The barge fleet of the inland river deck of the Northwest Field Army was running at full speed all the way to the south pole. Along the way, several river deck barges were constantly docked on the shore, and groups of officers and soldiers jumped from the boats to clean up the tun forts and bunkers on both sides of the Yellow River. There were also a large number of cavalry troops outside the Zhenyuan Pass, and they rushed into Ningxia Town on war horses. Cooperate with the troops of the flotilla to land along the river to clean up the Ming army on both sides of the Yellow River.

The border fort of Ningxia town is mostly rectangular, the size and specification and the height are not the same, the acropolis, the thousand households city is larger, most of them are brick-wrapped city walls, the outer horse face, the corner tower, the city gate urn city, some of the city gates are also cast with the moon city or the wing city. The city is equipped with government offices, barracks, dwellings and temples.

Wei and the city are mostly built in the Great Wall in a moderate location, the terrain is gentle and partial to the place of reclamation, the border fort is generally about ten miles apart, and the distance between the side walls is generally not more than ten miles.

The Far Eastern Army took advantage of the cover of night to launch a surprise attack on the town of Ningxia, which the border army did not expect at all. In this era, night battles are nonsense, and there may be late-night camps in the commentary, but it is definitely not the norm. Even if it is a night attack, it should be lit up with torches, anyway, the Mongols in the northern steppes will not attack at night.

At this time, the defenders of Ningxia Town had already discovered the Far Eastern Army, and for a time there was smoke everywhere. Although it was in the dark night, the fireworks were lit one after another, and it was particularly bright in the dark night.

In the town of Ningxia Town, after the chief soldier and governor of Ningxia Town were called, they heard that someone had attacked the northern part of Ningxia Town, and they were immediately stupid. They hurriedly inquired if it was a northern Tartar, but in the middle of the night, they didn't know what the situation was.

They hurriedly sent fast horses to ask for help from the governor's palace of the three sides of Shaanxi, saying that a large number of northern prisoners were in the border. Then he immediately ordered all the soldiers and horses to shrink into the city and defend the forts of each city. Everything will be decided when dawn.

The Shaanxi Trilateral Governor's Office received an urgent report from Ningxia Town, and it was also very panicked. How did the northern Tartars come in the middle of the night? In Guyuan, he acted as the chief military officer of the military affairs of the governor of Shaanxi on the three sides. Seeing that the matter was so urgent, he had to send someone to inform Yansui Town and Lanzhou Town of the news of Beiyu Koubian, but before his people went out, the urgent reports from Yansui Town and Gansu Town arrived.

At this time, outside the side walls of Yansui Town and Gansu Town, there were all Mongolian Tartars, and the number was tens of thousands. Each of them had a torch in his hand. It almost dyed the sky red. The generals of Yansui Town and Gansu Town were about to pee.

Immediately afterwards, another urgent report was delivered, and outside the border wall of the area from Huamachi to Heng Castle in Ningxia Town, tens of thousands of Mongolian Tartars also gathered. At this time, the entire Shaanxi Trilateral Governor's Mansion is lively, this is the rhythm of the Beiyu Koubian, and they hurriedly rushed to the capital for six hundred miles.

Then he ordered all the border troops on the three sides of Shaanxi to be on full alert, and deployed heavy troops in Guyuan Town, Yansui Town, and Lanzhou Town, and all the border troops guarded the border fort defense line, and no one was allowed to attack without authorization, and those who violated the order were beheaded. And mobilized troops and horses from all over Shaanxi. Consolidate the defensive line of Yansui, Guyuan and Gansu to prevent the northern captives from taking the opportunity to break through the defensive line and attack Guanzhong.

The border armies of Guyuan, Yansui and the three towns of Gansu all closed the city gates, and soldiers and horses from all over the country quickly gathered in the Guyuan area. For a time, the whole of Shaanxi was full of rumors, and there was a tense atmosphere of imminent war.

The Far East's inland river steam deck barge fleet assaulted all the way to the main town of Ningxia Town, and then most of the Far Eastern Army's troops and horses landed from here, and the rest of the Far Eastern Army continued to sail along the Yellow River to Ningxia Zhongwei in barges.

Song Tao had already led the Hetao guerrilla detachment, and before the war, he had found the northwest foot of Taibai Mountain and lurked. After the Battle of Ningxi began. Song Tao led the officers and soldiers of the detachment, as well as tens of thousands of displaced people, to carry torches. swaggered out of the foothills of Taibai Mountain, broke Raoyang Water Fort, and entered the Ningxia Guard all the way through Qinggang Gorge.

It broke Sweet Water Fort, Mengchengyi, Xining Fort, Hui'an Fort and Yanchi City, and crossed the Luopu River to capture Weizhou and Shigou City. The long dragon composed of tens of thousands of torches is mighty, and it is majestic all the way. The border troops in various military towns in Shaanxi were stunned, what the hell is going on. The thieves followed and joined in the fun.

However, it was early in the morning, and the guards and forts of the various military towns could not understand what was going on, so they could only send a large number of people to reconnoiter at night, and then strictly abide by the military orders of the governors of the three sides, and close the city gates in case of accidents.

The main force of the Ningxia campaign was a reinforced field regiment and an engineer regiment directly under the Northwest Field Army. In addition, there were two reserve units, one was Song Tao's Hetao guerrilla detachment, and the other was two cavalry regiments formed by two newly formed rack cavalry divisions, two of which had previously gone to Shaanxi to strengthen the mobile force of the Hetao guerrilla detachment.

The rest are the second-line auxiliary forces, including the backbone of the militia selected from the Hetao base area, and a number of logistics support brigades of nearly 10,000 people. As well as several militia detachments and logistical support brigades trained by the Hetao guerrilla detachment in recent months.

In addition, the Northwest Field Army's air boat wing and the river barge brigade in the Hetao base area also took part in the Ningxia Campaign, providing all-round air and water support for all participating units.

At this time, Li Mingchang stood in the gondola of a Type 35A airship, quietly looking at the dark night outside the porthole. Several telegraphers in the airship pod were constantly receiving and sending various telegrams, and Shang Ming and several staff officers were also busy around the map there.

Shang Ming didn't know when he came to Li Ming's side, and said softly: "Commander, the first battalion, the second battalion, and the third battalion of the field regiment have just broken through the town of Ningxia Town with the cooperation of the engineer troops. ”

Li Ming nodded, and then asked, "How is the progress of the other troops?" ”

"The fourth battalion of the field regiment, with the cooperation of the cavalry troops, has occupied the acropolis of Ningxia Zhongwei, Liankeming Shabao, Ning'an Fort, Xuanhe Fort, Shikong Temple Fort, Yongkang Fort and Ningxia Zhongwei. It basically controlled the Zhongwei region of Ningxia. The 5th Battalion of the Field Regiment, with the cooperation of the cavalry troops, Lianke Tianchi Village, Gaoping Fort and Huamachi, controlled the Ningxia rearguard.

Song Tao's Hetao guerrilla detachment broke through Tianshui Fort, Mengchengyi, Xining Fort, Hui'an Fort, Yanchi City, Weizhou Castle, Shigou City, and Hongsi Fort, and the troops were also deployed outside the border wall of Guyuan Town to closely monitor the movements of the Ming army in Guyuan Town. Hehe...... Their tens of thousands of homeless people were holding torches, and their momentum was not ordinary and terrifying, and they really suppressed the Ming army in Guyuan Town. ”

Listening to Shang Ming's words, Li Ming felt a little sad in his heart. The combat effectiveness in the early stage of the Ming Dynasty is still okay, but now it has fallen to this point, and I only know that I refuse to defend the city, and I don't have the courage to go deep into the desert back then, and I don't want to forge ahead. (To be continued.) )