Volume 1 Chapter 134: The Sound of Lingbi's Cannon (3)
Inside and outside Lingbi County, more than 300,000 troops gathered on both sides, which may be more than the population of the entire county.
On the 29th of the winter month, all the horses of the Northern Army arrived at the Lingbi camp and completed the encirclement of the official army.
King Yan summoned the generals in the Chinese army and said: "He Fu's army is newly defeated and its morale is low; There was a shortage of food in the official barracks, and the morale of the army was in turmoil. Our division urgently needs a big victory to boost morale, and this king has decided to attack the camp tonight and take advantage of the situation to destroy Ping'an and He Fu's army! ”
There was a commotion in the tent, but no one stood up to speak for a while.
Zhu Gaoxu originally thought that the officers and soldiers had no food and would have to come out of the fortifications sooner or later. As long as one more fortification is built outside to defend it, the officers and troops can be forced to attack against the trend.
But Yan Wang's consideration also makes sense. Anyway, they can fight, so it is better to follow the decision of King Yan.
Zhu Gaoxu has also faced battle formation decisions many times, he understands that the actual situation is often very complicated, it is not a simple matter of choosing one or the other, no matter how you choose, it may be right, the key is to do it!
So Zhu Gaoxu took the lead in coming out and hugged his fists and said: "Father is wise!" ”
The generals followed suit. At this time, no matter how it fought, the northern army was in the upper hand, and everyone asked for battle.
King Yan immediately deployed the positions of the generals and ordered: "The official army has trenches and barriers, and they will suffer losses during the day. After dark, our army suddenly attacked again, smashed open the camp gate, and killed the male and female! At that time, I called for people to fire cannons in the army, and three cannons rang out, and the whole army attacked together! ”
Everyone clasped their fists and said: "The last general will take the order!" ”
Zhu Gaoxu led the forward position in the direction of the south gate again. When he left the Chinese army, he immediately sent people to cut down trees as crashing wood, and got two Hongwu cannons to load the car......
There are still a lot of officers, soldiers, and horses, and if the northern army falls into the point of attacking the surrounding earthen walls and trenches, this battle will not be easy to fight! The key is to open the camp gate as soon as possible, and then rush into the field.
Fortunately, although the officers and soldiers repaired the fortifications, they did not plan to defend them, and the fortifications repaired in a few days could not be compared with the city walls and gates. To open the camp gate, the difficulty is not at the same level as breaking through the gate of the urn city.
After making proper preparations, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhang Wu saw that the sun was about to set, so they summoned their generals to report on the military situation and asked everyone to wait for dark to prepare for battle.
By the time Zhu walked out of the tent, the sun had already set into the western horizon, and the clouds in the sky were still the last wisps of orange and yellow. When the sun sets, it gets dark very quickly, and the light is already dim.
The fire in the camp of the Northern Army was lit with fire, as if the whole earth was covered with stars. In the suburbs of this era, only in the barracks can there be such a prosperous scene.
Zhu Gaoxu prepared to hit the wood, and ordered a team of soldiers to sneak close to the camp gate first from the position where there was no fire. The main army was deployed far away from the official camp, and he prepared to rush over with cavalry first, trying to achieve the effect of a surprise attack, and then the infantry slowly followed.
Occasionally, a few rockets appear in the sky of the "Zizi ......", and the gunpowder tied to the rockets makes a burning sound, like fireworks, and like meteors in the night sky.
The group of foot soldiers who carried the wood had not gone far, and they were all lying on the ground at this time. However, it should be difficult for the officers and soldiers to spot them, and the brightness of the rocket is really limited.
Zhu Gaoxu stood next to the big brown horse, stretched out his hand to lift the breastplate, tied the rope of the helmet, pulled out the Yanling knife at his waist, and when he saw that the knife edge was new, he sent it back to the scabbard. When he looked back, the large number of horsemen stood silently on the ground, each leading their horses, and the torches in their hands had not yet been lit.
In the hazy light, the two horsemen ran over, and when they saw Zhu Gaoxu's banner, they said, "Prepare the generals!" ”
Zhu Gaoxu waited for a while, then turned his head and said, "Pass it on, everyone is on the horse!" ”
"Order!"
He also turned on his horse and took a cherry gun from Zhao Ping's hand.
Time passed bit by bit...... At this moment, a cannon sound was heard in the distance, followed by two more!
Torches were lit one after another, and there was the sound of "whirring" blowing fire folds everywhere. Zhu Gaoxu was stunned for a moment, he suddenly felt very strange, the Yanwang Chinese army was in the west, but the direction of the cannon was a little wrong......
However, soon there was a loud shout of killing and the sound of horses' hooves in the night sky, and the earth gradually boiled!
Zhu Gaoxu rubbed his head, and finally lifted the cherry gun and shouted, "Let's go!" ”
Countless horses began to move, and the sound of horses' hooves became more and more dense. Zhu Gaoxu led the crowd to rush through the tent camp of his own people in front, and at this time, three more cannon shots rang out in the west!
The situation was very weird, and sure enough, his feeling was right, the direction of the three cannons at the beginning was wrong! At this time, Zhu Gaoxu understood: At the beginning, the three cannons were released by the officials and soldiers!
At this moment, the official army camp was also shouting and shaking the sky, and Zhu Gaoxu hadn't realized where the rolling wood he had touched had been, and the camp gate had been opened!
Among the countless torches, Zhu Gaoxu glared at the officers and soldiers running out in a large number of columns...... King Yan's luck is really not blown, when the army is ready to attack the camp, he just happened to encounter the official army counterattack and break through, which is convenient!
"Kill!" Zhu Gaoxu immediately shouted.
The horse's hooves roared, and Zhu Gaoxu led the cavalry to charge quickly! The strings of "crackling and ......" on all sides were like fried beans, and arrow feathers whizzed in the air.
Many officers and soldiers of the officers and soldiers wore bright armor, glittered under the torches, and were shot with bows and cried to the ground. Zhu Gaoxu led his own soldiers and rushed to him first, and saw that the infantry was still a chaotic column, so he killed the general and stabbed people when he saw them.
There was a mess at the camp gates, torches tumbling on the ground, and sparks splashing. The cavalry clashed left and right, the light flickered on and off, sometimes it was dim, sometimes it was dim, but sometimes the torches could be seen reflected on people's faces, and even the frightened expressions of the officers and soldiers could be seen clearly under the orange and yellow firelight.
The infantry, who had just rushed out of the camp gates, was suddenly attacked, formed in a line, and driven away by the heavy hoofs and arrows of the cavalry, and soon retreated into the barracks. Zhu Gaoxu shouted loudly and rushed in with his soldiers.
In the attack camp in Xiongxian County that year, Zhu Gaoxu's performance was not very good, but he also had a lot of experience, and immediately led the crowd to rush to the camp regardless of 3721, so as to make room for the follow-up horse team to gallop.
As for what will happen when he rushes inside, Zhu Gaoxu can't care about it, the situation is very good, so he will rush first with his head stuffy! A group of horsemen chased the officers and infantry and slashed them, and the sound of killing in the camp was shocking.
Zhu Gaoxu couldn't tell the specific direction very clearly, and at this time, he saw another cavalry of the Northern Army in the distance also coming in. More and more cavalry of the Northern Army were running everywhere between the officers and soldiers, and there was no distinction between camps on the entire camp battlefield, the two armies were intertwined, and the shouts of countless people filled the entire land.