Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 424 Night and Fire
For a long time, in the dead of night, the birds rested, about half an hour later, when there was no movement, Jia Yan finally raised his head, revealing his thin face.

At this time, the ground was clean, but there were more weeds covered by hoarfrost.

But he understood that there was a bloodstain underneath.

As for the corpse or something, I am afraid it has been moved long ago.

"Looks like Jian slave!"

Jia Yan's face turned pale, and he gritted his teeth and said.

And still elite.

He understood that his brothers, although they looked foolish, were veterans who had fought for two or three years, and they were wiped out in the blink of an eye, so they must not be underestimated.

However, this is another good opportunity.

After all, he had experienced the flames of war, and he instantly forgot the hatred of his brothers, and began to think about the importance of reporting.

Gritting his teeth, he found a small path, put a bundle of weeds on his back, and strode away.

"What? Enemy attack?"

When Jia Yan came to Dongying (Chengdong Daying), he was almost beaten up as a spy, and finally met Zhou Peng, the left-wing leader of the Beijing camp.

Frowning, I don't know why, but my heart is quite unhappy.

The so-called Beijing camp is the emperor's reorganized soldiers and horses, most of them are veterans and most of them are new recruits.

It is divided into five wings: front, rear, left, center, and right, and under the wings is divided into four battalions, A, B, C, and D. Each battalion has about 3000 people.

The left wing defends the east of the city, about 5000 people, half of them are muskets and half are shield players, which can be described as extremely elite.

Zhou Peng is an old man in the Qin army. He fled back from Tongguan and was just a general.

Jingying pays attention to obedience and seriousness, and the most suitable person is also a musketeer.

It was also the first time for Jia Yan to see this legendary ruler. He felt that he had big ears, a beard, and a relatively round nose, but at this moment his face was majestic.

"Why did Jiannu go to the south of the city?"

Zhou Peng's face was full of disbelief, his eyes widened and he said, "According to the logic, it should come from the east or north of the city."

"There is no lie in the control and humble position, every sentence is true."

Jia Yan tremblingly said: "The next group of brothers were all killed. They are all cavalry. The horses from the north are much taller than the horses in our army..."

"Regime has to be careful."

At this time, Zhu Shen, who was actually a military supervisor and appeared as a military judge, showed a mature expression on his face when he was only seventeen or eighteen years old:
"Today the city was banned for no reason during the day, and rumors and gossip continued in the city. It must be something that the imperial court expected, and a surprise attack on slavery is also very likely."

"It's true what the military judge said!"

Hearing this sentence, the fat on Zhou Peng's face moved, showing a thoughtful expression:
"Light up the beacon and send people to report to the city."

"In addition, send a team to follow him to find the remains and blood."

Jia Yan took a sneak peek at the military judge who had regained his old-fashioned at ease, and beside him was a document, which kept recording.

Shouting luck in my heart.

The most powerful in the Beijing camp is the military judge, and most of those military judges are surnamed Zhu, and they are all of the same clan as the emperor.

Growing up with him, the emperor's relatives believed in him, not only controlling the military law, but also recording the military's monitoring and military achievements.

Obviously, this time he made a great contribution.

And at this moment, the camp in the south of the city.

As the front wing of the Beijing camp, compared with the other five wings, the troops here are relatively weak. There are only pikemen and musketeers, but the number has reached 5000 people.

The huge barracks could be clearly seen several miles away, like a giant beast prostrate on the ground, emitting a large amount of flames.

Hauge raised his head, his gaze was like a torch.

"Stop—"

He waved his hands.

In an instant, all the cavalry stopped.

The horse's hoof wrapped its steps, and the horse's chew wrapped around its mouth, so that the war horse did not make a sound.

"Master, the front is the so-called Southern Camp."

At this time, a general came over, bowed his head and said.

"it is good!"

Hauge nodded, looked around and said: "The time to make meritorious deeds has come, sons, follow me to make meritorious deeds!"

"Crash-"

Everyone put on their armor, waved their right arms, and roared.

The cavalry on this trip, in addition to one man and three horses, each had a personal entourage as an assistant.

For example, looking after horses, cooking, wearing armor, etc., I think of Yu Changsui, but riding skills should not be underestimated either.

"Kill—" A moment later, Hauge took the lead, and under the protection of a kind of personal soldier, he rushed forward at high speed like an off-string arrow.

The distance of a few miles is almost a blink of an eye for the cavalry running at full strength.

In the Ming camp, the alarm sounded instantly.

The ditches and deer pens were almost like paper, and they were trampled through in an instant.

At this time, Hauge was shocked when he saw the Ming army marching out of the tent.

"how is this possible?"

Since ancient times, the reason why night raids have been tried and tested repeatedly is really a conspiracy.

First of all, the night is the time when soldiers are tired, and once they move, they are also the most likely to starve.

Secondly, in the feudal era, malnutrition and night blindness were more common. Many people saw darkness in front of their eyes. Dark night has a fear and deterrent effect, which can easily bring panic to the enemy, so that they can attack more with less.

Finally, it is to test the enemy's coping ability.

Once they can't gather, get out of tents, or form an army formation in a short period of time, they can only let the massacre, powerless to resist.

The most effective way for infantry to deal with cavalry is to form an array. Loose infantry is a living target.

To Hauge's surprise, he was a cavalry raid and charged in a short period of time, not exceeding two quarters of an hour.

This Ming army actually gathered more than half of them, initially forming an army formation.

In Hauge's view, even the elite Eight Banners could hardly do this. He never thought that these Ming troops could be so fast.

"Then we can't keep you!"

Hauge blushed and waved his spear, facing the tightly assembled army without fear.

The Eight Banners rushed forward recklessly, as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

"Crackling-"

A musket sounded, and dozens of cavalry in the front fell down.

But the distance of only dozens of steps is too short.

Hauge sent people to charge, and at the same time scattered the other cavalry and set fire to the camp.

Fire drives away the cold, but brings fear.

In the middle of the night, Zhu Yixi fell into sleep.

"Your Majesty, there is an urgent military situation!"

At this moment, Tian Ren, the personal eunuch, woke him up, with a look of eagerness on his face: "Everyone from the Marshal's Mansion is outside the door."

"Huh?" Zhu Yixi rolled over like a donkey, got up immediately, wrapped up some clothes casually, and went out:

"what happened?"

Outside the door, Zhao Shu and the others had serious expressions on their faces.

"Your Majesty, people from the east of the city were sent here in the middle of the night, claiming that Jiannu attacked the camp in the south of the city."

Zhao Shu said urgently, "Shortly afterwards, the camp in the south of the city caught fire, and it must have been a battle."

"Then send troops to rescue them!"

The emperor frowned.

(End of this chapter)