The poor Heling soldiers didn't realize that they had entered the effective range of the rebel army's catapults. As long as the rebels immediately launched the catapults, they would suffer heavy losses.
The rebels were all hiding in hidden places, while they were on the exposed road. Therefore, the rebels could see them clearly, but they couldn't find where the rebels were hiding at all. This was destined to be an unequal confrontation from the beginning.
The general of Heling Kingdom was very excited that he had easily occupied the important supply route of the rebels. As long as he firmly guarded this road, the rebels would be completely trapped. His contribution was needless to say.
"What's that?"
A soldier shouted when he saw a large group of black dots flying over from a distant hill.
The general of Heling Kingdom also saw them. He naturally knew what these black dots were, and he was so scared that his eyes almost popped out.
"Evacuate, quickly evacuate from here."
The general was frightened. He shouted and fled into the dense forest not far away. Many soldiers followed him.
However, the stones flew too fast and soon fell over a large area. The Heling soldiers were caught off guard. A large number of soldiers were hit by the stones and fell to the ground in pain.
In addition to the stones, there were also many heavy crossbows that were taller than people flying over from a distance. The lethality was also very frightening, causing great losses to the Heling soldiers.
There were stones and heavy crossbow arrows everywhere. The Heling soldiers didn't know where to escape to, so they ran back and forth.
The Tang Army, who was slowly advancing in the rear, obviously heard the screams coming from the front. They knew that something had happened, but the Tang Army wasn't in a hurry to rescue them. They had to figure out the situation first. Otherwise, not only would they not be able to save the Heling soldiers, but they might also be killed.
The armored artillery team was the closest to the road, so they could clearly see what was happening ahead. Based on the stones and heavy crossbows flying out of the sky, they speculated the location of the rebel army's firing position.
Li Feiyu, the Commander-in-Chief, who was at the back, learned about the situation ahead. He immediately spurred his horse forward to better understand the specific situation ahead.
"What's going on? What happened ahead?"
Li Feiyu asked.
"General, the Heling soldiers have been attacked by the rebels. We have found the firing position of the rebel catapults. It's right there."
The subordinate said.
At that moment, the trebuchets of the rebel army were still firing rocks, and their positions were completely exposed.
Li Feiyu used the binoculars to observe for a moment and said with joy, "Pass down the order for the artillery brigade to speed up. The iron armored cannons will adjust their firing. When the artillery brigade arrives, we will fire together and destroy the trebuchets."
The military order was quickly passed down, and the soldiers of the artillery brigade rushed over. The muzzles of the armored artillery vehicles were also being adjusted, ready to fire at any time.
"The two of you, take three thousand men each and circle around from the left and right. Be prepared to surround the rebel army at any time."
"Yes, General."
The Tang Army mobilized another 6,000 soldiers and horses, and quietly moved to the two sides of the rebel artillery position.
At this moment, the morale of the rebel soldiers was greatly boosted. The thousand soldiers of the Ha Ling Kingdom had been defeated by them and suffered heavy losses. This was a huge victory for them. How could they not be happy?
Of course, they would never dream that they were about to become food on the Tang Army's plate. The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. The most deterrent artillery force of the Tang Dynasty was about to attack.
"General, the artillery brigade has been assembled. All the muzzles have been aimed at the predetermined target."
The brigade commander of the artillery brigade reported loudly.
Li Feiyu nodded and said, "Fire immediately and destroy all the heavy firepower of the rebel army."
"Yes, Sir. Fire immediately."
Boom, boom, boom …
The attack of the artillery was really wonderful. A series of shells were fired, setting off huge fireworks in the rebel army's position.
Faced with the sudden attack, the rebel army suffered heavy losses in an instant. A large number of people were blown to pieces, and the trebuchets and heavy ballistae were blown to pieces. Many of the trebuchets were burning, and the nearby trees were also blown to the ground by the shells. The soldiers who were trying to escape were tightly pressed under them.
After a series of artillery fire, Li Feiyu ordered to fire a signal flare. Immediately, 6,000 soldiers rushed to the hill where the artillery fire had blown up, ready to encircle and annihilate the rebel army.
Due to the heavy artillery fire, the rebel army suffered heavy losses. In order to escape, their organization was completely scattered, and they could not organize an effective resistance at all. When 6,000 Tang Army soldiers rushed up, the scattered rebel soldiers had to surrender to save their lives. The rebel soldiers who refused to surrender were all killed on the spot. The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty would not sympathize with these rebels. Moreover, there were bandits and pirates among these rebels, so they could not be let go.
Seeing that the troops on both sides had begun to surround them, Li Feiyu ordered the troops in the front to also launch an attack and cooperate with the troops on both sides to completely destroy the rebel army.
There were not many rebel soldiers in the ambush, only thousands of them. Moreover, in order to achieve the purpose of inflicting heavy losses on the attacking troops, most of the soldiers were responsible for operating the trebuchets and heavy ballistae. At this moment, the trebuchets and heavy ballistae were damaged by the artillery of the Tang Army, and most of the rebel soldiers were killed or wounded. The few remaining rebel soldiers naturally could not resist the three-pronged attack of the Tang Army. They soon collapsed and surrendered. The wounded rebel soldiers could only be captured. A small number of rebel soldiers tried to escape by chance, but of course, they were all killed.
"Hurry up and clean up the battlefield. Report the enemies killed and our casualties."
Standing on a high ground, Li Feiyu looked at the large number of rebel soldiers' corpses in front of him and gave the order proudly.
"Yes, General."
His subordinates were also in high spirits.
However, the general of the Ha Ling Kingdom did not look too good. The Tang army had won a great victory in this battle, but his 1,000 men and horses had suffered heavy losses. It would be strange if he was in a good mood.
In other words, the brilliant victory of the Tang Army was built on the foundation of his suffering. If it were not for the 1,000 troops under his command that drew out the rebel army's ambush, how could the Tang Army have won such a brilliant victory so smoothly?
"General, our army has killed more than 1,000 enemies and captured about 2,000 prisoners. Our army has only slightly injured more than a dozen people. Our army has won the battle."
His subordinates did a rough calculation and reported loudly.
Li Feiyu was overjoyed and said loudly, "Good, great, our army has won the battle. This is really worthy of celebration! Hey, how many casualties did your Zha Ling Country have? "
"More than half of the casualties."
The general of Zha Ling Country answered with a black face.
"It's okay. It's only a little more than 500. Our army has killed 3,000 enemies and lost 500 of our own. This result is very good. The most important thing is that our army has now controlled the rebel army's supply channel. In this way, the rebel soldiers in the front line will not be able to get supplies. Quelling the rebellion is just around the corner."
Li Feiyu said happily.
Thinking that the rebel army's good days were numbered, the general of Zha Ling Country felt a little better. After a pause, he nodded and said, "The rebel army's supply channel has been cut off by our army. We should immediately deploy now and prepare to cooperate with the army in the front to eliminate the rebel army as soon as possible."
Li Feiyu thought for a moment and said, "In fact, there is a better way."
"What's a better way?"
The general of Zha Ling Country asked.
Li Feiyu said, "Let's wait for the exhausted. Let the soldiers rest and wait for an opportunity."
"Opportunity? What opportunity?"
The general of Zha Ling Country was eager to defeat the enemy and asked hurriedly.
Li Feiyu said unhappily, "The soldiers have just won a great battle and are very tired. They need to rest first. As for what opportunity, you will know when the opportunity comes, won't you?"
"Yes."
The general of Zha Ling Country only had 500 soldiers left under his command. He did not dare to say that it was worth following Li Feiyu's orders.
The opportunity that Li Feiyu was talking about was naturally the rebel army's supply convoy. As long as the rebel army's supply convoy passed through this road, the soldiers of the Tang Army would quickly discover it and smoothly rob it. After robbing the rebel army's supply convoy, they could disguise themselves as rebel soldiers and enter the rebel army's camp to spy on them. They might even cause some damage and cause the rebel army to fall into civil strife.
The development of the matter did not disappoint Li Feiyu. Not long after, a rebel army's supply convoy appeared.
"General, the rebel army's convoy has 60 supply wagons and 300 soldiers escorting them. It seems that they are escorting food."
One of his subordinates said.
Li Feiyu nodded and said, "Don't worry about what they are escorting. Our mission is to rob them all. Not a single rebel soldier can be left behind."
"Yes, leave it to me!"
Soon, thousands of Tang Army soldiers quietly sneaked down and used cold weapons to attack. They killed more than half of the 300 rebel soldiers in charge of escorting the convoy and seized 60 wagons of supplies.
"General, the 300 rebel soldiers have all been wiped out. More than a dozen were captured. Not a single one escaped."
The subordinate reported excitedly.
Li Feiyu looked at the general of Zha Ling Country and said, "It's up to you now."
"General, what do you mean? What do you want us to do?"
The general of Zha Ling Country was a little scared. Last time, they had led the way, and more than half of them had been killed or injured. This time, Li Feiyu wanted to give him a task again. He did not know what kind of dangerous task was waiting for him and had no idea at all.
Li Feiyu pondered for a moment and said, "We still don't know the exact situation of the rebel army's main force. If we attack rashly, the risk is too great. Therefore, we must first understand the rebel army's situation before we attack. Now, the rebel army transport team responsible for transporting the supplies has been taken care of by us. Your mission is to lead the three hundred soldiers under your command, change into the rebel army's clothes, and escort the supplies to the rebel army's main camp. Find out the situation inside the main camp and then come back and report to me.
"It's too dangerous. If we are exposed, none of us will be able to come out."
The general of Zha Ling Country knew that it would not be a good task and was quite nervous.
"Haha! That depends on your acting skills. As long as your acting skills are good enough, it won't be so easy to be discovered. We are all from Zha Ling Country, so you can disguise yourselves very well. If it were us, we would be discovered at a glance. "
Li Feiyu said unquestionably.
The general of Zha Ling Country was very helpless. He nodded and said, "Okay! It seems that this is the only way. Soldiers, quickly change your clothes. Hurry up. "
The 300 soldiers of Zha Ling Country quickly changed their clothes and were ready to set off at any time.
"You, officer, come over here."
Li An noticed that one of the captives seemed to be an official, so he called out, "Sir, you're here!"
"What are your orders, General?"
The captured rebel officer was so scared that he couldn't stop trembling.
"Why did you join the rebel army? Don't you know that the rebels collude with the pirates and bandits? Aren't they good people?"
Li Feiyu reprimanded loudly.
"We were captured by the rebel army and were brought into the camp. We had to do it!"
The rebel officer answered nervously.
"Not bad! You're quite capable, aren't you? Even after being arrested and sent to the military camp, you've become an official! "
Li Feiyu continued.
"I'm just a little quick-witted. I haven't fought a war since I entered the camp. I'm only responsible for escorting grain and fodder. I don't have any real skills."
The rebel officer said.
Li Feiyu said, "Do you know the consequences of being a rebel? Let me tell you, tens of thousands of our elites are deployed here. The main force of the rebel army has been surrounded. It's only a matter of time before they are annihilated. When that time comes, hmph. "
"I've never done anything bad! Please forgive me, General. "
The rebel officer was terrified.
Li Feiyu said seriously, "You're lucky. Now there is a chance for you to make meritorious contributions to atone for your sins. You must cherish it."
"Yes, yes, yes. I'm willing to make meritorious contributions to atone for my sins."
The rebel officer nodded repeatedly.
Li Feiyu smiled faintly and looked at the general of Zha Ling Country beside him. He said, "I'll give this man to you. You can tell him how to atone for his sins on the way. Let's go! I'll be waiting for your good news. "
"Yes, General."
The general of Zha Ling Country was very happy. He led the rebel captive in the direction of the rebel camp.
Because the mountain was large enough and had good soundproofing, the main force of the rebel army might not know what was happening behind them. This provided the possibility for the Zha Ling Country's army to infiltrate.
Li Feiyu smiled in satisfaction as he watched the three hundred soldiers of Zha Ling Country walk further and further away. He immediately sent someone back to the palace to report the progress of the army to Ang Lee so that Ang Lee could rest assured.
The general of Zha Ling Country led the three hundred soldiers and horses under his command and walked for more than ten hours before arriving at the rebel camp. At this time, the sky was completely dark. However, this also made it easier for them to disguise themselves.
With the rebel officer personally leading the way, their journey was very smooth. They easily passed through several roadblocks set up by the rebel army and finally entered the rebel army's granary.
"Not bad! There's so much food stored here. It's enough for a month's consumption. If we burn all this food, hmph. "
The general of Zha Ling Country looked excited.
"No, we can't do that. We logistics soldiers are responsible for the food. If the granary catches fire, all of us will be sentenced to death. None of us will be able to escape."
The rebel officer was frightened and hurriedly tried to dissuade him.
"Okay, we won't burn it. Can we walk around the camp as we please?"
The general of Zha Ling Country asked.
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