Chapter 128: Night Attack on the Enemy Camp (First Update, Ask for Subscription, Ask for a Monthly Pass!) )
It can't go on like this!
Chen Fu knew very well that once the water in the city was exhausted, there would be no need for Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo, two rebels, to attack the city, and the soldiers who fell into despair and madness would probably kill each other.
In order to avoid this from happening, Chen Fu must make a decision before the situation develops out of control, so that the soldiers can see hope.
After thinking about it, Chen Fu still felt that it was better to launch a night attack.
The armies of Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing besieged but did not attack, and they were relatively scattered, and they could gain local advantages by launching night attacks. And this is simply not possible during the day.
Once Chen Fu ordered the people to open the city gate, the rebels led by Er Liu would swarm and storm the city gate.
There is also the benefit of a night raid - it can create panic among enemy troops to the greatest extent.
The soldiers live in the barracks for a long time, there are no women to relieve loneliness, and the pressure is very high, and this pressure can converge and explode when the wind blows.
Even an iron-blooded army like the Qi family army strictly forbids soldiers to move around at night, just to prevent the occurrence of camp roaring.
As for the army under Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo, it is just a rabble. If there is a riot, it is possible that it will all collapse overnight.
What Chen Fu wanted to do was to fan the flames, attack the camp at night, and rely on the two thieves' own army to break their camp as much as possible.
Chen Fu is the battalion commander of the Xiaoguo Battalion and the highest-ranking military general in Jining Prefecture. When the soldiers of the whole battalion and the people of the city were in a situation of life and death, he naturally had to make a decisive decision and show a ruthless force.
Now that you've decided on a night attack, it's all that's left to make a concrete plan.
Through his observation at the head of the city in the past few days, Chen Fu found that Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo's camp outside the east gate was the farthest away from the city wall.
It was he who decided to attack from the east gate.
After sunset, he sent his main force to the east gate of Suihua Gate, and only waited for half a dozen at night to kill out of the city.
Wang Fugui once suggested to him that 500 people should be left to defend the city, but Chen Fu refused without hesitation.
This night attack was really a last resort, and for the soldiers of the Xiaoguo Battalion, there was only this one chance.
If he wins, he can reverse the decline and even defeat the Erliu traitor.
If it is defeated, it will be impossible to hold Jining Prefecture with only the hundreds of soldiers left in the city, but it will only push back the day of the destruction of the city by a few days.
Now that Jining Prefecture is surrounded by groups, it is impossible to send a messenger to send a letter for help.
Therefore, the only way to do this is to break the cauldron and fight to the death with the two Liu rebels.
In this battle, either you die or I die.
The Xiaoguo battalion is not a cavalry battalion, but an infantry battalion.
In this way, there is a problem, Chen Fu cannot launch an attack as quickly as possible.
If there are a few hundred cavalry present, it only takes a few rounds of killing in the camp, throwing torches and burning the tent all the brains, which can cause a riot and cause the enemy army to collapse without a fight.
But if you're an infantryman, it's much more difficult to achieve this effect.
It comes down to speed.
The cavalry can rush into the enemy camp and complete the task of burning the camp tent with lightning speed.
After doing this, it is likely that the enemy soldiers have not yet reacted.
The infantry advanced slowly, and the enemy soldiers probably reacted during the process of charging the camp and burning the tents.
If half of the soldiers in the enemy camp were able to dress up and face the battle after the sentry sounded the horn, the numerical advantage of the Xiaoguo battalion would no longer exist, and the night attack would be declared a failure.
But Chen Fu didn't have time to think about it now. He could only give it a go.
There is still a glimmer of life when going out of the city for night attacks, and being trapped in the city is waiting for death.
Each soldier in the camp was given a torch, and they were told to throw it on the tent when they charged. Don't be too warlike, but set the camp on fire as much as you can.
Chen Fu made this decision out of desperation. No matter how you say it, Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing have 40,000 or 50,000 people together, and just relying on the 2,000 people in the Xiaoguo camp, they can't make any big waves.
It is necessary to take advantage of the darkness of the night to burn as many tents as possible to create panic in order to achieve better results.
The soldiers of the Xiaoguo battalion are all recruits who have just been trained for no more than two months. Although they have mastered the most basic moves, the cooperation between them is still very rusty, and there is no tacit understanding at all.
This is also a big reason why Chen Fu chose to attack at night. Nights are a great way to hide this flaw.
Wang Fugui naturally has no opinion on Chen Fu's plan. However, he suggested that the position of the musketeers be brought forward, after the pikemen.
In this way, once the rebels of the Second Liu Division reacted and rushed out of the tent, the firecrackers could line up to the top and suppress the rebels.
This is important. You know, the soldiers in the camp are difficult to spread out, and they are often crowded together. That's exactly what the Torchbearer wants to see.
Because a casual shot with your eyes closed can kill a person.
And the high-quality firecracker is the reason why the Shence Army is different from other armies of the Ming Dynasty, if you don't give full play to this advantage, you are really sorry for the cost-free manufacturing and supply of the Firearms Division.
As for the pikemen, of course, they were the main force in the charge.
A spear can take a human life with a single stab, which is very efficient.
The sword and shield hand is placed behind the last hall, ready to reinforce and fill the hole.
Once the general plan is set, the next step is to see the actual battle.
Any unexpected situation can happen during a night raid. Anyway, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, there is nothing to fear!
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"Whew!"
Sun Youde took out the thing and leaked it at the corner of the tent, only to feel that Zhou was refreshed up and down.
This bubble of urine really suffocates people, and even the urine bubble can be suffocated and exploded in a few moments!
After putting the water clean, Sun Youde was just about to tie his trouser pocket, when he felt a sharp pain in his vest, and the whole person fell down softly like a noodle.
He twitched a few times, and then stopped moving.
Immediately followed by a group of soldiers with torches rushed over.
Some of them carried spears, some with muskets, some with knives, but all with a torch in their other hand.
From a distance, the group of soldiers looked like a fiery dragon, winding its way through this tiny opening.
The soldiers, apparently having received a unified order, threw their torches into the tents.
One after another, the tents were ignited, and the fire grew bigger and bigger, and the dark night reflected by the firelight for a while was like day.
Such a big movement naturally woke up many sleeping soldiers of Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo.
They rushed out of the tent in a panic, and some of them even had bare buttocks, and they didn't even have time to put on their pants.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"
A chanting rebel soldier was stabbed in the chest with a spear as soon as he greeted him.
Blood gushed from his wounds, splattering a handful of blood mist.
Wang Fugui kicked him hard, drew his spear cleanly, and stepped forward to stab another rebel soldier.
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