"The Tielin Army attacked the grain transport team?"
Li Jikui suspected that he heard wrongly.
If Dangxiang people want to enter Dakang, they must pass through Qingshui Valley.
The ones who attacked Qingshui Valley that night were mainly combat teams. In the past few days after occupying Qingshui Valley, the party members have been transporting supplies to the camp.
The Tielin Army has always stayed on the mountain with its tail curled up, never daring to attack the men and horses passing through the canyon.
Many party soldiers have almost forgotten that there is a Tielin Army on the mountain above their heads.
Even Li Jikui thought that Tielin's army had given in.
Who knew something would suddenly happen today.
"What's the damage?"
Li Jikui asked with a dark face.
"More than twenty people died, and the food is still in the canyon."
His subordinates reported.
"The Tielin Army is looking for death!"
Li Jikui slapped the table: "Go and call Zhuo Ban over."
"yes!"
The men turned around and went out to look for Zhuo Ban.
"Commander, are you ready to attack Qingshui Mountain?"
the staff member asked.
"Yes, I will chop off Qinghuai's head to make a wine glass."
Until now, Li Jikui still thinks that Qinghuai is commanding the Tielin Army.
"But Qingshui Mountain is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The cost of a strong attack is too high."
The aide said: "The Tielin Army launched the attack today because they have run out of food and are making a final struggle. As long as the commander waits a few more days, they will be defeated without a fight."
"The wheat in the Central Plains should be ripe soon, and dragging it here all the time is not an option."
Li Jikui said: "The Tielin Army has been hungry for so many days, so it shouldn't be difficult to capture Qingshui Mountain."
"Commander, there were two pillars of smoke rising into the sky from the south just now, and then the Tielin Army attacked our grain transport team. I always feel that something is fishy."
The staff member frowned and said.
Ever since he saw the smoke column, he had been feeling uneasy.
"Is it wolf smoke?"
Li Jikui asked.
From a long time ago, the Central Plains have used beacon smoke to convey emergency military information.
"Judging from the color of the smoke column, it is not wolf smoke."
"Then what are you worried about, sir?"
"I have already sent people to check. I should wait until the people who check come back before the commander makes a decision."
"That's okay."
Anyway, it won't take long to check the situation, so waiting a little longer won't be a big deal.
When Zhuo Ban rushed to the commander's tent, the scouts who went out to inquire about the news happened to be back.
"Well, what's going on with those two smoke pillars?"
the staff member asked.
"Mr. Hui, the smoke column in the east is caused by the refugees from Dakang setting fire to roast beans and burning last year's withered grass. The one in the west is made by farmers hiding in the mountains cooking and burning their huts."
The scout replied.
"Confirm?"
The staff asked: "Have you found any traces of the Tielin Army or other Dakang soldiers?"
"No, it's basically confirmed to be an accident."
"I'm just saying, it's not a wolf smoke. Sir, you are too careful."
Li Jikui drove away the scouts and said with a smile: "There's going to be a war. Many people in Dakang have taken refuge in the mountains. It's normal to start a fire. There's nothing to make a fuss about."
This is also the reason why Jin Feng and Xu Xiao agreed to light the fire in two places.
Nowadays, there are too many Dakang people hiding from the war in the mountains, and there may be a fire somewhere.
But the possibility of two places catching fire at the same time is extremely slim.
"A fire in one place may be an accident, but if two places catch fire at the same time, there must be something fishy."
The staff member frowned: "Commander, I think this matter has something to do with the Tielin Army."
"Then we should attack Qingshui Mountain. Once we defeat the Tielin Army, won't we know by asking them?"
Zhuo Ban was already impatient.
"No, I think we should think twice."
The staff member looked at Li Jikui: "Commander, if you give me some more time, I will definitely be able to figure it out."
"Sir, then I will give you one more day."
Li Jikui thought for a moment and agreed to his staff's request.
On Qingshui Mountain, ever since Jin Feng ordered the attack on the Dangxiang people's grain transport team, all Tielin Army soldiers were ready for the Dangxiang people to attack the mountain.
Unexpectedly, after waiting for more than an hour, before the party members attacked the mountain, they heard someone shouting in the canyon to persuade them to surrender.
This was also the idea of the staff, who wanted to test the reaction of the Tielin Army by shouting, and thus speculate on the current status of the Tielin Army.
If the Tielin Army responds or descends the mountain to surrender, it means that the situation on the mountain is already very bad.
But what disappointed him was that no Tielin army surrendered. Instead, the party cavalry he sent to shout was shot to death by a heavy crossbow.
The staff did not give up, so they sent another cavalryman and continued to shout.
As a result, he was shot before he could finish his sentence.
Now it's embarrassing.
If you get too close, you will be shot; if you get too far, you won't be able to hear your shouts.
"It seems that the Tielin Army is not in chaos."
The staff member sighed, gave up shouting to persuade him to surrender, and returned to the tent with his hands behind his back.
In fact, he was not sure whether the smoke column was really related to the Tielin Army.
If the smoke column is really related to the Tielin Army, it will not simply kill a grain transport team, but there will definitely be a next step.
So he is waiting.
The staff can wait, but Jin Feng cannot wait.
The smoke pillar was the signal agreed between him and Xu Xiao. The two smoke pillars rose, indicating that Xu Xiao needed his cooperation.
"How far can our heavy crossbow shoot?"
Jin Feng rushed to the heavy crossbow position, found the most experienced crossbowman, pointed to the grain and grass warehouse of Dangxiang Camp, and asked: "Is it okay there?"
The crossbowman took a look at the tent and said in embarrassment:
"Sir, it's almost two miles from there to here. Even if the arrows can fly over, they will become very floating and basically have no lethality."
"It doesn't matter whether you can kill people or not, as long as the arrows can fly over."
"If you don't care about accuracy and lethality, the two most powerful heavy crossbows should be able to shoot almost that far."
The crossbowman thought for a moment and replied.
"That's good," Jin Feng flashed a cold light: "We have to burn the party members' food and grass."
"How to burn it?"
The crossbowman asked doubtfully.
"Wouldn't it be enough to make the arrows capable of making fire?"
Jin Feng smiled slightly: "Go find some jars of lamp oil and get some coils of hemp rope."
"I see."
The crossbowman's eyes lit up and he rushed to get the hemp rope and lamp oil.
Jin Feng directed the crossbowmen to wrap the hemp rope around the top of the arrow, then put it into a jar of lamp oil to soak thoroughly, and a rocket was freshly baked.
Rockets were not difficult to make, and soon a large bundle was accumulated on the ground.
However, Jin Feng did not attack immediately. Instead, he waited until nightfall and the party soldiers entered the tent and fell asleep before ordering the attack.
Whizzing!
Two fiery red arrows pierced the night sky and fell into the party's grain storehouse.
The cavalry in the Party Army is the main force in combat. A large number of war horses require a large amount of fodder to feed.
Therefore, in the grain and grass depot of Dangxiang Camp, all kinds of fodder are piled up like mountains.
These fodders are all dried and can be eaten in one go.
The party members never dreamed that the enemy could directly attack the grain and grass camp in the center of the main camp from the top of Qingshui Mountain. By the time they reacted, the grain and grass warehouse was already on fire and could not be extinguished.