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, who was still leaning on his horse and holding onto the crossbow, suddenly felt that his neck was a little cold. He held onto the crossbow with his left hand and pulled on his clothes tightly with his right hand, then immediately held onto the crossbow with both of his hands again, and continued to stare without blinking at the outside of the camp.

Wang Hu was one of the elite scouts of the Youzhou Army, hence he had the qualifications to use these expensive crossbow s. The White Horse Camp s spent the entire night forging all kinds of fine equipment, and this kind of five consecutive crossbow was even more important, but because of the high cost and low production, it gave priority to the elite teams of the White Horse Camp. Only then did they begin to configure the elite teams in the Youzhou Army, and only twenty percent of the elite teams in the Youzhou Army were able to acquire such powerful killing weapons in close combat.

Roughly two hours ago, the Marquis had plotted a secret operation. Although he did not know what the Marquis wanted to do, he knew that it was definitely an extremely urgent matter. If not, the night watch mission tonight would not need to be ordered by the Academy Officer, and he had even sent out five to six times more scouts than usual to act as his hidden sentry.

It was already late in the night, and other than the occasional snort from the warhorses, there was only the light rustling of the rain.

Wang Hu looked back, and saw that the inside of the camp was completely quiet, as if most of the people had already fallen asleep, but in his heart, he was very clear that this was all just a facade. The entire camp was actually very loose inside, and the injured had long been sent back to the Qinghe County City. He then turned around to his two sides, with his two companions who were separated by about three meters, also focusing their attention on the outside of the camp. He could not help but let out a relieved smile; as long as these old brothers of his were by his side, they would have confidence.

The person on the left saw Wang Hu looking at him, and laughed while waving his hand.

Wang Hu also waved his hand, and turned to continue staring at the front. At this moment, he suddenly heard a rustling sound coming from the distance. He immediately lifted his ears to listen carefully and immediately confirmed that this sound was the sound of the footsteps of a large group of people as they moved.

One of the people beside her said softly: "Wang Hu, quickly go and report this!"

Wang Hu nodded, he stood up, bent down, and ran behind them.

In the middle of the camp, there was a small tent constructed with a radius of ten meters. This was also the only tent carried by Gongsun Zan's guards, and it naturally became Gongsun Zan's temporary tent.

Just as Wang Hu reached a distance of twenty steps from the tent, he was blocked by a few black-robed guards, and the leader of the guards asked him in a low voice what was the purpose of his visit.

Wang Hu did not dare to be negligent, and immediately replied in a low voice: "Please report this to the Marquis, there are a large group of enemies approaching!"

"He really came!" The person who asked the question sneered, and ordered Wang Hu: "Wait here for a moment!" With that, he turned and ran out of the tent, reporting to the people inside about the enemy's approach.

Someone inside the tent said with a hoarse voice, "He really came! "As planned!"

Wang Hu couldn't help but be startled upon hearing this voice. This voice sounded a little familiar, but it was definitely not Marquis Jin! However, he immediately shook his head. No matter who it was, it was not something he could care about. He only needed to listen to orders.

At this time, the guard who went to report came back, and said solemnly: "Go and tell Qi Qing, if the enemy attacks, make him act according to the original plan!"

Wang Hu replied, then turned and ran back the way he came. When he returned to the outskirts of the camp, he found that Academy Officer Qi Qing had already arrived. The entire three hundred plus people of the scout camp were all gathered around Qi Qing.

Qi Qing was not tall, but he was an extremely vigorous guy. Normally, he would not smile at all, he would just look like a sharp blade that could be unsheathed at any time.

Wang Hu carefully walked to the back of Qi Qing and bowed: "Reporting to Lord Commander, there is a command from the Central Army, for Master to act according to the original plan!"

Qi Qing hesitated for a moment before waving his hand for Wang Hu to leave.

Wang Hu was a little puzzled. The Lord Commander did not seem to be happy, could it be that the 'original plan' was not to his liking? However, he didn't have the guts to ask. He obediently returned to the group and observed the front along with his companions.

In this short amount of time, the sounds of footsteps outside the camp could be heard clearly. Following which, a large group of people appeared tens of steps away.

Qi Qing frowned, the enemy seemed to be no less than three to four thousand, if they were to carry out the plan, then it would likely lead to an unimaginable outcome! He shouted in a deep voice, "Crossbow ready!"

Wang Hu and his other brothers quickly lifted their crossbow and aimed at the approaching enemy.

was in high spirits as he watched the Youzhou Army camp get closer and closer, he felt that something was amiss, he did not plan to attack, but instead, steadily approached the camp of the other party. It was impossible for the people inside to not hear such an obvious movement, so why was there no reaction at all? Had the enemy already fled? Thinking about this, he could not help but feel discouraged, if the enemy army had already escaped, then he would no longer have the chance to earn merits, wouldn't the partial general that the Lord promised him become nothing?

Just as Liu Zhen was feeling somewhat dejected, a loud shout suddenly came from the silent campsite in front of him.

"Shoot!"

In the blink of an eye, the bowstring sounded loudly as hundreds of powerful crossbow bolts flew towards them.

The frontmost Xuzhou Army soldiers did not even defend at all. In the darkness where they could not see the incoming arrows, twenty to thirty people were shot to death on the spot while screaming. The others were in a panic. Some of them were pushing and some shouted as they retreated. The others fell to the ground together with the others.

Liu Zhen's depression turned into panic as he quickly shouted to calm the team down.

Fortunately, there weren't many crossbow bolts in the camp, and they soon stopped. The Xuzhou Army's soldiers also calmed down from Liu Zhen's angry roar, and by then, they had already retreated 30 to 40 steps.

Liu Zhen looked at the campsite that had regained its tranquility, and did not dare to rashly rush in, and shouted: "Shoot the rockets!"

The three hundred men who were already prepared quickly lit torches, lit arrows wrapped in oiled cloth and shot them forward. In that moment, the fire serpents danced chaotically in the air, and the arrows were like fiery meteors, flying towards Youzhou Army's campsite, illuminating the surroundings of the arrows until it was as bright as day.

'It turns out to be only this many people! ' Seeing that there were only two to three hundred people on the other side, Liu Zhen was immediately infuriated. He shouted to one of his trusted aides beside him: "Liu San, you bring a thousand people with you to charge in!"

This Liu San was the leader of Liu Zhen's personal guards, and Liu Zhen was just a small Academy Officer. Therefore, Liu San could usually only command about a dozen personal guards, and when he heard that Lord Commander would let him lead a thousand men to charge into the enemy camp, he was overjoyed, and immediately ordered a thousand men to charge forward.

Qi Qing stared at the large group of incoming enemy troops, and shouted loudly: "Let the enemy near, after two rounds of shooting, quickly retreat!"

Most of the scouts were puzzled. The enemy seemed to have a large number of troops, so logically, they should have sent reinforcements to block the enemy's attack outside the camp. Why would they retreat so quickly instead of reinforcements? However, with the orders of the army and the usually cold and stern Qi Qing, no one dared to ask the reason. They all raised their crossbow and aimed it at the incoming enemies.

Liu San, who was leading his troops for the first time, was extremely excited. He held a shield in front of his body and charged forward. In just a few breaths of time, he had reached the front of the camp.

"Shoot!" Qi Qing spat out a single word coldly.

The sounds of arrows being shot came out again. This time, it was two rounds of simultaneous shooting, the number of arrows being shot was double from before. Xuzhou Army's rockets were still flying over, many of the arrows clashed with the rockets in the air, and sparks were produced.

Liu San took the lead and shot more than twenty crossbow bolts at him. With a loud scream, he crouched down and hid behind his shield. Listening to the clanging sounds coming from the shield and the powerful impact coming from his hands, Liu San breathed a sigh of relief. If not for the Damascus Steel Shield, he would have been a hedgehog by now.

Liu San was lucky enough to escape with his life, but the people close to him were not so lucky. When the crossbow stopped firing, more than a hundred of them had already fallen to the ground.

"Retreat!" Qi Qing waved and shouted, then turned and ran away.

Wang Hu and the rest quickly kept their crossbow s, and followed closely behind Qi Qing as he ran deeper into the camp. They didn't even pay attention to the horses that were used to build the outer perimeter.

Liu San stood up and looked forward, then quickly shouted loudly: "Youzhou is escaping! Follow me and charge in! " After saying that, he threw away his shield, raised his broadsword and rushed into the camp.

The hundreds of people behind him saw that the enemy troops had indeed escaped, and their morale immediately rose. With loud shouts, they followed behind Liu San and rushed in. The Xuzhou Army was short of war horses, and a few dozens of them almost fought to win the war horses, but were beaten up and separated by Liu Zhen who rushed over afterwards. These war horses were all precious spoils of war, if he gave them to the lord, he would definitely be able to add a heavy amount to his cultivation manual, how could he let these little pawns fight for them without permission.

After finishing this small problem, Liu Zhen raised his head and looked ahead. He saw that Liu San had already led a few hundred people to the center of the camp, and couldn't help but worry. The enemy troops had retreated too quickly, and there were no reinforcements. He stopped the group with a shout, ready to see whether or not he would charge in with a large group of people.

Liu San led his men and followed the convoy in front of them. Suddenly, he found himself at the middle of the enemy camp, and when he looked back, he did not see Lord Commander's large group following them. He immediately thought of 'lure the enemy deeper', and his heart was filled with panic.

At this moment, the sound of battle drums rang out in front of them. Immediately, a large group of cavalry soldiers appeared tens of steps away.