Wu Houlu's mission is very simple, which is to discover the whereabouts of the enemy in time, especially the enemy's movements at night, to provide early warning for the city. Wu Houlu didn't know whether his job would be effective. Maybe the enemy would not attack at night at all. After all, in such a tense situation, no one could be careless. Wu Houlu thought it was unlikely to use unexpected methods to achieve the effect of the attack. Perhaps, if you look at the torches hanging high on the wall behind you and the soldiers patrolling back and forth, you can imagine how tight the precautions are.
However, Wu Houlu knew that his mission was not entirely to prevent enemy sneak attacks. The frontier area hundreds of meters in front of him, hidden in the darkness, was the main target he wanted to observe. It was littered with triangular nails. During the daytime battle, At least two thousand soldiers had their feet injured by the sharp thrust of this humble new weapon. This kind of damage alone is not worth making a fuss about. There will be casualties in every war. It is not surprising that two thousand soldiers were sacrificed. However, the damage to the morale of the attacking soldiers by this weapon is unimaginable. In order to avoid The foot was stabbed, and the forward speed of various siege equipment was greatly delayed. The time that soldiers and various siege equipment were exposed to the optimal range of the defender's long-range strike weapons was also greatly extended. This brought about The sacrifice is truly fatal. In order to crack the threat of this triangular nail, the enemy may use various means to solve this problem, and Wu Houlu wants to observe whether the enemy will adopt some stupid methods to deal with this threat as his superiors imagined.
Everything seemed so quiet in the darkness. Wu Houlu's eyes seemed to be glowing faintly in the darkness. There was nothing except the whistles from patrolling soldiers on the city wall behind him from time to time. It seemed that there would be nothing this night. There was movement, and now was the best time to move. Wu Houlu shook his head subconsciously. This night was probably wasted again, and there were probably at least two comrades in the squad who were spending it in vain along with him. It was really not worth it. But this is a mission, and not every mission can achieve satisfactory results. Just as Wu Houlu was comforting himself, dense and thin footsteps began to come from the distance.
Kamapov sat calmly in the preparation camp near the east gate, without saying a word. The cigarette in his mouth had never been extinguished. He liked this strong Burmese cigar, which was better than the northern cigar. Cigars produced in Luzon are spicier and more powerful, but not as soft, delicate and mellow as Northern Luzon cigars, but in Kamapov's opinion. These are the cigars that men smoke. The cigars smoked by that guy like Helianbo are purely for enjoyment of style and do not realize the power of cigars at all. Kamapov disdains to smoke that kind of stuff, although Northern Luzon cigars are more suitable. The identities of the upper class celebrities in Western Xinjiang, but Kamapov does not care about these. He just likes this kind of thing that is more suitable for manual workers.
The smoke that kept pouring out of his nostrils made the entire camp become smoky. Fortunately, his subordinates had long been accustomed to this situation under Kamapov's influence. Several staff officers in the staff department even behaved like their superiors. Kamapov was very proud of his habit of smoking cigars, especially such powerful cigars.
"Legion Commander, do you really think Chu Taifeng will send troops to deal with our triangular nails?" The usually calm chief of staff was also a little overwhelmed. Although the cavalry will not participate in the city defense battle tomorrow day, but from today's day Judging from the situation. Tomorrow the Northern Army's offensive might be even more intense. He had to prepare for the worst. If the enemy really might break through the city defenses, he would not care about sacrifices and could only let the cavalry break out of the city and launch a surprise attack to reduce the city's defense power. Although this kind of raid will cause the cavalry to suffer heavy losses and may even be annihilated, it can effectively alleviate the crisis of city defense in a short period of time. Of course, this is only for a short period of time, and it cannot really solve the substantive problem.
"Huh, wait and see. I think so. Chu Taifeng's character shouldn't wait passively, and our triangular spikes have caused him a lot of trouble, and have a greater impact on the morale of his attack group. We will fight tomorrow It will be more intense. To solve this problem, using night time to deal with it should be a good way." Kamapov said steadily.
"Then does Chu Taifeng expect that we might use his mentality to attack the troops he sent?" the chief of staff asked further.
"It's hard to say, but under the current circumstances, any kind of melee is beneficial to us. After all, our cavalry attacks in the dark can always bring them a lot of chaos. If they want to ambush our cavalry, we only need to not fight with each other. They won't be able to take any advantage in the fight. Let the south gate be prepared. As long as the Northern Army has an ambush, our cavalry will just run away and enter the city from the south gate. If Chu Taifeng has the energy, let them practice Leg training is also good. But I guess he won't put too much energy on it. His only wish is to win Yunzhong Mansion as soon as possible." Kamapov answered with a smile.
The sound of rapid footsteps interrupted the conversation between Kamapov and the chief of staff. The sweaty and heavily armored soldiers rushed into the camp with joy beyond words: "Legion Commander, there is a letter from outside the city. The enemy has indeed come out. There are about five people." About a thousand people.”
"Five thousand people? Chu Taifeng is too stingy, just five thousand people?" Kamapov frowned.
"Legion commander, there must be a fraud in this!" the chief of staff also reminded Kamapov.
"Well, of course there is a lie, but he is only telling the truth. If we don't move, he will definitely be able to carry out his earth-covering project with confidence. If our cavalry moves, I estimate that the cavalry he deployed on both wings will To attack us all together, well, it is indeed a good idea." Kamapov said with a smile, holding his chin in his hand.
"Then commander of the army, should we also change the method? Or just use catapults and ballistae to attack?" The chief of staff shook his head as soon as he spoke, "This is too ineffective. There is no clear target at night. It costs too much, but the effect is poor, so it’s not cost-effective.”
"It's time to change the method. Since they put too little bait, let's just drag the fishermen who are waiting behind to catch fish into the water." Kamapov said thoughtfully: "This seems to be more flavorful. .”
"What does the legion commander mean...?"
"Let one regiment of cavalry prepare for a surprise attack, and the other two regiments of cavalry attack from the north gate. Calculate the time. It is estimated that after Chu Taifeng's ambush comes out, the two cavalry regiments will give them the final blow. Catch them off guard." A mysterious smile appeared on Kamapov's face.
"What do you mean by the commander of the regiment to let a regiment of cavalry launch an attack?" Some were surprised and loudly asked. Although they knew there was an ambush, they only sent one regiment to fight. Isn't it too risky
"Surprise and attack unprepared are the key points of war. The cavalry that went out to attack the city just teased Chu Taifeng's ambush troops to come out. The other two regiments of cavalry were the real ones who were responsible for the killing. In addition, all the troops were sent to the city to prepare catapults and crossbows. Cars, I estimate that as soon as the enemy ambush comes out, the torch light will reveal their own position, just in time for the catapults and ballistas to serve as targets, so that we can entertain them and give them a sumptuous dinner." Kamapov stood up, pressed the end of his cigar heavily into the ashtray, and said flatly.
While Kamapov was thinking about Chu Taifeng's possible methods, Chu Taifeng was also sitting in his tent waiting for news from the front line. Covering the areas where the attack cluster must pass through with soil was also a last resort. Chu Taifeng He and his staff thought about many ways but could not find a better solution. The only practical solution seemed to be this stupid way. Let the soldiers carry the soil on their backs and gradually cover it. Fortunately, the spikes of the triangular nails are not very long. As long as the soil is covered, the problem can basically be solved. Moreover, the opponent does not seem to have prepared many such things, otherwise it will be everywhere. If you all spread this stuff, I'm afraid this battle won't have to be fought, and everyone can only look at me and I look at you.
Chu Taifeng could be sure that the other party was also waiting for him to take this approach. A sudden attack on his troops in the dark would definitely have the best effect, especially since he seemed to have to take the path arranged by the other party, but this did not It doesn't mean that the opponent can succeed. The cavalry of the First Legion are not vegetarians. They are fully capable of defending their own infantry and even annihilating anyone who dares to leave the city for a sneak attack.
As Chu Taifeng expected, when the Xijiang cavalry took advantage of the night to attack the infantry who were busy dumping soil, Chu Taifeng did not hesitate to order his cavalry to counter-encirclement, but Chu Taifeng What was not expected was that the enemy would ambush a crossbow and a catapult on the city wall. When the infantry lit up their torches and prepared to annihilate the Western Xinjiang cavalry who came to swallow the bait, they were met with stones from the city wall. and an attack of arrows. The enemy seemed to have a plan to deal with their encirclement. The enemy cavalry coming out from the south gate proved that the enemy was not unprepared. Fortunately, Chu Taifeng was also prepared. The cavalry from both sides had a melee at the foot of the east gate city. And because the infantrymen were hit by long-range weapons on the city wall, they had to extinguish their torches to avoid the blow. This also forced the two armies that were plunged into darkness to separate. Neither side could achieve the desired results, and the Western Xinjiang cavalry also Finally, they took advantage of the darkness to get rid of the encirclement and entanglement of the northern cavalry and entered the city from the east gate. This was a melee without a winner. However, Chu Taifeng's earth-covering plan was not completed, which brought many hidden dangers to the next day's battle.