Chapter 330 Night Attack on the Camp
It was a dark and windy night.
Thousands of elite bandits, led by their leaders, descended from Qingfeng Mountain in the dark.
This was Zhu Wu's plan, and he had the idea of attacking the Qi King's camp at night.
It seemed that the Qi army's avoidance of battle in the past few days had given Li Zhong and other leaders an illusion.
They thought that the imperial army was no better than this, so they had the idea of attacking at night under the instigation of the military strategist Shen Ji.
However.
Lin Chen looked at the movement at the foot of Qingfeng Mountain and shook his head imperceptibly.
Chai Rong was not a drunkard.
Showing weakness to the enemy was also a strategy.
This night attack on the Qi army camp was led by the great leader Li Zhong.
There were also the little tyrant Zhou Tong, the white snake Yang Chun, the white-faced young man Zheng Tianshou and the short-legged tiger Wang Ying.
Taking advantage of the night, Li Zhong and others successfully reached the periphery of the Qi army camp.
Just look at the camp, there are torches on, and patrol soldiers pass by from time to time.
Li Zhong looked for a while and gave a look to the little tyrant Zhou Tong.
The latter understood, took out a noose from his waist, and threw it to the camp.
After making sure it was fastened, Zhou Tong climbed up with the force and climbed up in the blink of an eye.
Puff!
There was a subtle sound of a blade entering the flesh.
Zhou Tong had already dealt with the nearest guard soldier and called down to his minions to climb up.
In less than an incense stick of time, the eastern camp of the Qi army was captured by the bandits.
Li Zhong did not expect that the night attack would be so smooth, and even the accompanying leader was excited.
Zhu Wu had previously arranged for his minions to carry fire starters with them, supplemented by tung oil and wood.
As long as a fire was set, the entire Qi army camp would immediately burn.
By then, the Qi army would surely be in chaos.
Thinking of this, Li Zhong immediately called Zhou Tong and asked him to lead a team to set fire.
He led the remaining minions to kill the tents where the soldiers lived.
"Brother, listen to the shouting and killing, and then set fire!" Li Zhong did not forget to tell Zhou Tong.
Zhou Tong grinned and nodded repeatedly.
However, the bandits who were divided into two groups completely ignored one point because of their excitement.
That is, their actions were too smooth.
In such a large military camp, there was no trouble at all.
Li Zhong did not doubt it and plunged into the depths of the Qi army camp.
When he arrived at the place, Li Zhong took the lead and shouted loudly.
"Little guys, follow me to kill the government troops!"
This voice echoed in the empty night, causing a commotion.
"Kill!"
Li Zhong waved the whistle stick in his hand with great momentum.
The whistle stick was inlaid with iron at both ends, and with the blessing of Li Zhong's amazing strength, the power was doubled.
If it hits the head, it will be split open.
Even if it hits other parts of the body, the bones and muscles will be broken.
However.
However, when a group of bandits rushed into the camp, they found that there was no one in the tents.
They held their steel knives and spears tightly, standing beside the overturned tents, looking at each other.
The small leaders were also at a loss, but Zheng Tianshou's ears moved, his face changed drastically and said: "No, it's an ambush!"
As soon as the voice fell.
Swish, swish, swish!
In an instant, the rain of arrows filled the sky and poured down.
"Ah!!"
"My legs!"
For a while, the bandits screamed continuously.
Obviously, they were caught off guard by the sudden rain of arrows.
Li Zhong's face changed, and he didn't expect that the Qi army had been prepared and took advantage of the situation to ambush them.
At the same time, armored soldiers holding torches rushed out from all directions, intending to surround and strangle the bandits.
Wang Ying saw this, his eyes turned, pulled Zheng Tianshou who wanted to fight, and said in a low voice:
"Good brother, you and I will find a chance to run!"
Zheng Tianshou was stunned when he heard this.
Then he heard Wang Ying continue to say: "Why should we work for Li Zhong? Today we are ambushed, and we will run away when the disaster comes!"
Not to mention that the two people in Qingfeng Mountain gathered their trusted men in a sneaky way.
Li Zhong found out that he was ambushed, and he was shocked and angry.
Today's night attack was a confidential matter, how could the Qi army know it in advance?
Could there be a ghost inside! ?
"Big leader!"
At this time, Yang Chun, the white snake, pulled Li Zhong over and said in panic, "What should we do?"
"What should we do?"
Li Zhong's cheek twitched, and he said in a muffled voice: "What else can we do? We can only kill our way out!"
Zhou Tong saw the shouts and screams in the camp, so he started to set fire according to the plan.
But he didn't expect that.
As soon as the fire was set, the government troops surrounded them.
The number of bandits under his command was not large, only more than a thousand people.
In one encounter, most of them were killed by the Qi army soldiers who had a larger number.
"The fire has been set, so it's better to go find the big leader first."
Zhou Tong saw that the situation was not good, and he was timid in his heart. He immediately left the thousands of followers in a mess and turned around and ran away.
Without the leader's command, the bandits who followed Zhou Tong to set the fire were like headless flies, at a loss.
Looking at Chai Rong again, he was sitting in the military tent, listening to the shouts and screams close at hand, with a calm face.
The staff member beside him could not help but admire him:
"Your Majesty, you are really as good as a god!"
Our own prince said that the bandits might come to attack tonight, and they really came.
Chai Rong's expression did not change much, he just looked at the candlelight in the military tent, as if waiting for the end of tonight's events.
After a moment, he said calmly: "Don't let any bandits who enter the camp tonight go!"
"Yes!"
On the other hand, Li Zhong was in great pain.
Once the night attack lost its secrecy, it would become a sitting duck.
Not to mention that Li Zhong and his group were ambushed.
Facing the Qi army that was pouring in like a tide, the bandits suffered heavy casualties.
Not to mention Wang Ying and Zheng Tianshou, even Yang Chun was worried about how to escape and save his life.
"Big leader!"
Zhou Tong, who was in a mess, ran back in a hurry, led by hundreds of Qi vassal soldiers who were besieging him.
Li Zhong saw this and looked at the fire that had not been lit in the camp, and his face became even uglier.
"Retreat!"
After holding it in for a long time, he uttered a word.
Hearing Li Zhong's call to retreat, the bandits who had been struggling to hold on felt as if they had been pardoned.
One by one, they ran back in the direction they came from, fearing that they would fall behind.
However.
It's easy to get in, but it's hard to get out.
"Thief, take my axe!"
A red-bearded general rode out from the dark.
Zhou Tong was shocked when he heard the evil wind behind him.
Damn it, among such a large group of people, why didn't you find someone else, you damned ghost?
Zhou Tong cursed in his heart, and could only turn around and raise his gun.
This is not the fault of the general.
After all, among this group of bandits, Zhou Tong was the most ostentatious, and he was obviously the leader at a glance.
This red-bearded general was average in ability, and Zhou Tong could take him down in less than thirty rounds under normal circumstances.
But the current situation did not allow for a one-on-one duel.
With the assistance of many Qi soldiers nearby, Zhou Tong was at a disadvantage.
In addition, Zhou Tong wanted to run away.
Without the will to fight to the death, his ability was only 50% or 60%.
The more this happened, the more the Qi Wang general took advantage of the situation.
"Swish!"
Zhou Tong only heard an evil wind!
"Ah!!"
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