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Chapter 259 Night Attack
Huang Shu was originally the military supervisor of the imperial court. He was sent by the imperial court to Zuo Liangyu to monitor their father and son. Assimilated, this person is indeed knowledgeable and resourceful, and is highly valued by the Zuo family father and son.

Before Zhu Yousong crossed over, Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng controlled the imperial court, and Zhu Yousong basically became a puppet emperor. He neither dared to provoke the Donglin Party, nor dared to turn his face against Ma Shiying completely, because Ma Shiying used his military power whenever he could. towards.Zhu Yousong had to survive in the cracks of party struggles, and he had to suffer from the anger of lawless generals outside. He was quite useless as an emperor.

Ma Shiying, Ruan Dacheng and the Donglin Party continued to fight. Many Donglin Party members were arrested and imprisoned, such as Chen Zhenhui, Fang Yizhi and others. Zuo Liangyu defended the Donglin Party and was afraid that Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng would use him to talk to the Donglin Party. Persecuting herself, Zuo Liangyu and Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng seem to be at odds with each other.Huang Peng, the imperial envoy of the supervising army, confronted Ma Shiying face-to-face with the power of the Ma family and his son. Ma Shiying sent Jin Yiwei to Wuchang to arrest Huang Shu, but Zuo Liangyu refused to hand him over.

Since then, Huang Peng has vowed to be loyal to the Zuo family father and son to the death, and the Zuo family father and son also regard this person as a confidant. of.

Therefore, Zuo's father and son basically obeyed Huang Shu's words, but now the owner has changed, and the era of Zuo Liangyu has passed. After all, he was a real Tartar, and even Zuo Menggeng became his servant.

Therefore, although Huang Shu's strategy this time had some gold content, it was not favored by these arrogant Tartars.

As soon as Huang Shu finished speaking, before Nikan and Boluo could speak, a fierce-looking general with a scar on his face walked out of the tartar formation, with money braids coiled around his neck, sneered and mocked: "Mr. This little King Fu is scared, is there a need for that? I ask the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty to surrender! At midnight tonight, you just need to use a warship to transport us across the river. The general is willing to do it. Take Hukou and capture Zhu Yousong alive!"

"The boss is right, the boss is so powerful, and he will definitely be able to succeed immediately." Huang Shu's face was hot, but he still complimented him a few words, because he knew that this was the chief military officer in front of the Nikan tent, named Shang Shan, Because he is a Tartar, although his official position is not as high as his, but he comes from a high family background and belongs to the Zhenglan Banner, so he, one of the best strategists in the left battalion, must be three points shorter than this general soldier.

Shang Shan pursed his lips, sneered at Huang Shu's compliment, turned around and saluted Nikan and Bo Luo, asking for orders to fight, and to attack Zhu Yousong in the middle of the night tonight.

Nikan and Boluo knew that Shang Shan was a strong general, and that he had a mace nailed into his horseshoe, and he was extremely brave. They followed Azig and Duoduo on an expedition to North Korea and Mongolia, and they were invincible. Since entering the pass for the first time, General Shang Shan has never lost a battle, and the men who killed Li Zicheng ran away.

So Nikan looked at Boluo, and Boluo looked at Nikan. The two princes nodded and agreed to Shang Shan's night attack plan as soon as they bit their ears.Immediately, he sent an order to five thousand elite soldiers to steal the camp and rob the fortress tonight.These 5000 people are all the Eight Banners of the Tartars, and there is no miscellaneous card.

Then the two princes issued another order, asking Zuo Menggeng's naval battalion to transport [-] soldiers and horses across the river.

This is just after Si o'clock in the morning, and there are still several hours before the third watch.After the battle plan was finalized, the barracks in Jiujiang Mansion got busy, dispatching troops and condemning generals.

After dark, all [-] sailors of Zuo Menggeng gathered together, and Xu Yong, the commander of the navy, was still in charge. If the surprise attack is not successful, the naval battalion will be responsible for taking the Tartars back. Of course, this is Huang Shu's attention, but they dare not say these words to Nikan, Boluo, Shangshan and others , fear of being punished.

The sky is also beautiful tonight, there is no moon, only sparse starlight.Just after the Second Watch, the Tartars' 5000 cavalry were ready to go on the shore. These [-] troops were mainly the Zhenglan Banner and Xianglan Banner of the Eight Banners Army.

With an iron helmet on his head and armor, Shang Shan immediately stood on the shore, tightly holding his handy weapon, a nailed mace, and on the left side of his body, he bent his bow for arrows, and on his right side was a three-foot-long saber. With three weapons in his suit, he looked extraordinarily majestic.

Not only him, the equipment of the Eight Banners Army is obviously different from that of the Ming Army and the Liuguan Army. The equipment of ordinary soldiers is at least two weapons, and bows and arrows are indispensable, because these nomads spend most of their time on horseback. Yes, charging on horseback and being good at riding and shooting are their biggest characteristics, and they are also effective weapons for killing enemies from a long distance.

Although bows and arrows do not have the long range and power of guns and other firearms, they are much more mobile and flexible. In many cases, bows and arrows are much more useful than guns, especially in the era of cold weapons. These firearms are mainly used to overcome difficulties. Deterrence, as for its lethality, is relatively secondary.

Therefore, the Eight Banners Army has the best cavalry and archery. The main reason why the army in the late Ming Dynasty and including the Peasant Army could not defeat the Eight Banners Army was that they could not deal with their cavalry and archery. In many cases, they fought against the Tartars mainly by relying on danger to defend and artillery fire to cheer them up , and charged in the wilderness, the Manchu Eight Banners won nine out of ten battles, so that the regular army of the Ming Dynasty did not dare to fight with them easily.

Once you have the horses, bows and arrows, and then according to your personal strengths and interests, you can choose swords, swords, halberds and other handy guys as weapons for close-range charging and fighting.Ordinary Eight Banners will choose one type of guy who is good at martial arts, and many people who are skilled in martial arts or officers who are ready to fight will choose two kinds of guy who are good at fighting. .

About halfway through the second watch, Shang Shan, who was fully armed, was sitting on a big fancy horse. Because of the fast speed of this big fancy horse, he specially named it Hulei Flower Leopard. At that time, Xu Yong, the commander of the navy, came to his horse and bowed to salute, saying that everything was ready, Shang Shan ordered: "Board the ship!"

Half an hour later, the [-] Tartars and Eight Banners boarded [-] large boats with men and horses, and then Shang Shan gave the order to set off. Xu Yong took [-] warships of different sizes and [-] sailors to escort them along the way. All the naval forces are on standby.

Late at night at the end of February, it was warm and cold.Under the cold starlight, 67 ten warships looked like floating monsters. The boats pressed against the water waves, and the water beat the boats, quietly groping towards the opposite bank.

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