Chapter 49 Who Is Surrounding Who?
Late at night, a unit was advancing, and torches were still lit in the first ten miles. After all, without this, most soldiers could not see the road at all. This is also a common problem for many soldiers in this era - night blindness!
Perhaps it is not a big problem for the imperial guards to eat well and drink well, but the Yellow Turban thieves were originally a group of people. If they had not eaten enough and could not survive, how could they revolt angrily? Even if they had eaten better in the future, night blindness would not be so easy to cure.
The torches are spread widely, and even so, there is darkness outside the torches, as if they are isolated from this world.
In the last five miles, some fires seemed to have been seen in the distance, one of the leaders announced the extinguishing of the torch. Soon, the three thousand soldiers seemed to be in the dark and could not see anything.
"The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand..." The soldiers chanted in a low voice. Only by chanting this slogan can they calm their hearts.
Fortunately, in the bonfire in the distance, the comrades who were chanting slogans in a low voice could give them hope. When walking little by little, the fire light was getting closer and closer to them. Within the line of sight, a military camp appeared, which was a particularly conspicuous existence in the darkness.
"Carry with me!" There was a leader who couldn't stand the dark environment, so he shouted.
"Charge!" The other man originally planned to wait, but there were still two miles in front and behind. However, his companions had already charged, so he had to command the charge.
The soldiers received the military order and walked towards the military camp with all their might. Only by going there can they return to the world of light! They have had enough of this dark environment, which is so terrible!
"Hehe, it seems that they are sleeping so sweetly. The enemy has come to the front of him, but they don't know." The leader who led the charge was about to arrive in front of the camp. Since he was only temporarily resting, there were no defense measures such as fences, horse resistance and pits. He just placed a bonfire at a distance twenty or thirty meters outside the camp, with the purpose of early warning.
The range of fire can be about fifty meters. When the enemy rushed over, the soldiers on duty could also notice the gong beating. This would give the soldiers who were resting inside a reaction time of about twenty seconds. Liu Tao had done similar basic operations several times during military training.
It is said that the other party has come to kill, and the sound is so loud that generally speaking, the barracks should have entered a state of alert. But tonight it is different. The barracks are quiet and the other party has not responded yet, as if they are a dead camp.
"Old Gao, there are not even patrol soldiers, will there be any fraud?" The difference is that the other leader obviously had some brains, otherwise he would not have thought of a plan for a night attack. He immediately called his fellow classmate and then signaled the army to slow down.
"You didn't say that they would inevitably be tired from afar. At the same time, they knew that there were only two thousand people at the outpost, but they didn't know that we now have three thousand soldiers... Let's look at this camp, at most two thousand people. After deducting the baggage, the combat soldiers will not exceed one thousand. Even if we fight head-on, we are not afraid!" Old Gao slowed down a little while after hearing this, he looked at it carefully, and then replied. The army has arrived here, and he really doesn't want to give up halfway.
Especially from the subsequent news that the villagers heard, the army seemed to be escorting a caravan. Not to mention anything else, just talking about the 1,000 war horses would make people envious. If they could be offered, they would not be able to go further.
"Well, then charge!" The other leader was no longer confused, gritted his teeth, and signaled the large army to charge.
At this moment, there were less than fifty meters away from Liu Tao’s military camp. At this moment, a hundred archers quickly rushed out of the camp tent, and the arrows in each soldier’s hands had been turned.
These stone bows were configured for Liu Tao after Zou Jing's handling, otherwise the previous half stone bow would not be enough. At the same time, these archers were strong enough, and if they only shot once, there would be no big problem.
It is difficult to guarantee a correct head, but the projectile and the shooting are different. There is no need for a correct head, just the angle is the same.
The original effective range is twenty meters, and the shooting can even start shooting at forty or fifty meters. Now it is changed to a stone bow. When shooting, it can be adjusted around sixty or seventy meters, and can reach up to eighty meters.
The soldiers lined up immediately, then pulled the bowstrings under the command of the treasury leader and raised them for about 45 degrees.
"Shoot!" The soldiers shot arrows one after another at the command of the Tun Chief.
After all, it was a stone bow, and its penetration was much stronger than that of the hunting bow. At the same time, the Yellow Turban thief was caught off guard. Before he could react, hundreds of arrows were shot at them.
"There is an ambush!" Lao Gao exclaimed immediately, and two of the arrows had already shot into his body. Fortunately, they were blocked by armor, but they were only wounded by flesh and blood, and did not hurt the internal organs.
Others are not so lucky. The Yellow Turban thieves rarely have leather armor and cloth armor. The soldiers were shot in one after another, basically they penetrated the flesh and penetrated deep into the internal organs. If they were not lucky, they would hit the vital point and they would lose their lives.
"Charge, charge!" Another leader shouted, after the other party finished shooting the archery, he did not mean to continue shooting the archery. After all, the distance between the two sides is only less than thirty meters. With his and Lao Gao's horse speed, this distance can be reached within three to five seconds.
Now, only charging is the safest. Since the night attack cannot be achieved, then he will fight head-on. He still doesn’t believe that three thousand people can’t withstand these two thousand people!
Within the sight, the archers quickly retreated after the shooting was completed. At the same time, more soldiers stepped forward, but the sword and shield soldiers from the two garrisons (100 people/city) were directly guarding the camp. At the same time, the archers also retreated to the back and prepared to shoot.
With sword and shield soldiers in front, and archers in the back, this move will have miraculous effects when the enemy troops are mainly infantry and the headquarters are in a good position.
"Scatter, don't squeeze in, there is no fence in this camp!" Old Gao shouted, and he had realized the key.
"Where to go?" At this moment, two spearmen soldiers came to kill each other on the left and right sides. Nearly a thousand people on one side raised their spears and began to surround their troops.
"Where did these two troops come from?" At this time, the Yellow Turban thieves probably had this question in their hearts.
But they didn't know that Liu Tao arranged his soldiers less than 300 meters away from the camp. When the Yellow Turban thieves came to attack, their attention would be all focused on the bonfire and the camp, ignoring all areas outside the bonfire.
At this time, even if there were enemies lurking on the side of only 300 meters, they didn't notice it. This was the "darkness under the light"!
"Why does it feel like we were attacked by night? Pengniu, explain it to me!" Lao Gao roared. Seeing the two troops coming quickly, the array was compressing the main force of the Yellow Turban Thieves, and at the same time, it was still shrinking slightly.
The large army was compressed into a snake formation, and the front was Liu Tao's camp, but there were two hundred sword shield soldiers and one hundred archers waiting for an opportunity to shoot!
They were planning to come to surround the camp at night, but now they were surrounded by the targets of the night attack. It would be better to ambush early depending on the situation. Not to mention Lao Gao, even Peng Niu was a little suspicious of himself at this moment.
How did the Han army on the opposite side know that they were going to attack at night?!
Chapter completed!