By the moonlight, a cavalry team of a thousand people was hiding by the river five miles away from Bashui County.
The dense cavalry brigade of a thousand people with no end in sight behind him made Diao Jun feel particularly unreal.
"Don't be nervous!" Cen Pei said softly, probably hearing the rapid breathing next to him, "We are only responsible for the response and are not directly involved in the battle. The worst-case scenario is that the enemy comes out of the city to attack our feint attack team. I will be there at that time.
Up front, just follow closely. If you're lucky, nothing will happen to us!"
"Yeah!" Diao Jun put his right hand on his racing heart, trying to calm himself down.
"Dong! Dong! Dong..." Suddenly, a dull sound of drums pierced the night sky, and along with the trumpet, the defenders in the city were awakened.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!!" The soldiers of Gao State on the city wall quickly gathered together, looking nervously at the long dragons made of fire in the distance.
Sha Yihe, the prefect of Bashui County, Zhuo Yan, the general of Pingnan, and Moriko, the general of Miao County, woke up in panic and immediately rushed to the city gate with their generals.
"What's going on?" When they reached the top of the city gate, Pingnan General Zhuo Yan looked nervously at the approaching fire in the distance.
"General Zhuo, there is no need to worry!" Sha Yihe said immediately, "If the enemy dares to attack at night, then they will never come back. Our Bashui County has high walls and strong cities, so we are not afraid of them!"
As he spoke, the fire was very close.
"Archers!" Sha Yihe quickly ordered, and the archers on the city wall all drew their bows and nocked arrows, preparing for battle.
The opponent's army was about to enter the shooting range, and Sha Yihe's raised hand was ready to be waved forward.
At this moment, the opposing army suddenly fired countless rockets, forming dazzling sparks all over the night.
It's just that the distance of these rockets is not enough, and they can't reach the top of the city wall at all. They draw a beautiful parabola in the air and fall directly to the ground outside the city wall.
Sha Yihe was puzzled, and turned around to find that Zhuo Yan and Moli Ke were also confused.
Just as he was thinking about the other party taking a step forward, he immediately fired his bows and arrows. However, the next moment, he suddenly found that the densely packed torches began to retreat, and it didn't take long before they completely disappeared from the horizon.
"The enemy was afraid that they wanted to attack them unprepared, but they didn't expect that we were well-defended." Zhuo Yan said, "I hit a snag and had to run away!"
"I always feel something is strange." Sha Yihe ordered the archers to put down their weapons and looked into the distance with a frown.
"It's just that the night attack failed. What's wrong? It's a false alarm. Let's all go back and rest! Recharge your batteries. There will be a big battle tomorrow!" Zhuo Yan's sword was returned to its sheath.
"The two generals will go back to rest first, and I will watch for a while." Sha Yihe was still more cautious, so he chose to stay.
After Zhuo Yan and Moli Ke left, there was no movement for a while. Sha Yihe also felt relieved and ordered his soldiers to patrol vigilantly before turning around and returning.
Not long after I fell asleep, there was another loud noise of gongs and drums outside, and the sound of trumpets.
Sha Yihe, Zhuo Yan, and Morico rushed to the city wall with their troops in a panic. When they saw the enemy attacking again, they immediately ordered to prepare for the attack.
However, it was the same this time. The opponent stayed outside the range of the archers, fired a meaningless rocket near the city gate, and then slowly retreated under the questioning eyes of the defenders.
Forget it once or twice, and then come every once in a while. They don't really attack the city, they just shoot meaningless rockets and run away.
The people guarding the city are very angry. If you want to fight, just have a good fight. You are always on the edge and can't come in. It's too much! Or go back to sleep and see you on the battlefield tomorrow. You don't want to sleep, but
They keep harassing us and don't let us sleep. Isn't it disgusting?
"What are these bastards going to do?" After being woken up several times in a row, Zhuo Yan had dark circles under his eyes and couldn't sleep well at all.
Not only him, Sha Yihe, Morico and other generals were also exhausted.
"I can't stand it anymore!" Morrico waved his sword angrily, "If they still dare to come, I will go out of the city to fight!"
"No!" Sha Yihe hurriedly advised, "The enemy's intentions are unknown, so don't move lightly!"
"If this continues, I will be annoyed to death by them!" Morico said angrily, "Are you going to let them rest?"
"I understand!" A civil servant behind Sha Yihe suddenly said, "Master Taishou, two generals, this should be the enemy's plan to weaken the army!"
"What do you mean by the strategy of exhausting the army?" Everyone turned to look at the civil servants.
"I'm afraid there is a small group of enemy troops outside the city, blowing trumpets and shooting arrows. They are just harassing us and preventing our troops from sleeping peacefully." The civilian official replied respectfully, "But the main force of the enemy troops is resting and recuperating in a camp far away. In this way,
Tomorrow our army will be exhausted, but the enemy will be full of energy. If we attack the city again then, the situation of superiority and inferiority will definitely change."
"It's so insidious!" Zhuo Yan blew his beard and glared, "Are you just kidding us? Are you not letting us sleep?"
"Then how should we respond?" Sha Yihe turned around and asked.
"Report it to the prefect!" the civil servant replied with a smile, "Since we know that the opponent is just trying to weaken the army, we should not follow suit. We can send a partial division to ambush outside the city, wait for the enemy to harass us again, and then surround and kill them from both sides! Even if we can't
Total annihilation will also make them fearful and afraid to do it again."
"Wouldn't it be better to just keep the army outside the city and wait for the enemy to come and kill them all?" Morrico snorted.
"That's not right!" said the civil servant. "The enemy is trying to make me tired. If I take advantage of the enemy's plan, the gain will outweigh the loss! Furthermore, the movement of the army will be too noisy and easily noticed by the other side, which will scare them away."
"It makes sense!" Sha Yihe, Zhuo Yan, and Moriko looked at each other and nodded.
"Then I will lead 1,000 cavalry to ambush outside the city!" Morico said, "If he dares to come again, I will make sure he never comes back!"
"How can you kill a chicken with a sledgehammer?" A silver-armored deputy general behind him came out with fists in his hands, "The last general is willing to lead the troops there!"
"The last general is willing to go with the army!" Another young general stepped forward, both of them were Morico's capable generals.
"Okay!" Morico laughed loudly, "In that case, I will send you two to lead 1,000 troops to ambush outside the city, wait for the enemy to arrive, and kill him without leaving a trace!"
"Here!!"
"Since the two generals are willing to go to war, there is no need to delay!" Sha Yihe immediately started to make arrangements, "Please leave the city quickly and ambush, so as not to let the enemy notice."
The two lieutenants of Morico immediately descended from the city wall, mobilized their respective armies, and gathered just 1,000 cavalry. They opened the city gate and rushed out at night, rushing to the groves on both sides of the city.
"Then I'll go back to camp and rest. Don't worry about the enemy's drums and horns. I'll have a good rest tonight and I'll have a showdown with the enemy tomorrow!" Sha Yihe turned around and said.
"It should be like this!" Zhuo Yan and Morico nodded, and each led their troops away from the city wall and returned to the military camp.
All the troops in the city rested, and silence returned again.
Morrico's two lieutenants were lying in ambush in the woods on both sides, hiding in the dark green shade.
