In the middle of the night, the silence of the rebel camp outside Pinglu City was suddenly broken by a burst of shouts, followed immediately by a huge commotion with people jumping on their backs. Chiyun was so depressed about the day's defeat that he couldn't sleep for a long time, and it was just time to get up.
When I raised my eyes, I was woken up by the movement outside.
"What's going on!" Kuiyun asked loudly.
"Report to the general, it was our sentry who discovered the Ming army's sneak attack and raised the alarm. Now General Ma Qian and General Saihanqian have led their men out to meet the enemy." A soldier ran in and reported.
"Sneak attack?" Wei Yun only felt that his head was a little bigger. The world is really the other way around. He led his troops to defeat Lu City. Even if he didn't defeat it, he should at least be considered a strong side. The soldiers and horses of Ping Lu City
After winning a battle during the day, they actually dared to launch a night attack at night. Did they really take the Ningxia army seriously?
As a veteran general, Yiyun would certainly not be wary of his opponents' night attacks. Before going to bed, he arranged for his scouts to keep an eye on the two gates of Pinglu City and asked them to immediately attack them once they found out that the Ming army had opened the city gates.
Call the police. Now that the scouts have not reported back, the Ming army has already attacked their camp. What is going on?
"Tell Ma Zhengguo and Saihan not to panic! Guard the camp and don't go out to avoid being fooled." Chiyun ordered while hurriedly putting on his armor.
In fact, there was no need for Yiyun to give orders. All Ningxia officers and soldiers knew that they could not go out to meet the enemy. The tragic failure of the cavalry during the day was deeply engraved in everyone's mind. They believed that if they dared to run from behind the fence of the camp,
When you come out, a projectile will definitely fly from the opposite side, killing you.
"What's going on?" Yiyun, crouched, came to the edge of the camp, escorted by several soldiers, and got together with Ma Zhengguo and Saihan, who were also squatting behind the fence to watch the enemy.
"The reporting general is the Ming army from Pinglu City. We are surrounded from all directions." Ma Zhengguo said in a low voice.
"When did they leave the city? How come our scouts didn't notice them?" Kuiyun asked.
Ma Zhengguo said: "The general suspects that they may have climbed down from the city wall by climbing a rope to avoid the surveillance of our scouts. Xiao Ruxun has always been very cunning. If he plans to carry out a night attack, he will definitely think of us.
Surveillance outside the city."
Ma Zhengguo's words were very tactful, but the subtext was to criticize Yiyun for being simple-minded and actually thought that by keeping an eye on the city gate, he could guard against a sneak attack by the Ming army. Since he wanted to make a sneak attack, how could he arrogantly send troops through the city gate?
Kuaiyun also knew that he had made an mistake. In fact, the fundamental reason was that he did not believe that Xiao Ruxun dared to send troops to attack at night. Now the entire Ningxia town was dominated by Kuaibai, and only an isolated city like Pinglu City was left.
The troops above are still insufficient to defend the city, so there is no reason to come out one after another to provoke.
"How many people have come from the Ming army?" Yiyun changed the previous topic and asked Ma Zhengguo.
Ma Zhengguo said: "If you can't see clearly, you can tell that there are people everywhere outside, and there is the sound of feet stepping on dead branches. At least... at least..."
"What's the minimum?" Yiyun asked.
"There are at least a few hundred people, right?" Ma Zhengguo gritted his teeth and said. He was also a general who had fought in the war. He just lay here and listened for a long time. He also had a pretty good idea of the opponent's strength. How many people did the opponent have?
Thousands of people, that must be nonsense, as far as these movements are concerned, they are only a few hundred people.
"Xiao Ruxun is really bullying people. A few hundred people dare to surround my camp." Kuaiyun said angrily, "Pass my order..."
"You can't join the generals!" Ma Zhengguo and Saihan stopped at the same time, "The firearms in the hands of the Ming army are very evil. In this dark night, who knows where they will hide and fire their guns. If our people leave the camp, then...
Just like prey in the forest, just waiting to be hunted by them one by one."
"But my dignified Ningxia Guard General, with several thousand elite soldiers, is huddled in the camp like this. Wouldn't it make people laugh if word got out?" Kuiyun shouted with a fierce look.
Ma Zhengguo, who was somewhat educated, quickly advised: "General, the art of war says that the general cannot raise an army out of anger, and the general cannot go to war out of anger. At present, the situation between the enemy and ourselves is unclear, and the general can tolerate his anger for a while, and wait for the prince to send reinforcements.
Let's crush Pinglu City, and then we will cramp and skin the Ming army to avenge today's shame."
"Hmm! Okay, let's go with what you two say. If it weren't for your persuasion, I would definitely lead the athletes into the battle myself." Chiyun seemed to be very reluctant and accepted Ma Zhengguo's opinion.
"There are so many participating generals that I will admire you greatly." Ma Zhengguo and Saihan complimented each other, but in their hearts they were disdainful of the boss. Bah, for the sake of our persuasion, we just give you a step up, okay?
Even if we don't persuade you, do you dare to leave this camp?
Just because Yiyun did not dare to fight, it did not mean that the Ming army outside had nothing to do. Deng Kui, who was responsible for leading the night attack, placed the 500 soldiers who had been roped off from the city wall around the rebel camp and explained their respective positions.
responsible for the area, and then ordered the formation to be called.
The slogans for shouting the formation were prepared by the sergeants participating in the battle before leaving the city. When Deng Kui gave the order, the sergeants shouted in unison:
"哱云大熊, if you have the guts, come out and fight Grandpa!"
"Kuiyun, the slave of the third surname, your godfather asked you to go home for dinner!"
"Fly Army, grandpa just pooped fresh shit, come out and eat it!"
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Originally, according to Xiao Ruxun's idea, the shouting should be some literary words, such as treachery, wolfish ambition, etc. As soon as his idea came out, Xu Guangzu rejected it directly. Xu Guangzu's reason was that the Ningxia Army
The sergeants have no knowledge, and the Cangtou Army are some shameless gangsters. It is a complete waste to talk to them about national justice and the like. The most effective way is to scold their ancestors for eight generations, and scold them whatever is unpleasant.
Only in this way can they be provoked to jump into rage.
The sergeants of Pinglu Station are also vulgar people, and this way of scolding the formation suits their temper best. The rebels attacked the city the day before, which made the sergeants of Pinglu Station very angry, and this time is the perfect time to vent their anger.
, scolded me heartily.
Sure enough, when they heard the scolding outside the camp, the rebels in the camp were furious. Some people stood directly on the fence and shouted back: "If you have the guts, don't shrink your head, come out and talk to your grandpa."
Battle with Sanyuri!"
"impeach!"
What answered him was the sound of a gunshot. Everyone only saw a flash of fire in the grass a few hundred steps away, and the rebel soldier who jumped out to join the battle had already fallen down.
"Chen Laosan was beaten to death by the Ming army!"
The rebels were in a mess. Someone came forward to take a look and saw that Chen Laosan had a big hole in his chest, blood was flowing out, and there was no air coming out of his nose.
"What the hell..." A rebel soldier who had a good relationship with Chen Laosan couldn't help but stand up and cursed outside.
"Bash! Bash!"
Two more flashes of fire flashed, and two bullets flew towards the man. Fortunately, after the man finished cursing, he thought of the power of the Ming army's firearms, and quickly shrank his head. The two bullets grazed his scalp, and he stretched out his hand.
As soon as he touched it, the top of his head was already covered in blood.
I heard someone speaking. The rest of the musketeers also spoke. They lay down about 200 paces away from the camp, holding flintlock rifles and fired at the camp. Only the sound of "bashing, bashing, bashing" gunfire was heard one after another.
The rebel camp suddenly began to cry for father and mother, as if some intruding beast was biting people.
Yiyun led the rebels to attack the city. He did not expect that Pinglu City would be so difficult to defeat, nor did he expect that the opponent would attack in turn. Therefore, the rebels' trip did not bring many opportunities to set up camp.
The materials and fences surrounding the camp were all temporarily cut down and erected. These fences were barely effective in blocking the charge of men and horses. But they were far from enough to block the attacks of bullets.
According to convention, when encountering an enemy attack, if the encamped army does not choose to go out to fight, it should send soldiers to guard the fence wall to prevent the opponent from breaking the camp. Half of the bullets fired by the Ming army hit the wood of the fence, and the other
Half of it passed through the gap in the fence and hit the soldiers hiding behind the fence.
"Oh mom, I got shot!"
"my leg……"
"The general was beaten to death by the Ming army!"
"Someone come quickly and carry our little flag officer down..."
Weiyun, Ma Zhengguo, Saihan and others got a thick box board in front of them. They couldn't do anything with bullets. But the screams of the soldiers around them made them feel like they were sitting on pins and needles. This feeling of waiting to be beaten,
It's really unbearable, but what if I can't bear it any longer? In such a hail of bullets, who dares to go out and invite a fight?
"General, please let the brothers stand back. This fence can't stop the Ming army's cannons." Ma Zhengguo suggested.
"What if we all retreat and the Ming army comes up?" Kuaiyun said.
"If that doesn't work, let the brothers find something to block it." Ma Zhengguo said again.
Yiyun thought for a while and said: "There is a way. Let everyone take out the sleeping quilts and spread them on the fence. The Ming army's bullets will not be able to penetrate them."
In fact, some people have already thought of this method, but they just didn't dare to act without permission. After Kuaiyun gave the order, the rebel soldiers went back to the tent to get their quilts, covered them tightly on the fence, and then hid themselves
The back of the quilt was used to avoid bullets. As for how these quilts would eventually be hit by the bullets of the Ming army, they could no longer think about it. At this time, saving their lives was still the most important thing.
"Hu Baihu, it's your turn." When Deng Kui saw the rebels wrapping up the entire camp with quilts, he smiled and said to Hu Zixin, a member of the Pingqiu camp who was cooperating in the battle.
"Deng Zhongjun, just take a look!" Hu Zixin agreed and gave an order to his men. Dozens of soldiers from the Pinglu Division crawled forward until they were fifty or sixty steps away from the rebel camp.
place, then took off the bow from his back and attached a long arrow with the arrowhead wrapped in cotton cloth soaked in kerosene.
"Light the fire and set it off!"
Hu Zixin gave the order, and dozens of long flaming arrows flew towards the rebel camp. The fences on all sides of the camp were covered with quilts. The long arrows landed on the quilts, and immediately set the quilts on fire.
, flames soared into the sky.
"It's on fire, it's on fire!" The rebels hiding behind the quilt did not notice the changes outside the camp. When the hot air hit their faces, they realized that the opponent had changed their tactics and the entire camp was surrounded by flames.
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"Hurry up and put out the fire!" Wei Yun was about to cry without tears, and his voice was hoarse. (To be continued...)