Chapter 263 Night Attack
It started snowing again on the border, and torches were lit densely on the streets of Ganzhou City. The snowflakes were melted by the torches before they even got close.
Many people who had not yet evacuated were still awake, leaning on the windows to watch the garrison rushing towards the city gate.
The garrison is organizing its troops. They are going to attack the Xijue camp tonight.
No one spoke, but there was a raging fire in the eyes of each of them. They had been suppressed for too long, and now it was finally time to fight back.
The Western Judeans are still asleep.
They were ambushed while attacking the city the day before and their formation was disrupted by the enemy.
Boda was not there, and the remaining Western Jue soldiers were led by the former deputy general. None of them had expected that the people of the Great Zhou would dare to come out of the city yesterday, so this wave of attack was truly unexpected.
The deputy general sat in the tent, chatting with several soldiers around the fire.
He could hear the sound of heavy snow and wind outside. He thought that there were two options before him. He could either break camp and retreat tomorrow to meet up with Boda and defeat the Xiao army that had penetrated deep into the heart of Xijue in one fell swoop, or prepare for the next attack.
"I have long felt that we should not split our forces into two groups." One person said, "But the leader did not listen. He wanted to use us to suppress the Great Zhou's garrison. He is too greedy."
Another person said: "Who knew those cowards would dare to come out? Fortunately, they are just a small group. We will continue to attack the city tomorrow morning. Even if we cannot capture the city, we must suppress them."
"Yes, Xie Tingzhou is stuck on the battlefield in the north. We have plenty of time."
The deputy general remained silent.
Their morale had been crushed yesterday, so attacking was not a good option at this moment.
He slowly closed his eyes, vaguely feeling that something was wrong.
Suddenly, he leaned over and put his ear close to the ground, vaguely feeling a vibration coming from a distance.
The next moment, he heard the soldiers shouting on the watchtower.
"It's an enemy attack--!"
"Fuck him." The deputy general shouted, "The people from the Great Zhou are coming, hurry up and meet them!"
The Western Jue soldiers were awakened from their beds, and before they were fully awake they heard the vibration of horse hooves on the snow.
The beating of war drums came from far away and shook the sky.
The Western Jurchens rushed out of their tents and saw waves of cavalry and infantry pouring into the camp.
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The king is very quiet in the night.
It hasn't snowed in the past two days, and the stone pavement in the yard has been cleared.
Cang crawled at Xie Tingzhou's feet, his eyes half drooped, allowing Bai Yu to stand on his back.
Suddenly, Cang raised his head, propped up his front paws and stared at the door.
After a while, a dog's head squeezed in through the slightly open door, stared at Cang for a while, and after confirming that it was safe, it moved over and sniffed around Xie Tingzhou.
Da Huang was not used to the smell of weapons on Xie Tingzhou's body. This was the first time he smelled it. After confirming it, he lay down at his feet obediently.
Xie Tingzhou lowered his eyes to glance at Dahuang, put Yi Jingshuang back into the scabbard, and threw the cloth strip he was using to wipe the sword away. Dahuang immediately ran out and fetched it back, wagging its tail wildly as if to please him.
Xie Tingzhou smiled, touched Dahuang's head, got up and returned to the bedroom.
The bed is empty and it's always cold no matter how you sleep at night.
Ever since she left for the war, the house has become deserted, and even lonelier at night.
Xie Tingzhou touched the pillow she had been resting on with his fingers, his eyes deep, wondering what he was thinking.
In fact, she had not used this pillow very often. At night, she always slept in Xie Tingzhou's arms and used his chest as her pillow.
He stood up, lowered the bed curtains, and wrapped the white cloth around his wrists.
"Wait until I come back." I don't know to whom I said this.
The moment the horse galloped out of the city, the Saker Falcon also flapped its wings and took off.
Generals were sitting in Huyantuo's tent, drinking goat milk.
During the war between the two armies, goat milk was a luxury.
This is the temporary camp set up by Huyantuo on the border ridge. They crossed the border ridge before the snow fell, and have been changing their camping locations since then.
In order to focus on the battlefield in the north, he set up several camps, where nearly 20,000 Beirong soldiers were stationed.
"We must change our strategy. We can't keep going around in circles with Xie Tingzhou here." Huyantuo said as he listened to the howling north wind outside and looked at the swaying tent.
The deputy general said: "Since we can't fight guerrilla warfare anymore, why not set up an ambush? Don't Qingyun Guards like to chase? Then we can lure them into our encirclement and ambush them."
Huyantuo held the bowl, neither denying nor immediately confirming this tactic.
His opponent is Xie Tingzhou. He once lived under Xie Tingzhou's shadow for a long time.
Huyantuo understands his
Because of how strong the opponent was, he had to be very careful and cautious in guessing Xie Tingzhou's thoughts and tactics.
"Xie Tingzhou can only command from the rear." A general said: "He lost his ability to fight several years ago. A general who can't go to the battlefield is useless."
Huyantuo glanced at the other man and said, "I have been defeated several times by the loser you mentioned. He defeated me when he was only fifteen years old."
The general moved his lips but didn't dare to respond.
The fire in the middle was getting smaller and smaller. Huyantuo used his scimitar to dig at it, and the fire grew bigger again.
"The northwestern border is in the midst of war. I don't believe that this couple can hold on to the Great Zhou. As long as we and Boda can create a gap, the Great Zhou will be ours."
The generals were inspired by Huyantuo's ambitious speech. "I don't think we need to be afraid. Xie Tingzhou is no longer the same Xie Tingzhou as before. That year, we were badly damaged and he drove us back to Beirong, but Xie Tingzhou was also seriously injured. He was commanding from the rear, and there was no way for him to take care of the changes on the battlefield in time."
"Yes, we can seize this weakness of his and fight a changing war. They think we are running away, but we are actually setting a trap."
"Okay." Huyantuo affirmed, pointing the tip of his knife at the map, "Tomorrow you will lead 15,000 men to ambush here, and I will lead 5,000 men to lure the enemy."
After discussing the details, several generals slept in Huyantuo's tent.
In the morning the army moved away, leaving only 5,000 men in the camp.
A general walked out of the tent, blew a whistle into the wind, and waited for a moment, but did not hear the sound of his falcon flying back.
He called again, and Huyantuo lifted the curtain from the tent and came out.
"What's wrong?"
The general said: "Agu flew to somewhere unknown and has not returned yet."
The hunting falcon is the eyes of the Beirong people in the sky. Xie Tingzhou absorbed the advantages of the Beirong people and tamed the Saker Falcon, which was difficult for the Beirong people to tame.
Huyantuo blew a whistle towards the sky, and the falcon on his shoulder flew out immediately.
This time, his falcon also did not return.
Several people stood at the door of the tent and waited quietly.
Huyantuo opened his palms and let the wind pass through his fingers.
"There will be a blizzard tonight, or tomorrow at the latest," he said. "We must eat up their people today."
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