Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 1193 What the **** is going on

   Waiting is the most torturous thing.

  Bosses like to use waiting to torture subordinates’ sharp angles and tempers, businesses like to use waiting to tease customers’ hunger bottom line, and young women like to use others’ waiting to show their importance…

  But first of all, there must be a premise that waiting needs to have the value of waiting. The boss has a salary, and the merchant has a source of goods. If there is no value to wait, then go to whoever you like.

  Gong Jun and the twenty scouts around him were waiting.

  Strictly speaking, they have been waiting for nearly a day.

Looking at Han Sui's camp fifty or sixty paces away across the river, listening to the night patrols and the patrolling questions and answers between the guards, even Gong Jun, who has participated in similar operations many times, still has his heart pounding. accelerate.

   Nervous, a little bit, but more excited.

   Gong Jun likes this feeling very much. Especially when he was hiding in the darkness, he felt like a master on the battlefield, deciding the life and death of others, which somewhat intoxicated Gong Jun.

  Twenty scouts, plus Gong Jun and Ling Jie, as well as some weapons and crossbows, the two small boats were just right.

These twenty scouts have not been following Gong Jun for a day or two. Many things are not allowed to be ordered by Gong Jun. They are making preparations spontaneously. Wax strips were brought out to wax the racks of the winders, and some quietly visited the wounded crossbow beside the boat, waiting for the movement in Han Sui's camp.

  Gong Jun's expression didn't change much, but he was still a little uneasy. Although it is said to be wrapped in oiled paper and packed in sheepskin foam, is there any contingency in that matter? If Thunderbolt goes into the water, it's no fun...

  The starry night is lonely.

  The sparse wind made the reeds rustle, like raindrops falling on the leaves, which had a strong hypnotic effect, but Gong Jun stared at the opposite bank with his eyes wide open.

   "Boom!"

   At this moment, there was a flash of fire in Han Sui's camp, and then there was a loud noise!

  Huge flames soared into the sky, and the sound waves that rushed to the face even shook the reeds.

   "Do it!"

  Gong Jun shouted suddenly.

  The boat was quickly pushed out of the reeds and slowly drifted downstream along the river. The boat had just been carried along by the current, and when it was relatively stable, Gong Jun and the others had already started to shoot the first round of arrow feathers and crossbow bolts.

  Although they were equipped with simple winders, the speed of fire of crossbows was still lower than that of longbows in battle, so Gong Jun and others did not use all powerful crossbows.

In the military law of the Han Dynasty, there is a clear rule that if at night, except for the guards and patrols on duty, any soldier wandering outside the tent for no reason, the light ones will be staffed, and the severe ones will be chopped off. Those who were killed were basically beheaded on the spot to show the public, in order to prevent the camp from screaming.

Camp whistles can happen anywhere, at any age, in any season, as long as there are a large number of people. There are prison whistles, and even youth boarding schools occasionally have such phenomena. In the army, because immobile is a strict military law, either whip, stick, or behead, plus the cold weapon era directly faces death, the psychological pressure is greater than that of ordinary people, so it is more prone to problems, destructive Also bigger.

   Until the age of hot weapons in later generations, did the battalion roar still happen? In the largest battalion scream in modern times, 40,000 troops were left with only 4,000 troops due to chaos and cannibalism.

Therefore, the sudden loud noise at night was like stabbing the hornet's nest in Han Sui's camp, and it suddenly became chaotic. The camp was filled with all kinds of sounds, figures were shaking rapidly, and even the sound of the alarm gong was lost in the noise.

   "Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

  A large number of Han Sui soldiers shouted and bumped their heads.

  The original utensils and torches in the tent were brought down on the ground, and several fires appeared soon, adding to the chaos.

   "Quick! Faster!" Gong Jun roared loudly, and then shot out the arrow that ignited the wrapped cloth strips, and tied it high on the top of a tent.

Crossbows and arrows streaked across the night sky and sank into the body of Han Sui's soldiers who were disturbed on the opposite bank. Blossoms of blood bloomed. After being shot down by more than a dozen people one after another, Gong Jun and others were killed by Han Sui's soldiers. Found, yelled and pointed here, but still didn't have much strength to fight back.

  Arrows and crossbow arrows with fire, some stuck on the felt, some fell on the grass, the flames faltered, and a lot of fire heads were added.

  Killing people is not the primary goal of Gong Jun and the others. What is more important is to destroy the camp and cause riots. But now the riots have obviously broken out, so Gong Jun and the others need to make the destructive power stronger and longer.

   Without Gong Jun's urging, the twenty scouts excitedly ignited and rewound, and shot the arrows and crossbows as best they could.

   With a "whoosh", an arrow was shot from the other side of the river, immediately knocking down a scout on the boat!

   On the other side of the river, Ma Chao was standing in front of a tent, aiming at it with a bow and arrow.

   "Shoot! Shoot him!"

Gong Jun yelled, and then shot an arrow at Ma Chao, and the scouts on the side also changed their targets and shot towards Ma Chao, but it was a pity because the boat was floating on the water, up and down, if shooting some tents, etc. There is no difference between large targets, but it still has a great impact on accurate shooting, so although more than a dozen arrows were shot at a time, the accuracy was not very good, but Ma Chao was taken aback and shrank Later, Ma Chao didn't do any harm, but was shot back by Ma Chao, and another person was shot down.

However, due to the current, the boat gradually moved away from Ma Chao's tent, and in the dark night, after a certain distance, he lost his vision. Ma Chao chased a few steps, but he could only pause, angry. Throwing the longbow to the ground.

"Damn it! Damn it! Blow the trumpet! Blow the trumpet! Make all the leaders gather to belong to you! Anyone who disturbs them, beheaded! Beheaded!" Han Sui also shouted angrily, surrounded by layers of soldiers, "Damn it! Damn it! Where did this person come from!? What's going on?!"

  ………………

   "What's the matter?" Cheng Gongying stared at the sentry and said, "Didn't it mean that Zhengxi's troops had already arrived near Fanxudao? Why did no one enter Fanxudao after waiting for a long time?"

"This..." The sentinel was sweating, but he still couldn't figure out what the situation was, and said, "The little one, I don't know the little one... The little one really saw the cavalry rushing under the banner of Zhengxi." I came here on the road... But why no one has come in until now, I really don't know..."

   "Hmm..." Cheng Gongying frowned, stared at the whistle for a while, then waved his hand to let the whistle go down.

  Basically speaking, there is no problem with Sentinel, but Cheng Gongying has no idea, so he has to call Sentinel again to confirm.

  When the Zhengxi cavalry unit was discovered, it was forty miles away from Fanxu Road, and less than fifty miles away. According to the general marching speed, it would be one day, or even half a day if the Zhengxi cavalry was in a hurry.

   But at the west entrance of Fanxu Road, Cheng Gongying waited for a day and a half, but there was still no movement in Fanxu Road, not even a single person.

  Where did the cavalry who conquered the west go?

  Cheng Gongying's heart was up and down, and her thoughts were up and down.

Because the Longdi Road has not been repaired for many years, it is damaged and difficult to walk, so although the distance is relatively short, it is not suitable for cavalry to march, so it is impossible to walk a road, but if you don’t take the Longdi Road, there is no one on the Fanxu Road. Could it be that he took a detour to Chicken Head Road?

   Could it be that the arrangement in Fanxudao was discovered?

  Cheng Gongying couldn't help but turned around and looked around. Although there were some soldiers coming and going, once they found out that Fanxudao had entered the western conquest army, they would definitely hide, and there were no flaws in the surrounding layout. How could they be discovered?

what to do?

Cheng Gongying thought about it for a long time, but at the risk of being discovered, he sent scouts to detect the movement of Zhengxi cavalry again, because if he didn't know where the opponent was, it would be impossible to talk about targeted arrangements, and even if he was caught The opponent knew his position, although it lost the meaning of ambush, but it could still delay the time for the Western Cavalry.

  ………………

"what is the problem?"

  The thunder-like sound at night made Han Sui feel frightened and confused. What is frightening is such inhuman power, flames and loud noises, how many such methods are there for Zhengxi, and are there any special conditions for using them? If General Zhengxi can use them unlimitedly, then what a fart! ?

   What is confusing is, how can such an offensive be created, and how did the saboteurs get in? Could it be that the art of war I have read for many years and my experience in the army are all fake? The guard eyes in the camp are all decorations?

  The other Qiang heads in the big tent all turned pale. They didn't know who it was, and they muttered something, which was heard by Han Sui, and he asked.

  "Han Houye," a Qiang headman glanced at Ma Chao, and then said cautiously, "This Zhengxi... the last time Ma Shao commanded Ma Chao in Chang'an, the horses were also bombed by thunder..."

   "Is there such a thing?" Han Sui turned his gaze to Ma Chao.

   Ma Chao hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "Yes, uncle. On that day..."

After Ma Chao roughly described the situation at that time, he continued, "...But my nephew still doesn't understand what method Zhengxi used... Besides, the people who conquered the west this time should come from the Qingni River ..."

   "Qingni River?" Han Sui was stunned, and hit his head with his hand, "Why did I forget that there is a boat in Zhengxi..."

  Ma Chao moved his eyeballs, and followed up with a sentence, as if adding an explanation: "...It is the boat that Jiang and Yang from Tianshui gave to Zhengxi."

   "So, it's what the Zhengxi faction did..." Han Sui glanced at Ma Chao, then looked back calmly, and ordered, "Come on, burn all the reeds on the other side!"

  It is obviously unrealistic to avoid the Qingni River. It is not a matter of a day or two to march with an army. Leaving aside the convenient water supply line and choosing a higher risk road in order to avoid the immediate risks, what is it? Because there is a Qingni River separating it, even if the fire spreads all over the mountain, it will not reach this side. Therefore, the Qiang people who set fire to it did not have any scruples, and soon black smoke billowed from the other side of the river.

   Burning the reeds only solves half the problem, and the other half...

  Han Sui looked at the black smoke rising from the bank, his eyes flickering.

  ………………

   Just after Han Sui made a series of adjustments, Fei Qian also got the return of scouts.

   "What's going on?" Fei Qian couldn't help but wonder, "Did you really go back? Give up? Stop chasing? Doesn't the Korean language about Ma Mengqi hate someone to the bone?"

   The scouts detected that after half a day of rectification, Han Sui led the team to the north, and did not continue to chase Fei Qian.

   "Could it be that the Xiliang thieves lost a lot in the night attack yesterday?" Xu Huang said, "So they have to retreat?"

   Feiqian nodded, and said: "It is also possible... But, this Han Wenyue, is he willing to go back like this? Or is it because reinforcements from Guanzhong have come?"

   "The Xiliang thieves were hit by this blow, and the reinforcements from the Marquis Guanzhong are coming, so they retreated, so as not to be caught in the enemy's situation..." Xu Huang said slowly, "...But if this is the case, where are the reinforcements located?"

   Fei Qian frowned, thinking.

  The current situation of the entire battlefield is very complicated. The forces of all parties are twisted together, separated from each other, and distributed unevenly. Of course, in terms of the number of people, Han Sui and Ma Chao in Xiliang are still more.

  Xu Huang was silent for a moment, and said: "Your Majesty, shall we continue to retreat to Yangping, or..."

  Or back?

   Or enter?

   Fei Qian lightly tapped on the table with his fingers. Han Sui, the old fox, was indeed unexpected. Such a light retreat, on the contrary, threw the problem here.

If Fei Qian continues to retreat to Yangping Pass, then although Han Sui has suffered some losses, the problem is not too big. I believe that with Han Sui's ability, he will soon be able to make up for it from other aspects. The easiest way is to go to the Jiang family in Tianshui Trouble with Young...

   Then Feiqian retreated into Yangping Pass. Although he was safe, he also lost a potential development base in Xiliang.

   Of course, you can also choose to stay here, wait for the reinforcements from Yangping to arrive, then turn around and join the reinforcements from Guanzhong, and then fight Han Sui and Ma Chao in Longyou...

   So now, how to choose?

  (end of this chapter)