Great Han Empire

Chapter 9 Rising Sun
Ke Zui's troops hurried for a day, and the soldiers were very tired.After dinner, except for the soldiers in charge of security, everyone else fell asleep.

Chenziwei was very quiet in the night.Occasionally, the cool night wind gently caressed the sneezing sounds of war horses into the air, drifting with the wind.All kinds of unknown insects in the grass were chirping unscrupulously.

There is no moon in the sky, and you can't see your fingers.In order to be able to see farther, the patrolling soldiers lit more than a dozen bonfires around the barracks. The burning flames emitted a scorching light, illuminating the surrounding area for hundreds of steps.

Suddenly, the rapid and dense sound of horseshoes sounded like rolling thunder from a distance.The soldiers who were patrolling around were taken aback, and hurriedly gathered outside the camp in groups of three or four.The shrill alarm horn sounded through the night.

The big camp suddenly boiled up, people shouted and horses neighed, and it became a mess.The soldiers who had just fallen asleep were woken up sleepily by the officers at all levels from the tents. They rushed out of the tents cursing, gathered together quickly, and made various preparations to deal with the enemy's raid on the camp.

Ke Zui rushed out of the tent and flew on his horse without even putting on his clothes. Behind him was a large group of disheveled generals, attendants, and messengers. They rushed out of the camp in a chaotic mess.

The first thing that catches the eye is a patch of red dots, which look extraordinarily eye-catching in the night.This piece of red dot moves very fast.It didn't take long, and it had turned into a large, loose and jumping flame.Judging from the distribution of torches, there are at least thousands of enemy cavalry in the attacking battalion.The sound of approaching horseshoes beat on the hearts of every soldier like drums, and the tense atmosphere immediately enveloped the entire barracks.

"Every department is in position, ready to fight." Ke said loudly to the general behind him most calmly.Everyone made a promise and dispersed.

When the distance was about one mile, more than a dozen trumpeters of the other side simultaneously blew the horn of charge.The deep whining sound reverberated in the dark night sky, appearing extraordinarily chilling and terrifying.

Just then, something strange happened.

The enemy's torches were all extinguished suddenly, and the ground fell into darkness again. Immediately, there was a messy trampling sound of horseshoes, and then the neat sound of horseshoes turned and ran into the darkness, gradually becoming inaudible.

Ke least knew what kind of mystery Murong Feng was making, preparing to rob the camp in a big way, but withdrew inexplicably.False alarm.

Several scouts galloped out of the camp and quickly merged into the darkness.Soon, he quickly ran back from all directions to report to Ke Zui: within five miles, no trace of the enemy was found.

Ke Changchi let out a long sigh, and steered his horse back to the camp.The leaders of the various ministries ordered the soldiers to disband and rest.The soldiers of the Tiger Tribe cursed loudly, while listlessly returned to the army tent and continued to sleep.

Soon, the camp slowly quieted down.The soldiers fell asleep and snored everywhere.

Suddenly, more than a dozen horns in the camp blew at the same time, and the loud and shrill cry woke up the sleeping soldiers again.

Ke Zui, like all the other soldiers, rushed out of the camp.They saw an unbelievable scene.The east side, [-] steps away from the camp, was densely packed with enemy cavalry.Every cavalryman held his torches high, his knives out of their sheaths, their arrows on their strings, and were about to charge.

Ke Zui's camp was like a frying pan in an instant. The soldiers ran wild and panicked.

Ke Zui's main force was indeed well-trained. Although it seemed that the camp was in chaos, the soldiers all knew where to run and what to do, and the leaders of the various ministries could accurately lead their men to the battle positions.The chaos is a bit chaotic, but everything is still under control.Ke Zui stood at the forefront of the team on horseback, and from time to time issued orders to the orderlies behind him.

Qian Chang, who was in charge of patrolling the camp, knelt in front of Ke Zui's horse with a look of fear on his face.

"Why didn't you find out earlier?" Ke asked most coldly.

"Returning to my lord, the enemy is lurking here quietly. We haven't noticed it until the enemy suddenly lit up torches, and we didn't know that there was an enemy invasion. The villain is negligent, please punish me."

Ke Zui looked at the enemy's iron cavalry in the distance, and was surprised to find that they were still standing there, neither sounding the horn to charge nor showing signs of planning to attack.It stands to reason that when their camp is in chaos, it is their best chance to attack. Why don't they attack?What exactly is Murong Feng going to do?
"It's none of your business, you go back." Ke Zui waved to the Qianchang and said lightly.

"My lord, all the ministries have been assembled and can attack at any time."

Ke nodded.Originally facing an opponent like Murong Feng, Ke Zui had lent ten guts to him, but he didn't have the confidence to challenge, not at all.Murong Feng's ability to use troops is the first in Xianbei, and Ke Zui can't catch up even with the fastest Dawan BMW.

The commander-in-chief is a genius of the sky. If he hadn't been greedy for wealth and suddenly turned against him during the Battle of Benniuyuan, the commander-in-chief would not have fled in defeat. However, Xianbei has fallen into continuous civil war since then.With Dashuai's way of doing things, he will definitely overthrow Helian and establish a new king.Did I do something wrong?If Helian had been overthrown with the commander-in-chief back then, the Xianbei Kingdom would not have been rebelled by Helian and its national power would have been greatly reduced.

Ke Zui sighed.If I had known today, I might as well have fought with the handsome man back then.

Ke Zui was feeling sorry for himself here, but suddenly something happened to the enemy cavalry on the opposite side.

The torches of the enemy riders began to go out one after another, one, two, one team, one team. This strange situation made Ke Zui and the soldiers of the Hu tribe bewildered, and their hearts were filled with fear of Murong Feng.

Soon, the enemy cavalry were all plunged into darkness without a sound.

Ke Zui looked at each other with the several thousand chiefs around him, not knowing what kind of trick Murong Feng was going to use to attack him tonight, he couldn't help feeling uneasy.

The soldiers complained endlessly.The soldiers have been exhausted from rushing desperately under the urging of Mr. Ke Da for the past few days, and they were repeatedly harassed by the enemy tonight, and everyone was so tired that they couldn't stand upright.Seeing that there was no movement in front of them, many soldiers simply fell asleep standing up.

After a long time, there was no movement on the opposite side, just death-like silence and deep darkness.

Ke finally got impatient, and he ordered the scouts to move out cautiously, looking for traces of enemy cavalry in the dark places to the east.

The enemy probably covered the hooves of the horses with cowhide, and when they came, they came silently, and when they left, they were equally silent.

After Ke Zui received the report that everything was safe from the scouts, he immediately ordered all the soldiers to take turns to rest to prevent the enemy from attacking again.A thousand commander followed Ke Zui and carefully reminded: "My lord, Murong Feng definitely wants to use this method of frequent harassment to keep our army from resting, so as to benefit from it in the decisive battle tomorrow. Our army marches hard during the day, The soldiers are already exhausted, if Murong Feng continues to harass tonight, even if the soldiers take turns to rest, we will not be able to fight tomorrow."

Ke shook his head most helplessly, and said with a wry smile: "What can we do? If Murong Feng suddenly robs the camp when we are most tired, then we will be doomed."

"But the soldiers don't sleep all night, what will we do tomorrow?"

"I won't leave tomorrow." Ke Zui waved his hand and said, "Be sure to be ready tonight."

The news of not leaving tomorrow made the soldiers greatly relieved.The army was then divided into two, some of the soldiers were guarded by Ke Zui himself for the first half of the night, and the remaining part of the soldiers were guarded by the handsome Ke Rong for the second half of the night.

Half an hour later, the sound of galloping horseshoes came from the south of the camp again.The enemies who came to attack immediately turned their heads and ran away when they saw the soldiers of the Tiger Tribe lined up in the camp in high spirits.

Repeatedly, every half an hour, there will always be a group of enemy cavalry appearing in different directions.After a long time, idiots can see that this is Murong Feng's trick to harass the enemy.

Ke was very cautious. Every time the enemy cavalry attacked, he ordered the soldiers to be ready to meet the enemy.The soldiers murmured in private, thinking that the adults are too timid, so fearing the enemy like a tiger and being suspicious, why fight?In the end, the soldiers couldn't bear it anymore, and many of them secretly lay down on the ground to sleep. As long as they heard the sound of the horn, they would stand up reflexively, but most of their eyes were still closed.The leaders of the various ministries were also paralyzed, and everyone turned their eyes and closed their eyes to pretend that they didn't see it.

After finally staying up until midnight, everyone finally saw that handsome Ke Rong came to take over with his troops.Following Ke Zui's order, the soldiers dispersed and disappeared in a blink of an eye.Ke Zui called Ke Rong to his side, gave some careful instructions, and then went back to the big tent to rest.

The soldiers in charge of guarding in the second half of the night cried out when they were sleeping soundly, and they all yawned, unable to hold on. It didn't take long, and a large area around the camp had already fallen asleep.

Then the alarm horn sounded again.The enemy cavalry always harassed from a distance and then disappeared immediately. These soldiers patrolling outside the camp almost didn't even blow their horns lazily.Before the soldiers in the camp had stood up and formed their formation, the enemy cavalry had already left like a whirlwind.

After the patrol soldiers blew the alarm three times, the harassing enemy cavalry suddenly disappeared.Maybe the enemy went to rest after a busy night.All the soldiers in the camp who were supposed to be asleep fell asleep, and those who shouldn't have also fallen asleep.Ke Rong barely supported it, but he was too tired during the day, and his eyelids gradually became heavier and heavier until they were all closed.

Around the camp, except for a few dedicated patrol soldiers, there was no one sober.

The darkness before dawn is the darkest period of time.

Murong Feng and his two thousand cavalry were divided into two teams, east and west, and attacked Ke Zui's camp from two directions.Murong Feng ordered the soldiers to try their best to rush into the enemy camp in the shortest possible time and deal a devastating blow to the sleeping enemy.Two hundred iron cavalry wandered around the periphery, and when they encountered runaways, they were killed without mercy.

The cavalry army suddenly rushed out of the darkness like ghosts.

The soldiers on patrol didn't react for a while, they thought the enemy cavalry was still harassing them like the previous few times, so they held the bullhorn lazily and weakly, but then they were completely awakened by the long arrows shot into their bodies.The patrol soldiers who were not shot were panic-stricken, yelling and rushing back to the camp, while using all their strength to blow the alarm horn for the incoming enemy horses.

The soldiers in the camp didn't pay any attention to the voice that had tormented them all night. They intuitively thought that the enemy was coming to harass them again.

Ke Rong was startled awake.

He saw countless enemies brandishing war knives and rushing up like the wind in the dark night. He instinctively uttered a creepy scream: "The camp has been robbed..."

The sound stopped abruptly, his head suddenly flew away from his body, flying in the air, blood sprayed everywhere, and the mouth was still opening and closing vigorously, as if it was about to send out the last word.

This is a massacre.On one side are the poachers who are like wolves and tigers, and on the other side are the prey immersed in sleep.

(End of this chapter)