Rangers of the Three Kingdoms - C425

The was shrouded in darkness, and the bustling dock became abnormally quiet. Waves of cold autumn wind blew past, accompanied by the sound of the Yellow River’s billowing waves, letting out one after another “Wu Wu Wu Wu … Wu …” The echo was like the howl of a wolf in the wilderness, mournful and long.

Most of the Xiliang soldier that were guarding the Changjin Ferry Pass had already fallen asleep. Maybe it was because the day was too hard, but the snores from the camp could be heard one after another. A small group of patrolling soldiers walked slowly between the tents. Their faces were filled with fatigue, and a few soldiers behind them even yawned.

The Changjin Camp was divided into the front, middle and back camps. The Front Camp was about five miles away from the river bank, mainly to protect the food and valuables that were stolen from all over the Hanoi County. There were even many cattle and sheep. The rear camp was on the banks of the Yellow River, mainly to protect the docks and boats. As for the main camp, it was the place where Lin Zhuo and his personal guards were, as well as the movement of the cavalry.

In order to ensure the safety of the Changjin Camp, the leader of the West Cold Army, Lin Zhuo, dug a wide trench along the camp, and set up a tall fence around the ditch.

At the main entrance of the camp, two wind lamps were hung high up in the air. A dozen soldiers were walking back and forth by the fences on both sides of the gate, spears in hand. Even though it was already midnight, they were still in high spirits, their eyes constantly searching the darkness.

All of a sudden, a knight came from the camp, and the clatter of his horse’s hooves was especially loud in the dark night. A dozen sentries immediately lined up in two rows, as if they had heard someone’s order, waiting for the group of knights.

“What’s the matter?” The leading knight was clearly a high-ranking officer, with a majestic body and an aged face. He was a typical northwest man, but he did not have the fierceness that the Xiliang General s usually had.

“Reporting to Lord Commander, we have just changed shifts, we haven’t found anything.” The lead sentry microchieftain straightened her back and said loudly, “According to exorcism, who has just returned from her shift, there is nothing amiss within thirty miles of the camp.”

cavalry of Youzhou and Army of Montenegro have already returned to the Huaixian, and are only a hundred li away from us. Tonight, you must not be careless, be careful of their sneak attacks. ” The one who was called Lord Commander was Lin Zhuo. He received Li Ru’s alarm at night and the cautious Lin Zhuo became even more careful.

“Don’t worry Lord Commander, as long as we are here, even a wild dog should not think of entering our camp.” The microchieftain sentry shouted loudly, his voice resounding. Lin Zhuo nodded in satisfaction, and then left the door with his personal guards.

In the vast darkness of the night, the earth was hazy, only having the faint glow of a rising star. The wilderness seemed abnormally desolate, and suddenly, a team of cavalry rushed over, galloping towards the Yellow River.

Chen Cang raised his whip as the team slowly slowed down. He turned around and said to Liu Zhi: “We are still thirty miles away from West Cold Army, the area that West Cold Army will patrol is right in front. I will lead a dozen of my personal guards to scout ahead, conveniently killing off their exorcism.

“Alright, we will follow you from a kilometer away.” Liu Zhi nodded, and watched as Chen Cang led his personal guards and left. Afterwards, she ordered all the soldiers to dismount from their horses, collect all the kindling that they had brought along and tie them to the Arrows so that they could be used as rockets when the time came.

Under normal circumstances, the garrison army would usually have exorcism s and Outpost s stationed around them. Especially at night, the commander of the garrison would not dare to underestimate them. exorcism and Outpost were usually divided into groups of three to five, and were slowly wandering around the camp within a radius of fifteen kilometers.

The reason why Chen Cang led his personal guards to leave first was to eliminate the exorcism s and Outpost s that he encountered along the way, so that the West Cold Army would not discover the sneak attack team too early. He and his personal guards were all archery experts, on the way, they met three groups of patrolling exorcism, and all of them were killed by their Arrows.

Seeing the wind lantern at the entrance of Jin Jia Village, Chen Cang and janissaries immediately dismounted and waited for the army behind them. After Liu Zhi led his army and rushed up, Chen Cang and Liu Zhi exchanged a few moments. Then, she brought over a dozen of her personal guards with him as she walked.

Dozens of janissaries were crawling on the ground with crossbows in hand. They were now dozens of steps away from the base. At this time, the ten odd sentries inside the main camp’s gate were still pacing back and forth without any signs of drowsiness. The lead sentry, the microchieftain, was even joking with them.

However, although the dozen sentries tried their best not to fall asleep, they didn’t keep an eye on the outside of the camp. Since it was already the latter half of the night, they unconsciously relaxed their guard and didn’t realize that Chen Cang and the others were already in front of them.

“Everyone aim for one, kill them all with one shot!” Chen Cang told the guards behind him, and they all raised their crossbows at the same time. With Chen Cang’s order, a dozen of the guards pulled the trigger at the same time, and a dozen of Arrows shot into West Cold Sentinel’s throat. They didn’t even make a sound, and went to meet the King of Hell.

Seeing that all the West Cold Sentinel s had fallen, Chen Cang stood up immediately and waved the crossbows in his hands towards Liu Zhi who was behind him. Then, he brought a dozen of his personal guards and ran to the front of the camp door.

Liu Zhi who was waiting far away saw that Chen Cang had succeeded, and immediately ordered everyone to rush over to the camp. When they arrived at the entrance of the camp, Chen Cang and the rest mounted their horses and said to Liu Zhi: “I will lead a Company to attack Front Camp. You will lead a Company to attack the rear camp and burn down all the ships of West Cold Army.”

“Alright.” Chen Cang and Liu Zhi were familiar with the Changjin Pier, and knew that the barracks was still five miles away, so they let Liu Zhi go first. Liu Zhi raised the crossbow in her hand and shouted to the cavalrymen behind him: “Third Company, Brothers, take out your rockets, follow me!”

“Clank, clank, clank, clank, clank …”

Just then, the patrolling West Cold Sentinel in the camp noticed the ambushing cavalry and immediately sounded the alarm. The sleeping West Cold Army hurriedly crawled up from the sleeping bed, looking for their clothes. The weapons were thrown into a panic.

When Chen Cang saw that West Cold Sentinel had called the police, he knew that they could not wait any longer. He quickly shouted out, “Fourth Squad, take out your rockets, quickly follow me!” With that, he waved his hand and led more than a thousand cavalrymen towards Front Camp.

“Light the fire and burn down their tents!” Chen Cang shouted loudly as he ran. There were simply too many soldiers in the West Cold Army. They had to burn down the tents in the West Cold Army in order to cause chaos and destroy it.

Before the soldiers of the West Cold Army could put on their clothes, the cavalry of Youzhou had already rushed over. Rocket after rocket shot up to the sky like a meteor falling from the sky. West Cold Army’s tent was quickly set ablaze.

As the weather was cold, the West Cold Army soldiers had placed many straw crops in the tents. Once these dry straw crops were ignited by the rockets, the entire tent would immediately be engulfed in flames.

Many of the soldiers were already on fire, but the moment they ran out of the tent, before they could even extinguish the flames on their bodies, they were slashed into two by the cavalry of Youzhou who rushed towards them.

“Don’t keep fighting, hurry up and burn down the main camp.” Seeing that the cavalry of Youzhou was busy chasing and killing the burning West Cold Cavalry, Chen Cang immediately shouted and led the cavalry army towards Lin Zhuo’s main camp. The main camp was Lin Zhuo’s command center, as well as his troops and encampments. If he didn’t eliminate them, Lin Zhuo would still have the chance to counterattack.

The Youzhou was fighting fiercely, hearing Chen Cang’s shout, of course he knew how important the main camp was, he immediately kept his Pu Dao s and stopped chasing and killing the fleeing Xiliang soldier, and then took out his Arrows s again, quickly rushing towards the main camp.

After receiving Li Ru’s warning, not only did Lin Zhuo send exorcism s and patrol the camp, he also personally inspected the camp’s defenses in the middle of the night. Only then did Lin Zhuo finally sleep in peace. Perhaps it was because his nerves were too tense, but once he relaxed, Lin Zhuo could sleep soundly.

Just as he was dreaming, he was suddenly awoken by the sound of a gong in the camp. He almost jumped up from his bed and immediately realized that his camp had been ambushed. Gather the cavalry and prepare to strike back at the enemy! ”

Lin Zhuo’s Big Account immediately became flustered, some of the personal guards rushed out to pass down their orders, while others helped Lin Zhuo put on his clothes and armor. But when he donned his armor and ran out of the Big Account, he saw that the Front Camp had already ignited into a raging fire.

He quickly turned his head to look at his own main camp, only to see that the cavalry soldiers had just run out of their respective tents, running towards the horse shed, while covering themselves with leather armour s, blades and spears, if he wanted to rely on them to block the cavalry of Youzhou’s attack, it would be too late.

“Retreat back and assemble at the stable.” Lin Zhuo was abnormally calm, he knew that the Big Account in the middle could not hold on anymore, he immediately ordered his personal guards to gather at the horse shed. As long as the riders were gathered together, there was still a chance for them to counterattack the cavalry of Youzhou.

The West Cold Army’s stable was not far from the center Big Account. When Lin Zhuo rushed to the stable with his personal guards, his three thousand odd cavalry soldiers had already rushed over. Lin Zhuo also received the horse reins that the guard passed to him, and jumped onto his horse.

“Lord Commander, the barracks is on fire too.” Just as Lin Zhuo turned his horse, he suddenly heard his janissaries shouting. He suddenly turned his head, and could not help but inhale a breath of cold air. On the banks of the Yellow River, flames also soared to the sky, and even balls of fire were burning in the Yellow River. Obviously, the cavalry of Youzhou had set their boat on fire as well.

“Brothers, kill …” Just then, Chen Cang, who had already set fire to the Big Account in the middle, shouted and led the cavalry of Youzhou over. Seeing that Lin Zhuo’s cavalry had already run out of the Big Account, Chen Cang could only order his soldiers to shoot a round of arrows at Lin Zhuo’s middle troop of Big Account, and directly shoot towards Lin Zhuo’s cavalry.