serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 200 Set fire and kill

The moon was covered by dark clouds, only twinkling stars.

At this time in previous years, the fields were full of busy people, rushing to sow winter wheat.This year Luzhou was hit by a military disaster, the fields were full of weeds, and the sound of insects rang out.

The night was dark, and the refugee camp, which was approaching midnight, was shrouded in tranquility.

A boat was parked by the Pai River with no light or fire, and there seemed to be countless black shadows on the dark river.

At this time, a group of men with knives appeared on the river bank, lined up everywhere on the river bank, as if they were on guard.

A man dressed as a leader walked to the boat, looked around, and boarded the boat. Then, the boat slowly rowed towards the center of the river.

After an unknown amount of time, countless small boats full of rebels docked, and when they approached the river beach, the rebels on the boats jumped into the shallow water and rushed towards the river beach.

Then, under the command of the battalion leaders, these rebels began to sneak towards the official army camp three miles away.

All of this happened quietly under the cover of night.

The leader got off the small boat, followed by several rebel generals in military uniform and swords.

The leader was about to walk towards the river bank, but was stopped by a rebel general.

The rebel general: "What are you doing?"

Leader: "I have to send a signal to let them light the fire and drive the victims to attack the official army camp."

The rebel general: "No need."

A general of the rebel army: "Before I came, the leader of the gang specifically explained not to drive the victims into the official army camp. This will give the official army time to prepare."

Another general of the rebel army continued: "The victims of the bombed camp are headless flies. It is difficult to drive them to the official camp without a stick of incense. In this way, the night attack becomes a tough battle, which is meaningless. gone."

The leader thought for a while and asked, "How long will it take for the horse team to arrive?"

The rebel general smiled and said, "You don't need to worry about this, let's go." As he said that, he grabbed his arm and pulled him to follow the large army to the official camp.

On the other side of the army camp, it was even more unusually quiet here. The entire front camp was dark and empty, only a few lanterns on the gate were flickering and flickering due to the night wind.

On the arrow towers on both sides, there is a soldier on night duty leaning there.

In the distance, a group of black shadows appeared, ran a few steps and got down again.

At this time, a group of officers and soldiers patrolling the night passed through the gate and walked towards the camp.

Those black shadows were still lying on the ground, motionless, and all kinds of insects in the weeds around the camp were not disturbed, and the sound of insects was still loud.

The leader lay beside the rebel general, tried to get close to his ear, and said very softly: "It's too quiet, it's not normal!"

The general of the rebel army looked at him slowly, and said in a low voice: "You know what! This is called strict military discipline." After finishing speaking, he ignored him, waved his hand, and a group of rebel soldiers crawled slowly on the ground. Climb to the archery towers on both sides of the gate, with a longbow and quiver on your back.

Countless eyes were looking at them at this time. Slowly, they climbed to a distance of less than fifty steps from the archery tower, looked around, carefully took off the bow and arrow, and then got up, bent their bows and set their arrows. The rain of arrows shot at the officers and soldiers in the watchtower. Seeing the arrows from the officers and soldiers fell backwards, the rebels quickly rushed forward and opened the gate.

The boss: "Let's go!"

The rebel general stared forward, still motionless, and only one word came out of his mouth: "Wait!"

The group of rebels slowly entered the front camp, and the tents were full of snoring sounds one after another.

The rebels nodded to each other, and two of them rushed to the gate quickly and silently, blew on the fire, and swayed outside a few times.

Two fire lights are dazzling in the dark night.

The rebels lurking outside the camp jumped up and rushed into the camp wielding steel knives.

The tents were full of soldiers in armor and holding broadswords, all of them snoring with their eyes wide open.

Jia Yun held the handle of the knife tightly, and her eyes could still be seen shining with excitement in the dark!

Suddenly, light footsteps came from outside the big tent, and Jia Yun stood up abruptly.

All the soldiers stood up, gripped the hilts of their knives tightly, and their ears were all pricked up!
At this time, the rebels had quietly surrounded hundreds of tents.

With a sound of "stab", the big tent was cut open, and several black shadows rushed in!

There was another sound, and a few more black shadows broke in!

Then there was a scream, a flash of knife light, and the rebels who rushed in fell to the ground one after another!

Amidst the shouts of killing, flames burst out everywhere in the front camp!
Seeing that he succeeded, the rebel general took out three signals from the bamboo tube, shook the torch and lit the twister.

Three signals swished straight into the night sky, and exploded three times in a row in the air, and three fireworks were dazzling in the night sky.

The front battalion was quickly engulfed in a sea of ​​flames!
The follow-up troops of the rebels rushed up like a tide.

The official army led by Jia Yun was gradually lost and began to retreat to the Chinese army camp.

Seeing the officers and soldiers fleeing in embarrassment, the rebel general laughed, and when the camp of the Chinese army burst into flames, he was sure that the officers and soldiers had no preparations and no tricks, so he took out three more signals from the bamboo tube, and then waved the torch. lit.

In the camp of the Chinese army, the sound of shouting and killing was earth-shattering.

In the camp of the rear army, the men and horses were divided into several army formations and lined up majestically, without a single sound.

There were a few more dirt hills on both sides of the army formation, and the muzzles of the black holes were aimed at the front battalion and the passage leading to the Chinese army camp.

On a dirt hill, Jia Hu stood there quietly, with a saber in both hands, motionless.

Seeing that the fire in the Chinese army camp was getting bigger and bigger, Eunuch Zhao couldn't help it: "Marshal, the Chinese army camp is on fire."

Jia Hu didn't look at him: "I know."

Eunuch Zhao: "It's all burned, and the soldiers will sleep in the wild."

Jia Hu glanced at him and said calmly, "It's not the time yet."

At this moment, another signal shot straight into the night sky, releasing bright sparks in the night sky.

Looking at the fireworks exploding in the sky, Jia Hu ordered loudly: "Send the order, the Hubei guards will attack from the middle, and stop the main force of the rebel army in the camp of the Chinese army."

As soon as the words fell, there was an earth-shattering sound of horseshoes. Jia Hu took the clairvoyance from Lin San's hand and looked at the front gate of the camp. He saw a large group of cavalry rushing in continuously.

When most of the rebel cavalry rushed into the front camp, Jia Hu shouted: "Fire the cannon! Hit the front camp!"

The cannon on the dirt hill rang!Groups of artillery fire fell on the front battalion, and immediately hundreds of rebel cavalry were blown into the sky!
Cannons shot out large groups of flames, and the rebel cavalry was cut off by the artillery, so they could only continue to rush towards the Chinese army camp.

At this time, the artillery that had already been aimed at the passage leading to the Chinese army camp let out a roar. The artillery fire seemed to be more violent, and the place where it was hit was burst into flames, and countless rebels were blown into the air.

Eunuch Zhao was excited: "Okay! Good job! The batch of flower bombs sent by the Military Weapons Bureau are really good."

Under the fierce shelling of the artillery, the rebel cavalry immediately panicked. Many people turned their horses around and withdrew to the front battalion. The artillery aimed at the front battalion began to fire again.

The gunners adjusted their gun positions and continued to fire at the rebel cavalry. The rebel cavalry got together completely and were knocked down one by one by the artillery fire.

Jia Hu: "Blow the horn and order the Shaanxi Guards to surround the front battalion to death, and don't let a rebel run away!"

The horn sounded immediately, and the Shaanxi Guards, who had already moved to the front of the camp, lined up one after another and slowly approached the gate.

Jia Hu: "Beat the drums, launch a general attack on the rebels!"

The drums were loud.

Countless officers and soldiers rushed towards the camp of the Chinese army, and the sound of shouts and fights resounded loudly in the camp of the Chinese army, which was full of flames, and the sound shook the night sky!
Holding his clairvoyance, Eunuch Zhao was very happy. He not only wiped out the last cavalry of the rebels, but also wiped out a large number of elite rebels. It was much easier to attack Hefei. Suddenly, he remembered something and immediately looked at Jia Hu, " Marshal, where are our cavalry?" As he spoke, his eyes lit up, "Hefei?"

Jia Hu smiled: "That's right."

This battle started at the third quarter of Zishi and ended at the end of Yinshi, and it was already the second quarter of Maoshi to clear up the situation.

It was daylight.

On the dirt hill, Jia Hu stood there leaning on the saber, with a layer of dew on his head, eyebrows and shoulders.

Xie Qiong walked over holding the military merit book, "It has been counted. In this battle, 7000 rebel cavalry were wiped out, and more than [-] rebel infantry were beheaded and captured."

Jia Hu didn't speak, just looked into the distance.

At this moment, there was a rush of hoofbeats, and Yang Dayong came back.

Running to the foot of the earth mountain, Yang Dayong jumped off his horse, galloped over, and said: "The rebels were prepared for a long time ago, and they almost suffered a big loss!"

Jia Hu frowned: "What? Yang Kaiwu was already prepared?"

Yang Dayong: "The rebel army built a large number of fortifications outside the city, not only with firecrackers, but also a large number of artillery. The Mongolian cavalry was caught off guard, and only more than 1000 people escaped. Hundreds of people were killed and injured in the vanguard battalion. Niu Ben was hit in the left shoulder by a stray bullet."

Jia Hu was slightly taken aback, and realized that he was too impatient. Hefei was not so easy to take down. After thinking about it, he said to Eunuch Zhao: "Report the victory to Your Majesty, and at the same time report the situation of Luzhou Mansion to Your Majesty."

Then he said to Lin San: "Tell the old man that the camp can be withdrawn, and we will join forces under the city of Hefei."

(End of this chapter)