One by one, fires lit up and disappeared in the night sky.
The intense firelight briefly illuminated the plateau, reflecting the horse teams chasing and fighting.
To the south of the battlefield, Cao Wen ordered the four battalions to cross the Wei River in full formation, and the fire dragons holding torches high in the four directions marched toward Hebei.
He has no hidden traces at all.
Even though his troops are as strong as ten thousand men, if he deliberately conceals himself, he can still rush to the battlefield with little movement.
However, the speed of the march would inevitably be delayed. After weighing the two aspects, Cao Wenzhao believed that since the location of Liu Chengzong's camp had been found and the night attack was successful, the most important victory condition at this time was the high quality of troops and speed.
But he didn't know that his younger brother Cao Wenyao, who was running away with his troops, almost cried when he saw the fire dragon coming from afar.
Why did you come so fast!
"Quickly, tell Commander Cao that the night attack failed!"
The night attack by two thousand elites on Liu Chengzong's camp was completely defeated.
Sudden attacks from three directions can be said to have defeated the Marshal's army at the first moment of contact.
After all, the advantage brought by the surprise attack was too great. Two to three hundred elite cavalry roared in and almost instantly overran the four to five hundred marshal's troops who were resting in the small camp. They lost their organization and were beaten directly into skirmishers.
But Cao Wenyao didn't come here to do this.
A defeat battle consists of two battle processes.
The first is to defeat, and the second is to pursue. The former needs to break up the organization, and the latter is responsible for expanding the results.
In other words, in the process of defeat, it is not necessarily necessary to kill people. As long as the enemy loses their fighting spirit and morale, the enemy will collapse and our army will occupy the battlefield.
But whether the enemy can lose its combat effectiveness depends on the outcome of the pursuit.
If they can't continue the pursuit and expand the results, they will probably defeat a thousand troops. After half an hour, they will regroup and still have to face a thousand troops.
The problem Cao Wenyao had to face was that they did defeat the three small battalions of the Marshal's Army from three directions, but they were unable to enter the pursuit state after victory.
Because people are not afraid or panicked.
The army did lose command for a short period of time, but the soldiers did not collapse or lose morale. Instead, they held on to their car bases.
On the other hand, the dispersed marshal's army did not escape. They fought back if they could. If they couldn't, they hid in the car barriers and fought. If they couldn't fight, they lay on the ground and pretended to be dead.
In short, refuse to withdraw from the battlefield.
If they don't withdraw from the battlefield, Cao Wenyao will have no choice but to withdraw from the battlefield, otherwise he will be dragged into positional warfare.
In fact, Cao Wenyao did not dare to enter the positional battle. After all, the reinforcements from the nearby marshal's army quickly surrounded him from the left and right. With a little hesitation, even the armored cavalry from the camp rushed out.
How can this be considered a night attack?
Since the attack had failed, Cao Wenyao could not use his 2,000 elite troops to head-on the more than 10,000 enemy soldiers, and could only call on the troops on three sides to retreat.
The southern edge of the camp of the Marshal's Army was only seven or eight miles away from the south bank of the Wei River. As soon as Cao Wenyao gathered his elite cavalry, Cao Wenzhao led his army across the Wei River and rushed towards this direction with torches.
Cao Wenyao is almost panicking. Why don't you get beaten when you come here?
Not really.
When Cao Wenzhao ran halfway, he noticed that something was wrong with the situation on the distant battlefield. He quickly reined in his horse and positioned his army three miles away from the marshal's camp.
Because the marshal's army camp was attacked at night, but no soldiers fled south, not a single one. This is definitely not what a successful night attack looks like!
Moreover, they could still hear some sounds of fighting on the south bank of the Wei River earlier, but now that they had crossed the Wei River, the shouts of killing in the enemy camp had stopped, and they could only see the camp being brightly lit by fire.
The night attack must have failed, there is no need to think about it.
Cao Wenzhao now doubted whether his younger brother Cao Wenyao had died in the night attack.
To advance or to retreat, that is obviously a question.
Cao Wenzhao did not take too long to make a decision. After all, the army came over at open fire. He was very aware of the movements of his own army. It was already known to the marshal's army and it was difficult for the entire army to retreat.
Therefore, he could only quickly adjust his deployment. The Shenguangxian camp was in the front, and the Buyingdi camp, which was attacked during the night attack, was in the back. He used the Chinese cavalry to cover the two wings, and then slowly pressed forward, carefully exploring the darkness.
battlefield conditions.
But... they didn't look at the butt.
After the Ningxia army crossed the river in great force, Baoji City behind them opened its gates again.
Luo Rucai, who was surrounded in the city, almost laughed like crazy.
He had no experience in defending the city before. Even if he tore through the city defense brochure issued by Liu Shizi, he still didn't understand many things he should understand.
For example, if you open a city gate to defend a city, it would be difficult for people who have never defended a city or attacked a city to understand the purpose of doing so.
But it's different now. Just the opening and closing of the city gate can make Luo Rucai have fun.
His Baoji City has four city gates. One gate will be opened after a while. When the west gate is closed, the east gate will be opened. When the east gate is closed, the north gate will be opened. Anyway, one of the city gates is always open.
The besieging army did not dare to come in because they would be beaten if they entered. The outer gate was open, but the urn gate was closed inside.
The enemy troops came in through the gate, released one or two hundred men, the gate tower on the city gate fell down, and guns were fired from all sides on the wall of the urn. The troops who entered the urn were killed.
It would be better if the enemy troops did not enter through the gate, so that it would be easier for our defenders to leave the city.
The gates of the urn are built so that they are not in line with the outer gate. For example, the west gate. If the inner gate faces west, then the outer gate must open to the south or north. You can't see whether the inner gate is open or closed from the outside.
This is the situation in Waiweng City.
If it is an inner urn city, it should be reversed. The outer gate of the west city wall should open to the west. If the urn city is inside, the inner gate should open to the south or north.
There is no need for a moon city, and the inner gate cannot be seen from the outside.
The outer gate was always open, and once the inner gate was opened, the defenders could leave the city at any time.
The Ningxia army in the west mobilized and deployed, and Luo Ru in the city could see clearly. He originally wanted to scare them again.
Seeing the Ningxia army breaking out of camp and making preparations to cross the river, Luo Rucai, without waiting for the friendly troops to convey the message to him, ordered a group of troops and went to the north of the city to prepare for leaving the city.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! It is not Li Rugui who leads the troops this time.
On the one hand, Li Rugui's troops stayed up all night and experienced several battles. Their manpower and horsepower were extremely exhausted and they were not suitable for another battle.
On the other hand, there was a successful case of Li Rugui killing two generals at night. The officers under Luo Rucai all thought that the Ningxia Ming army was easy to deal with, so they all actively requested a battle.
The situation is completely different from the way Li Rugui prepared to die when he went to war.
The general leading the army this time was Luo Rucai's cousin-in-law Wang Guocai.
The kingdom had married Rodan's niece long before the drought came.
Later, Luo Rucai started an uprising, but he didn't take part in it. He didn't join Luo Rucai until he couldn't survive, became a fire chief, and followed him to Qinghai.
He was also very effective during the counterinsurgency campaign in Kangning. He was promoted two levels in a row and became the commander-in-chief of the brigade. Later, he wanted to repay his merits and became the commander-in-chief, but Luo Rucai suppressed him.
Therefore, I have always been very resentful.
Luo Rucai is not a wise man who favors virtuous people and avoids relatives.
The main reason is that my cousin-in-law is disobedient.
The place he found for Wang Guocai back then was to work as a township official in Haixi County where Liu Guoneng was the magistrate, and to get a piece of land to raise horses and cattle.
When the time comes, he and his cousin will have more babies and raise more babies in Xining. They don’t expect to be rich, but they will need money and land. They will live a comfortable life. When uncle Luo Dane gets old, there will be someone to help him.
Elderly care.
Luo Rucai went to this place just for the sake of his nephew Wang Long. He was very kind to his ten-year-old nephew and had already sent him to Xining Academy to study and practice martial arts.
But Luo Rucai didn't think much of this cousin-in-law, and even thought he was in the way.
Relatives help people in stages. When Luo Ru first started to grab a big family, many relatives came to hug each other for warmth, which was a real help.
The other is that the family background is relatively good, and the in-law relationships are more or less capable people, so the power of relatives is naturally also very important.
As for Luo Rucai's uprising, after it came to fruition, relatives like Guo Rucai... were completely a hindrance.
In terms of ability, you are not outstanding; in terms of friendship, when the uprising requires the most help, you would rather die in a cave and work for the master's family than to help me carry a ladder to rob a big family.
When I'm done and I lead my horse into stirrups for Liu Chengzong, the leading leader in northern Shaanxi, you come over and join me.
Luo Rucai thought, it would be better for you to die in famine while I marry my cousin to someone else.
You bitch is occupying my cousin. If you can't handle big things or small things, I have to work hard to train you and give you a promotion.
If you violate military law and get into trouble, I will step in to protect you. If you die on the battlefield, your family will have to blame me for not protecting you.
It's enough to be the CEO, but if you are promoted to the CEO, you will have to hang around in front of me all the time. How annoying!
Of course, relatives are usually more trustworthy than ordinary people.
But Luo Rucai has always been generous to his subordinates, and he is a very popular general. He has more than 3,000 people who are willing to fight for him, and there is no shortage of them.
The same promotion opportunity was given to an outsider like Li Rugui, and he was grateful. Faced with this kind of attack on an opponent who didn't know his strength, and almost a death mission, he just asked for a bowl of wine and rushed forward.
If I gave it to you, you would still feel that it was appropriate because of your relationship with your cousin-in-law.
But thinking about it, Luo Rucai still had to favor him when considering it, since it was an opportunity like this that proved to be easy to achieve merit.
After all, uncle Luo Dayen was there to persuade him and persuade him to give him a chance, so Luo Rucai couldn't help but keep disobeying him.
Besides, he had no intention of being disobedient. He stood on the city gate tower and looked at the figures of Guo Cai leading 400 horses out of the city and chasing the Ningxia army across the river, with a look of complacency on his face.
Uncle Luo Dain warned at his side: "This battle may not be that easy. Don't underestimate the enemy."
"Ah? Uncle, don't worry. My nephew knows that there is Zuo Liangyu in the east." Luo Rucai smiled and was in a good mood. He clapped his hands and said, "I guess the kingdom just fought with the Ningxia army, so the friendly forces in the east should also
They are attacking the left side, we will fight out when the time comes."
Others only thought that he thought that this attack was very certain, but in fact Luo Caocao was already happy in his heart, and his calculations were rattling.
The reason why he agreed to Wang Guocai and gave him the opportunity to fight this time was not entirely because of his uncle Luo Dain's persuasion.
He had actually considered it in his mind and let Guo Cai lead the troops into battle. There was indeed no bad outcome.
It's not bad if you win, but... wouldn't it be better if you lose?
My brother-in-law died in the rebellion. This is the price we, General Luo, pay for serving the commander-in-chief.
I just asked the handsome man to act as a matchmaker and marry my sister to someone else.
There is no hope for the three brothers from the Generalissimo's family. Our General Luo is not handsome, and my sister is not born with the beauty and beauty of the country, and she is not worthy of her.
It would be best to marry Yang Chengzu, who is a close brother, but Yang Chengzu is also a general, and there is no shortage of women. However, the little lame Liu Guoneng, and Zhao Huifeng, can consider both, and they can be considered as helping each other.
If it really doesn't work, we should take ten thousand steps back. I think we are worthy of the monk Gama from Nangqian Magistrate County who returned to secular life to beg his wife. At least we won't have to worry about recruiting troops in Kangning Prefecture in the future; even though the Taijis in the Tunmu Camp are all Tatars.
, each of them is also an earl or baron of the Marshal's Mansion, which is not an insult.
No matter how you look at it, at least it won't cause you any trouble.
All good things!
Guo Guo is not a fool. Even a blind man can see that his uncle doesn't want to see him.
On the contrary, he is actually very smart and makes the safest choices with low risks, low returns.
Back then, Luo Rucai was a bachelor, fearless of heaven and earth. When there was a drought, he gathered a group of friends and brothers to rob big households and attack Tuwei.
His kingdom really has a lot of strength, and he would rather stop the sheep of a big family and wait for food than follow them to death.
If you fight to the death, what will you do with your wife and children?
Of the dozen or so people who followed Luo Rucai to fight for their lives in the beginning, weren't the only ones left who were his uncle Luo Dayen and his brother Yang Chengzu?
Later, when he couldn't find anything to eat, he went to live with his uncle, just so that the family could survive.
It's true that you won't get rich by doing low-risk things all the time, but you can get through it slowly, and it doesn't matter if you can't get through it. How many people have tried their best but haven't gotten rich yet.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Just as he led his army across the river, there was no gust of wind rushing up to bite Cao Wenzhao in the butt.
He led four brigades of cavalry and slowly followed the Ningxia army. When he saw the Ming army stationed in the distance, he quickly stopped.
It was not until the Ming army adjusted their formation and slowly advanced that he continued to give orders to follow.
He did not dare to be like Li Rugui, who disguised himself as Zuo Liangyu and attacked and killed the general. Moreover, the Ming army would not give him a chance to attack and kill the general as the army was marching.
He is waiting for a suitable and safe opportunity.
The opportunity will come soon!
In the east of the south bank of the Wei River, Zhang Xianzhong, who had been in confrontation for a long time, received Liu Chengzong's order and launched another attack on the Yunnan troops.
Cao Wenzhao had also discovered that south of Liu Chengzong's camp, the army was in strict formation, and the soldiers and horses were gathered behind the chariots, just waiting for them to attack.
But as soon as the gunfire sounded on the south bank, Cao Wenzhao could only strengthen his confidence and ordered his troops to move forward and fight a head-on night battle with the Marshal's army.
But he didn't expect that Liu Chengzong assigned all the artillery to Gao Yingdeng's camp in the south, and the general operating the artillery under Gao Yingdeng was named Tang Tong.
Shen Guangxian showed that the soldiers and horses of that battalion had just formed their battle formation, pushing three Franco-type general cannons into the firing range. Just as they were about to order the cannons to be held down and fired, they heard two bangs from the military formation in the distance.
The two solid iron bullets crossed the one-mile range and landed not far from their military formation.
Shen Guangxian did not see the shell, but the experienced general's ear was very good, and he knew it was a large-caliber heavy artillery, and it was a non-France type heavy artillery.
The reloading time of this heavy artillery is extremely long, which is enough for them to rush into the formation and break out of the camp.
When he saw this situation, he immediately cheered: "The enemy has fired their cannons, hurry up, the cavalry will hit the formation, and the infantry will follow up. Don't give them a chance to reload!"
On the other side of the military formation, in front of the marshal's military formation lined with soldiers, Tang Tong, who was wearing a red shirt with bare shoulders, looked indifferent.
He stuffed a strip of horse meat into his mouth and chewed it for a while. Hearing the sound of horse hooves not far away, he chuckled disdainfully: "That's it?"
He turned to look at the generals Wai Liangzi and Li Baliang on the side, and ordered: "Send the artillery troops, the enemy's cavalry is approaching a hundred paces, and shoot out all the cannons loaded with loose ammunition!"