"Order all soldiers to stand up!" Qin Sen ordered like this and walked to the edge of the camp to listen carefully to the direction from which the sound came.
But he soon no longer had to listen, because the shouts of killing spread from the east to where he was at an extremely fast speed, surrounding the small camp.
"This is the Xilu!" Chang Jizong was shocked: "How could the Xilu suddenly break into the Chinese army's camp! They even attacked here!" Their Yongming left guard's camp is located to the east of the Chinese army's camp, but
But it is not the easternmost one, there is a guard station separated from the outermost periphery; to the west of them is the Banner Guard, one of the eight Shangzhi Guards who went out to the Western Region this time, and further to the west is the camp where Yunxi rests on weekdays.
, is also the center of the entire Chinese army camp.
"Quick, all soldiers go to the camp to prepare for the Xilu attack!" Qin Sen shouted.
As soon as Zhao Xing, Chang An and others lay down, they were woken up. They put on their coats and raincoats in a daze and ran out of the tent. At this time, they saw so many Xilu surrounding the camp, and they suddenly woke up.
, picked up a weapon and went up to the camp.
"Let all the archers be ready to release arrows once the Xilu attack the camp." Qin Sen ordered again. Firearms cannot be used when it rains. Although the range and power of arrows will be greatly reduced when they are stained with water, they can still be used.
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Under the command of Qin Sen, the entire Yongming Left Guard soldiers prepared to defend the camp as quickly as possible. But a very surprising scene occurred to him. The Xilu who were surrounding his camp did not launch an attack.
, it seems that they are still preparing for them to rush out of the camp; from the east, Xilu soldiers keep coming out, crossing the camp and heading west from the north and south roads.
Although Qin Sen was surprised, he breathed a sigh of relief: No matter what Xilu's purpose was, as long as his camp was not lost, he was not at fault.
But Chang Jizong looked at it doubtfully for a while and then his expression suddenly changed: "Not good!"
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At the same time, to the north of the Chinese army camp, an army with a total number of nearly 20,000 people was rushing to the camp located in the middle of the Chinese army camp as quickly as possible.
"Liu Yi, go to the front. If you encounter an army that is also marching, shout out tonight's command. If you can't match it, start attacking immediately. Even if you can match the command, don't believe it easily. But as long as the other party doesn't stop you, you can't stop them.
Don't worry about the road to the south. We are here to rescue His Majesty, not to kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds!" Cao Xing ordered the person next to him while running on his horse.
"Yes, sir." The man named Liu Yi agreed and rode to the front.
"Cao Xing, why did the Xilu suddenly break into the camp and even force the flag-bearer guard who was very close to His Majesty?" Song Xuan also followed Cao Xing on horseback and asked after he finished speaking to Liu Yi.
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"Now is not the time to think about this!" Cao Xing didn't care at all why the Xilu were able to break into the Chinese army's camp. Whether it was that all the guard posts to the east of the Chinese army's camp were asleep to death, or they were captured by the Xilu in a short period of time.
It doesn't matter if they are all wiped out. What matters is His Majesty's safety.
"Cao Xing, don't be too nervous. The Banner Guards and other five Shangzhi Guards are closely surrounding His Majesty to protect His Majesty's safety. The Shangzhi Guards are the most powerful guards in the Ming Dynasty. Even the east guard has been destroyed.
All the Western captives have been wiped out, and the flag-bearing guards can hold on for a long time." Song Xuan advised again.
"I also know that the fighting power of the standard guard is not weak! But Your Majesty will not allow any mistakes! If Your Majesty makes any mistakes, then this battle will be lost!" Cao Xing shouted anxiously. Although it was raining at this time
, but sweat continued to appear on his face. At this time, he released his right hand holding the reins, took out a handkerchief from his waist, wiped it on his face randomly, and tucked it back into his waist.
"But..." Before Song Xuan finished speaking, he was interrupted by Cao Xing's shout: "Soldiers! Your Majesty is in danger now. In order to protect Your Majesty, charge with me!"
"Charge!" the soldiers beside him shouted quickly, and then the whole army shouted loudly.
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"Great Khan, the Ming army garrison stationed at the central camp of the Ming army where our army broke in has been completely wiped out." Shaharul ran to Timur and reported loudly.
"Leave a thousand soldiers to search the Ming army camp to see if there are any surviving Ming soldiers. If found, those who are seriously injured or who look disabled will be executed on the spot. Those who are not injured or not seriously injured and are willing to surrender will be killed on the spot.
Accept their surrender and send them to prison camps." Timur ordered.
He then turned to Jesb and said, "Send another thousand soldiers to the east to search for Ming army sentries, and treat them according to the instructions just now."
"Great Khan, even if the sentry of the Ming army is still alive, he must have been bitten by a fierce dog, and he will not survive even if he is rescued. And according to the confession of the prisoner just captured, the sentry on duty tonight is the Jianzhou Guard, which is called the Khitan Guard.
A garrison built for barbarians has no purpose of taking prisoners." Shaharul said with a smile.
"You are wrong. It is precisely because they are guard posts composed of people who are called barbarians by the Khitan people that they have the meaning of taking prisoners." Timur said: "When our army attacks the mainland of the Khitan people, these people are called barbarians."
The barbarians are all potential allies of our army. If we can save a few, we will have suitable candidates to contact them when they attack the Ming army's homeland and let them serve our army."
"Moreover, even if these sentinels have been bitten by fierce dogs, they may not necessarily die. There is still a possibility of survival, so there is a need to search for the sentinels."
"Yes, Khan, it's because I didn't think about it too much," Shaharul said.
"You are still young, so it is normal for you to not fully consider things when you encounter them, but you must always pay attention to your studies." Timur taught.
Shaharul agreed again and turned around to carry out his order.
After Timur gave a few more instructions, all the generals followed the instructions. The big mullah who was also here at this time half sincerely praised and half flattered: "The Great Khan is really the reincarnation of the God of War in the sky. It's so simple.
With this strategy, the Ming army's camp was defeated."
The tactics adopted by Timur are very simple: First, he sent fierce dogs to attack sentries for several days. First, the soldiers of the Ming army were unwilling to serve as sentries and became war-weary. Second, at first, the Ming army heard that fierce dogs were attacking sentries.
, most of them would guess that Xilu wanted to attack the camp at night and would strengthen their vigilance. However, when such things happen for several days in a row, they would get used to it and slowly relax. As the sentries became tired of war and the guards relaxed, night attacks would
Camp will be easier.
The next step is to choose a rainy night. The firearms of the Ming army are more advanced than those of the Xilu. Firearms cannot be used on rainy days, which will cause greater damage to the combat effectiveness of the Ming army. Moreover, on a rainy night, the sound of rain is used as a cover, so it is not possible to attack the camp.
