Soon Huang Zhong's order was passed to the army, and the army who had just prepared to take a rest immediately became energetic and began to gather troops and horses to prepare to go down the mountain.
"General, Staff Officer Zhou Yu is here."
The personal guards came directly to Huang Zhong.
"Please come over Gongjin."
Upon hearing Zhou Yu's arrival, Huang Zhong directly asked someone to come over and talk.
"General Huang Zhong."
Zhou Yu was welcomed into the small tent and saw Huang Zhong saluting directly.
"Staff Zhou Yu, why don't you take a rest?"
Looking at Zhou Yu's pretty face, Huang Zhong also showed a hint of shame in his eyes. He had worked hard for him for so many days.
"It doesn't matter to me. The general suddenly ordered the entire army to assemble, but he found out the situation ahead to see if there was a fortress set up by the Kushan people."
Zhou Yu shook his head. His body was not that weak. He had just climbed mountains for a few days. These were not problems for him.
"Well, the scouts just sent news that a Kushan people's fortress was found in the valley. The exact number of people is unknown, but there is no defense now. I am going to make a sneak attack at night and take it directly."
Huang Zhong nodded to Zhou Yu and told the situation reported by the scout.
"If you are unprepared, you do need to attack at night, but you must take precautions. If you want to attack, you must capture them all, and you must not give anyone a chance to escape."
Zhou Yu nodded. Huang Zhong's arrangement was understandable. If he could capture the fortress directly without the other party's defense, that would be great. If he couldn't capture it easily, he should be prepared and never let anyone escape.
an enemy.
"Well, I will arrange it."
Huang Zhong had nothing to say. Zhou Yu was right. They must be on guard before launching the attack and not give the other party a chance to escape.
The 50,000-strong army prepared quickly. Except for a few tents where generals and wounded soldiers lived, the rest of the people slept in their clothes and rested against trees.
"The army is coming down the mountain. Remember that the entire army is on a no-no. My request is to arrive outside the fortress at the second watch and launch the attack at the third watch. Do you understand?"
Seeing that the army was ready, Huang Zhong directly issued his order, and then the whole army went down the mountain and began to advance towards the fortress.
"How many prey do you think the general's traps can catch tomorrow?"
The soldiers on the fortress gathered together in twos and threes, talking nonsense.
"Who knows, there are fewer and fewer prey these days. It seems like it's time to remind the general to put some traps deeper into the mountains."
A soldier shook his head. In his opinion, those animal traps were a waste. How many stupid beasts dared to wander around the fortress, just looking for death.
"Well, then it's better not to remind you. All the prey you catch belongs to the general, and we can't eat it. If you put the trap in the mountains, we will have to look for it when the time comes. Isn't this asking for trouble?"
Hearing this, the person who spoke first shook his head. It's a joke. You have to do the physical work yourself and there is no benefit at all. So what's the point of doing it?
"What you said makes sense, but I'm too sleepy and went to bed."
The person who spoke nodded and went to bed directly.
"You are on duty tonight. Go to bed now. If you are discovered by the centurion, you will be punished by military law."
"The centurion has gone to his little lover. He is sleeping with a woman in his arms. He has no time to care about me. You can go to sleep too. Who will come to this place where there is no shit?
rest early."
"That's right. Just wait for me and we'll go together."
After that, the two of them left together and went to rest inside the fortress tower.
As the time got later and later, there were fewer and fewer soldiers on the fortress. In the end, except for the flickering torches on the entire city wall, there were no traces of soldiers anymore.
The entire Kushan Fortress entered a dormant state, but they had no idea that an army of 40,000 to 50,000 people was slowly coming from the jungle not far away.
Just as Huang Zhong ordered, the army had basically arrived outside the fortress before the second watch.
"Where's Huang Min?"
Hearing this sound, Huang Min, who was observing the fortress from the top of the tree, slid down from the tree like a monkey.
"General, why are you here?"
Huang Min came down from the tree, saw Huang Zhong below, and saluted him directly.
"Why can't I come?
What is the situation of the other side's fortress now, and is there any change?"
Huang Zhong smiled at Huang Min. He came here just because he was afraid that Huang Min would let something go. After all, this battle was very important to him and he couldn't be careless.
"General, the enemy's defense is really sparse. There is no one on the city wall now. Now is the opportunity to attack."
Huang Min's eyes were full of excitement. The situation was just right for him. The enemy had no idea what situation they were about to face.
"Haha, if that's the case, don't blame us."
Hearing what Huang Min said, Huang Zhong glanced at the fortress in the distance, turned around and returned to the army, preparing to wait for the attack at midnight.
Time passes little by little, and the third watch is coming in an instant.
"General, it's midnight."
The personal guard came to Huang Zhong and told Huang Zhong the current time.
Huang Zhong opened his eyes fiercely and stood up directly.
"Send out the whole army. Let the scouts use flying locks to climb onto the city first and open the city gate. If the front line doesn't work, then send out the whole army and attack the city."
If China's scouts were considered to be at the level of special forces now, they would be omnipotent by flying to the sky and escaping from the ground, but climbing a tree and locking the city wall with flying would be trivial.
"promise."
An army of 50,000 people was ready, and more than 2,000 carefully selected scouts broke away from the army, crossed the woods and began to advance towards the fortress.
Taking advantage of the moonlight, black shadows shuttled like the wind, quickly approaching the corner of the fortress.
"Flying lock, up."
Captain Huang Min glanced at the city wall behind him, took out the flying lock from behind, and threw the flying lock directly after looking at the target.
"Snapped."
The iron lock hooked directly onto the wall stack, and after pulling hard, I felt that the flying lock had stabilized, and then I pulled the rope and stepped on the city wall to start climbing up.
From above, it can be seen that soldiers are hanging outside the city wall, flying upward like monkeys.
Turning over, Huang Min landed lightly on the city wall. After taking a look at the condition of the city wall, he quietly touched a Kushan soldier who was sleeping against the wall.
Covering his mouth with one hand and drawing the knife with the other, everything seemed to be flowing like clouds and water. The Kushan soldier stared wide-eyed and lost the breath of life.
This scene was staged on the entire city wall, and all the defenders on the dozens of city walls were captured cleanly.
"Zhou Lu, you lead a thousand men to seize the gate. The rest will stay with me near the towers. As soon as the Kushans come out, kill them all."
Huang Min glanced at the towers. There were only so many soldiers on the city wall. The rest should be inside the towers, so he immediately ordered the soldiers to seize the door, while he dispersed the troops to block Kushan.
the possibility of people appearing.
The two thousand scouts were very capable and immediately split into two. Half of them went down the city wall, and the other half began to block the Kushan people's towers.
"Um?
Who are you?"
Just when Huang Min led people to block the Kushan people's tower, a Kushan soldier came out of the tower and looked at the Chinese army rushing towards him, and couldn't help but feel confused.
"Whoosh."
Huang Min took off the war bow hanging behind his back, and an arrow flew out, nailing the Guishang soldier to the ground.
"Peng."
The Guishuang soldier fell directly to the ground.
"what sound?"
Hearing the soldiers' shouts, the soldiers inside the tower also woke up and rushed out one after another.
"No, the enemy has woken up and fired arrows."
Seeing the Kushan people appearing, Huang Min couldn't help but feel depressed. It was so unlucky that something like this happened just because of this last shudder.
Upon hearing Huang Min's order, the scouts behind him also took out their bows and scattered arrows at the Kushan army who was leaving.
"ah."
"Um."
"puff."
The Kushan troops who went out were shot to the ground before they had time to react.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack."
Hearing this sound, the entire city wall boiled, and Kushan soldiers rushed out from the tower one by one.
"Dong dong dong."
At the same time, the war drum inside the tower also sounded instantly, which was particularly loud in the silent night.
"what to do?"
Hearing the sound of war drums, the scouts who were heading towards the city gate also frowned.
"Speed up, we must capture the city gate, otherwise it will be difficult for the army outside the city to attack the city."
Zhou Lu looked at the city gate in front of her, gritted her teeth, and directly ordered the scouts to speed up and capture the city gate.
A thousand scouts rushed directly to the outside of the city gate like tigers descending from the mountain.
"who?"
The soldiers and horses at the city gate had long been awakened by the war drums on top of the city. Now that they saw the Chinese scouts approaching, they immediately became alert.
"Fire the arrow."
Zhou Lu took out the war bow directly from behind, bent the bow, nocked the arrow, and released the arrow in one go.
Arrows flew out and directly nailed a Kushan soldier to the ground. Then the scouts behind him also bent their bows and nocked arrows, scattering arrows at the Kushan soldiers in the city gate.
"Defend, defend, and you must not let the opponent seize the goal."
The centurion in charge of the city gate saw the opponent's posture and knew that the opponent was definitely not one of our own soldiers. Since you are not one of our own, you are the enemy. If you are the enemy, your purpose must be to seize the gate.
"kill."
Seeing that the enemy had just recovered from the panic, Zhou Lu naturally did not give them a chance to organize themselves. After releasing the arrow, he directly drew out the mixed jade sword from his waist and took the lead to kill in front of the enemy.
He raised the knife and hit a Kushan soldier. Then he slashed out with the knife, which was blocked by the shield. However, he kicked the opponent's shield away with a casual kick, and then swung the steel knife again, killing the man.
life consequences.
Zhou Lu charged into the battle, and the scouts behind him were all from the army. Xiaorui was naturally unwilling to be outdone, and charged into the Kushan army like a hungry wolf.
There were no more than a hundred Kushan soldiers guarding the gate, and they had just woken up. Facing the Chinese scouts who were dozens of times their number, it was impossible to resist them, and they could only be killed one by one at the moment.
Soon the gate of the fortress was slaughtered by Zhou Lu. Looking at the corpses on the ground, he wiped the blood on the mixed jade knife and directly ordered the soldiers to open the gate.
The scouts began to take action, operating the winch controlling the city gate, preparing to open the city gate and let Huang Zhong enter the city.
The fortress is so large that no one knows about it as soon as the war drums sound, and the general in charge of the city's defense wakes up immediately.
"Hurry up and follow me to check the situation near the city wall, and also instruct the soldiers and horses inside the fortress to assemble immediately."
