Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 885
To the southeast of Liangzhou City, [-] miles away, there are ravines and ravines, and the terrain is extremely complicated, but few people know that there is a very hidden valley, which is only [-] miles away from the campsite of Xiangfu Kingdom's Western Expeditionary Army tonight. , and along a dry river, the cavalry can reach the camp of the Western Expeditionary Army in an extremely concealed manner.

On a small hill to the east of this valley, Xue Mijian stared at the Fan army who was eating dinner with a telescope.

They followed the scout team from Liangzhou all the way to this place, because there was no shelter near the valley, they could only observe the movement of the Fan army from a distance, fortunately they had binoculars, otherwise it would be a waste of time.When following that team of Liangzhou reconnaissance cavalry, the other party rode on foot. They could only walk on small roads and mountains. They did not rest at all during the whole process, and even ran at high speed most of the time. If they hadn't experienced inhuman training and had perverted With his strong physical ability and super willpower, he couldn't persist in this process at all.

Seeing Xue Mi rubbing his red eyes, he felt soreness all over his body due to the overloaded exercise. He used great endurance to prevent his judgment from being affected by the pain, so as not to affect his understanding of the number of Fanjun in the valley. judgment.

After a few breaths, Xue Mijian calculated the number of Fan troops in the valley with a special method trained in the special brigade, and then led them back quietly.

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Haishi Rending, also known as Dinghun, etc., because the night is dark at this time, and people have stopped activities and rested in sleep.Man is still.

The Xiangfu Kingdom’s Western Expedition Army campsite with more than 7 troops seemed even quieter at this time, because except for the fixed sentries and mobile sentries who were still on guard, no one dared to whisper, let alone make loud noises. According to Xiangfu Kingdom The "Army Camp Law" stipulates that making loud noises and whispering while camping at night is an unforgivable crime. This is naturally to prevent the most terrifying camp screams from the ancient army at night on the battlefield.

However, at about a quarter of the hour of Hai, suddenly horns rang out from all sides of the camp, and the rockets shot from the crossbow, like a cloud of fire covering the sky and the earth, flew towards the camp of the Western Expeditionary Army in the dark night, turning into rain of fire.At this moment, a fire broke out at the Xiangfu Country Camp.Immediately after the rocket, no one knew exactly how many Fan troops rushed out from the hillside and the woods like a tide, and rushed towards the camp of the Western Expeditionary Army under the cover of bows and arrows.The army of Xiangfu Kingdom, which has always had the advantage of long-range firepower, seems to have not recovered from sleep at this time, or it was stunned by the fire rain. He ran in a panic, allowing these foreign troops to rush towards their position unimpeded.All this made the Fan army rushing to the camp extremely excited.However, amidst their excited roars, they didn't notice that these screams and these panicked figures seemed a little stiff, but none of the figures were set on fire.

Although it was illuminated by several miles of fire, the speed of the charge was not much slower than during the day.It has to be said that all these Fanqi who came here are elites.

However, at the moment when one-third of the nearly [-] Tibetan cavalry were intercepted and shot by scattered bows and arrows from all directions, and then rushed into the camp of the Xiangfu Kingdom's Western Expeditionary Army like a broken bamboo, a sudden change occurred , Except for the four directions of Zhengdong, Zhengxi, Zhengnan, and Zhengbei, which were about [-] paces apart, there was a sudden explosion around the camp.

A circle is more than ten miles long, with an average of one landmine every five meters, and a thousand mines explode almost at the same time. What kind of scene is this, and what kind of power is it.And this is not the old stone landmine, but one of the new types of firearms developed by the Xiangfu National Weapons Research Institute at the beginning of this year. Leave a small opening that is as thick as a finger, and use a small bamboo tube to thread it inside.It is specially used to dig pits and bury them in places where the enemy must pass, and dozens of mines can also be connected to one and explode at the same time. It is called "continuous mines".Once the enemy stepped on the steel turbine, it would immediately burst into flames and explode, which was extremely powerful.This weapon is the most proud work of the Weapons Research Department since the gunpowder bag. Once the trial production was successful, the Military Central Department immediately realized the great effect of this weapon. After Ye Chen pointed out, it was even more precious. Except for Ye Chen and a very small number of members of the Military Shuttle Department, no one knew, not even Han Xizai and Ma Wentao.Of course, as always, the Weapons Research Department also sent special researchers to accompany them to collect information.

There was a loud bang, and if one looked at it from a high altitude at this moment, one would find that it was like a huge ring of fire covering several miles rising from the ground.The explosion directly caused more than 5000 casualties of the Fan Army. The most important thing was that the sound was too loud. All the horses of the Fan Army cavalry were frightened and ran around, and the ears of the soldiers on the horses were all buzzing. Shaking to and fro, with terrified faces, they were stunned at this moment.The nearly [-] Tibetan troops who came here were mainly composed of two ethnic minorities, and these two ethnic minorities originally believed in gods and religions. At this moment, most of them even thought that the gods they offended were descended from heaven. After being punished by God, their minds were shaken at the slightest, and their minds were shaken at worst. A few people even got off their horses in fright and knelt on the ground, begging their Buddha to bless or forgive them.

Standing quietly and motionless in the spacious passages of the campsite, the 300 cavalry of the Xiangfu Kingdom army that had been preparing for a long time were on this night. As long as they didn't move, the coalition forces rushing towards the campsite could only see a piece of land from afar. The black shadows were hard to spot, and their people and horses had stuffed in their ears. The explosion had little effect on them. As soon as the explosion was over, they took out things from the ears of themselves and their horses, and then Then he rushed towards the enemy.At the same time, the trebuchet hidden behind the fortifications dug in the middle of the camp started to fire, and more than [-] gunpowder fell into the already completely chaotic Japanese army with a distance of hundreds of steps across the country. Brings a second round of explosions.

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This battle only lasted for a stick of incense, and with the confidence of winning, a coalition of more than 9 troops composed of Liangzhou, Ganzhou, and Qingtang was defeated, and it was a big defeat, a disastrous defeat.The 1 cavalrymen of Xiangfu Kingdom pursued and killed them all the way. King Pan Luo, who was already at the rear, led more than 1 cavalrymen at the rear to turn their horses and escape. In other directions, more than 1 coalition troops fled desperately in the dark night. Because these people ran too flustered, they panicked and didn't choose their way. A third of them galloped away in the dark night, breaking their horse's legs, and the soldiers on horseback were killed or maimed.Only King Pan Luo fled to the main city of Liangzhou with more than [-] people.

In this battle, the Liangzhou, Ganzhou, and Qingtang coalition forces killed more than 900 people, injured more than 500 people, and captured more than 3000 people, while the Xiangfu State Western Expeditionary Army only killed 540 people and injured 100 people. many people.

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In Liangzhou city at night, the two thousand infantry left behind are sleeping soundly in the dark city. Under the faint starlight, a watchman walks through the street with a dim lantern and clapper, and the place he walks is immediately shrouded in darkness. .

After the watchman left, ten black shadows flashed across the street in several groups, entered an alleyway one after another, and groped towards a mansion. They were all wearing black short clothes, carrying a backpack, and holding weapons of different lengths in their hands. , wearing cloth shoes with thick soft soles, which made no sound at all.

One person led came to the courtyard wall, and ten of them squatted down at the same time, holding their breath as if they had become part of the darkness. From the courtyard wall came the friction sound of animals stepping on plants, as well as the sound of whistling and sniffing. Black Shadow lightly took out a piece of dried meat from his leg bag and threw it over the wall.

The dog inside whined, but did not bark, but approached the place where the jerky was thrown, and there was the sound of chewing meat. More than ten people outside waited for a while, and there was a soft sound of falling to the ground inside.

The leader greeted a strong man, stood on his shoulder, and his face was exposed from the wall. It was Zhou Hu, the person in charge of the security department in Liangzhou.

Since the beginning of the founding of the Xiangfu Kingdom, the Ministry of Security has begun to send certain spies in the direction of the Western Regions, paying attention to the movements of various forces in the Western Regions, but it was not until the beginning of this year that Kou Minglu was ordered to formally establish the Western Regions Branch of the Ministry of Security.

At that time, Kou Minglu came to the Western Regions with [-] spies and [-] experts from the Operations Division, including [-] gold medal spies.Kou Minglu also set up five strongholds in Liangzhou, Ganzhou, Suzhou, Guazhou, and Yumenguan in accordance with the regulations set by the Ministry of Security long ago. Fu Guo's imperial court ordered the official, Hu Sanguang personally appointed, and the decision was made after submitting to Ye Chen for approval.Zhou Hu and other five people each led thirty spies and three masters to establish an intelligence network in their respective areas of responsibility. Now more than five months have passed, and the results are extremely remarkable.

As far as Liangzhou is concerned, on the basis of the original thirty spies and three masters, Zhou Hu has now absorbed seventeen spies and two masters, and more than 100 peripheral spies.The overall work is good, but King Pan Luo, the lord of Liangzhou, is not Yi Yu. The spies sent by Zhou Hu reported to him that the army of Xiangfu Kingdom began to move to Shunzhou. At the same time, King Pan Luo kept secrets. Formed an alliance with Ganzhou and Qingtang, and reached an agreement at a great price to allow the two parties to send troops to support them. At the same time, King Pan Luo first blocked Liangzhou City, only allowing entry and no exit.

When Zhou Hu went out of the city with great effort to join Kou Minglu, Qingtang and Ganzhou's [-] troops each had already arrived.

(End of this chapter)