Chapter five hundred and sixty seventh there is a trap, an ambush
"Death! Or live!" Li Sanhe exclaimed. For some reason, he suddenly came up with these very philosophical words.
"Sir! What are your orders?" The soldier behind Li Sanhe didn't hear the words clearly, so he immediately stepped forward and asked in a low voice.
"Nothing!" Li Sanhe waved his hand and said. Tonight went so smoothly that Li Sanhe was a little worried.
All the people behind did not dare to make any noise and were waiting on the spot. This position was really deserted. The company commander of Cheng Niu's company was really excited.
It was calm on the other side where Cheng Niu and the others crouched. During this period, a patrol of the Peasant Army passed by. Cheng Niu and the others lay on the ground for fear of being discovered. Finally, they touched the edge of the camp fence. Here
It was indeed too sloppy. Due to the terrain, not even a trench was dug, and there were not even any early warning measures. It was completely empty.
"It should be here, the rebels didn't notice it." A soldier next to Li Sanhe reported.
With such a long distance, Li Sanhe and the others would definitely not be able to see the movement of Cheng Niu and the others, so they counted and estimated the distance of Cheng Niu and the others. The soldier was responsible for counting. He followed the steps of the Runing Army.
Calculating the speed specified by the ambush, it was estimated that the soldiers advancing in ambush should have arrived in front of the peasant army's fence.
Moreover, the camp of the peasant army is getting quieter and quieter. It seems that the other party has not noticed it at all. If this night attack was discovered, the people and horses must have been making noise and making trouble. Therefore, the longer the silence lasts, the greater the hope.
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Cheng Niu and the others suppressed the excitement in their hearts, tied the ropes in their hands to the camp fence, and tied it tightly. Several people connected the ropes in their hands together and trotted back to the team lightly.
The follow-up people had already followed and connected the rope. At this distance, the rope carried by one soldier was far from enough.
Several strands of rope were tied to sufficient length by the soldiers of the Runing Army. Cheng Niu's company commander whispered a few orders, and the ropes connected to the camp fence were tied to the horses.
Another soldier crouched back to Li Sanhe and reported to him that everything was ready. All the soldiers of the Runing Army drew their weapons, some mounted their horses and prepared; some formed a formation and waited until
When the camp fence is opened, we must rush in.
The ropes were tied to the horses. Cheng Niu and others got on their horses one after another. The dozen horses pulling the ropes were facing the opposite direction of the peasant army camp, while the remaining Runing soldiers were facing the direction of the peasant army camp.
"Do it!" the company commander shouted in a low voice. The dozen horses pulling the rope exerted force at the same time, and the rope was suddenly stretched straight. And the camp fence was made of wood, one-third of which was buried in the soil.
Therefore, these dozen horses exerted force at the same time, which was a huge force. There were a few "squeaking" sounds. The camp fence wooden stakes buried in the ground were all pulled up. And a section in this direction
The camp fence was forcibly pulled up by more than a dozen horses.
There was no need to be quiet at this time. Li Sanhe rode on his horse and shouted loudly: "Young men, hurry up and rush in! Give these thieves a hard time!"
Attacking the camp at night. Under such a situation, more than 2,000 soldiers rushed into the enemy camp, slashing and killing, and the disturbance and shock were quite shocking. However, the peasant soldiers were all asleep, and everyone was confused and didn't know.
How many people came to attack the camp. They must be in a panic. Not being frightened is already a good psychological quality. So even though the peasant army is an army of tens of thousands, the two thousand people of the Runing army are enough to make them collapse.
The soldiers of the Runing Army also followed Li Sanhe's order and started shouting loudly. This was not the time to be quiet, they just wanted to make the noise as loud as possible.
And that kind of loud shouting was also a signal. The artillery commander who was stationed on the hillside and commanded six artillery pieces heard the movements of the Runing Army and immediately ordered: "Fire the artillery!"
Six artillery shells immediately flew into the dark night sky. I don’t know the effect of the artillery shelling. I only know that those artillery shells definitely hit the camp of the peasant army. But in the quiet night, the sound of the artillery shelling was really...
It’s deafening!
Suddenly hearing a loud noise, the camp of the peasant army exploded. This was Liu Guoneng's camp. Hearing the drastic change, Liu Guoneng immediately jumped out of bed. Regardless of the screaming woman beside him, he pulled out the gun beside the bed.
knife and broke out of the inner tent.
"Your Majesty! The officers and dogs have robbed the camp!" The captain of Liu Guoneng's soldiers broke into the tent. When he saw Liu Guoneng's naked body, he was shocked for a moment. Then he immediately reacted and reported the situation in the camp to Liu Guoneng.
"Which direction?" Liu Guoneng didn't care about the cold late autumn night. The first thing he wanted to do was to figure out what the situation was.
"It's at the empty camp!" the guard captain replied immediately.
"Okay! Hurry up and arrange for manpower to stop the official dogs who rob the camp. Go out and inspect the camp again. Anyone who messes with the camp will be beheaded immediately to show the public!" Liu Guoneng immediately ordered.
At this time, Liu Guoneng was no longer panicking. In the long-term battle between the peasant army and the Ming army, when the two sides faced each other in the camps, they always fought between the robbery camp and the anti-robber camp. This kind of battle was quite fierce, and each other
There are also many tricks between them.
So Liu Guoneng found a place in his camp that seemed carelessly set up and had weak defenses, making people think he could break in through the gap, and set up an empty camp. But behind the empty camp, he laid an ambush.
A large number of mobile troops were deployed at night to attack the camp hijackers head-on.
In fact, this can be regarded as a psychological trap. People who can come out to rob the camp in the evening usually have the idea of speculation and adventure in their hearts. If there is such a gap, people will always be attracted to take the bait.
Under normal circumstances, as long as the camp robbers rush into an empty camp and are intercepted by a large number of ambushed troops, they will definitely be demoralized because they have fallen into a trap, and they will even be defeated by the interception.
The only thing Liu Guoneng is worried about now is those artillery pieces. It is impossible to send troops out of the camp to remove those artillery pieces at night, because it is not easy to find some soldiers without night blindness in a short time. Therefore, Liu Guoneng just
It is necessary to organize your own troops to avoid the range of artillery fire, and to suppress the soldiers in the camp to prevent the camp from being bombed.
The captain of Liu Guoneng's soldiers immediately led a group of soldiers into the camp for inspection, and drove all the peasant soldiers who were running around out of the tents back to the tents, and beheaded several disobedient soldiers. Under the harsh management, Liu Guoneng's
Calm gradually returned to the camp, and the soldiers within the range of the artillery fire also withdrew to the rear of the camp in an orderly manner.
But this calmness did not last long, because soon, the Runing army who had robbed the camp broke through the obstruction of the ambushing peasant army and broke into Liu Guoneng's camp.
The road chosen by the Runing Army was indeed a bit difficult to walk. The infantry was better, but several cavalry were knocked off their feet. Moreover, due to road restrictions, it was impossible to form a long queue. But these are minor problems.
. Runing's army still kept trotting, because as long as they rushed in at this time, everything would be fine.
Seeing that the infantry regiment in front had already rushed into the camp of the peasant army, there was some movement in the camp of the peasant army at this time. Many of the cavalry behind were a little relaxed, and they couldn't help but sneer in their hearts: "It's too late!"
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But at this moment, the infantry regiment that had entered the camp of the peasant army suddenly heard an exclamation: "This camp is empty! There is an ambush among us!"
The cavalrymen couldn't help but rein in their reins, waiting for Li Sanhe to issue further orders.
"Why are you panicking! What are you panicking about?" Li Sanhe roared, "Keep quiet! Do you usually practice less in this situation? Just do it as per training!"
Although the shadow in his mind that he might encounter an ambush was confirmed, Li Sanhe relaxed at this time. In the night attack training of the Runing Army, both sides of the exercise were also full of tricks, so every camp robbery training may be
In the event of an ambush, the Runing Army is actually not too afraid of this situation as long as they follow the training plan.
Amid Li Sanhe's roar, the officers of the Runing Army quickly restrained their troops and began to act according to their usual training.
At this time, Liu Guoneng also made some miscalculations. The troops he now ambushed around the empty camp were far less powerful than the troops that were ambushing around the empty camp when the camp was first established.
Because he was preparing to retreat and also judged that the Runing army would not march such a long distance at night to attack at night, Liu Guoneng now arranged for many fewer troops to ambush around the empty camp.
In addition, the attitude of leaders like Liu Guoneng had more or less affected the peasant soldiers at the bottom, and the discipline of those peasant soldiers was quite lax, so many of the soldiers in the ambush dispersed to sleep.
What is even more sad is that most of the soldiers who dispersed to sleep slept in the empty camps. You must know that the peasant army has a strong desire for supplies, so when they retreat, they will definitely not give up setting up in the air camps.
Of the tents in the camp.
In addition, the sleeping environment in the empty camp is quite good. It is much better than sleeping with dozens of big men with their feet tied. Therefore, the tents in the empty camp are now sleeping with many peasants and military laborers who were dismantling the tents and those who were supposed to be sleeping.
Soldiers in ambush at night.
So when the Runing Army opened the fence and fired artillery, the Peasant Army soldiers sleeping in the tents of the empty camp immediately fled in all directions, and these people first affected the formation of the ambushed Peasant Army troops.
Moreover, those who escaped were all brothers in their own army. The ambush troops of the peasant army could not bear to use long-range firepower such as muskets and bows and arrows. So when those people were almost able to escape, the Runing infantry who had already broken into the empty camp
The regiment has already formed a square formation and started shooting with muskets. (To be continued...)