Finally, everyone agreed and continued to attack Mulingguan. Ma Jinzhong also felt exhausted and exhausted, so he returned to his tent and prepared to take a good rest. By now, it was getting late and there was no one in the tent. So there were no lights on and it was pitch black.
As soon as he got into the tent, Ma Jinzhong felt something in his heart and was about to exit, but it was too late. He only felt a strong wind blowing in the darkness, going straight to his top door.
Ma Jinzhong let out a cold "hum", pulled out his left hand in front of the door, and pulled away the opponent's blow. His right hand pointed like a knife and cut across the darkness. But after swiping his right hand, it cut nothing.
Ma Jinzhong knew something bad and hurriedly took back his right hand. Sure enough, just when he took back his right hand, the opponent's attack arrived. However, Ma Jinzhong waved his hands left and right in front of him and defended against the weather.
For a moment, a strong wind blew up in the darkness, and the two of them fought for ten times in a row. Neither could gain any advantage from the other, and then the other stopped and said: "Xuantian Cave is the ultimate."
Ma Jinzhong felt a shiver in his heart and hurriedly responded: "The hidden emperor is alive."
I heard someone laughing and saying, "I didn't expect that after so many years, Master Ma has never stopped working hard." Then there was a "whoop" and the fire flashed. Only then did Ma Jinzhong see that there were two people in the tent. Five feet in front of him, there was a person standing, the person who had just fought with him. The other person was sitting on the bed, holding a Huolian in his hand.
Seeing these two people, Ma Jinzhong couldn't help but frown and said, "Chu Shu, Shi Wenjin, what the hell are you two doing?"
The man who had just fought with Ma Jinzhong was Chu Shu. Seeing Ma Jinzhong's accusation, he clasped his fists and said, "Master Ma, we came here to deliver a message under the order of the leader, and Gang Liduo offended us. There were eight of us brothers back then, and Brother Ma He is number one in martial arts. I haven’t seen him for several years, but I never expected that Brother Ma is still as good as before.”
Ma Jinzhong snorted and said, "If it hadn't been like this, my old horse would have been lying down long ago."
Sitting on the bed, Fu Chushu chuckled and said, "If Brother Shi can knock down someone so easily, it won't be Brother Ma."
Ma Jinzhong said coldly: "Besides me, the only people who can enter this tent are my trusted generals. If you dare to kill them, don't blame me for being rude."
Shi Wenjin said: "If he were a brother in my sect, Shi would never commit murder."
Ma Jinzhong's eyes tightened and he clenched his fists, saying: "Are you doubting me?"
Chu Shudao: "Brother Ma led the army to attack Yanzhou. The number of troops and horses is ten times that of the official army, but so far there has been no progress. If it is someone else, what will Brother Ma think?"
Ma Jinzhong smiled lightly and said: "When two armies are fighting, how can we judge the outcome based on the number of people? If there are more people, we will definitely win the battle. Then the Central Plains Dynasty will be invincible in the world. In terms of large population, that foreign nation can't compare The Central Plains dynasties of the past dynasties."
Shi Wenjin sneered and said: "At least in Brother Ma's army, the brothers in the religion do not hold important positions. Is this a fact? How can Brother Ma explain it?"
Ma Jinzhong said: "When the leader sent me out, he allowed me to consider the overall situation and hire him based on his talents, without being limited to brothers in the church. Why do you blame me?"
Shi Wenjin said: "If Brother Ma really hires people according to their talents, I naturally have nothing to say, but the people that Brother Ma appoints are all useless people, and even I can't stop them. Such people, Brother Ma actually He also has to be entrusted with a heavy responsibility, so I have to wonder what Brother Ma’s intentions are?”
Ma Jinzhong couldn't help but sneered: "What do you know? The battle between the two armies is not a battle between rivers and lakes. It depends on the ability to command the entire army and judge the situation. How can one judge talent based on martial arts? Although the martial arts of the brothers in the school are high, but they are not capable of marching and fighting."
, Dou Yin ambush, but it is not his specialty, so I..." Suddenly Ma Jinzhong's face changed, and he said: "What did you do to my people?"
Seeing Ma Jinzhong's stern look, the two of them couldn't help but feel guilty. Chu Shu said with a smile: "Brother Ma, please don't worry, I just made them pass out. Just unblock the acupuncture points." After that, he dragged them from under the bed.
Two people came out.
When Ma Jinzhong saw it, his expression changed greatly. He was about to go over to relieve the two men when suddenly the curtain was raised and a soldier came in and said: "Master, something bad has happened. The rear camp has been attacked."
Ma Jinzhong looked back, and he could see from the tent door that the fire was shooting into the sky in the direction of the back camp. When he turned around, he stared at Chu Shu and Shi Wenjin and said, "You missed my important event."
It turned out that everyone thought that there were few officers and soldiers in Yanzhou City and would not go out to attack, and the rear camp was far away, so the defense layout of the rear camp was very lax. However, Ma Jinzhong still paid more attention to the safety of the rear camp.
Every day, people were sent to patrol near the rear camp, and the two subordinates who were knocked down by Chu Shu and Shi Wenjin came to take orders to lead troops to patrol the rear camp. Who would have thought that such a mistake would lead to a disaster?
It turned out that after returning to Yanzhou City, Shang Yi immediately suggested to Zeng Hualong and Wang Yingtai that they should go out of the city at night to attack the rogue bandits' rear camp, burn their food, grass and supplies, and then attack the rogue bandits' front camp with all their strength, attacking from both front and rear.
Defeat the rogue bandits.
After hearing this, Zeng Hualong and Wang Yingtai both felt that Shang Yi's plan was a bit risky. Although attacking at night can achieve unexpected effects, it also has the disadvantages of visual difficulties and inconvenient transmission of orders. Moreover, soldiers in this era were generally malnourished.
Most of them suffer from night blindness, so fighting at night is a very dangerous thing. And the only one who can take on this task is the Mu Ling Army, but now the Muling Army is the backbone of the troops defending the city. If something goes wrong, Yanzhou will
I'm afraid the city can't be saved.
But other than that, there is really no other way to defeat the rogue bandits. If this continues, it will only become more and more disadvantageous for the officers and soldiers guarding the city. Even with the presence of Muling's army, it will be difficult to maintain it for long.
Moreover, Shang Yi was also confident. He explained to the two governors that there were not many soldiers with night blindness in the Muling army, and he had surveyed the marching route during the day. Even if the sneak attack failed, he could return to the city safely.
Once the sneak attack is successful, the bandits can be defeated in one fell swoop. Therefore, the two governors were moved. After repeated discussions for a long time, they finally agreed to Shang Yi's plan. This was largely due to their confidence in Shang Yi's ability.
So Shang Yi agreed with the two governors that he would lead his troops out of the city at the second watch to sneak attack on the bandit's rear camp and burn the food, grass and supplies. Once the sneak attack was successful, he would set off a group of three Kongming lanterns as a signal, and Zeng Hualong
He and Wang Yingtai then sent a large group of troops out of the city to attack the front camp of the rogue bandits. The two sides attacked from front to back and defeated the rogue bandits.
After confirming the plan, Shang Yi immediately began to make arrangements. Except for the cavalry army and the youth team, all other units of the Muling Army participated in the night attack. However, the cavalry was not allowed at all, and even the reconnaissance team abandoned their horses and advanced on foot.
Luo Yuanbin and his musketeers also participated in the night attack to increase sufficient manpower.
So at the second watch, Shang Yi led his men and horses, brought a lot of fire starters, left the city from the west gate of Yanzhou Prefecture, and headed towards the rear camp of the rogue bandits.
Shang Yi said that there were not many soldiers with night blindness in the Muling Army, which is not a lie. Because later generations of medical science have proved that most night blindness is acquired night blindness, mainly caused by malnutrition and lack of vitamin A, so Shang Yi
Yi paid great attention to maintaining nutritional supplements for the soldiers. Under normal circumstances, the soldiers would have two taels of meat every day, as well as a small amount of animal liver. Therefore, the proportion of night blindness among the Muling Army was quite low. Only
Less than 30%.
At the same time, Shang Yi often trained soldiers at night to get them used to night fighting. A few soldiers with night blindness were also supported by other soldiers, which did not affect the actions of the entire army. In addition, Shang Yi had indeed surveyed the route during the day, and it was very safe.
Reliable, unless you are near the back camp, you are generally unlikely to encounter bandits.
Moreover, Shang Yi also has the infrared scanning function of GPS. Although it can only detect thermal energy signals within 1,500 meters, this is enough for the Muling Army to detect the enemy many times beforehand. In addition, Shang Yi's steel helmet
Both mirrors and telescopes have night vision functions, so operating in the dark is almost the same as during the day. This is also an important reason why Shang Yi dared to launch attacks at night.
In this way, after Shang Yi led the team to set off, although he encountered several scattered bandits along the way, due to such a batch of time-breaking equipment, Shang Yi personally took action to deal with them one by one. In addition, it happened to be today
There was an accident in the front camp, and no bandit patrol was sent out. Therefore, the Muling Army arrived very smoothly and sneaked into the place only more than 100 meters away from the rear camp without revealing their whereabouts. However, despite this, along the way,
It also took nearly an hour. By the time the entire army arrived at their destination, it was almost the third update.
At this time, there was silence all around. Soldiers without night blindness could see the outline of the barracks not far ahead, almost completely unprepared. There were lights on in many barracks, and you could still hear a woman crying.
The sound of the man's heavy breathing came over.
Night attacks often focus on suddenness. Once the team successfully enters the predetermined position, success can be guaranteed. Therefore, Shang Yi is not in a hurry to launch an attack immediately, but lets the team stop first, and then proceeds
After some simple adjustments and arrangements, the entire army was divided into three teams, which would launch attacks on the rear camps of the rogue bandits from three directions.
After the arrangement was completed, the Muling army was divided into three groups, each approaching the rogues' rear camp. When they were about fifty meters away from the camp, the longbowmen launched the first attack on the camp.
Each of the longbowmen prepared three gunpowder arrows. In fact, they tied a small paper slip to the arrow part, with some gunpowder and flammable objects threaded inside. After lighting the fuse, they drew the bow toward the rogues' rear camp.
Hit the arrow and shoot it out. And most of the time, the projectile method is used, trying to shoot the arrow farther.