"Take the initiative?"

Everyone looked at Ma Jinzhong suspiciously, and Mo Li also bowed slightly, signaling Ma Jinzhong to continue.

Ma Jinzhong said: "Yes! Take the initiative! The Beijing camp is weak, but with General Cao's troops by his side, they must not have imagined that we would take the initiative to attack out of the city, and we have always had a strong point in night battles, so we will give him a night attack tonight! ”

Mo Li nodded, raised his eyebrows and said, "Yes, unexpectedly, you will definitely be able to win by surprise!" Only after defeating the official army can we gain a foothold in Lingchuan! ”

Everyone nodded, but Cao Bianjiao was silent.

Mo Li knew that he was uncomfortable, after all, it was his uncle who was going to attack him now, so it was naturally difficult to accept emotionally.

Mo Li walked over, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Bianjiao, I know you are not happy in your heart, but sometimes some things are very unavoidable, if we don't fight for our subtle chances, we won't be able to survive, so how can we drive out the Tartars?" ”

Cao Bianjiao nodded silently. In fact, he also knew that since the day he joined the Fuxing Army, he was destined to go to the opposite side of the imperial court, and at least in the short term, conflicts with the official army were inevitable.

But Cao Bianjiao still had a glimmer of hope that one day the Revival Army and the imperial court would reach a peace agreement and no longer meet each other.

At that moment, Moli ordered each battalion to take turns to rest and recuperate, rescue the wounded, check the equipment, replenish physical strength, and prepare to go out of the city at night to attack the camp.

At about midnight, the north gate of Lingchuan City quietly opened, and thousands of soldiers of the Fuxing Army trotted out of the north gate in the biting night wind of winter, and quietly ran towards the official and military camp more than ten miles away.

At that time, the moonlight was thin, the cold wind was howling, and because the horses' hooves were wrapped in rags, it was not loud to run on the horses. It was only three or four miles away from the official army camp that the official army detective sentry was shocked to realize that the bandit army in Lingchuan City had rushed to the front.

"Kill!" As Ma Jinzhong shouted, the forward cavalry began to fire rockets at the camp of the officers, and the infantry who followed closely behind also raised their flintlock pistols and pulled the trigger on the officers and soldiers who ran out to meet the enemy in a panic, or opened their bows and arrows.

Clusters of rockets rained down on the tents of the officers and soldiers, causing a burst of exclamation and commotion. Many officers and men rushed out with their sleepy eyes wide open and disheveled, and they were in a mess to meet the battle and fight the fire.

Mo Li personally led the army to command in the center, and Guan Feng, Cheng Qingzhu, Ba Laodao and others led the troops to rush and kill. In this night attack, Moli dispatched almost all the horses of the Fuxing Army, except for Cao Bianjiao who led hundreds of people to garrison Lingchuan City, and He Zhendong's 1,000 men and horses who stayed in Heiyun Village, the remaining more than 4,000 people were all pressed, trying to break the enemy in one fell swoop.

The Jingying and Yansui soldiers and horses were stationed in two separate camps, and the first place to attack the Fuxing Army was the camp in Jingying. Gao Qiqian and Lin Jianyue were awakened from their sleep by the earth-shattering shouting and killing sound, and hurriedly got up to take a look, but saw that there were panicked Beijing soldiers everywhere.

Lin Jianyue grabbed one of the general flags and asked, "What happened?" Why the hell is such a mess? ”

The general banner said in a panic: "Report to your lord, bandits, many bandits are here!" ”

"What!" Lin Jianyue was taken aback, "Tell the brothers to resist me!" ”

Why are these bandits in Lingchuan City so bold as to attack the official army in turn? And at night, the sight is so poor, and it is pitch black everywhere, can't they not see?

The soldiers in the Beijing camp were in a mess, the soldiers in the Beijing camp were already lacking in training and low in combat effectiveness, and now they suddenly encountered a night attack by bandits, and they were unprepared, and they heard the sound of killing in their ears, and they were even more frightened, and the soldiers of the Beijing camp, who lacked combat quality and command in battle, soon began to retreat.

Lin Jianyue rushed out of the big tent under the escort of his own soldiers, and happened to meet Gao Qiqian who also ran out in a panic with the guards.

"Gonggong Gao, why is this, why is this bandit army so arrogant, and they actually counterattack our imperial army? How good is that? Lin Jianyue said a little panicked.

Gao Qiqian also looked like a prince, and stammered: "What about General Cao?" How many people are coming? ”

"General Cao doesn't know where it is, the brothers are all in chaos......" Lin Jianyue's face was a little ashamed, but no one paid attention in the darkness and chaos.

Gao Qiqian was also helpless, looking at the chaotic Jingying, with a panicked face.

"Grandpa Gao, why don't we run first! Otherwise, it will be too late to wait! Lin Jianyue watched the soldiers of the Revival Army roaring and rushing towards him, while his subordinates rushed towards him, seeing that they couldn't resist, so he said in a panic.

"But, General Cao'......," Gao Qiqian said hesitantly. Compared with Cao Wenzhao is the commander, Cao Wenzhao did not give the order to retreat, in case the court investigates it in the future, he is suspected of escaping.

"I can't take care of that much...... Oh, my God! What's that! Lin Jianyue looked at the fire dragons gushing out in the distance, and changed color in shock.

Gao Qi sneaked up and followed the prestige, only to see many Fuxing Army soldiers holding long objects in their hands, spraying long fire dragons, which scared these Beijing soldiers to death, no one was willing to resist, regardless of whether the commander ordered a retreat, one by one turned around and ran.

Gao Qiqian could no longer be reserved, so he and Lin Jianyue took the guards and soldiers to turn over and flee north.

The army under the command of Mo Li fought a fierce battle with Cao Wenzhao's subordinates, and because the revival army attacked suddenly in the middle of the night, Cao's men and horses were completely defenseless, and they were cut down a lot by surprise.

Cao Wenzhao commanded his subordinates to respond to the battle in a hurry, in the end, he was a general with the style of a general, he was not afraid of danger, and although the chaos suddenly arose, he still commanded steadily.

Cao Bu originally had 20,000 horses, but during the day there were nearly 2,000 casualties, and another 1,000 men and horses were sent to Zhangde Mansion to transfer Hongyi cannons, and there were still more than 17,000 people in the camp, and it stands to reason that the Fuxing Army only had more than 4,000 people, and it was impossible to break through Cao Bu's camp.

However, the attack of the revival army came too quickly and suddenly, and many officers and soldiers were still asleep, and they led the team to kill when they were gone. The Beijing camp was the first to be chaotic, and as soon as the Beijing camp retreated, it affected the Cao soldiers and had no intention of fighting.

Originally, if Gao Qiqian and Lin Jianyue did not panic and did not run, and commanded their subordinates and Cao Wenzhao's subordinates to join forces to jointly resist the attack of the Fuxing Army, the Fuxing Army might not be able to attack the camp successfully, and it is unknown that they might be caught in it.

It's a pity that Gao Qiqian and Lin Jianyue ran away, the Beijing camp retreated, and the weapons and firepower of the Fuxing Army were too strong, and the remaining Cao soldiers had no intention of fighting again and fled one after another.

Although Cao Wenzhao led his troops to fight to the death, the whole army was defeated, and he couldn't stop drinking, so he had to be coerced by his subordinates and fled to Zhangde Mansion.