These twenty soldiers have been following Wei Ba for more than a year. They practice martial arts together whenever they have nothing to do. Their tacit understanding is unparalleled. As soon as Dun Wu moved his body, they shot the arrows in their hands in unison.
Eighteen crossbow arrows passed through the gap in the village gate and accurately hit their targets. The ten Wei soldiers barely reacted. They were hit by the arrows one after another and fell to the ground screaming. The lookout on the watchtower was just alert, and he leaned down.
Looking down, the other reached out to pick up the drum. Before they could react properly, two sharp arrows suddenly flew out of the darkness and hit the target.
"Ah——" The soldier who was leaning over to check covered his throat, let out a shrill scream, and fell down from the watchtower. His other hand was shot as soon as it touched the drum. He held on and knocked hard.
Alarm gong.
"Dang, Dang..."
"Whoosh!" Another arrow flew out of the darkness, the sound of the gong suddenly stopped, and the Wei soldier fell down from above, making a loud bang.
As soon as the gong sounded, the camp immediately responded. From several tents close to the camp entrance, dozens of fully armed soldiers rushed out. They roared and rushed towards the camp entrance.
They were greeted by a hail of arrows.
The twenty soldiers are all equipped with the latest standard repeating crossbows, equipped with large-capacity arrow boxes. Each box contains twenty arrows, which can be fired single or continuously. The range is thirty steps. In the hands of these Wei family soldiers, thirty
It can almost be said that the shot is a good shot within 10 steps. Some people with particularly high shooting skills can even hit the target at a distance of 40 steps.
Twenty repeating crossbows were fired at the same time, with a power almost equivalent to that of a hundred crossbowmen. In an instant, a dense rain of arrows was shot out. Those Wei soldiers who had just rushed out of the camp fell to the ground. Waiting for them to raise their shields, they were ready.
For protection, I rushed to the camp gate cautiously, but saw nothing.
Outside the camp, there was nothing.
Thirty steps away, Wei Ba and twenty Wei soldiers crouched in the dry grass, like poisonous snakes waiting for an opportunity to pounce, watching the Wei army in the camp vigilantly. After shooting a dense rain of arrows, they took advantage of the Wei army's attack.
In that moment of panic, they immediately fell to the ground and crawled thirty steps in a crawling posture. This distance was just beyond the reach of Wei Jun's torches, and they wore black night clothes, so it was difficult to reach them.
Found them. If someone was standing on the watchtower, they might be able to see them moving, but the two soldiers on the watchtower had already been shot dead by them. By the time someone rushed to the watchtower, Wei Ba and others had already moved to them.
Out of sight, motionless.
Creeping forward was a technique that Wei Ba taught Dunwu and the others. In order to practice this technique well, they spent a lot of effort. Today's night attack proved that this forward posture was more effective than their previous lurking posture.
They stopped thirty steps away because they wanted to decide the next course of action based on Wei Jun's reaction. If these people came out of camp to pursue them, that would be exactly what they wanted. If there were not many people, they would rush up and kill them before running away.
If there are too many, they will just get up and run, leading these people into an ambush circle. If these people are just in the camp, then they will choose the opportunity to attack again.
Killing people is not the purpose, harassing them and making them nervous is the real intention.
As Wei Ba and others watched, although many torches were lit up in the Wei army's camp, and an officer who looked like a captain came, they did not leave the camp to check, but arranged more patrols.
Dunwu quietly crawled to Wei Ba's side: "Young Master, they are very timid. They just asked them to bring more shields, but they didn't dare to come out and chase them."
Wei Ba glanced at him: "It's not that they don't dare, it's that they don't want to."
Dunwu smiled: "Young Master, shall we go again or withdraw?"
"Dunwu, the best sniper, never fires twice at the same place." Wei Bayi said, quietly crawling back. Dunwu frowned: "The gun, is the gun used to fire?
"He murmured and called on his companions to follow Wei Ba and retreat.
They had just crawled out a hundred steps when they felt the earth trembling slightly. Wei Ba turned his head and took a look, and couldn't help being surprised. Two cavalrymen, holding torches, surrounded the camp from two directions. There were two hundred people in total.
People were standing on the left and right, and the torches in their hands illuminated the front of the camp.
Wei Ba couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. If they had retreated a little slower just now, they would have been intercepted by these cavalry.
Dunwu and others couldn't help being surprised. They fell on the ground and remained motionless.
"Where are the people?" The cavalry reined in their horses and circled back and forth in the camp. Some of the cavalry formed a circle around them, and other knights were ready to charge at any time.
"I didn't see it, I think he ran away." The people in the camp shouted loudly.
"Damn it, he ran so fast?" the knight on horseback cursed loudly: "I came here as soon as I heard the alarm."
"No one said you are slow, it's those bastards who are too fast." The camp responded loudly.
"Fast? No matter how fast you are, can you still be faster than me?"
Although the knights were unconvinced, they did not dare to rush into the night and sweep away. Losing a few knights for a small group of enemies who attacked by surprise was not a wise move, nor was it in line with the Sima Division's orders. They cursed in front of the camp.
After a while, he left in frustration.
Seeing the cavalry disappearing into the darkness, Wei Ba sat up from his hiding place and said, "Let's go in another direction."
"Here." The soldiers' voices were low, but they couldn't suppress their excitement.
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Master Sima turned over and sat up, gently rubbing his eyebrows. In front of him stood Liang Ji, a nervous soldier. In less than an hour, three attacks occurred outside the camp gate, and more than thirty soldiers were shot.
Killing, the two other knights who disobeyed orders and chased into the darkness also disappeared without a trace, including their men and their horses, and there was no news at all, as if they had disappeared out of thin air.
"Who is this person? He can move freely in the dark?"
Liang Ji was speechless. He also wondered, what kind of person could actually show such a strong fighting power in the dark night. Night battles are very demanding. It is dark, there are no flags, sneak attacks, and gongs and drums cannot be used to unify.
Actions can only rely on tacit understanding between each other, which requires the people in action to get along with each other all year round, almost having the same mind. They are small-scale actions, and everyone must be very capable and able to fight one against ten in order to be able to do it in a short time.
Launch a sharp attack and escape before the enemy can catch their traces. Once they are caught by the opponent, it will be a disaster.
Master Sima thought he had been cautious enough, paid enough attention to Wei Ba, and was fully prepared for the night attack. But when things came to pass, he found that he still failed to stop Wei Ba. Wei Ba was like a ghost in the night,
He was right next to him, sneering at him contemptuously, but he couldn't catch him.
"I heard that Wei Yan has a good way of training his troops. I guess these are his elite scouts." Liang Ji saw that Master Sima's expression was not very good, so he quickly comforted him: "Young Master, as long as we hold the camp, these ghostly tricks of theirs cannot be used.
What's the use? Wait until dawn tomorrow and they will disappear naturally."
Master Sima gave a bitter smile: "But, are we just going to wait like this for the next few hours?"
Liang Ji was taken aback, and quickly stopped him: "Young Master, you must not attack rashly. Wei Ba is extremely insidious, and he may well be hiding a large number of troops outside."
"Heavy soldiers?" Master Sima stood up, pacing back and forth in the tent with his hands behind his back. After a moment, he turned his head and said to Liang Ji: "How many do you think Wei Ba can be as good at night attacks as this?"
Elite? One hundred? Two hundred? Five hundred? One thousand?"
Liang Ji smiled bitterly. It is not easy to have hundreds of such elites. Anyone who can have a hundred such warriors is something to be proud of. How could there be hundreds or even thousands? Master Sima raised the dead soldiers and spent a lot of money
After so many years, they only collected more than 300 people. He paused and said, "I think it's only a hundred people at most. Fighting at night is not easy. Most of the soldiers can't see at night. This is beyond human power."
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Master Sima nodded: "I think so too." He raised his head, considered for a moment, and suddenly laughed: "Joining the army, do you think Wei Ba's night attack is just to kill a few people and keep me awake?"
Liang Ji frowned slightly and suddenly realized: "Young Master, this is a plan to weaken the army."
"By the way, he just wants our army to be unable to rest and be frightened all night long. Tomorrow morning, he can attack and launch a surprise attack." Master Sima opened his hand, then slowly tightened it, clenching his teeth at the same time, and his eyes became dark.
A bit more vicious. "If he severely damages our army, he will not only eliminate the risk of being pursued by our army, but also severely damage the morale of our army."
"Then...what do you mean, young master?" Liang Ji had already thought of a countermeasure, but he still looked at Master Sima eagerly.
"Then we will use our tactics and wait for him to fall into the trap." Master Sima couldn't help but smile when he thought of the happy place: "I want to see if he can still be as proud as he is now."
Liang Ji shook his head secretly. So far, Master Sima has never even looked at Wei Ba's face. The so-called Wei Ba's pride is just his imagination. This is not a good phenomenon. How much must you hate the other party to be able to do it?
Create a living image in your mind.
Liang Ji thought for a while and then reminded: "But, young master, how can we prevent the soldiers from being disturbed by night attacks and maintain their physical strength?"
"Isn't this simple?" Master Sima sneered: "Order the ambush cavalry to show up, no longer wait and wait, let them patrol around the camp, leaving no chance for Wei Ba to sneak attack. I don't believe it.
, he still dares to attack my cavalry head-on?"
Liang Ji thought about it for a moment and immediately realized that this was a good plan. Those cavalrymen originally wanted to outflank and attack the people, but now that they couldn't catch them at all, they might as well show their bodies and patrol around the camp in an open and honest manner, without giving any chance to Wei Ba.
Any opportunity. In this way, although these cavalry are a little tired, they can ensure that the soldiers in the camp have a peaceful sleep and build up enough strength to cope with the possible fierce battle tomorrow morning.
"Young Master, what a good plan."
Master Sima smiled reservedly. He was very excited now when he thought of this clever plan, but his background did not allow him to get too carried away. Liang Ji was his father's confidant, and his every move would be reported to his father by Liang Ji. In front of him, he didn't want to leave a frivolous and ungrateful impression on his father.
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