Chapter 472 Night Attack on the Enemy Camp
With the help of Qin Sheng and others, Longcheng once again resisted the fierce attack of the Xianbei's third army.
After failing to attack the city again, the Xianbei slowly withdrew their troops.
After Qin Sheng chatted with his eldest brother for a while, he took his men to rest. They still had a mission tonight. Qin Heng stayed behind to clean up the mess.
That night
A door of the Dragon City gate was quietly opened, and a team of well-trained men in black walked out of the city one after another.
Under the leadership of Mr. Qin Liu, everyone moved silently towards the camp of the second army of Chaobei.
The third watch of the night is when people are most sleepy. At this time, the second Xianbei army led by Tuoba Lian had already fallen asleep.
The patrolling soldiers were scattered and yawned from time to time.
It's no wonder they're so lax; the Xianbei have always had far superior forces to the Dali. They still hold onto these old beliefs, and with the fighting having lasted nearly half a month, the Pingzhou soldiers have been holed up in Longcheng, daring not to come out.
Those who were on night patrol all felt that those bastards in Longcheng were all very timid and definitely didn't have the courage to attack them at night.
After Qin Sheng and his men entered the camp, they began to work together. Some went to the warhorses, quietly dispatching any patrolling Xianbei warriors they spotted. Others searched for the commander's tent. Still others entered the nearest tent and escorted any sleeping Xianbei soldiers on their way.
This was a one-sided massacre.
The massacre ended when a Xianbei soldier woke up for the night. He walked out of his tent, sleepily preparing to drain the water. As the night wind blew, he smelled a strange odor. "What's that?"
Pine oil has the fresh scent of pine trees. After taking a deep breath, he became completely awake. Then he saw a dark shadow in the tent not far away, and then heard a muffled groan. He woke up immediately.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
Then, a sharp whistle rang out through the silent night sky.
Torches were lit one after another in the Xianbei tents.
"Someone is stealing the camp!"
At this time, Qin Sheng had just entered Tuoba Lian's tent, ready to kill him with a knife.
Unexpectedly, the whistle woke the man up. The man tilted his head and rolled to the ground. Qin Sheng's knife only scratched his shoulder.
The two men exchanged several quick rounds.
After this exchange, Qin Sheng realized something was wrong. This man wasn't Tuoba Lian, but Yuchi Rui! The two had actually switched camps?
"Who is coming?" Yuchi Rui asked, holding a weapon in one hand and covering his shoulder with the other.
Outside, the Xianbei soldiers were awakened, and the sounds of horses neighing and fighting were heard everywhere.
Qin Sheng assessed whether he could defeat Yuchi Rui within three moves, but found that he couldn't. Yuchi Rui's own martial arts skills were not weak, and he should be able to withstand ten of his moves.
The sneak attack was discovered. We are outnumbered by the enemy. If we delay any further, we will easily be surrounded by the enemy.
Qin Sheng always remembered his responsibilities as a general. After estimating this result, he thought to himself that it was a pity and turned to leave.
Yuchi Rui didn't dare to chase.
Qin Sheng encountered two soldiers blocking his way and killed them one by one.
Yuchi Rui frowned. Who is this young man with such great skills?
After Qin Sheng went out, a roar was heard, "Go!" before the Xianbei army had time to assemble.
The Xianbei camp was now in great chaos. After being discovered, Chen Jinlong and his men immediately set it on fire. They brought a lot of pine oil, which they threw directly into the tents after setting them on fire, burning the camp.
Zhu Dazhuang and others released all the war horses. At this time, countless horses were frightened and trampled around in the camp.
"Mount! Mount!"
Chen Jinlong, Lu Dayou and others, along with their men, each took a Xianbei warhorse and mounted it. Then they began to retreat in a well-trained manner, as they all knew they couldn't linger in the battle!
Qin Sheng held a red tasseled spear and took several of his best subordinates to cover the retreat.
Kill and retreat at the same time.
A long spear was danced with great vigor, and corpses were scattered all along the way.
Killer God!
At this time, the Xianbei soldiers who were chasing them did not dare to get too close.
Tuoba and his men chased after him, their eyes red.
He wanted to move forward, but was stopped by his personal guards.
"Archer! Where is the archer? Shoot him!"
The archers at the back of the team finally arrived.
At this time, Qin Sheng and his group were almost back and had already seen the city gate.
The gate of Dragon City is open.
Facing the Xianbei archers, Qin Sheng wielded the Red Cherry Spear tightly, blocking most of the arrows.
After Qin Sheng and his group entered a certain range, Qin Heng on the city wall also ordered the archers who had been waiting for a long time to start shooting, suppressing the Xianbei archers and arrows.
The two sides shot at each other, and the remaining arrows flying towards their side were blocked by Qin Sheng.
"All of you, get into the city!"
"Sixth Master?!"
"Enter!"
"Close the city gates!"
Tuoba Lian watched with red eyes as almost all of the culprits of tonight entered the city, and the city gates closed quickly in front of him.
"Sixth Master, rope!"
A very thick rope was thrown down from the city wall.
Qin Sheng grabbed the end of the rope and, using the friction between the rope and the city wall, flew upward amidst the Xianbei pursuers. At the same time, he nimbly dodged the remaining arrows fired at him by the pursuers.
When he reached the city wall, he pushed his hands against the wall and flipped over to get inside.
At this moment, Qin Sheng's night attack ended perfectly.
Qin Sheng: "Brother."
Qin Heng patted his brother's shoulder and said, "You've worked hard tonight." When he was climbing the city wall, he came over to pick him up.
At this time, the injured Yuchi Rui arrived.
He glanced at the Dragon City tower and the closed gate and advised Tuoba Lian, "Seventh Prince, go back."
"I'm going to kill them, ah!" Tuoba Lian went crazy.
On the city wall, Qin Sheng curled his lips, feeling helpless and furious. If the two of them hadn't switched tents tonight, he would have gone to hell.
Yuchi Rui took a deep breath and said, "Go back first! We'll talk about everything after dawn." They underestimated the enemy. The Xianbei army had not suffered such a big loss for a long time.
Tuoba Lian took one last look at the Longcheng city wall and turned back.
On the way, he quietly asked Yuchi Rui, "How are the casualties tonight?"
Yuchi Rui smiled bitterly, "Probably over ten thousand casualties. We'll need a detailed count to know the exact number."
The Xianbei army consisted of 150,000 men, with the first, second, fourth, and seventh princes each leading a division, each with their own general, and the Khan himself leading another. There were five armies, each with 30,000 soldiers.
During the half-month siege, three to four thousand men were killed.
Tonight, half of them were killed, burned, and trampled.
There was also the loss of war horses and food supplies, which had also been taken tonight.
In short, they suffered heavy losses because of their carelessness and underestimation of the enemy.
Upon hearing about this loss, Tuoba Lian was extremely furious and wanted to immediately lead his troops back to slaughter all the people in Longcheng!
Compared to the heavy atmosphere in the Xianbei camp, the atmosphere in Longcheng is much more relaxed.
Chen Jinlong, Lu Dayou and others were enjoying the hot food presented by the soldiers, and bragging about their great achievements tonight.
"Haha, I really got my revenge this time."
"These Xianbei barbarians were sleeping like dead pigs. I killed them one by one. It was as easy as chopping melons and vegetables."
"Did you see that huge fire? I was the one who started it!"
"And the war horses we rode back, did you see them? Four hundred of them, a full four hundred, all fine horses!"
"It's a pity that there are not many of us there, so many war horses have to be released. Otherwise, we could have ridden them all back!"
"We drove all those horses back to the Xianbei camp. So many war horses were running rampant in the camp, and many Xianbei barbarians were trampled to pieces. It was pitiful."
The soldiers were very supportive and listened with great interest and excitement.
Fei Yi was in a daze. No wonder Prince Qin stopped them from launching a night attack.
He asked himself, he really couldn't do what Mr. Qin Liu did, injuring half of the enemies and returning with all the men intact.
All of the Qin prince's forbearance was to paralyze the Xianbei, all for this perfect sneak attack. And, they succeeded.
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