Winter is foggy, and before the night falls, the fog has risen and soon enveloped the land. Although the fog is not very large, it is also difficult to see the affairs of the thirty zhang away. Because of this, the soldiers behind the earthen wall of the Ming army camp can often only look outside the camp, at most, they can see the location of the tree branches to build the deer rock, and the rest of the place is completely shrouded in fog.

Despite the fog, the moonlight still tried to penetrate the clouds and mist, and once again illuminated the earth, and the snow reflected the light of the faint moon, which only made the fog more mysterious, and in this mystery, the sentries on the camp did not realize that hundreds of feet away in front of them, tens of thousands of Tang troops were preparing to attack.

When there was a cup of tea in the middle of the snow, the faint shouts of the officials sounded, and the Tang troops, who had already rested for a small half pillar of incense, got up from the snow one after another, holding fire guns, huddled together in a mess, and arranged diagonally into various dense linear phalanxes. However, the sound they made was not loud, and the Ming army in the distance naturally couldn't hear their movements, and they couldn't see their existence either.

The scouts who were observing the Ming army camp in front noticed that the Ming army did not seem to be aware of the threat they were about to face, and the heaven and earth were still as quiet as usual.

However, those scouts could only see outside the wall, but they could not see inside the wall, in the rear camp of the earthen wall, in addition to the soldiers sleeping peacefully in the tents, there were thousands of soldiers who were carrying out the standby posts, according to the military orders of the loyal army, on the battlefield, after nightfall, a quarter of the troops must be kept to perform the duty of guarding the barracks, they stood behind the wall that was barely eight feet high, the earthen wall was no more than two feet thick, it was like a breastwork, shielding them from bullets, and the cold wind of the winter night, of course, Not all of them were so lucky, they could be so easy, but the gunners and soldiers on the earthen forts between the ramparts had to stand on high ground, and they had to endure the cold wind as the sentries watched the misty wilderness vigilantly.

"Night Raid ......"

Hiding on the dirt slope of the upper fort, Wang Yushu muttered.

"Even if the Tang army attacks at night, there is nothing to worry about, the more fierce they attack, the easier we fight, there is this wall here, the cannon can penetrate, but the lead can't penetrate, we just need to hold the gun, and then ......"

Making an aiming motion, Yu Yushu couldn't help but sneer.

"It's like beating rabbits, clean them all up!"

As he said this, there was a burst of laughter around him.

In fact, all along, the Loyal and Righteous Army has never deliberately concealed its positional defense deployment, and the Loyal and Righteous Army has paid attention to field fortification. Although the Loyal Righteous Army is good at field warfare, the first thing they do when they go to a place is to build a fortress and protect themselves through simple fortifications, and the camp is not strong, but it is only a two-foot thick earthen wall of seven to eight feet, at most three feet below is a little thicker, it is a breastwork, but this earthen breastwork puts the Loyal Army in an excellent defensive position - the soldiers can stand behind the wall to reload and shoot, and in front of the breastwork, there is a deep and wide trench, and outside the trench is a deer rock made of tree canopy. So when the enemy soldiers attacked, they were first confronted with a layer of deer rock, and when they penetrated the deer rock, they were faced with a rain of bullets fired by the musketeers behind the breastwork. Even if they finally crossed the deer rock, they still had to face the trench, and finally, even if they broke through the earthen ramparts, to their surprise, in the camp, there was a breastwork and trench no more than three feet high, which was the second line of defense in the camp, and two attacks were enough to completely lose the sharpness of any army in the era of smoothbore guns.

Of course, Li Ziyuan is no stranger to this, and even because of this, he will deliberately send people to deploy tens of thousands of projectile packs, according to his idea, that is, to use the explosion of gunpowder packs to completely lose the combat effectiveness of the loyal army, and then when it falls into chaos, carry out a strong attack and then break through the defense of the loyal army, and break through at all costs!

Of course, this premise is that the explosion of a gunpowder pack must be used to break down its defenses. Otherwise, it is necessary to rush through the positions of Luyan and trenches, and the result is naturally very clear - heavy losses. If you can use a gunpowder bag to defeat the Ming army in the fortress, just like when you bombarded Liang Huafeng, then it will be easy to win, after all, the vast majority of people will be killed in the camp.

In order to ensure the victory of this battle, he deliberately invested as many as 70,000 people, from multiple directions, and simultaneously attacked the outer earthen fortresses of the Loyal and Righteous Army, trying to break through the camp of the Loyal and Righteous Army in a short time, and finally the cavalry would be used as a general battle reserve, and after the heavy artillery bombarded the barracks, and then the cavalry would be charged with cavalry.

It can be said that in the use of troops, Li Ziyuan can be regarded as carefully deployed, his idea is very simple, since the frontal assault can not be solved, then attack at night, use the powder box to hit the Ming army, and then when it is heavily damaged and unable to integrate the troops, directly attack the fortress, so that the Ming army has no chance to integrate the team and organize effective resistance.

Just like Liang Huafeng at the beginning, even if he led thousands of elites, and he had a fart, he was almost killed before he could put a fart, and the rest of the people were like headless flies.

Of course, he also knew very well that because it was a night battle, the use of cavalry was limited, and it was because of this that he would give up cavalry, but because of the distance, he still chose to make a central breakthrough and attack the main base of the army with cavalry, although there would be certain casualties, but in terms of time, it could come quickly.

After all, suddenness!

This is a key to the night attack.

It is necessary to completely defeat the loyal and righteous army before they can react, and only in this way can the purpose of the campaign be achieved.

And his deployment, of course, was approved by everyone, in their opinion, since the platoon guns could not beat the Ming army, then they picked up the rifle and rushed forward directly, climbed over the trench and shot when they saw people, and then fought to the death with bayonets, why stand there as a target. Anyway, there are many people on his side, even if he loses 30,000 or 50,000, there are still more than 100,000 people, even if he steps on it, he can trample on the loyal and righteous army.

This is the stupidest way to play!

But no one can deny one thing, that is, although this method is stupid, but it is very effective, as long as there are enough people, more people than bullets, it will definitely be able to defeat the Ming army, of course, sometimes, there are not necessarily more people than bullets, but with a little planning, tactics can still play some role.

But on the other hand, Li Ziyuan must take into account the quality of the soldiers, in his team, although they have all received military training, but it is impossible to withstand the rain of bullets like an iron man, which is why several rounds of guns can not hold on, and the charge is not to let them charge indiscriminately, as soon as they encounter a setback, they will swarm back, the result is naturally conceivable, and in the end it must be swarmed back. Therefore, in the process of attacking, it is still a sneak attack as the offensive method, without making any formation arrangement and sneaking in the dark, if encountering resistance, it can open fire freely when charging, and there is no need for the commander to form a dense formation. Despite this, in reality, it was divided into two teams, the front team charged, and the rear team served as the overseer, which was also a reserve.

When the officers gave the order to attack, the first echelon in front of the platoon began to rush forward without hesitation, their speed was neither fast nor slow, although it did not seem to be a dense queue, but still maintained a basic queue, after all, everyone knew very well that without a basic queue, the fire gun in their hand was a burning stick.

At least when it comes to breaking through enemy walls, it's not time for bayonet charges.

As the battalion commander Shi Mingli, walking at the front of the queue, he was followed by trumpeters and heralds, in fact, he didn't need to charge ahead, but at this time, he didn't have any choice, after all, he knew that if as an officer, he couldn't be the first to charge ahead, and he couldn't break through the enemy formation today, then, perhaps, he would always be labeled as a "chaotic minister and thief", now, he didn't have any choice, the only choice was to defeat the loyal army and defeat the Ming army.

Only in this way can he become the founding hero of the Tang Dynasty, and only in this way can he not be a "chaotic minister and thief".

Sometimes, people don't have a choice, especially the little people.

Shi Mingli, who led the troops, walked ahead, his steps were not fast, because the snow would always slow down his steps, and at this time, the chaotic footsteps and the panting of the soldiers were constantly echoing in his ears.

Although the weather was cold, it didn't take long for his palms to be covered with sweat, and he could barely hold the waist knife in his hand.

He looked up ahead, and he couldn't see anything but the fog. He looked at the sky again, and the fog was filled, and the moonlight still hadn't penetrated. This hazy mist made Shi Mingli feel extremely tense, and he even couldn't help but feel a trace of fear, because this was unknown.

When Shi Mingli involuntarily prayed secretly, many soldiers were like him, secretly praying, whether it was the Buddha or the Taishang Laojun, or Guanyin, anyway, at this time, as long as it was a god and Buddha who caught it, he would use it, and he had no scruples.

Just when Shi Mingli was secretly praying for God's blessing, suddenly, in the mist, he first saw a burst of red flash in front of him, and the moment the flash reflected the red mist, a loud sound like thunder came at the same time, and at the same time, he could even feel that the earth seemed to tremble......