The troops stationed on both sides immediately blew their horns without saying a word, and the sleeping soldiers woke up one after another, put on their weapons and equipment, and walked out of the tent to gather outside.
At this time, the rain and snow in the sky were falling heavily, and both snowflakes and rain fell on the ground, bringing a biting cold to people.
The soldiers who had just come out of the warm quilt were still unable to adapt for a while. They could only circulate the zhenqi in their bodies to provide warmth, so as to avoid catching colds or other diseases due to the large changes in temperature.
There were huge flames in the two camps, and the soldiers in each team were holding torches to light the way.
They were preparing to go to Fufeng City for support, and the generals of both camps thought that it would definitely not be too quiet along the way.
Since Xiliang decided to attack Fufeng City, the other side would definitely consider their camps on both sides.
If you don't want the coalition soldiers in the camps on both sides to support Fu Feng City, the best way is to send a large army to intercept them halfway, so they will definitely not be too peaceful along the way.
They had sent out scout troops to prevent this danger. At this time, the night was dark and windy, it was raining and snowing in the sky, and the road was beginning to become muddy.
The marching speed of the army is not fast. Under such darkness, if the enemy intercepts them halfway, as long as the distance between the two sides is not too close, there is no way to detect the enemy without the reconnaissance of the scout troops.
What the allied commanders of the two camps thought of, the generals on the Xiliang side could also think of, so they also sent troops to ambush on both sides, and instead sent troops to the surroundings of the camp.
They plan to start a sneak attack from the rear. It is not considered a sneak attack, because you can't see me and I can't see you between the two armies.
The only thing that can identify the opponent's direction is a torch. If the enemy's army wants to go to Fufeng City, they must raise a torch. This torch is as dazzling as the sun in the darkness.
Just like a target, Xiliang soldiers don't need to spend too much time thinking, they just need to follow the light of the torch and kill them.
The Xiliang soldiers outside the two camps stared closely at the camp. The enemy's army had begun to gather. At the front of the army were the Xiliang heavy infantry.
They did not dare to get too close to the camp, because the enemy had long been prepared to stand firm and wait for reinforcements, setting up a large number of traps around the camp to prevent the Xiliang army from suddenly approaching the camp and launching an attack on them.
Therefore, Xiliang soldiers did not dare to get close to the camp. It was so dark at this time that they could not see any traps, so for safety reasons, they stayed more than 100 meters away from the camp.
The Xiliang army was divided into two groups and approached the enemy camp from the left and right sides, with the goal being the gate of the east camp.
If the enemy army wants to send out to support Fufeng City, the first choice location is definitely the east camp gate, so they only need to go around from both sides and rush to the east camp gate.
When the enemy's army was about halfway through, they began to launch sneak attacks.
Some enemies can be allowed to pass, but not all enemies can be allowed to pass. The Xiliang army launched an attack on Fufeng City, but the entire army was not involved in the siege.
In addition to the teams attacking the city wall, there are several troops outside the city responsible for sniping enemy reinforcements, protecting war machinery, and long-range troops.
Therefore, the troops coming from both sides will be intercepted by the troops sent out to snipe first, and the remaining troops will be intercepted by the troops stationed outside the city.
Double-layer defense can effectively resist enemy attacks.
The news that the Xiliang army suddenly launched an attack on Fufeng City quickly spread to the camp behind, in a huge military camp far away from Fufeng City.
The senior leaders of the coalition forces, who had just fallen asleep for a short time, were awakened by the news sent as quickly as possible from the front line. The two commanders of the Ma family and the Pang family immediately summoned all the generals in the camp.
Also awakened at the same time were the representatives of the sects. When they received the news that Xiliang's army was launching a general attack on Fufeng City, everyone felt a little unbelievable.
In their calculations, the Xiliang army should be packing up and retreating at this time. It was raining and snowing in the sky, and the rain and snowflakes were falling together. Such a scene was very rare.
At the same time, such extremely cold weather can no longer be resisted by relying on cotton-padded clothes and other items, because rain can easily soak clothes, and snowflakes can freeze clothes that have been soaked by rain.
This makes many clothes used to resist the cold unable to protect people from the cold, so according to their calculations, the Xiliang army should retreat within these two days.
Although the Xiliang army is very cold-resistant, they cannot withstand such rainy and snowy weather just by wearing better equipment.
The weather now makes it easy for soldiers to get sick and catch colds. Once they get sick, it may not just be one soldier.
Therefore, if they were the commander-in-chief of the Xiliang army, they would definitely lead their troops to retreat. Such weather is no longer suitable for continued fighting.
Just when everyone thought it was impossible to start a war, the Xiliang army started a war, which is why they seemed so incredible.
Even those representatives of the sect who did not understand war found it very unbelievable. In war, the right time and place are very important. Now the Xiliang army does not have any advantage in the right time and place.
They dared to start a war. Didn't they take the right time and place into consideration?
But now is not the time to dwell on this problem. They have to immediately mobilize troops to support Fufeng City. If it is too late, it is not known whether Fengcheng will be able to hold out for four or five days with the terrifying combat power of the Xiliang army.
Think about the Han family's Anding County. Wasn't it attacked very quickly by the Xiliang army?
As a result, the Han family's external support troops had not arrived yet, and people were already destroyed. Of course, this was also because the support speed of the Han family's troops was a bit slow.
"The Xiliang army suddenly launched an attack. I need one person to lead part of the army to support me, and it will take a while for me to gather the main army!" The commander-in-chief of the Ma family said to the generals below: "This time the mission is different.
In the past, and the level of danger was countless times higher than before, the real intention of the Xiliang army may not be Fufeng City, but the various armies that went to support Fufeng City, so the generals who went to support must be cautious.
"
The words of the commander of the Ma family made the generals below think deeply. They knew that the commander was right. The Xiliang army was very good at surrounding a place and then attacking the supporting troops.
It can be summarized as encircling a point for reinforcements. The main target is the troops who go to support, not the point of attack.
"Commander, I am willing to take the first step with my 30,000 troops!" After a few breaths, a big man stood up and said: "The last general has experienced hundreds of battles. Among the generals, he should be the one with the most support.
Mine."
The big man who spoke was an important general of the Ma family, and was called the general on the line of fire. Because if there was a problem on the Ma family's side of the war, he would be the first to lead troops to support him.
He led troops to support everywhere. He was experienced in leading troops and experienced hundreds of battles. He was present in the war against the Ma family in Liangzhou.
His presence is everywhere, and his 30,000 soldiers and horses are both foot and horse. Everyone has his own horse. Although those horses are not qualified war horses, they are enough to lead the soldiers into battle.
The commander-in-chief of the Ma family glanced at the big man, pondered for a while and said: "Okay, then Ma Shu will lead his 30,000 troops as the vanguard, and I will give you another 5,000 light cavalry to explore the surrounding area!"
The commander-in-chief of the Ma family was afraid that his powerful general would be ambushed and attacked by the Xiliang army.
In the nearly year-long war, the Ma family has lost too many generals. Although they are not important generals, every general who can lead more than ten thousand people is not an important foundation for which force?
A general who can command ten thousand people is not an ordinary person. It is difficult enough for an ordinary person to control a hundred people, let alone a general who can command more than 10,000 people.
For every force, every general has a kind of heritage.
It can be said that in this nearly year-long war, the Ma family has lost more than ten generals alone, and the Pang family has suffered similar losses.
In addition to the losses of generals, there were also losses of a large number of troops. Very few soldiers were actually killed by the Xiliang army. Most of them were surrounded by Xiliang soldiers and then surrendered.
Don't expect loyalty from newly recruited soldiers!
Just being able to go to the battlefield with weapons and equipment to fight with Xiliang soldiers is enough for them to be courageous, and we can't ask for more from them.
"Marshal, please rest assured, the general is not a radical person." The big man said calmly. As a general who often provides support everywhere, he knows very well what he is most worried about and what he is most afraid of on the road of support:
"However, if the general is attacked by the enemy on the way, please give the marshal the right to lead his troops to retreat."
When attacked by the enemy, the big man immediately thought of defense, then retreated, or stood still and waited for reinforcements to arrive.
He will not choose to rush forward, because the enemy intercepts it and just wants to divide your army into two and eat half of it. The remaining half has lost its courage.
What can an army without courage do even if it breaks through?
And generally there will be more than two intercepting troops, and the double-layered defense can withstand most enemy support.
"It's all about your safety." Marshal Ma Jia naturally knew these truths very well, and then looked at the other generals: "Go back now and assemble the troops from all departments.
The Xiliang army has decided to go to war, so we will accompany them to fight happily, and then encircle them and eat them up!"
Everyone has a temper. They have been suppressed by the Xiliang army for such a long time. If they don't have some anger in their hearts, they are not human beings.
Now that the weather is rainy and snowy, the right time and place are on their side, so let them have a good fight with the Xiliang army!
The troops in the main camp were gathering quickly, and an army on the other side had already left the camp, and they were rushing towards Fu Feng City as quickly as possible.
The army began to take action, and the commander-in-chief of the Ma family and the commander-in-chief of the Pang family, as the top leaders of the coalition, came to another large tent.
"This time I have to ask the palace master again!" The two commanders said respectfully to the woman with the white gauze in front of them.
Even though the status of the two of them in Liangzhou is very high, they have to lower their posture when facing the woman in front of them, because she is a great master.
In addition to her status as a grand master, she is also one of the palace masters of Lingjiu Palace. In terms of status and strength, she far surpasses the two of them.
It's not this time. These sect forces need their two major families to contain the Xiliang army. They have no way of contacting people at this level.
Xiliang King Li Xiang has been confirmed to be a grand master, so they need this grand master to contain Li Xiang.
If Prime Minister Li cannot be contained, with the fighting power of Prime Minister Li of Xiliang, one person can break the gate of Fufeng City, and then the Xiliang army can march straight in from the broken place.
Fufeng City was unable to withstand the Xiliang army's attack.
The master of Lingjiu Palace was silent for a while: "I can't feel Prime Minister Li's true energy. He is hiding and avoiding me."
She knew that Li Xiang must be on the battlefield, but she couldn't feel where Li Xiang was from the aspect of Qi. It was very easy for a great master to hide his Qi.
The battlefield is so big. If Li Xiang mingles with the soldiers, each of the Xiliang soldiers is more than two meters tall. Li Xiang is taller than them, but not much taller. Everyone looks about the same on the battlefield.
It is impossible to find Prime Minister Li among so many soldiers.
She felt a little bit in trouble, and she felt that there was a threat around her, as if she was being watched by someone.
"Isn't King Li Xiang of Xiliang on the battlefield?" the two commanders said in surprise.
The Lord of the Lingjiu Palace shook his head: "It only means that Xiliang King Li Xiang did not use true energy. His strength is huge, just like those great masters who have practiced hard, so he only needs to use physical strength on the battlefield.
You will be able to exert the same fighting power as a great master."
"And I feel that there should be another grand master on the battlefield!" Palace Master Lingjiu said with a very solemn expression: "It is very likely that another grand master from Xiliang has arrived!"
The words of the Lord of the Lingjiu Palace made the two commanders look very ugly. Among the large armies, they were indeed not afraid of the Grand Masters. But the problem was that if the opponent's Grand Masters also became a charging general in the army.
What can they do to resist each other's attack?
Just like Li Xiang, the king of Xiliang, he takes the lead in every battle. No matter how strong the military formation is or how powerful the enemy is, he will break through it with his own strength. The Xiliang cavalry following closely behind will defeat the enemy.
The military formation was torn apart.
Seeing the worried looks of the two people, the Lord of the Lingjiu Palace said: "We don't need to worry too much. I have just sent the news and another Grandmaster will be sent over there."
