After the swearing-in meeting, Lu Xiangsheng led the army to march into Shunyi and approached the Qing army camp stationed in Niulanshan, and the distance between the two sides was only 30 miles.

In the northwest of Shunyi City, the Ming army has set up a huge camp, the camp is scattered but not chaotic, the division of each battalion is very clear, there are many hunting banners above the battalions, among which the largest pole of the Chinese army flag flutters high, and there is a huge "Lu" character written on it.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, all the generals gathered to discuss the operational deployment.

Lu Xiangsheng spread out the map that was not surveyed and mapped at night, and said in a deep voice: "Jiannu has hoarded a large amount of looted grain and grass in Niulan Mountain, which is thirty miles away from our army, and the strength of the slave thieves is about thousands, and most of the rest have already gone south to Tongzhou, what we have to do is to raid the slaves and thieves stationed in Niulan Mountain!" ”

After Lu Xiangsheng finished speaking, the generals pondered, although most of the Tartar army had already moved south, there were still 20,000 or 30,000 horses in the Tongzhou area, if they went north to support......

Jiang Xiang, the general soldier of Datong, said: "We will definitely not be able to hide the Tartars in the Tongzhou area when we go to attack Niulan Mountain, if they send cavalry to rescue, it will be there in less than half a day, and we will fight with them in the field, I am afraid it will be difficult." ”

Ma Kedao, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan: "The last general feels that it is unfavorable to fight at this time, we should wait and see what happens, and wait for the Tartars of Tongzhou to go south before besieging Niulan Mountain!" ”

Yang Guozhu, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, frowned and said, "What if they regard Tongzhou as their base camp and have been stationed with heavy troops?" Are we going to keep spending time with them? ”

Gao Qiqian glanced at Yang Guozhu and said, "So what?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng glanced at Gao Qiqian and said: "Our army can use cavalry to attack at night, which can not only surprise and attack its unpreparedness, but also give the Jiannu on the Tongzhou side no chance to come back to help." ”

Hu Dawei, the chief soldier of Shanxi, nodded and said: "The governor's plan is very good, and the general will support the night attack!" ”

Yang Guozhu, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, also said: "The last general also supports the night attack!" ”

The three towns of Xuanda have two general soldiers who support it, and Jiang Xiang, the general of Datong, has no choice but to say: "The last general also supports the plan of the governor!" ”

Seeing that the generals of Guan Ningjun were silent, Lu Xiangsheng looked at Gao Qiqian and said, "What does Director Gao think?" ”

Gao Qiqian said lightly: "It's not easy to attack at night, it's difficult to succeed. ”

Lu Xiangsheng insisted: "Director Gao rest assured, the governor is sure, the governor will personally lead the Tianxiong army to take the lead, and the soldiers and horses of the three towns of Xuanfu, Datong and Shanxi will follow closely behind, and when we fight with the Tartars, Director Gao only needs to lead the soldiers and horses of the towns of Guanning to rush and kill the enemy camp and deal a heavy blow to the Tartars!" ”

Gao Qiqian nodded when he heard this, and didn't say anything anymore, the generals of the Guanning army had no objection, if they failed, the first to send them to death would be the Tianxiong army and the Xuanda army, and they could run away at any time in the back.

.......

In October of the Ming lunar calendar, which is equivalent to November of the solar calendar in later generations, the weather is already very cold, and the roads are frozen hard.

At the next hour (five o'clock in the morning), the sky was dark, and tens of thousands of Ming cavalry had gathered in front of the camp.

All of them were dressed in armor, or iron armor, or inlaid with iron leaf cotton armor, and under the light of the fire, a dazzling red iron armor was like a sea of red.

Among these cavalry, there are many of the generals' families, the families of the nine sides are very different from the families of the generals of the guards in various places, and their combat effectiveness is not at all a level, they have been in battle for a long time, and they are treated very well, and they are professional soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.

Lu Xiang ascended to ride the Five Ming Ji, raised his sword and shouted: "In this battle, the governor only has one military order, that is, the sword will see blood!" Men will be wounded! Horses will sweat! Violators, chop! Let's go! ”

Since it was a night attack, there was not too much ceremony, a bright red flag swept and fluttered in the cold wind, Lu Xiangsheng led the vanguard of 4,000 cavalry in the three towns of Xuanda, and took advantage of the night to launch an attack on the Qing army camp.

.......

The sentry of the Qing soldiers with red flags stationed on Niulan Mountain was standing on the watchtower and looking from afar, only to see a large black shadow faintly moving in the south, accompanied by the sound of iron hooves shaking the earth.

After taking a closer look through the moonlight, the sentry smiled coldly and said, "This group of southern barbarians actually dared to attack our army's camp at night, they really don't know whether they are alive or dead!" ”

The cavalry of the Qing army is very similar to the cavalry armor of the Ming army, which the Qing army learned from the Ming army, except for the color, the only obvious difference is that the Qing army helmet has a high lightning rod.

In the dark, the Tartar sentries could not see the color of their armor and could only tell if it was an enemy or a friendly army by the presence or absence of a lightning rod.

Several other sentries also let out a burst of ridicule, disdainful of the Ming cavalry outside the camp, and sounded the alarm bell at will, just waiting for their cavalry to rush out, no matter how many Ming troops there are, they will be crushed at one touch.

Lu Xiangsheng took the lead, pointed at the Qing army camp, and said loudly: "Follow this governor to kill in!" ”

Under the banner of Hunting and Hunting, the cavalry of various towns of the Ming army gathered into a golden iron horse and killed the Qing army camp, which frightened the red flag sentries and hurriedly fled back to the camp.

The hooves of the four thousand iron cavalry rolled like thunder, and the Qing army camp was also a little commotion, and hurriedly sent more than 1,000 cavalry to meet the battle.

"Kill slaves!"

Yang Guozhu, the general of Xuanfu and the general of Zhenshuo, shouted loudly, and led thousands of Xuanfu town cavalry to rush into the Qing cavalry formation with a mighty momentum.

Soon, the cavalry of the two sides collided together, spears stabbed, sabers brandished, and the battle was extremely fierce for a while.

Seeing that the Xuanfu army under his rule fought bravely, and no one escaped from the enemy, Lu Xiangsheng was very pleased, and after he danced a nearly 100-pound broadsword and slashed over a Tartar cavalry, he immediately shouted: "Kill thieves and serve the country!" ”

Hearing this, the cavalry of the Tianxiong Army took the lead bravely, fighting all the way, and competing with the cavalry of Xuanfu Town.

The Qing army, which was caught in a bitter battle, couldn't imagine why the Ming army was so crazy tonight, and there were faint signs of retreat.

Led by Lu Xiangsheng and Zhenshuo General Yang Guozhu, thousands of Xuanfu and Datong's iron cavalry converged into a surging torrent of steel, just rolling forward.

The sky was overcast and shining, and the battle was still ongoing, but in the face of thousands of Ming cavalry who were not afraid of death, the Qing army that was attacked suffered heavy losses, and they had no will to fight, and began to retreat and flee after Mingjin collected his troops.

Although the Ming army is difficult to fight, the current battle situation is extremely good, and everyone is vying for meritorious service, how can they let go of such a good opportunity?

"Pursuit, kill slaves!"

Yang Guozhu, the general of Zhenshuo, shouted loudly, urged the war horse, and first led the army to chase after him.

The sound of hooves is like thunder, the war horses are galloping, thousands of Tartars are running in front, and thousands of Ming troops are chasing behind, forming a big puff of smoke and dust.

Lu Xiangsheng, who was in the crotch, suddenly thought of a serious problem, he had fought until dawn, what about Guan Ningjun, who was high and diving behind?

After a period of pursuit, Lu Xiangsheng ordered to stop the pursuit and immediately return to the Shunyi camp, without the support of the rear army, if the surrounding Qing troops reacted, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Lu Xiangsheng was very angry in his heart, Gao Qiqian did not send troops according to the scheduled battle plan, this is a very serious problem, this raid was successful, fortunately, if the wind falls, what should I do if the soldiers and horses of Xuanda Sanzhen retreat? What should I do if I am blocked by the surrounding Qing army?