Traveling through time and space and becoming a deposed prince, he just wants to survive!

Chapter 416: Wu Laner's sneak attack

Wei He used the Tiger Cannon to fire at each other. Since there was no distance restriction, the attacks launched by both sides were simply a fight for their lives.

The Dingbian Army had already exhausted its ammunition, but no supplies were waiting for them. The battlefield was littered with corpses, a horrific sight, and Wei He was also wounded in the fierce fighting.

When he was carried away by the guards, he was forced to order a retreat in desperation.

Later, Deng Liu organized people to conduct statistics, and the death toll caused by the shooting between the two sides alone was as high as 30,000, of which more than 18,000 were from the Qin army.

After retreating back to Shangjun, Wei He reported to Chu Xuliang with tears in his eyes and a trembling voice:

"Boss, it's not that we're not brave. They're not brave enough to just drop their guns and charge forward. We're fighting bravely at the front while they're just watching."

Chu Xuliang could only reach out his hand and gently stroke Wei He to comfort him, but he couldn't say a word.

Because he knew very well that the Di soldiers had no interest in using cannons during training, and even when it came to combat, they were still very reluctant to continue using them.

Afterwards, Ulaner felt ashamed as he had lost more than 10,000 cavalrymen, while the enemy was almost unscathed.

The Zhou Dingbian Army led by Wei He won an honorable defeat. It was obvious that the emotional problems in the team led to this result.

After learning about this, Yulong sneered at Wulaner, "There was originally a breakthrough, but what on earth were those infantry leaders thinking? Couldn't they have sent them reinforcements? Even just ammunition would have been fine."

"Ah..." Wu Lan'er sighed deeply, "These little leaders were still so willful at the critical moment, thinking that if they could escape, they would not suffer the fate of being slaughtered."

Of course, he was just talking. After all, as a fellow Di people, Wulaner would not punish his own people.

After being ambushed, Deng Liu knew that Shangjun City ahead had been lost, and with the strength he currently possessed, he was unable to defeat the enemy.

So he had to retreat ten miles and found a deserted village, where he set up camp.

After being ridiculed, Wulaner was in a very bad mood and did not lead his troops into Shangjun City.

"Captain, the Qin army we encountered today has set up camp forty miles behind us."

A scout came back and hurried to find Wulaner to report.

"Can you tell how many of them there are?"

When Wulaner heard the news, he grabbed Chitan's hand tightly and asked anxiously.

"Our people are outside observing. They only number over 20,000, and many of them are wounded."

The detective replied quickly.

"Only 20,000? And there are wounded soldiers?"

Wu Lan'er muttered to himself, his eyes rolling up and down, and asked again: "What's the terrain like?"

"This village is very strange. It seems there is a river running through it, but I don't know why it has been abandoned."

Chi Tan's words made Wu Lan suddenly realize something, and he seemed to have thought of something in his mind.

"Send the message, assemble 30,000 cavalry. I will charge 40 miles and give them a surprise attack."

Wu Laner looked up at the sky. Although it was a little dim, it would still take another hour and a half before it would be completely dark.

The scout was a little confused about Ulaner's order, but he didn't dare to say much. He could only follow his order and pass it on to the small leaders below.

The team quickly assembled and 30,000 people were ready to go.

"The spy said that the people we met today were in a village with a river in the middle, but the village is deserted. What does this mean?"

Ulaner asked loudly.

Everyone looked at each other several times, but they were all confused.

"It's a drought this year, and the river has dried up. We'll go over there later. Split our troops into four groups, following the river divide, with 5,000 men upstream and downstream, marching along the river. Also, set up an ambush about a mile outside the village. Once there's chaos in the village, we'll charge in together."

At this time, everyone seemed to understand something.

"The scouts will be divided into four teams. They will lead the team forward to the designated location. The scouts already know the specific location. You just need to follow them. The time of operation will also be determined by them."

Wu Laner did not specify the specific personnel positions and other deployments, including the time of the attack.

These scouts are extremely smart. Even at night, they have their own ways to determine an accurate time.

So everything is left to them to arrange so that the team's attack timing can be accurate to the millisecond.

The nights in the north are bitterly cold, but that cannot stop the moon from appearing at night.

When they arrived at their destination, it was already completely dark. Everyone was waiting quietly outside. After an unknown amount of time, a scout came forward and announced, "Time's up."

Each team quietly moved towards its own goal according to the predetermined plan.

When Wulaner led the team to the right side of the village and approached the Qin army camp, everyone stopped and looked ahead with nervous and focused eyes.

About half an hour later, there was an unusual commotion in the village, followed by flashes of fire.

"We succeeded, let's charge."

Wu Laner shouted to the people behind him, and then everyone mounted their horses and prepared to charge.

The fire in the village attracted the attention of all the Qin soldiers. Everyone was full of doubts, not knowing what had happened in the village.

The sound of horse hooves hitting the snow outside the village was extremely crisp, and the sound of thousands of horses galloping was even more deafening.

The sound came from far away and soon made Qin Jun realize that something was wrong.

"There is an enemy attack..."

The Qin army sentries shouted at the top of their lungs.

However, the enemy was too fast and was right in front of us in a short while.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

There was a sharp sound of breaking air in the air, and then countless arrows fell on the military camp like raindrops.

Deng Liu divided the entire team into two parts, heading north and south along the village river.

In fact, he also knew that there was no water in the river in winter, but he had already reached his destination and had no intention of changing his plan.

At this time, there was a commotion in the center, and then enemy troops appeared at both ends of the village. He suddenly realized that he had been ambushed.

They could have used tiger barrel cannons for defense, but because it was too cold at night, they placed all the cannons in the tent.

By the time the enemy cavalry rushed over, it would be extremely difficult for them to organize a defense.

Especially when the cavalry approached, thousands of arrows were fired, accompanied by rockets.

On the one hand, rockets were used to burn the enemy's tents, and on the other hand, they were used to use the burning flames to clearly see the situation inside the military camp.

Little did they know that the rocket had hit the target unexpectedly, not only setting the tent on fire, but also successfully detonating the shells inside.

The artillery shells of this era would explode without mercy if they came into contact with open flames.

"Crack!"

There were explosions one after another in the tent. Many people were killed by arrows or by their own bombs exploding.

The Qin army, which originally had more than 20,000 soldiers, fought desperately, but in the end only less than 10,000 people were able to escape.