Chapter 1155 Loss
The full moon hid in the dark clouds, and the night owl in the pine forest suddenly silenced.
The fang soldier who was patrolling the night widened his eyes and looked into the distance suspiciously.
It was too dark and there was nothing to see, but the sound of horse hooves that never stopped told him that the enemy had been swimming nearby, just waiting for him to show his fatigue, and then suddenly came to kill and gave a fatal blow.
No one dares to take a nap, no one dares to joke about their lives.
They were waiting in full force, with their bows rolled out, their swords unsheathed, and their spears leaning outward, quietly waiting for the Hun cavalry to come.
The Huns never came.
Just as everyone was nervous and waiting for a long time and began to relax, a dull drum sound suddenly sounded in front of them, and the "dongdongdongdongdongdongdong" was spreading far away at night.
Immediately afterwards, the sound of horse hooves suddenly became rapid and the earth trembled even harder.
"Here!" someone could not bear the pressure and shouted in a hiss.
"Crash!" The fang soldiers lying on the mat and sleeping in their clothes jumped up, and for a moment, the sound of armor leaves and swords and gunshots were endless.
The officers issued a loud order, and the soldiers were like headless flies ramming around, and it took a long time to stabilize.
Li Yu had red eyes and stood up from a ox cart.
The person who followed him in a hurry put on his armor while reporting softly.
A moment later, he put on his helmet and armor, and came to the front of the formation with his spear.
In front is a pine forest, with hills slowly extending out on both sides of the pine forest, and the sound of drums comes from there.
Li Yu rubbed his eyes and looked into the distance tiredly, but saw the shadows in the night sky, and there was a faint sound of killing coming along the night wind. However, this situation lasted for a long time and no one had approached.
"This is a plan to doubt the military." After a moment, he said confidently.
Everyone agrees, but what can I do? The Hun cavalry can take turns to sleep and harass them. Can they do it?
In theory, it is OK, but the people in front of you can't do it.
Li Yu quickly dispersed most of the soldiers and ordered them to return to the camp and sleep in harmony. However, after the soldiers dispersed, they tossed and turned on the straw mat and found it difficult to fall asleep.
Even Li Yu couldn't sleep after he went back and lay down. He felt that he was obviously sleepy and tired, but he just couldn't sleep.
There is no other reason, I think too much and have too much psychological pressure.
This is the difference between a veteran and a new recruit.
Veterans know how to rest and distribute physical strength, fully trust their robes, understand the limits that both the enemy and us can achieve, and share the burden together, and the pressure will be much less.
What should I do if the new recruits are full of their minds? Others will definitely escape, right? They can't stand it, right? No one called me to get up, right? All these.
So much so that the horse's hooves suddenly woke up, and the war drums were beaten without any sleepiness.
When the arrow landed nearby, the veteran would wait for the military order, and if it didn't happen, it would continue to sleep. However, the recruits had already stood up with wide eyes, and the officer could not stop beating and scolding.
That harassment just now is the third time tonight.
Once at the foot of the mountain and twice on the hills, more than 3,000 people in the entire camp stared at red eyes, nervous.
To be fair, if these Chengjuns were allowed to survive this time, they would have a great psychological improvement and would be much calmer to deal with it next time. The question is, will there really be a next time?
No one knows.
The drums gradually stopped, and the horse's hooves gradually faded away.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Someone closed his eyes and started to rest. I am so tired that I can’t help it. Even if I can’t sleep, it’s good to close my eyes and pretend to sleep.
And just when some people were confused, there were another creepy screams hundreds of steps away from the north.
This scream caused a chain reaction, and some people could not bear the pressure, shouted, ran and bumped around. Fortunately, the officers couldn't sleep either and reacted in time. They immediately brought people to fight with swords and guns to suppress the soldiers from the bombing camp on the spot.
But as this happened, they couldn't sleep. Everyone was panting, staring at each other with big eyes, holding the swords and guns tightly, as if they were about to rush out to kill when something was wrong.
The risk of bombing camps is even greater...
After receiving the news, Zan Jian stood up and put on a bear fur, and then began patrolling the camp with three hundred soldiers.
He actually didn't sleep well.
It’s not that I’m afraid, but that I’m worried that my subordinates can’t bear it.
These people have poor quality and cannot be compared with them back then.
I still remember that when Duke Zhuang Wen (Li Dang) was alive, he followed Emperor Jing (Li Te) to fight against Zhang Zheng, the prefect of Guanghan who was sent by King Sima Yong of Hejian, to reinforce him.
The expedition troops were many powerful soldiers in Guanxi, which were extremely brave and defended by the danger. Emperor Jing was unfavorable in the battle, and the expedition troops came after the death. At that time, Duke Zhuang Wen came to help, but the mountain road was narrow and only one or two people were allowed to pass through in a narrow place. Seeing that the rescue was not enough, Duke Zhuang Wen was furious, wearing heavy armor, holding a spear, leading the way, killing more than ten people in a row, and those who blocked would die. In the end, the soldiers fought bravely and defeated Zhang Zheng.
The fifth son of Duke Wen, Li Feng and Li Zhi, were buried in the Wudu, and died in the battlefield. The remaining sons were not only talented, but even the bravery was very ordinary. Yes, Zan Jian couldn't stand Li Dang's son and the crown prince Li Ban because he was too gentle.
As for Li Yu, he didn't say anything. His martial arts skills were still good, but his mind was not tenacious enough, and he panicked when encountering problems, and he was seriously lacking in experience. But now it is a life-and-death battle again. Zan Jian has no choice but to take on more things at his fifty-year-old.
When inspecting the Northern Camp, Zan Jian swept around and ordered the soldiers to join the camp. Then he lit two hundred crossbowmen and asked them to stand behind the fence and vehicles, both outside and inside. Without the order from the officer, those who left would shoot, without any enemies.
After giving such a harsh order, he went to Xiying, located at the highest point of the hill, and ordered the soldiers who did not need to be on duty to lie down and sleep. Who dared to poke their heads and whip them five times?
The officers blushed.
Although they knew about military orders and even recited them, they had never been to the battlefield before. In a panic, they could not remember many things.
To put it bluntly, you still have to practice and have to withstand the tempering of high-intensity war!
After a walk around, Zan Jian returned to his tent, unarmed his armor, lay down with his clothes, and soon started to scream. The night became quieter, and the moon gradually deviated westward.
At the beginning of the Yin hour, the sound of drums and horns suddenly sounded under the gentle slopes of the hills.
Cheng Jun was dizzy and stood up in a hurry.
In the dark night, the sound of horse hooves is faster than any time tonight.
After walking more than a hundred steps, the sound of hooves gradually slowed down.
Just when Cheng Jun thought this was another harassment and cursed in his heart, there were continuous commands from the invading enemy. After a while, rows of Hun knights dismounted, holding swords, shields, spears, and horn bows, and shouted.
Your mother! This time it's true!
Cheng Jun's reaction was a little slow, and the Huns rushed to the front of the chariot formation and climbed up.
The close contact was launched immediately.
The Huns looked fierce and relied on their unexpected psychological advantages to shout for a fierce battle.
Cheng Jun was caught off guard, and some soldiers on the ox carts and horse carts were killed and fell to the ground. The Huns shouted and jumped off the ox cart, poked spears, slashed with knives, and some people held tinkering oil and poured onto Cheng Jun's baggage.
The raging fire started to burn, which was particularly conspicuous in the night sky.
Chengjun retreated step by step, crying for his parents.
Someone threw away the equipment and ran away with his head in his arms.
Some people were tortured to the point of being furious. At this time, with a sense of courage and the idea of dying with the Liang people, they fought to the death.
More people were at a loss and just resisted mechanically, but they were completely incompetent and were killed by hundreds of Hun soldiers and fled in all directions.
The sound of drums and horns came one after another.
This time, it was not the Huns, but the army formed, occasionally mixed with all kinds of noise.
Li Yu, who was leaning against a wheel, was awakened by his colleague, but he didn't react for a while. It was not until the raging fire came into his eyes that he slowly returned to his soul.
He almost subconsciously touched the stairs at his feet, and then called him to follow him in person.
My dear was shocked. Shouldn’t we summon troops and hold our feet at this time? What are you, a deputy supervisor? But the lord is like this, so they are not good at saying anything as guests, so they can only hold up the sword and shield and keep up with Li Yan's figure.
Zan Jian also stood up.
He first observed the situation on the battlefield and judged how many enemies there were and where they were attacking. After figuring out these, he turned pale and led hundreds of reserve teams that had been assembled, lined up and headed down the mountain.
Along the way, I encountered a large group of people running around and hitting each other. The crossbowman went forward and shot volleys to disperse them.
If you encounter a small group of people, you will be contained on the spot and will be incorporated into the army.
In this way, when they rushed to the bottom of the mountain, the team had reached as many as thousands.
At this time, the fire had already reflected half of the sky red.
Zan Jian ordered the crossbowmen to cross the chariot formation and circumvent the Huns to attack the side and back, leading 800 studs, with swords, shields, and spearmen standing behind, and advanced from the walls to clear away all resistances encountered in front - without any distinction between enemies and us.
With such a stable new force joining, the chaotic battle situation gradually became clear.
Seeing that a large army was coming, the Huns knew that they could not get it, so they stepped up a few fires and shouted and collapsed into the darkness.
Under the night, the sound of the crossbow's launching sounded loudly and from time to time. After a moment, a messy sound of horse hooves rang out.
The army crossbowmen who attacked hurriedly retreated.
Zan Jian did not order a pursuit, but sent people to put out the fire and clean up the camp.
The sound of horse hooves in the dark night stopped.
Zan Jian quietly looked at the dark night.
He could not see anything, and it seemed that he had seen everything. This was a silent confrontation.
After a long time, the man shouted and the horse neighed again, and the sound gradually faded away until it completely dissipated.
"Governor." Someone brought a stretcher over.
Zan Jian's eyes froze, and it turned out that Li Yan was lying on it.
During the night battle, he ate a stray arrow, and by chance he hit the neck and blood was flowing.
The doctor tried every possible way, but he couldn't stop the gushing blood.
Zan Jian squatted down and looked at Li Yu's dissipated gaze, speechless for a long time.
That night, they lost more than half, and at most 1,2300 sprinters and 7008 cavalrymen were available. People were in panic and their morale was greatly reduced.
In addition, perhaps after dawn, a royal general will be lost.
It is less than ten miles away from Guanghan County City. But these ten miles are like natural barriers. Every step forward requires a price of bleeding.
On the morning of February 15, Li Xiong, who received the news, personally led thousands of infantry and cavalry to the front army, drove out the umbrella of the emperor, and took the lead in opening the way.
(This chapter ends)