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

Chapter 697: Taking Advantage of the Situation [Subscription*Monthly Ticket Request]

"General, you are wise!" the centurion flattered.

"Go and inform the general that guests have arrived on our right wing!" The captain smiled and signaled a scout to quietly leave the camp and report to the central army.

Long Qie and his undercover team sneaked into the right wing camp quietly, but he had no idea that he had been discovered.

The dagger carefully cut open the tent, then quickly rolled in and stabbed the camp bed in the tent with pain.

"Oh no, we've fallen into a trap!" Long Qie reacted quickly. He took three people and sneaked into one of the tents, then cut the soldier's neck under the quilt.

But when they cut the throat in the dark, they found that the touch was wrong and the dagger only cut the straw!
But before they could leave, a fragrant smell wafted into their noses.

"Smoke!" Long Qie was furious and wanted to shout to tell Xiang Ji who was supporting him outside, but he couldn't open his mouth and fainted.

"How naive!" Just after Long Qie and his group fell asleep, the tent was opened. Several soldiers wearing white scarves walked into the tent and tied up all the assassins who had sneaked into the camp like dead dogs.

"Well, that's what raiding a camp is all about. The first thing you do is sneak into the outer tents!" said a Bingzhou soldier, shaking his head.

There was no one in the outer tents, and the tents were airtight and all lit with incense. Once someone sneaked in, they would be caught immediately if they were not careful.

After all, these incenses are made by the King of Poisons, so their efficacy is guaranteed.

Unless you meet one of those farmers who have a special physique that is immune to all poisons, ordinary people, even if you are a sword master-level expert, will fall down within three breaths as long as you inhale the incense.

"Check how many people have come and see if anyone has slipped through the net!" the centurion ordered.

Soon, the fifty people brought by Long Ju were all quietly transferred to a tent.

"Fifty people, neat and tidy, it seems that no one has slipped through the net!" After counting the number of people, the centurion was sure that no one had slipped through the net.

After all, this kind of military operation is generally carried out in groups of ten and five. As long as there are no numbers like two, three, four, six, seven, or eight, there will be almost no chance of anyone slipping through the net.

"Keep an eye on them, I'll go report to the captain!" After leaving a few people to guard them, the centurion left the tent and found the captain of the right wing camp.

"Can you confirm which army from the State of Chu is coming?" asked the captain.

"Identity tokens were found on them. They are from the Chu State's Tenglong Legion." The centurion handed an identity token to the captain.

The captain took the token and took a look at it, and confirmed that it was the Tenglong Legion that attacked the camp tonight.

"Fifty men serve as assassins, so the enemy's number is probably around three to five thousand!" The captain got the answer after a little thought.

In the central army tent, Li Ren also received intelligence from the right wing camp, and then came to the same conclusion as the captain.

"Let the heavy cavalry battalion go out of the camp and go around to the right camp and Yangdu to cut off the enemy's retreat route. Keep their mouths shut and their horses' hooves wrapped!" Li Ren gave the order.

The messenger conveyed Li Ren's military order immediately, and the heavy cavalry battalion moved quickly.

"The Shesheng Camp must also be prepared!" Li Ren continued to give orders.

He didn't need to give detailed instructions on how to fight. The officers under his command all knew how to cooperate with each other, so he only needed to deploy the army.

When the right wing battalion received Li Ren's reply and knew which comrades would come to support them, the captain immediately determined how to respond.

"Wait a quarter of an hour, and we will start our performance!" The captain of the right camp estimated the time. If they moved, they would also have to give the heavy cavalry camp and the shooting camp time to prepare. And a quarter of an hour was enough for the shooting camp and the heavy cavalry camp to reach the designated position.

In the darkness outside the right camp, Xiang Ji was also waiting for the signal that Long Ju had succeeded.

As time passed little by little, Xiang Ji began to have a bad premonition in his heart, but he forced himself to suppress it, comforting himself that it might be because of the darkness and the only sound was his own heartbeat, so he felt that time was passing so slowly.

After waiting for a long time, finally, the right wing camp suddenly became crowded with people, a fire suddenly broke out in the camp, and three signal fireworks rose into the sky.

"Long Ju succeeded!" Xiang Ji's tense heart finally relaxed. He immediately stood up, jumped on his horse and no longer hid himself.

"Sword in hand, follow me and kill!" Xiang Ji took the lead and led the soldiers of the Tenglong Legion directly to the right camp.

When they rushed to the right camp gate, they saw several men in black helping them open the gate and remove the antler obstacles that were blocking the camp.

Xiang Ji took a quick glance and saw that many Bingzhou soldiers had fallen at the Deer Horns and the camp gate. Then he withdrew his gaze and rode his horse into the camp.

However, when he led his soldiers to hack into the tents and ride their horses to destroy the camps, he finally discovered something wrong.

The fire did come from the tent, but no soldiers burned by the flames were seen rushing out, and the wailing did not come from the tent at all.

What was even more terrifying was that after they hacked at the tents and trampled on their horses, the horses suddenly fell down and the soldiers were thrown out.

Only then did Xiang Ji see the plum blossom nails and deer antler tents in the camp that were designed to target cavalry.

"This captain has been waiting for you for a long time!" Xiang Ji was furious and wanted to withdraw when bonfires suddenly lit up around the right wing camp, illuminating the entire camp.

A shield wall also appeared around the camp, with spears placed on the shields, slowly moving towards the center.

"We've fallen into a trap!" Xiang Ji knew very well that they had fallen into a trap again.

Moreover, the right wing camp was well prepared, waiting for them to break in and catch them in the trap.

"Break through!" Xiang Ji didn't dare to stay any longer. If he allowed the main army to surround them, they would lose their speed and buffer and would be wiped out by the Bingzhou army.

As for Long Ju, Xiang Ji had no time to think about him. The most urgent task now was to break out with his soldiers before being surrounded by Bingzhou, and escape as much as possible.

"Leave a gap and let them go!" The captain signaled the shield guards at the camp gate to make a small gap to give Xiang Ji a chance to withdraw.

Xiang Ji also saw that the road they came from was not blocked, so he decisively turned his horse around and rushed out with his soldiers.

The captain stood in the distance and watched quietly as Xiang Ji escaped with a small number of cavalrymen without chasing them. Instead, he ordered the soldiers to seal the opening completely and let all the Chu infantrymen who came to attack the camp stay in the camp.

As for Xiang Ji, who had escaped from the camp with some cavalry, he did not dare to relax. He could only look back angrily and then ride away again.

However, just as he led his men out of the camp, he heard the sharp and piercing sound of a sharp blade cutting through the air.

"Be careful of the rain of arrows!" Xiang Ji reacted immediately and turned over to hide under the horse's belly.

As soon as he completed this action, a rain of arrows began to fall, and the sounds of war horses neighing and falling to the ground and soldiers falling off their horses could be heard.

(End of this chapter)