Chapter 80: Night Attack on the Ming Military Camp
In the dead of night, the torches next to the Ming military camp illuminated the surrounding roads, and there were only about ten soldiers left on duty, they were talking and laughing, and they didn't seem to care about the Mongolian army in the distance.
"Beiyuan is going to attack my Ming military camp at night? This has to be watched out for. Xu Da observed the intelligence, frowned, it was immoral to attack the military camp at night, Ma Sanbao had also planned a sneak attack on the Mongolian military camp before, but Xu Da vetoed it, but he never thought that the army of the Northern Yuan Dynasty would actually engage in this set of tricks of sneak attack.
Sneak attack may be a means of victory, but the use of this method is too bad, especially running to other people's military camps to sneak attack, which is an unbearable move for Xu Da, once someone sneaks up on his own military camp, it is equivalent to gambling everything on himself.
"Tell all the soldiers to wake up and be ready to fight at any time, the army of the Northern Yuan is about to launch a surprise attack on us!" Xu Da hurriedly said to the non-commissioned officer beside him.
For a while, the entire military camp was lit up with torches, the soldiers put on armor one after another, and they were ready to fight at any time, hearing that the army of the Northern Yuan Dynasty was about to attack the military camp of the Ming Dynasty, many soldiers were riveted and drowsy, and even the fourth prince Zhu Di woke up from the gentle township.
"Why do you say I'm so weak, since I met you, I haven't been able to sleep peacefully for a few days!" Zhu Di was a little helpless, he had encountered a lot more strange things recently than he had been a prince in the first twenty years, not to mention that he met the rebels of Sichuan on the way back to Nanjing City from Yunnan, and it was in Nanjing City that he helped Ma Sanbao deal with four assassination cases, Zhu Di suddenly felt that there was something wrong with his life.
"I don't know." Ma Sanbao responded with a smile, he couldn't tell Zhu Di that it was because he came to Daming from the future and changed the trajectory of Zhu Di's life, if it was an ordinary historical process, Zhu Di would not have experienced so many strange things that he had not experienced before at such a young age.
The army of the Ming Dynasty was ready for battle, waiting for the Mongolian army approaching in the dark night, Ma Sanbao, Xu Da and Zhu Di constantly checked the surrounding environment with binoculars, for fear that every move would be ignored by themselves.
There was darkness all around, and the world under the telescope was extremely silent, but the more silent it was, the more uneasy it was for the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, in the dark environment, the soldiers of the Ming army felt that their hearts were being pinched, and they did not dare to relax their vigilance.
"Will this Mongol army really come?" Ma Sanbao looked at the surrounding environment with some doubts, his vigilance did not drop in the slightest, when he was in the navy, he still remembered the elusive pirates, at the moment, the situation of the Mongols was like those pirates, the elusive and nowhere to be seen, no one knew when these Mongol troops would appear in front of him.
Not far away, a faint glow of fire appeared in the woods, which immediately aroused the vigilance of the three people who used the telescope.
"Firelight, the Mongolian soldiers are really here! Be on your guard! Xu Da said, the fire of the Mongolian army gradually became obvious, many soldiers are ready to fight, look at the momentum, these Mongolian troops can be said to be pouring out, basically the entire Mongolian army in the garrison appeared in front of the Ming military camp, the Mongolian army did not find the danger, they did not know, the Ming has prepared a catapult, just to strike at the Mongolian army.
"Hehe, let's try the power of the catapult!" The fire of the Mongolian army appeared in the vision of the Ming Dynasty, and many soldiers pushed the catapult to the front line, and put a big stone, which was originally a sharp weapon for attacking the city, and at this moment, it was regarded as an artifact against the enemy.
Sneak attack, pay attention to surprise, but the sneak attack discovered by the Ming Dynasty can not be regarded as a sneak attack, looking at the catapult that was pushed to the front line, even the Mongolian army was stunned in place, they don't know who leaked the news, and let the Ming soldiers know the plan, at this time, rushed up, it was completely to hit the stone with an egg, and the catapult, which is generally used to break the city, was used to deal with the soldiers, although it was a bit overkill, but the effect was absolutely outstanding.
"Throw one out first!" Ma Sanbao said to Xu Da, Xu Da apparently agreed to Ma Sanbao's request, they untied the catapult, a huge catapult was pushed to the front, and the soldiers operating the catapult aimed at the Mongolian army and untied the ropes that bound the catapult.
A boulder flew up in response, and the Mongolian army was dumbfounded, they didn't expect Daming to play this game, so they hurriedly fled in all directions, smashed this thing, and died at all.
Seeing the boulder thrown by the catapult, Ma Sanbao lost his breath, he still has a big killing weapon that is useless, but the ammunition he brought is obviously not enough to use in this battle, bullets are such a thing, it is a rare species, and the production of each bullet requires countless energy, Ma Sanbao does not want to waste his bullets, fortunately, there is a catapult, he can save a lot of bullets.
A loud bang appeared in the woods, the original three people hugged the big tree that could be hugged and broken, some of the Mongolian soldiers who did not have time to escape were crushed under the boulder, blood burst out, flesh and blood blurred, these Mongolian soldiers gave their tragic lives, their tragic life ended because of a failed sneak attack and a boulder, no Mongolian soldier wanted to get a sneak attack plan will be exposed in front of the Ming army.
On the ground, because the boulder produced a huge pit, there were more than a dozen Mongolian souls in the pit, the Mongolian soldiers wailed, crying for their comrades, they didn't even have time to react, they were hit by the boulder, and even half of their bodies were still outside the boulder, showing a desolate look before they died, they died in a very miserable state, and they fell under the boulder.
For the Mongolian army, the Han people of the Ming Dynasty did not have a little mercy, the war was cruel, it was normal to have casualties, who were not the children of their parents, the parents of children, who could come to the battlefield, were for their own homeland, in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty was tyrannical and bullied the Han people, so they fought back, and in the eyes of the Mongols, the Han people wanted to seize the country they had worked so hard to fight, and both sides had their own reasons.
Seeing that the Ming launched the catapult, the generals of the Mongolian army immediately sent a signal to retreat, if this fight continues, it is estimated that they have not approached the camp of the Ming Dynasty, and they will suffer heavy damage here, and the remaining soldiers, even if they are close to the camp of the Ming Dynasty, they are not the opponents of the Ming Dynasty.
For a while, the Mongolian generals suddenly regretted their decision, he thought that he should not have followed the encouragement of the soldiers to launch this raid, and wondered who leaked the news and let the Ming army know their plan, these Mongolian soldiers were so angry that they could not imagine that the Ming army had the ability to find their heads.
They didn't have time to clean up the corpses under the boulders, and most of the men and horses were hurrying towards the camp, for fear that the Ming army would chase after them, after all, they were a sneak attack.
At the Ming camp, seeing the Mongolian army gradually moving away, they did not have the idea of pursuit, and the catapult needs to be sorted out by the Ming army after it is used, whether it is a distant boulder or a catapult, it needs to be reorganized for the next battle.
"It is estimated that these Mongolian troops will not dare to send tactics or receive our battle letters in a short period of time, and we have not taken the other side with much effort in the two attacks!" Zhu Di muttered, in the two battles, although he was the commander-in-chief, it was obvious that Ma Sanbao and General Xu Da were taking the lead, and he was completely a bastard, a commander who fished in troubled waters.
"The Mongolian army doesn't dare, but it's just this general, and when Na'er doesn't come back, we will have to face the revenge of the Mongolian army! Naier doesn't spend much more difficult to deal with than the one in front of him, they all say that the Mongolian army is brave and good at fighting and only knows brute force, Naier doesn't spend differently, with strategy, he Naier doesn't spend even more advanced than me! General Xu Da said that as a famous general of the Ming Dynasty, he said for the first time in front of outsiders that he could not compare with the Mongolian generals.
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"General, this?" Seeing that this trip was in vain, the non-commissioned officers were a little discouraged, they couldn't have imagined that this operation Daming actually discovered in advance, even if the news leaked, Daming should not know where he was attacking, now, Daming actually prepared a catapult in advance and accurately threw the boulder to the Mongolian army, obviously Daming has some means to survey them, for a while, let a lot of Mongolian troops chill, they did not spy on the Ming garrison's telescopes and other artifacts, in terms of reconnaissance ability, Compared with Daming, it is a lot inferior.
"Damn the Han Chinese! No wonder the general told us to be wary of all Han Chinese, but I didn't expect that we were put in two positions in a row! The general who replaced Naier Buhua spoke a little helplessly, and lost more than ten soldiers, all of them were elites, in order to sneak attack the Ming military camp, the elites were sent to take the lead, and they died so inexplicably.
"General, how can this be? You can't wait until the general returns, right? The non-commissioned officer was a little helpless, it wasn't that he didn't trust the general in front of him, but the general's command had already caused Beiyuan to lose its elite twice, although the second time was not as good as the first one, but if it continued, Beiyuan's elite could not withstand this toss.