Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

On the night of October 22, the ninth year of Chongzhen, Li Sanhe led a cavalry regiment and an infantry regiment of the Teaching Corps out of the camp.Although it was still far away from the peasant army camp, everything was done as quietly as possible.Even when the gate of the camp here was opened and the barricades and other things were removed, it was done very quietly.

All the horses of the Runing Army were put on bridles, and the horseshoes were tied and wrapped with thick cloth and fur.This keeps it as quiet as possible.

The weather was fine, and there was a crescent moon hanging in the sky, neither particularly bright nor invisible.Coupled with the firelight of the two camps, I don't worry about getting lost.

Under the guidance of the spies who had already scouted the way, the Runing Army took the soldiers in the front row as the benchmark, and everyone stared at the front and back, and drove along the path to the camp of the Peasant Army.

However, what the Runing Army did was a little too careful.At night, the cavalry arranged by the Peasant Army between the two battalions withdrew to the camp long ago, and even the soldiers of the Peasant Army on the preset positions also returned to the camp to rest, because no one would have expected that Ru The Ning army will be dispatched suddenly at night to attack the peasant army's camp at night.This almost violated the common sense of the army at that time.

Of course, the Runing Army would not pass through the middle of the Peasant Army's position. In that case, it would be easy to be spotted by the Peasant Army's bright and dark posts, so the Runing Army went straight to the camp on the left wing of the Peasant Army.

When the Runing Army rushed to a small hillside nearly a mile and a half in front of the Peasant Army camp, they found that the Peasant Army camp on the opposite side was still quiet, and there should be no movement here.

But the camp of the Peasant Army on the opposite side is two hundred steps away from the camp fence.At regular intervals, a brazier is placed.Looking at the dots and stars from a distance, if this arrangement is within two hundred steps and the light is bright, they will definitely be spotted.

And the opponent still has a battalion gate.It is necessary to dig a trench, even if a sneak attack comes to the front, the opponent will react in time and deploy troops to defend.In night battles, the most feared thing is stalemate, but looking at the situation, it is hard not to be stalemate.

The leaders of the Peasant Army were all battle-tested, so the camp they set up was quite satisfactory.Although it can't be compared with the perverted camp of the Runing Army, it is already very tight according to the standards of the Ming Army.

"I didn't expect that there are some talents in the bandit army!" Looking at the camp of the peasant army, the head of the infantry regiment sighed.

"It's not bad!" Li Sanhe said with a smile, "But it's not as good as Shugui's."

Li Sanhe's words caused the officers to chuckle.Runing army.If Shumo's defense dares to be ranked second, no one dares to be number one.Of course, Wu Shigong must be excluded.

But what Li Sanhe said is also a fact.According to the standard of the Runing Army, no matter what, a secret sentry should be arranged on this hillside, so it is compared to the standard of the Runing Army.This kind of camp of the peasant army still has loopholes.

Although they were talking in a low voice, Li Sanhe and the others were still watching from the hillside.Scanning the entire Peasant Army barracks.East of the campsite.One place seems to be not fully furnished.

Li Sanhe looked over there carefully, and sure enough there was a gap in the layout.After all, the Peasant Army is not a regular army, so this kind of camping involves a lot of civil engineering work, so some places are completed hastily, and they are not willing to spend such a lot of effort.Want to take time to rest.

There may be a breakthrough there, Li Sanhe called a company commander of the reconnaissance cavalry company to approach quietly on horseback, and observed that there were not many flat lands in that area, or there were slopes or potholes.There seems to be no way to reach the camp fence, so there is no brazier or other things for lighting.

But the company commander also replied: Although the road looks uneven, it is not impossible for the cavalry to walk.During the night training of the Runing Army, sometimes the terrain was even worse than this place.

"Is there an ambush?" An officer reminded Li Sanhe.There was always something suspicious about having such a gap in a heavily defended camp.

"I'll admit it if there's an ambush!" Li Sanhe replied, "I don't have time to look for other places. Besides, we also need to see if the bandits have good teeth. Aren't they afraid of losing their teeth? Anyway, do it according to the training. If the momentum is messed up, our troops must not disperse!"

The officers all nodded. At this time, they couldn't judge the layout of the peasant barracks at all, so why not just attack and try.Anyway, the purpose of the night attack was to confuse the enemy troops in the camp.In case that gap is really a trap of the Peasant Army, then as long as the troops are concentrated, the Runing Army will have the confidence to withdraw the troops completely.

So the Runing Army immediately pushed the six one-pounder artillery they carried up the hillside, and then under the leadership of Li Sanhe, the soldiers of the two regiments began to move there quietly.At this time, the sound of the movement was very low, but all the soldiers were sweating nervously.

Outside the barracks of the Peasant Army, patrolling soldiers can be seen passing by from time to time. Under normal circumstances, Li Sanhe might directly send someone to kill the sentries, but at this time he is particularly worried about alarming the Peasant Army's camp. , so be extremely careful.

However, the peasant army here is indeed dense and sparse. This position may be considered to be difficult to move, so patrolling people rarely come here.And the peasant army camp here is quite dark, and it is difficult to find the positions of the people in front of the camp in the dark.At [-] or [-] paces, the large group of the Runing Army stopped, and a company of the infantry regiment quietly approached to a distance of [-] paces.

"It's here! Move faster!" Cheng Niu's company commander pointed to the front and whispered.

The soldiers who teach the legion all require full training in infantry and cavalry combat skills, so there are quite a lot of horse equipment in the legion.And this sudden company is all infantry and cavalry equipped with horses.

So when the company commander gave the order, everyone dismounted quietly.The company commander made a "forward" gesture to Cheng Niu's captain, and Cheng Niu's captain immediately greeted Cheng Niu and the others, took out the rope from the horse's bag, and began to crawl forward.

Although Cheng Niu was already a veteran in the original army, he was still a junior in teaching the army.So when crawling forward, Cheng Niu felt as nervous as if he was on the battlefield for the first time.Not to mention sweat all over his body, even his lower body was a little heavy.

Cheng Niu thought angrily: "Why didn't you think of getting rid of your body just now?" (To be continued...)