The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 179 The enemy is indistinguishable
Cao Hongzu tried his best to push the horse, while watching behind him.In fact, he could only see the light of the torch beside him in the night, but the wound on his face reminded him all the time that there were a large number of prisoners chasing after him.

In the first half of the night, he took his soldiers and ran for an unknown distance, and finally found that he had been scaring him all the time, and there was no sign of the enemy at all.

He secretly cursed bad luck, so he gathered the team and ordered repairs on the spot.

His men and horses fled for a long time, but when they heard that there was no Jian captive chasing them, they immediately fell to the ground in disarray to rest.

At this time, a group of Qing troops came from the south side of it. It was Zhang Yingmeng who came to "respond" to Fan Shaozu's troops.

Zhang Yingmeng sent scouts to come forward to give a password, and then he knew that it was not his own, so he immediately swung his troops to cover up and kill him.

Cao Hongzu's anger hadn't rested yet, and he heard the sound of killing behind him.At first, he calmly sent his own soldiers to order the soldiers, telling them that there was no enemy and they should stop shouting.

Unexpectedly, the soldier ran back in a short while, and reported that there was really a Jianlu attack this time.

Before Cao Hongzu could react when he heard the words, he suddenly felt a burning pain on his face. A feather arrow was nailed to the tree behind him with a bang, and the body of the arrow was still humming.

He was so frightened that he jumped on the horse, whipped the horse desperately, and continued to flee north.

In the camp of the generals of the Dragon Guards, Zhu Linmei was discussing matters with the officers of the Dragon Guards and the Polu Camp when suddenly a hussar came in to salute and said, "My lord, I just found a few local people who said this is Xiarong Village There is indeed a large army of Jianlu stationed in the outskirts of Nanping, but no one knows the specifics."

Zhu Linmi quickly found the location of Xiarong Village on the map, and said with a slight frown, "It's only about twelve miles away from the outskirts of Nanping, which is a bit close. The whole army was ordered to stay in a state of battle, and the number of people in the outer security circle was doubled. Build a barracks to attack the captives."

"Yes!"

Zhang Jiayu clasped his hands aside and said: "My lord, we have traveled along the way, but we have not seen any human habitation for dozens of miles. I thought we were still in the wilderness, but unexpectedly we are approaching Nanping."

Zhu Linmei nodded, Nanping County is the seat of the Yanping Prefecture, and it is so desolate at this time, which shows how rampant Jianlu is.

He instructed Zhao Shichao: "Send hussars to the camp of the captives immediately, we must find out the falsehood of slavery as soon as possible, and it is best to catch a few survivors and come back for interrogation."

"Yes!" Zhao Shichao took the order and left.

Zhu Linmi pointed to a hill on the map again, "Here you can overlook the surrounding area, and put all the cannons up tomorrow."

"Yes!" Chen Xiongfei replied aside.

"The Polu camp can step back a bit, and build a village along the Nanxi River..."

Just as they were talking, Zhao Shichao, who had just left for a while, turned back and saluted loudly: "My lord, the hussars on guard on the south side found a group of troops rushing towards our army. The number is unknown, but there are always about a thousand people Above! In addition, Tan Ma also heard the sound of gunfire."

Zhang Jiayu immediately answered: "My lord, if Jian slaves attack the camp, they should keep quiet and sneak up, and they will definitely not fire guns. So, or is there a Ming army fighting Jian slaves?"

Zhu Linmei nodded and said: "Jiang Zhengxi should be the only Ming army in the vicinity. Could it be that he is fighting the enemy..." His face darkened at this point, "I just said how could Jiannu surrender so easily! This fox tail It leaked out."

Zhen Zhen said anxiously from the side: "But I don't know how the battle is going. Mr. Jiang has 6000 troops under his command. If he is defeated by Jiannu, it will be a huge loss for the Ming army."

"We have to beware that this is a trick to attack the camp and build captives." Zhu Linmi immediately ordered, "Order the infantry of the Dragon Guards to line up in the center, and break the barracks to cover the two wings. The cavalry is concentrated in the rear of the infantry. The voices of the captives hit east and west."

"Yes!"

"The whole army is under torch control, keep silent." Zhu Linmi ordered again.In the night battle with Tong Peng last time, the Dragon Guards made full use of the advantages of the flintlock, which is easy to conceal without a fuse, and has now become the standard mode for night battles.

"Zhao Shichao, send a team of hussars to meet them. If Jiang Zhengxi's men, lead them to go behind our army. If they are captives, report back immediately."

"Yes!"

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Cao Hongzu knew that it was not easy for Jianlu to follow him in the middle of the night, so he kept urging his horse to run wildly.Gradually, he felt that the shouts of killing and the sound of firecrackers behind him had subsided, and he felt a little relieved.

"General, look!" All of a sudden, the soldiers beside him pointed to the north and shouted in surprise.

Cao Hongzu looked up and saw neatly arranged torches rushing towards him, it was clearly a group of cavalry!
Right now Yanping Mansion is full of captive troops except for his own troops, his heart tightens, could it be that the Qing army set up an ambush in front? !

Thinking of this, he looked around, finally pulled the reins hard, and ran to the east, followed by the remnant soldiers behind him, running without looking back.

Under Zhao Shichao's order, Jin Jie led his hussars to join "Jiang Zhengxi". Not wanting to be far away, he saw the oncoming people and horses turn eastward.

He went in without knowing it, and was afraid that it was a trick of Jianlu to lure the enemy, so he ordered his soldiers to wait in place and wait for the change.

After a while, more people came, and it was Zhang Yingmeng who was ordered to meet Fan Shaozu.Zhang Ying dreamed that the Ming army suddenly turned to the east and saw nearly a hundred torches in front of him. He subconsciously thought it was Fan Shaozu's army.

His main task here was to ensure the safety of Fan Shaozu's 5000 men, so he immediately gave up pursuing the Ming army and sent someone to check with "Fan Shaozu".

Jin Jie saw that the team in front stopped, and a few riders got out of them, and shouted at him from a distance of thirty or forty feet: "Purple Qi is coming from the east!"

Someone shouted again: "Is Fan Canling in front? I'll come to meet you."

When Jin Jie heard the word "Shenling", he knew that he was a prisoner, so he didn't answer, and ordered his hussars to pull their horses and leave in a low voice.

After running sixty or seventy steps, he took out a bone whistle from his bosom and blew three times vigorously.The sharp whistle pierced through the night sky, and the Dragon Guard camp half a mile away received a warning, and knew that the enemy was in front of them, and all the soldiers immediately moved.

Zhang Ying dreamed that the other party turned away without answering the password, so he knew it was not Fan Shaozu. He looked at the Ming army fleeing to the east, and couldn't help wondering, who is following whom?
He was hesitating which side to pursue, when he suddenly heard a series of cannon fires in front of him, followed by screams from his side. He turned his head and saw one of his own soldiers was still sitting on the horse with the lower half of his body, but he didn't know what was going on above the chest. where to go.

cannon? !He was startled, and just about to order to retreat, he suddenly found that the distance was pitch black, only a faint flame danced in the far distance.

Then there was another flicker at the fire, and the artillery roared again, but there were no torches around.

On the battlefield in the late Ming Dynasty, combat command mainly relied on flags and drums.Fighting at night, if you don't have a torch, you can't see the flag. What battle is there without a flag?

In other words, there should be no infantry or cavalry cover near those cannons!
(End of this chapter)