Chapter 682 Xiahou Night Attack

That night, the night was dark, as if there was a huge black curtain that covered the moon and stars, making it almost impossible to see. After a period of time, people's eyes adapt to the darkness outside, and they can roughly distinguish things.

"Get down!"

"Please be quiet and don't make any noise."

I saw more than ten ropes hanging down from the city wall of Xuexian County. Each of Cao's soldiers grabbed the ropes and lowered them down the city one after another. If the city gate was opened, it would inevitably alarm the enemy troops outside the city, so they wanted to be quiet. To sneak out of the city quietly, you need to use the method of lowering the city. When the Qin and Jin armies besieged the State of Zheng, Zhu Zhiwu, the official of the Zheng State, secretly met with the King of Qin, and lowered the city.

The soldiers slipped down from the ropes one by one and stood at the foot of the city with quick movements. In a short while, more than a hundred people gathered. They all had murderous looks on their faces and were well-equipped. They were obviously elite soldiers in Xiahou Dun's army. .

To attack the enemy camp at night, it is natural to select elite soldiers. Xiahou Dun specially ordered to open the treasury, bring out 20 jars of fine wine and 200 catties of meat to reward the soldiers, and selected 500 elite soldiers in the army as the main force for the night attack on the enemy camp. Candidate.

boom.

After a dull sound, a one-eyed general jumped down from the top of the city, slowly walked up to the five hundred elite soldiers, and looked at them.

He whispered: "You are all elites in the army. You must show the demeanor of elite soldiers in this battle, otherwise you will be demoted when you return."

These Cao soldiers are elite soldiers, so naturally everyone wears armor. However, it was impossible for any army in the Eastern Han Dynasty to wear all armor. The richer the princes under their command, the more financial resources they have, and the more armor they have. If these Cao soldiers were stripped of their armor, they would not only lose face, but the soldiers on the battlefield would be fierce and dangerous. Having armor means one more life.

Five hundred warriors roared: "Follow General Xiahou to the death!"

Xiahou Dun nodded with satisfaction, turned around, held the horse behind him, and whispered: "Let's go!"

All the war horses in the army had their hooves wrapped with cloth strips and held wooden sticks in their mouths to prevent them from making any noise. Five hundred people were silent, not daring to make a sound. Attacking enemy camps at night was a high-risk job. If exposed, it was hard to say how many of these people would make it back alive.

Under the leadership of Xiahou Dun, the five hundred soldiers quietly approached the Forbidden Army camp. However, the closer they got, the deeper Xiahou Dun's brows furrowed.

"Damn it, this Yujin is so heavily guarded."

Xiahou Dun looked closely and saw that the camp under Yu Jinzha was stable and very solid. There is an archery tower every fifty steps behind the gate of the camp. There are more than ten archery towers on the several-mile-long camp. There are soldiers holding fire on each archery tower.

Outside the camp gate, the cut wood was tied together to form sharp antlers. If the unarmored soldiers bumped into it, they would be trapped on the spot and unable to get off. When the war horses faced the sharp antlers, they would often not be able to get off. Dare to charge.

Xiahou Dun frowned, and the commander of the army next to him, Ma Lu Zhao, asked: "General, the enemy's defense seems to be very tight. Do our troops still want to continue?"

Xiahou Dun thought for a while, with a fierce look on his face: "Attack!"

"The tighter the enemy's defenses are, they think that our army will definitely not send troops to attack, but our army will do the opposite!"

Lu Zhao suddenly realized it, raised his hands and said: "What the general said is absolutely true. I will finally learn from it."

"The general has orders to prepare for a surprise attack."

Lu Zhao roared, and the five hundred warriors clenched their weapons, staring at the Forbidden Army camp in front of them like ferocious wolves, grinding their teeth.

"kill!"

Xiahou Dun roared angrily, mounted his horse, put on his armor and stepped forward with a gun. More than five hundred soldiers roared in unison, and the formation loosened up, as if a ball of fire spread into the sky like stars, and they headed towards the opposite camp.

Suddenly there was a loud noise, and the soldiers on duty on the archery tower were naturally the first to notice the enemy. After being surprised, they immediately picked up the drumstick and struck the gong hard.

Dang Dang Dang!

"Attack the camp, there are enemy troops attacking the camp!"

The sound suddenly became chaotic, and the soldiers on several nearby arrow towers all used drumsticks to beat the gongs, and the clanging sound resounded for miles around.

"Noisy!" Xiahou Dun looked stern, took hold of the bow and arrow and shot an arrow.

Whoosh!

The soldier on duty above the arrow tower banged the gong desperately, and suddenly he was startled. When he lowered his head and looked down, he saw a heavy wolf-tooth arrow drilled out from the armor leaves on his chest, dyed bright red.

"Well"

The soldier on duty covered his wound and sat down softly. Blood continued to ooze from the arrow sores. The Wolf Fang Heavy Arrow was a three-edged arrow with excellent armor-piercing ability. If it was within fifty steps, it would be a special armored weapon. It can be drilled through, but non-marksmen and military generals cannot use it.

He bit his lip so hard that blood oozed out under the force. His arms trembled as he still raised the drumstick and struck the gong.

"Move the antlers!"

Lu Zhao gave an order, and dozens of soldiers rushed forward, carefully held the antlers, and gently moved them away, revealing the gate of the Forbidden Army camp.

"Collide!"

The wooden block that had been prepared long ago was held by dozens of Cao Jun's warriors and was knocked forward violently.

Boom!

Although Yu Jin was good at marching and setting up camps, so the gates of the camps were much stronger than ordinary army generals, but naturally they could not be compared with city gates.

If Liangzhou's army was on guard at this moment and resisted behind the gate, there would be no problem. However, Cao's army made a sneak attack at night and naturally took advantage.

Boom!

With the impact of the wood, some cracks gradually appeared in the camp gate, and the cracks became wider as it opened.

Boom!

"The village gate is open!"

Xiahou Dun was overjoyed, mounted his horse and raised his gun, shouting: "Kill!"

More than 500 Cao Jun's elite soldiers were also boosted in morale and rushed in at once. They waved their swords and shouted, preparing to go in and kill. Some daredevil soldiers in the former military camp rushed out with spears and spears in hand before they had time to prepare their clothes and armor. Some even wore only one shoe in panic.

Xiahou Dun sneered, and hundreds of Cao Jun's warriors rushed forward, immediately killing the scattered Liangzhou army and defeating them. Dozens of them immediately fell to the ground, covered in blood.

Cao Jun took advantage of the night attack on the enemy camp and charged forward in one go. Cao Jun, who was well prepared, crossed dozens of camps in a short time, and hundreds of Liangzhou soldiers fell to the ground. But it didn't take long for the situation to turn around.

Tap tap tap!

The sound of heavy footsteps gradually sounded, and row after row of well-dressed Liangzhou Army soldiers lined up from the camp. Although their clothes were slightly disheveled, each one was awake and looked cold.

"Archers prepare!"

Rows of archers dropped to one knee.