Chapter 263 Night Attack
The night is dark, and bonfires are lit in the valley, like stars in the night sky.
Lu Bu, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei surrounded the bonfire, chatting and drinking. Dong Bai leaned against the side, wrapped in a cloak, and was drowsy. The snow wolf lay on the ground, blocking the wind for her, lowered his head from time to time, looked at Dong Bai, and then moved carefully to avoid waking Dong Bai up.
More than ten wolves were scattered around, watching everything around them vigilantly. More than twenty wolves were scattered in the surrounding valleys, following the soldiers of the scout camp to monitor the situation within thirty miles.
"That big dog is really... good." Zhang Fei drank a little high, his tongue was a little big, and his eyes were a little hazy. He pointed at the snow wolf and muttered, "Why... when, I also have... a big dog like this."
Guan Yu pulled his sleeve and told him not to speak. He had been with Lu Bu for a long time, and it would be better to know that the snow wolf was a pain in Lu Bu's heart.
"You deserve it?" Although Lu Bu drank a lot, his ears were still as sharp as those of a wolf. He could hear Zhang Fei's vague muttering clearly, and immediately curled his lips to show his disdain. "Snow Wolf is a master of wolf. Only the one with the life of the Heavenly Wolf can be its owner. You don't even have the chance to acquire such a magical object."
"The fake cavalry supervised... In front of the snow wolf, there was no lack of life... to realize his life?" Zhang Fei slanted his eyes and retorted unconvincedly: "You have realized... to be confiscated... to achieve it?"
"Zhu Zi, dare you look down on me?" Lu Bu was so angry that he stood up and shouted, "Don't blame me for hitting you."
"Are you afraid of... are you afraid of you?" Zhang Fei stood up swayingly and clapped his hands fearlessly: "If you fight, maybe I... will realize it too."
"Do you treat me as a beast?" Lu Bu was really angry and jumped up. Guan Yu knew that he wanted to get a bad dish when he heard Zhang Fei's words. He quickly stood up and stopped in front of Lu Bu: "Fengxian, Fengxian, he has no alcohol tolerance. He has drunk too much and has drunk too much."
"If you don't have this alcohol tolerance, don't drink it hard." Lu Bu shouted angrily: "Don't you want money?"
Guan Yu was so amused that he saw Zhang Fei’s dissatisfaction. He hurriedly stepped forward to cover his mouth and whispered: “Shut up and go back to sleep.”
Zhang Fei looked unhappy, but he did not dare to disobey Guan Yu. He muttered and walked back, passing Niu Jin who was rushing to see him. Niu Jin rushed to Lu Bu with a cold air, bowed and bowed: "General, I found the traces of the Qiang people and fought with their scouts."
"Oh, how?" Lu Bu, who was still angry, immediately became energetic. Even Guan Yu, who had walked dozens of steps, stopped and listened intently.
"Beigong Boyu led more than 10,000 Qiang people. He was rushing here, probably at 40 miles." Niu Jin said: "We captured two Qiang scouts, and as soon as we scared them, they would attack them. It can be seen that Qiang people are in panic and their morale is unstable."
"People are panic?" Lu Bu pondered for a moment, raised his head, looked at the sky, and his eyes turned: "Is this road easy to walk?"
Niu Jin was stunned. Then he understood: "No problem."
Lu Bu nodded and raised his hand and shouted, "Clouds are long. Clouds are long?"
Guan Yu handed Zhang Fei to his personal guards and rushed back with great strides. He had heard the conversation between Niu Jin and Lu Bu, guessed what Lu Bu meant, and was full of energy and fighting spirit: "General, do you want to attack at night?"
"Of course, we wolf riders do this job." Lu Bu smiled: "Beigong Boyu rushed over and probably hadn't figured out the location of our army yet. He was caught off guard at night and caught him off guard. What do you think?"
"What the general said is very good, I am willing to be a pioneer."
"Old rule, let's go together." Lu Bu patted Guan Yu on the shoulder and laughed: "People blocked and killed people, god blocked and killed gods."
Guan Yu pushed Lu Bu's hand away, shook his shoulders, and narrowed his eyes slightly: "What I wish."
After half an hour, the wolf cavalry drove out of the camp and walked rapidly along the valley.
...
Beigong Boyu sat on the thick tiger skin, holding a wine glass in one hand and a half-cold lamb leg in the other hand. He drank a sip of wine and chewed a bite of meat. His face was covered with oil, and the wine and oil stains were spilled everywhere.
Beigong Boyu's hands were shaking a little, and an indescribable panic made him unable to suppress the fear in his heart.
It was obviously a war between Wang Yun and the inside and outside to easily defeat Guanzhong, but how could it be intercepted by the imperial army at both ends and blocked into the valley and become a rat in the bellows? Is this the conspiracy of the court, or Han Sui and Bian Zhang?
Beigong Boyu was a little regretful. If it weren't for the hope of borrowing Han Sui and giving up military power, they wouldn't have fallen to this point today and were merciless by Han Sui and Bian Zhang. Beigong Boyu sighed. No scholars were good, and we fought to the death, but they were drinking and eating meat from behind. Maybe they were still discussing the tricks to weaken us all day long. They said that they were invincible in the world, but they really went to the battlefield but didn't know anything, and they could only command randomly. Last year, the kingdom commanded the army and fought Dong Zhuo in Guanzhong for more than half a year, but they were driven out. When analyzing the situation after the war and holding them accountable, Wang Guo bit back and said that it was Ma Teng's ineffective combat, which was not his responsibility.
Beigong Boyu despised these people very much. He was unwilling to stay with such people, so when Han Sui asked him to return to Xiaoguan, he immediately took his subordinates away. Even Yan Xing surrendered to the court. Does Han Sui and the others still want to win this battle?
Guanzhong is very dangerous, and scholars have a bottomless mind. If they cooperate with them, they will die sooner or later. It is better to retreat as soon as possible and join Li Wenhou and rush back to Xiliang. If Han Sui and others die in Guanzhong, it would be great. Xiliang is their world. Liangzhou has been in chaos for hundreds of years. The Han Dynasty has repeatedly launched a war and failed to regain control of Liangzhou. Now Shandong is in chaos, half of the country is lost. The Han Dynasty's court is internal and external troubles, and there is no energy to take care of Liangzhou. Perhaps it is their good opportunity.
But for some reason, Beigong Boyu felt uneasy and strongly uneasy, as if he was walking in the wilderness but was stared at by a beast. Fear came from the depths of his heart, no matter how much wine or how much meat he drank, he could not suppress it. In the depths of his consciousness, there seemed to be a black spot, which became bigger and bigger, and kept swallowing him, and eventually swallowing him completely, pushing him into the boundless darkness.
Beigong Boyu made a fuss and half of the wine in the glass spilled out.
He raised his head, looked through the door of the tent, and looked at the shadow of the black mountain in the distance, as if he saw an extremely huge monster.
The monster suddenly moved, and a cool breeze surged into the tent, making Beigong Boyu feel cool. Beigong Boyu was shocked, subconsciously grabbed the sword beside him, jumped up, and drew his sword and chopped.
With a "double" sound, the knife was held by someone, and then his waist tightened and he was hugged tightly.
"Master, it's me, Nie Xiao!"
"Nie Xiao?" Beigong Boyu, who was struggling desperately, breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Nie Xiao's name. A cold sweat broke out and his body was weak. "Nie Xiao, why did you break into my tent in the middle of the night?"
Nie Xiao is a little handsome man under Beigong Boyu. He is of medium shape, has a thin face and his eyes are shining. Although he is a Han Chinese, he is deeply trusted by Beigong Boyu. He is a general of the former army and should not appear in the central army at this moment.
"A dozen scouts I sent were killed. I suspect there was an ambush ahead." Nie Xiao let go of Beigong Boyu and worried. "There may be a fierce battle tomorrow, and we must prepare in advance."
Beigong Boyu frowned. The purpose of preparing in advance was to slow down the marching speed so that he could turn to the battle at any time. However, he was eager to rush back to Xiaoguan to avoid Li Wenhou losing to Xiaoguan and wished he could fly to Xiaoguan in one step. How could he slow down?
"Is this necessary?"
"Yes." Nie Xiao said firmly: "The emperor went to the grassland, and once he went against the rules, he was all in the battle with cavalry, so his marching speed must be very fast. We cannot speculate on his position based on common sense. If he had taken down Xiaoguan now and ambushed us in the valley ahead, then..."
Beigong Boyu's face changed. It was not a trivial matter to be ambushed in the valley, and it was very likely that the entire army would be wiped out. He nodded: "Okay, just do what you said."
Nie Xiao breathed a sigh of relief and turned to leave the tent. He had just opened the tent door and suddenly stopped and stood there motionlessly. Seeing this, Beigong Boyu asked in confusion: "What, what else is there?"
Nie Xiao turned his head and his face turned pale: "Master, I'm afraid our estimate of danger is far from enough."
Beigong Boyu looked at Nie Xiao blankly and was about to ask again, when he suddenly heard a voice and a low voice in his ear.
Beigong Boyu, who had been through the battlefield for a long time, immediately understood, and his face suddenly became even northerly than Nie Xiao. This was the sound of cavalry charges, but now it was night and there were mountains, so how could there be cavalry charges? Could it be that they were wolf on the grassland, able to see things at night?
Beigong Boyu rushed out of the tent, jumped onto the war horse, and looked into the distance.
The night wind whistled, making Beigong Boyu's body feel cold, but Beigong Boyu couldn't feel it at all. His heart was even colder.
In the distant valley, a ball of fire leaped out of the darkness and was approaching quickly, increasing.
"Enemy attack--" Nie Xiao roared, turned over and jumped onto the war horse, "Master, immediately order a counterattack, I'll stop them."
Beigong Boyu woke up from his dream, his legs became weak and he fell off the horse's back. This fall made him feel heart-wrenching and seemed to have thrown out all the wine. He rolled and crawled, and hissed: "Blow the trumpet, blow the trumpet, prepare to face the enemy--"
Nie Xiao ran away while snatching the horn from his personal guards, plucked his cheeks and blew it hard.
"Woo--" The sound of the trumpet broke the calm of the valley and woke up the sleeping Qiang soldiers. After a while, more trumpets sounded, and countless soldiers rushed out of the tent, opened their terrified eyes and looked at the dark mountains around.
Chapter completed!