Spring and Autumn Confucian Heroes

Chapter 103 Night Attack
On the official road, flags were flying and dust was covering the sun.

Huan Chang, in white robe and white armor, led two hundred cavalry as the vanguard. The knights were heavily armored and majestic.

"Report!"

Suddenly, a knight rushed towards him and shouted loudly from a long distance away.

"The whole army slows down!"

Huan Chang hung the Zhan Lu sword from his waist, but he held an iron spear in his hand. The spear was dark and gave off a cold light, and it was obvious at a glance that it was not ordinary.

"Tap Tap!"

The knight came quickly, and turned the horse's head with a difficult move not far away.

"Shut up!"

The war horse stopped and snorted beside the official road.

"Have you ever detected the enemy's situation?"

Huan Chang stepped forward with his donkey, came to the knight and asked softly, his eyes showed eagerness.

The army of the State of Lu had already entered the territory of Xiangdu, but they did not see a single soldier from Pingyang City, which made Xiao Qi suspicious.

That's why, he sent Huan Chang to lead two hundred elite cavalry, as a trailblazer.

"Report to the general, the brothers have been investigating all the way to the city of Xiangdu, only to find that there are enemy soldiers attacking the city, and no enemy ambushes were found along the way."

The jurisdiction of Xiangdu City is very large.

Even if the Lu army had already entered Xiangdu, it would still take three days to reach the city.

Lu Guo sent [-] troops to help the Prime Minister, and Kong Wenzhao couldn't have heard the news.

Xiao Qi originally thought that Kong Wenzhao would send troops to set up ambushes in dangerous places, so he marched cautiously and checked every dangerous road section repeatedly.

However, the army marched all the way, and did not encounter a single soldier of Pingyang City.

"Have you ever carefully explored all the steep road sections?"

The knight replied very positively: "The Lord Commander is also very cautious. Everywhere we go, we will check again and again."

"If there is an enemy army in ambush, there is absolutely nowhere to hide."

This knight is one of the vanguard scouts.

The Commander he was talking about was the elite scout commander sent by Huan Chang.

"Then Kong Wenzhao is not mediocre, so how could he stop laying ambushes along the way? Could it be that the war in Xiangdu has changed?"

Huan Chang couldn't understand it, and continued to march forward with two hundred cavalry.

"Tap Tap!"

Two hundred people walked quickly, and after another half day's journey, they came to a place with open terrain.

Huan Chang signaled the black donkey to slow down, and asked the scout leader beside him, "Is there any investigation in this place?"

The scout took the lead for a moment, and then said: "Although the ground here is not smooth, the field of vision is extremely wide, and there will be absolutely no ambushes."

"There are hundreds of miles along the way. After all, our scouts are limited. Generally, we only scout those relatively dangerous areas."

"If we have to investigate a place like this, I'm afraid we will send out all the general's soldiers, and there will be insufficient manpower."

After finishing speaking, he glanced at Huan Chang sitting on the black donkey, and a sarcasm flashed in his eyes.

For Huan Chang, many generals in the army were not convinced.

In their view, Huan Chang was too young, and it was because of nepotism that he was able to become a partial general.

Lieutenant generals have always paid attention to military exploits, and they will not have a good impression of this airborne partial general.

However, the military order is like a mountain, and they are now Huan Chang's subordinates. Although they are dissatisfied in their hearts, they will not violate Huan Chang's order.

Huan Chang didn't care about the attitude of the scout leader.

He nodded slightly, thinking that what the man said was reasonable, so he didn't say anything more.

Huan Chang gently stroked the black donkey's neck, and the black donkey understood, and the speed increased again.

Now it's spring, and the grass grows and the warblers fly.

Looking around, there are boundless green everywhere, which makes Huan Chang feel relaxed and happy.

"Although this place is not a good place to ambush, it is a good battlefield. It is not a problem to accommodate 10 people."

This piece of grass stretched for dozens of miles, and the edge could not be seen at a glance. It was definitely a good battlefield.

"Hey, there is a river there, so this is a good place to set up camp."

Huan Chang calculated the walking speed of the army, and suddenly found that the army led by Xiao Qi just arrived here tonight.

"In that case, let's set up camp here."

Huan Chang called a man and said to him: "The army will set up camp here tonight. You should first find a good location and plan the camp."

"When the army arrives, it will save a lot of time."

Setting up a camp is not a trivial matter. Not only do you need to send people in advance to find a suitable location for camping, but you also need to make plans in advance.

Otherwise, a lot of time will be wasted.

The man took the order to leave, Huan Chang called the scout commander again, and said to him: "You lead fifty scouts, and you will carefully investigate all the locations in a twenty li radius."

The commander of the scouts changed his face slightly when he heard the words.

It would not be difficult for the scouts to scout twenty miles in a straight line.

However, to investigate within a radius of [-] miles will definitely make fifty scouts exhausted.

"General, the terrain here is wide open. As long as you send soldiers with good eyesight to stand on a high place and look out, you can see if there are any traces of the enemy."

"If you send someone to take a little bit of it to investigate, it will waste a lot of time."

Huan Chang shook his head and said, "The army will set up camp here tonight. If we don't investigate clearly, what should we do if we are ambushed by the enemy?"

"Take people to investigate quickly, don't waste time!"

The scout commander's eyes flashed with anger, but he didn't dare to disobey General Huan Chang, so he had to lead the troops to disperse the investigation.

Of course, Huan Chang didn't know whether this person would investigate carefully.

"Pass my military order, the brothers rest here and wait for the arrival of the army."

When the knights heard this, they couldn't help cheering, and then everyone turned back and got off their horses, and began to herd horses on the grass.

"When you are resting, you should also be vigilant, and everyone should not be too scattered."

A few more military orders were issued, and Huan Chang took some knights to the side of the river, and went up the donkey upstream to investigate.

Everyone walked forward unhurriedly for half an hour, when the black donkey neighed suddenly.

Huan Chang narrowed his eyes slightly.

He raised his head and looked into the distance, all he could see was emerald green, but there was no one on the vast grassland as far as the eye could see.

"The war broke out, and the people all migrated away. It's a pity that such a good pasture is empty!"

Huan Chang sighed for a while, and suddenly ordered to go back the same way.

The spring breeze is gentle and the river is gurgling. It is a peaceful and beautiful picture.

It was night, and the army of the State of Lu set up camp here. The camp of 5 people stretched for more than ten miles, which was very spectacular.

Xiao Qi was extremely cautious in using troops. Every time he set up camp, he would send many soldiers to patrol at night.

This evening was no exception.

The soldiers held torches and patrolled around the camp, looking around with a little vigilance.

But in the middle of the night, the spirits of these soldiers relaxed, and some of them were already tired and walked around casually, yawning.

Some even leaned against the fence to take a nap.

These soldiers didn't notice that there were many black shadows coming from a distance, although there were a lot of these people, their movements were very light.

(End of this chapter)