Chapter 199: "Attack on the Camp"
When the Qing army heard the news, a burst of bows and guns shot towards Zhao Chuer's side, and then a series of screams were heard.
Zhao Chuer looked back and saw four or five of his subordinates falling to the ground in a blur. He was frightened for a moment, and suddenly saw a pile of rocks beside him, and hurriedly shrank behind the stones, followed by his soldiers.
Seeing that the enemy could not dodge, and did not want to waste arrows and lead bullets, a banner general led sixty or seventy people with knives to run out of the camp and surrounded the hiding place of Zhao Chuer and others.
Seeing that Jianyu had stopped attacking, Li Shishi looked out tremblingly, but saw that two rows of torches were outflanking him from the left and right sides.
"Jianyu is here!" He quickly retracted his head, and immediately remembered what Zhao Baihu had said - if he was captured by the thieves, he would be sold as a luan boy.
In his mind, countless tragic pictures of becoming a Tartar male pet appeared in his mind, and he suddenly trembled violently, and immediately untied the fire rope from his waist, put it on the torch and lit it, and shivered to take out the gunpowder and pour it into the gun, load the ammunition, pestle, and fix the fire rope.
"Never, never be caught......" he struggled to reach out of the stone where he was hiding, and snapped his eyes closed and pulled the trigger. The fire rope instantly fell on the medicine pot, and the deflagrated gunpowder pushed a lead bullet straight into the night.
Li Shishi reminded the other soldiers beside him, and then several firearms, bows and arrows poked out of the stone and began to tremble and fight back against the Qing army.
The Qing army banner that was surrounding Zhao Chuer only heard a few bangs, and then his neck was struck by lightning, and he couldn't breathe anymore, and his eyes rolled back.
The dozens of Qing soldiers he led were all shocked when they saw that the leading officer was killed instantly, and immediately shouted "There is an ambush in the south," turned around and ran back to the camp.
The Qing army didn't dare to be contemptuous anymore, and the firearms, bows and arrows rained down on Zhao Chuer and the others.
"What? fell into the Nanban ambush, and folded Bao Xintai? Erdenbu's subordinates reported and couldn't help but be furious, "Damn, how many southerners are here?" ”
"Back to the general, some say twenty or thirty people, some say that there are a lot of ambushes hidden......
Before the soldier finished speaking, Erdenbu suddenly seemed to see something, turned around and climbed a dirt slope a few steps, looked into the distance, and then was surprised, "Damn, there is indeed a large group of people!" ”
I saw a large number of torches slowly approaching in the night, and there were at least thousands of people above them!
He hurriedly jumped down the dirt slope and hurriedly ordered the whole army to meet the enemy.
Fan Shaozu drove 20 carts of grain and rice, and when he saw the vicinity of the barracks, he was rejoicing in his heart, and he heard a series of rings.
A night attack by the Ming army? He was secretly surprised, and with a slight sum in his heart, he made the horse stop and be careful for the time being, and asked his henchmen to take more than 100 horsemen to the outside of the camp to see the situation first.
The Qing army camp was ordered by Erdenbu to wait for the battle, and when they saw a group of cavalry in the "enemy formation" attacking, the officer hurriedly ordered to close the gate and return fire to resist the enemy.
The only remaining cannons in the battalion were pointed at the "enemy cavalry", and the charge and ammunition were completed in one go, followed by three roars.
It was difficult to aim in the dark night, and two of the three shells flew over the heads of the "enemy horsemen" and fell into the crowd of Fan Shaozu's subordinates a mile away, and more than a dozen soldiers were smashed into the flesh and blood in an instant.
The generals sent by Fan Shaozu were startled, this cannon was clearly coming at him! Without hesitation, he turned his horse's head and hurried back to his position.
When Erdenbu saw that he had "repelled" the "enemy cavalry," he suddenly came to his senses, and the artillery continued to fire out one after another.
Fan Shaozu heard the report of the general, saying that the battalion would fire artillery bombardment without asking any questions, and he was even more shocked in his heart, could it be that the Ming army really captured the camp in the middle of the night? No, he thought about it, maybe it was just the garrison army who had a misunderstanding with him.
He also ordered his generals to go around to the north gate of the camp to spread the news, and as he was speaking, an iron ball flew into his rear team, causing a miserable cry.
Immediately, a soldier came to report that a grain truck had been destroyed by a cannonball.
It was easy to grab some grain and grass, but Fan Shaozu was reluctant to lose any more, so he hurriedly ordered the grain cart to retreat two miles.
"Hmph, vulnerable." When Erdenbu saw the retreat of the group of men and horses outside the camp, he was even more convinced in his heart that this was the Ming army attacking the camp, otherwise why didn't these people come to confront the password? Under the preconceived idea, he didn't expect that his side kept shooting, and the other party didn't say the right password, and he would be shot by the bow and gun if he got a little closer.
"General, the southerners will be in a panic when they are defeated," Wang Xian, the leader on the side, offered advice to Erdenbu, "The last general is willing to lead a team of men and horses to pursue behind, and he will definitely be able to break it." ”
Erdenbu looked from afar, and saw that there were quite a lot of large carts in the queue of the "Ming army", which were moving slowly, or siege equipment. He thought about it for a moment, attacking the enemy at this time, even if he failed to completely defeat it, at least he could burn these siege equipment.
He then said to the king, "Okay, then I will order you to take 1,500 men and horses out of the camp to pursue." Remember, be cautious, and if you can't defeat the enemy, you can only destroy the heavy equipment and go back. ”
"The last general obeys!"
Fan Shaozu was urging the grain cart to retreat, and when he turned his head, he saw a group of people pouring out of the Qing army's camp, and he couldn't help but kill him.
He didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly divided half of his men to form a formation to meet the enemy, and the other half of the people to protect the grain cart, and suspected that he was a friend rather than an enemy, and sent two groups of people to confront the password.
Wang Xian led the army to rush out of the camp, and killed the "Ming army" in a moment, and saw that the men and horses behind the enemy's palace had not yet set up a defensive position, and couldn't help but be overjoyed.
He secretly said, "Today's battle exploit is easy to pick up", and ordered his henchmen to lead 400 people to bypass the "Ming Army" defense line and attack the baggage behind him, and he shouted, "Follow me!" He drew his knife and rushed forward.
Seeing that he was only a hundred paces away from the "enemy", but several horsemen were approaching, and he was about to swing his sword and cut him off his horse, when he heard the man shouting hoarsely at him.
When people shouted and neighed, he seemed to hear the words "purple gas coming from the east".
Wang Xian hurriedly put away the reins and replied to the man, "Thousands of generations." Then he asked the person who came, "North wind?" ”
"Move mountains."
Both sides were stunned when they heard about the incision, but they were their own people after a long time!
"Who are you?"
"Back to the lord, the villain is under the command of Fan Zuoling."
"Fan Shaozu?" Wang Xian was surprised, "If Fan Shaozu is here, then who is fighting with the Ming army in the north?" He couldn't guess that he wanted to break his head, it was just Cao Hongzu beating himself.
Suddenly, there were shouts and guns in front of the battle, Wang Xian was excited, hurriedly put aside the doubts in his heart, and ordered his subordinates to withdraw their troops.
But at this time, the two sides were already fighting in one place, his side was Mingjin, but Fan Shaozu's side was still unclear, and his corporal saw that the "attacking enemy" suddenly turned around and retreated, where was he willing to let it go, and immediately followed to cover up.
On the other side, the people sent by Wang Xian to attack the rear team of the "Ming Army" had just rushed into Fan Shaozu's formation, and suddenly heard Ming Jin, and they were also stunned for a while, and they were a little at a loss.
In the night, Zhu Linmiao was leading the team to the southeast when he suddenly heard the rumbling of artillery in the distance. A moment later, a hussar reported that two groups of men and horses were engaged on the east side of the camp two miles away, with a total of more than six or seven thousand men on both sides.