Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 344 Night Attack ([-])

If it's just a great success, that's all. What Cheng Gongying despises about this "banner and eight banners" is arrogance and short-sightedness.

Sometimes a little credit can make them blush, and they only see the immediate benefits but don't know how to make a big business. This is not only the shortcoming of "Qi Ben Ba Qi", but also Han Sui's fatal shortcoming.

At this time, Ma Wan had just received the latest news. The scouts found out that the enemy soldiers outside Niujia Village were five thousand soldiers led by Ma Chao.

Ma Wan is confident that leading 7000 people alone is enough to win, and he is the chief general of the Southern Camp. Neither the imperial decree nor Han Sui's oral instructions mentioned that the military adviser Cheng Gongying should help in the battle, but Cheng Gongying insisted on going out of the city with him, which made him very dissatisfied , I thought that this Cheng Gongying was trying to grab the credit.

Cheng Gongying saw Ma Wan's thoughts, and sneered a few times in his heart.

But this is not the time to play disputes with horses. After all, reckless men also have their uses.

So Cheng Gongying could only pretend to be friendly and comforted: "General Ma, don't worry, this military division is only here to assist you, and you will have to rely on the general's martial arts to fight later. As for the credit, it is also your South Gate camp." I will not compete with the general for the credit!"

Then Cheng Gongying reminded with a tight expression: "It's just...that Ma Chao's military strength is extraordinary, even General Yan Xing may not be his opponent, and I ask the general not to underestimate the enemy later!"

Hearing Cheng Gongying's explanation that he would not take credit, the old seventh of the "Eight Horsemen of the Banner" laughed with relief, but he didn't listen to a word of Cheng Gongying's reminder.

After Cheng Gongying saw it, he sneered in his heart again, "A fool who doesn't know the heights of the sky and the earth, really thinks that this victory will solve the crisis in Luoyang?"

Cheng Gongying was loyal to Han Sui, but not to the point of death.

During this day, he also hinted many times that Han Sui should make plans early. After all, the north gate of Luoyang has always been in the hands of Ma Teng, which caused a big loophole in the iron-walled Luoyang city defense.

But Han Sui had just experienced Dong Zhuo's position for less than a day, so how could he easily give up his rights.

So in order to save herself, Cheng Gongying finally thought of going out of the city to fight back.

If the three gates go out of the city at the same time and counterattack successfully, not only can the besieged enemies from the east, west, and south gates be dispersed, but also the north gate of Luoyang can be attacked from both sides.

After taking control of the North Gate, Luoyang City will have the possibility to continue to hold on.

And once tonight's counterattack plan fails, Cheng Gongying will take the opportunity to escape from Luoyang City to protect himself, and he has even thought about where he will go after leaving Luoyang.

Jizhou has a vast land and rich resources, and Yuan Shao's family is four generations and three princes. I believe it should be a very good choice to take advantage of the merits of getting rid of Dong Zhuo to take refuge with him.

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The soldiers stationed outside Niujia Village were soldiers and horses brought back from the southeast by Ma Chao, but they were not the 5000 people that Ma Wan's men detected, but 1 people.

Ma Chao and Zhong Yao divided their troops into two groups, one of them built a camp along the road and approached the south gate of Luoyang, and what Ma Wan's men found was the number of people in the camp.

And the other Habayashi army, under the leadership of Zhong Yao, hid in the dense forest with a radius of more than ten miles in the east of the village as a backup.

That night scouts came to report that soldiers and horses were dispatched at the south gate of Luoyang. After Ma Chao heard the news, he immediately called someone to inform Zhong Yao in the dense forest, and planned to make a detour with him.

After defeating Guo Si in the first battle and the southeast war, the young Ma Chao quickly grew into an independent general.

But he has always kept the teachings of his master Liu Yu in mind, and he dare not get carried away with complacency.

Liu Yu once told Ma Chao that the battlefield is changing rapidly, and once the war starts, there is no turning back, so the deployment before the battle is extremely important.

And the intelligence work in the pre-war deployment is even more important!
At any time, the victory of a war depends not only on the performance before the battle, but also on the logistical strength and the control of intelligence.

Therefore, before Ma Chao's army started to build the camp, hundreds of scouts were sent to form a strict surveillance around the south gate of Luoyang.

Therefore, when there was any movement at the South Gate of Luoyang, Ma Chao immediately got the news.

"The army hides outside the camp, and when they see the enemy attacking the camp, they rush out from both sides and give the enemy a blow!"

Knowing that the enemy soldiers were going out of the city to fight back, Ma Chao could calmly direct his men to set up traps.

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At night, 7000 people from Cheng Gongying and Ma Chao sneaked outside Ma Chao's camp.

The two saw that the camp on the opposite side was very quiet. Apart from a few soldiers standing guard in front of the gate, there was only a group of patrols in the camp.

"Military commander, look, the opposite side has neglected to take precautions, and almost the whole army is sleeping in the tent." Seeing that the defense of the opposite camp was useless, Ma laughed smugly.

"The last general said that Ma Chao is nothing to be afraid of, maybe he has a bit of kung fu in his hands, but marching and fighting is not just a matter of personal strength!"

Cheng Gongying smiled noncommittally when he heard the words, thinking that although Ma Chao is brave, he is only a 15-year-old boy after all, and it seems that tonight's night attack should be decided by a single battle.

As the Ma Wan Ling flag waved, a large number of fire arrows fell into the camp from the sky, and Ma Chao's camp suddenly became chaotic.

The ear-piercing sound of the gong reminded the sleeping soldiers to beware of enemy attacks, while the already sparse patrol team was frightened and disappeared into the dark.

The fire burned faster and faster than expected. Cheng Gongying saw that the opportunity was not lost, so he quickly reminded Ma Wan to attack with the whole army.

Ma Wan couldn't hold back for a long time, he raised his weapon, and Cheng Gongying and Cheng Gongying each led a group of men and rushed to Ma Chao's camp.

It seemed like a perfect night attack, but it was actually seen clearly by Ma Chao, who was ambushing on both sides of the camp.

When Ma Wan and Cheng Gongying led troops into the camp, thousands of archers on Ma Chao's side who had been on standby for a long time immediately ignited their rockets.

"Shoot me!" Ma Chao ordered, and the arrows rained down on the enemies in the camp.

Long before Ma Chao deployed the anti-sneak attack, he ordered the materials in the camp to be transported to the rear woods. At this moment, the camp is filled with flammable hay and sundries.

Han Suijun's round of rockets already set the camp on fire, and with this round of rockets, the entire camp became a "crematorium".

After Cheng Gongying led his troops into the camp, he only saw a huge fire, but he didn't find any sleeping enemy soldiers after opening several camps. , the fire arrows all over the sky fell from the sky.

The unprepared Han Suijun was shot to death and wounded no less than a thousand people. At this moment, without Cheng Gongying's reminder, even the pawns knew that they had fallen into Ma Chao's trap.

"Quickly withdraw, quickly withdraw to the gate of the village!"

Seeing that the situation was not good, Ma Wan turned around and ran away in fright, but unfortunately he rushed too far when he came in, and it was impossible to be the first to withdraw from the gate of the village.

(End of this chapter)