Chapter 263 Night Attack

It snowed again on the border, and dense torches were lit on the streets of Ganzhou City. The snow flakes were baked by the torches before they even got close.

Many people who had not yet evacuated were still awake, lying on their windows watching the garrison rushing towards the city gate.

The garrison is gathering troops, and tonight they will attack the Xijue camp at night.

No one spoke, but each of them had blazing fire in their eyes. They had been suppressed and beaten for too long, and now it was finally time to fight back.

The Xijue people are still sleeping.

They encountered a surprise attack during the siege the day before and were disrupted by the opponent.

Boda was away, and the remaining Xijue soldiers were led by their former deputy generals. None of them expected that the Zhou people would dare to come out of the city yesterday, and this wave of fighting was truly unexpected.

The lieutenant general was sitting in the camp, talking with several soldiers around the fire.

Hearing the sound of the wind and snow outside, he thought that there were two roads in front of him now. He could break camp and retreat to meet Boda tomorrow to defeat the Xiao family army that penetrated deep into the hinterland of Xijue in one fell swoop, or prepare for the next attack.

"I have long thought that the troops should not be divided into two groups." One person said: "But the leader did not listen. He wanted to use us to suppress the Zhou garrison. He was too greedy."

Another person said: "Who knew those cowering turtles would dare to come out, but fortunately, they are only fighting in small groups. We will continue to attack the city tomorrow morning. Even if we cannot attack the city, we must suppress them."

"Yes, Xie Tingzhou was held up on the northern battlefield. We have a lot of time."

The deputy general remained silent.

Their morale had been suppressed yesterday, and attacking at this moment was not a good option.

He slowly closed his eyes, vaguely feeling something was wrong.

Suddenly, he leaned over and pressed his ears to the ground, feeling a faint vibration coming from afar.

The next moment, he heard the shouts of the soldiers on the watchtower.

"It's an enemy attack——!"

"Fuck you." The deputy general shouted: "The Zhou people are coming, hurry up and meet the enemy!"

The Xijue soldiers were woken up from their beds. Before they were fully awake, they heard the vibration of horse hooves in the snow.

The sound of war drums sounded from far to near, making the sky roar.

The Xijue people rushed out of the camp and saw only a wave of cavalry and infantry pouring into the camp.

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The king is very quiet in the night.

It hasn't snowed in the past two days, and the stone paths in the courtyard have been cleared.

Cang was prostrate at Xie Tingzhou's feet, eyes half drooped, letting Bai Yu stand on its back.

Suddenly, Cang raised his head, propped up his front paws and stared at the door.

After a while, a dog head squeezed in through the slightly open door. He stared at Cang for a while, then after confirming that it was safe, he walked over and sniffed around Xie Tingzhou.

Dahuang was still not used to the smell of war on Xie Tingzhou. This was the first time he smelled it. After confirming it, he obediently lay back at his feet.

Xie Tingzhou lowered his eyes and glanced at Da Huang, put Yi Jing Shuang back into the scabbard of his sword, and threw away the cloth strip used to clean the sword in his hand. Da Huang immediately ran out and picked it back up, wagging his tail crazily to please.

Xie Tingzhou smiled, touched Dahuang's head, got up and returned to the bedroom.

The bed was empty and it was cold no matter how much I slept at night.

Since she left for the war, the house has become deserted, and it becomes even more lonely after dark.

Xie Tingzhou touched the pillow she had rested on with his fingers, his eyes deep and he didn't know what he was thinking.

In fact, she had not slept on this pillow many times. At night, she slept on Xie Tingzhou's arms and rested on Xie Tingzhou's chest.

He stood up, put down the bed curtain, and wrapped the white cloth strips around his wrists.

"Wait until I come back." I don't know who he said this to.

The moment the horse galloped out of the city, Hai Dongqing also fluttered his wings.

The generals were sitting around in Huyantuo's tent, drinking goat's milk.

During the war between the two armies, goat's milk was a luxury.

This is the temporary camp set up by Huyantuo in the border ridge. They crossed the border ridge before it snowed, and have been camping in different places since then.

In order to affect the battlefield in the north, he set up several camps, where nearly 20,000 Beirong soldiers were stationed.

"We must change our style of play and cannot continue to go around in circles with Xie Tingzhou." Hu Yantuo said, listening to the north wind blowing outside and looking at the swaying tent.

The deputy general said: "Since we can no longer fight guerrillas, it is better to fight an ambush. Don't Qingyun Guards like to chase them? Then lure them into our encirclement and ambush them."

Huyantuo held the bowl, neither denying nor immediately affirming this tactic.

His opponent is Xie Tingzhou. He has lived in Xie Tingzhou's shadow for a long time.

Hu Yantuo knew how strong his opponent was, so he had to be very careful in guessing Xie Tingzhou's thoughts and tactics.

"Xie Tingzhou will only retreat to the rear and command." A general said: "He lost the ability to fight a few years ago. A general who cannot go to the battlefield is a waste."

Huyantuo glanced at the other person and said, "I have been defeated several times by the loser you call him. He defeated me when he was fifteen years old."

The general's lips moved and he did not dare to answer.

The fire in the middle became smaller and smaller. Huyantuo dug out it with a machete, and the fire became stronger again.

"The northwest border is in flames of war. I don't believe that this couple can defend Dazhou. As long as we and Boda create a gap at will, Dazhou will be ours."

The generals were inspired by Huyantuo's ambitious speech, "I don't think we need to be afraid. Xie Tingzhou is no longer the Xie Tingzhou of the past. That year, we were severely damaged and he drove us back to Beirong, but Xie Tingzhou was also seriously injured. He was commanding from the rear, and there was no way to take care of the changes on the battlefield in time."

"Yes, we can seize his weakness and fight a war of change. They think we are fleeing, but we are actually setting a trap."

"Okay." Huyantuo affirmed, pointing at the map with the tip of his knife, "Tomorrow you will lead 15,000 people to ambush here, and I will lead 5,000 people to lure the enemy."

After discussing the details, several generals slept in Huyantuo's tent.

In the morning, the army moved, and only 5,000 people were left in the camp.

A general walked out of the tent and blew a bright whistle into the wind. After waiting for a while, he did not hear the sound of his falcon flying back.

He blew again, and Huyantuo lifted the curtain from the tent.

"What happened?"

The general said, "Agu has flown to somewhere and has not come back yet."

The hunting falcon is the eye of the Northern Rong people in the sky. Xie Tingzhou has absorbed the advantages of the Northern Rong people and tamed the Saker Falcon, which was difficult for the Northern Rong people to tame.

Huyantuo blew a whistle to the sky, and the hunting falcon on his shoulder flew out immediately.

This time, his hunting falcon did not come back for a long time.

Several people stood at the door of the tent and waited quietly.

Huyantuo opened his palm and let the wind pass through his fingers.

"There will be a blizzard tonight, or tomorrow at the latest." He said, "We must devour their people today."