Ming Empire

Chapter 119 Geng Zhongming Was Killed
In the middle of the night, Zhao Tai took the [-] elite cavalry under his command and waited quietly in line inside the west gate.

The hooves of more than [-] war horses have soft objects, and the sound is very small when they run.The horses were also tied up and their ears were plugged. Every sergeant was strictly required not to make a sound before fighting the enemy, which violated the military law.

Behind them are the two most elite musket battalions in the Datong Army. The first battalion and the second battalion have a total of more than [-] people lined up.After Zhao Tai's [-] cavalry came out of the city to sneak attack on the enemy camp, they would drive out of the city to set up formations outside the city, preparing to meet and ambush possible pursuers.The other [-] cavalry led by Zhao Liang will also participate in tonight's operation. Their task is to guard the flanks of the two cavalry battalions.

In the direction of the west gate is the camp of Geng Zhongming's troops of the Han army and the two blue banners of Mongolia. Cao Yue plans to severely injure or even wipe out Geng Zhongming's troops and the Mongols through a surprise attack tonight, catching Dorgon by surprise.

Soon, there was a violent explosion from the direction of the enemy camp outside the city, and the flames soaring into the sky also ignited, which was a signal for action.

The originally tightly closed West Gate of Datong slowly opened, and the suspension bridge was also leveled when the city gate was fully opened.

"Brothers, follow this general and kill!" Zhao Tai raised his saber and rushed out of the city gate with his guards.

Eight thousand fine riders behind him rushed out of the city gate quickly.

After eight thousand cavalry rushed out of the city and disappeared into the night, the first battalion led by Cao Jie and the second battalion led by Cao Qian also drove out of the city at the fastest speed. Afterwards, the cavalry led by Zhao Liang also rushed out of the city and formed guards on the two wings of the two musketeer battalions that were lined up in an orderly manner.

The camp of Jiannu was about five to seven miles away from Datong City. After the troops led by Zhao Tai rushed out of the formation and lined up with cavalry charge, they immediately began to accelerate.

At this time, in Geng Zhongming's big camp, members of the special training team who had infiltrated into the camp were throwing grenades and setting fire everywhere.From far away, you can see the flames rushing up, as well as the continuous sound of explosions.The sneak attack of the special training team this time was quite different from the previous few days. They did not run away after they succeeded, but continued to fight using various conditions as cover.

Jiannu's patrols outside the camp were also attracted by the chaos inside the camp. They were afraid that there would be follow-up reinforcements from the Ming army approaching the camp, so they narrowed their patrol routes one after another.

And this is exactly the effect Cao Yue and Zhao Tai needed. Jiannu narrowed the scope of patrols, and the time when Zhao Tai's large cavalry was discovered was delayed.

When Zhao Tai led [-] elite cavalry and rushed to the distance of less than two miles from the Jiannu camp, he encountered the first team of Jiannu patrolling cavalry. Seventy-eight backwards who were rushed by Zhao Tai's men were all killed, and no one survived.

When Zhao Tai's troops rushed to the distance of about one mile to the Jiannu camp, the patrolling Jiannu issued a warning, but it was already too late.

The Daming cavalry, whose speed was raised to the highest level, no longer gave Jiannu the opportunity to react and arrange a blockade. They used the warning of the explosion of the special personnel's grenade and the fire of the special personnel who had lurked into the camp, and successfully escaped from the ground that had been blasted through several large gaps. Through the gap between the fences, they rushed into Jiannu's camp.

He led his troops to successfully rush into Jiannu's camp without encountering Jiannu's resistance. Zhao Tai knew that the large-scale attack on the camp tonight had succeeded in the first step. He was overjoyed, held up the saber in his hand, and ordered All the troops quickly charged into the camp of the slaves, and any people who dared to resist were wiped out.The cavalry following Zhao Tai's charge, after rushing into the Jiannu camp, dispersed under the leadership of their respective commanders, and charged into the Jiannu camp from different directions.

Earth-shattering explosions rang out continuously. They were grenades thrown by the Ming cavalry who rushed into the camp.

The tactics of the Ming cavalry also changed. After rushing into the enemy camp and encountering the enemy, they first threw a grenade to blow up the opponent, and then used the saber to kill the opponent.

This kind of tactics worked very well for the first time. The Jiannu Han army, which was on high alert, was thrown into chaos after being bombed. They were rushed by the cavalry of the Ming army following the explosion. There is no formation, and there is no way to organize resistance.

Zhao Tai personally led the army to rush to the front. His troops are the most powerful in the entire cavalry team. With the cooperation of special personnel and the support of grenades, after rushing all the way into the camp, they hardly encountered anything. There is resistance at scale.After a while, they rushed to the depths of the slave camp.

Not far away, in the light of the fire, Zhao Tai saw a large group of enemy cavalry coming in this direction.

This is the guard led by Geng Zhongming himself.

Unfortunately, when his escort team had just assembled, they were thrown explosives by members of the special training team lurking nearby.

The captain of the personal army who had discovered that the situation was wrong was unfortunately killed, and the other troops were also frightened, and many people were injured or died.

The war horses of the Ming Army cavalry had their ears plugged to prevent them from being surprised by the sound of the explosion, but the war horses of the Jiannu cavalry had no such defense at all. The huge explosion frightened the war horses. Running and jumping in a controlled manner, including Geng Zhongming's mount.

Fortunately, Geng Zhongming's riding skills are good, and the mount under him is also a good horse, otherwise the war horse would definitely throw him off the horse when he was frightened.Many of the soldiers around him were knocked off by the frightened horses.

Zhao Tai saw a large group of cavalry in front of him messing around, he was already in a state of high excitement, and immediately ordered the people behind him to follow him and kill them.

Soon, the two troops approached quickly, and another grenade exploded, making Geng Zhongming's guards even more chaotic, while Zhao Tai led the guards around him, and rushed over before the smoke of the explosion cleared.The saber flashing red was already raised high, and amidst the earth-shattering shouts of killing, the two sides fought together.

How could the panicked Geng Zhongming's guards be the opponent of the high morale led by Zhao Tai? On the battlefield, a large number of slave-building Han troops were killed.

Zhao Tai rode like flying, and ran towards the guy in front who was dressed completely differently from the other soldiers.The sergeant beside him also followed quickly, fighting the enemy a few horses ahead of him.

Zhao Tai aimed at the slave-building officer with a high position and killed him. When he rushed to the man, he slashed down with the saber he held high, and the blood spattered. The body, after running forward on the horse for a while, fell off the horse's back.

"My lord is dead!"

"Run, the prince has been killed..."

In the confusion, I don't know who shouted.Hearing that Geng Zhongming was killed, Jiannu, who was still dying to resist, suddenly became rioted, and the originally unorganized resistance fell apart in a short while.

Zhao Tai also heard Jiannu's cry, and immediately shook his arms and shouted: "Geng Zhongming is dead, kill all Jiannu, kill!"

"Geng Zhongming is dead, kill Jiannu, kill!"

"kill!"

Wave after wave of shouts of killing sounded, and the morale of the Ming army was getting higher and higher, and the killing was even more vigorous!
(End of this chapter)