Chapter 1604: Dark Night Raid

night.

Uesugi Yu's troops were carrying torches and quickly attacking towards Susa Castle.

"Da da……"

Suddenly, the sound of hurried horse hooves sounded around them.

"Cavalry assault! Prepare for defense!"

Uesugi Yu in the middle of the team roared loudly.

"Cavalry assault! Prepare for defense!"

Soon, Uesugi Yu's words were passed on.

During the long march, the sound of passing messages was heard everywhere.

As the sound rang out, teams of soldiers quickly formed a formation and launched a defense.

The originally marching team also stopped suddenly.

The range of the fire was limited, and they could not see the situation in the night at all. They could only judge by the sound of horse hooves that a large group of cavalry was approaching them.

No one knew if they could survive the cavalry's raid, so everyone could only hold their weapons tightly, as if this could help them overcome the fear in their hearts.

"Da da……"

The sound of horse hooves is getting closer.

The hands of the soldiers in the front holding their weapons had begun to sweat.

The archers in the rear have also drawn their bows and drawn their arrows.

As soon as the enemy came within a certain distance, they began to shoot arrows.

Just when everyone was ready to defend themselves, they suddenly heard the neighing of war horses, and then the sound of horse hooves gradually faded away.

Finally, the sound of horse hooves disappeared.

The enemy's cavalry seemed to have gone far away.

However, even so, the soldiers under Uesugi Yu still did not dare to be negligent.

The enemy's cavalry had clearly approached, but now they suddenly left. It felt wrong to think about it.

Who can guarantee that the enemy doesn’t have hundreds of people hiding nearby?

If the enemy sneaks up on them, they will definitely suffer losses.

No one dares to take matters of life and death lightly.

Everyone was on high alert, ready to deal with a cavalry attack.

But even until the archers' hands were sore and weak from pulling their bows, no one launched a surprise attack on them.

"Damn it! The enemy just wants to delay our march so that Tanaka Nobu's troops can surround us!"

Before the enemy's cavalry attacked, Uesugi Yu finally reacted.

Behind them, Tanaka Nobuyuki must be leading his troops towards them.

The longer they delayed now, the greater the chance of being surrounded.

Uesugi Yu did not hesitate and immediately ordered the army to continue marching, and at the same time, sent more spies in all directions.

Although it was pitch dark and the spies couldn't play a big role facing the cavalry that came and went like the wind, they could at least provide early warning.

In addition, Uesugi Yu also strictly ordered all soldiers not to make any noise.

In this way, they could hear any movement of the enemy cavalry.

In the right front of the team, more than a dozen scouts gathered together, using torches to explore the surrounding situation and also to warn the team behind them.

However, they did not notice that several dark shadows were quietly approaching them.

"rustle……"

It was not until they heard a faint sound in their ears that the spies realized someone was approaching.

Just when they were about to form a back-to-back defensive circle, several dark shadows suddenly rushed out.

Before they could react, the shadow was already approaching.

"brush!"

You Jiu cut off one person's neck with a knife, and as he moved his body, his legs had already clamped the person's neck. He bent his legs hard, and the person's neck was broken.

However, as a professional, You Jiu still habitually cut the neck of the enemy whose neck had been twisted.

While Youjiu was taking action, the others were not idle either.

In an instant, more than a dozen enemy spies were killed.

The situation of the spies in other directions was not much better.

Under the attack of the Eighteen Ghost Riders, all the spies in front were quickly killed.

And all their torches were extinguished.

When the torches in the distance went out, the sentry in charge of observation immediately shouted a warning: "Enemy attack!"

"Dudu..."

Immediately afterwards, a rapid horn sounded.

The soldiers who were marching stopped and deployed their defenses on the spot.

Some nervous archers even shot arrows directly into the darkness.

However, they waited for a long time, but no enemy troops came directly to attack them.

"Despicable! Shameless!"

Uesugi Yu was extremely angry and started cursing.

He knew that there must be a small group of elite enemy troops around them.

The purpose of these people is to indefinitely delay their marching speed.

If this goes on, by daybreak, Tanaka Nobuyuki's troops will surround us!

"General, this is not a solution. We must find a way to drive away the enemies around us!"

Aides made worried suggestions.

"Send more spies!"

Uesugi Yu roared, "One hundred men per team, send twenty archers in the middle! Tell them not to explore too far, and keep a distance from the archers in the rear!"

He was sure that there were definitely not many enemy troops around.

As long as these guys dared to show up and attack their spies, the archers would be able to shoot the enemy into sieves.

Soon, the vanguard army received the order and sent out spies in all directions again, and the main army continued to move forward.

"Boss, the enemy is quite smart! It's going to be hard to deal with them now!"

In the dark, a member of the Ghost Eighteen Riders whispered to You Jiu.

"It's so hard to start!"

You Jiu disagreed and pointed at the pair of spies not far away and asked, "What do you say that is?"

“Enemy!”

The team members answered honestly.

"Then he is not a human being!"

You Jiu shook his head: "That's a sitting duck!"

After listening to You Jiu's words, the people around him suddenly understood.

In the middle of the night, these people are still holding torches. If not sitting ducks, what are they?

"Listen carefully, just shoot from the dark!"

"Go after the archers surrounded in the middle first! Change positions after firing an arrow!"

"We have limited arrows. If the enemy shoots arrows at us, collect what we can!"

You Jiu quickly gave the order.

These guys are real killers.

If they hadn't been concerned about the enemy's archers, the six of them would have dared to attack the team of a hundred men.

"Yes!"

Everyone murmured in agreement.

Soon, You Jiu and a few others came closer, and then quickly drew their bows and drew their arrows.

"Whoosh..."

An arrow flew through the gap in the crowd and accurately hit an archer.

At the same time, five arrows flew through the air.

Four enemies were shot and fell to the ground, only one was lucky enough as the arrow flew past his shoulder.

"Enemy attack!"

The archers who reacted immediately shot arrows in the direction from which the arrow came.

It’s not enough to finish one round, so a second round follows.

However, You Jiu and others who had fired the sneak attack had already escaped.

Just when they were attacked, Uesugi Yu received news from the rear army.

The rear army was also attacked and they lost dozens of people, but they didn't even see the shadow of the enemy.

"what!!!"

Upon receiving the news, Uesugi Yu roared in anger and madness, but there was nothing he could do.

It was impossible for them to stop now and slowly eliminate the enemies around them.

But he was annoyed by the enemy's harassment.

If this continues, their already precarious morale will quickly collapse!

Just when Uesugi Yu was furious, the sound of horse hooves came from the distance.

Hearing the sound of horse hooves, without any orders from Uesugi Yu, the soldiers from all units immediately formed a defensive formation.

But they waited for two quarters of an hour, and the enemy cavalry still did not launch a surprise attack on them. The sound of horse hooves slowly faded away as before...