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There was a direct attack, camped eight miles away from Xue Rengui's camp, and confronted Xue Rengui.

Xue Rengui was extremely happy when he got the news, because he needed the confrontation between the two armies.

for night action.

Attacking during the day is easy to be discovered, and it is easy to scare the enemy, and even Ye Kongchan's soldiers are easier to avoid.At night, when the gunpowder suddenly explodes, the shock will be even greater.Especially at night, when the fire is burning in the camp, it is easy for the catapult hiding in the dark to aim at it without revealing its position.

It's a bargain no matter what.

Xue Rengui never dispatched troops immediately, the camp where Ye Kongchan led the army was stationed on the other side.

Ye Kongchan sat upright on the head of the Chinese army's large tent, with a group of generals below him.He looked around at the generals in the army, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, we have now arrived at Qingqiuyuan, confronting Du Qi's army."

"You all know the combat effectiveness of Du Qi's army. They are definitely capable of fighting well. Otherwise, they won't be able to win more with less and directly destroy all of Tong Yehu's troops."

"Under this premise, what we have to do is very simple, that is to use defense as an offense. As long as we defend Qingqiuyuan, Du Qi's army will not be able to break through Qingqiu

Originally, we were successful. "

"Take the initiative to attack, the official does not agree."

After a pause, Ye Kongchan continued: "This king wishes to use defense as an offense. Do you have any suggestions?"

All the generals agreed upon hearing this.

The strength of Du Qi's army is obvious to all.

If it wasn't for Chi Ping's effort to resist, these generals would have already given up.That is to say, they followed Ye Kongchan now, and with Ye Kongchan in charge, they stayed in the army to resist.

Seeing that everyone agrees, Ye Kongchan waved his hand and said, "Since there is no objection, let's go down and make arrangements, and order the soldiers to stand in line, and watch out for Du Qi's army to kill you."

Everyone was ordered to turn around and retreat.

As everyone retreated, Ye Kongchan let out a long sigh of relief.It's just that deep in his eyes, there is a deep sadness.Because the current situation is very pessimistic.Even if he is the captain of the Kucha Kingdom, he is not sure that he can hold Qingqiuyuan.

He was even less sure that he could defeat Du Qi's army.

Chapter 797 The Night Attack Begins

Night Raid Begins

The golden black sinks, and the night falls.

Even so, it was quite hot at night.After all, it is the hottest season now, and the weather at the end of June is very hot.

The soldiers in Xue Rengui's army rested during the day to recharge their batteries.In the evening, the cooks had already buried the pots for cooking. After dinner, the lieutenant soldiers had recovered enough energy, packed up everything, and prepared to go out.

When the whole night covers the land, although there is a bright moon in the sky, the visibility under the night is very low.

At this time, the order to send troops was issued.

The troops in the camp assembled quickly, left the camp mightily, and started heading towards Ye Kongchan's camp.Although this journey was carried out quietly, they all left through the gate of the camp, so the news was not particularly confidential, and it was easy to be discovered.

When the army was on its way, the sentries arranged by Ye Kongchan along the way had already discovered it, and sent back the news quickly so that Ye Kongchan could respond and prepare for defense early.

This is actually in the expectation of Xue Rengui and Ma Yuan.

If the two of them really wanted to hide their whereabouts, they would not have sent troops at the gate of the camp.

Instead, the battalion left quietly after leaving so as not to alarm the sentries.However, the focus of this battle is not the night attack, but the use of gunpowder to attack.

Even if Ye Kongchan had made preparations early, the impact would not be great.The army hurried on their way, and within a short time, they were already approaching Ye Kongchan's camp.

The army stopped a hundred paces from the camp.

Under the night, the torches in the camp were burning, dispelling the darkness in the camp.In this case, looking out from inside the camp, you can't see far, after all, it's already night.

At this moment, Ye Kongchan was already waiting in the tent, and there were many generals beside him.

Everyone is ready.

"Boom! Boom!!!"

The sound of war drums suddenly came from outside the camp.

The sound of the drum was rapid, as if it was an order to launch an attack.When the war drums sounded, Ye Kongchan stood up quickly, looked around at the generals in the army, and said in a deep voice: "I got the news from the sentry before that Du Qi's army came quietly. Now, it can be regarded as an initiation." Attack. Everyone, follow me to fight."

He went straight out.

The rest of the generals also walked out with high spirits.if they say

If they take the initiative to attack, or even fight Du Qi's army head-on, it will be difficult for them to win, without any certainty.

But right now, they are defending with all their strength, and they are well prepared, so each of them still has full confidence in their hearts.A group of people came out, and the soldiers had already received the order, so they quickly assembled at the gate of the camp.

The formation of tens of thousands of troops is extremely shocking.

The soldiers are even more high-spirited.

When Ye Kongchan arrived at the gate of the camp, he looked outside the camp. Although the sound of war drums sounded outside, he didn't see half of Du Qi's soldiers attacking.

This is surprising.

Ye Kongchan frowned suddenly, after thinking about it, he felt relieved.It seems that although Du Qi's army is ambushing outside, they are not planning to attack for the time being. They want to use this to kill his morale before attacking.

A hundred paces away from the camp, in the dark.

Xue Rengui rode his horse and stood up.

He saw the army gathered in the camp, the generals in armor, and Ye Kongchan in the center.Although the distance of a hundred steps is a bit far, the fire in the camp is burning, so that Xue Rengui can clearly see everything in the camp.

If Ye Kongchan didn't have soldiers to protect him, he could walk a hundred paces away.

Shoot Ye Kongchan with a bow and arrow.But there were soldiers all around, so it was almost impossible to kill Ye Kongchan with cold arrows.

Xue Rengui waved his hand, and the soldiers in charge of beating the drum stopped.The originally rumbling restless sound suddenly stopped, and the surroundings became quiet all of a sudden, silent.

In the silence, there is a murderous intent.

Xue Rengui was not in a hurry, he was still looking at the soldiers of the Kucha Kingdom assembled in the camp, while waiting for the catapults to be assembled one by one, and then adjusted the angle and distance to facilitate the placement of gunpowder for attack.

This is Xue Rengui's intention.

It takes time to prepare.

Previously, Yi Fusheng's suggestion was to attack directly with gunpowder, bombing Ye Kongchan's camp, breaking Ye Kongchan's defense, and then the two armies fought.However, Xue Rengui made an adjustment, changing the order of the first and last, so that Ye Kongchan's army gathered at the gate of the camp by beating the drum first.Once everyone gathers together and the gunpowder falls and explodes in the crowd, there will inevitably be countless casualties.

This is the effect of bombing.