Chapter 541: Attack on Xingyang at night

It was a late summer night. The sky was covered with dark purple clouds, but it was not raining, the ground was wet, but it was not muddy. Twenty thousand cavalrymen were marching silently, and only by chance they heard the faint jingle of stirrups hitting the horizontal knife. They were not allowed to talk to each other, they were not allowed to leave the team to break up, and they tried not to neigh the horses. The more secret the marching would be more hope for victory.

About thirty miles from Huancuiyu to Xingyang County, the Anxi cavalry took a small path, almost marching in the low hills, passing through large rice fields from time to time, and they had to lead their horses to pass through the ridges. In the distance, the black buildings were villages. From time to time, a dog rushed out of the entrance of the village and yelled at them. The Anxi army did not stop in the village, but instead accelerated the speed. The lights were on and then turned off. The 20,000 cavalry like an iron dragon made the villagers who were secretly peeping and felt a burst of fear.

When they were still ten miles away from Xingyang County, they entered a hilly area, where the woods were lush and were extremely conducive to concealment. At this time, the Anxi cavalry slowly stopped their march.

Li Guangbi urged his horse to rush up a hill. From here you can see the Xingyang granary in the distance. There were dozens of dark and huge buildings standing on the plain in the distance, as if dozens of giant soldiers were lined up in the dark. The Xingyang granary was about three miles away from the county town and surrounded by tall thick wooden fences. It is said that there were two thousand troops stationed in the granary, which were directly under the jurisdiction of Luoyang left-behind.

Li Guangbi's eyes moved to the west of the granary, where was the target of his trip. Ji Guangchen's military camp was pitch black inside, and only two lanterns were hanging at the gate of the camp, and three tall towers could be seen. Li Guangbi quickly estimated that the clouds had dissipated at this time, and a clear moon illuminated the earth. The weather was very unfavorable to him. He could see the camp seven miles away. On the other hand, even if he could use the terrain to cover his troops, his 20,000 cavalry would still be discovered by the tower three miles away. A three-mile journey, if Ji Guangchen's army was well-trained, they could organize hasty resistance.

Although this army came from the Guanzhong Army and its combat effectiveness was very average, Li Guangbi still did not dare to be careless. At this time, Li Guangbi saw several black shadows running towards the direction of the military camp. He knew that this should be the scouts he sent, so he immediately ordered: "Bring the scouts here."

After a moment, the scout was being brought to Li Guangbi, and he bowed and said, "See General!"

"Tell me! What's the other party's movement?"

"Report to the general, the three men of Beishi sneaked to the other side's military camp fifty steps and found that there was no defense in the military camp, and the enemy did not realize that we were coming."

"How many sentry towers are there? Also, can the other party have soldiers patrolling near the barracks?"

"Report to the general, there are six sentry towers, one in the north gate and one in the south gate, and one in the four corners. As for the soldiers patrolling, Bei Yi also discovered it, but they mainly patrol the northern line and rarely come to the south."

Li Guangbi nodded and looked at the three high whistle towers in the dark with sharp eyes. Under the bright moonlight, the three whistle towers could see clearly. Just like what he was worried about, the three whistle towers would become the key to his success or failure of this mission. He pondered for a moment and slowly ordered: "Flying Wing Camp!"

Feiyi Camp is also one of the scout camps. There are three special military camps under Li Guangbi's tent, totaling 1,500 people, namely scouts, Hutu and Feiyi. Among them, 500 scout camps, 800 Hutu camps, and 200 people in Feiyi Camps.

The scout camp mainly collects intelligence and detects the surrounding situations, and has a wide range of applications. Hutu and Feiyi are two special troops. Hutu camp is actually Modao Army, each with great figure and great strength. They mainly charge heavily armored charges. When the enemy is densely matched, they will line up to attack and tear open the enemy's team.

The Flying Wing Camp was refined from the scout camp. It can be said that it is the elite among the scouts. They are as light as swallows, fast and good at lurking, and their archery skills are extremely accurate, mainly used for assassination and sneak attacks. If Li Guangbi wanted to take down three sentinel towers, he had to rely on the Flying Wing Army to complete the mission.

When Li Guangbi ordered it, a black-clothed infantry team of about 30 people rushed into the darkness silently and disappeared soon.

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Ji Guangchen was a very well-behaved commander. From his camp, he could see that the camps, trenches, guard posts, suspension bridges, etc. were all very standard. There were six sentry towers in the camp. Just as the scouts discovered, one in each corner, one in each of the two camp gates, and the sentry tower was four meters high. It was carried with huge wooden frames. There were two soldiers on one sentry tower, three shifts a day, and they were not stopped day and night.

Sentinels are mainly based on eye sight. The distance between eyes can reach ten miles during the day. If the moonlight is good at night, there is also a distance of three miles, which is the most favorable auxiliary to the camp's defense. Therefore, it is not so easy to sneak attack the camp in the enemy's sleep. Unless the weather is beautiful, there is no moonlight, or heavy rain or snow, the sneak attack army will not be able to escape the police from the sentry.

Just as the Tao is one foot tall and the demon is one foot tall. If you want to deal with the sentry tower, you can only use special troops to deal with it. For example, the Feiyi Camp sent by Li Guangbi, thirty people were divided into three fires, each dealing with one sentry tower. Ji Guangchen's camp was about three miles wide from east to west, so the three sentry towers were about one mile apart. The three flying wing teams of the Anxi Army touched the sentry tower from three directions, east and west. Any of these three teams, if any team was discovered, would trigger an alarm in the military camp.

Among the three sentry towers, the middle sentry tower is the most difficult to deal with, so they not only have two high tower sentries, but also ten soldiers guarding the gate at the camp. As long as they are discovered by anyone, they will fail.

People need to be elite, not too many. There are only five flying wing soldiers who deal with the whistle tower in the South Gate. These five are the most elite in the flying wing camp. The leader is the captain of the flying wing camp, named Zhu Qian, who was also from the No. 1 scout camp in Anxi. His crossbow arrows can be said to be shot in every way, and he can basically kill him with one arrow a hundred steps away, almost catching up with the archery skills of their coach Li Qing'an.

The five flying wing soldiers slowly moved closer to the camp like ghosts. They were very careful and used all the terrain they could use. They quickly ran towards the camp from a drainage ditch washed out by rain. The drainage ditch was about five feet deep and three feet wide, leading to the trench outside the camp. It was this trench that allowed the five flying wings to quickly approach the camp. The five stopped about sixty steps away from the camp, and then walked forward, and they were likely to be discovered.

Zhu Qian narrowed his eyes and observed the guard post and the soldiers behind the camp gate. In fact, he had just run and observed it. He had just discovered a small special place. It seemed that there were no soldiers behind the camp gate. He looked carefully for a moment and finally saw the clue. It was not that there were no ten soldiers, but that the soldiers guarding the camp gate were all curled up in the corner and fell asleep.

It is no wonder that even their commander did not realize that the danger was coming, let alone these soldiers. However, this was absolutely impossible for the Anxi Army. If a soldier sleeps while on duty in the Anxi Army, he will face the death penalty.

Zhu Qian observed for a while, and saw two soldiers getting up to Xiaojie and soon came back to sleep. The camp gate was quiet and there was no one to see.

At this time, his eyes turned to the wardrobe again, and there were two people on the wardrobe. One seemed to be asleep, his hands were placed on the wooden rim, while the other was leaning on the pillar without any energy. An iron bell above his head. When he found out that the crisis was urgent, he would ring the iron bell and call the police.

At this time, Zhu Qian was a little embarrassed. There was no problem killing one of them from a distance. The key was the one who was asleep. What if he was awakened?

Zhu Qian pondered for a moment, and a bold thought arose from his heart. He whispered to a powerful archer, "Fifty steps, shoot through his throat, may it be possible?"

The subordinate nodded.

"Okay, you cum first, I'll solve the problem with the second person."

The two raised crossbow arrows. Their crossbow arrows were all specially made, small in size, portable and easy to carry, but their strength was very powerful. They could shoot a five-inch-long iron crossbow arrow two hundred and fifty steps away. The crossbow arrows were also very special, only half of the length of a normal crossbow arrow. There was a bleeding groove on the arrow and was painted with a highly toxic layer in the groove. This poison came from India. Just a little white powder entered the human body and could be fatal in an instant.

At this time, a little starlight came from both sides almost at the same time, which means that both sides had succeeded, and only the sentry tower at the south gate was left. Both of them slowly aimed at the soldiers on the sentry tower. With a light "click", a poisonous arrow shot towards the sentry like lightning. The sentry just yawned, and before he could react, the poisonous arrow shot into his throat in pain. He strangled his throat in pain, wanted to shout but couldn't shout out. His hand grabbed it in the air and slowly collapsed. However, Zhu Qian's crossbow arrow did not move. He looked like a statue, squinting his eyes at the hand exposed, while his two companions rushed up quietly. If the sleeping sentry did not wake up, the companion would climb up the sentry tower to kill him.

As expected by Zhu Qian, the sleeping sentry stood up in panic. His hand reached towards the hammer. In an instant, Zhu Qian's crossbow arrow shot out. At this time, the sentry was panicked. The hammer took off his hand several times. As soon as he held it, a poisonous arrow shot through his left neck. The hammer took off his hand. He covered his neck, shouted a few words, and then fell on the wooden frame. At this time, two flying winged soldiers rushed across the trench. They were more agile than monkeys. They climbed up the sentry tower in just a few strokes, replaced the two dead bodies, and became new sentrymen.

After success, Zhu Qian took out another arrow from his carry-on bag. This time he changed to a bow, put the arrow on the string, and then lurked in the ditch. Two other soldiers surrounded him with black cloth. With a slight sound of "click!", a ball of flame appeared in his hand, igniting the lead. The lead was burning, and Zhu Qian aimed at the sky and shot it. He saw a bright red flame passing through the sky, without a sound, but like a meteor passing through the beautiful night sky.

Li Guangbi was watching the situation in the camp. He saw a light passing through the sky. This was a signal of success. A smile appeared on the corner of Li Guangbi's mouth. He immediately turned around and ordered: "Go!"
Chapter completed!