This night attack was completely beyond the expectations of the Dongxia Army. Coupled with the fatigue of the day and the dullness of the sergeants, the chaos and losses caused were particularly shocking. Amidst the fire and chaos, even the stables of the Dongxia Army were destroyed.

Being ignited, thousands of war horses completely lost control and were driven in the darkness, causing even greater chaos.

The reason why this happened is because Lin Fengjin cleverly took advantage of an unexpected blind spot, that is, Wu Zuocheng is so dangerous, which in turn restricted the possibility of him leaving the city to counterattack. As long as he targeted the exit of the land bridge.

Live, the other side is like a donkey in Guizhou.

However, Li Minghua did not expect that Lin Fengjin and the others also had a large number of sea ships that could transport livestock and soldiers for amphibious landing operations! For example, the reason why the surprise attack was successful that night was because of the word "unexpected", and this

The attack was at the right time and at the right place, attacking the most vulnerable part of the Dongxia Army!

Chaos quickly spread to the entire Dongxia barracks, and even caused camp roars in some places. At a glance, there were running horses everywhere, tents that were set on fire, screams, curses, and blazing fires.

What he saw were blank, frightened and ferocious faces, as well as gushing blood and twitching corpses. There was no trace of the enemy at all, only strange figures could be seen looming in the darkness...

...

Lin Fengjin and Fang Ming stood at the top of the city at this time, looking at the Dongxia military camp with blazing fire in the distance, and then looked at the Dongxia military camp in front of the land bridge, which seemed a little panicked but insisted on guarding. The two of them were a little nervous at the same time.

Said regretfully:

"What a pity."

Yes, it is obvious that those guarding the front of the land bridge are the elites of his direct lineage selected by Li Minghua. Even at this time, they are firmly guarding the path of Wu Zuocheng's troops. If these people were panicked at this time, Wu Zuocheng's eight thousand

The cavalry is out in full force. They attack the opponent's military camp and the battle can be declared over.

Unfortunately, there are no what-ifs on the battlefield.

However, there is no doubt that Lin Fengjin can be sure that this night's raid is enough to make the Dongxia Army crippled and their morale collapsed. It can be said that Li Minghua will not be able to recruit his subordinates to attack the city without training for a day or two.

Yes, and for the siege party, they have to do everything possible to delay it. Of course, it is also time. Both people and machines also need enough buffer opportunities, especially for the Sanli tribesmen who have been tempered by the fire of war for the first time.

Although the cavalry that attacked at night had retreated long ago, the chaos in the Dongxia army camp continued until dawn.

The series of data that was finally counted almost made Li Minghua vomit out a mouthful of blood.

There was a melee last night, and the number of casualties reached more than 7,000!

You know, the total number of casualties in the siege in the first two days was only about 5,000. Not only that, the reports one after another are even more shocking:

There is a serious shortage of tents. 40% of the soldiers have to sleep in the wild!

The military horse farm was attacked and more than 3,000 horses were stolen.

The river next to the camp was polluted. Those damn guys abandoned a large number of horse and cow carcasses in the river, and even buried many of them in the mud at the bottom of the river upstream. It will take at least three days to clean up and restore them one by one. These three days

Time, you have to go twenty miles away to get water! But then the more unfortunate news came, the water source twenty miles away was also polluted. The water source forty miles away was also brutally murdered!

Although the scenery on the grassland is beautiful, there are still relatively few drinkable water sources, so they usually live by the water. As a local snake, Sanlibu obviously knows these places well. Lin Fengjin's move is also very destructive, either.

The Xia people have to retreat seventy or eighty miles, or they have to endure the pain of saving water. Now in June and July, the weather is hot, and men sweat more and drink more water. Not having enough water to drink will affect their combat effectiveness! Not to mention

He said he couldn't rest well because he was smelly and sweaty.

In addition, there were some sporadic losses, needless to say, which already caused Li Minghua a huge headache.

There is no doubt that the Dongxia Army after being attacked at night will spend most of the day just to restore its organizational structure and reorganize its troops. Forget about attacking the city, and the limited water supply system implemented in the military camp is even more difficult.

The soldiers suffered unspeakably and complained.

As a result, after nightfall, Li Minghua suddenly felt the strong wind, and then a few drops of rain fell. He was overjoyed, God was really helping me. It rained when he knew that our army was short of water, and he was about to order him to go down and use containers to collect water.

, suddenly saw a flash of lightning between heaven and earth, the deputy general ran in extremely anxiously, and said with a sad face:

"General, general, it's raining, it's raining!"

Li Minghua's face suddenly darkened:

"What's the point of shouting and yelling?"

The deputy general said anxiously:

"But the weather is very windy, there is lightning and so on, and there is a possibility of hail! Not only that, sir, half of our sergeants don't have tents to shelter from the rain, and there is no shelter from the rain on this grassland. Why?

Do it!”

Li Minghua's head suddenly buzzed, and then he remembered this! Because the weather was still hot, if there was no tent, he would sleep on a reed mat on the ground. The sergeant still felt breathable, but Li Minghua was old and lacked energy, so he had to worry about water.

When the matter went up, I didn’t care about it. Who knew that the water problem was solved, but the problem was with the tent?

Li Minghua felt dizzy inside his head, but he managed to hold himself up and said:

"Ask the soldiers who have tents to let their colleagues in to take shelter from the rain and just squeeze in."

The deputy general seemed to have received an imperial edict and loudly issued the order. However, soon, Li Minghua heard the crackling sound coming from his big tent. It turned out to be hailstorms hitting the big tent.

They were piled up, and the wooden poles supporting the military tent suddenly creaked, as if they were overwhelmed.

Immediately afterwards, the heavy rain came, and the blowing wind became even more violent. It interspersed among the rocks and cliffs not far away, making a very shrill sound. The waves in the distance were rolling in, beating the rocks crazily.

This kind of climate is rare in grasslands, but few grasslands are close to the sea. Therefore, the climate here in Wu Zuocheng cannot be judged by the regular weather in grasslands.

There is a saying that a general should know astronomy and geography. Before setting off for the expedition that day, Li Minghua had already asked people carefully. They said that the storm on the grassland was mediocre at best, so he chose this camp when he chose it.

A lighter summer tent can free up more space for transporting food and siege equipment.

However, Li Minghua also ignored one thing, that is, the grassland where Sanlibu is located is close to the sea. Once a storm occurs, the scale will be several times larger than that of the inland grassland. I should have known this was the case.

If so, he would bring a winter tent, which could not even be weighed down by snow, so why bother with the mere accumulation of water and hail?

The problem is that there is no regret medicine sold in the world.

As more hail and rain accumulated on the military tent, the storm became stronger and stronger, and the creaking sound of the wooden poles supporting the tent became more intense. The entire tent seemed to be swaying! Suddenly there was a burst of sound in the distance.

Exclaimed, it turned out that a military tent next to it finally failed to hold up. It was blown to the ground with a crash. The yellow-red military tent was blown by the strong wind and flew more than ten feet away in the blink of an eye. It made people want to save it.

It’s hard too, because in a few breaths it becomes a small dot on the horizon.

Needless to say, the Dongxia troops huddled inside were immediately soaked in the rain.

Like dominoes, several military tents were blown away in the blink of an eye, and then, as if foreshadowing something. Even Li Minghua's tent collapsed suddenly and was blown away by the strong wind! The general's tent must have been blown away by the strong wind.

It's specially made, but it can't withstand the violent storm. How long can those soldiers' tents last?

In sharp contrast, the defenders in Wu Zuocheng were quietly drinking brown sugar and ginger soup in their houses. After the design of skilled craftsmen, Wu Zuocheng's drainage system played an amazing role in such a majestic heavy rain.

The rain never reached the feet, and despite the hail storm, it was still dry and clean under the shelter of the eaves of the city. It gave people a warm and safe feeling.

At this time, Lin Fengjin and Fang Ming boarded the tower. In such a violent storm, any poncho was useless. Although the two of them were soaked in the rain, they still looked pretty.

of excitement:

"This storm should be the turning point of this war."

"According to my physical condition, in this miserable wind and rain, I still feel the cold that penetrates my bones, making me shiver. No matter how elite these soldiers in Dongxia are, they must feel the same way. That old man may not withdraw his troops after this battle, but

, don’t even think about attacking the city again for five or six days.”

"Young master is right, what they lack most now is time. When the rainy season comes, their life will be even more unbearable, and they will have no choice but to withdraw in despair."

"Withdrawal? It's easy to come. If you want to leave, I'm afraid it won't be so easy... If you don't beat the Dongxia people painfully, hard, and break their outstretched claws, they will come every year in the future.

What should I do if they harass me? This summer, because these bastards are coming, Wu Zuocheng has entered a state of military martial law. At least we have lost millions of silver."

"If this is the case, then starting tonight, we should keep these Dongxia people awake and let them toss and turn in sleepiness and exhaustion all day long. If we do this, casualties will be inevitable.

Old man Li Minghua is quite good at this kind of defense."

"Let me think about it...ah, ahhhhhhh!!"

***

I wish I was a herdsman,

He was originally from the Blay tribe on the grassland. His father died in the war very early. His next door neighbor, Uncle Dongda, married his mother and took on the responsibility of raising them.

When he was thirteen years old, Uncle Dongda ate a roast leg of lamb before going out in the morning and gave him a bite - the oily taste was really unforgettable - and then

Uncle Dongda never came back. At night, those vicious guys from the Shiwei tribe rushed into the camp of the Blai tribe.

Before Wu Xi squatted down holding his head in fear, at this moment, he saw two very familiar things, namely Uncle Dongda's sword and war horse.

The knife was tied to the waist of a person from the Shiwei tribe, and the war horse was ridden by a person from the Shiwei tribe. The horse's buttocks were covered with criss-crossing whip marks.

From then on, Wu Xi became a herdsman and spent the darkest five years of his life.

Then the Shiwei tribe provoked someone they shouldn't provoke, that is, the newly-rising Sanli tribe. When the warriors of the Shiwei tribe completely collapsed and fled in panic, Wu Xi went into a murderous rage and used a small knife to cut mutton.

He stabbed to death the man who took away Uncle Shi Wei's sword, then laughed wildly and closed his eyes, waiting to die.

However, most of the people in the Sanli tribe were very kind to the herdsmen, and they took the initiative to kill Wu Xi. They handed over a "certificate of surrender" and made him a free citizen.

It's a pity that Wu Xi himself didn't know where he should go, so he stayed at a loss, working and eating with the shepherd slaves every day, and living in a muddleheaded way.

It wasn't until Wuxi fell in love with Noka that he realized that his life had a goal, but he also realized that he was still a long way from marrying Noka.

Because Naihua is not a herdsman, her father has a high status in the Sanli tribe and is one of the four whips. To marry Noihua, you need not only wealth, but also bravery and status!

So Wu Xi became restless, became fanatical and hungry, and tried every means to improve his status and wealth!

At this time, maybe it was Wu Xi's luck, maybe it was Wu Xi's misfortune - the war came.

Wu Xi almost frantically begged Guter, who was in charge of recruiting troops, so that although he was thin, he could stay. In the previous siege, Wu Xi had shot to death and wounded eight Dongxia people. This achievement
To be continued...