Chapter 24 First Battle Loss 2

Why did the Xizhou Army fall into such a desperate situation? Just because they were too careless, they even lost their environment and time in order to chase the barbarians all the way. When he came to this high and low hag in the middle, the deputy general Ruan Yong reminded Xiang Cang again: "Dong, if it is dark today, we still can't find the whereabouts of the barbarians. Shall we wait for a minute and wait until we contact the marshal before making a final determination?"

"This..." Although Xiang Cang was eager to make contributions, he was always unable to really fight with the barbarians along the way, which also made his heart a little cold. Now that the sky is dark, and the soldiers are tired because they have been rushing for a day, so they nodded and said, "Well, let's go back and tell the general our movements. Just say that the Xizhou army has found the whereabouts of the barbarians. Only tomorrow, we will be able to fight with them, so that the general can rest assured.

"Ye!" Ruan Yong immediately went down to arrange it. Because the terrain in the southwest is changeable, which is not conducive to the rapid speed of the war horses, most of the soldiers in the southwest army are soldiers. Only those scouts and generals have horses to walk. In order to contact Wang Chong earlier, Ruan Yong ordered his own soldiers to ride back and be sure to bring the news before the third update.

After arranging all this, Ruan Yong was relieved. But then he changed his color, just because he found that the army had begun to camp in this mountain depression. He has already looked at the terrain of this place. It can be asserted that this place is what the soldiers call a Jedi. There are high slopes on all sides. How can he station his troops here? So he immediately found Xiang Cang: "Captain, why did you order everyone to stay here? The terrain here is really not suitable for stationing troops. Let's find a place after leaving this depression.

Xiang Cang didn't agree when he heard the words: "Don't you know that the terrain here is dangerous as the governor? But now those barbarians have been driven away by us. Do they still dare to go back and fight? The brothers are already exhausted. Let them have a good rest at this time and don't disturb them.

"But..." Ruan Yong was waiting to say anything more, but was interrupted by Xiang Cang's hand: "You were the one who just said that the army would stop, and now it's you who let the army out. It's a big taboo in the army to change morning and evening. Ruan Yong, won't you not know?"

Seeing that Xiang Cang's idea had been made, Ruan Yong had nothing to say, so he had to leave a thousand people around to guard him in case the enemy would invade. At the same time, the main business was moved to the side close to the mountain, so that even if the enemy really invaded, Xiang Cang and other generals could respond in time.

In this way, the Xizhou Army was stationed in this extremely dangerous place, and as time went by, the whole camp was quieter. Except for the soldiers who were ordered to watch the night, more than 10,000 people had fallen asleep. They rushed too many roads on this day, especially the more difficult mountain roads behind them. They were all exhausted, and naturally they fell asleep.

About the third update, when the Xizhou army was asleep, hundreds of dark shadows appeared behind the hillside on the left and right sides. Although these figures looked very thin, they were all agile and climbed up from the mountain where there was no road. After going up the mountain, they did not stay much and immediately followed the withered vines to the depression. Their target was the more than 10,000 Xizhou army in the depression.

Because it was the end of the month, there was no moon in the sky, and these dark shadows came down from above, so the soldiers around the camp did not notice their appearance. These barbarians were obviously good at night fighting. In this way, they silently approached the camp of the Xizhou Army. With the order of the leader, they lit the already soaked torch and smashed it heavily into the Song army camp.

Hundreds of burning torches suddenly flew from not far away and immediately alarmed the soldiers who kept watch. They immediately warned their colleagues, but the fire was out of control at this time. The tents made of leather or strong cloth of animals such as cattle and sheep quickly burned up as soon as they met the fire. Under the cold north wind, they spread around at a shocking speed, and soon the whole camp fell into a fire.

Many Song soldiers woke up in their sleep and shouted and ran out of the burning tent, but they were already confused. They didn't even put on their armor, and their hands were even empty. Because these people were awakened by the fire from their sleep, until now they were all around like headless flies, causing the whole camp to be in a mess.

At this time, Xiang Cang and other generals at the end have also been driven out of the account. They put on armor, but when they saw the camp at the fire, they were also a little panicked.

Outside the Song army camp, the hundreds of barbarians who set fire even hid in the dark and fired dark arrows at the panicked Song army inside. The firelight in the camp made them more hidden outside, and the firelight became a good helper for them to find their goals, making Song Jun completely exposed to their sight. In a short time, dozens of Song soldiers were shot down by these barbarians, and the screams and the exclamation of the soldiers were mixed in one place.

"There is someone outside, it's a barbarian attack camp!" After seeing the situation around him, Xiang Cang quickly knew the truth of the matter. He immediately issued an order to let his own soldiers rush out of the camp to kill the enemy: "The enemy is just shooting cold arrows outside, and has not taken advantage of the chaos in our army to cover it up. It must be because they have few people, but it's just harassment!" Don't panic, the barbarian can't make too much action!"

Hearing what their own governor said, the generals also calmed down and hurried to their own teams to rectify. At the same time, hundreds of soldiers around Xiang Cang have gone straight out of the camp and attacked the enemy in the dark.

Although these barbarians are very flexible and have the ability to go up and down the mountain, they are still invincible once they confront the well-armed Xizhou Army and are soon killed and scattered. Naturally, those Song soldiers would not let these enemies leave easily, so they shouted to chase them, and they must take them all down before they will stop.

Under the orders of the generals, Song Jun finally calmed down, but hundreds of sergeants have been killed in this raid. Most of them were shot with bows and arrows by the barbarians, and others were injured by their own people or trapped in the burning tents because of the chaos. Dead...

After hearing this number, Xiang Cang, who had returned to the camp, showed a lot of anger: "The barbarians really deserved to attack our army at night! Pass our military order to kill all the attacking barbarians, leaving no one! Tomorrow, I will make those barbarians pay a hundred times the price!"

As soon as he said this harsh sentence, he only heard bursts of howling outside, and then a personal soldier stumbled into the account: "Dushi, it's not good. I've killed it from both sides. I don't know how many..."

"What!" Xiang Cang immediately changed his face when he heard this, from black to blue. Without saying a word, he strode out of the camp and looked out. At a glance, his whole heart sank. Sure enough, he didn't know when barbarians rushed in on both sides of the entrance and exit of the mountain. Although the sky was dark and not too clear, the number of barbarians was obviously higher than the number of soldiers in Xizhou he led.

"What the hell is going on?" The generals around were also in a mess. They had just been harassed by the barbarians, but they were just harassed, but they didn't expect to face the enemy's frontal impact in a blink of an eye, which made it difficult for everyone to accept for a while.

At this time, Xiang Cang's own soldiers who had just left the camp had already collided with the rushed barbarian army. Under the absolute superior force, these hundreds of Song troops were swallowed up in a blink of an eye. After killing all these Song soldiers, the barbarians were even more excited and shouted at the Song army camp, as if they wanted to eat Xiang Cang's team in one fell swoop.

After all, Xiang Cang was the main general of the army and soon came out of shock and anger. He immediately ordered the sergeants to put on a defensive position to resist the quickly killed barbarians, and a big war began.

But at this time, the Song army was obviously completely suppressed by the barbarians in morale. In addition, the other party's troops were already above the Song army, so after supporting for a while, the Song army was stripped of the outer men and horses layer by the barbarians like an onion. Blood stained the ground where their garrison was, and the bodies were everywhere.

Seeing this scene, Xiang Cang was even more hateful and painful. He couldn't help taking his spear and rushing forward with the soldiers to fight with the enemy. He was also good. After a burst of attack, he really killed more than a dozen enemies, which made the Song army bold. The Song army worked together to temporarily block the first wave of attacks of the barbarians.

"Captain, we can't fight hard with them. We must occupy a good location, or we will be attacked!" Ruan Yong also killed blood all over, but he still calmly advised.

At this time, Xiang Cang already knew how correct what the vice general said was, so he nodded and said, "Then let's retreat to the mountain wall on the other side of the main business and fight against the barbarians. I don't believe that our Xizhou soldiers will fall here and fall into the hands of these barbarians!"

"Captain, don't be angry because of a moment of anger. What we have to do now is to save everyone's lives. As long as we keep it, the general will bring people to come tomorrow." Ruan Yong reminded again.

"That's right, then let the brothers only defend and not attack as you want!" At this time, Xiang Cang did not have the aura of just now, and immediately adopted the other party's intention and dominated it.

After the Song army retreated there, the barbarian attack came on another wave. The Song army relied on the desperate support of the soldiers and survived until the next morning. They think they still have hope, and maybe after noon, the following army will come.

But what Xiang Cang and others didn't know was that those who Ruan Yong sent to report the news had already been intercepted by the barbarians halfway...