Outside the military camp southwest of Wei Qiu, Lieutenant General Qian Ben of the third battalion of the Wei Yanling Army stood on the east bank of the unknown river with his arms folded, staring intently at the other side of the river under the deep night.
I don't know how long it took, but he seemed to be aware of it. He glanced back alertly, his left hand subconsciously holding down the scabbard hanging on his waist, because he saw two figures a few feet away, looking at each other without any cover.
Come closer to him.
"Lieutenant General." One of the figures greeted in a low voice.
"Blue Crow Crowd? These guys are really..."
Qian Ben waited vigilantly for the other party to approach, and when he saw that the two figures were familiar faces that had become quite familiar in recent days, he shook his head helplessly.
The Black Crows are like this, and the Blue Crows are like this, as if these hidden thieves like to appear and disappear, even in front of friendly troops. I don't know if it is to highlight their different status from ordinary soldiers.
Qian Ben removed his left hand from the hilt of the sword and asked in a low voice: "Does His Highness have any orders?"
"Not really." The Green Crow member shook his head and said, "We were just sent here to ensure that the general would sneak across the river and avoid being discovered by the Korean sentries on the opposite side."
In fact, Qian Ben has been paying attention to the timing of guard changes of the Korean patrol soldiers on the other side of the river in the past few days - there are traces of this.
In an army, the time for patrols and defense changes is generally fixed, because the general responsible for guarding a certain area is almost impossible to change the patrol and defense schedule every day, unless there are signs that the previous patrol schedule was detected by the enemy.
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Therefore, Qian Bi was actually confident that he would sneak across the river in front of him tonight and quietly cross the river to attack the Korean army on the other side of the river.
However, after hearing the words of the Green Crows, he felt a little puzzled: Ensure? How can you Green Crows ensure that our army can cross the river smoothly without alerting the Korean patrol guards?
Thinking of this, he asked curiously: "How to ensure it?"
The Green Crow member grinned and said calmly, "Just kill those sentry guards."
Qian Ben was stunned for a moment, because he wasn't very familiar with the other party, so he didn't ask any more questions and just responded casually.
Time passed little by little, and in a blink of an eye it was around midnight.
At this time, the member of the Green Crows suddenly hugged his fists towards Qian Ben and said in a low voice: "It's almost time, so we'll be the first to cross the river."
"Be the first to cross the river?"
Qian Ben was stunned again, and he said to himself: The pontoon bridge used to cross the river is still in the military camp where I am stationed. How do you cross the river?
Perhaps noticing Gan Ben's strange gaze, the Green Crow grinned, and then walked straight to the river beach. Under Gan Ben's puzzled gaze, he quietly walked down the river.
Following this person, Qian Ben noticed that hundreds of Green Crows had already been lurking in this area. These figures descended into the river one after another and swam to the other side in the cold river water.
"..."
Qian Ben was dumbfounded.
You know, Qian Ben was born in Zhi County, Chu State. He grew up by the Wohe River and was well versed in the nature of water, but he still did not dare to jump into the river in this cold winter.
Of course, it's not too cold when you're in the river. The key lies in the moment you climb out of the water, when the cold night wind blows through your wet body, and that biting feeling, even for a soldier on the battlefield.
Most of the soldiers who have been tested for a long time may not be able to bear it.
Of course, this is only for ordinary soldiers. As for the hidden thieves, this may be just a common occurrence. After all, the hidden thieves have been specially trained in this area. In terms of willpower, they are not comparable to ordinary soldiers.
"rustle--"
Just as Qian Ben stared at the calm river in front of him with wide eyes, there was a faint sound behind him.
It turned out that it was a soldier from the Wei Dynasty carrying a pontoon bridge used to cross the river and quietly moving towards this side.
"Qian Ben, what are you looking at?"
A figure flashed up to Qian Ben and asked curiously.
This person is Qian Ben's colleague and the general of the third battalion of the Yanling Army, She Li.
"Let's see how the green crows swim to the other side of the river." Qian Ben said in a low voice.
Hearing this, She Li also opened his mouth in surprise and looked at the river in front of him in disbelief.
For a long time, he asked in surprise: "Have the Green Crows crossed the river? Why did they come?"
"In order to ensure the success of this operation." Qian Ben said lightly, and then asked: "Have you brought anything?"
"Yes." She Li nodded, and then after taking a closer look at the activities on the other side of the river, he ordered in a low voice: "Build a pontoon bridge and cross the river."
After hearing this, the dark Wei soldiers carried the pontoons to the river bank, carefully put several pontoons into the water, and then pushed them to the other side of the river.
Later, as the Wei soldiers on the east bank piled up, the other end of the pontoon bridge was erected on the beach on the other side of the river by virtue of the buoyancy of the water.
"superior!"
Qian Ben waved his hand and ordered in a low voice.
Immediately, Wei soldiers lined up in a long queue and crossed the river quietly along the pontoon bridge.
This unknown river is only seven or eight feet wide, so as long as the pontoon bridge is set up, it will not be a problem for Wei soldiers to cross the river in a short time.
What's more, for tonight's battle, the Wei army secretly built more than ten or twenty pontoon bridges in the military camp under the pretext of building Jilujiao.
Suddenly, Qian Ben noticed the faint sounds of footsteps behind him in the direction of Wei Qiu.
He immediately realized that this was the friendly troops coming down from Weiqiu Mountain - tonight's battle was a joint operation of nearly 20,000 surprise attack troops of the Wei army in Weiqiu area. It could be said to be a desperate battle or a last-ditch battle. Anyway, all the food was gone.
to be eaten, and
All the strength will be used in tonight's battle. Once they set foot on the other side of the river, the nearly 20,000 Wei army surprise troops here will have no retreat. There are only two outcomes to meet them: either defeat the Korean army on the west bank of the river, or counterattack.
Was defeated by the Korean army.
If you don’t succeed, you will succeed!
"Quick, quick, quick!"
"superior!"
Under the silent and deep night, the Wei soldiers crossed the river quietly along the pontoon bridge and headed towards the Korean army camp with colorful bonfires in the distance.
Along the way, they encountered almost no Korean patrol guards, as if those patrol guards had really been assassinated by the Green Crows.
As they looked closer and closer to the Han army camp with bright bonfires, the Wei soldiers, whose morale was extremely high because of the words of His Highness King Su, showed ferocious and fierce expressions, and their whole bodies were full of dangerous auras.
It was as if they were hunters under the night, and the Korean army camp in front was their prey.
At the same time, inside and outside the Korean military camp with colorful bonfires in the distance, the Korean soldiers had not noticed that a major crisis was gradually approaching them. Even the three Korean generals in the army who were ranked among the top ten heroes of Beiyuan were not aware of it.
Jin Biao and Feng Ting had already rested early in their respective tents, but Bao Yuan was still lying on the bed in his handsome tent, resting his hands on his head and thinking about the whole thing over and over again.
During the daytime today, because he learned that Wei Gongzi Ji Run might quietly escape from the east side of Wei Qiu towards the Taihang Mountains, Bao Yuan immediately dispatched many cavalry to intercept him.
But for some reason, he felt something was wrong.
It is undeniable that, as Feng Ting said, under the current circumstances, Wei Gongzi Run decided to abandon his chariot to protect the commander, abandoning about 5,000 Wei soldiers and retaining the remaining nearly 15,000 Wei soldiers. This is very unusual.
A wise choice.
But, would Mr. Wei Run really do this?
It has to be said that, leaving aside the enemy and our camps, Bao Yuan has a good impression of Wei Gongzi Ji Run, because the troops under Wei Gongzi have never made any move to harass Korean civilians, let alone arrest local Koreans.
civilians, using these civilians as bargaining chips to blackmail the Korean army.
Therefore, in Bao Yuan's opinion, Mr. Wei Run is not only an outstanding commander, but also an upright gentleman.
Would such a person abandon his loyal soldiers?
"...But if he does not intend to leave his troops and flee, then how can he explain what happened east of Wei Qiu?"
Bao Yuan scratched his head, really confused.
Suddenly, he opened his eyes suddenly and murmured: "Is it possible that you are trying to divert the tiger away from the mountain...to drive away the cavalry under our army?"
Thinking of this, he turned over and sat up, the look of shock on his face getting stronger and stronger.
Because if that Wei Gongzi Run really planned to divert the tiger away from the mountain and deliberately tried to drive away the cavalry in the Korean camp, then the other party's true intention would be self-evident.
Night attack!
A last-ditch fight!
Thinking of this, Bao Yuan stood up suddenly, walked out of the commander's tent, and shouted to the soldiers on duty outside the tent: "Quick, quick..."
But before he finished speaking, he heard the sound of fighting coming from the entire west side of the military camp.
He took a few steps and looked towards the west side of the military camp. He vaguely saw the west side of the military camp, with a faint light of fire rising into the sky.
"really!"
Bao Yuan's face straightened up, and he immediately ordered: "Quick! Send a warning quickly, the Wei army is coming to attack the camp!"
"Dang Dang Dang——"
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
A moment later, groups of Korean soldiers struck their shields with their long swords while running quickly past the military tents.
Hearing the commotion in the camp, the Korean generals in the military tent ran out with weapons in hand, asking in surprise what had happened in the camp.
Including Han generals Jin Fu and Feng Ting.
"What happened?" Jin Mao asked in shock as he caught a running and shouting soldier.
Seeing this, the soldier replied: "Report to the general, the Wei army sneak attacked our camp!"
Perhaps because he was a little confused in his sleep, Jin Yao frowned and asked in confusion: "Which Wei army?"
The soldier glanced at Jin Yao strangely and replied: "The Wei army in Wei Qiu!"
Jin Mao let go of the soldier, watched him continue running and shouting, and looked at Feng Ting who came out of the tent on the opposite side, feeling really overwhelmed.
"The Wei army in Wei Qiu? That is to say, it is not the reinforcements from the city of Huns, but the army under Wei Gongzi Run? But...but isn't that Wei Gongzi Run planning to flee to the Taihang Mountains? For this reason, we
I also sent all the cavalry from the general to intercept..."
Perhaps because of the cold wind, Jin Mao and Feng Ting gradually woke up and figured out the whole thing.
"Actually... taking the initiative?"
Licking his dry lips, Feng Ting's face didn't look very good.
He never expected that the Wei army, which was clearly besieged in the Wei Qiu area, would actually take the initiative and attack their military camp at night.
After looking at each other, Jin Miao and Feng Ting quickly put on their armor and rushed to Xiying where the war broke out.
They have realized that tonight's battle is related to each other's fate.