Frontier Army Warrior

Chapter 160 Fire Bull Formation

The first wave of carriages was guarded by 500 cavalrymen led by Zhang Changyou, and they moved slowly into the wilderness.

Even at night, the team lit torches and continued to move forward.

At noon the next day, when the convoy was on its way, some cavalry came to warn them.

A large group of Tatar cavalry had already arrived within thirty miles.

For cavalry, thirty miles can be covered in less than a quarter of an hour.

Zhang Changyou gave the order for all the carriages to begin circling, connecting head to tail to form a loose circular defensive formation.

Five hundred men dismounted and tied their war horses to the carriages.

Archers stood in the circle of wagons, ready to meet the enemy.

Sure enough, in less than a quarter of an hour, nearly a thousand Tatar cavalry rushed up with a roar.

Zhang Changyou ordered his men to shoot arrows, and suddenly a sky full of arrows rushed towards the Tartar cavalry.

Once the archers were unable to suppress the Tatar cavalry, the crossbowmen began to shoot at the approaching Tatars.

The two sides formed a tug-of-war.

The same scene also occurred in the convoy escorted by Yu Lei. Nearly a thousand Tatar cavalrymen surrounded the defensive fortifications formed by the carriages and launched continuous attacks.

Wei Bao's cavalry quickly reported the battle situation to Lin Feng.

At this time, Lin Feng had already led 3,000 troops and headed straight for the Tartar camp at the east gate of the border town.

The two waves of Tatar cavalry that came out to rob food were both sent from this east gate camp.

Because this area is within the control range of this camp.

According to Lin Feng's judgment, there were 5,000 troops in the Tatar camp.

Two thousand people left the camp to rob food, leaving about three thousand people in the camp.

He brought 3,000 men with him, plus 5,000 men from the border town.

The two sides divided into front and back and attacked the Tatar camp, with a great chance of winning.

Of course, he asked Wei Bao to go to the border town to report the news.

This time difference must be mastered. Let the 5,000 men in the border town start the attack first, and concentrate the Tartars' energy on the front camp.

He attacked the Tartars from behind.

There were 3,000 troops, including 300 engineers.

It was to break down the wooden fences and various obstacles in the camp.

The engineers were equipped with a number of tools, including folding shovels, hooks with ropes, small hacksaws, folding sabers, etc.

Among the 3,000-man team, there were also two small catapults pulled by horse-drawn carriages.

All of this was figured out by Lin Feng based on his memories of his previous life.

They came to a place about fifty miles away from the Tatar camp and set up camp.

This distance is awkward, as it has both an offensive and threatening look.

It is impossible for the Tatars not to notice, but the army’s stationing there may be an attack or some other intention.

Make it difficult for the other party to judge.

At this time, the leader in charge of garrisoning in the Tatar camp was Tongjia Shisan.

He has sent a team of 2,000 people to intercept two waves of grain transport convoys.

There are still three thousand troops in the camp.

Of course, he didn't care about the large army fifty miles away.

I just can't figure out what the other party is going to do.

The military advisor in the camp was called Shen Gu, who was in his forties and had a gloomy face.

"Shen Gu, what are these three thousand great troops going to do?"

Shisan asked with a frown.

Shen Gu pondered for a moment.

"It's probably related to the grain transport convoy. They want to threaten us not to send more troops to rob the grain."

"Hahaha, that's ridiculous. The main force had 3,000 soldiers, but I only had 500 cavalrymen and I was able to disperse them."

Shen Gu nodded: "These big clan members are ridiculous, let them stay there and watch us pull the grain cart back."

"Hehe, if you dare to take a step forward, I will kill them all."

Shisan said with a sneer.

As the two were talking, they heard a soldier outside loudly reporting.

"Report, troops are leaving the border town."

"Hmm? How many men?"

"It has been observed that there are no fewer than five thousand people."

"Explore again."

Shi San's eyes rolled around, feeling that something was a little weird.

Shen Gu smiled and said, "Sir, I'm afraid it's about food and fodder. They have been hungry for several days."

"That makes sense. Come, gather two thousand cavalry and go out of the camp to stop them."

Shen Gu shouted and went to get the weapons placed beside the tent.

The entire camp immediately took action, everyone packed up their equipment and went to get their war horses.

The soldiers guarding the gate opened the village gate wide and moved the deer firewood in front of the village.

Countless cavalrymen, well-organized, poured out from the camp gate.

Shisan left Shen Gu to guard the camp, and he mounted his horse and rushed out of the camp with dozens of guards.

Lin Feng saw that it was getting late and the sun was about to set.

He was just about to give the order to start cooking.

Then I saw a cloud of dust rising in the distance and several war horses galloping towards me.

The knights on horseback began to shout loudly from a distance.

"Report, the enemy has come into contact with the east gate of the border town."

Lin Feng's mouth curled up: "Come here, pass the order to set off, engineers in front, go!"

There was a commotion in the garrison. Lin Feng followed the engineering corps and began to run towards the Tatar camp.

At a distance of fifty miles, the army arrived behind the Tatar camp just as it was getting dark.

After receiving the report, Shen Gu immediately organized his men and gathered them in front of the camp, waiting to resist the enemy.

The Tatars’ camp was built with round logs more than ten feet high, with one end sharpened and planted in the ground.

Inside the camp, a wooden board was tied halfway up the fence for the defending soldiers to stand on.

When Lin Feng was a hundred steps away from the camp, he ordered his troops to stop advancing.

There were no trenches dug outside the Tatar camp.

Obviously, they did not think that a large army would dare to attack their camp.

Lin Feng waved his hand and asked the engineers to push the catapult forward.

After filling the ignition oil tank, adjust it according to the distance scale.

At the command, the catapult threw out the kerosene can.

The first time, the kerosene tank hit the outside of the camp fence, about ten steps away from the log camp fence.

Explosion and fire.

After three consecutive throws, two kerosene cans finally hit the log camp fence.

The Tartars standing on the partition stared blankly at the burning camp, at a loss for what to do.

Lin Feng ordered the catapults to continue smashing into the Tatar camp.

Two catapult-driven carts took turns throwing kerosene cans into the Tartar camp.

The fire on the logs of the camp grew stronger and stronger.

The Tartar leader finally came to his senses and immediately ordered his soldiers to fetch water to put out the fire.

Unfortunately, the camp fence had been hit four or five times in a row and was burning fiercely.

Simply using buckets of water to put out a fire is simply a drop in the bucket.

In the dark night, the fire lit up half the sky.

In front of the camp, the five thousand government troops who rushed out of the border town had already collided with the Tartar cavalry.

The provincial army was indeed much braver than the border troops and did not disperse at the first sign of trouble.

Instead, he bravely rushed into the enemy camp and started fighting with the Tatars.

The big fire behind the camp made Shi San a little confused, and he quickly sent soldiers to find out what was going on.

Lin Feng waited quietly for the fire to burn for a quarter of an hour, then waved his hand and asked the engineers to pull the four prepared carriages to the front of the battle.

The horses pulling the cart were replaced with four oxen.

The engineers tied greased cotton cloth around the cow's tail.

After lighting the fire, the cows' buttocks were whipped hard to make the four cows rush forward.

The four oxen pulling the cart felt the burning pain behind their buttocks and immediately rushed forward like crazy.

Lin Feng waved his hand and the engineers separated to both sides.

"charge!"

Lin Feng turned his head and shouted to Li Donglai and Lin Qiaomei who were standing beside him.

Lin Qiaomei had long been unable to suppress her restless heart. Seeing Lin Feng's order, she immediately raised the long sword in her hand.

"Brothers, follow me!"