Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Wang Jin heard this, and said to Zhu Wu: "Saving people is like putting out a fire. Our army must go to Weizhou City immediately, and we must not be stopped here by the enemy. Feel free to offer any clever ideas from the military division."

Zhu Wu carved on the ground with a knife, and told Wang Jin, Shi Jin, Han Shizhong and other generals about his plan.

Wang Jinjun's entire army attacked Panyuan County, but was repelled by the Xixia army who had been prepared for a long time.

The demoralized Wang Jinjun cast a war letter to the city, and wanted to fight the Xixia army outside the city another day.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Jinjun rolled up the banner and retreated to a hill at the foot of a mountain named Luotuoling in the south of Panyuan County. He set up camp next to the woods and streams, and watched Panyuan City on the valley plain from a high position.

After night fell, Han Shizhong led his troops and carried the rockets brought by Wang Jinjun on his back. Under the cover of night, they rushed west across mountains and mountains, and quietly bypassed the Xixia Army's defense line.

In the middle of the night, the Xixia army stationed in Panyuan County really couldn't resist the temptation to annihilate Wang Jinjun in one fell swoop, and sneaked under Luotuo Ridge to set fire to the camp.

After only a shout was heard, the roar of thousands of troops and horses sounded outside Wang Jinjun's camp.

At the same time, arrows rained down in the darkness, shooting a group of Chu troops who were on duty at the gate of the camp to the ground.

A group of warriors from the Xixia Army pulled down the gate of Wang Jinjun's camp with ropes. The Xixia army poured in like a tide, threw torches everywhere, and lit a raging fire in the village.

In the mountains and forests outside the camp, the Xixia army also set fire. This was to make it impossible for the Chu army to retreat, and all [-] troops were buried in the sea of ​​flames.

However, not long after, the death squads of the Xixia Army who entered the village realized that they had been fooled, because they attacked an empty camp with no one in it.

Even under the light of the fire, the Xixia army could see clearly that the Chu army they shot down were all wooden men in armor!

"The enemy is deceitful, retreat! Retreat!"

A general of the Xixia Army realized that he had been tricked, and hurriedly turned his horse's head, intending to lead his army to retreat.

"woooooooo~"

The horns of the Chu army sounded, and groups of soldiers and horses appeared from the darkness in the northwest, blocking the retreat of the Xixia army.

What made the Xixia army even more horrified was that the Chu army also started setting fire.Taking advantage of the wind, the fire swept towards the Xixia army located downwind from the southeast.

Chapter One Thousand and Two A Fire in Autumn

Although Wang Jinjun was not equipped with the most advanced muskets and artillery, he brought a lot of fire weapons such as rockets, brimstone, and kerosene.

Zhu Wu concluded that the Xixia army would come to rob the camp when the Chu army was not stable, so he had already ordered the ambush soldiers to prepare all kinds of fire starters.

Autumn is crisp and the vegetation is withering day by day. It is a good season for murder and arson.

Both the Xixia army and the Chu army thought of attacking their opponents with fire, but Zhu Wuqi was superior, and calculated that the Xixia army would come to rob the camp, and led the Xixia army into his trap.

At this time, the Chu army set fire with the wind, igniting the grassland at the foot of Luotuoling Mountain.

Thousands of Xixia troops who came to steal the camp were surrounded by flames in front of them and behind them, and they fell into a desperate situation.

Some soldiers of the Xixia Army fought their way out of the flames and smoke, but what greeted them was a burst of arrows from Wang Jinjun.

Thousands of Xixia troops were trapped in the sea of ​​flames, and there were bursts of howling and howling.

On the wall of Panyuan County, Wei Mingji, the leader of the Xixia Army, looked at the raging fire in the direction of Luotuoling and laughed triumphantly.

Wei Mingji thought that those who died in the sea of ​​fire at this time were the Chu army who had foolishly camped on the hill.

This fire was more violent than I expected, and I didn't expect that the sons and daughters would use their extraordinary skills!

Wei Mingji was already thinking that tomorrow when Marshal Chage learns that he has wiped out tens of thousands of enemy troops, he will definitely be rewarded heavily!

When the lord of the country hears the news that our army has defeated the Chu army, he will definitely give me a promotion.

Deputy Marshal Wei Ming A Wu is already old, and Li Heda is from Khitan. In the future, I, Wei Mingji, should be allowed to take the post of Deputy Marshal!

Wei Mingji looked at the flames in the southeast that had burned half the sky red, thinking of his pride, he couldn't help smiling.

While the remaining Xixia army in Panyuan City was watching the fire triumphantly at the top of the city, the two military camps with horns outside the city were suddenly attacked.

From behind the Xixia army, thousands of rockets were shot out into the night in the northwest, whistling and shooting into the barracks of the Xixia army.

These rockets all carried combustion-supporting sulfur, kerosene, etc. After they were shot on tents and supplies, they immediately caused a raging fire.

There are also some rockets that have been improved by Ximen Qing, Tang Long and others. The arrowheads carry bamboo tubes filled with gunpowder and iron sand.After these rockets were shot into the Xixia army camp, they exploded everywhere, making the Xixia army dizzy and confused.

However, the Xixia army that was raided could not see the enemy at all.

In the Xixia army, there were also those brave men who, amidst the sound of flames and explosions, raised their strong bows and crossbows to fight back in the direction of the rockets.

However, all the arrows shot by the Xixia Army sank into the sea without splashing a single wave.

"Let the arrows! Let the arrows! Brother Ximenqing really made good arrows! Let the straight girls and thieves of Xixia taste our strength!"

Han Shizhong excitedly directed his subordinates to shoot continuously.

The sergeants of Han Shizhong's army stood outside the range of the crossbows of the Xixia Army and calmly fired round after round of rockets.

Gunpowder propelled the shafts of these rockets, and their range far exceeds that of the God Arm Bow.

The bows and crossbows of the Xixia army are slightly inferior to the god-arm bows of the Chu army. How can they shoot and kill the soldiers of Han Shizhong's army?

Wei Mingji saw that the two camps outside Panyuan City were burned down by the enemy hiding in the dark with rockets, and he was so angry that he cursed at the soldiers around him: "Idiots! The Chu army is all archers, why don't you send an order quickly to let the camp The cavalry in the middle attack!"

After Wei Mingji's personal soldiers received their orders, they hurried out of the city to the two camps and ordered the cavalry in the camps to attack.

At this time, the barracks of the Xixia Army was in chaos.

When the generals of the battalion got the archers who ordered the cavalry to charge back at the enemy, they couldn't help being stunned for a moment, bewildered and at a loss.

It's not that the Xixia army didn't want the cavalry to fight back, but that the cavalry was unusable at this time.

One is that after the barracks were attacked by the enemy with rockets, not only the soldiers blew up the barracks, but also the horses in the stables ran wild in the barracks in shock.The sergeants of the cavalry were still looking for their horses everywhere, and they were completely unable to form an army.

Both, cavalry is really not suitable for night combat!

It was pitch black in the distance, only dots of flying stars could be seen.

Who would dare to gallop without seeing the ground clearly?

Just a small pit or a stone can make the charging cavalry stumble and throw themselves to death.

Therefore, cavalry can march at night with torches, but they never dare to gallop and charge.

The cavalry generals in the camp all understood that the chief general Wei Mingji was confused for a while, so he ordered the cavalry to charge in the dark.

However, military orders cannot be disobeyed, and the cavalry generals had to accept the order, and then continued to command their subordinates to capture the escaped horses.

The cavalry troops didn't have all the horses, so of course they couldn't fight. This is not my disobedience!