Chapter 389: Zhangtai Wins a Great Victory
The sky had just dawned, and Zhangtai's 5,000 cavalry appeared outside the Ming army's lion camp. www.biquge.info At this time, the Ming army in the camp had just gotten up and was cooking on a fire. The sky was already bright, the Ming soldiers opened the gate of the wall, and there were constantly vehicles full of goods coming in and out, and the camp was busy.
Looking at the Ming army camp that didn't seem to have much guard, Niyahan asked with some confusion: "Lord Belle, isn't it a spy who means that the dog is heavily guarded?" Why is there no prevention at all? Could it be that Minggou set a trap for us to be fooled? ”
Zhangtai sneered: "If Minggou had been prepared, they would intercept us on the mountain road, and then cut off our retreat, would we still have a chance to come here?" This is obviously Minggou's mistake! Now that it's here, the arrow is ready to be struck! Pass my order, prepare to rush into the Ming Dog camp! ”
"Kill!" The 5,000-8 Banner cavalry waved their sabers and rushed towards the Ming army camp.
"Here comes the Tartars!" The Ming army on the tower found a group of Qing cavalry suddenly killed from the woods, and shouted anxiously, someone took out a rocket and shot an arrow into the air.
"Here comes the Tartars! Close the gate! Several soldiers at the door shouted.
The Ming army auxiliaries were in a hurry, and were preparing to close the walled gate, but the Qing cavalry was like a gust of wind, and had rushed to the gate of the camp, and rows of feather arrows were whistling, and the two Ming soldiers who were closing the walled gate fell with arrows, and the rest of the Ming soldiers were so frightened that they dropped the walled gate, turned around and ran. Most of these Ming troops stationed here are auxiliary soldiers adapted from the original Qing army prisoners, and when they see the murderous Eight Banners rushing over, where do they dare to come forward to resist?
"Bang bang" a few muskets rang out, on the tower, several Ming soldiers who were originally captured by the Qing army pulled the trigger, and the two Eight Banners were shot through the body, screaming and falling off the horse, and in a blink of an eye, they were trampled into meat by the galloping war horses behind.
"Whoosh" locust-like arrows flew up the tower and shot the Ming soldiers who fired into a hornet's nest.
The camp was already in chaos, and those auxiliaries who had been reorganized from prisoners, under the leadership of the officers and soldiers of the Ming army, dropped the "grain and grass" materials that needed their "protection", turned their heads one after another, spread their legs, and rushed desperately to the river.
The cavalry of the Qing army followed behind, shooting countless arrows, and those Ming army auxiliaries who were running slowly were hit by arrows one after another, and fell in the camp one after another.
"Kill the dog!" The Eight Banners brandished their sabers and pursued behind the Ming army auxiliaries. Dozens of slow-running Ming troops were chased by the Eight Banners cavalry from behind, and the swords in the hands of the Qing army flickered with the help of horsepower, and more than a dozen heads flew into the sky. There were also some Ming soldiers who ran relatively slowly and were knocked over by their horses and trampled into meat by the horses' hooves.
On the river, a battleship with dozens of gunboats approached the river bank, and Wang Xinyu, who was standing on the helm tower, watched the movement on the shore with a telescope, and he did not feel pity at all for the Ming soldiers who were killed, and those who were killed were all prisoners who were brought out of the prisoner camp yesterday.
"Fire!" Wang Xinyu gave an order.
Dozens of gunboats lined up in a column and sailed across the river, and in the open cannon doors, one cannon after another spewed fire, and the shells whistled and smashed into the crowd of Eight Banners cavalry who were chasing the Ming army auxiliaries. Hundreds of shells smashed into the crowd of horses, plowing out lines of blood, and the soldiers of the Eight Banners who were shot were all shattered, and immediately turned into scattered blood and rain of flesh.
"Stop the pursuit! Burn the grain and grass, let's go! Zhangtai watched hundreds of Eight Banners soldiers being shattered by the shells, and shouted in pain.
The Eight Banners of the Qing Army turned their horses, withdrew more than 200 steps, and hid in the middle of the camp to avoid the artillery fire on the river.
Zhangtai came to a warehouse where "grain and grass" were stacked, turned over and dismounted. He swung his knife and slashed open the top grain bag, and the white rice flowed out.
"It's grain and grass! Ignited them and burned them! Changtai shouted.
The Qing army lit torches and threw them over the piles of "grain and grass". Torches with pine resin burned brightly, igniting sacks, and the camp soon burst into flames. Some torches were thrown into wooden barrels filled with gunpowder, and there was a violent explosion, and several Eight Banner soldiers who had no time to run away were blown into the sky with men and horses.
"Minggou reinforcements are coming! Remove! Zhangtai yelled.
The Eight Banners who set fire to the "warehouse" of the Ming army got on their horses one after another, brandished their horse whips, whipped their horses' buttocks, and rode away, leaving only the blazing Ming army camp.
"What? Zhangtai attacked the Ming dog food and grass, burned the Ming dog food and grass, and won a big victory? When Ao Bai got the news, he was so stunned that he couldn't close his mouth for a long time.
"What?" With the same expression as Ao Bai, there is also Prince An Yue Le, he never dreamed that a idiot who has never even read a real military book, only knows that he holds the Romance of the Three Kingdoms all day long, and claims to be resourceful, can actually surprise the Ming army's grain and grass hoarding point, and also won a big victory, and returned victoriously with most of the Eight Banners.
Zhangtai was proud: "Ben Belle attacked the Ming dog food and grass, and a fire burned all the Ming dog's food and grass!" I'm afraid it's not so easy to transport the grain and grass behind the dog! As long as it takes three days, Minggou will inevitably be in turmoil! At that time, our army will take advantage of the victory to pursue and will surely win a complete victory! ”
Yue Le frowned: "Zhangtai Belle, are you sure that it was Minggou's grain and grass that was burned, not Minggou's tricks?" ”
Zhangtai raised his head high: "Ben Baylor cut open the sack with a knife, and it is indeed filled with grain and grass!" There are also Eight Banner disciples who threw torches into Ming Gou's powder keg, but the gunpowder exploded and they couldn't come back! Ben Baylor can be sure that Minggou has suffered heavy losses this time, and in three days, there will be changes! ”
Ao Bai still felt incredible: "How is it possible? Ming Dog has always been heavily guarded, and the protection of grain and grass is extremely strict, how can it be given to this mediocre talent? ”
However, Ao Bai and Yue Le didn't believe that it was no longer important, Zhangtai and Tuhai had already written a recital, and were ready to play the matter of Wuchang's victory to the court. As long as Kangxi and Bumu Butai believe it.
Three days later, there was chaos in the camp of the Ming army, and the main force of the Ming army began to pull out the camp and retreat to the riverside, leaving only a small number of troops in the occupied position.
Zhangtai saw everything in his eyes, and when he saw that the main force of the Ming army began to retreat, he excitedly asked Ao Bai for instructions, asking for troops to pursue the Ming army: "Ao Taishi!" Minggou food and grass were burned by Ben Baylor, and they were already in turmoil and couldn't support it anymore! If our army pursues at this time, it will surely win a great victory! Don't say that the siege of Wuchang can be solved, we may be able to take advantage of the situation to recover Yuezhou and Changsha! Drive Minggou back to Guangdong! ”
Ao Bai refused to send troops to pursue: "You wine bag and rice bag!" This is obviously Minggou's trick! They pretended to retreat, in fact they were going to ambush us halfway! You can't even see such a simple trick! ”