The old soldier had quick eyes and quick hands, and he immediately lay down behind the sack on the fence of the sentry tower.
The recruit had been sitting just now, so he was not attacked.
Seeing the enemy himself, he quickly shouted: "Enemy attack... Enemy attack..."
The Chinese army's stronghold suddenly exploded with shouts and gongs.
After the recruit finished shouting, he picked up the crossbow and was about to fight back.
Unexpectedly, the veteran who just lay on the ground stretched out his hand and pulled the new soldier back.
He directly pushed him down to the ground, covered his mouth with one hand and shouted in a low voice: "You are stupid! Are you tired of living?"
"When the enemy attacks, we will be killed first. If you want to die, don't take me with you!"
The new recruit was also very nervous. His actions just now were just subconscious, but when he came back to his senses, he was immediately at a loss.
"Six...Sixth brother...what should we do...the enemy army...the enemy army is attacking at night!"
The veteran raised his head slightly and looked down through the gap, only to see that things were already in chaos below.
A pair of cavalry with an unknown number broke through the gate of the village, lit fires everywhere, and killed everyone on sight.
Being caught off guard, Xiang Jun's soldiers hurriedly responded to the battle, but they didn't even put on their armor.
There were shouts of killing, clashing of weapons, beating of gongs, and shouts everywhere, and it was a chaotic mess.
The veteran only glanced at it and quickly retracted his head, suppressing his panic.
He lowered his voice to the new soldier and said, "It's over, it's over... the enemy troops have rushed in and are setting fires everywhere."
"Our food supply is probably quite tight, and our brothers are unprepared. We will probably suffer heavy casualties this time!"
"Then...what should we do, Brother Six...I...I don't want to die yet!"
The recruits were frightened and trembling all over, not knowing what to do.
The veteran calmed down his panic and shouted in a low voice: "What should I do? I'll hit them to death! Are you going to go down and fight them to the death!"
"Under the current circumstances, there is no better position in the entire military camp than you and my brothers."
"Just listen to me, Mr. Liu, just lie down here and let them beat you. If anyone comes up blindly, just kill them without them noticing!"
"do you understand?"
"Obviously...I understand...!" The recruit nodded tremblingly: "But...but if the enemy retreats and the superior officer starts to hold him accountable, what should we do?"
When the veteran heard this, he gave the recruit a slap in the face: "You are stupid! Who is still here? Mr. Liu, I have wanted to run away for a long time and I haven't had the chance yet!"
"If you want to survive, follow Master Liu for a while, and we'll rub oil on the soles of our feet when we get a chance. You go back to your Zhongzhou, and I'll go back to my Yunzhou!"
"Master Xiang, it's almost sunset now, why are you following him to your death?"
At this time, the recruits had disappeared and nodded unconsciously: "Yes, yes... yes, yes..."
At this time, the Ming army's night attack force was galloping in Xiang Jun's central stronghold.
Prevent fire everywhere and kill everyone you see. No one is spared wherever you go, including military tents, food and grass, stables, armories, etc.
Even Xiang Tianxing's handsome tent was pulled down. If Xiang Tianxing had not been superior in martial arts, he would have been caught in a trap long ago.
But even so, Xiang Tianxing, who escaped, was only wearing short clothes, barefoot, with his hair disheveled, looking embarrassed.
This night attack team was led by Nan Yanxi and Yang Yuxuan.
The two of them calculated that Xiang Jiajun must be exhausted after fighting all morning and all afternoon.
It is also an objective fact that the territory is gone, people are panicked, and morale is no longer there.
There are pursuers behind him who are holding on tightly, and the way forward is blocked again.
Therefore, whether you want to capture Nan Yanxi and threaten to reverse the situation after breaking the city, or you want to break the city as soon as possible and retreat eastward to join the Dongzhou defenders.
Both options will only force him to attack with all his strength, and he will definitely launch an attack early tomorrow.
In this way, Nan Yanxi chose to launch a sudden night attack at the third watch when people sleep the sweetest.
The horse picked up the bell and the people silenced it, quietly bypassed the former army stronghold from one side, directly attacked the other army's stronghold, set fires everywhere, and did not forget to spread rumors.
I saw the night attack troops arbitrarily killing Xiang Jun who was unprepared and unorganized.
While shouting one after another: "Reinforcements have arrived, and the Xiang family's army is surrounded... Your Majesty is so powerful that he has killed Xiang Tianxing under his horse... Run for your life..."
Such shouts appeared one after another in Xiang Jun's Chinese army stronghold.
Originally, the morale of the Xiang family's troops was not that high, and coupled with the night attack, everyone was as frightened as a frightened bird.
As soon as this news came out, Xiang Tianxing's Chinese army began to flee in large numbers.
The fleeing army even spread the news and made it even more jealous.
He had noses and eyes, he saw Xiang Tianxing being beheaded with his own eyes, and enemy reinforcements had arrived, numbering six to seven hundred thousand people, and they had already surrounded everyone.
What's more, they said that Xiang Tianxing was cut in half by Nan Yanxi with a knife, and he even said that he saw it with his own eyes.
He said that Nan Yanxi was not a human being, and that all his soldiers were goblins and demons who could eat people without spitting out bones, were invulnerable to weapons, and could stretch out ghosts.
Anyway, I said everything, but this time, I scared a lot of people away.
The Chinese army, which Xiang Tianxing was proud of, only had a few hundred people beheaded and burned, but nearly 20,000 people were dispersed by the bad news.
Not only the Chinese army, but also several other military camps were affected, and hundreds of people fled.
Had it not been for Xiang Tianxing personally coming out to suppress and appease the troops in the early morning of the next day and walking around the various armies several times, the rumors could have been stopped from spreading.
Otherwise, if this rumor is allowed to ferment for a while, this battle will not need to be fought, and all the 200,000 troops will have to flee?
At this time, Nan Yanxi, the instigator, had long taken advantage of Xiang Jun's chaos and led his army back to the county seat.
At this moment, the three girls, Yang Yuxuan, Situ Yan, and Li Shuwan, were sitting on the city gate tower, eating soy milk, fried dough sticks and pickles, and looking at the black smoke rising from the Xiang family's military stronghold from a distance.
Li Shuwan, who was forcibly made a concubine, is still a little shy when she sees Nan Yanxi.
But he couldn't resist the curiosity in his heart. He hesitated again and again and asked: "Nanda...uh...husband...husband..."
"I don't quite understand. You only led 500 cavalry last night. How could you have such a big impact?"
"I heard from the scouts today that the enemy disposed of more than a thousand corpses this morning, but we only suffered more than a dozen casualties."
"This shows that Xiang Jun had no fighting spirit at all last night and hardly put up any fierce resistance."
"The most important thing is that the number of enemy troops fleeing this time is extremely exaggerated. The scouts roughly estimate that there must be nearly 20,000 people."
Nan Yanxi was eating breakfast happily while listening to her performance last night with satisfaction, and she was extremely happy for a moment.
Hearing Li Shuwan's question, he immediately laughed and reached out to hook Li Shuwan's chin.
He smiled and said: "What? Is it difficult to call me husband? Hahaha..."
After saying that, she looked at Yang Yuxuan and said, "Well... the record is not bad... What doesn't Shuwan understand?"