Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 505 Iron Horse Glacier Comes at Night

It was already very late at night, and the Han army who had attacked the city for a day dragged their tired bodies to sleep soundly in the cool barracks, and the sound of contented snoring and snoring was everywhere in the tent.

Shen Chen personally inspected the battalions. In order to let the soldiers sleep more peacefully, he had already ordered the patrolling guards of the battalions to try to be as light as possible and not to make too much noise.

The soldiers in the main camp of the Han army slept in the middle camp, and the front camp was a heavily fortified area, and the soldiers on night watch were basically on the periphery.

When Shen Chen inspected the middle camp and arrived at the outer camp to see the city wall of Gaodu County in the distance, several fast horses came in a hurry, and the galloping footsteps made a lot of noise. , signaling them to be quiet.

The scouts reined in their horses and stopped, instead of continuing to rush into the middle camp, they simply got off their horses and trotted all the way over, stepping on the dirt on the ground, after all, there was not that much noise.

Braziers were lit on both sides of the surrounding roads, reflecting Shen Chen's solemn face. After the scouts came over, he said softly, "What's the matter."

"The enemy hung lanterns on the tower."

The scout replied.

"Go."

Shen Chen waved his hand.

"Yes."

The scouts backed off.

After thinking for a while, Shen Chen turned his head and didn't go to the front camp again. Instead, he returned to the commander of the middle camp and asked Zhao Yun, Gan Ning, Deng Ai and Jiang Wei to be found.

After a while, four people came in, and they also heard about it. Deng Ai came in and said, "General Governor, I thought we would attack for a few more days, but I didn't expect them to be impatient so soon. It seems that Guanqiu Jian also It's just mediocrity."

"It's a bit weird. It stands to reason that Wei Jun shouldn't be in such a hurry. He should just guard the city and wait for Sima Yi to come over. Although I gave the order to attack the city, I also wanted to force the enemy out or simply go into the city. I didn't expect the other party He actually planned to start implementing the plan first.”

Shen Chen stroked his chin in thought, not understanding what happened.

Zhao Yun and Gan Ning looked at each other, smiled and said nothing, Jiang Wei said: "No matter what the enemy thinks, it must be a good thing for us to do so now, Commander, act according to plan."

"Ah."

Shen Chen looked around, nodded and said, "Go ahead and act according to the plan, but you still have to be careful of the Huns, you must not trust everything."

"only."

A few people bowed their hands and retreated.

Soon the people from the Huns also came over, the two sides exchanged a few words, and then they left again.

It was probably late at night, and the soldiers of each battalion had been summoned temporarily, and an order was issued from above, telling everyone that there will be enemy harassment later, the wounded and tired soldiers should sleep peacefully, and those who cannot sleep should go to the front camp to gather.

During the day, the Han army attacked fiercely, but only 3 of the 1 army were attacking the city, and 2 of the other [-] were in reserve, and [-] were faintly guarding against the Huns.

When the soldiers who attacked the city heard the orders from above, they thought that the enemy was trying to exhaust the enemy. With the arrangement made by the superiors, thinking that the governor used his troops like a god and did not leak water, all of them felt at ease and did not do any more. Unnecessary thoughts, continue to fall asleep.

Only a few energetic ones went to the front camp to gather, and they quickly gathered a group of 2000 people. Then, under the leadership of Shen Chen, they went through the side door to the rest of the Han camp in the north, all the way to the northernmost camp. Jiang Wei's barracks.

It wasn't until this time that the soldiers below realized that many Han soldiers had gathered one after another, like streams flowing into rivers, lakes and seas, and soon more than 1 people gathered, filling Jiang Wei's camp to the brim.

The soldiers who were summoned after seeing this scene were a little puzzled, but they also knew that the governor had his own intentions, so they tried not to make any noise under the whispered orders of the officers above them.

There are quite a few rustling noises, but in late July, summer and early autumn, there are such sounds everywhere in the wilderness of Bingzhou. Such a voice is not surprising.

About two quarters of an hour passed, about midnight at the end of the night and the beginning of the rooster crowing, and two hours later it was the end of Pingdan, that is, at five o'clock in the morning, when the whole battalion got up. I'm a little sleepy.

At this moment, there was a thunderous sound of horseshoes from the north, and the ground seemed to be trembling. In an instant, all the soldiers of the Han army were taken aback for a moment, and then they all became more energetic.

Did Wei Jun fight out of the city?

This was the first thought in the minds of the soldiers.

But immediately after that, the officers in each school and school immediately ordered to kill.

"Enemy attack!"

First there was a sharp cry, and the melodious horn sounded throughout the camp.

Immediately afterwards, the soldiers of the Northern Camp happened to receive orders from their superiors, and all of a sudden there was a turmoil of people, and all kinds of shouts were noisy.

"The enemy is coming."

"Come on."

"Kill kill kill!"

Although they don't know why the higher-ups asked them to shout before the battle, the soldiers thought it was a loud noise to scare off the enemy, so they worked very hard.

A moment later, there was a battle outside the northern camp, and then there was the roar of houses and walls collapsing. Coupled with the shouts of killing, the entire wilderness changed from the original silence to a noise that made it impossible to sleep. downtown.

Guan Qiujian, who had been keeping an eye on the situation on the city wall, looked out of the city from a distance. He saw the flames outside the Han camp in the distance, the figures of people in the night, the noise resounded throughout the wilderness, and countless birds were startled in the nearby forest.

"Has the scout you sent come back?"

"How's the situation?"

"How are the soldiers preparing?"

Guan Qiujian asked Sanlian.

Liang Xi immediately responded. It has just started not long ago, and the specific situation has not yet been ascertained, but the soldiers in the city are already ready.

Guanqiu Jian was very patient, and continued to wait and see from the city. He was not an idiot, he would only see rabbits and not scatter eagles, so it was impossible to go out of the city to fight immediately.

But the Kung Fu scouts came back after a while, and brought a Hun with an arrow in his body. The Hun told Guan Qiujian in vague Chinese that Liu Bao and the others attacked the Han camp at night according to the agreement, but the Han camp was strong. , There are so many bows and crossbows, they can't attack for a long time.

The scouts also gave the same answer. A large number of Huns were cruising around the periphery and it was difficult to capture the camp. Although the Han army caused a lot of fluctuations at the first time and lost several small camps, they were defeated They stick to it.

Knowing this information, Guanqiu Jian knew that with the fighting power of the Huns, they could not count on them to attack camps and villages, so he immediately ordered the whole Wei army to attack, except for the 5000 people left behind in the city, the rest all went to the battlefield.

Soon, gongs, drums and horns sounded in Gaodu County, and countless Wei soldiers rushed out with burning torches and shouted to kill, howling like wild wolves, making the chaotic wilderness even more chaotic for a while.

More than a quarter of an hour later, the Wei army joined the battlefield. They saw that the Huns suddenly launched a surprise attack. Several camps of the Han army outside were breached and set ablaze. , so that the Huns could not approach.

Thousands of Huns in leather armor held wrought iron knives and small round shields and wanted to charge towards them, but they suffered heavy losses under the rain of arrows covering the sky and the sun, and there were still many Huns in the periphery who could only watch from a distance. , They were obviously helpless against the defense of the Han army.

Guanqiu Jian rode on his horse and looked at the Han army's fortress that stretched several miles ahead, and couldn't help admiring: "Shen Chen is really a genius in this world, this camp is very ingeniously arranged, even if the outer camp is breached, there are endless camps inside. "

Wang Xiu, the general next to him, said: "General, I heard that General Zhenxi had the upper hand back then, but he was always unable to attack for a long time because of the Han army's camp. It really cannot be underestimated."

"Well, while the attention of the Han army is on the Huns, quickly attack the camp!"

Guan Qiujian drew his sword and shouted.

"Attack the camp!"

"Hurry up."

"Go and build a ladder over there."

"Kill it."

Tens of thousands of Wei soldiers covered the wilderness land with a radius of one or two square kilometers. There was a huge plain at the west gate of Gaodu County.

Under the command of generals at all levels, a large number of Wei troops began to rush to the fence of the front camps of the various ministries of the Han army with ladders, put down the wooden ladders and climbed up the stairs with the ring knife in their mouths.

Under the light of the fire, thousands of Wei soldiers had already jumped into the front camp of the Han army, hacking and killing everyone they saw.

For a while, the front battalions of the Han army's battalions were full of chaotic voices.

At the moment, most of the remaining [-] defenders in Gaodu County are watching the battle at the west gate, and the defense forces at the other gates are very small. In the chaos, no one has noticed that there are figures quietly approaching outside the south and east gates. under the city.

It was pitch black outside the city, and it happened to be dark and windy tonight. It seemed that there was going to be an autumn rain. The dark clouds covered the moonlight and provided the best cover for the actions of the Han army.

"Keep your voice down and don't move."

"Walk quietly."

"Slow down, slow down, don't make a sound."

Officers at all levels communicated with the soldiers at the bottom using very small words. They crouched forward cautiously, using the weeds, trees and obstacles outside the city as cover.

Now that most of the Wei army has gone out of the city to launch a surprise attack, the Han army is about to crumble. Guanqiu Jian didn't realize that the Han army should have [-] troops at this moment, but the number of troops is seriously insufficient. He thought that the Han army was in the camp. They did not know that tens of thousands of people approached the city.

Deng Ai and Jiang Wei are the main generals of the two teams. Deng Ai led 5000 people, and Jiang Wei had more than 3000 but less than [-]. However, the main force has been hidden in the grove outside the city. Only a few hundred people were brought slowly to the bottom of the city.

The soldiers guarding the city above were not thinking about the city at all. Instead, they all approached the southwest and northwest corners of Gaodu County to see the situation outside the west city. The sight of the flames soaring into the sky attracted all the Wei troops.

After all, they are just a group of inexperienced soldiers from the family.

Deng Ai raised his head and saw that there were hardly any soldiers looking down from the top of the city. They were all watching the excitement over there. He sneered in his heart, then set up the wooden ladder, and was the first to climb up quietly.

Drilling into the city wall along the crenellation of the female wall, it landed silently, and looked around, and saw that there were only a few Wei troops on the southern city wall of Gaodu County, no one was patrolling, and no one was standing guard. Sleeping on the ground, most people crowded to the west, watching the excitement at the angle between the south city wall and the west city wall.

He immediately stretched out a hand, and there were seven or eight wooden ladders below, and dozens of people quickly climbed to the city wall. Deng Ai didn't kill immediately, but cleverly led the soldiers under the cover of the sky There are defenders in the city tower and the hole in the city wall, and they are basically resting.

But soon the sound of fighting sounded, and Wei Jun, who was closer, realized later that he spotted the intruder and blew his whistle immediately, but it was too late, the city gate had already opened, and hundreds of people from outside the city rushed in immediately Guard the city gate.

Immediately afterwards, thousands of people hiding outside came out from the small river two or three miles away from the city, the entrance of the dilapidated village, and the small woods, shouting and running quickly to the city gate.

The same situation also happened at the East City Gate. Although Jiang Wei's side didn't go so smoothly, he managed to take it after a lot of effort.

And Guan Qiujian didn't even know that his home was stolen, and he was looking at Hanying proudly.

At this time, the front of the Han camp was raided and breached, and they retreated steadily. A large number of Wei troops poured into the Han camp. At that time, the Han army camp was already crumbling, and it was about to be breached.

"Beep beep!"

"Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

"Dong dong dong dong!"

At this time, the Huns in the east sounded the rallying call.

Guan Qiujian looked over there suspiciously, and asked in confusion, "What are the Huns doing? Why did they withdraw their troops?"

"Could it be that they couldn't attack for a long time, and they suffered heavy casualties, so let's rest first?"

Wang Xiu said.

"It's possible, send someone over to ask."

Guanqiu Jian signaled the guards to send scouts.

But at this time the Huns are actually still in a rather tangled situation.

The play had to be a complete set, and the Huns were caught between the big Han and Cao Wei, so they had to make a fake show and send thousands of soldiers to attack.

The Han army was also unambiguous, it was true that bows, crossbows and arrows were thrown out like money, and Wei Jun could not be fooled if they didn't do so.

But Liu Bao, Liu Qubei, and the others, as tribal leaders, really feel distressed, so they can only withdraw their troops first.

The Huns reined in their horses and retreated slowly, the pressure on the north of the Han army dropped sharply, shouting and immediately began to defend to the east.

Riding on horseback, Liu Xuan said to Liu Bao and Liu Qubei, "We can attack the Wei army now."

Looking into the distance, Liu Bao noticed that the Wei army seemed to be attacking like a fire. He hesitated and said, "Are you really going to attack the Wei army? Why do I think that if we continue to attack the Han army fiercely, the Wei army will win?"

Liu Xuan looked at him in surprise, then slammed the stick with the wooden stick in his hand, and shouted: "How can a snake and a mouse become a big weapon at both ends?"

"Snapped!"

Liu Bao instinctively wanted to get angry when he was hit by a stick.

Although Liu Xuan was his uncle, in fact, there was not much difference between the two in terms of age and status, and he was even higher in status, which naturally made him very angry.

However, before Liu Bao could say anything to Liu Xuan, an earth-shattering voice suddenly came from the wilderness to the west in the next second.

All the faces of the Huns changed.

As a nation of horses, they are all too familiar with this sound, which is the hooves of thousands of horses galloping.

The current cavalry of the Wei army is basically in the south, under the control of Sima Yi and Xia Houyuan. There are almost no cavalry on the western front. Where did these cavalry come from?
Liu Bao said subconsciously: "Send someone to see whose cavalry it is."

At that moment, dozens of Huns reined in their horses and headed west to the wilderness. Just at this moment, the dark clouds covering the silver moon quietly dispersed, and the bright silver light sprinkled the land, which broadened their vision.

On the distant wilderness, countless dark figures appeared on the western horizon, seeming to come from the direction of Qinshui, rolling the wind and thunder, overwhelming mountains and seas.

Under the reflection of the moonlight, the armor on the cavalrymen's body was clearly visible, causing all the Huns who came to investigate to change their faces, full of horror.

Those people were all wearing orange-red military uniforms with shiny silver armor on the outside.

It's the Han army!
Tens of thousands of Han cavalry!

They are like a fiery red flame, extremely fast and fierce.

Iron Horse Glacier Comes at Night!
(End of this chapter)