Chapter 669

On the twenty-third day of the second lunar month in Jing's old calendar, at night, Zizheng is on time.

Cheng Jinhou, the chief general of the army village in front of the gate, was fully clothed and sat on a black horse. He was surrounded by Xuan Tianqing, the fifth elder of Wanjuan Shushan in azure robes, Wu Yuan, the third elder of the Tianchan Sect, and Yuan Qingyun, the second elder of Qinghua Valley. .

With a wave of Cheng Jinhou's hand, the magic circle at the gate of the village was dismantled in the night, and the middle gate opened wide.

"Set off."

All the way without words. The outpost goes first, the army follows.

Hundreds of spies were scattered all over the place, first to ensure the safety of the road ahead, and second, to clean up as much as possible the barbarian sentries that might exist along the road.

Cheng Jinhou waited for this order for a long time. This was something he had discussed with the chief general Shen Wanlin in front of the general before he came to Jianchuan. It's just that it was rough at the time, but this time the official order has been made to the extreme in details. The rest is up to improvisation and luck.

Starting from the military village in front of the gate and heading northeast for about fifty miles, you will find the camp of the barbarians on the opposite side. They also built military strongholds, but their military strongholds were not very strong because of the lack of magical blessings, and they were nothing compared to the military strongholds of the old Jing dynasty. Therefore, the barbarians prefer field warfare. Also for this purpose, even in a passive position now, it relies on a large number of extremely hidden secret sentries to attack in the way of "early detection" and then use offense instead of defense in the wild.

The method seems simple, but it is very effective. At least the army in Cheng Jinhou's hands had no way to avoid the densely packed secret sentry ahead.

Ratmen can not only climb, but also dig holes. They act as many secret whistles, and their night vision is also excellent. They can often spot Jing Jiuchao's movements one or two miles in advance.

This time Cheng Jinhou made a change. He sent out all the high-ranking monks who should have been used in the formation, and together with the former detectives, they cleared up the secret sentries of the barbarians. With the perception and concealment methods of a high-level monk, Cheng Jinhou expected to be able to cover the army and approach the local camp for about a mile before being discovered.

Don't underestimate the distance of one or two miles, which is extremely important for the purpose of this mission. Cheng Jinhou shouldered a heavy responsibility, and the pressure was enormous. Otherwise, the five elders of Wanjuan Shushan, a powerful super sect, would not have been arranged to serve as guards by his side.

"Be sure to let your enemies fall into panic and the danger of breaking the stronghold."

This is an order given to Cheng Jinhou by the Taoist chief yamen. In the battle tonight, we must attack with all our strength in a decisive battle. Only when we are afraid of the barbarians in front, or feel that the stronghold may be broken, will we ask for reinforcements from the nearby barbarian garrison. In this way, the follow-up plan of the Daoxing chief yamen can be carried out smoothly.

It's just that the perfect situation as expected did not appear. Even though Cheng Jinhou had sent almost all the high-level monks out to participate in the operation to clean up the barbarian secret posts, he still failed to avoid the fish that slipped through the net, and was discovered when the army was a full three miles away from the barbarian camp. A hissing sound and a detonating fire were enough to make the barbarian camp several miles away aware of the clues.

"Sanli. It's almost meaningless." Although it is not perfect, Cheng Jinhou is not dissatisfied. Now Sanli is the closest distance to the enemy's camp. What's more, it is still intentional to calculate mentally, and it is completely possible to let the army advance a mile by taking advantage of the time difference.

"Order the flag, let everyone disperse and attack at full speed according to the plan!"

As the drums sounded, the 20,000-odd army began to divide into two groups, one from the left and the other from the right, quickly rushed towards the camp that was lit up in front of the fire, and the first battle kicked off.

At Yinzheng time, after two hours of fierce fighting. Cheng Jinhou's troops approached Bingfeng within a mile of the barbarian camp, directly threatening the enemy's camp for the first time.

Stone bombs and kerosene bombs were thrown out by the trebuchet in the night, and they all landed inside the camp after a distance of more than one mile, and the fire soared into the sky.

In this way, the morale blow to the barbarians was absolutely unprecedented.

"Are you sure this will force them to ask for help?" Xuan Tianqing has been by Cheng Jinhou's side and naturally heard the overall plan. Now that the battle has reached this point, if there is no surprise, he can only continue to grind. But obviously Zuo Yuliang didn't like to waste the lives of soldiers like this.

"This is inevitable. The barbarians know better than us what kind of predicament they will fall into if they lose this support point. At that time, the middle and lower Jianchuan barbarians will face the danger of being surrounded. The battle line may also be cut through quickly .So they can't afford to throw it away, let alone dare to throw it away.

After grinding for so long before, although the intensity is very high, he has never put on a desperate fight like this time, let alone hit this position directly. What would you think if you were the leader of the barbarians? "

"Retreat, you can't retreat; fight, and it doesn't feel good. Then you can only call a helper. But you just wait like this?"

"Wait? Don't worry, the barbarians on the opposite side are not so fragile. It's impossible for us to hit their wall before dawn. Whether they ask for help through thousands of miles of notes or other means, there will definitely be time."

Cheng Jinhou gave Xuan Tianqing a few simple explanations, and then said to the messenger next to him: "Order the flag, let the trebuchets be replaced with kerosene bombs, and all of them will be sent into the enemy's camp. Pay attention to the distribution, and fire while moving. After the oil bombs hit the stone bombs, they greeted the wall in front of them, and they counted as much as they could smash.”

At about the right time, there were a series of low-lying lands crawling with soldiers of the Jingjiu Dynasty, surrounded by temporary shelters constructed by dozens of giant concealment circles, which could allow 20,000 people to hide in them and not Give off body odor and breath. Unless the cultivation base reaches the mysterious sea level and the distance is within one mile, it is impossible to break through these cover-up methods.

In order to construct this kind of formation and repeatedly confirm that it is not missing, several Xuanhai Realm masters in the Chinese army have been running around for a full month to find this seemingly perfect hiding place today.

The soldiers have been hiding here for almost two hours. Everyone didn't dare to speak, even their breathing was slowed down as much as possible, and there was a look of nervousness and excitement in their eyes. Only the toes in the shoes stretched and stretched vigorously from time to time, trying their best to keep their lower limbs from being paralyzed.

These people are the main force from the Jingxi Army, and the main general Zeng Zhou is also prostrate in it at this time. Together with the 20,000 people under his command, he was waiting for the barbarians to rush into his ambush.

The battle situation in the military village in front of the gate will be reported every half an hour. Zeng Zhou and Cheng Jinhou had the same judgment. They both believed that the pressing force on the front line of the military village in front of the gate would definitely make the barbarians in the central part very nervous.

Mao Shi was about to pass, and suddenly there were weak vibrations from the ground, which was especially clear to the people lying on the ground.

"Pass down the order, move your hands and feet, and get ready to fight!"