People in the Three Kingdoms: Starting from Preaching

Chapter 232 Fighting Side by Side
That night, the moon was dark and the wind was strong, and Chunyu Qiong's army camp was silent.

The winter weather is freezing cold as soon as you leave the tent. Only the team on duty is responsible for fulfilling their defense duties. However, they are unwilling to go far and mostly just light a bonfire around the camp and huddle together for warmth.

This kind of garrison was very loose, but Chunyu Qiong was not strict in military discipline, so it was too difficult to get the soldiers to go out of the camp for inspection in the severe cold.

Fortunately, the surrounding area has been almost cleared now, and there are no major hostile forces, so they don't have to worry too much. Most of the soldiers on duty are just doing their job.

As the night deepened, they even sat by the fire and felt drowsy. If it hadn't been so cold, they would have just lay down on the ground and fallen asleep.

"Brothers, it's okay for us to take a rest, but don't really fall asleep. If something happens, we will be the first to suffer, and the general will definitely not let us off easily!"

The extreme silence made people feel uneasy. A soldier looked into the darkness, but couldn't see anything, so he started talking to other soldiers.

This kind of talk is not only a reminder, but also a way to dispel the uneasiness in one's heart.

For some reason, his eyelids kept twitching after dark, which seemed to be a bad omen.

The other soldiers who were awakened by the alarm frowned when they heard this: "What kind of accident could happen? There are no Yellow Turbans around, who else could come to attack at night? If you are worried, just go out and walk around for a while, and stop talking nonsense!"

Another soldier also became impatient: "That's right, the general is in the camp, holding a beauty in his left hand and drinking in his right hand, and he is so happy. We don't have the blessing to enjoy it, so what can we do if we are lazy?"

After the two of them said this, the uneasy soldier suddenly fell silent.

It's pitch black outside, and I don't have the courage to go out on patrol alone.

But after they said this, the other soldiers followed suit and talked about nothing but the lewd sounds in Chunyu Qiong's tent.

They were so envious of this that they could only satisfy their urge by making some teasing and obscene words.

In the end, no one cared about defense.

As a result, the uneasy soldier gradually let go of his strange emotions and soon joined the crowd in discussing the matter.

If he really went out to take a look as the other soldiers said, he would find that in the dark night, a long team, with branches pulling each other from front to back, was quietly moving towards the camp.

Night is a very unfavorable time for action. They have been groping in the dark for a long time and have finally reached within a few hundred meters of the camp.

If it were a normal camp, there would be many light and dark sentries set up in a considerable area outside the camp at night, so that once there was any movement, they could give the alarm immediately.

But it was obvious that Chunyu Qiong's army was not deployed strictly, so that even when the Yellow Turbans were about to attack them, they were still unaware.

A distance of several hundred steps is almost face to face. At this time, as long as a charge is launched, even if the movement is slow in the dark, they can quickly reach the camp. Moreover, the dark is an unfavorable condition for both sides, and the reaction of Chunyu Qiong's army will definitely be affected.

However, the team in the dark still maintained a slow pace to approach the military camp. In order to increase the chances of a successful night attack, they still hoped to get as close to the camp as possible. As long as the enemy did not actively discover them, they would continue to move forward.

Time passed bit by bit, and as the distance got closer, the subtle movements of the crowd could no longer be completely concealed by the darkness.

The soldier, who had just calmed down, was telling dirty jokes to others, but as he was talking, he found that his eyelids were twitching even more violently, and he suddenly had a strong sense of foreboding.

Some people are born with keen senses. This phenomenon is difficult to explain, but it does exist, and this soldier seems to be one of them.

He could no longer join in the conversation, and anxiety drove him to open his mouth to say something, but seeing the soldiers chatting enthusiastically, he remained silent because he knew that even if he expressed his feelings, it would only lead to ridicule and dissatisfaction from others.

He could only keep observing into the darkness, as if this could ease the uneasiness in his heart.

But the darkness could swallow up all traces. He looked for a long time but didn't find anything. Finally, he could only shake his head and prepare to look away, wondering if he was thinking too much.

But just as he turned around, his body suddenly stiffened, and then all the hairs on his body stood up.

In a trance when he turned his head, he seemed to see something black shaking in the darkness.

He was not sure if he had seen it wrong, so he could only suppress the fear in his heart and turned to look into the darkness again. This time he swore that he was not seeing things. He clearly saw countless black shadows moving in the darkness.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

A sharp cry of fear resounded through the night sky, alarming the entire military camp.

And just as this voice appeared, a roar also came from those "black shadows".

"We've been exposed. Follow me, kill the enemy and burn the camp!"

As the roar came down, there was a sudden roar of mountains and seas in the dark night. The powerful sound waves were like the roar of thousands of people. For a moment, human voices, the sounds of metal, and footsteps mixed together, which stunned Chunyu Qiong's entire camp.

The soldiers guarding the camp hurriedly took precautions. Although most of the night raiders were peasant soldiers armed with sticks and hoes, they were overwhelmed by their numbers. Especially the leader of the peasant soldiers, who rushed forward with a wooden spear, whipping, stabbing, and swinging all kinds of moves, like an unstoppable god of war.

He led the way and quickly tore a hole in the camp. The peasant army behind him quickly poured in, lit torches and began to burn the camp, food and supplies. Sparks quickly appeared in the darkness.

It was not until this time that the soldiers who had been sleeping in the winter were awakened. By the time they put on their clothes and took up their weapons and rushed out, the situation in the camp had already gotten out of control.

As for the commander Chunyu Qiong, he only woke up from the drunken white body beside him after the soldiers rushed in and kept shaking him.

He was disturbed from his sweet dream. Just as he was about to yell in anger, he heard loud noises and bursts of fire in the camp. He immediately knew that something was wrong and his drunkenness sobered up a little.

"You bastard, why are you calling me now?"

Chunyu Qiong was horrified. He kicked the soldiers away and hurriedly put on his clothes. He didn't have time to tidy them up. He just rushed out of the tent with his clothes in a mess and holding a sword.

When he came out, he saw that the camp had been badly destroyed, which made him furious.

"The entire army will immediately form a formation and counterattack. We cannot let these guys escape!"

Chunyu Qiong's eyes seemed to be spitting fire. After entering Changshan, the food and supplies he had "collected" with great effort were destroyed. It would be difficult for him to maintain the army's operations. Seeing this scene, he really wanted to eat all these guys who attacked at night alive.

What made him particularly angry was that he discovered that the guys who attacked the camp at night were all peasant soldiers.

He couldn't bear it any longer. If the enemy was really strong, it would be fine. But he was actually defeated by such an opponent. This was simply a great humiliation for him!
The burning of the camp was a foregone conclusion, and now all he wanted to do was kill people.

He picked up his sword, mounted his horse, and ran around commanding the soldiers. Finally, he slowly stabilized the situation. After all, the opponents who attacked the camp had little combat effectiveness.

Even though the soldiers were stunned at first, there were many casualties in the first moment, and many were burned to death directly, resulting in a lot of manpower loss.

But they are a legitimate army after all. As long as they come to their senses, they will be able to suppress the enemy even if they suffer a loss in terms of manpower.

The peasant army was immediately under tremendous pressure. They found it very difficult to defeat the enemy with sticks and even stones.

The warrior who was wielding his spear and killing enemies everywhere also felt more and more exhausted, but this situation was within his expectations. After all, the team he led only had this much combat power, and he couldn't ask for more.

Now the only option is to retreat. This kind of retreat will definitely not be pleasant and will inevitably result in many casualties, but we have no choice but to endure it.

"Ziyi, it's time for us to retreat!"

Ma Yan, who was in sync with him, also saw the situation and immediately rushed out from the enemy camp to stand in front of Taishi Ci, also intending to retreat.

Taishi Ci felt regretful. If the enemy had not entered Changshan too suddenly, resulting in many Yellow Turban brothers being killed when they were scattered, he could at least organize a considerable force to fight back. Maybe he could not only burn the food and grass, but even directly destroy the camp.

But now the Yellow Turbans at the grassroots level in Changshan have been defeated one by one, and with only a little strength left, they can do something only by organizing the people through a joint defense mechanism.

Taishi Ci was about to order a retreat, but something unexpected happened.

Suddenly, there was a loud shouting from the side. A third force appeared out of nowhere. Both parties who were fighting were startled and even their fighting movements slowed down involuntarily. Taishi Ci and Chunyu Qiong both turned their heads to look.

Then they saw another group of peasant soldiers rushing out from the camp under the light of fire.

Taishi Ci was overjoyed at first, but when he saw the face of the leader of the team, his face froze.

The other person also looked over and happened to meet Taishi Ci's eyes, and was also stunned.

It's him!

It's him!

Taishi Ci recognized the other person at a glance. It was the young general in white robe who had fought with him to the death in the battle when Xuanxia entered Jizhou. He was seriously injured that time and almost died.

The moment he saw the other person's face, he subconsciously felt that the other person was coming for him.

If this were the case, and if this happened at this juncture, I would be doomed.

But when Taishi Ci looked again, he saw a blood-stained yellow scarf tied on the other person's head, which made him feel relieved immediately. Just seeing the yellow scarf was enough to understand what was going on, after all, he also had one tied on his head.

I can't fight this guy to death on the battlefield anymore, but it seems nice to be able to fight side by side.

"Reinforcements are coming, follow me and fight back!"

(End of this chapter)