Battle of Xiangyang (5)

  Lin Heng's plan was indeed very dangerous, but it still got everyone's affirmation. After all, they didn't have any other way out at this time. So, on that night, twelve teams of ten people each were formed, with a team leader elected for each team to lead them. Four teams were assigned to each city gate. They would sneak attack the Mongolian army and then two teams with good agility would return to the city, while the other two teams would directly break through the Mongolian army, rush into the rear of the army, and wait for an opportunity.

  Lin Heng was the initiator and also the strongest martial artist among the Quanzhen disciples, so he was naturally selected for the squad. He led the Quanzhen disciples, under Qiu Chuji's slightly worried gaze, and together with the other three squads, slid down the city wall along the iron chain.

  After the four teams went down the city wall, they led their own team members forward. They had already determined their direction when they came down, and each team must advance in its own direction. After a sudden attack, they immediately returned. If the Mongolian army did not pursue them, they did not need to enter the city; if the Mongolian army attacked, they would immediately return to the city and wait for the next opportunity.

  Wait until the Mongolian army is exhausted and unable to catch their breath, which is when two small teams break through. At that time, Lin Heng's Quanzhen team was in a breakthrough formation.

  Crouching on the ground, Lin Heng looked at the Mongolian military camp in front of him and beckoned to Yin Zhiping and Zhao Zhijing behind him. The two immediately crept forward quietly, indicating with their eyes that they understood Lin Heng's signal. Lin Heng pointed to the Mongolian soldiers outside the main camp, and the two nodded, then imitated Lin Heng's movements, crawling forward. When they gathered at a certain distance, they suddenly sprang into the air, swooping down from above the Mongolian soldiers' heads, attacking them from top to bottom, killing several of them with one blow.

  Seeing this, Lin Heng immediately stepped forward. He had the two men change into Mongolian military uniforms and imitate the appearance of Mongolian soldiers, holding torches here while others hid in the darkness waiting.

  Soldiers patrolling, it's impossible not to make mistakes, especially at this time. So Lin Heng didn't choose to act immediately. And his choice was also correct. Before long, two soldiers holding torches walked over. The two Quanzhen disciples pretending to be Mongolian soldiers lowered their heads and then casually walked into the two men. When they reached a certain distance, they quickly took action, not giving the Mongolian soldiers any chance to react.

  "Zhao Shixiong, I and Yin Shixiong will first sneak into the main camp to scout out the route. You follow our previously discussed plan, lead everyone in a surprise attack on the Mongolian soldiers who are patrolling, then disguise yourselves as them and patrol the surroundings."

  "Alright, Lin Shidi, rest assured that I will definitely do it well!" Zhao Zhi Jing nodded his head with a confident look.

  Upon seeing this, Lin Heng smiled slightly and pulled Yin Zhiping into the depths of the camp. Compared to outside the camp, the patrol intensity inside was much stronger. Before they had taken a few steps, they saw a group of Mongolian soldiers approaching. Yin Zhiping wanted to take action, but Lin Heng quickly grabbed him and whispered in his ear: "Brother Yin, we can't take out this small team now. Our main goal is to scout the route, let's wait until we're familiar with their patterns before making a move!"

  Yin Zhiping nodded and didn't say anything else, but instead carefully observed his surroundings.

  The two of them crouched outside a tent, silently watching the patrolling teams around them. Slowly, Lin Heng felt out a certain pattern. He discovered that the patrol teams were crisscrossing each other. When you see the team from the east coming over, they would turn towards the north after making a turn; five minutes later, a team from the south would also come over and head towards the east; finally, it was the team from the north, which directly passed through here and headed towards the south. In this way, the three teams crisscrossed each other, completely compressing their idle time to four or five minutes.

  Lin Heng wants to take action, then he must make use of these four or five minutes of spare time.

  He bowed his head and thought for a moment, looked at the tent in front of him, and immediately lightly drew out his long sword, cutting open an entrance. He poked his head inside, Lin Heng took a look, and found that all the Mongolian soldiers inside were fast asleep, he immediately made a hand gesture to Yin Zhiping. The two men entered the small tent one after another, silently breaking the necks of the Mongolian soldiers inside, letting them die in their sleep.

  Hiding in the tent, Lin Hengdao said: "Yin Shixiong, this time our raid must make some noise. I think so, let's call Zhao Shixiong and others outside to learn from us, first sneak into the tent and kill the Mongolian soldiers, then set fire to burn the tent, and then charge out and leave."

  Yin Zhiping didn't have a good method, and this time they just wanted to make a big noise, so setting fire was absolutely a good idea. So he agreed without thinking, and then quietly returned along the original route. Before long, he came back and nodded at Lin Heng. He knew that Zhao Zhijian and others had received their own information.

  Just as Lin Heng was waiting here, a fire suddenly lit up in the distance. Lin Heng was startled and thought that Zhao Zhi Jing and others had taken action. But he soon realized that the direction was not right. He immediately said to Yin Zhi Ping: "Brother Yin, it must be someone else who has made a move first. We can't wait any longer, let's set fire now!"

  "Good!" Yin Zhiping shouted, immediately taking out a lighter and setting the tent on fire. Then, he pulled out a wooden stick, ignited it in the flames, and holding it, rushed towards the surrounding tents.

  At the same time, Zhao Zhi Jing and others who saw the flames immediately ignited their own tents. In other directions, the small teams that saw the Mongolian camp on fire naturally started burning their camps as well. Suddenly, the Mongolian camp was engulfed in a raging inferno.

  The great fire alarmed the Mongolian soldiers, and the sound of gongs and drums spread throughout the Mongolian camp in an instant. The densely packed Mongolian soldiers didn't even have time to put on their armor, and they rushed out of their tents with their weapons in hand. From a distance, they had time to organize their formation, but for the soldiers near the small squad, as soon as they came out, they were immediately killed by the crowd. They would kill one, then directly throw a torch onto the tent, and then go to the next tent to kill again, throwing another torch... In this way, before long, a huge wall of fire had formed on the outskirts of the Mongolian camp.

  "Time's almost up, retreat!" Lin Heng shouted immediately.

  At that moment, all ten Quanzhen disciples rushed out of the firewall and ran towards the city wall. As they ran, they looked back and found that the Mongolians who were chasing them were not many, most people were blocked behind the firewall. Seeing this, Lin Heng immediately called a halt and then killed a horseback gun. The few Mongolian soldiers in front of the martial artists were simply not enough to look at. In an instant, more than 100 people died under their ten-man charge, without even having time for a cup of tea, while they still had time to wipe their long swords before running towards the city wall.

  It is unknown whether the Mongols were afraid or had received orders, but after regrouping, those Mongolian soldiers did not pursue and instead quietly cleaned up the surrounding traces of the fire.

  Standing under the city wall, Lin Heng took a deep breath and saw that the Mongolian army did not pursue, immediately giving up the idea of returning to the city. After waiting for a while, seeing that the distant fire was about to go out, he immediately said to the crowd: "Let's go back and take a look. If there is an opportunity, we will launch another attack on them!"

  Everyone nodded in agreement. After the first time, they didn't think the Mongolian army was scary at all, especially when they killed and ran away, they were even less afraid of the Mongolians.

  So, everyone followed the original route back, only this time, they hadn't even reached the Mongolian camp when they saw teams of Mongolian soldiers patrolling. The density of these patrols was very high, and each team had ten people. Everyone exchanged a glance, knowing that things were not good, after all, with such a high density, they didn't have the confidence to kill one team without being discovered by another team.

  "Damn it, have the Mongols discovered our purpose!" Lin Heng thought to himself, but ultimately decided to test them out. Whether or not the Mongols had discovered their plan, they were going to stir up the Mongol camp anyway. So he nodded at Yin Zhiping and the others, and they all charged out immediately. This time, they formed groups of three to five people, each group finding a small squad of ten men to annihilate them with absolute force.

  Just as Lin Heng had settled the ten-man Mongolian squad from his own group, he saw two squads running towards him. He immediately shouted and everyone quickly retreated. Because these Mongolian soldiers were not on horseback, their speed was fundamentally unable to keep up with Lin Heng and the others. Moreover, even if they caught up, once they had left the main camp far behind, Lin Heng and the others would counterattack. Therefore, the Mongolians did not dare to pursue them for long either.

  Seeing this, Lin Heng was somewhat at a loss. If they were to charge in directly, they would definitely fall into the trap, but if they didn't move, then the Mongolians would be able to rest well.

  After thinking for half a day, Lin Heng still couldn't come up with a plan, after all, the Mongolians' patrol was too strong at this time. In the end, he could only follow the same method as last time, approach the Mongolian camp again, and then kill and run.

  So, once, twice, three times, four times... By the fourth time, the Mongols could no longer bear it. A cavalry regiment suddenly rushed out. Lin Heng and others saw this and immediately took off in a sprint. The crowd ran to the foot of the city wall, without stopping, quickly climbing up the iron chain onto the city wall.