Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 396 Night Attack
———Pearl Khan Tent
As usual, most people hid in tents and warmed up by the fire, while a small number of people went out to patrol and stand guard.In the past, the siege of the city was only the monopoly of the Han people, but this time, the prairie people came to siege the city, and of course it was Baima Mountain.They didn't know who was on Baima Mountain, and they didn't know why Zhenzhu Khan used the strategy of besieging and not attacking this time.But these are not important, the important thing is that they don't ride a horse to die yet.

Xue Yantuo's men did not know how to walk but could ride horses, so all of them were capable of fighting, and all the people were soldiers.Xue Yantuoli's army is composed of three parts: free people, slaves, and Khan's personal guards. The real powerful ones are the Khan's personal guards. The purpose of going to war is not what a soldier should have.

Traditionally, everything that Xue Yantuo's soldiers bought and looted on the road belonged to individuals, and they didn't have to hand them in or collect taxes.However, all these are only guarded by the free people and the Khan, slaves do not exist.Therefore, the purpose of the free people to go to war is to grab things. When they encounter unarmed people, the free people can reach the point of "aggression like fire", but if they encounter a strong army, they can escape faster than anyone else.

The free folk are unseemly, but mere favourites, or in other words, bandits.The slaves were even worse. They were captured Han Chinese and other defeated tribes. They died in battle, but if they lost an arrow or seized supplies, they had to hand them all in. If they were injured, it was more likely Abandoned and fed to the wolves by the prairie people.Moreover, except for a very small number of super fighters, slaves will always be slaves, and there will be no high-ranking people who will have children as slaves for generations and daughters as slaves for generations.The fighting power of this army can be imagined.

Even so, because the shackles on the grassland have accustomed their backs, there are still many people, no one will question the badness of this system, but like everyone else, secretly breathing and living in this place where the weak are preyed upon by the strong.The desire to survive often makes people's hearts as strong as steel. Coupled with the natural advantages of cavalry, they still pose a huge threat to the Central Plains army.

On this day, a group of cavalry went out, and they wanted to inspect the gentle slopes around the White Horse Mountain.The Han people have not shown up for more than ten days, and the army on the mountain seems to have been abandoned by the Central Plains people.At first, they thought it was just a bait, so they resorted to tactics and killed the fisherman who came to collect the fish, but the fisherman didn't come for a long time, and Xue Yantuo's cavalry gradually slacked off and became depressed.

Not long after, a group of cavalry came back, but the soldiers guarding the gate could tell that this was not the pair who went out at all. Although they looked like grasslanders, they still vigilantly stopped the approaching cavalry group.

"(Suddenly) Hey, who's here!"

"(Suddenly) We are the people of Hanhai Khan. We pass by the treasure land and ask for a night to feed the horses with some salt."

"Brother (Suddenly), I'm sorry to ask again, do you have evidence?"

"(Suddenly) Hanhai Khan sent us out and handed over his saber to us. Is this okay?"

A person came out of the door, checked the saber, and couldn't help but said: "(Suddenly) grassland people always wear sabers, you must be Hanhai Khan's personal guards, what mission are you on?"

"(Suddenly) it's like this. Jilu Khan wants to make a good sword. You also know that the Han people are better at making blacksmiths. Our Han Hai happened to have a Han person, so he asked us to send it over."

"Oh, so it's like this..." The inspector showed a clear expression.

So I opened the door and let these people in. Wouldn't the prairie people arrange board and lodging for you, draw a place, pitch a tent, and warm up by the fire?cooking?Sorry, please bring your own cow dung.There is little firewood in the grassland, and the sun-dried cow dung is burned.

In a flash, if someone suddenly turned off the switch, the sky suddenly darkened.

The group of people who came in just now was Li Yu and his party. They made dumplings for Xue Yantuo's cavalry who was out on patrol.Then according to the prepared plan, sneaked into the enemy camp.Li Yu led 20 people, and there were [-] improvised firecrackers (shoulei) in his hands.Use a bamboo tube to hold water, pour sand bombs and gunpowder, and make a fine hemp rope covered with gunpowder as a fuse.

In fact, Xu Qing still took a lot of risks in making this firecracker. First of all, gunpowder, which is such a heaven-defying thing, is almost inseparable. This time it will be leaked. The cleverness of the craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty is not far from creation.

In addition, Xu Qing only had three more medicines for each gun left in his hand. If a war broke out, Xu Qing would not fight, and it would be easy to "disappear and die".

The sound of a heartbeat rang through the Centuries.According to the plan, the people inside first ignited all the tents, and then lit the firecrackers in Zhenzhu Khan's tent.In order to avoid not being able to hit people, what Xu Qing said was to light [-] firecrackers around the entire tent, and throw some into them. Although this kind of soil. kill.

After the cannon rang, Xu Qing acted as a suspicious soldier and lit a torch to lure Xue Yantuo out. Li Yu took the opportunity to kill out with other Xue Yantuo people, and then waited for the opportunity to leave.Moreover, when the company is on fire, the prince will definitely attack when he sees it.Khan Zhenzhu died, and the other khans could not convince the crowd. Even if they attacked for revenge for a while, the free people would definitely not want to. In the end, they would make a fuss about packing up Khan Zhenzhu's things, and then went home separately.

But things are not that easy.First, this Zhenzhu Khan seems to be a simple person. There are hundreds of tents in this camp, and at a glance, there is no special camp.However, Li Yu didn't dare to look around, for fear of being seen by others.

Hiding in his tent, he listened to all directions with the ears he had practiced for many years, and listened to the discussions of passers-by.You must know that Longwei is also a special soldier. Not only is he powerful with bows, horses, swords and guns, but also has eighteen martial arts skills, and his hands and eyes are as good as the sky.

In the middle of the night, inside Li Yu's tent, twenty figures came out one after another like ghosts.First spread out, and put some sleeping incense in each tent without touching the ground. This incense is a must for them.The advantage is that it is colorless, odorless, and has some resistance. Although it is not affected by sleeping incense, it cannot be detected.

After putting off the sleeping incense, Li Yu and the others asked everyone to set fire to the book.This fire folder is also specially made, as long as the folding cap is opened, it will burn slowly, and it is easy to ignite when placed on the side of the tent made of woolen cloth.When marching outside, Longwei usually prepares dozens of them to be carried on the horse.

Next, it is time to confirm the location of the bank account.During the day, they heard people passing by and talking with people in other tents, and basically determined the location of the tent.What is surprising is that Zhenzhu Khan didn't put his tent in the center of the entire camp. Hmph, this is a good way to prevent the enemy from attacking, but now it has fulfilled Li Yu and others.

It took half an hour for everyone to do these chores.

"The tent in front is the Khan's account, General..."

"Okay, success or failure depends on one move," Li Yu raised his hand, made an offensive gesture, and shouted in a low voice: "Go!"

(End of this chapter)