SFS Chapter 449: A sneak attack at night, capturing the enemy alive
Chapter 449: A sneak attack at night, capturing the enemy alive
Zhang Han thought about it. If the other party really closed the village gate, dug a horse trap, and waited for them to attack fully armed, even if they could rush in, they would be beaten to a bloody pulp.
The Zhennan Army is likely to suffer heavy losses.
The best case scenario is to attack while the enemy is marching, but now the enemy is obviously sacrificing the chariot to save the king, leaving those soldiers to stop us.
Since they couldn't catch up with the Emperor of Qi, they could only defeat this army.
"Is there any city nearby? They won't take advantage of this night to hide in the city, right?"
Zhang Han asked.
Liu Fugui shook his head and said,
"No, even if we could, we can't catch up. Your cavalry is so fast. When I came, I saw them setting up camp. It seems they are planning to fight you."
"Okay, I understand. Let's go for a night raid in the early morning."
Zhang Han nodded and ordered the soldiers to eat and sleep quickly, and then launch a surprise attack in the middle of the night.
Fortunately, their cavalry carried some divine thunder with them, so they were able to break through the village gate.
Afterwards, the Zhennan Army hurriedly ate and rested.
Liu Fugui also asked his family and servants to rest on the spot and go to join Lanling King tomorrow.
At midnight, at midnight, the Zhennan Army, who had slept for more than three hours, were awakened.
It will take two hours to get from here to the enemy camp, and early morning is the best time to launch a surprise attack.
The Zhennan Army packed their bags, made preparations, and marched towards the south in a mighty force.
Such a loud noise naturally woke up Liu Fugui.
Liu Fugui just took a look and continued to sleep in the carriage.
The 100,000-strong Zhennan Army, traveling day and night, quickly shuttled through the darkness and rushed towards the south in a mighty force.
Finally, two hours later, they arrived outside the brightly lit camp.
They slowed down, and Zhang Han sent a team of scouts, carrying a dozen divine thunders, to launch a surprise attack on the gate of the enemy camp.
Then let two corps patrol outside to stop the Qi army that was about to escape.
As the various armies took action, the entire Zhennan Army became more energized.
A scout team, with men holding grass and horses holding glove in their mouths and wrapping their horses' hooves, rushed towards the enemy camp silently.
They moved at a moderate pace, just like a galloping horse.
There are three forms of horse movement: jumping, walking and galloping.
Horse racing is the fastest, but also the noisiest.
The pace of a horse is slower, but it makes less noise, so it is the pace used in daily marches.
Although they were a little slow, they made little noise and the enemy did not notice them in the dark.
When they were almost at the door, more than a dozen people loosened the reins, took out fire starters, and lit the fuse of the divine thunder.
So many sparks appeared at once that the guards at the door noticed them and immediately shouted, "Who are they?"
That was naturally the person who came to take them to bed.
Among the dozen or so fire bombs, three hit the village gate and the rest hit the village wall.
Boom boom boom!
A series of explosions were heard, and the village gate and wall in that area were directly blown to pieces. The scout team turned around and took a detour.
We have to take a detour. The army behind us will rush over at the speed of a 100-meter sprint after hearing the explosion. If we run back directly, we will be killed by our own people.
After hearing the explosion, Zhang Han immediately ordered an attack and rushed in himself.
Although the commander of the Qi army had been prepared for the sneak attack by the Zhennan army and arranged more than 10,000 fully armed soldiers to stand guard, most of the others were still sleeping in their tents.
Some of the more than 10,000 people could not bear it until the second half of the night. Seeing that it was almost dawn and the enemy had not yet attacked the city, they all went to bed with their clothes on.
But suddenly, there was a deafening thunder, and the enemy came directly in front of them in a mighty force.
At this time, even the most outstanding commander has only one choice: to run away.
Liao Buying, the commander-in-chief of the Qi army, was appointed commander-in-chief only yesterday afternoon. He performed his duties very seriously, arranging deployment, arranging night watches, strengthening defenses, etc.
He is a smart man.
So, when the Zhennan Army rushed in, he immediately put on his clothes without hesitation, took his weapon, jumped on his horse, and set off with his guards...
run away.
Nonsense, 100,000 cavalrymen are right in front of us, and the whole camp is in chaos. What are we waiting for if we don’t run? We are waiting for the Yan army to chop off our heads.
If it was broad daylight and the enemy was outside without the Shenlei cannon, they could still fight back with the help of the camp.
But how to fight in this situation? Run.
The Yan army came from the north. Liao Buying, with dozens of personal guards, opened the south gate and ran away.
When the other Qi soldiers around saw him running away, they immediately followed him.
But before he ran far, he was surrounded by dense cavalry.
The cavalrymen attacked them mercilessly.
In the dark night, no one could see each other clearly, and he was not wearing any armor. The Yan army thought he was a soldier and shot him to death.
After killing all the fleeing people, this Yan cavalry continued to patrol and block the fleeing Qi army.
The Qi army inside was in chaos. Some were fleeing like headless flies, and some wanted to pick up weapons to fight back but didn't know how, and were then shot to death by the Yan army.
The Yan army was numerous and in great disorder, and they fought from dusk till dawn.
The screams lasted for more than an hour.
In more than an hour, those Yan soldiers riding horses and wearing black armor were no longer human beings in the eyes of the Qi army, but ferocious beasts and evil spirits from hell.
It left a huge psychological shadow on them.
The killing of the Yan army did not stop until the sky turned pale and the first light appeared, breaking through the darkness and dawn.
"Disarm without killing!"
I don’t know which Yan soldier shouted, but the other Yan soldiers also started shouting.
The Yan army, accustomed to being invincible, raised their weapons high towards the rising sun in the east and shouted for victory.
The Qi army surrendered.
Some managed to escape, but not many. Most were killed or captured.
Zhang Han was also covered in blood, holding a big knife, with a stern face, and shouted,
"Gather the prisoners and count them, then confiscate all weapons, count the money, food, and spoils, and let the prisoners clean up the bodies!"
With his order, all units of the Yan army took action.
Zhang Han didn't go anywhere, but went straight to the general's tent and asked the guards to help him take off his armor and wash up.
After washing, Zhang Han felt refreshed. Suddenly, a captain came running over excitedly and shouted,
"General, we've found the Qi army's gold, silver, and granary. Oh my god, there's so much... so much."
Zhang Han looked at the captain with disdain and snorted coldly,
"Look at your achievements. A little money and food makes you so happy? I'll go see how much there is."