Wanli 1592

Chapter 10 Night Attack
Xiao Ruxun nodded and said: "There should be nothing wrong with this, but the marching speed of the main force of the cavalry and infantry is different. The main force of the infantry needs two days, but the cavalry can arrive in less than a day. Father and son are very cunning. Don't treat it like a mob, the thieves probably don't know that our army is ready and closes the city gates. If they send cavalry and cavalry to attack suddenly, even if there are not many people, if our army is unprepared and the firearms are too late to fire, they will be killed by them. If the surprise attack is successful, there may be danger of breaking the city."

"The general is saying that the large army is a cover, the real trump card..." Zhao Hu showed a look of surprise: "It has already started, and the attack will be launched soon?"

"I heard that Qi Bai was good at riding. Back then, Wang Chonggu allowed Qi Qi to have [-] horsemen accompanying him. They marched extremely fast and could travel [-] miles day and night. They placed the main infantry on the west side and were deliberately detected by sentry cavalry. Pay attention to our army, let our army gather the main force in the west city, but secretly send an elite force to attack one of the other three gates, no matter which gate is broken, it will be a dead end for me."

Zhao Hu heard this, although he was not sure, but he also felt a little worried: "The general's words may not be unreasonable. The bandit army is now fighting on two fronts. They must want to take down Pinglu City as soon as possible to stabilize the west side, and use all their strength to cross the Yellow River. Persisting here for one more day is a threat to the rebel lair, so what should we do?"

Xiao Ruxun said slowly: "I'm not worried during the day, I'm only worried that at night, some of them will lurk below the city and try to go up to the city to attack at night. Take care of some of your subordinates, and arrange for the soldiers to take turns to rest and watch the night. In the same sentence, there should be no less than two hundred soldiers guarding each city gate, and there should be no less than five Franc machine guns. You have to patrol the four city gates, and if there are police, immediately notify the whole city! We cannot afford to slack off in the current situation."

Zhao Hu nodded, cupped his fists and accepted the order: "The last general obeys!"

Xiao Ruxun nodded and was about to leave when he saw the night torches piled up in the corner of the city wall, and suddenly thought of something: "Bowei, you must pay attention to these torches. Do not place more than one soldier in the place where the torches are lit, and where the surroundings can be seen clearly. Let the main night watchman stay in the dark place in the corner. Soldiers, and then attack the night watchmen, the enemy is in the dark and we are in the light. At this time, the secret whistle is very important.

You have to tell the soldiers in the dark that if you find someone attacking at night, don’t say anything, but wait for the situation, and when the enemy appears, suddenly light up the torches and send out arrows, this will greatly deter the enemy attacking at night , making them think that we have taken precautions, this is a trap we set up, so that the enemy's army will be in a state of confusion, and they only know how to retreat instead of resisting. Make the enemy dare not attack at night again. "

Zhao Hu suddenly realized and nodded: "The general understands, please rest assured, the general."

Xiao Ruxun went around again, explaining some key points to Zhao Hu in detail, and then left in peace. Zhao Hu and Chen Xie discussed and arranged a night watch shift, and then found a bunk to lie down and rest. It was sunset.

In the days of March, the days are not long, unlike summer, where the days are longer. Not long after the sun sets, torches are needed for lighting. Zhao Hu followed Xiao Ruxun's instructions, and the number of torches lighted was reduced, and most of the torches were lit. They were all in the hands of the guards who watched the night. Only one soldier was placed around the lit torch, and the rest of the soldiers stayed in places where the gap between the torches could not be illuminated, watching everything secretly.

Zhao Hu led a team of guards around the city wall and slowly patrolled around the city wall. After being reminded by Xiao Ruxun during the day, Zhao Hu also got 12 points of energy and carefully watched the movement of the city wall.

The night is getting darker, a round of bright moon hangs in the sky, watching the whole land silently, occasionally a few clouds drift by, blocking a ray of moonlight, on the land, it seems that only the top of Pinglu City has a burning torch blooming shine.

Zhao Hu led his soldiers and horses to inspect the east gate. To the east of Pinglu City is a tributary of the Yellow River. The land along the river east is still under the control of the Ming army. The Ming army in the captive city cut off the retreat route, so when Zhao Hu sent sentry cavalry, he did not send them to the east. However, Zhao Hu still followed Xiao Ruxun's instructions. Darkness 85.

When Zhao Hu led people to inspect, he passed by the east city, because the wall of the east city was the most broken, and some sections were relatively low, so he paid more attention, and it happened that many soldiers guarding in the dark were dozing off, Zhao Huda Furious, he beat the dozing soldiers one by one, but they were just beatings without any words of reprimand. After they all regained their spirits, Zhao Hu went down the stairs to the south wall in satisfaction.

As soon as he led people around the stairs, Zhao Hu seemed to hear something. He frowned, waved his hand to make his followers stop, squatted down, and quietly touched the corner of the city wall. Turning pale, the fifteen soldiers standing under the torches had all lay down on the ground, their lives unknown, and there was a whole row of flying claws on the battlements.

He was actually hit by the general!The bandits really dare to attack at night! !It's only been three days! !

Zhao Hu noticed that the soldiers guarding the dark place had all squatted down on the ground as ordered and began to be vigilant. He relaxed a little, and greeted the guards behind him. He unsheathed his knives, set up his bow and arrows, prepared his torches, and sent out a whistle. Arrow ready!

A row of about twenty or so men in black had already appeared in Zhao Hu's sight, and there was no time to wait!

"Light it up! Shoot the arrows! Brothers! Kill the thief!!!"

Zhao Hu stood up abruptly and shouted loudly. At the same time, the torches suddenly lit up, dozens of loud arrows roared and flew into the sky, and the bangs exploded. The night watchmen hiding in the shadows were fully ready, shouting After rushing to kill and leaning less, the arrows from the other three city gates shot up to the sky, and dozens of torches suddenly lit up, and the flames flourished!

Zhao Hu took the lead and rushed towards the black-clothed bandit soldiers, and killed a panicked bandit soldier with one knife. One bandit soldier seemed to react quickly, and immediately shouted: "There is an ambush! Go quickly... ah..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Hu rushed forward and killed them with a knife. The remaining ten or so people were chopped into broken corpses by the soldiers. Zhao Hu shouted again: "Cut off the flying claw rope!"

Hearing this, the soldiers rushed forward with knives and cut off all the ropes of the flying claws. Then Zhao Hu immediately ordered: "The crossbowman is ready, shoot down! Whether you can see it or not! Shoot!!"

The moonlight was bright, and it was not dark between the sky and the earth, but the light was so dim that the soldiers couldn't see how many bandits were there. Anyway, even when they fired bows and crossbows at the city, they heard some screams and panicked shouts. With the sound of "retreat", Zhao Hu lit a torch and looked down the city, but after all, he couldn't see too many enemy troops.

Listening attentively, Zhao Hu was slightly relieved that the fighting situation in the other three sects was not intense.

As Xiao Ruxun said, the bandit army really came. This situation cannot be explained. It can only be said that the bandit army is quite confident in its fighting power. They rushed to Pinglu City with light horses and lurked under Pinglu City until night. Using sharp weapons such as flying claws as tools for climbing the city, they tried to capture the city wall.

This is not an uncommon way of attacking and sieging a city. It is nothing to break it apart, but what Zhao Hu did not expect was that their reaction was so violent. The "multi-mindedness" of the thieves may really be attacked by the bandit army at night.

The thieves are really cunning and unusual, and they are not the ones who only know brute force.

In the city, after the sudden sound of arrows, the war bell rang, and everyone in the city woke up from their dreams, terrified. Xiao Ruxun immediately opened his eyes and stood up. After comforting the frightened Yang Caiyun, he quickly After finishing dressing at the speed of the mansion, he walked out of the gate of the mansion, and saw the soldiers coming to report: "General, Dongcheng, it is Dongcheng. The arrows appeared first in the Dongcheng, and then the four gates flew together. The war bell was rung. Everyone in the city They should all know!"

Xiao Ruxun nodded, and then ordered: "You divide into several groups, and run back and forth on the main road in the city separately, and loudly inform the residents in the city that the attack of the bandits has been repulsed. From this moment on, the residents in the city must not go out of the house without orders. One step, offenders will be punished as collaborating with the enemy!"

The soldiers nodded: "No!"

Xiao Ruxun looked at Dongcheng intently.

You guessed it right, these rebels are not some brainless people, worshiping father and son who have been through battles for a long time, no matter how stupid they survive after a long battle, they are definitely wise and stupid people who can survive on the battlefield None of them are stupid, this must be kept in mind.

The number of this group of rebels is uncertain, but they will definitely not be many. With such a speed, they must need horses. The main force of the worship cavalry will be used to deal with Wei Xuezeng. This is the only time for such a night attack on the city. After this failure, the rebels were terrified and did not dare to attack at night again. After knowing that the city is impenetrable, the leader of the cavalry may not dare to use troops again. It is not easy to train cavalry. Cavalry If there are too many losses, the rebels will not be able to bear it.

The next attack will probably be the main force of the rebels attacking the city, probably within a day or two.

The soldiers brought the horse and helped Xiao Ruxun sit on it. Xiao Ruxun mounted the horse and galloped slowly towards the gate of the east city.

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