The night was solemn, and the air was filled with the smell of great battle, which lifted the spirits of the soldiers on both sides.

Although the decisive battle will begin tomorrow, the night is not calm, and the scouts and small groups of men on both sides have been engaged frequently.

Inside and outside Xiangcheng, the Qing army camp and the Wei army castle are all brightly lit, like a mirage in the dark night, corresponding to the galaxy in the sky, like a few nebulae in the universe.

Nanyang is located in the basin, surrounded by mountains, and the road into the Nanyang Basin is not as dangerous as the Shu Road, but there are only a few.

Most of them are mountain trails, which are not suitable for large armies to pass, and the Wei army can hold them by sending a small number of soldiers and horses.

Hundreds of thousands of horses want to rush into Nanyang, there are actually only four roads, one is to go out of Wuguan and enter Nanyang, one is to go from Ruzhou to Luyang Pass, one is to go north from Xinye, and the other is to take the official road of Xiangcheng.

Now the Wei army and the Qing army are fighting for the official road from Xiangcheng to Nanyang.

The Wei army mainly relied on Xiangcheng and the two military forts southwest of Xiangcheng, and built a number of camps and fortifications on the south bank of Ziyun Mountain and Rushui, firmly choking the passage from Xiangcheng to Nanyang.

Xiangcheng is in the north of the Ru River, the Qing army wants to cross the Ru River, enter Nanyang, do not pull out Xiangcheng, when crossing the river, in addition to being blocked by the Wei army on the south bank of the Ru River, it will also be attacked from behind by the defenders of Xiangcheng, and the crossing of the river will inevitably fail.

In the dark night, a group of Qing soldiers, sneaking under the city of Xiangcheng, suddenly the drums and trumpets sounded in unison, attracting the defenders of the city, hurriedly climbed to the top of the city, but did not see the Qing army stealing the city, after half a sound, the sound of drums and trumpets was silent, and the outside of the city returned to calm.

The defenders of the city scolded loudly, although they knew that this was a tired enemy plan of the Qing army, but every time they had to be vigilant, they would prevent the Qing army from really stealing the city.

Ten miles away outside the Qing army camp, there was no peace, from time to time in the dark night let out a scream, a rocket dragged the usual tail flame, shot into the Qing army camp, that is the Wei army scouts, harassing the Qing army's camp.

The Qing army had a large number of soldiers and horses, and the camp was huge, and the Wei army scouted a group of several people and harassed the Qing army camp with rockets with a range of two or three miles, and the Qing army could not prevent it at all in the dark night.

In the city, in the barracks of the Wei army, most of them had blown out the lights and slept down, and there was a lot of snoring in the room.

In some rooms, many people toss and turn, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.

It doesn't matter if the Wei army is old, many soldiers who participated in this kind of war for the first time can't sleep over and over.

"Lao Chen, have you slept?" The military tent was full of Chase shops, more than a dozen men, sleeping in a row, and a soldier poked the soldier next to him and said in a very low voice.

The old man surnamed Chen immediately glared at a pair of red eyes, "Sleep a fart, I didn't fall asleep when I thought of fighting with the Tartars tomorrow." ”

The conversation between the two of them was very quiet, but seven or eight people sat up in the whole tent at once.

"Lao Chen, you melon baby, Lao Tzu was just about to fall asleep, and you woke up Lao Tzu again!" A sturdy man sat up.

"You say, will we win tomorrow?" There is a humane.

In this tent, there are troops from Guanzhong, and they are still a little afraid of fighting the Qing army.

As they spoke, the team sat up and said impatiently: "It's all fucking sleepy, don't hurt Lao Tzu to be punished!" ”

The soldiers all sat up, but they didn't listen to the team, and someone laughed and said, "Boss, tell us about it, otherwise everyone won't be able to sleep!" ”

The team was glancing at the subordinates on the bunk, "If you want me to say, there's nothing to worry about." You think, before we came, the king's partiality blocked the tartars. Now that the king is leading the main force, can the Tartars be defeated? ”

As soon as he said this, everyone couldn't help nodding frequently, and Lao Chen echoed: "The leader is an understanding person, and when I say this, I am relieved." Let's come out of Guanzhong, Geng Zhongming's 30,000 people blocked the way, and the king crushed his grandson in one round. This battle is definitely safe. ”

The team said: "Safe, then sleep, and nourish your spirit to kill the Tartars tomorrow." After this war, it is estimated that the Tartars themselves will be killed, and when the time comes, we will be rewarded for meritorious deeds, and our treatment should be implemented. ”

As soon as he said this, everyone couldn't sleep, "Boss, what kind of treatment!" ”

The team said: "In the C battalion, the soldiers will give 30 acres of military land, and the reward will be counted separately!" ”

Everyone in the tent was excited, and they made a noise, but then the tent curtain suddenly opened, and the angry shout of a calming official came in, "The turtle grandson of the donkey day, don't you sleep fuckingly!" ”

There are a large number of instructors and suppression officials in the Wei army, but few scholars are willing to join the army, and most of the instructors and suppression officials are mud legs, and some are still from bandits and bandits, so the quality is more worrisome, and the political work is very sloppy, and they basically still use their fists to speak.

"Sleep, sleep~" The soldiers in the tent were startled, and hurriedly covered the quilt one by one, not daring to make a sound.

The magistrate took a look, took out a brush and licked it on his tongue, drew a symbol on the notebook, and then put down the curtain and went to the next tent, but the people inside, hearing the movement next door, had already fallen asleep under the quilt.

Outside the city, in the Qing army barracks, Sun Maosheng, a former refugee from northern Henan, stood on duty outside the camp with a gun on his back.

He turned out to be a long-term worker of a rich man's family in Kaifeng Prefecture, the Qing army went south, he drove the carriage, carrying the old rich man and the young lady to the south, but was caught up by the Qing army, the old rich man died tragically, the young lady was insulted by the Tartars, and he was escorted to the north by the Tartars to farm the land for the Tartars.

Last year, the Tartar chose the coat of the army, and he would take care of the horses, so he was selected to watch the horses for his master, and became a slave of the army.

For more than a year, Sun Maosheng fought in the south and north with the banner soldiers, and saw that the Eight Banners fought many victories, but he was still cowardly on the battlefield.

At this time, he stood at the gate of the camp, looking at the rockets in the sky, and watched them fall in the camp with some blankness, and his mind went blank.

"You, you~" Suddenly, a banner man wearing white armor walked to the gate of the camp, and ordered more than a dozen Han Nikans on duty, and shouted angrily: "A few of you, go out of the camp to inspect and drive the barbarians outside!" ”

The white armor soldier spoke Manchu, Sun Maosheng didn't understand, but someone on duty understood, and immediately drew his sword and led the horse, and he had to follow others and gallop out of the camp.

At this time, in the distant sky, several tail flames lit up, like fire meteors, screaming and falling into the Qing military camp.

Wei Jun's rocket is very poisonous, so that the Tartar can't sleep at all, for fear that a rocket will fall on the tent and set the sleeping self on fire.

Sun Maosheng followed the first coat and urged the horse to run towards the place where the rocket had just been launched, and when he arrived, he could no longer see half a figure.

And at this moment, in the other direction of the camp, another scream was heard, and a rocket suddenly flew into the sky, dragging its tail flame towards the Qing army camp.

"Over there!" Bao Yi, who was the leader, immediately pulled the reins of the horse, urged the horse forward, and continued to track the Wei army scouts.

Suddenly, there was a "boom" sound, and several people who were running in front of them were suddenly blown up.

The cavalry in front stepped on the Wei army's bomb bag, and Sun Maosheng suddenly turned pale with fright, Miss is still waiting for me, I can't die here.

The harassment of the Wei army continued until the second half of the night, and it was not until the fifth watch that the scouts retreated.

At this time, the sky was already white, and the smoke of cooking rose in the camp of the Qing army, and the soldiers of each battalion walked out of the camp tent, ate something, and then walked out of the camp, lined up according to their duties, and prepared to start the battle.

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