A Complete Explanation of the Negative Textbooks of the Imperial Examination

Chapter 94: Surprise Attack

When they heard Xiao Jingduo’s words, the others also burst into a cold sweat: “General Xiao, you mean…”

Where are there any tribes of 10,000 people, what we encountered is clearly the king’s tent of the Turkic Khan! I’m afraid other news, the tribal feasts and the drunkenness of the whole people are also fake, in order to lure old General Geng to send troops late at night, so that they can ambush in advance, Catch us by surprise!”

“It turned out to be like this…” The more the soldiers thought about it, the more terrifying they became, and for a while, they broke into a cold sweat, and even their collars were wet, “General Xiao, what should we do? Although there are still some left in the camp There are 8,000 people, but more than 6,000 people are old, weak, sick and disabled, and only 2,000 can fight with swords.”

Deeply unable to see things, if you are ambushed by the Turks, it is simply unimaginable.”

Everyone’s face was pale, Xiao Jingduo said solemnly: “Bell the horn, immediately let the army on the right wing gather.”

“General, what is this for?”

“Go to meet General Geng, they should be caught.”

“However, the General clearly asked us to guard the grain and grass before he left. If we leave the station without permission, the grain and grass will go wrong…”

Food and grass can be said to be the most important thing in the army. If there is an accident with food and grass, it will definitely shake the military’s heart, so the commander attaches great importance to food and grass. Losing it is a big sin. If the imperial court knew that they had left the food and grass and dispatched on their own, how would they be punished.

And Xiao Jingduo just said coldly: “If we can’t make it through tonight, the whole army will be wiped out, what do we need for food and grass?”

The others did not speak, and after a while, they all ran to the whole team in silence. After a while, the 2,000 soldiers were fully clothed and lined up in a square formation.

“General, all thirty-seven battle teams have been assembled.”

“Okay.” Xiao Jingduo got on his horse, reined his horse to the front of the whole army, and said, “The whole army obeys the order, and immediately follow me to rescue the central army.”

At this time, a personal soldier behind Xiao Jingduo couldn’t help but ask: “General, we only have 2,000 people, but General Geng took more than 10,000 people out, how can we rescue them?”

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Geng Rui was in the dark, relying on his experience accumulated over the years, he avoided another arrow.

“General, be careful!” The guards guarded the old General Geng and shouted anxiously, “General, we are in an ambush, what should we do now?”

“Concentrate your forces to attack one place, and we will rush out in one go!”

The personal soldiers sent orders to the outside world, but the effect was not obvious. The personal soldiers said in despair: “General, it is too dark, and it is impossible to distinguish between enemy and me, everyone dare not attack!”

Geng Rui let out a long sigh of turbidity. He had been in the army for half his life, and he was confident that nothing could do him on the battlefield, but he never thought that he, Geng Rui’s fame, would eventually be planted by the Turks. in trick. This tactic is not very clever, and it is full of loopholes under careful consideration, but he is right on his mind.

Who told him to be in a hurry.

At this moment, the grand old General Geng did not speak, and a terrible silence gradually filled the surrounding soldiers.

They are well aware that they may not be able to go back.

The Northern Expedition Army is equipped with the most sophisticated armored swords, and has mobilized countless military supplies along the way. ?

Just when everyone in the army was desperate and guilty, a drum sound suddenly came from the southeast. They looked up to the southeast, and saw a ray of fire in the sky, almost illuminating half of the night sky. Under the firelight, you can vaguely see the red military uniforms of the Xuan Dynasty. Against the backdrop of the torches, it is like a phoenix blazing a prairie. There are seven or eight thousand people. These cavalrymen seemed to descend into the sky. They shouted bugles in their mouths, accompanied by the fierce drum beats, and their murderous aura was almost sky-high.

The soldiers of the Xuan Dynasty who were restrained everywhere in the dark were stunned, and even the Turks were surprised: “Didn’t they say that their fighting strength is only 10,000 people, why are there seven or eight thousand more people? ?”

“Reinforcement, their reinforcements are here!”

Recognizing this, the soldiers under siege immediately became energized, Geng Rui was in shock, he was the top commander, he naturally knew where Jizhou’s army was going, and they couldn’t be late at night anyway Come to support… But now is not the time to explore these, General Geng seized the opportunity and shouted loudly: “The reinforcements have arrived, rush out to the place where there is fire!”

The burning torch on the plain in the middle of the night is both a target and a lighthouse. With this mysterious cavalry, the morale of the soldiers of Xuan Chao has been boosted. They finally found the direction of the attack, and they are no longer aimlessly like before Fighting, but focus on rushing to the southeast. Fearing the reinforcements, the Turkic Khan hurriedly said “withdraw” and fled with his men.

It wasn’t until the two armies joined forces that the besieged soldiers understood what was going on.

There are no so-called reinforcements at all. This team is the right wing army left behind in the camp. Plus they are lined up, from a distance, it looks like there are six or seven thousand people. In reality, however, there were only two thousand soldiers coming.

Xiao Jingduo dismounted and walked towards Geng Rui quickly: “General Geng, are you not injured?”

“Don’t talk about it yet, before the Turks react, hurry up!”

This night was a sleepless night for many people, not only the soldiers of the Xuan Dynasty could not sleep well, but even the main tent was lit brightly.

Geng Rui had a wound on his arm, but he only had to wrap it up twice, he looked tired, and said to the whole account: “This time I made a mistake in judgment and almost made a big mistake. what!”

Those who insist on playing bow their heads, embarrassed to speak. One person couldn’t stand it any longer, and said, “General, victory or defeat is a matter of military affairs. You still insist on playing at an advanced age, so you don’t need to blame yourself like this…”

Geng Rui raised the uninjured hand and stopped the other party’s next words: “Okay, don’t make excuses for me. If I am so tired that the entire army of the Northern Expedition is wiped out and the foundation of our country is destroyed, then I really have no shame to go to see the great ancestor!”

Geng Rui said these words with tears in his eyes, and the people around him were all expressionless: “General Geng…”

Geng Rui wiped his tears, and his emotions gradually calmed down. He looked at Xiao Jingduo. Although his eyes were old, they were still bright. Xiao Jingduo lowered his head slightly and did not look directly at Geng Rui to show respect, but even so, his back was still straight.

Geng Rui stared at it for a long time, seeing that Xiao Jingduo did not dodge or evade, without any timidity, then nodded with satisfaction and said, “You should have stayed at the camp and guarded the baggage, but you left without permission. Are you guilty?”

Xiao Jingduo’s personal soldiers raised their heads unexpectedly, their faces were quite angry, but Xiao Jingduo himself was very calm: “The lower official is guilty.”

“Although you violated the military order, but for the sake of your urgency to relieve the siege, you will not be punished, and you are allowed to commit crimes and make meritorious deeds.”

“Yes.”

After all, Geng Rui was very old, and he showed fatigue after a while. Everyone knew it and stepped back one after another, so that General Geng could rest.

After withdrawing from the main tent, Xiao Jingduo’s personal soldiers said angrily: “General Xiao, it is entirely up to you that the entire army is not wiped out this time, such a great veteran general is not rewarded, how can it be? punish you?”

Xiao Jingduo was not easy to explain, so he lightly mentioned: “Generals have their own rules for doing things, and such words are not allowed to be said.”

The personal soldiers responded in disbelief: “Yes.”

But looking at their appearance, they obviously didn’t understand Xiao Jingduo’s voice-over. Xiao Jingduo was afraid that they would say in the army after they went back, inciting the morale of the army, that would really hurt him. Xiao Jingduo quickly added another sentence: “General Geng didn’t punish me, it shows that he knows something in his heart. You must not talk nonsense after you go back!”

When the soldiers thought that this was indeed the case, their faces became better: “My subordinates understand.”

General Geng brought the main force and met the Turks head-on. Now both sides knew the location and details of the other side. Obviously, they could no longer take the road of surprise attack. A tough battle was inevitable.

So these days the military camp is always fully armed and always on alert. General Geng’s impression of Xiao Jingduo has been greatly changed, and he is willing to take Xiao Jingduo to discuss important matters. Today, when they discussed the battle plan again, Xiao Jingduo put forward his own idea: “We might as well attract their attention head-on and send another team. The light cavalry went around to the back and attacked the Turks’ old nest with fire. When the camp was on fire, the Turks would be very frightened, and the frontal troops could take the opportunity to attack, and the light cavalry would attack back and forth, defeating the Turks in one fell swoop.”

“It makes sense, but the Turks and the Central Plains have been at war for a long time. I don’t know how many people have used this trick in the past dynasties. Now the Turkic camps are heavily defended, I am afraid they will not be easily fooled.” General Geng returned road.

“Yes, this time is different from the past, the fire in the Turkic nest is not good.”

Indeed, after being beaten so many times, how should I remember. Xiao Jingduo paused for a moment, then said: “Since it is not easy to ignite, then we might as well use false images to confuse them. As long as the Turks see the thick smoke rising from the direction of the camp, they must think that the fire is behind them, and the effect is the same.”

“The thick smoke must be ignited first, and then covered with damp leaves, so as to produce eye-catching black smoke.” General Geng still felt that it was not feasible, “The guards of the Turks’ lair are not blind. , How can they not see such a big action? It is even more impossible to let us light cigarettes next to their tribe to confuse the troops in front. ”

“If the old general is worried about this…” Xiao Jingduo said slowly, “I have a solution.”

The war between the Turks and the Xuan Dynasty army was about to break out. It didn’t take long for Geng Rui to give the Turkic Khan a gauntlet, which officially opened the prelude to the battle.

The main forces of the two countries faced each other on the plain, and they were aggressive, but no one noticed that a team of cavalry left their baggage and only brought three days’ rations, bypassing the battlefield and outflanking the back.

Xiao Jingduo took only a hundred people and left quietly by night. Thanks to his excellent sense of direction and keen combat intuition, he actually bypassed the Turkic scouts along the way and silently touched the place where the Turkic royal court was located.

There are also patrols passing by, knocking gold for each other, and exchanging code words.

With such intensity of patrol, I am afraid that flies will not be able to fly in, let alone outsiders.

White tents stand on the grasslands, Turkic women in bright clothes come in and out, and at the outermost stand heavily armed Turkic soldiers, looking farther, you can vaguely see the tall and rich Khan King account.

The Turkic soldiers watched the surroundings vigilantly. I’m afraid he would never have imagined that under his nose, under a steep slope, a hundred foreigners were staring motionlessly at their royal tent.

“General Xiao, this group of barbarians is really tight on patrol, how do we get in?”

“No need to mix in.” Xiao Jingduo’s tone was light, and he took out a strange-looking wooden handle from behind.

“How to ignite this kind of wooden handle, you should all remember?”

“Remembered.”

“Understood!” Although Mu Qi didn’t understand what he was doing, he still took the wooden handle and left. Mu Qi and the others took a special wooden handle and quietly touched the west side of the tent. After sneaking into a position where they could no longer go forward, they immediately lit the torches and ran back without looking back.

Thick white smoke rose from the west immediately, and it was divided into several parts, which looked shocking. Sure enough, within a short while, there was a commotion in the Turkic royal court. The shouts of women and children were sharp and noisy, and from time to time there were shouts of “it’s on fire”.

The prairie was most afraid of fire, and soon there were Turks going out to find out, and even the guards outside looked up to the west, wondering what was going on there.

Good opportunity! Xiao Jingduo made a decisive decision and shouted in a low voice, “Come on!”

The attention of the guards was drawn to the west, and suddenly an arrow flew from the front, straight to the throat. The Turkic guard groaned, and before he could see whose hands he was killed, his body fell limply backwards.

Xiao Jingduo and several others attacked the guards around the gate at the same time. Many people did not react to what happened, and saw a group of black cavalry descend into the sky and dive straight towards them. Many people screamed in panic and wanted to call the guards back, but unfortunately they were pierced by arrows before they could run two steps away.

The soldiers who were transferred to the west realized that they had been tricked into turning tigers away from the mountains. They shouted bad and ran back quickly.

fight. Xiao Jingduo was always paying attention to the people around him. He heard footsteps from the west becoming frequent, and immediately realized that it was the soldier who was left behind. He immediately shouted to his opponent, “Retreat!”

This style of fire and run is very familiar, and it seems to be a common method used by Turks to harass the border of Xuan Dynasty. When the Turkic generals chased after him, they could only see a few Han people riding horses and running south quickly.

The Turkic general was furious, his fingers clucked, and he broke the flagpole beside him. “Dare to come to the Khan’s king camp to make trouble, I just don’t want to live. Chase me!”

The whistle sounded, and then a group of Turkic soldiers appeared at the gate of the camp. They had strong muscles and ran through the gap between the tents on horseback, hustling and chasing in the direction the enemy was fleeing.

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