"Order the army, rush forward and kill, and then you and I will each take two hundred cavalry from the trail to the city of Taru, I hope these soldiers can delay a little longer." With a resolute look in his eyes, for his own safety, Shi Wanshan made the decision to sacrifice the main army.

This would be tantamount to putting the safety of the majority of people at risk, which is not the work of a good general. But at this moment, Furukawa also knew that they had no other choice but to do so. Once they are righteous and go along with the main force, the final result is that even their own lives will be put in it.

"Okay." After a little hesitation and struggle, Furukawa no longer objected and agreed to this decision. At that moment, the two began to select elite soldiers to replenish the number of 400 men and horses that needed to be taken away.

And just when it was just dark, by taking advantage of the night, Shi Wanshan and Guhe each took two hundred elites to open a team. Not only did no one in the Northern Ming army notice, but even the Tatar cavalry scouts who had been monitoring them didn't notice them either.

It was also dark night, and the vast mercenary army of the New First Army left the city of Shicheng and came straight in the direction of the city of Taru.

Aru City is the focus of the mercenary rear's supply, and once it is lost, there will only be one way left for the Nuer Gandusi, which is obviously not satisfied for the Shicheng City, which needs a lot of supplies under construction. Even for their own sake, the mercenaries must do something to ensure that the city of Taru does not change hands.

It was getting dark, but fortunately there was still some moonlight, and once you got used to the darkness here, you could see the road ahead even without a torch, but the line of sight was blocked, and it was not too far to see.

Even if he could see the road ahead, the army commander Hu Mang ordered the soldiers not to light torches, and at the same time he also gave a death order to the reconnaissance battalion commander Ding Shan, to increase the reconnaissance area, once they were found to be Tatar scouts, they must be resolutely and completely eliminated to ensure the concealment of the army.

Hu Mang also knew that once it was dawn, he couldn't hide his whereabouts, all he wanted was the peace of the night, and what he wanted was not to be discovered by the enemy at this night's time.

Ding Shan, who had received the death order, set off. Although the reconnaissance battalion only has 500 scouts, all of them are the elite of the army, whether it is equestrianism or archery, they are one in a hundred, just a night of covert marching, he is confident that he still has this certainty.

The speed of the mercenaries advancing in the dark is not slow, after all, the environment and terrain of this area have long been figured out. There have been related exercises in normal times, and some of them have groped their way forward in this area at night, but now it is just turning the exercise into a real battle, and it is not difficult.

"Deputy commander, at this rate, we will be able to walk nearly half of the distance early tomorrow morning, and in the meantime, we and the Northern Ming army will be in a horn position to contain this Tatar army that suddenly appeared." Hu Mang walked forward on his horse, and did not forget to look sideways at Shebei and asked.

The road to promotion can be said to be a miracle in mercenaries. A general, who didn't make any contribution to the army, suddenly became the head of a regiment. At that time, I don't know how many people were envious, jealous and dissatisfied. But soon, this person used 2,000 troops to bombard Aga Dorji, who had 15,000 troops, into Guangwu Town, and made this great achievement, and everyone was in an uproar.

Soon, the new First Army was established, and he took a ride again, and jumped from regiment commander to deputy commander, which made some veteran officers show dissatisfaction. But considering that this was the decision of the Sixth Young Master, everyone really didn't dare to say anything.

Compared with the dissatisfaction shown by others, Hu Mang has no emotions, and even a good thing that such a capable person can be his deputy. It is precisely because he knows that this person is very smart, and some views are praised even by the young master, so once there is something in the army, he often listens to the opinions of others as soon as possible.

"Yes, commander, our sudden appearance will definitely surprise the Tatar army, when the time comes, they will not be able to attack the city of Talu with all their might, but at the same time, our pressure will not be too small, we still have to be mentally prepared first." Leaving all the way, they are constantly analyzing the situation on the battlefield. Although he was once a member of the Tatar army, but now he is entrusted with a heavy task by Yang Chendong, and all he does and thinks about is how to repay this kind of kindness, the so-called Tatar army, in his eyes, has no friendship, and some are only enemies and opponents.

"Well, it's to be mentally prepared. But fortunately, we still have six battalions of musketeers, and as long as they don't take the initiative, whoever wants to attack us won't be able to take advantage of it. Hu Mang nodded. Of course, he knew how much pressure it would take to defend the city without a strong city and try to hold back 50,000 enemy troops with the strength of one army. But he is not afraid, the new army is self-trained, from the founding of the army to the present, after more than a month of hard training, the combat strength has reached the standard he expected, although it cannot be said how strong it is, but if it is only defensive, there should be no problem.

"What the commander said is true. But musketeers can only defend against frontal enemies, so what if the enemy appears behind us? She nodded in agreement, and then asked her own questions.

"Huh? Did the deputy commander say the enemy on Mount Saihan? Didn't the scouts come to report that there were only 2,000 men left in the mountains, and that they had become of what kind of climate. After hearing this, Hu Mang had a trace of incomprehension and disapproval on his face.

In his opinion, there are only 2,000 enemies, and he is afraid that he will not even dare to go down the mountain, so how can he make trouble?

"But whatever? This is a threat, the sixth young master once said that the best way to deal with the threat is to destroy him and prevent him from existing between heaven and earth. There was a sense of persistence in his voice at this moment. He was immediately appointed deputy commander, and he had to seek government while in office.

Even if he didn't even know that the reason why he was promoted so quickly, and even his military rank was at the rank of colonel, he had surpassed many of his predecessors who joined the mercenary army one step earlier, because the sixth young master asked him to assist Humang and help make up for the loopholes.

Now that you have positioned yourself, of course you know when to stick to it, and when you just need to mention it. Just like now, he can't retreat, otherwise I'm afraid that even if the sixth young master knows, he will be disappointed in himself.

Giving up this insistence, Hu Mang's expression also became solemn. He has followed Yang Chendong for so many years, how could he not know the young master's thoughts. Seeing that he didn't obey himself as usual, he asked, "What about the deputy commander?" ”

"Eat him, if you do it well, you can also hit the enemy who comes to help, although you can't get a big victory, but if you can kill an enemy, you can reduce our pressure in the future." Don't say it right away, and tell your plan. Including the night attack on Saihan Mountain, including making a trap, just waiting for the enemy's reinforcements to arrive, giving heavy damage, and so on.

Hu Mang listened carefully to this battle plan, and from time to time he would also point to it, and when he closed his mouth, he was full of feelings in his heart. The deputy commander given to him by the young master is really a talent, even a great talent. If we do what he said, we can indeed solve a lot of problems.

Seeing that he was so confident, Hu Mang knew that this battle had to be fought, and immediately said: "Okay, everything will be done according to what the deputy commander said, you can see which troops to send to carry out these tasks." ”

Hu Mang was so enthusiastic and cooperative, he didn't dare to say goodbye, and put forward his own ideas in a suggestive way. The next step was naturally illuminated by the tiger mang, and then the army continued to move forward, but in the process of advancing, groups of soldiers scattered out of the ranks and began to advance in another direction.

It was getting darker and darker, and at one hour it was midnight. The 5,000 cavalry of the Gao Er department and the 4,000 cavalry of the Mazamu department launched a night attack on the main force of the Northern Ming army in the form of a two-sided flanking attack. The iron hooves of the war horse trampled on the earth, and in the rumbling sound, they launched a fierce charge again and again.

Faced with a two-sided attack, the Northern Ming Army, which was mostly a new army, fell into chaos. When the constant commander wanted to ask for instructions on what to do next, he found that the commander and the commander had long since disappeared.

The war was imminent, and the main general was nowhere to be found, which made the already somewhat chaotic Northern Ming Army even more chaotic. In the face of the impact of the Tatar cavalry, the birds and beasts were scattered, unable to form a resistance force, countless Northern Ming troops were cut down by the Tatar army, and countless Northern Ming troops had to throw down their weapons and kneel and beg in order to survive.

"Hahaha." Ma Zamu, who was very happy, couldn't help laughing proudly when he saw that tens of thousands of Northern Ming troops were wiped out. He can be said to have made a great contribution in this battle, and he must have been rewarded when he saw Ku Xiao'er.

It's just that this laughter didn't last long, and the light of the fire that appeared on Saihan Mountain not far away attracted all his attention. Adjutant General Plato didn't know when he came to his side, and said with a panicked face: "General, someone has attacked Saihan Mountain, it should be a mercenary." ”

"Oops." Just thought that he had made a great contribution, but he didn't want his nest to be taken to someone, Mazamu at this moment could be described as angry. "Come on, go back to Saihan Mountain immediately, no matter what, you can't let the mercenary villains succeed."

Mazamu wanted to return to the aid in person, but in the end he was stopped by Plata, "General, don't act righteously, you just won a big victory here, you can't leave yet, otherwise wouldn't all the credit be taken by General Goyle?" In this way, my subordinates will lead troops to help, I only bring 2,000 cavalry, I want to come to our mountain terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, mercenaries will not succeed so quickly, when the general sees Lord Ku'er, please send reinforcements, when we are under a mountain, a mountain under the two sides of the attack, in a big victory is not better? ”