Zhang Shun was hiding in a bush half a man high, staring sharply at the enemy camp dozens of steps away, followed by five hundred elite soldiers, half inside and outside, Yan Qing, as a supporter, also led 500 soldiers to wait patiently for the signal.

The sentry in front of him is no different from the empty post for Zhang Shun, but Zhang Shun needs to understand the enemy layout in the village. He had already drawn a sketch before the post, and now it can correspond to the real objects one by one.

There are slopes on both sides of the mountain road, and only one mountain road enters the mountain village. If the Xixia army blocks the mountain road, it will be really difficult to attack. Unfortunately, the Xixia army's carelessness made the Song army kill him.

After observing for about a quarter of an hour, Zhang Shun waved his hand gently. He and the two soldiers bent down and rushed up, and then lay on the ground from time to time. When the two posts turned around, they approached again. But just as they were more than twenty steps away from the gate, the barking of hunting dogs suddenly came from the gate. A black dog tied with iron chains rushed towards the gate desperately and screamed endlessly.

Zhang Shun secretly shouted something wrong. There were actually hunting dogs in the village. Without hesitation, he shouted in a low voice, "Shoot!"

The two men raised their crossbows and shot at the sentry. The sentries in the village had not yet realized what was going on. They thought that a night beast passed by the gate of the village. They swayed towards the gate of the village. At this moment, two poisonous crossbow arrows shot into the gate of the village, hitting the throat of the two sentrymen. The two sentries immediately fell to the ground.

These two arrows were signals. Five hundred elite soldiers rushed towards the camp gate together. At this time, the black dog's barking woke up the dozing soldiers. Several soldiers found the bodies on the ground and the black shadows running outside, and shouted in fear.

Zhang Shun was the first to rush to the gate of the village. He jumped up to the gate of the village and entered the big village. Two Xixia soldiers drew their swords and slashed at him. Zhang Shun shouted, and the sword was slashed out. A cold light flashed and two heads fell to the ground.

Zhang Shun then kicked the door again, and heard the sound of the iron chain, and the door was locked by thick iron chains.

He glanced at him and saw a sharp axe in the corner. Zhang Shun picked up the sharp axe and slashed towards the gate. The wooden fence as thick as his arm was cut off. The gate was pulled open with a bang. Five hundred elite soldiers outside rushed into the village. At the same time, three gunpowder arrows were shot down the mountain, and the gunpowder arrows burned in the air, emitting a bright light.

Yan Qing saw the signal and immediately shouted, "Kill it!"

Five hundred soldiers lying on the corner of the word "一" killed them and ran to the mountain halfway inside and out.

At this time, the five hundred soldiers led by Zhang Shun had already entered the mountain village. The mountain village was limited by the terrain and was distributed in a long strip, only about ten feet wide, but two miles long. One hundred camps were divided into two rows, arranged neatly on the mountain road, and two thousand soldiers were stationed.

Most of the Western Xia soldiers were sleeping. The Song army suddenly rushed into the camp. Many soldiers were killed in their sleep before they woke up. Screams came from the tent. Many soldiers were still unarmed and were so scared that they knelt down to surrender. The Song army did not accept the surrender and killed them all.

According to the prior arrangement, Zhang Shun did not participate in the war, but led more than 100 soldiers to the Houying Village Gate. The Houying Village Gate was the village gate leading to the Xixia direction. There were usually no guard posts there, and the gate would only open when supplies were sent, and most of the time it was locked with iron chains.

When Zhang Shun rushed to the back village gate two miles away, it was still silent. It was not alarmed by the shouts of killing in front of him. More than a dozen soldiers took the lead in controlling the beacon tower next to the back village gate. Just as Zhang Shun arrived at the back village gate, a leader in charge of a hundred people came out of the big tent not far away to urinate. He suddenly saw Zhang Shun and others, and immediately shouted loudly, "Who are you?"

"It's your grandfather!"

Zhang Shun picked up a spear and threw it hard. The spear pierced the body of the leader. The leader screamed and was nailed to the ground.

Soon, the riots in the front camp gradually affected the rear camp, and the shouts of killing were getting closer and closer. The soldiers in the rear camp were awakened one after another, fled out of the main tent and rushed towards the rear camp gate, but they were greeted by cold crossbow arrows and sharp spear tips.

The sneak attack ended in just half an hour. None of the two thousand Western Xia soldiers could escape. The entire army was destroyed, leaving only a dozen survivors to inquire about the situation of the secting village.

Just after two updates, the Song army did not stop and enjoy the results. Yan Qing left two hundred soldiers to guard the camp, and the remaining eight hundred soldiers put on the armor of the Western Xia army and lined up to the Tachou camp eighty miles away.

The terrain was built on the mountain, and the terrain was very dangerous. It guarded the only way for the Song army to go north. The only way to take the baggage was passed by the mountain village. This road could be easily blocked from the mountain village. Once the Song army went north, even if the army successfully crossed mountains and ridges to the north, without logistics support, the Song army could only be defeated. At that time, Tong Guan was trapped in the terrain and was retaken by the Xixia soldiers hidden in the village, cutting off the rear route. The army lost its logistical support and thus the entire army was destroyed.

The Tachou Village is about 80 miles away from the Guanyikou. There are three beacon towers along the way. This is the central beacon tower alarm system established by the Western Xia. The Victorykou, Tachou Village, Weizhou, Lingzhou, Jingzhou, and Jingzhou all the way to the capital Xingqing Prefecture. The beacon tower line is 500 miles long and twenty-six beacon towers are distributed.

Once the reward is moved, the beacon can be transmitted to Xingqing Prefecture, the capital city within one hour. According to the plan discussed by Yan Qing and Zhang Shun, the beacon must not be ignited before they arrive at the Tachou Village.

The eight hundred scouts marched very quickly. The next morning they arrived and pulled out the first beacon tower. In the afternoon, they pulled out the second blockade. At dusk, the team of eight hundred people finally arrived at the Tachou Village.

The Tachou Village is like the Guanyikou, and there are two thousand soldiers guarding it. However, unlike the Guanyikou, in front of the Tachou Village is a loess wasteland that stretches for more than ten miles. The only forest was cut down by the Western Xia soldiers after the death of Liu Fa, the Song general Liu Fa. The bare wasteland has a very wide view. The Tachou Village is high and you can clearly see Camel Ridge more than ten miles away. If there are active teams, they cannot escape the eyes of the surveillance sentry.

Luotuo Ridge is a hill more than a hundred miles long, with a very similar shape to a camel lying on the Loess Plateau, lying side by side with the Tachicho Ridge hundreds of miles long. In the middle is actually a valley more than ten miles wide. It’s just that because Luotuo Ridge is too smooth and the terrain is not dangerous enough, the Western Xia army did not station here, but a beacon tower was built on the mountain.

When night fell, Yan Qing led twenty soldiers to touch the beacon tower. It looked like a bunker of later generations. It was cylindrical, about 15 feet high, and was divided into three layers. The bottom layer was used to raise animals. The middle layer was a barracks and a firewood pile on the top, which was usually covered with oil cloth to cover the rain. If the southern beacon tower was found ignited, the soldiers would immediately pour tinder oil and ignite the firewood pile.

Therefore, there will always be a sentry standing guard on the top of the beacon tower.

Yan Qing flew out his hook claws and hooked the edge of the stone wall on the top of the beacon tower. A dozen steps behind Yan Qing, three crossbowmen aimed at the top of the beacon tower with crossbow arrows. Once the sentry above found the hook claws or heard the movement, they came forward to check, and they immediately shot the sentry.

Fortunately, the sentry on the rooftop noticed no abnormality. Yan Qing jumped and quickly climbed up to the beacon tower. When passing by the small window on the second floor, Yan Qing carefully looked inside and found four soldiers gathered together to gambling. The lights were dim and the four were fully focused. They did not notice that anyone was peeping outside the window.

Yan Qing continued to climb to the top again. He reached out and grabbed a big rock and slowly leaned forward, but he didn't see the sentry. In front of him was a pile of firewood piles covered with oil cloth. It was estimated that the sentry was on the other side of the firewood pile, so he did not find any hook claws.

Yan Qing jumped onto the top of the beacon fire and landed silently. He hid behind the firewood pile and looked slowly towards the other side, but found that the sentry was sitting on the stairs and watching the gambling below, exposing one of his back to Yan Qing.

Yan Qing raised his hand and shot a short crossbow, hitting the opponent's back. The sentry screamed and rolled down the stairs. Yan Qing then went forward and covered the top board and locked it. As long as the top floor is not lost, it is okay to make a fuss below.

After a moment, four soldiers fled from the beacon tower in a panic, but were shot at the gate of the Song army ambushed around them.
Chapter completed!