The Mantis Uses Its Arms as a Chariot

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

The Mantis Uses Its Arms as a Chariot

At the third watch, Long Kun followed the order and led a hundred cavalry to harass the Han army. At first everything seemed to be going well.

But he had just arrived fifty steps from the Han camp.

Suddenly in the dark night, there was a sound of "wind".

Then countless arrows flew out of the darkness.

Before he could react in a hurry, he was hit by more than a dozen arrows.

"There's an ambush!"

He opened his eyes in vain, but could only see endless darkness.

As soon as Long Kun died, his cavalry immediately collapsed.

Long Zhuo on the other side was not aware of the situation. When he saw the neighing of war horses coming from the north, he thought everything was going well, so he attacked decisively.

"Warriors, kill and let the Han dogs know how powerful we are!"

He shouted, led his two hundred archers, and rushed towards the Han camp...

"It's so reckless!"

Liu Yi, who had been promoted to a hundred cavalry generals due to his military merits, hid in the dark and cursed secretly.

At this time, he was leading a group of cavalry, waiting for the order to attack.

On the other side, the rangers led by Zhao Yi have also surrounded Tao Zhang's troops from three directions.

Zhang Yue and Zhao Yi originally thought that it would be more difficult to surround the Yanqi people who were attacking.

Little did I know that it was actually much simpler than expected.

After entering the dense forest, Zhanzhang did not send any warning soldiers.

Until the Han army was fully deployed, the Yanqi people still didn't know anything about it.

Tao Zhang was still naively imagining how he would show off after defeating the Han army.

Tao Zhang and his soldiers were quietly waiting for the moment of surprise attack.

The Han army was also waiting for the opportunity to launch a fatal blow.

…

In Yuanqu City, everyone from King Tan Guang to ordinary people were praying for news of victory.

"How is it? How is the situation?" Tao Guang asked the guard who was out to inquire.

"Your Highness, His Highness Tu Fin has begun to send people to attack the Han army camp in the north of the city..." the guard replied

Tao Guang asked urgently, "How is the situation?"

The guard said, "I don't know yet, but there were shouts of killing from the north not long ago, but"

"But what?" Tao Guang felt that he had never been so nervous.

The guard said, "Judging from the shouts of killing, it seems that only about a hundred people participated in the battle!"

Tao Guang nodded and frowned. "What is my son doing?"

…

On the other side, the boy servant Tu E was also pacing back and forth restlessly.

As time went by, he became more and more uneasy.

In fact, he was not optimistic about the attack from the beginning.

In his opinion, Tao Zhang was too proud and too confident.

He had no contact with the Han army in Luntai at all, so he arbitrarily regarded the Han army in the Western Regions as ordinary garrison soldiers.

When Tao Zhang left the city, Tu E tried his best to stop him, but he had the support of King Ding Ling behind him.

Tu E's attempt to stop him failed, and instead he was ridiculed once.

As time passed, Tue became more and more uneasy and decided to go to the city to have a look.

Putting on his armor and weapons, Tu E quickly climbed to the north gate of Yuanqu City.

"Why are the captains here?" Tu E asked symbolically casually.

Chao Chi did not speak, but pointed outside the city.

Tu E looked around and saw some people vaguely moving around the Han army camp.

What Tu E saw was Long Kun's troops who initiated the action first.

Neither Qi Qi nor Tu E spoke, but looked nervously outside the city.

Both of them prayed silently in their hearts, hoping to succeed.

Unfortunately, as great as the hope is, there is also great disappointment.

Long Kun's actions were completely submerged in the darkness without even causing any waves.

The two people looked at each other with an unknown premonition in their hearts.

"Captain, what do you care about?" Tu E broke the silence first.

Qi Qi clutched his sword tightly with both hands.

He took a deep breath to calm his mind and asked, "What do you think Captain Tu will do?"

After Tu E hesitated for a moment, he looked outside the city and sighed, "The captain should have made plans earlier!"

In fact, in his mind, he no longer fantasized about the possibility of winning the camp.

He just hoped that Tao Zhang could come back alive. If Tao Zhang could come back alive, maybe Yan Qi could still persevere.

If Tao Zhang died in the hands of the Han army, then there would really be no hope for Yuanqu City and the Yanqi Kingdom.

Hearing this, Qi Qi stared at Tu E closely. In his heart, he actually agreed with Tu E's judgment.

But perhaps because caring leads to chaos, he always held a trace of fantasy in his heart.

He looked at the starry sky above his head. The starry sky was so beautiful.

"Why!"

He sighed, "Let's wait and see!"

About two-quarters of an hour later, shouts of killing were heard again from the direction of the Han army camp outside the city.

This time it lasted longer and the sound was louder than before.

Qi Qi stood on the city wall and stretched his neck to look outside the city.

Upon seeing this, Tu Er shook his head, turned around and walked down the city wall.

…

What Tu E and Tao Qi saw was Long Zhuo's troops who were acting according to Tao Zhang's plan.

He was ready when he heard the sound of Long Kun's troops moving.

"Warriors attack!"

Seeing that time was almost up, Long Zhuo led his cavalry and rushed towards the Han camp.

"shoot!"

When he was still more than 40 steps away from the Han camp, he gave the order to release arrows in advance.

The Yanqi cavalry used soft bows, which could not reach far.

Therefore, most of the arrows just landed on the edge of the camp.

Long Zhuo had just finished giving the order when he realized the mistake he had made.

Just as he was about to give the order to move closer and shoot arrows, torches lit up on both sides at the same time.

Under the bright firelight, a Han cavalryman who was waiting in full formation showed his ferocious face.

Long Zhuo's heart skipped a beat, knowing that he had been ambushed.

"Retreat! Retreat!"

He shouted loudly, and the first horse hit the horse and fled backwards.

"Second and third sons, come in!"

At the same time, the Han cavalry had already launched an attack.

"Run away!"

The commander's escape instantly caused the remaining Yanqi people to collapse, and they ran away to the rear crying and screaming.
To be continued...