Chapter 118: Southern Expedition and Northern War (5)

At this hour, most of the Jurchens had already fallen asleep, only a few vigilant soldiers patrolled near the camp, and the two gatekeepers in front of the camp were arranged to keep vigil at this hour, and while waiting for the arrival of the shift soldiers, the bored Daji did not hold his weapon and snorted at the sky, and at the moment he looked up, the little fire in the dark sky caught his attention.

"I also see that something is shining in the sky" Hearing Dajibu's statement, he also saw some sparkling lights flying in the sky without looking up.

"It seems to be flying towards us" As he spoke, a flash of fire flew over the two of them, and with the help of the campfire near the camp, they finally saw a strange black bird hidden in the darkness, black crows, and before the two of them could exclaim, many black crows had already flown over the nearby fence and fell into the camp behind them.

"Boom" a black crow that landed on the camp tent, and after the fuse burned out, it made a violent explosion. In the dead of night, the huge sound of thunder in the depths of the camp made all the people who heard it, I don't know what had happened, and the people were panicked, and a large number of soldiers ran outside the camp tent in a panic to look around, and for a time the whole camp was full of people.

However, before everyone could react, a series of explosions occurred again, this time not only the black crows carrying pineapple flowering bombs, but also many clay pots carrying fire oil exploded, in the bursts of explosions, the Jurchen camp, the fires that burned everywhere and the wails of the soldiers injured by the pineapple bombs accompanied by billowing black smoke, straight into the sky.

With the help of the fire, someone finally found the crows that caused the explosion. However, what can I do if I see it, except for increasing fear, there is no help, with the bow and arrow of this era, I want to shoot down the black crow that has the cover of the night, and the black crow that is painted black is like this, and it is just a wishful thinking to shoot randomly, and it can't be organized on a scale, it is just wishful thinking, that is, it is laid, the clay pot in the crow's belly is broken, and there is an explosion, and when the fire oil is splashed, how to block it, and when it encounters a pineapple blossom bomb that explodes at a high altitude, it is even more miserable, like raindrops of iron ball shrapnel, and it can teach the nearby archers how to be a person in an instant.

Black crows flew in the sky with the breath of death, and the sound of explosions was accompanied by fires that rushed into the sky, panicked soldiers ran everywhere, and the entire Jurchen camp had a faint tendency to bomb the camp.

"What's going on," Huang Taiji, who was awakened, pushed open the tent door and shouted to the nearby soldiers.

"Great Khan, the military camp was attacked by the Ming army's firearms, and the soldiers were frightened and ran around, fearing that the camp would be bombed" Without waiting for the personal soldiers to answer, Fan Wencheng, who hurried from afar, began to tell Huang Taiji about the situation he had encountered along the way.

"Could it be that the Ming army launched a night attack and monitored the scouts of the Ming army, are they all dead?" Seeing that even near his handsome tent was a scene of soldiers and shadows, which made Huang Taiji very angry.

"Great Khan, now is not the time to hold accountable, the top priority is to quickly send people to suppress the noise, gather the soldiers, and prevent the formation of a bombing camp" Seeing that there was a problem with the Jurchen army, Fan Wencheng, the traitor, was even more anxious than the master of Huang Taiji, you must know that now your reputation in the Ming Dynasty has completely stinked, if the Jurchens fall and fall into the hands of the Ming Dynasty, think about the Ming people's disgust with the traitors, and unconsciously Fan Wencheng broke out in a cold sweat.

"Come, order the generals to lead their own soldiers to gather their soldiers and defend on the spot in case of a follow-up attack by the Ming army" With Huang Taiji's orders issued one after another, after a round of explosions, the flying crows in the sky were exhausted, and there was no follow-up attack and peripheral harassment, the military spirit was slowly stabilized by Huang Taiji, and under the orders of their respective commanders, a large number of soldiers began to put out the flames in an organized manner and strengthen patrols.

"It's a pity, if I had known that there was such an attack effect, the official should have led his troops out of the city in advance to ambush nearby, and after attacking the Jurchen camp, he would definitely be able to hit the Jurchens hard" Compared with Qin Liangyu's steady and steady combat method, Lu Xiangsheng prefers long-distance attacks and surprises.

"The risk is too great, it's not worth the risk, the nearly 100 black crows just released, the target is hundreds of thousands of army camps, but in this case, there are still many black crows outside the barracks, in case a black crow explodes near the ambush in the process of ambush, then the ambush people and horses will be dangerous" For Lu Xiangsheng's idea of leading the army to attack the camp, Qin Liangyu didn't quite agree, don't look at the arrogance of the Jurchens in recent days, but behind him there are various war factories formed by millions of displaced people and a steady stream of support from Daming, Relying on the power of the city wall, as long as there are no major mistakes on your side, it will consume and kill the enemy army outside the city, and there is no need to take risks when you have an advantage.

"The black crow is sharp, but there are too many uncontrollable factors, it can only be regarded as a strange soldier, and the battlefield has to rely on artillery and flowering shells to kill the enemy, but I don't know if this time in addition to the black crow, the emperor has other support" Hearing Lu Xiangsheng's question, Qin Liangyu waved his hand to let the nearby soldiers clear the nearby area.

"We won't get any support in a short period of time, and we will have to rely on ourselves in the future, not only that, but the emperor will also send border soldiers and horses back to Beijing."

"At the critical juncture when the Jurchen army was pressing, not only did there be no support, but also sent elite troops back to Beijing, could it be that something happened in the capital" When he heard that he was going to transfer troops back to Beijing, Lu Xiangsheng's first reaction was that something happened in the capital, otherwise according to his understanding of the emperor, he would never dare to make such a move.

"The emperor is also forced to do so, now that the provinces south of the Yangtze River are rebelling, the Cao Yun is interrupted, and the grain and grass of the empire can only support a few months, if the southern rebellion is not assessed in a short period of time to resume the Cao Yun, once the grain is gone, no one knows what will happen" Seeing Lu Xiangsheng's first reaction, he thought that something had happened in the rear, Qin Liangyu was still quite surprised.

"There are still more than 100,000 troops in the Beijing Division, even if there is a rebellion in the south, it will not be necessary to transfer the border army back to Beijing during this period, there must be other things that have caused the Beijing Division to be empty, and other soldiers and horses have to be mobilized to return to the King of Beijing Qin."

"Yes, in addition to the southern rebellion, there are also a large number of peasant armies gathered in Henan, and they made bold promises to break through Fengyang and dig the emperor's ancestral tomb, for which the emperor was furious, and there were more Yi people on the sea who colluded with pirates, and went north in groups, ready to plunder ashore, and now the situation in the Ming Dynasty is not optimistic, the emperor means to fight steadily, guard the Songjin defense line, and drag Huang Taiji, and when the rear rebellion is cleaned up, there is time to free up his hands and slowly find trouble with the Jurchens" After speaking, Qin Liangyu took out a holy decree and handed it to Lu Xiangsheng, This was brought by the escort team of crows.