The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 693 Attacked [Subscribe*Monthly Ticket Request]

After meeting King Jian of Qi, Li Ren did not stay in Linzi for long. After simply replenishing supplies in Linzi, Li Ren led his army south again to help Qi take back the southern cities.

The journey was calm and peaceful, and the Wei and Chu armies and the Bingzhou army maintained a tacit understanding with each other. As soon as the Bingzhou army arrived, the Wei and Chu armies would evacuate in advance and avoid conflict with the Bingzhou army.

However, the accident happened after all!

When Li Ren led the divided troops and the remaining 30,000 troops arrived at Yangdu, one of the important towns on the southern border of Qi State, they were attacked by the enemy.

The 30,000-strong army led by Li Ren had just arrived at the border of Yangdu and had not yet entered the city, so they were temporarily stationed in the wild.

That night the army was attacked.

"Enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack!"

At nightfall, when the moon was at its highest point in the sky, it was the most difficult time for the soldiers and horses. The urgent sounds of military bugles and shouts instantly spread throughout the camp.

The Bingzhou soldiers were the first to wake up, then formed a formation of three with their backs together, examining the battlefield and waiting for their commander to give orders.

Although they were a little slack after entering Qi, years of training enabled them to respond like a conditioned reflex.

The army will not be thrown into chaos because of an unknown enemy attack.

Li Ren was also awakened by the sentry's shouting. He immediately took charge of the main tent, allowing the soldiers to see him in the firelight at night to stabilize the morale of the army.

As the Bingzhou Army, they were professional soldiers and did not fall into chaos because of the surprise attack, which also made Li Ren very satisfied. He calmly waited for the report from the messenger to confirm the number of enemy troops and the direction of the attack.

Soon, the central army received intelligence sent back from the attacked camp.

"The vanguard camp was attacked. The number of enemy troops is unknown. The vanguard camp is fighting with the enemy." The messenger rushed back to the central army tent to report the battle situation.

"Map!" Li Ren was not panicked at all and ordered people to unfold the surrounding maps.

"Send the order to Shesheng Camp, from the western hill, fire all flaming arrows, three rounds of arrow rain!" Li Ren did not directly send a large army to rush to the Vanguard Camp for support. Instead, he ordered the Shesheng Camp, which was guarded in the center army, to cover the mountains and forests around the camp with a rain of arrows.

After receiving the order, the Shesheng Camp, which was awakened, quickly prepared arrows and shot rockets at the dark forest, setting the forest on fire.

"Damn it, we've been discovered!" A detachment of three thousand men was stationed in the western forest.

They originally planned to take advantage of the opportunity to attack the Bingzhou central army camp when the central army sent troops to support the vanguard camp.

However, they did not expect that the Bingzhou Central Army Camp had no intention of rushing to support the Vanguard Camp. Instead, a sudden rain of arrows covered them.

The red rockets in the sky lit up the darkness and set the mountains and forests on fire.

The unknown army hiding in the forest was directly attacked.

The time from the rain of arrows appearing to covering their entire area was so short that they didn't even have time to react.

"Light Cavalry Battalion, kill them all!"

When the fire illuminated the woods, Li Ren instantly estimated the number of enemy troops in the forest and once again ordered the light cavalry battalion to go out and pursue them.

"The Left Guard Battalion will immediately support the Vanguard Battalion!"

Li Ren's orders continued to be issued.

The entire Bingzhou army also began to move at a rapid speed.

The unknown army that attacked at night met with misfortune.

Originally, they thought that the Bingzhou army would be slack because of their consecutive victories and the long expedition, and they wanted to keep the Bingzhou army in Yangdu forever. However, they did not expect that their idea was beautiful, but the reality was cruel.

None of their objectives for this night raid were achieved.

The surprise attack on the Vanguard Camp was discovered by the Vanguard Camp in advance, and the surprise attack turned into a strong attack. Then the Vanguard Camp immediately consolidated its formation and began to counterattack. Therefore, before the Zuowei Camp arrived to help, the army that attacked the Vanguard Camp also chose to withdraw from the battle.

It was because of the cover of night and the Bingzhou army's unfamiliarity with the terrain that they did not dare to leave the camp in pursuit, otherwise it would have been difficult for them to withdraw.

The night raid came quickly and went away just as quickly.

The battle was over in just half an hour.

The light cavalry battalion brought back prisoners.

"Whose subordinates are you?" Li Ren interrogated the captives who were attacked by the rain of arrows from the Shesheng Camp overnight.

"Chu State, Longteng Legion!" The captives had nothing to hide.

Even if the Bingzhou army doesn't know it now, they will know it by dawn, especially since their weapons and armor have the logo of the Tenglong Legion.

Li Ren nodded. He knew the three major legions of the Chu State, Tenglong, Yinghu and Leibao, which belonged to the Xiang clan, the Ji clan and the King of Chu respectively.

"Xiang Liang is so bold that he actually dared to launch a sneak attack on me!" Li Ren sneered.

The prisoners did not speak, and they did not know why the commander-in-chief ordered them to attack the Bingzhou army at night.

But as soldiers, they could only follow orders.

"Drag him away and chop him off!" Li Ren had no intention of taking in prisoners.

No one expected that the State of Chu would dare to provoke them, which was also beyond Li Ren's expectations.

However, the Bingzhou army was a professional military force. No matter what the circumstances, they would strictly follow military orders, set up light and dark sentries, and defend their camps, causing the enemy's night attack plan to fail.

As for the mountains and forests in the west, they were also a gap left intentionally by Li Ren. They were very close to the central army camp, but not too close, and were just within the shooting range of the Shesheng Camp.

So when he learned that the vanguard camp was attacked, Li Ren's first reaction was to set fire to the mountain.

The enemy just laid an ambush in the mountains and forests according to his plan, and then was burned by the Shesheng Camp.

"We fell into a trap!" Two people, one old and one young, from the Tenglong Legion who retreated to Yangcheng for a night attack were somewhat discouraged.

Their plan was to take advantage of the Bingzhou army's exhaustion after a long expedition and their successive victories along the way south. They wanted to take advantage of the Bingzhou army's pride and launch a surprise attack.

Who would have thought that the Bingzhou Army had no pride at all, was extremely cautious, and even deliberately left a loophole in the western forest for them when setting up camp.

Let them mistakenly believe that the Bingzhou army is really arrogant and complacent.

Then... they sent out a small force, but their entire army was wiped out and burned to ashes.

"I have long said that a man's reputation is like the shadow of a tree."

"General Li Ren is recognized as the best general in the world. How could he make such a mistake?"

A handsome general in the Tenglong Legion shook his head.

He originally disagreed with this night attack, but he could not help but see that the Bingzhou army ignored the mountains and forests to the west and set up camp close to the forest.

As it turned out, they all fell into the trap.

The forest on the west side is the gap that Li Ren deliberately left.

The rain of arrows from the Shesheng Camp left the soldiers hiding in the mountains and forests to the west with no chance to escape.

"Li Rencai has an army of 30,000. You have already told us to let the three legions attack with all their forces. We can kill Li Ren by stacking them together. But you insist on using tactics!" said the young general dissatisfiedly.

Not many people came for tonight's raid, and even the Tenglong Legion did not send out its entire army, but only two battalions. As a result, one battalion was completely wiped out, and more than half of the troops in the other battalion were killed.

If it weren't for the night and familiarity with the terrain, it would have been difficult to withdraw even this half of the camp.

(End of this chapter)