Actually, when Yang Rui opened the gates and retreated, Guo Jia, Zhao Yun, and Huang Zhong had already taken the opportunity to head to the west side of the Yellow River.
To be more precise, the baiting of Li Jue and Guo Si to attack the city was just an excuse. Yang Rui purposely created chaos in Tong Pass. As for whether or not Li Jue and Guo Si would fall for it, Yang Rui had no confidence at all.
Yang Rui's main goal was to deceive others and send Guo Jia, Zhao Yun, and Huang Zhong to the navy so that they could be used as a surprise attack.
Guo Jia, Zhao Yun, and Huang Zhong arrived on the Yellow River navy ship and successfully met up with Taishi Ci. After a discussion, they followed Yang Rui's plan and began to mobilize the navy toward the upper reaches of the Yellow River.
While Li Jue and Guo Si were attacking Tong Pass, Guo Jia, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Taishi Ci, and more than a hundred warships, as well as more than 50000 navy soldiers, had already reached the upper reaches of the Yellow River.
After half a day, Li Jue and Guo Si finally retreated. Taishi Ci and the rest of the navy had been wandering around the upper reaches of the Yellow River.
When Li Jue and Guo Si's troops retreated and were unable to gain a foothold, and their morale was low, it was actually a good time to attack from the back. However, the scaled soldiers were not good at fighting on land, especially during the day. Thus, Taishi Ci and Guo Jia did not choose to attack at this time.
Yang Rui's navy remained dormant until the middle of the night. Only then did they quietly send a portion of their men ashore. During this process, Yang Rui's navy even circled around Hua County in order to conceal themselves. Only then did they turn back.
However, the scouting ships never stopped in Zheng County. The situation of Li Jue and Guo Si's defeated army was basically captured by the scouting ships. After all, the soldiers on the scouting ships did not always stay on the ships. After Li Jue and Guo Si's defeated army, the location of their camp was also known by the scouting ships.
"Te! Te! Te … "
"…"
In the middle of the night, less than an hour after Yang Rui's navy sent out part of the vanguard, a large number of scaled soldiers began to jump onto the bank of the Yellow River from various boats. Their specially made wide and thick leather soled shoes rubbed against the weeds on the bank, producing a series of unique noises.
These noises were extremely subtle, even quieter than the noises made by normal marching soldiers. If it were not for the silence of the night, and if the scale of the water soldiers were not so large, these noises would not have been discovered.
Of course, even if the noise was a little louder, it wouldn't have much of an effect because the scaled soldiers had been moving along the Yellow River. The sound of the wind and waves on the Yellow River was enough to cover the previous noise.
Most importantly, the vanguard troops were the dozens of soldiers led by Taishi Ci and Guo Jia. They had set up the Four Symbols Mystifying Formation on the west side of Li Jue and Guo Si's campsite ahead of time. As a result, the information on the west side of the campsite was basically blocked.
Li Jue and Guo Si had just been defeated. After setting up the campsite, they placed most of their attention on the east side, in case the defenders in Tong Pass would sneak into the campsite during the night. They turned a blind eye to the west side behind them.
"Te! Te! Te … "
"Pu! Pu! Pu … "
"…"
Under the cover of the Four Symbols Mystifying Formation and the darkness of the night, a large number of scaled soldiers approached the campsite of Li Jue and Guo Si. Familiar noises could be heard, accompanied by the sound of metal piercing flesh.
The sneak attack of Yang Rui's navy had begun, and from the beginning, it was almost a one-sided situation.
The scaled soldiers were not good at land battles, but after Guo Jia and Taishi Ci led a small number of troops to set up the Four Symbols Mystifying Formation, the entire situation changed.
In the Four Symbols Mystifying Formation, the soldiers of Li Jue and Guo Si had completely lost their vision. Often, without knowing what was going on, they were killed by the scaled soldiers. There were no combat units that could see through the Four Symbols Mystifying Formation.
Moreover, as the sneak attack progressed, Guo Jia continued to improve the Four Symbols Mystifying Formation. When Li Jue and Guo Si finally noticed something, it was already a quarter of an hour later.
In this period of time, the scaled soldiers had taken the opportunity to kill more than 30,000 people. Almost every two scaled soldiers had killed one person on average. This was even more efficient than a head-on battle.
Therefore, Yang Rui had obtained a lot of mission points. Most of the dropped items were picked up by the scaled soldiers. Among them, the skill books were given to them by Guo Jia and the others before the sneak attack, so the soldiers did not miss anything.
"Sneak attack! Quick! Prepare for battle … "
"Where did these strange looking people come from? They are quite good at pretending to be mysterious. Where is the leader? Why don't you come up and fight for a few rounds?"
"… …"
Li Jue and Guo Si heard the commotion and quickly rushed to the west side of the camp. At this time, they happened to see Guo Jia and Taishi Ci leading troops to attack the camp. Therefore, they loudly challenged them.
When Li Jue and Guo Si found out about the situation and rushed over, they had already lost a lot of people. It was even more disastrous than when they attacked the city during the day.
The reason for this situation was that Li Jue and Guo Si had almost completely neglected the defense of the west side of the camp. They put almost all of their energy on the east side, facing Tong Pass.
Moreover, the Xiliang Tribe's ability to build a camp was very limited. They did not have any famous people to help them set up a camp. Otherwise, if it were other powerful camps, once they were attacked, it would be easy for them to respond.
Take the Qianji Black Armored Camp for example. If one part of the camp was attacked, the other parts of the camp would also be able to detect it. They had always been cooperating and exchanging with each other. In a short period of time, the abnormality would become obvious.
Different camps had different ways of reporting back information. Basically, if there was a slightly better layout of the camp, there would not be a situation like Li Jue and Guo Si's camp where they were attacked for a long time without being detected.
"Don't make a ruckus. I will meet you two!"
When the main characters appeared, Taishi Ci first tightened his grip on the weapon in his hand and urged his horse to meet Li Jue and Guo Si.
"I will also go!"
On this side, Taishi Ci had just moved forward. The other person beside him also pulled on the reins of his horse and almost rushed forward together with Taishi Ci. This person was Zhao Yun.
Taishi Ci and Zhao Yun rushed forward. Li Jue and Guo Si, who were extremely angry, also urged their horses to meet them. It seemed that the battle between the main generals was about to begin.
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