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Chapter 465, Night Raid

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    Qin Lie's militia troops withdrew to the camp, and actively reinforced the camp, putting on a long-term appearance.

    In fact, Qin Lie didn't want to stay there for a long time. His purpose of strengthening the camp was just to defend against the cavalry of the Qinghe Army.

    Although Qin Lie has tens of thousands of troops under his command, he does not have an organized cavalry unit, so he suffers a lot in field battles.

    There are thousands of cavalry troops of the Qinghe Army appearing on the west bank, who knows how many are hidden in the dark.

    In this era when cavalry is king, infantry is far from being the opponent of cavalry, and Qin Lie still has a clear understanding of this.

    "The cavalry watched them, and the rest of the troops set up camp and buried pots for cooking."

    Seeing that Qin Lie's militia troops retreated to the camp, Li Changqing, head of the Qinghe Army's Guard Banner, was not in a hurry, and ordered the troops to set up camp.

    After all, they arrived here after a rapid march overnight, and they only rested for two hours just now. Although their morale was high, the soldiers were still exhausted.

    After repelling the attack of the civilian army, Li Changqing did not have the idea of ??a decisive battle immediately. He set up camp first and recharged his batteries before talking.

    When the Guards Banner Regiment dragged Qin Lie's tens of thousands of militia troops to the west bank of the Moaning River, the Qinghe Army First Banner Regiment on the opposite bank also quickly crossed the river upstream and headed straight for their destination after cleaning the battlefield.

    The cavalry of the Qinghe Army wandered outside Qin Lie's camp. The civilian army had just suffered two disastrous defeats, and the gates of the camp were closed tightly, unwilling to attack.

    Li Changqing and the others set up camp in a leisurely manner, burying pots and cooking, and had no intention of attacking.

    The tacit understanding between the two parties was peaceful, and lasted until the night of that day.

    During the day, Qin Lie was afraid of the cavalry and trebuchet troops of the Qinghe Army. After urgently discussing countermeasures with the officers and staff, they decided to attack at night.

    They mobilized 15,000 elite troops from the tens of thousands of militia troops and divided them into three groups to attack the Qinghe army camp under the cover of night.

    One of their troops was preparing to attack the Chinese army tent of the Guards Banner Regiment, and wanted to destroy the command system of the Qinghe Army.

    The second line of troops was preparing to destroy the Qinghe army's archers and trebuchet troops. After all, trebuchets and archers were too much of a threat to them.

    The third army was the cavalry unit preparing to attack the Qinghe army. If they wanted to snatch the horses, Qin Lie really wanted to have a cavalry unit of his own.

    "Behead the thief leader, reward ten thousand gold, and be promoted to three ranks!"

    "Whoever kills an officer with more than a thousand generals in the bandit army will be rewarded with a thousand gold, and the officer will be promoted two ranks!"

    "If you kill more than one ordinary bandit army, you will be rewarded ten gold!"

    In order to ensure the success of the night operation, Qin Lie specially offered a generous reward to boost the morale of the army.

    The 15,000 elites are all selected elites, and they are well equipped with weapons such as shields, knives and spears.

    It can be said that Qin Lie has high hopes for the night attacking troops. Whether they can defeat the Qinghe army on the opposite side depends on this night operation.

    Qin Lie was about to launch a night attack on Li Changqing's guard banner group, and God seemed to help them, the night was dark and cloudy.

    "God helped me too!"

    Seeing the dark sky, Qin Lie was also full of confidence, and ordered his three most trusted generals to lead a group of troops to attack.

    Fifteen thousand militia soldiers left the camp quietly, and they went straight to the camp of the Qinghe Army Guards Banner Regiment hand in hand.

    Qin Lie is also familiar with carrying out night raids. He used it when he was suppressing the rebel army, and he tried it repeatedly.

    The only failure was at Yingzui Peak in Luyang Province. Not to mention the loss of 2,000 elites that time, he was also captured, and he has always been worried about it.

    Although this time the old trick was repeated, Qin Lie felt that the Qinghe army couldn't be so cautious every time.

    The Qinghe Army had won battles during the day, and maybe they are now proud and complacent. He is now launching a night attack, and the probability of success should be very high.

    However, what made Qin Lie sad was that he was full of confidence and wanted to launch a night attack on the Qinghe Army Guards Banner Regiment, but the Qinghe Army knew about it as soon as their troops left the camp.

    Under the influence of Chen Ziang, the Qinghe Army paid special attention to the role of intelligence and scouts. Although it was night, they still sent many scouts to monitor the civilian army camp.

    Moreover, the camp of the Guards Banner Regiment is also surrounded by a combination of bright and dark sentries and mobile sentries, and is heavily guarded.

    In the past, Qin Lie used to attack those crows at night.The rebel army of ?? was a mess in the first place, so it was easy for Qin Lie to take advantage of it.

    But Qin Lie is now facing a regular army built by Chen Ziang, and it is not so easy to attack at night.

    When the night raid troops of the civilian army had not yet arrived at the camp of the Guards Banner Regiment, the soldiers of the Qinghe Army had already set up their nets and waited.

    The result can be imagined, when the militiamen rushed into the Qinghe army camp with yells, suddenly countless torches lit up all around, and hordes of Qinghe troops rushed out from all around, and the militiamen fought in panic  , naturally not an opponent.

    The worst thing was the militia army that went to attack the cavalry unit of the Qinghe army. As soon as they arrived at the outskirts of the cavalry unit camp, the rolling iron stream rolled towards them.

    In the flames soaring into the sky, a brave cavalryman jumped out of the darkness, and the cold light of the knife flashed, and the heads of countless militia soldiers fell to the ground.

    Qin Lie saw the flames of the Qinghe army camp in the distance, and also heard the loud shouts of killing and the collision of weapons.

    He stood on the sentry tower and looked at the camp of the Qinghe Army, and felt that the Qinghe Army had suffered a surprise attack, and this time it should have suffered heavy losses.

    But obviously, Qin Lie was too happy to be happy, because the militia troops in the distance were being slaughtered overwhelmingly.

    The shouting and killing near the Qinghe army camp continued until midnight before it subsided, and because the sky was too dark, Qin Lie couldn't see clearly, so he could only anxiously wait for the news.

    However, he waited until dawn, and the troops who went to attack did not send any news back.

    "What happened, send someone to ask."

    Qin Lie desperately wanted to know if the troops he had attacked had already occupied the camp of the Qinghe army, why there was no movement.

    However, the people Qin Lie sent out also disappeared like a sea, and never came back once they went.

    After dawn, Qin Lie was restless and even thought of the worst outcome. When Qin Lie was about to send people to investigate the news again, the cavalry troops of the Qinghe Army drove over.

    Amidst the ear-piercing sirens, the civilian army camp suddenly felt like an enemy. A large number of civilian army soldiers unsheathed their swords and rushed to the vicinity of the wall, ready to fight.

    However, the cavalry of the Qinghe Army did not come to attack. Each of them had a bloody head hanging on their horseback.

    When they rushed to the civilian army camp, they threw these bloody heads over, and they quickly piled up into a hill.

    "Hiss!"

    Seeing the mountains of heads, Qin Lie's brain went blank, his body swayed, and he almost couldn't stand still. He never thought that the troops he sent out to attack were all wiped out.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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