The sun set in the west, and night fell.
But even so, the night was still quite hot. After all, it was now the hottest season. The weather at the end of June was very hot.
Xue Rengui's soldiers were resting during the day, conserving their energy. In the evening, the cooks had already buried the pots and cooked dinner. After the soldiers had eaten dinner, they were refreshed and ready to go.
When the whole earth was shrouded in darkness, although there was a bright moon in the sky, the visibility was very low.
At this time, the order to send out troops was issued.
The camp's army quickly gathered and left the camp, beginning to head in the direction of Ye Kongchan's camp. Although they were moving quietly, they all left through the camp's gate, so the news was not particularly confidential and could be easily discovered.
When the army was rushing, the scouts arranged by Ye Kongchan along the way had already discovered them and quickly sent back the news, so that Ye Kongchan could respond and prepare for defense early.
This was actually within the expectations of Xue Rengui and Ma Yuan.
If the two really wanted to hide their whereabouts, they would not leave through the camp's gate, but quietly leave through the camp's back so that they would not alert the scouts. But the key point of this battle was not the night attack, but the use of gunpowder to attack.
Even if Ye Kongchan had prepared early, the impact would not be big. The army rushed quickly, and not long after, they were already close to Ye Kongchan's camp.
The army stopped a hundred steps away from the camp.
Under the curtain of night, torches burned in the camp, dispelling the darkness in the camp. In this case, looking out from the camp, one could not see far. After all, it was already night.
At this moment, Ye Kongchan was already waiting in the camp, with many generals around him.
Everyone was ready.
"Dong! Dong!!! "
The sound of war drums suddenly came from outside the camp.
This drum sound was hurried, as if it was the order to launch an attack. When the war drums sounded, Ye Kongchan stood up, looked around at the generals, and said in a deep voice: "Previously, we received the news from the scouts that Du Qi's army quietly came. Now, they have launched the attack. Everyone, follow me to fight. "
He went straight out.
The rest of the generals also went out with high morale. If they were to take the initiative to attack, or even fight Du Qi's army head-on, it would be very difficult for them to win.
However, at that moment, they were completely focused on defense. Furthermore, they were already prepared. Thus, each and every one of them possessed absolute confidence in their abilities. As soon as everyone came out, the soldiers, who had already received orders, quickly gathered at the entrance of the camp.
The formation of tens of thousands of soldiers was extremely shocking.
The morale of the soldiers was even higher.
When Ye Kongchan arrived at the entrance of the camp, he looked outside. Although there were sounds of war drums outside, he didn't see half of Du Qi's soldiers attacking.
This was very surprising.
Ye Kongchan frowned, but after thinking for a while, he relaxed. It seemed that although Du Qi's army was lying in ambush outside, they did not intend to attack for the time being. They wanted to use this opportunity to wear down the enemy's morale before attacking.
A hundred steps away from the campsite, in the darkness.
Xue Rengui urged his horse to stand.
He saw the soldiers gathered in the camp, saw the generals in armor, and also saw Ye Kongchan in the center. Although a hundred steps was a bit far, but the campsite was burning with fire, so Xue Rengui could clearly see everything in the camp.
If there were no soldiers around Ye Kongchan to protect him, he could kill Ye Kongchan with arrows from a hundred steps away. However, there were soldiers all around, so it was almost impossible to kill Ye Kongchan with arrows.
Xue Rengui waved his hand, and the soldiers in charge of beating the drums stopped. The originally restless rumbling noises suddenly stopped, and the surroundings quieted down in an instant. Not a sound could be heard.
In the silence, there was a murderous intent.
Xue Rengui was not in a hurry. He was still looking at the soldiers of the Qiuci Kingdom gathered in the camp. At the same time, he was waiting for the catapults to be assembled one by one, and then he would adjust the angle and distance so that he could place the gunpowder to attack.
This was Xue Rengui's intention.
He needed time to prepare.
Before, Yi Fusheng's suggestion was to directly attack with gunpowder, bomb Ye Kongchan's camp, break Ye Kongchan's defense, and then the two armies would fight. However, Xue Rengui made some adjustments. He changed the order of attack to beat the drums first, so that Ye Kongchan's army would gather at the entrance of the camp. Once everyone gathered together, the gunpowder would fall and explode in the crowd, and there would be countless casualties.
This was the only way to create a bombing effect.
Xue Rengui did not speak, but Ye Kongchan sneered and ordered the archers around him to get ready. Once he opened his mouth to speak, he would attract Xue Rengui's attention. As long as Xue Rengui spoke, the archers would aim and shoot.
After Ye Kongchan arranged everything, he shouted: "Xue Rengui, I am Ye Kongchan, the Grand Commandant of the Qiuci Kingdom. I know it was you who led the army into the Qiuci Kingdom, and I also received the news from the scouts that you have led the army to kill. You led the army to ambush outside, intending to first use the drums to deplete my morale, that is a fool's dream. Xue Rengui, the army led by the Grand Commandant is inside the camp. If you have the ability, then come and attack directly. "
Xue Rengui did not speak.
As soon as he spoke, his position would be exposed. Especially since he was only a hundred steps away from the camp. Once Ye Kongchan released a dense barrage of arrows, it would be a threat to Xue Rengui.
Outside the camp, it was still quiet.
Ye Kongchan frowned.
His plan was to talk to Xue Rengui, and then shoot Xue Rengui to death. He did not expect Xue Rengui to not speak at all.
Ye Kongchan snorted and continued: "Xue Rengui, aren't you Du Qi's general? Tongye escorted 70,000 troops to attack, but they were all destroyed by Du Qi. You, Xue Rengui, as Du Qi's man, led the army outside the camp, intending to attack. But you didn't dare to show your face, or even say a word. It can be seen that you, Xue Rengui, do not live up to your name, you are a coward! I don't know how Du Qi defeated Tongye. "
He deliberately provoked him.
He wanted to target Xue Rengui.
Unfortunately, Xue Rengui was not affected at all. Although Xue Rengui was young, he had participated in many battles and had rich combat experience, so he was very clear about Ye Kongchan's goal.
He still waited quietly.
No matter how Ye Kongchan provoked him.
Ye Kongchan said a lot, but he was not affected at all. He suddenly thought of a plan, and ordered the soldiers to shout that Xue Rengui was a coward. With the shouts of tens of thousands of soldiers, the sound echoed in the night sky for a long time.
Xue Rengui heard it, but he was still unmoved.
But the soldiers in the army were enraged, and they were already clenching their fists, glaring at him. Even if Xue Rengui did not give the order, they would have already led the army to attack.
"Ta! Ta! "
A slight sound of footsteps came, but it was a small colonel coming to Xue Rengui's side.
The small colonel reported: "General Xue, all the catapults have been tested. And all the soldiers in charge of the gunpowder bags are already in place. Everything is ready, just waiting for your order. "
"Light the fire!"
Xue Rengui ordered.
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