Chapter 728: Constantly making mistakes and being attacked at night
This night attack was indeed bold. Tan Tai was bound to break through the light and dark sentries surrounding the Ming army's camp, climb over obstacles such as trenches and camp fences, and enter the Ming army's camp where the numbers were overwhelmingly superior to fight.
Therefore, if they were discovered by the Ming army, Tan Tai's night attack force would be trapped by the Ming army. Even if they were discovered early and successfully retreated, such a setback would completely destroy Tan Tai's night attack force.
There was no rest. If a decisive battle between the Ming and Qing armies occurred tomorrow, the 1,500 cavalrymen who attacked at night would not have the physical strength to fight, thus losing their combat effectiveness in vain.
But Hauge still chose to believe in Tan Tai, because he knew that Tan Tai was not a reckless person. The only thing Hauge was worried about was Tan Tai's safety, because Hauge could never bear the loss of an absolute confidant like Tan Tai. So he
He hinted to Tan Tai: Just let Naba lead the night attack force.
Tan Tai was a rare person among the senior generals of the Qing army who was gentle and soft-spoken. But as a Batulu, how could he accept Hauge's advice? So Tan Tai pretended not to understand Hauge.
Still at the second watch of the day, he led 1,500 Qing troops, one man and two cavalry, and galloped towards the Ming army's camp.
On this road, Tan Tai and his soldiers were galloping at the front. The night was so dark that there was no light at all. Although the Qing army was familiar with every inch of land outside the pass, they could not cover every area.
Every tree remembers the small ditch clearly. In the dark, it is easy to fall into the ditch and hit the trees at high speed. Therefore, Tan Tai took the lead and flew at the front, constantly exploring the road to prevent night raids from clearing it.
What danger did the army's troops encounter?
It wasn't until seven or eight miles away from the Ming army's camp that the Qing army, which was attacking at night, stopped. They could no longer get closer. Otherwise, the vibrations on the ground would attract the attention of the Ming army, so Tan Tai stayed here.
Two hundred men guarded the horses, and the remaining soldiers took the empty horse that had never been ridden and started the last part of the journey.
On this day, the Ming army happened to advance to twenty miles away from the military fort in front. Although it was very close to the military fort, the Ming army did not relax its vigilance. Five troops lined up in a plum blossom-shaped camp, and Hong Chengchou's Chinese army was at
In the middle of each camp.
Because it is very close to the military fort. Although Tan Tai's night attack troops are all horses with bound hooves and wooden heads, they still need to pass through the gap between the military fort and a forest on the side, so they can easily be caught by the enemy in the military fort.
The army discovered.
Moreover, the Ming army in the military fort did discover the Qing army, but they neither dared to leave the fort to attack the Qing army, nor did they dare to send people out of the fort to report to the Ming army's camp.
They kept waving torches in the direction of the camp, hoping to attract the attention of the camp. But firstly, the distance was too far; secondly, because of the defense of the military fort in front, the soldiers on night watch in the camp did not pay attention, so they did not find the soldiers on the military fort.
The abnormal movement of the torch. Therefore, the Ming army also lost one of its best preventive opportunities.
Hong Chengchou did not turn a blind eye to the importance of this "narrow slit". Any general could see that it was a passage between the Qing army and the Ming army camp. So Hong Chengchou also requested here that Liaodong at the front
Commander-in-Chief Liu Zhaoji and Commander-in-Chief Assistance and Suppression Force Zuo Guangxian conducted patrols and arranged sentry posts.
But Hong Chengchou didn't know this. It was also because both Liu Zhaoji and Zuo Guangxian blindly believed in the role of military forts, and the two troops were at odds with each other, so they both thought that the other side's troops had sentry posts in this narrow gap. In fact, in the end, neither one had a sentry post.
arrange.
Therefore, in this case, the various Ming army troops did not expect that an imminent battle was coming. And when Tan Tai passed between the two Ming army patrols, relying on luck, the Ming army lost
The last chance to discover the Qing army's night attack.
The Qing army did not attack the Ming army's camp at night. They came from the left, so the first thing they encountered was Zuo Guangxian's camp. However, Tan Tai did not order a direct attack on the camp. They passed through the camp
In the open space between them, horses galloped towards Liu Zhaoji's camp at the front.
However, after approaching the Ming army's camp, the Qing army no longer needed to hide. They all lit torches and shouted loudly to make the biggest noise.
At this time, Zuo Guangxian had not fallen asleep. He was discussing tomorrow's march with his military attachés in his tent. But at this moment, he heard a burst of shouting outside the camp, and suddenly a raging fire appeared.
, which caused a commotion in Zuo Guangxian’s camp.
"Go and have a look! What happened?" Zuo Guang first loudly ordered to her own soldier captain, then she turned to her military attache and ordered: "You also return to the camp quickly and suppress it to prevent the camp from being set up.
.We must also make preparations to prevent the Tatars from stealing the camp.”
But before the military attachés could agree to their promise, a soldier outside the big tent came in and reported: "Commander! It's the Tatars who stole the camp. They have already killed us. Are we ready to fight?"
"Call all the bastards and keep the troops where they are. No one is allowed to run around in the camp, otherwise military law will be enforced. No matter how much trouble there is outside, we don't care. No soldier is allowed to leave the camp. Yes.
We can withstand the trenches and fences." Zuo Guangxian immediately ordered anxiously. After saying that, he led the military attaches out of the tent. The military attaches ran back to their respective units, and Zuo Guangxian led the
He led his own troops to patrol the camp to prevent chaos in the camp.
But Tan Tai's night attack on the Qing army ignored the chaotic Zuo Guangxian's camp. They galloped forward, and after a while, they arrived at Liu Zhaoji's camp.
The soldiers in Liu Zhaoji's camp were also awakened by Tan Tai's night attack. Although they were making preventive preparations, they still believed that the Qing army who attacked at night was still far away and would eventually defeat Zuo Guangxian.
Yingpan got their turn again, so they were completely unprepared for Tan Tai's appearance.
Moreover, because the camp here is facing Zuo Guangxian's camp, Liu Zhao's trench digging at the base was only half-hearted. It was only six or seven feet wide. People and horses could cross it with a single leap, and there was no obstruction at all.
function.
So when the Qing army at the front dismounted, crossed the trench with knives, axes, and ropes, Liu Zhaoji's soldiers, who were not mentally prepared for combat at all, dispersed in a rush, and those Qing soldiers were able to pull and cut them off smoothly.
The nearly fifty-foot fence opened the passage for the Qing army to rush into the camp.
Thirteen hundred Qing troops on horseback rushed into Liu Zhaoji's camp without any hindrance. They threw torches at the tents and chopped down the fleeing Ming troops, causing chaos in the camp.