.

'Oh! Zhang You pulled the reins and stopped the horse. He raised his hand to stop the horse behind him, "There is a problem."

Xu Qinghu also raised his hand to stop the soldiers and horses from moving forward. He turned his head and glanced around the fields. The night wind blew slowly through the grass and trees in the field. In the rustling sound, there was an uneasy atmosphere spreading.

In the darkness, Lu Bu stroked his swaying horse's mane and dragged Fang Tian's painted halberd to the ground. "Wenyuan, let me kill again," he whispered.

The sound carried by the wind spread like ripples. There were still traces of blood and blackening on the armor of the surrounding cavalry. None of them spoke at this time. Zhang Liao, who was wearing black scales, immediately stepped forward with a human head tied under the horse's neck. Swinging, his voice was gentle: "This time, Liao will come first!"

Soon, horses' hooves clattered on the ground in the darkness. Zhang and Xu, who were guarding the field on vigilance, had their hairs standing on end. The moment they shouted: "Formation!", the sound of trembling horse hooves turned into rolling thunder in the field!
The weak firelight shone, and in the darkness, figures on horseback advanced, like a surging sea tide, crashing in a cone shape.

……

same moment.

Going into the mountains of Qingshan County, one could faintly hear fighting.The [-] soldiers and horses who rushed to the rescue were ambushed. The believers in ragged clothes and yellow scarves took advantage of the mountain and forest terrain to rush out of their hiding positions and pounce on the opponent desperately.

Two 300-strong yellow scarf warriors followed Zhang Liang, who was riding a horse and dancing with a spear, around the mountain, and crashed into the spot where the flag was standing.

boom!
The first spring thunder sounded in the night sky over the mountains.

Standing on the large bluestone protruding from the mountain forest, with his horns and beard fluttering, between his open palms, streaks of blue-white lightning flashed in the night sky from time to time.The brother beside him, a man named Zhang Bao, with disheveled hair, blew out a stream of black smoke from his mouth and flew towards the general who was directing the fight on the mountain road.

With his vision blocked, the general coughed and waved away the black smoke. Several yellow scarf warriors rushed towards him and crashed into the formation of guards. A war horse followed closely. Zhang Liang, above, jumped up from the horse's back with a spear in his hand. He stabbed the opponent with a swish.

Soon after, the team that asked for help from Qingshan County collapsed.

……

On the field.

The tumbling hooves of horses circled the wilderness on corpses.

A large number of Huaizhou soldiers were cut into two parts, and the ground was full of shot corpses. Generals Xu and Zhang, standing in the formation, watched an unknown number of cavalry surrounding them, and from time to time they shot at them with their bows and arrows. .

Although they also fought back, the advantage of the cavalry was their mobility. Most of the arrows they fired were lost in the darkness, or failed to keep up with the opponent's speed and fell on the ground.

The killing lasted for a moment. Zhang You suddenly inserted the steel knife in his hand into the ground, gritted his teeth and shouted: "Surrender——"

"Surrender!"

The general gave up resistance, and the surrounding soldiers also lowered their weapons and raised their hands towards the surrounding cavalry to indicate that they no longer had weapons.On the other side of the cut battlefield, Xu Qinghu closed his eyes and cursed: "Damn it!"

He also dropped the iron gun in his hand.

The Huaizhou soldiers shouted and put down their weapons one after another.After a moment, the second general saw a figure wearing a beast-faced head-swallowing chain armor riding over. Next to him was Zhang Liao, who was carrying a hook and sickle and wearing a scale-armored one-sleeved robe.

Soon after, Zhang and Xu rushed back to the military camp with the remaining soldiers. When they opened the camp gate, they suddenly counterattacked and killed the soldiers around the camp gate.

"Jiang Fengyi!!"

The two men galloped wildly through the camp, rushed to the middle tent, and shouted at the horrified figure: "You don't know the military, and you are putting me in danger. You will no longer accompany me today, and my two brothers have rebelled!"

In the wilderness, cavalry surged into the camp.

After several days of gathering, nearly [-] soldiers and horses from the two states were overturned overnight.

One governor died in the rebellion, and another was captured.By dawn, the news had spread at an alarming speed.

The whole country of Dayan was shocked!

(End of this chapter)