paranoianovel Chapter 2142 Attack the second target.
Chapter 2142 Attack the second target.
With the help of the full moon's moonlight, Li Shen's team moved very quickly, and Li Shen even rode along on horseback in the early stages.
Later, his hemorrhoids came back and he had to sleep in the carriage.
After an unknown amount of time, Li Shen vaguely heard someone calling him.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty."
Stone called softly beside the carriage.
"Well, are we there yet?" Li Shen opened the car window, rubbed his eyes and looked outside.
"Your Majesty, General Xue said we are almost there, only ten miles to go."
Shitou reported back.
"Oh, tell the team to stop." Li Shen said, then closed the car window, opened the door, stood on the shaft and stretched his muscles.
"Your Highness." Xue Rengui walked over at this time.
"Well, Rengui, let everyone rest for a while, eat some food, and let the horses rest. We will attack their camp at night later."
Li Shen didn't know what time it was, but it was not yet dawn.
Li Shen planned to launch the attack before dawn, when people were fast asleep.
It is also the darkest time before dawn.
Xue Rengui immediately went down to give orders, and Li Shen also washed his face, took out some beef jerky and started eating.
They didn't light a fire for fear of alerting the enemy.
"Rengui, have the scouts been sent out?" Li Shen took the opportunity to ask while biting beef jerky.
"Your Highness, they have been sent out. They should be back to report soon."
Xue Rengui reported.
"Well, this battle will probably not be easy. The enemy has a large number of people, about 5,000. You must strive to make a quick decision.
Use our strengths, be quick, accurate and ruthless, and don't give the other party any time to react.
No matter how many enemies we kill, there is no need to stop them if they want to run away. What I want is to save people and kill enemies at the same time.
understand? "
Li Shen reminded them again. It was not that Li Shen was fussy, but the Imperial Guard Battalion was really too valuable. It was Li Shen's important trump card, so the loss should be reduced as little as possible.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will never fail in my mission." Xue Rengui promised.
"Well, this time, tell the hot air balloon team to use more grenades and conduct carpet bombing.
Let the rebels become confused first, then you can take action."
"But Your Majesty, what about the people we rescued?" Xue Rengui reminded.
"Never mind, just leave it to fate. If they can survive the grenade, it means they are blessed by God. If they can't survive, then they have to go to see God.
Our people are much more valuable than others.”
Li Shen remained silent.
The team rested for half an hour and then set off again. This time they marched slower, and Xue Rengui sent scouts to investigate ahead.
The team didn't stop to check their equipment until they were three miles away.
Li Shen once again found a hill and used a telescope to observe the situation in the rebel camp.
"Something's wrong. Why does it feel so quiet?"
Putting down the telescope, Li Shen turned around and said to Xue Rengui, who also picked up the telescope and looked over.
"It's a little too quiet. Logically, if the rebels had fled here, we would have definitely received the news and would have been on high alert.
My Lord, I'm afraid this is a trap."
"A trap? Do you think it's possible that the rebels didn't escape here, but turned around and went somewhere else?"
Li Shen guessed that this was very possible.
"Your Highness, no matter what it is, we have to be on guard." Xue Rengui reminded.
"Don't worry, even if it's a trap, let them see what it means to defeat ten with one's strength.
Inform and prepare for action."
Li Shen smiled confidently.
Xue Rengui went down and ordered his men to prepare. The tactics were still the same, first an air strike, then a ground raid.
The guards began to prepare crossbows and check the quivers. This time they would need bows and arrows as the enemy had more people.
The hot air balloon also quietly took off in a hidden place.
All preparations were proceeding in an orderly manner. As usual, Li Shen placed tables and chairs on the hill, drinking wine and talking about heroes.
Dawn was approaching, and the sound of explosions cut through the sky and shook the clouds.
This bombing lasted much longer than the last one, mainly because the camp was larger.
The rebel camp was in chaos with flames shooting up into the sky and shouting could be heard continuously.
This unprecedented combat mode caused inexplicable panic among the rebels, as they could not even see where the enemy was.
Xue Rengui and his men quietly approached and waited for the opportunity.
After a round of bombing, Xue Rengui led the guard battalion and rushed out with a loud roar. Suddenly, the camp was filled with shouts of killing.
Li Shen picked up the telescope and observed the battle situation. He could see that the other side was already prepared, but he didn't expect them to come so soon.
Night combat is not a regular combat, as it rarely occurs due to limited vision.
Li Shen seized on this point and launched a surprise attack before dawn, catching the enemy off guard.
"Leader, this is the group of people."
In front of the big tent in the middle of the camp, a rebel spoke in panic to the leader who walked out of the tent.
"Humph, they are here as expected. Send the order to meet them!"
The leader snorted coldly and gave the order immediately, but his face was a little nervous. The loud noise just now made him a little uneasy.
He had already ordered martial law, but he didn't understand where the enemy was attacking them from, nor what the loud noise was.
"Report~~~Report to the leader, the enemy is too powerful and they have already rushed in." A rebel ran over.
"Why so fast? Mobilize troops immediately." The rebel leader was a little surprised that a breakthrough had just begun.
“Captain, the loud noise just now disturbed the morale of the army, causing us to be too confused, and also startled the horses, causing many horses to run away.
The enemy is cavalry, we can't resist it at all."
"How ridiculous! Bring me my weapons. I want to see if our five thousand men can defeat their two thousand men."
Upon hearing the report from his subordinates, the leader immediately gave orders, took the spear handed over, and mounted his horse.
"Come on, follow me to the camp."
At this moment, Xue Rengui led his men to rush in to meet the enemy. As they had guessed, although there was chaos inside,
But it was obvious that they already knew they were coming and had already made preparations to welcome them.
This group of rebels is more well-educated than the previous one, with more complete weapons and equipment, and even shields.
This restricted the cavalry attack of the Guards Battalion, and the charge was not as smooth as last time.
"Divide into small teams and charge from all sides. The use of grenades is permitted."
Seeing this, Xue Rengui gave an order and the guard battalion was immediately broken up into small teams and dispersed, launching a charge towards the weak points.
This caught the rebels, who were concentrating their forces to resist the charge, off guard.
"My men, kill them for me. For every one you kill, you will be rewarded with money and women."
The arrival of the rebel leader also boosted the morale of the rebels.