The attack was extremely sudden and violent. Thousands of tall Ming soldiers, holding thick-backed swords or hammers, crawled closer to the somewhat thin fence of Qi Jun, and jumped up, and the weapons in their hands hit the fence heavily. With a roar, a fence that lasted hundreds of meters was broken and collapsed.

Almost as the fence fell, Guanning, who was more than 100 steps away from these Ming troops, immediately issued a charge order. Thousands of Ming troops jumped up from the ground and ran forward. Within a few breaths, they had already penetrated into the Qi army camp.

Behind the fence, there were some obstacles set up by the Qi army, and soldiers should have been stationed in these places. However, in such a windy and snowy weather, the Qi army, who should have stayed at their posts, retreated back to their tents, which made the Ming army's raid extremely smoothly and easily rushed into the camp.

The slackness and contempt of the general unknowingly infected all the soldiers. He did not think that someone would attack them in such weather. He never expected that Xiaoshi City, which was only more than 10,000 soldiers, had dispatched almost half of its troops and bravely left the city and took the initiative to challenge.

The people who attacked were originally elite Ming troops. The reason why they retired was not because they were old, but because of the Ming Dynasty's strategy to raise soldiers. The Ming Dynasty could not afford to support so many soldiers, so they could only retire and recruit new soldiers at the same time to train them. This would allow the Ming Dynasty to recruit enough experienced soldiers when needed.

After retiring, these people joined the Mingwei Escort Agency to continue their adventure career. They not only understood the battle formations and fighting in the military, but also honed their lurking and murder skills in their long-term career as bodyguards and bandit suppression. It can be said that their abilities are even better than those of the current elite Ming army.

The strong men who were the first to enter the camp rushed to the tent. Instead of rushing to the inside to kill people, they instead teamed up skilled people, waved their heavy weapons, and knocked down the piles that fixed the tent in a few seconds. The big tent fell down and immediately covered the people inside. These big tents were supported to shelter from the wind and rain, but when the whole piece collapsed like this, the people inside were in trouble.

The Ming army didn't care about it, waving the big knife and hammer in their hands, and knocked and chopped through the tent, and then rushed to the next one, making the same mistake. The people in the tent were attacked like this, unless they were lucky people, they would usually either die or be injured.

After more than a hundred steps forward and destroyed countless tents, the Qi army in the camp finally reacted. The Qi army rushed out of the big tents. Because the weather was too cold, these people couldn't sleep well. Basically, they were all unable to untied their armor and clothes. When they rushed out, the armor was neat, and the two sides immediately chopped and killed each other.

At this moment, the main force commanded by Guan Ning finally rushed into the camp.

One side planned for a long time and tried to make trouble, but the other side was suddenly attacked and was unprepared. At the beginning of the battle, the Ming army had an overwhelming advantage.

The Qi army fought each other, struggling to support the Ming army's overwhelming attacks, and was killed and retreated step by step.

Guan Ning was not very satisfied. He now understood why Yu Hong had to tell him before the war that this Qi army was not easy to deal with. It was like this now. This Qi army had not completely lost its spirit. Under the command of grassroots officers, they fought desperately while slowly retreating towards the rear camp.

The further they went back, more people gathered behind them, and higher-level officers began to appear.

"Put the left and right wings diagonally behind them." Guan Ning ordered two deputy generals, "Don't let them gather into a complete array."

In this camp, there were more than 10,000 Qi troops. With their own surprise attacks and current results, the Qi army had probably suffered more than 20% of them, but even so, their number was still greater than that of them. The Qi border army was indeed too strong than their county soldiers. They all looked like this, but they were defeated without chaos and collapse without dispersion.

Guan Ning didn't want to fight the enemy in the end and both sides were injured.

Yu Hong led a small team of scouts, and was hiding quietly in a tent. The soldiers who originally lived in this tent had their necks broken at this moment. As a senior escort, when he was walking in the world, things like drugs and smoke were naturally necessary. After sneaking in, a small bamboo tube and a colorless and tasteless drug were mixed in the large tent that was smoky due to insufficient combustion, which was impossible to detect. In a moment, all the soldiers in this tent lay down on the ground and were unconscious.

Yu Hong led his waiting team into the tent, and then broke the Qi army inside and piled them up together.

When Yu Hong lifted a corner of the curtain, he smiled with satisfaction. The location was good, and this big tent was less than a hundred steps away from Zhong Ai's Central Army tent. What made him even happier was that there was actually a powerful crossbow in this big tent.

This is what God follows the wish of man.

Several people carried the powerful crossbow to the edge of the tent door, put the strings on it, and hung the crossbow arrows.

"Whose shooting technique is the best? We must be sure, we only have a chance to have one blow. If we can't kill Zhong Ai in one blow, we will never have a second chance." Yu Hong asked in a low voice.

"Me!" A scout stood up, "I had fiddled with this crossbow when I was in the army before. It was very close and it took no effort."

"Then you come." Yu Hong gave up the position of the shooter without hesitation. "Be careful, if you hit an arrow, we can kill many brothers less."

"I understand." The scout nodded, walked to the crossbow arrow, and lay on the ground. Yu Hong cut a hole with a knife to allow him to clearly see the situation of the Central Army tent opposite.

The tent became quiet and everyone was a little nervous.

The facts are very clear. If they can kill the opponent's highest commander when the war is together, then this war will basically be won.

"It's a pity that there are no three consecutive crossbows!" Yu Hong said unhappily. If there are three consecutive crossbows of the Ming army, it would be foolproof.

While waiting silently, the deafening shout suddenly sounded, and everyone's muscles in the tent suddenly tense up, and the battle began.

The assault in the front camp is unfolding.

But one or two breaths before, the curtain of the central army's large tent suddenly opened, and some generals rushed out in panic and looked at the chaotic front camp.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!" Everyone was stunned. What they thought was impossible was now discovering in front of them.

Zhong Ai also walked out of the tent, his face was burning. Just now inside the tent, he was still saying that such a snowy weather was not conducive to combat, so the enemy immediately taught him a lesson.

Who said it was not suitable for combat? Aren’t we here?

"The front camp collapsed so quickly!" A general's face changed drastically. As a senior general, he could basically judge the enemy's advance speed by just hearing the sound of the shouting approaching.

"General, the enemy is quite strong. I am afraid that the front camp will not be able to save it. Please give orders immediately." He turned around and looked at Zhong Ai and said.

"The central army beat drums and gathered troops to stop them, and the rear battalion immediately lined up to support the central army." Zhong Ai ordered with a calm face. The front battalion could not be saved, but as long as the central army and the rear battalion were brought together, this battle might not be lost. There are only so many defenders in Xiaoshi City, and they cannot go out in full. At least in terms of strength, they will not lose to their opponents.

"As for orders." Several generals immediately left here quickly.

"General, I will go back to the front camp and organize the soldiers in the field to retreat." A general who was obviously a former army looked at Zhong Ai very anxiously.

"Be careful!" Zhong Ai nodded.

The general turned around and left.

At this moment, a dull roar of arrows suddenly sounded before, and for these generals, the sound was naturally extremely familiar.

Powerful crossbow.

A black shadow flashed past the general just now, and a shrill scream came from behind him. He turned around in shock. The general who had just stood at the door of the tent was gone, and the tent behind him also collapsed.

"General!" He shouted and rushed over, and his whole body was stunned for a moment.

Zhong Ai's upper body is gone.

The arrow of a powerful crossbow is similar to a spearhead, and the thick arrow body is like a child's arm. If you are hit by such a crossbow arrow as a chest, what can be left in the upper half of your body?

"Hit with one blow!" In the big tent, Yu Hong waved his arms excitedly, looking at the cheerful scouts in the tent, he laughed and scolded: "Why don't you run away quickly, are you waiting to die here?"

Everyone then realized, and cut open the cowhide behind the tent with a knife, and rushed out with a cat's waist.

Before the war began, the highest general of the Qi army died. Such a thing was unprecedented. All the Qi soldiers near the Central Army's tent were stunned. They did not expect to search for assassins as soon as possible.

In fact, what if you catch the assassin? Can Zhong Ai's life be saved?

The attack of the Ming army led by Guan Ning suddenly became smooth. After breaking through the front camp, the Qi army, which fled to the central army in a panic, did not see any effective resistance here. They saw a situation that was even more panicked than the front camp. When the news of Zhong Ai's death was shouted out by the Ming people in unison, the entire Qi army camp was finally completely in chaos.

When it was dawn, the entire Qi army camp no longer existed. Teams of Ming soldiers patrolled the battlefield, and more Qi army prisoners were strung with ropes, squatting on the ground and trembling, half of which were frozen and half afraid.
Chapter completed!