Battle of Xiangyang (6)

  "Are you all right?" On the city wall, Qiu Chuji looked at Lin Heng and others with a hint of concern. They all shook their heads, and Lin Heng said: "Master uncle, we're fine, but judging from the appearance of the Mongolians, if we want to go down again, it won't be that simple."

  Qiu Chuji glanced down at the city wall and found that those Mongols were riding horses outside the range of the archers, apparently guarding against Lin Heng and others.

  "It doesn't matter, you've launched a surprise attack many times already, and the sky is almost bright now. I believe that on the second day, they won't attack the city." Chu Chubojie said with some comfort, but Lin Heng didn't dare to agree. In his view, the Mongols were a vengeful nation, and although their own side had harassed them for one night, they hadn't made them completely exhausted, so it was very likely that they would use an attack on the city as revenge on the second day.

  Lin Heng suddenly looked up at Qiu Chuji and said, "Master Uncle, I think there aren't many people outside, just over a thousand. If we gather all our men together and use the city's official soldiers as the main force to launch a surprise attack on them, we can definitely catch them off guard."

  "Your idea..." Chu Chujin furrowed his brow after hearing it, looking down with a hint of hesitation on his face. "I think this might work, but we need to discuss it with General Shou first..." He then pulled Lin Heng along to go see General Shou. After meeting General Shou, Lin Heng shared his idea, and General Shou thought for a moment before nodding in agreement, thinking it was feasible.

  Over a thousand Mongolian soldiers, seemingly formidable at first glance, but they have more than 200 martial artists. These people can take on N opponents one-on-one. With these martial artists launching a surprise attack and the defending troops coordinating an ambush, they can absolutely drive away the Mongolians.

  "Alright, let's do it!" The general slapped the table and immediately ordered someone to gather his troops. This time, however, it was just a surprise attack, so he didn't gather many people - only over 300 men. But these 300-odd men were all top-notch fighters.

  When the crowd gathered under the city wall, the gate suddenly opened, and Lin Heng and other martial artists rushed out immediately. The Mongols were shocked to see a large number of soldiers rushing out of the city, but they were not afraid, and immediately shouted and charged with their knives. However, they underestimated Lin Heng and other martial artists, who although did not understand military formations, had extremely high individual combat power, and in a situation where they did not have an absolute advantage in numbers, the army was absolutely no match for these martial artists.

  One charge, more than 200 people killed nearly half of the Mongols. At this time, they realized their mistake and hastily retreated on horseback. However, at this time, the Song army cavalry rushed over from behind, while Lin Heng and others blocked the rear route, giving them a pincer attack from both front and back.

  After a small battle, about 800-900 of the 1,000 Mongolians were killed, and the rest took advantage of the chaos to run away. As for this, everyone didn't think much of it, but quickly cleaned up the battlefield and retreated back into the city.

  Having tasted the sweetness, Guardian Ma also wanted to use this method to kill the Mongolian soldiers of the other three gates once. However, this method was vetoed by Lin Heng, because he felt that the Mongols would not be unprepared, and their preparations were only two: one was to temporarily retreat; The second is to take advantage of the ambush laid by Lin Heng and others. In either case, it's not suitable for Lin Heng and others to move.

  Everyone who heard Lin Heng's words also thought they made sense. The guard looked at this and could only put away his own thoughts, returning to rest.

  Back on the city wall, Lin Heng saw that there were no Mongols in front of him at all. He felt uneasy and immediately said to Qiu Chuji: "Master uncle, I think we should send a few people down to take a look. At least, we can grasp the movement of the Mongols. Otherwise, staying in the city is really too passive."

  "Alright! This time, I'll go myself!" Chuxiuzi was always fiery, especially when it came to killing invaders. He had been watching for a night and his eyes were already greedy. Now that he had the opportunity, he naturally wanted to make a good show of himself. Lin Heng couldn't do anything about this, but someone had to be in charge on the city wall, so he stayed behind.

  Sitting on the city wall, Lin Heng felt a bit bored. He saw the soldiers patrolling around and called one over, asking: "Brother, can you tell me something about how you patrol? Is there any rule to it?"

  The soldier didn't know Lin Heng, but that didn't stop him from knowing that Lin Heng's identity wasn't simple. After all, the people following him weren't just any ordinary old Taoist priest, but also the Guardian General. So he didn't dare to slack off and immediately spoke up in a low voice.

  Listening to him also dispelled Lin Heng's boredom, and through chatting with him, Lin Heng also learned many things he didn't know. However, the ancient patrols were more or less flawed, just like the idle five minutes in the Mongolian camp, which was a fatal flaw for Lin Heng and others, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to kill so many Mongolians at the beginning.

  In modern times, there is no such loophole, especially during the war of resistance, there were not only visible patrolling soldiers but also hidden sentries. Such an arrangement would be absolutely reasonable. However, it appears that there was no such arrangement at this time.

  Just as the two of them were chatting enthusiastically, he suddenly felt that there was a sound in front of him, and immediately got up to look down. He saw that Qiu Chuji and others were quickly escaping towards here, while behind them, a cavalry team was rapidly chasing after them, shooting arrows with bows while pursuing.

  After a glance, Lin Heng found that the Mongolians' archery was extremely accurate, and almost every arrow they shot hit several people in the back. If it weren't for these people having a few lucky escapes, they would have been shot full of holes long ago.

  "The Mongols are indeed a nation on horseback!" Lin Heng sighed and quickly called over several skilled archers, telling them to prepare to shoot arrows and suppress the Mongols. What he didn't expect was that when the Mongols reached the range of the bows, they stopped and then shot their arrows with all their might, attacking Qiu Chuji and the others.

  "What a powerful arm!" Lin Heng exclaimed again, he knew that these Mongolians must be the elite of the Mongolian army. "You go and inform Lu Zhang Lao and the others to gather at the city gate, we will open the city gate and welcome Shifu and the others in."

  He ordered, and Lin Heng quickly descended the city wall to the gate. Here, those beggar gang disciples came under the leadership of Lu Zhanglao. Lin Heng told him about the situation outside, and everyone was eager to try, but Lin Heng warned them that they must be careful with this Mongolian team, their bows and arrows are very powerful. But whether these words were heard or not, only they themselves knew.

  The city gate opened, Lin Heng led the charge on horseback, wielding his heavy sword and standing in the middle of the main road. The Mongols saw him and immediately drew their bows to shoot arrows, but these swift incoming long arrows were all deflected by Lin Heng's sword swings. Qiu Chuji and others knew that Lin Heng had come to support them, so they quickly arrived at the city gate and retreated inside.

  Those Mongolians saw this and wanted to chase, but when they saw Lin Heng and the beggars blocking their way, they hesitated and stopped their horses. They knew about the annihilation of the thousand-man squad, and although they were elite troops, they had no confidence in dealing with these martial artists.

  So, Lin Heng safely brought back Chu Chubai and the others to the city. On their way to the city gate, he listened as Chu Chubai told him about what had happened this time. Actually, when Chu Chubai said he was going, Lin Heng already knew that Chu Chubai would definitely not be able to resist killing a few Mongolians, and with his temperament, there was a great possibility of being discovered, so he wasn't surprised either.

  After this raid, Lin Heng and others suddenly quieted down. Everyone either returned to their rooms to rest or practiced alone, while the Mongolians could not rest, fearing that Lin Heng and others would launch another surprise attack, so they continued to patrol under the city. Just before dawn, the Mongols finally retreated. However, they did not know that in places where they could not see, one after another, people climbed down from the city walls.

  It goes without saying that these people were Lin Heng and the others. This time, they still took advantage of the factor that people are most tired in the early morning to launch a small surprise attack. If possible, Lin Heng and the others would directly pass through the Mongolian camp and go behind them.

  Flying swiftly on the ground, Lin Heng and others approached the Mongolian camp. Because of the approaching dawn, the Mongolians had extinguished their torches and there were fewer patrols. Seeing this, Lin Heng and others began to slaughter without mercy. They first cleared out the patrolling personnel, put on their clothes, and suddenly entered the main camp, setting fires everywhere again.

  Because they were wearing Mongolian military uniforms, their actions went smoothly. Even if they encountered Mongolians, they were not afraid of being discovered and could take advantage of the enemy's momentary confusion to kill them instead.

  In this way, Lin Heng and others slowly passed through the Mongolian army camp, igniting a fire road.