Three Kingdoms: Prosper Han from the beginning of brushing favorability

Chapter 173 The mantis catches the cicada, the oriole is behind
After nightfall, the moon and stars are thin, and it is still very cold in the mountains at the beginning of spring.

But Chai Rong's heart is hot. Tonight's action is his first signal. If he can defeat Cao Jun, capture Xu Huang alive or kill Xu Huang, he will be able to make a great contribution!

His current state of mind is very strange. If this urge to do meritorious service is for rewards or to obtain a higher status... there may be factors in this aspect, but it is not necessarily the case.

Naturally, Chai Rong also wanted to live a good life, but after getting along for a long time, especially after his wife and children received warm help in the "shanty town", he thought more about "living a good life with everyone".

It's a few words, but the difference is huge.

And status... In the Scarlet Star Army, being a general is not a good job.

The generals of the Red Star Army not only have almost no special treatment, but also shoulder the teaching and training of their soldiers. They have to learn to lead the army and run the army, upload and issue orders, and command operations in wartime...

But what he gained was the trust and respect from the soldiers.

This is a special feeling that he seldom experienced before. It is hard to explain that feeling, but to Chai Rong, it fascinates and addicts him more than rich clothes and fine food.

He also wants to experience this feeling more, to let more colleagues respect and trust him, and to make the prince appreciate and affirm himself more.

This time is a rare opportunity, he wants to make a great contribution with his brothers!
Chai Rong's eyesight is not good at night, but most of the veterans of the Red Star regular army can see easily on such a moonlit night.

Every time they act in the dark, these veterans lead the way and guard from the side, and those with poor eyesight follow their instructions.

"Tun Commander, this slope is the Valley Road. Cao Bing's large army has gone east along the road, and we can find the Beishan Trail not far away."

Chai Rong listened to the report of the veterans ahead, and waved his hand: "Let's go! Let's go to explore first, and wait for the other people along the way."

"Yes!"

At this time, Chai Rong gathered several teams closest to him, a total of more than [-] people, including veterans with good night vision ability, and tribal mountain people who are familiar with the environment here.

Even with smaller teams before, Li Er made sure that every team had veterans with good night vision.

In fact, the best choice is naturally to lay an ambush on the small roads on both sides of the mountain. However, the Beishan trail is different from the main road. The two sides are not gentle slopes, but cliffs, which is not suitable for such an attack.

If he wanted to ensure the capture of Xu Huang, he had to enter the Beishan trail in the same way.

But the ambush advantage is gone, and the night vision advantage is still there.

Taking advantage of the unpreparedness and attacking the camp at night, combined with the superiority of troops, the battle will surely be successful!
"Tun Commander, the intersection is safe, and Cao Jun has not seen an ambush."

"Okay, let's take a rest in hiding for the time being, and wait for the other people to join up."

The other two groups gathered under Li Er and Ding Feng respectively, and Chai Rong came to join them after waiting for a while.

Li Ersu said: "From the intersection, people will be on duty every time you enter. Once the intersection scouts find the main road Cao Jun is coming to block the back road, they will immediately send messages one by one with howling."

He still has some concerns, because he has been with the prince Liu Chan for a long time and talked more, Li Er is more objective than Ding Feng and Chai Rong to view the abilities of General Cao Wei.

This Xu Huang had heard the prince mention it before, and he knew that he was definitely not someone easy to get along with.

But also because of this, Li Er didn't want to go back to the mountain when he saw the opportunity.

If Cao Weiyi's powerful minions can be cut off again, it will be a great boost to his own revenge plan and the prince's ideal of helping the Han Dynasty.

Now that the fight has already been fought, it is naturally impossible to say some frustrating words that will make the enemy angry, but it is still necessary to be careful.

"The prince often says, 'Only someone has productivity and fighting power'. We must be cautious in this night attack. Once we find something abnormal, we must evacuate immediately. We must not ruin the prince's hard work here!"

Holding half of the Red Star regular army in his hand, Li Er felt a heavy responsibility, so he emphasized his tone.

"Yes!" Chai Rong and Ding Feng clasped their fists solemnly, and the other generals clasped their fists in agreement at the same time.

In a few simple words, after arranging the escape route, everyone did not light the torches, and entered the Beishan path in the dark under the moonlight.

Marching all the way, finally found Cao Jun's camp about ten miles away.

It was the first place on the path that was relatively wide. During the day, Cao Jun had cut down the surrounding trees and built a simple camp.

But it seems to be due to rush work?This time Cao Jun's camp did not build a four-cornered watchtower, but only a few high platforms that were not too high.

There are some sparse antlers at the door.

Chai Rong couldn't help laughing secretly, the cavalry couldn't show their power at all on such a rugged path, so why put antlers on it?

Then Xu Huang couldn't just have a false name.

The area around the camp was probably due to felling trees, and the dead leaves were thickly piled up.

There are torches burning in the village and at the gate of the camp. The soldiers guarding the gate are very eye-catching under the reflection of the torches. There are also Cao Jun patrolling in the camp.

There are piles of hay and firewood that should be used for heating everywhere in the camp.

Everything seemed very natural.

"Come closer, the front row is ready to release arrows." Li Er whispered, and the order was quickly passed on by word of mouth.

Accustomed to harassing Cao Jun at night, they are already very familiar with Cao Bing's alert range.

"put!"

Whoosh whoosh!
The soldiers who were closest drew their bows and released their arrows, and more than a hundred arrows shot at the dozen or so Cao soldiers on duty at the same time.

After the first wave of shooting, the soldiers rushed forward immediately. During the process, they continued to draw their arrows and set their bows. After setting the arrows, they stood still and opened their bows, and shot the second wave of arrows again.

The soldiers who couldn't shoot in the back were also within range at this time, so there were more arrows in the second wave than in the first wave.

"kill--!"

After two waves of arrow rain, most of Cao Jun on duty were wounded or killed, and the soldiers immediately rushed to Cao Jun's camp with their weapons!
What the night attack pays attention to is a sudden, fast, taking advantage of the chaos of the enemy army to cause a lot of damage. Naturally, it is impossible to form an formation like the two armies confronting each other.

Instead, each party and each team acted separately to find the enemy and fight.

Excited Chai Rong rushed forward, bypassing the antlers, and was the first to lead people into Cao Ying.

"The Shu army is coming! The Shu army is coming!" The patrolling Cao army found that they had no intention of resisting the night attack, so they ran away.

Chai Rong seemed to have seen Xu Huang's expressionless face after killing Cao Jun's blood all over the ground for a while...

It's just that Cao Jun's tents seem to be farther away from the camp gate today.

After everyone rushed into Cao Ying, Li Er was the first to discover the anomaly.

Why didn't Cao Jun's tent respond at all when he shouted to kill Zhentian?

broken!

"No! I've been tricked, withdraw quickly!"

Li Er, who had always been skeptical, reacted quite unpleasantly. With the order, the soldiers holding the golden cymbals immediately began to strike.

Chai Rong, who was about to kill Cao Jun's tent in a few steps, gradually cooled down his eagerness to make meritorious service, but he still had a little luck.

After striding over the final distance, and picking up the curtain of the camp tent with the spear in his hand, his heart sank completely.

In the camp, there is only hay...but there is no Cao Jun.

Ka Ka Ka!
There were many small knocking sounds outside Cao Jun's camp. It was the sound of flint and steel... It was just that the Han soldiers in the camp were noisy and the golden cymbals were knocking, so naturally they couldn't hear them.

But right away, they saw that the reason why the fallen leaves around the camp were so thick was because Cao Jun was lying in it.

At this time, they all appeared, and lit the torches they had prepared in their hands.

"set fire--!"

With an order, torches were thrown into this extremely simple camp. The wooden fence, dry firewood, and tents filled with hay all became excellent fuel at this time.

At this time, Chai Rong also knew why Cao Jun set up those antlers at the gate of the camp.

That was not to guard against cavalry at all, and now those fake antlers have been pushed to the gate of the camp, burning blazingly...

"Hahahaha! Since you guys like sneak attacks at night so much, don't leave tonight! Let the arrows go, let the arrows go!"

Li Er closed his eyes, knowing that he might be buried here today, but immediately opened them again: "Imperial array! The whole army will follow me to attack the gate of the camp and break away the antlers!"

Following the orders, the soldiers of the Scarlet Star Army quickly recovered from the short-term panic, and formed an almost instinctive formation to defend against the arrows thrown in from outside the camp.

However, those tribal mountain people did not have such literacy. At this time, they were already in chaos. Although some followed the Red Star Army, more people ran around in a panic, trying to find a place where there was no fire to escape, and arrows began to appear casualties.

Chai Rong, who was filled with remorse, could see his eyes tear open, and his clenched fists trembled slightly.

I only caused this disaster by being greedy for merit for a while, but it was too late to say anything at this time.

He took off the leather water bag around his waist, poured water on his head and face, and said viciously to the surrounding soldiers: "Pour water on me!"

The soldiers under his command didn't know what he was going to do, but they still obeyed the order and poured water on him one after another.

"I'll push the antlers away!!"

After the decisive roar, Chai Rong violated the general's order for the first time. He raised his shield to protect his head, and took the initiative to break away from the formation and gallop towards the burning antlers at the gate of the camp.

Since he was the one who led the brothers to a dead end, even if he risked his life, he would still give them a way out!
He may have been impatient and greedy for merit, and made a rash mistake, but there is no coward who is afraid of death in the Red Star Army, and he, Chai Rong, is no exception.

(End of this chapter)