Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 298
The moon is dark and the night is killing, and the wind is high and the sky is set on fire.

On the fifth day of September at the northern border of Shanxi, the wind is getting colder, and the autumn dew is frosty.

Not long after Choushi, the gate of Zhenqiang Fort suddenly opened, and a group of cavalry with a man and a horse in a cage poured out from the gate without a sound. Instead, they were all dressed in black cotton-padded clothes, covered with unpolished black iron-colored thin-scale armor, and the horses under their crotches had already taken off the copper bells on their chests. Except for the fact that their hooves had not been bound for the time being, they were already completely dressed like a cavalry night raider. standard attire.

Zhenqiang Fort is only less than [-] miles away from Desheng Fort, and it was originally within the range of the Chinese army's horse inspection patrol. However, in the past few days, the Ming army has figured out the rule of the enemy's horse inspection every two hours. , Now is the best time for the last round of horse exploration has already returned to camp and the next round of horse exploration has not yet set off.

The chief and deputy leader of this cavalry seems to be quite experienced. He leads the formation in front of the team, and his speed is neither fast nor slow. Urge the horse to speed up and launch a surprise attack.

Under the thin light of the new moon, the faces of the two leaders reflected, they were Ma Gui and Gao Yu.As for Gao Mo, although he is a regiment upright, he was born in foot combat, and his riding skills are average, horse fighting is not his forte, so this time he hid his clumsiness and did not attack.

Ma Gui and Gao Yu didn't communicate all the way, but fortunately, it was less than twenty miles away, and it didn't take long for the cavalry. After a while, they could already see a large number of felt tents in front of them under the faint moonlight— - That is naturally where I answered the camp.

Since the Ming army seldom took the initiative to attack, and Ida’s tens of thousands of powerful troops pressed the border, no Mongolian general would think that the Ming army dared to go out to fight. Since it was almost autumn, it was the time when the climate in Monan was getting colder rapidly. Even the night guards on the fixed sentry were drinking to warm up, and most of them had already fallen asleep in a daze. But he was already drowsy, and his eyesight was not as good as usual.

The night attack cavalry detoured a little, and finally stopped behind a slightly raised grassy hill not far northeast of Alda camp.

At this time, Ma Gui lowered his voice, waved his hands and shouted: "Later, the soldiers will lead the way, and the Jinghua cavalry guards will follow up, follow me and Deputy Gaotuan directly to kill! But you have to remember, this time In a surprise attack, we don't want to kill many Tartars, and we don't want to take away the enemy's head or right ear. When encountering an enemy guarding the camp, first hit the three-eyed blunderbuss, then change to a waist knife, and throw fire at flammable objects when there is a chance. Excuse! In addition, don't get entangled with the enemy, remember to follow me and Gao Tuanfu, advance together, and retreat together!"

Gao Yu waited for him to finish, and added to his cavalry: "Brothers, General Ma just said that meritorious service should not be judged by the head. Before this departure, the young master has already said that those who successfully sneak attack and return to the camp will be rewarded collectively." Second-class merit! For those who succeeded in sneak attack but unfortunately died, collective first-class merit! As for the resettlement method for the families of martyrs, I don’t need to say more, you all know it! I also know in my heart that your family will not be able to pay off that money in ten lifetimes!"

What Gao Yu said earlier was fine, Ma Gui even felt his heart move when he heard it, and thought to himself: How to resettle the families of the martyrs?It sounds interesting. When I get back, I must ask the question when I have a chance.

But in the end, Gao Jue's threatening words made Ma Gui a little bit astonished: deserters or those who refused to fight were naturally chopped off with a knife. Why did Gao Jue mean that Gao's army was fined?Is it fine to pay for this kind of thing?However, the whole family's ten lives are not finished?It sounds a bit harsh...

Of course, this is not the time to think about these things, Ma Gui quickly concentrated and ordered: "Everyone get off the horses, wrap the horseshoes on, and prepare to rush to the camp!"

Two flowers bloom, each representing a branch.At this moment, apart from the occasional neighing of horses, there are almost no other sounds in the Alda Chinese army camp, and the countless felt tents are also pitch black. It is obvious that everyone is asleep, but at this moment, there is a sudden noise in the main tent of the Chinese army. Candles were lit.

I answer, of course he doesn’t have the ability to predict. He didn’t get up suddenly because he knew someone was stealing the camp, let alone set up an ambush on purpose. The light in his tent was only because he was the oldest old man in the entire Chinese army camp, and many old people There is one characteristic... I can't sleep for a long time, and I get up very early.

Coincidentally, I answer is such a normal old man.

What's more, because he refused to easily lose his precious combat power by fighting under the strong Desheng Fort, he seemed a little idle in the army, and he himself went to bed early at night, although it was only 03 in the morning in later generations Around 30, but he had already woken up and couldn't sleep anymore, so he simply got up and planned to take dozens of soldiers to shut him down in the dark to see if the Ming army was slack in vigil - although he refused to fight, But if the Ming defenders slack off at night, he doesn't mind changing his mind. He will concentrate his elites to launch a surprise attack at this time tomorrow night, break through Desheng Fort, and capture the imperial envoys there to talk to the Ming court in exchange for his grandson. deal.

However, just when Al Da was fully dressed under the service of the female slave and was about to leave the tent, he suddenly felt something strange on the ground under his feet.As the king of the Monan Grassland for decades, although I Da is old, he has rich experience. His expression changed, he squatted down and stretched out his hand to press on the ground, and within a few breaths, he suddenly stood up. Get up and shout: "There are enemy cavalry stealing the camp, beat the drums and trumpets quickly!"

The dozen or so guard tents around Alda Khan's tent were the first to react, and soon lit up torches one after another—you can't light the lamps casually at this time, you can only hold the torches in your hands, so as not to be blinded by those candles in case of a surprise attack. People took care of it, and burned the camp by themselves.

The sobbing and melodious horn and the heart-pounding drum sounded at the same time. Countless Mongolian soldiers were awakened from their sleep.

But at this moment, it may be too late, or in other words, it is still a little slower.

Due to the large number of horses and even the cattle and sheep that accompanied the army, the Mongolian army camp was seven or eight miles long and nearly three miles wide. Even Altan Khan, relying on his extraordinary experience, did not even do the routine operation of sending people to check , He decisively ordered to beat the drums and trumpets, but after all, he could not inform every Mongolian soldier of the more precise situation at this time.

For example, I answer the two main points that I can immediately judge just from pressing the ground with my hand: the enemy cavalry has about a thousand cavalry, and the attack direction is the northeast corner of the Mongolian camp!
No matter how strong I answer, it can't change the technical backwardness of the command system in this era. He can only walk out of his own account majestically, and use his composure to convey confidence to those around him.So instead of yelling hoarsely, he stood out of the main tent, held the torch with his own hands, illuminated his figure and face, and then yelled: "Ben Khan ordered that all ministries guard their own camps, Do not go out to rescue at will!"

Then he said to a tall Mongolian general who hurried over: "Qataiji! Hurry up, my son, and Qiben Khan's old guard troops go to the northeast of the camp to resist the enemy. We must expel them as soon as possible, and we must not Make it hit the Northeast stables!"

Chataiji is worthy of being the number one right-wing Mongolian expert who is so strong that Ida accepted him as his adopted son. He didn't need any explanation from me. Answered the order, and replied loudly: "Khan take care, your ministers will return as soon as they go! Shamuer, you take 100 people to stay and protect the Khan, and the rest will fight with me against the enemy!"

(End of this chapter)