Chapter 811 Jian Yong plans to pacify the Six Villages (3)(1/2)
In the dead of night, Zhang Fei personally led the night attack team to the vicinity of the official camp.
In the darkness, in the officer's camp located on a high hill, the campfires were lit, making it clear at a glance.
Due to the terrain, entering from the front requires climbing up a steep slope and climbing up under the eyes of the enemy. The possibility of exposure is extremely high. Therefore, Zhang Fei ordered his people to move behind the army camp and climb up from behind.
The six men who attacked at night were all wearing single clothes, wearing thick leather boots, carrying hammers at their waists, two ropes on their shoulders, two wine jars filled with poison on their backs, and a rucksack containing a short sword.
As soon as the operation started, the first step was to encounter great trouble.
The climbing site was chosen behind the official camp. Although the backside of the official camp was hidden, it was very steep. The night attackers only brought ropes hooked to the camp wall and no climbing tools, so they were trapped at the bottom of the slope.
This time Zhang Fei came with him. If Zhang Fei had not followed, the soldiers would have found a way to solve the problem on their own. But when Zhang Fei came, the soldiers would not use their brains.
Several night raiders came back quietly and asked Zhang Feipo how to climb.
Zhang Fei was waiting for the good news that the attack on the camp was successful, but after waiting for a long time, he retreated without even climbing the slope. Zhang Fei was very angry.
Zhang Fei cursed in his heart and suppressed his anger.
"Wait!" Zhang Fei scolded. He looked up at the sky, thought about the time, and asked the soldiers to wait where they were while he went back.
For fear of being exposed by the sound of hoofbeats, Zhang Fei did not ride a horse when he came, and naturally there was no horse to ride when he returned. Zhang Fei ran back to the camp on two legs for more than 20 miles.
This burst of running made Zhang Fei panting like a dog.
After returning to the camp, Zhang Feili summoned the military craftsman and ordered the military craftsman to immediately make a long ladder.
The craftsmen received the military order and heard from Zhang Fei that they only needed to climb a high slope and the ladder did not need to be too long. So, in a hurry, the craftsmen used two eight-foot-long steps as axes and cut out a ladder on top of the steps.
There are some small gaps, and then tie the left and right gaps with ropes, and the stairs will come out.
Then, take two more steps and use the same method to make them. Another short ladder is built in an instant.
The craftsmen made three similar ladders, each one eight feet high. If the three ladders are connected together, they can be more than five feet long.
Zhang Fei picked up the three ladders and ran straight to the enemy camp without stopping.
After a long time, the night raiders, who had been waiting for a long time, finally arrived at Zhang Fei, who was belatedly arriving.
Zhang Fei handed the ladder to a few night raid soldiers and cursed fiercely, "The ladder is brought for you. If you can't do it, just wait for me!"
Zhang Fei has become an errand boy, running before and after. If he messes up the errand, the consequences will be unimaginable.
A few soldiers in the night attack resisted the ladder and reached the back of the army camp again. They reached the bottom of the slope and tried to erect the ladder, but it was not long enough. As a last resort, the soldiers had to use ropes to connect the two short ladders together.
, two short ladders connected to each other, more than three and a half feet long, and finally reached the top.
Two people were getting off the escalator, and one of them climbed up carefully on the soft steps. When they reached a high place, the village wall was right in front of them. The climbing soldiers peeked in through the wall. There was nothing behind the wall.
Figures gather.
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After making sure it was safe, the soldier took off the rope, threw it to the hook, and climbed on the rope again, all in one go.
Before setting off, it was explained that during the fire attack last night, bamboo sticks were buried behind the enemy's stronghold wall, and several people were injured. There is a lesson here. When the soldiers climbed over the stronghold wall, they jumped down very carefully.
In the middle of the night, the military camp was quiet. In a remote corner, a soft sound of a heavy object falling to the ground was heard, and then it fell into silence again.
After the night attack soldier landed, he was careful to guard against any traps that might be buried on the ground. He carefully raised his feet and walked close to the ground. As expected, the result was as expected. There were many stupid spikes on the ground. When his feet moved in the dark, they bumped into them from time to time.
on these sharp objects.
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After a period of time, the night attack soldiers entered the enemy camp one after another. After searching in the enemy camp for a while, they successfully found the location of the well.
At this point, the action had to come to an abrupt halt.
The place where the well was located happened to be where the soldiers on night watch rested. Several bonfires surrounded the well, and the firelight illuminated the area around the well. There was no way to get close.
Several night raiders were hiding in the shadows next to the nearby tents. They stared at the well, waiting for an opportunity.
However, after waiting for a long time, although there were patrol teams from the army leaving from time to time, only one team left each time, and there were still people watching by the well.
At this point, the operation may be declared a failure and retreat can be made.
Outside, Zhang Fei crouched in a clump of weeds and observed the army camp from a distance, waiting for the news to come back.
Time passed slowly, and in the night sky, the moon kept sliding towards the horizon, and it had already slid across half of the night sky.
Zhang Fei waited for an hour or more, but he still didn't wait for the night attack soldiers to come back. At this time, Zhang Fei had a bad guess. He guessed that the soldiers who got in were probably captured.
However, there seemed to be no sound of fighting coming from the army camp, and it was still quiet. This made Zhang Fei undecided and could only continue to wait.
For the few rebel soldiers who infiltrated the enemy camp, every second passed was torture. They lay beside the enemy camp tent, listening to the sound of the enemy soldiers snoring in the tent, and the enemy patrols.
He was walking around in front of them from time to time, and he might be discovered at any time. The huge psychological pressure made everyone suffocate.
Someone was already trying to escape, but a soldier quietly pulled back the clothes of the person next to him, signaling for him to evacuate.
The man being dragged carefully looked around and saw that the patrol had not come yet. He lowered his voice and said to his brothers, "Give me the poison. Brothers, let's go first!"
"Then... what should you do?" someone asked anxiously.
"You don't care about me!" The person who decided to stay interrupted coldly.
The few night raiders just got together for the mission and did not have a deep friendship with each other.
Some people are willing to stay and die, while others are more than willing to do so.
At the moment of life and death, some people will be loyal and others will be extremely selfish.
Everyone left the poison they carried and touched it back quietly.
Not long after, Zhang Fei, who had been waiting for no news for a long time, finally heard footsteps approaching, and he touched the short knife at his waist as a precaution.
"Who!" Zhang Fei lowered his voice and asked.
"Third General, it's me!" the night attack soldier echoed.
When he heard that his own soldiers had returned, Zhang Fei was overjoyed, thinking that the poisoning was successful.
Zhang Fei was about to lead his people back, but several soldiers hesitated and said that the poisoning failed, the officers and soldiers were too strict, and one of his brothers was still inside.
Zhang Fei was furious when he heard this. He wasn't angry because he didn't commit poison, but he was angry that these idiots left their brothers alive and dead and fled alone. What a villain!
Zhang Fei was so angry that he cursed angrily, "If that brother can't come back, I want you all to die with him!"
Although it was dark, Zhang Fei's angry face could not be seen, and the few soldiers who escaped before the battle felt as if they were trapped in an ice cellar.
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I don’t know if the officers and soldiers of this village deliberately arranged the bonfire around the well, or if it was just a coincidence. Anyway, by the time it got dark, the soldier who was left lurking had not yet waited for the opportunity to poison.
At this point, the whole plan seems to have completely failed. If we wait a little longer, wait for daybreak, wait for visibility to get better, the officers and soldiers will soon discover the outsiders lying beside the camp tent.
The turning point happened unexpectedly.
Just before dawn, suddenly, the sound of winter drums sounded in the army camp.
The moment the drums sounded, the entire army camp suddenly became noisy.
The patrol soldiers who had been guarding the bonfire all night by the well, when they heard the drums, hurriedly got up and walked somewhere. In the military tents, messy human voices sounded, and then, there were officers and soldiers
The soldier ran out while dressing.
Although he didn't know what happened, the attacker who had been waiting all night and saw no opportunity finally saw that there was no one guarding the well.
Without hesitation, the attacker, whose arms were numb, squatted down, picked up the wine jar tied into a ball in his arms, and threw it towards the mouth of the well with all his strength.
A large knot formed by multiple wine jars drew a beautiful curve in the air, right in the middle of the well mouth. Two breaths later, a loud splash came from the well.
The sound alarmed many people. A sergeant turned around and glanced at the well. He asked the people next to him in surprise, "What's the sound?"
"No, the stone must have fallen." The person next to him replied casually, and then urged, "No matter what he does, just walk quickly. If you are slow, you will be punished."
At this time, the drums were beating non-stop, and the chaotic footsteps interfered with the sound of the wine jar falling into the water, accidentally providing cover for the sound of poisoning.
The drum beat was a signal to gather. A large number of officers and soldiers hurried out of the tents and hurried towards the assembly point. Many people passed by the well. Many people were only one step away from the well. As long as they lowered their heads, they could see floating on the water.
There were so many people passing by the wine jar that no one paid attention to it.
The officers and soldiers were all anxious to assemble. It was time for the rebel soldier who had finished poisoning to evacuate. His evacuation method was very crude and simple.
He didn't hide. He lowered his head and swaggered through the crowd to the back of the camp. Because others were in a hurry to gather, they didn't pay attention to him. In addition, the sky was not that bright yet, and people's faces could not be seen clearly, which made it difficult for him to do so.
This man passed through the crowd without any danger.
Walking directly to the wall, looking at how high the wall was between the two of them, the attacker did not bother to hold the rope anymore. He gritted his teeth, took a step back, and suddenly took a run forward. When he ran to the edge of the wall, he stepped forward with his feet.
With a strong kick, he stepped on the wall twice and jumped upwards. With this jump, his hands were able to reach the top of the village wall. He grabbed the wall with his hands and used his strength to climb up.
Afraid of being caught if he slowed down, the man jumped directly down without daring to stop after climbing over the wall.
The back wall of the army camp was a straight and steep slope, more than three feet high. He jumped down in a panic, and with a sound of winter, he fell to the ground like a toad, almost losing his breath.
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Zhang Fei and his group, who were hiding in the grass, heard the drums beating loudly in the camp of the army, and thought that the army had noticed something unusual and was beating the drums to gather troops. Zhang Fei was afraid that the army would come out to search after a while, so he was hesitating to leave.
When he was about to leave, he saw a figure in Mohu limping over.
When I got closer, I saw that it was my own soldiers who were going to touch the camp.
To be continued...