I Xiaoxiong

Chapter 279 Night Fire
The nobles of the Qingtang Dynasty in the tent were thinking about each other.But ordinary soldiers went to bed early.

In the middle of the night, the gate of Songzhou City opened quietly.

Ning Yuan's army envoy Yan Zhongwu led three hundred soldiers forward for several miles without anyone noticing.Even after the guards guarding the gate were dealt with, no one noticed their existence.

Three hundred sharp soldiers of the Jin army brought fire starters with them, and directly set fire to the Qingtang camp, causing chaos.Then swung a knife to cover up the killing, which quickly alarmed all the ministries of Qingtang.

The three hundred elite soldiers led by Yan Zhongwu were all brave and skilled fighters, and the attention of Qingtang people these days has been focused on the main force of the Jin army on the periphery.

For Songzhou City, which was under siege, there was no defense at all.Yan Ting and Yan Zhongwu decided on this night attack plan after concluding, but for the sake of confidentiality, they did not inform Fu Jinchuan who was dozens of miles away.

In the city a few miles away, after Yan Tie saw Yan Zhongwu successfully entered the enemy camp, he quickly led [-] Jin soldiers and [-] feudal troops out of the city, and directly killed in along the gap opened by Yan Zhongwu.

Yan Tie only left less than a thousand soldiers to guard the city, and Songzhou can be said to be the best.

Holding a broadsword, Yan Zhongwu was extremely brave in the flames, beheading more than a dozen Qingtang soldiers in succession.

The three hundred warriors behind them held torches and set the tents of the Qingtang people ablaze.

At night, the Qingtang people were already lax in their defenses. Many people were hacked in their sleep, and there was no order or organization at all during the panic.

After Yan Zhongwu broke through three camps in a row, he was blocked by a temporary defense line in front of the fourth camp.

This tent was the tent of the [-] Zhalan Iron Armors led by Tuoba Jian.Although the defensive line was not complete in a hurry, and the Qingtang warriors in the battalion were not fully formed, but Yan Zhongwu saw that the battalion was well-prepared, and immediately led the army to turn to attack other directions.

Because his task is not to fight fortified battles, but to take advantage of the enemy's defenselessness in a short period of time to cause the greatest damage to them and plunge the enemy into chaos.

After Yan Ting led [-] Jin troops into the Qingtang Camp, seeing that Tuoba Qian was heavily guarded, he also did not choose to rush forward, but drove the defeated soldiers in the front camp to attack Tuoba Qian's camp.

Faced with the impact of his own people on the temporary defense line, Tuoba Qian obviously hesitated for a moment. It was this hesitation that caused his three thousand elite Zhalan armor to be involved in the rout, and the team he had just organized was also involved. It was washed away.

And the Jin army also came to cover up and kill them, and there was no chance for Tuoba Qian to organize a counterattack.

The three hundred soldiers led by Yan Zhongwu ran rampant in the camp of the Qingtang people, setting fire and killing everywhere, creating chaos. Are they all from the Jin army?

The Qingtang army with tens of thousands of people had tents stretching for dozens of miles, so the shouts of killing were not immediately heard in the outer camps, but with the continuous breakthrough of the Jin army, the momentum of this night attack was finally reduced. , Spread to the outlying Qingtang barracks.

After Tuoba Chide woke up with a start, he hurried out of the Great Buddha House and saw the flames rising from the direction of Songzhou, and only then did he know what happened.

"The Songzhou defenders dare to fight?"

There were only a few thousand Songzhou defenders, facing dozens of times the Qingtang army, they took the initiative to go out of the city to attack at night.This made Tuoba Chide very frightened.

"Not good. The Jin army."

But he still worried too much, Fu Jinchuan didn't know about the night attack.

The main force of the Jin army did not send troops to cooperate with the Songzhou defenders in the night attack.

However, the Qingtang army on the outskirts did not immediately support after learning that the defenders in the city had left the city to attack at night. Qingyi Festival Guizhang and Nanzhao's Duan Zhixing both chose to stand in line to guard against the attack of the main force of the Jin army.

After all, there are only a few thousand Jin troops inside.
But these thousands of people caused great losses to Qingtang people.

The Jin army fought more and more bravely, but the large number of soldiers on the Qingtang people's side failed to organize an effective counterattack and resistance in the panic.In addition, at night, the visibility is extremely low. Looking at the Jin people holding torches, they were terrified, driven everywhere, and trampled on each other.As a result, the casualties caused by this even exceeded those who died directly in battle.

Ever since, from midnight to dawn, thousands of Jin troops marched across the Qingtang camp, breaking through twelve camps of the Qingtang people in succession.

When it was almost dawn, part of the Qingtang army had already begun to organize defenses.After fighting in the middle of the night, the Jin army was also very tired, so they ordered Mingjin to retreat.

After hearing the military order, the Jin army didn't want to fight at all, but the Qingtang army had already lost their fighting spirit, chasing?Where does the heart come from.

Overnight, Qingtang suffered more than [-] casualties.

Among them, less than [-] died directly in battle, and most of the rest of the dead were burned and trampled on each other.

This made the morale, which was already a little sluggish, reach a freezing point directly.

With a gloomy face, Tuoba Chide inspected several camps that had been severely burned in the early morning of the next day. The tents and luggage were all burned.

Many soldiers can only gather together to warm up in this cold weather.

"Hahahaha, this battle was enjoyable, enjoyable, hahahaha, grandpa's head was saved, hahaha."

Looking at the messy Qingtang army camp on the top of the city, Yan Zhongwu laughed heartily.

At this moment, he is very excited, and this battle is enough to call it a great victory.Previously, Gan Songling fell, and this victory was enough to wash away the shame.

Yan Ting and a group of generals also beamed with joy. Looking at the situation of the Qingtang people, there was no longer a threat to Songzhou City, and the main force of the Jin army on the periphery had already been gearing up and eyeing them.

So far, the situation on the battlefield has been completely out of balance.

"Should the Qingtang people withdraw their troops?" Songzhou Sima Liukang was more concerned about when the Qingtang people would withdraw their troops.

Yan Zhongwu said: "Retreat? Now it's up to them to retreat or not? Whether they can retreat now depends on Marshal Fu's face."

Yan Ting also nodded and said: "That's true. Fu Shuai still has more than [-] cavalry in his hands, and he has not been able to hold on. He has been recharging his energy for a long time. After our night attack yesterday, those people can't sit still anymore. Maybe Our night attack last night was all about throwing around."

Fu Jinchuan woke up early in the morning and knew that the Songzhou garrison attacked Qingtang at night last night, but only received the battle report written by Yan Ting in Songzhou City at noon.

"Okay, hahaha, Deputy Marshal Yan is indeed a veteran in the battlefield, and this night attack was beautiful."

Fu Jinchuan had seen the battle report written by Yan Ting himself and put it on the desk.Then he looked at the people in front of him and said, "Why, is there something for everyone?"

Early in the morning, I heard that the Songzhou garrison attacked the Qingtang camp last night, and the results were fruitful.All the generals including Shi Wannian, Su Duan and even Lei Bo couldn't sit still.

Above Du Yuhou, dozens of generals gathered in the large tent of the Chinese army.

The purpose is very clear, just two words, "please fight".

But Fu Jinchuan looked at An and couldn't bear it, but asked the question knowingly.

Shi Wannian said in a loud voice: "Qi Commander-in-Chief, last night the Songzhou garrison attacked Qingtang at night. At this time, the morale of the Qingtang people must be low. After a night of harassment, they must be in a bad state at this time. If they go to battle at this time, they will definitely be able to fight." Or total victory."

Su Duan also opened his mouth and said: "The last general thought that what General Shi said was true, but now is a good opportunity to fight. At this time, our army's morale is high, and the Qingtang people are already exhausted. It is time to go all out and attack them. The momentum is weakening."

Lei Bo, Lei Cheng, Zheng Fengchun, Ma Shanbao, Liang Dai and others also all came out to fight.

And Fu Jinchuan felt that the generals who couldn't bear it had been waiting for the time, and it did arrive, and the morale was available.

"Pass my military orders, beat the drums, and gather the generals."

(End of this chapter)