In the night sky, the full moon will soon be hanging high in the sky, and the sky is full of stars. It can be said that the stars are brilliant. In this era without pollution, everything is so clear.
Bhagalpur was noisy during the day and even noisy at night. In the second half of the night, everything was finally quiet.
However, if you observe carefully, you will find that the south gate of Bhagalpur was opened a crack, and about a hundred soldiers stepped out, and then disappeared into the night in a small group of ten people.
On top of the city, several generals kept staring outside. After an unknown amount of time, they finally noticed the agreed signal in the distance, which flashed away.
So, on the top of the city, two of the generals whispered to the same person: "My lord, let's set off!"
Ye Bushou, who went out just now, was to clear the way for the night attack team. The signal came, indicating that the front was safe.
After hearing this, Mu Tianbo suddenly became a little nervous again, but he still suppressed it, nodded immediately, and whispered: "Okay, I'll wait for your triumphant return!"
He Jin and Liu Xiyao looked at Ma Shouying and He Yilong with some envy and said, "Go, we will take care of you!"
Then, the soldiers who were selected for the night attack quietly began to leave the city, and finally blended into the night.
On the streets of the city, groups of supporting soldiers also began to gather, waiting for the war to begin outside!
Although the moonlight was bright, there were many potholes outside the city, and the soldiers of the Ming army who attacked at night were not walking on official roads. In particular, some soldiers had to run without conscience, so they did not walk very fast.
However, no matter how unhappy they were, as time passed, they finally slowly approached the Mughal Empire army camp in the distance.
The camp they chose was the one they had chosen during the day, and it was a camp for the local army of the Mughal Empire.
The benefits of doing this have really emerged.
Ye Bushou, who had found out earlier, discovered that the patrol sentry outside the camp was actually sleeping, which gave the Ming army more time to approach the camp.
Generally speaking, the army is very particular about setting up camp, and it must be to prevent the enemy from stealing the camp.
The most common method is to send sentries in the fields outside the camp to detect enemies attacking at night early. Then, corresponding measures must be taken when setting up a large camp, and most of the patrols are elites in the army who can respond quickly.
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If there is an enemy night attack, you must be able to withstand the first wave of enemy attacks so that the generals can organize more troops in time to defend against the enemies who attack at night.
If the army generals have experience, they will take more measures to prevent night attacks.
Because of this, night raids are not an easy task. In China’s thousands of years of history, there are very few successful night raids, but of course there are some.
But this time, the Ming army secretly approached the camp of the Mughal Empire army, but was still not discovered. Obviously, the Mughal Empire soldiers were exhausted from the day's torment.
Ma Shouying and He Yilong were about to start stealing the camp as planned. At this moment, He Yilong suddenly listened and then said to Ma Shouying with a little surprise: "Do you feel it? The wind is blowing!"
"Well, it seems that the wind has indeed picked up!" Ma Shouying responded immediately after hearing this, and then suddenly said in surprise: "Following the wind?"
The army of the Mughal Empire was too large. Therefore, not to mention the camps that stretched for dozens of miles, they had to camp on any terrain due to "hungry". And because of the hot weather, those more elite troops chose to
It is relatively cooler to camp in a forest with thick vegetation.
In addition, because there were too many troops, the camps assigned to each army were very small. Not only were the tents in the camps connected, but the distance between the camps of each army was also limited.
Moreover, as soon as the Mughal Empire army arrived at Bhagalpur, they immediately began to attack without spending much thought on setting up camp. Not to mention, because of the failure of the water battle, they were afraid of the Ming army's cannons from the warships bombarding the camp at night.
It took a lot of fiddling.
Under various factors, the wind factor immediately created very good conditions for the fire attack.
Whether it was Ma Shouying or He Yilong, they were both veterans of many years of fighting. After getting together, they understood that there was a huge opportunity in front of them.
"It seems that this wind will not stop for a while. This is the opportunity God has given us!" He Yilong emphasized excitedly, "Let's do it?"
"Do it!" Ma Shouying nodded without hesitation.
The two immediately discussed it, and while sending people back to report the battle plan, they divided their forces into two groups to create greater chaos.
If you want to maximize the results of the battle, instead of just attacking and confusing the enemy at night, the best time is to arrive at dawn after causing huge chaos for the enemy. This will make it easier for the Ming army to pursue the enemy.
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Otherwise, it would be a fool's errand, and the Ming army was mostly made up of firearms troops, so there would be no way to reload ammunition!
Both Ma Shouying and He Yilong were experienced. They changed their battle plan according to the current situation and quickly returned to the city of Bhagalpur.
When Mu Tianbo heard that the night attack was going to be expanded, he hesitated a little. This was not in line with the court's strategy. According to what Governor Yang Weizhi told him, there would be a continuous war here, consuming the Mughal Empire's army, and then Qinghai-Tibet
Governor Li Yan's army will launch an offensive against the capital of the Mughal Empire at the appointed time, disrupting the rear of the Mughal Empire, triggering chaos in the Mughal Empire's army, and eventually defeating them.
But now, according to Ma Shouying's plan, the winner is about to be decided.
While he was hesitating, He Jin and other generals were overjoyed and quickly said to Mu Tianbo: "This is a rare opportunity. God is helping us, but the wind is blowing. Lord, please give the order!"
"Yes, my lord, this opportunity must never come again!"
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After hearing their call for battle, Mu Tianbo turned to look at the Prime Minister's Army and the commander of the Jinyi Guards, Li Ruolian. It was obvious that he did not dare to make such a big decision alone and wanted to see Li Ruolian's opinion.
According to imperial regulations, military supervisors do not actually participate in the decision-making of military operations.
However, Li Ruolian had a conversation with Mu Tianbo and knew that he had concerns. Furthermore, Li Ruolian had been with the army since the 15th year of Chongzhen. Although he did not participate in decision-making, he was energetic in both major and minor wars, and was more courageous than Mu Tianbo.
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At this time, when he saw Mu Tianbo looking at him, he nodded vigorously and said: "We can fight, even if it doesn't go well, with the combat power of our army, we can definitely retreat!"
Upon hearing this, Mu Tianbo no longer had any worries and immediately agreed to the idea of fighting a war.
As a result, emergency mobilization began immediately in the city of Bhagalpur.
All the soldiers who were on rest were awakened to prepare for battle. The soldiers who had been preparing before even brought fire starters and went out of the city to support their comrades who were attacking at night.
Time passed slowly, and the Mughal Empire army camp was still calm and there was no special reaction.
The reinforced horses guarded them and became more confident. They looked at the night, estimated the time, and finally started taking action, approaching the Mughal Empire military camp and preparing to attack.
Under the cover of night, there is actually no use for flintlock guns. Only a pre-loaded shot can be used. The main method of night attack still depends on the bows and arrows carried, as well as the bombardment of grenadiers' grenades and unscrupulous cannons.
Therefore, the soldiers who attacked at night had to be close enough to the Mughal army camp. This inevitably increased the risk of being discovered.
No, as He Yilong's lurking place got closer and closer, suddenly, the sound of dogs barking was heard in the Mughal enemy camp.
Yes, generally speaking, military dogs may be included in night defense measures for military camps. Compared with humans, military dogs are more reliable.
Under the silent night, the sound of a dog barking was very clear and could be heard far away at once.
The patrolling Mughal soldiers began to check for movement. After all, the barking of military dogs might have been caused by a false alarm.
However, under the cover of night, not far away, a group of soldiers patrolled out of the camp and led the military dogs outside to inspect the situation.
He Yilong didn't care about them. They were already lurking close enough anyway, so he directly ordered to shoot the patrolling Mughal soldiers, then launched an offensive formation to attack the enemy camp.
"ah……"
The screams of the patrolling soldiers could be heard far away under the cover of night.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack..."
The soldiers of the Mughal Empire patrolling the camp suddenly shouted loudly, and then sounded the alarm gong for enemy attack.
Under normal circumstances, soldiers on patrol and on duty will first resist the enemy's attack and give other soldiers who are resting time to assemble.
If they can withstand the enemy's attack and wait until other soldiers complete their formation and begin reinforcements, then they can win.
On the other hand, if you cannot resist it and the other soldiers are rushed into the camp by the enemy before they can even form a team, it will easily collapse.
This is how war works, you come and go to see who is more skilled.
Unfortunately, although the patrols of the Mughal Empire army discovered the Ming army, they were a little late. Not to mention, the Mughal soldiers had been making trouble all day, and this was the most sleepy time.
They were asleep and had just been awakened by the sound of police gongs. Before they had time to react, they heard a huge noise.
"Boom boom boom..."
"Bah, bah, bah..."
The grenade was thrown into the camp by the grenadiers, and it happened to blow up the patrols who had gathered to prepare for defense. The heartless cannon with a longer range fell deeper into the camp under the cover of night. After the fuse burned out, it was
An even more deafening sound.
There were also some soldiers of the Ming Army who used bows and arrows to fire rockets specifically at the tents in the camp.
The sound of muskets was mixed with the sound of firecrackers, and among the excitement, there were countless Ming troops shouting to kill.
It only took a very short time for the silence to suddenly turn into the sound of gunfire and gunfire.
The soldiers of the Mughal Empire who were attacked were immediately stunned!