It was the darkest time before dawn, and the news that the camp was about to be attacked reached Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao almost didn't sleep much that night. Even though he knew that the enemy attack at dawn was just a scene, he was still so excited that he couldn't sleep. After all, this might be the only war he had experienced on the grassland. After this incident, he would not want to send troops to the grassland again for a long time.

Once he was full of fun, or he felt very tired and wanted to go back to Xuanfu to spend a few days of stable life.

"Qian Ning, have the response be arranged?" Zhu Houzhao was still a little worried and asked Qian Ning who came to inform the news.

Qian Ning smiled and comforted: "Your Majesty just worry and prepare according to the plan. This time, the guard will not let the Tartars do whatever they want."

Zhu Houzhao, who was dressed in military uniform, nodded with satisfaction: "What are you waiting for? Order the troops and prepare to attack!"

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Zhu Houzhao knew that there were only hundreds of "Tartars" attacking this time and were disguised by Ming officers and soldiers. However, in order to reflect the grandeur of this war, Zhu Houzhao prepared all the troops to fight. Of course, when attacking, he could only let Qian Ning lead a small number of cavalry to attack.

As the sound of the trumpet of the camp was about to be attacked, the soldiers rushed out of the camp tent, some of them took muskets and entered the trench, while the others gathered quickly and completed the preparations in the shortest time. Of course, there were still some speeds and slowness in the middle. The Dongying where Hu Songyue and Liu Xu were located took the lead and lined up and prepared for attack.

"Old Hu, why did you make such a big mistake? You don't even know that the enemy is at the door?" Liu Xu found Hu Songyue, who was looking around in front of the camp gate, and his tone was filled with complaints.

Hu Songyue asked dissatisfiedly: "Why didn't you say you didn't find it? You are on the night in the second half of the night, right?"

Before the war began, the two of them choked each other first, but after saying this, they both felt something was wrong.

Liu Xu said: "That's strange. Why didn't our scouts send back the news? There was no trace of the Tartars yet, but the enemy attacks in the camp are so sure?"

Hu Songyue wiped his nose: "Only one of the people knows what's going on, but no one dares to report this kind of thing to the Tartars. Perhaps it's because His Majesty has discovered it... Let's just guard the camp and send troops to fight or support other directions."

At this moment, neither of them suspected that this incident was related to the large number of "scouts" sent out by the camp last night, and the two were actively preparing for the war.

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The sky was still not dawn, and the Ming Dynasty's troops had been rectified. The camp was kept loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and it was pitch black everywhere.

Zhu Houzhao "leads first", climbed the three-meter-high platform built at the entrance of the camp, and took out the telescope that Shen Xi gave him to watch the battle.

"Your Majesty, this is dangerous."

Xiao Tiaozi followed him up to the platform, his hands and feet trembled constantly.

Zhu Houzhao said: "Others are afraid, but do you know what you are afraid of insider? Don't you want to watch the battle with me and see how the Ming soldiers defended the enemy?"

After being scolded by the emperor like this, Xiao Tiaozi didn't dare to say anything, so he could only follow him to the edge of the platform, but always kept a distance from the wooden railing on the edge. Zhu Houzhao leaned on the railing and looked into the distance with a telescope, but unfortunately she couldn't see anything.

"Where are the Tartars?"

Zhu Houzhao asked while looking around, but Qian Ning was not around. After all, as the planner of this drama, Qian Ning had to lead his troops to attack.

Xiao Tiaozi looked around and found that no one except him could talk to Zhu Houzhao, so he said, "I think you'll come here soon... Your Majesty, be careful, it's windy here."

Zhu Houzhao didn't look back and said in a bad tone: "It's not raining in June and July, so where is the wind coming from on the grassland? Don't talk nonsense... Oh, it's here!"

While talking, a fire suddenly appeared in the distance, and a team of black will was approaching the camp. The soldiers preparing to fight in the trench outside the camp became nervous. After all, ordinary officers and soldiers didn't know that this was an "exercise".

At this moment, dawn flashed, the world was hazy, and the dark team from afar could be seen at this time. Zhu Houzhao stood high and had a telescope in his hand, so he could see it more clearly and muttered: "Didn't you say hundreds of people? This is far more than a few hundred... The situation is quite large."

The more people there were, the more excited Zhu Hou took care of him.

"Your Majesty, the Tartars are coming!"

Xiao Tiaozi stood behind Zhu Houzhao. Even though he knew that this was a scene, he still tried his best to cooperate. As a slave, he would try his best to agree with what the emperor liked.

Zhu Houzhao was dancing with eyebrows: "The Tartars were dismounted, with people holding horses and rings... they looked decent... Huh? Why didn't they attack yet? If they got closer, many people would die after the officers and soldiers in the position here fired their guns."

Xiao Tiaozi approached and whispered: "Your Majesty, Commander Qian said that the muskets equipped by the officers and soldiers in the front line of the camp can only be heard, and they cannot produce bullets and have no lethality."

Zhu Houzhao put down the telescope and said, "Only the people he brought with him are like this, but the other officers and soldiers are live ammunition... Besides, artillery is also live ammunition, so you can't let the Tartars... get close. By the way! Let him send troops quickly!"

After saying that, Zhu Houzhao continued to use the telescope to observe the dynamics of the front line, and did not realize that it was not easy to convey orders on this high platform, because no one cooperated and did not practice flag language in advance. Zhu Houzhao climbed onto the platform was completely due to interest and was completely unprepared.

Just as Xiao Guozi was thinking about how to pass the message out, Qian Ning had already led thousands of cavalry to charge, Xiao Guozi breathed a little relieved when he saw this.

"The war is on!"

Zhu Houzhao was so excited that she clenched her fists and said, "I have a good show to watch, this is the real battle!"

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Zhu Houzhao has not experienced war, but this time he felt more intuitive and relaxed, because he knew that this battle was just a show, and no matter how powerful it was, it would not be possible to die.

This is no different from watching a scene, and it can be regarded as a drama directed by him. I enjoyed the feeling of being personally involved.

When Qian Ning led the cavalry to launch an attack, the officers and soldiers inside and outside the camp started to clamor.

This is simply to give up the consistent advantages of the Ming Dynasty, that is, to stabilize defense, fight with cavalry hedging, and to fully demonstrate his disadvantages of being unfamiliar with cavalry warfare.

Even Shen Xi had never done this before, but Qian Ning dared to lead troops to attack, making those who know the knowledge think that Qian Ning was playing with fire.

But Qian Ning was very prepared very "full". When he led his troops to attack, he was confident. In order to demonstrate the shocking effect of the Dragoon assault, he asked someone to charge and fire the gun. Of course, they all put empty bullets. Anyway, there were no bullets inside, and they just fired sounds to increase the auditory and visual effects of attack.

This makes people even more incomprehensible. The enemy is still two miles away. If you just fire a gun like this, you will definitely not hit it. It is more like scaring people away with the sound of a musket, but it has no practical meaning to do so.

When the enemy heard the gunshots, they were shocked at first, and then they boarded their horses, either taking down bows and arrows from their backs, or drawing out sabers, and hitting the horses to usher in the Ming officers and soldiers who were attacking.

The cavalry of both sides is getting closer and closer.

Although Qianning's 1,000 cavalry was not worth mentioning compared to the 30,000 soldiers and horses personally led by Zhu Houzhao, this time was a close-knit hand-to-hand combat, and this small-scale war was extremely attractive, at least in Zhu Houzhao's opinion.

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When the cavalry of both sides entered a mile range, they were ready for hand-to-hand combat. After all, under high-speed impact, the two sides would soon come into contact.

Zhu Houzhao muttered: "Here you come, don't act like a mess. It's getting dark now, and it doesn't seem like no one believes it."

While Zhu Houzhao was talking, the troops on both sides entered the range of 200 steps. Qian Ning personally led the cavalry to "fire" first, or only heard the sound but did not see any effect. No one on the other side fell down immediately, which was not in line with the expectations of director Zhu Houzhao.

"What's going on? Shouldn't someone pretend to be shot and fall off a horse? If you don't catch a few prisoners, can you wait for the Tartars to escape without losing their body?"

Zhu Houzhao frowned and almost stopped calling.

The cavalry on both sides were still approaching quickly. After entering a distance of 100 steps, the cavalry on the opposite side began to pull their bows and shoot arrows, which surprised Zhu Houzhao.

"Can you release the gun and fire the arrow? Is there no arrow?"

Because the distance is a bit far, Zhu Houzhao couldn't see the specific situation on the other side, and only knew that both sides were full of momentum, which seemed like an encounter.

As the opponent fired arrows, Qian Ning's cavalry kept falling off the horse, and it didn't seem like they were pretending.

Zhu Houzhao held the telescope and saw it more clearly than others. She felt a "knock" in her heart, but she didn't understand what the meaning of Qian Ning's "arrangement" was like this.

"Kill!"

Qian Ning was wrapped in the team, not knowing the tricks. Although it was different from expectations, he was unable to retreat now. Both sides quickly entered within fifty steps and were about to fight each other.

Because this confrontation happened about two miles outside the Ming camp, Qian Ning fell into a state of fighting alone and could not get subsequent reinforcements. After the war, the soldiers around Qian Ning began to fall off their horses one after another, but the Tatars did not suffer much loss.

"Your Majesty, the situation is wrong."

Xiao Guozi didn't see it very clearly, but he vaguely felt that the Tartars on the opposite side had not decreased. However, the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers fell off their horses, and they could not see whether they died or not.

Zhu Houzhao basically saw it clearly because he found that many of the officers and soldiers who fell off the Ming Dynasty were trampled by horses, and scarlet blood could be seen splashing out from a distance. This made Zhu Houzhao realize that this was not the scene he directed at all, and it seemed that he had really encountered an enemy attack.

"Ming Jin withdraw his troops! Hurry up and moan the Jin!"

Zhu Houzhao roared at Xiao Twist.

Xiao Guozi was frightened. At this moment, he didn't know how to convey the message, so he could only shout to a row of guards on the wooden platform: "Send orders to withdraw the troops!"

Zhu Houzhao murmured to himself: "The situation is wrong. It seems too late. He is carrying a musket without bullets. How can he attack the Tartars? He immediately ordered General Hu to attack and try to rescue Qian Ning!"

Xiao Zhuozi reminded: "Your Majesty, General Hu is in the Right Army."

"ah?"

Zhu Houzhao realized that he had never thought that he would encounter a war, and had never thought of transferring capable generals like Hu Songyue and Liu Xu to his side, and was also interested in sending people away.

Xiao Tiaozi said, "Your Majesty, are you going to pass on the death now?"

"Hurry up!"

Zhu Houzhao shouted, "The attack on both wings makes it difficult for the Tartars to fly!"

With the sound of gongs and drums in the Ming army camp, the soldiers who attacked were retreating in a swarm. A large number of soldiers were caught during the retreat, and the trampling was very serious.

The battlefield was like purgatory, and Zhu Houzhao couldn't bear to look at it with a telescope.

However, what made Zhu Houzhao feel a little relieved was that the number of Tatar cavalry that came to the camp this time was not large, at most less than 3,000, which was not enough to pose a substantial threat to the Ming Central Military Camp.

As Hu Songyue personally led two thousand live-fire dracos to rescue the siege, three-wheeled muskets were shot from a long distance, hundreds of Tatars were caught. The rest of the Tatars retreated in a panic when they saw that the situation was not good.

Hu Songyue did not dare to pursue him rashly because no one knew the situation behind the enemy. After completing the mission to assist Qianning's troops, he hurriedly retreated.

The Tatar cavalry retreated to the rear, and Zhu Houzhao ordered no pursuit, and the war ended with the Ming Dynasty's defeat first and then "win".

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To be continued...