Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law

Chapter 243 Night attack on Shiling County, breaking the barrier

April 22nd.

Under Chen Mo's continuous attack, he arrived at Luoqing Mountain.

It was night at this time. Due to the last ambush by Chen Mo's troops in Luoqing Mountain, General Guan, one of Liang Song's three generals, was shot and killed. Therefore, after that, Liang Song deliberately arranged for both sides of the mountain road in Luoqing Mountain. Scouts are selected from the best in the military.

It was a cool night in the mountains. The scout looked at the night sky, and with the help of a little moonlight, he took out a dry wheat cake from his arms and ate it with the water in the water bag.

"Da da."

The scout's ears perked up. Although he had just entered the rank of warrior not long ago, his ears and eyes were even better than those of a middle-rank warrior. He could hear the chirping of cicadas three hundred steps away, and he could see hundreds of steps in the dark. Liang Song saw that he was extremely talented and promoted him to the rank of squad leader among the scouts.

He put down the wheat cake and listened carefully. His expression suddenly changed. It was the sound of horse hooves or wrapped hooves.

He put a finger into his mouth and put it against his cheek, trying to imitate bird calls to alert his companions on the other side of the mountain.

"whoosh"

At this moment, a sound of breaking wind sounded, passing through the cover of several branches and leaves, and then passed through the weeds, penetrating into the center of his eyebrows.

His eyes widened, and the wheat cake fell from his hand. Before he died, he didn't even think about how he was discovered.

The scouts in Luoqing Mountain all respond at both ends. If something happens to the scouts at one end, the scouts at the other end can detect it instantly.

But when a scout discovered it, another feather arrow came through the air, passed through his chest, and fell to the ground without any breath.

"Da da."

Chen Mo rode his horse to the place where the enemy scout died, and got off his horse. It must be said that the system's power display, combined with this archery skill, was simply a magical skill.

He rummaged around on the scout's body and found a few pieces of wheat cakes, a small bag of soybeans, and some dried meat.

Chen Mo sat down on the spot, not caring about the body next to him. He took the dry wheat cake and chewed the water in the water bag.

This kind of food is dry food in the army. It is dry and hard, making it difficult to swallow. You have to bite hard.

This is a dry pancake cooked and pressed from wheat grains. It needs to be swallowed with water, otherwise it will definitely choke, but Chen Mo has already adapted to it.

After simply filling his stomach, Chen Mo fed soybeans to Xue Ling.

He can simply eat some, but the war horse cannot. Not only must the forage be fine, but soybeans and cornmeal must also be added to it, and the mixture must be properly mixed, so that the war horse raised in this way will not lose fat, have a strong physique, and can run fast.

After traveling for a day, after feeding Xue Ling, Chen Mo tied it to the side, lay down on the spot and squinted.

There are still dozens of miles to reach Shiling County. Now we can just wait for the army to arrive.

The marching speed of the army was much slower than him.

On the morning of April 24th, Shen Yong and Shen Wu arrived at Luoqing Mountain.

Thousands of soldiers stood erect on the spot. Sun Meng walked up to Chen Mo and talked about the marching situation in the past few days.

Chen Mo nodded and said immediately: "Send the order and let the army rest and recuperate. We will attack Shiling County tonight and we must capture this city in one fell swoop."

"promise."

……

At the same time, the city fell.

Outside the city, amid the rain of blood, corpses were strewn all over the ground. Some corpses had more than a dozen feather arrows inserted into them, just like hedgehogs.

"clang clang"

A crisp gong sounded from behind.

Ming Jin withdraws his troops.

The slightly sparse trap guards on the battlefield immediately stopped hesitating, nodded and retreated.

On the high platform of the rear barracks, soldiers fanned Zhang He. Cui Shuang, who was under the high platform, said: "Captain Zhang, it's almost time. According to Commander Chen's order, we should withdraw."

"No rush, wait for them to retreat, rest for a while and then retreat." Zhang He waved his hand.

Half an hour later.

On the city wall, Liang Song frowned slightly as he listened to the rumble of war drums outside the city, thinking that the other side was going to feint to attack the city again.

Shi Meng on the side said: "Sir, these flies are too annoying. I will see if I go out of the city and fight them decisively."

"No, if we really go out to fight in the city, we will let these thieves succeed. As long as our city is not lost, no matter what plot they use, it will be useless. The advantage lies with me." Liang Song said very cautiously.

Shi Meng was slightly disappointed.

But soon, Liang Song discovered something was wrong. The other party's drum had been beating for half a quarter of an hour. Why didn't he see the intruder?

After waiting for another half-quarter of an hour, when he saw that the drums had stopped and it was unusually quiet, Liang Song's face slightly condensed and he ordered: "Come here, send a scout out of the city to investigate."

There was no news about their scouts outside the city in the past few days. Liang Song knew that the scouts outside the city who fell off the horse were most likely captured or killed. He could only send scouts out from the city to investigate.

Soon, the scout came back and brought back news that surprised everyone.

The bandits retreated.

Liang Song frowned, and the uneasy feeling in his heart became stronger, but he didn't find anything wrong with it.

Shi Meng on the side smiled and said: "Sir, it's been a month. The bandit army can no longer hold on and has taken the initiative to withdraw."

But Liang Song felt that this matter was not that simple.

"Send a few more scouts out to see what the rebel army wants to do?"

"promise."

……

Night falls quietly.

A total of more than 6,000 soldiers from the two guards gathered outside Shiling Pass. In order to keep quiet, they all held a wooden stick in their mouths and wrapped cloth on their horses' hooves. They were quietly waiting for Chen Mo's order.

An hour passed.

The moon is dark and the stars are sparse. This is the time when people are most troubled.

Chen Mo, who went to Shiling County to investigate alone, retreated and issued a military order: "Attack!"

The brave and brave military guards are Chen Mo's real headquarters sergeants. They are equipped with the best equipment in the entire army. "Tap."

The low sound of marching sounded softly in the darkness. In front were more than two thousand light soldiers wearing armor and holding long spears, escorting the ladders.

Among them were more than 200 brave guards holding divine arm crossbows. Chen Mo led more than 500 personal soldiers, followed closely by Xia Zhining and Sun Meng.

More than 6,000 soldiers of the two guards hid in the darkness, like a lynx twirling its hands and feet, slowly moving towards Shiling Pass entrenched among the mountains.

……

Shiling Pass is the frontier pass in Shiling County. Because the entrance is very small, as long as you guard on both sides, you can achieve the goal of one man blocking the pass and ten thousand others not being able to open it.

Therefore, even if Liang Song took away 5,000 troops, leaving only about 4,000 troops in Shiling County, with the help of this pass, he would still have the confidence to defend.

Those who stayed in Shiling County were all Liang Song's elite, and the guards were extremely vigilant. There were nearly a thousand sergeants on duty every night.

On top of the wall, a bonfire stood every few steps. The raging flames illuminated the wall as bright as day. Under the bright firelight, Yuzhou soldiers wearing iron armor stood solemnly on the wall. At the crenel, he was vigilantly observing the situation outside the wall.

The gong is hung on the wall of the pass, and there is a soldier on duty at all times. If there is any movement, the sound of the gong can be heard throughout Shiling Pass in an instant. The Yuzhou army resting in the county will immediately wake up and come out for reinforcements.

"call"

The wind in the mountains and forests was very strong at night. It was so strong that it blew out one of the bonfires on the wall. The other bonfires were also shaky, suppressing the firelight a lot.

When the wind subsided a bit and a centurion lit the extinguished bonfire, a large group of people suddenly appeared on the plain outside the pass, which was supposed to be empty, like dark soldiers emerging from the ground.

The centurion was startled.

The soldier watching the gong next to him raised his hand to strike the gong.

"Whoosh!"

The sound of breaking through the air appeared behind the soldier, and in an instant, an arrow shot into the soldier's back and pierced through the chest.

"Enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack!"

shouted the centurion, stooping and running over to ring the gong.

"When-when-when"

The crisp sound of the gong spread throughout Shiling Pass in an instant.

The moment the gong sounded, a series of shocking shouts of killing also reached the ears of the Yuzhou Army.

The two guards spit out the wooden sticks in their mouths and shouted in unison: "Kill!"

The next moment, under the cover of the divine arm crossbow, ladders were set up on the wall.

The siege vehicles were pushed from the rear army to the center army, then to the front army, and finally pushed up.

"Kill me!"

The county seat of Shiling County.

Qin Lang had just taken off his armor, and his own soldiers brought hot water for Qin Lang to wash up. Qin Lang wrung out the towel in the water and said, "Aren't there any scouts to report yet?"

These days, none of the scouts at the front have come in to report the news.

According to the rules of the Yuzhou Army, scouts in teams of two must come back every two days to report whether they find anything wrong or not, but now three or four days have passed.

The soldier shook his head.

Qin Lang wiped his face and said immediately: "Send someone out to check and make sure nothing happens."

"promise."

As soon as the soldiers left, the gong sounded outside.

Another soldier hurried over and said: "General, it's bad, the enemy is attacking!"

"what?"

Qin Lang changed his mind and cursed the scouts in his heart. The enemy was in his face, but no one came back to report. He hurriedly said: "Wake up all the soldiers and go to guard the pass. Don't let the enemy troops come in.

Young Master, quickly send someone to inform the Lord. "

"promise."

Screams came from the ladder, and the arrows rolled down the ladder with the injured brave guards, and smashed down the wall with the soldiers under them.

The arrows from under the wall shot away, temporarily suppressing the archers of the Yuzhou Army who had suppressed the surrounding wall stacks.

With a "bang", Chen Mo held the battering ram and hit it three times, breaking through the door in one fell swoop. The Thousand Gold Gate behind the door fell to the ground with a bang, creating a puff of dust and smoke.

"The barrier is broken."

"kill!"

"Wan Sheng!"

The soldiers followed Chen Mo and shouted loudly, then charged into Shiling Pass with great momentum.

When Qin Lang arrived with reinforcements, he saw that the gate was broken and the bandit army came in, shouting victory.

"Form up! Meet the enemy!" Qin Lang suppressed the panic in his heart and ordered immediately.

"Where are the soldiers?" Chen Mo shouted.

"exist!"

"exist!"

"exist!"

More than five hundred soldiers shouted in unison.

"Come into battle with me!!!"

"Kill!"

(End of this chapter)