The sentinels of the cavalry were all short-sleeved with arrows, and immediately carried the necessary supplies and weapons, and in order not to attract people's ideas, the clothes worn by the sentries scattered outside were not military uniforms.

The sentry of the Jiaozhou battalion did not wear felt hats, and the cavalry of this Tartar did not wear pointed helmets, and it is estimated that when he met a knight in the field, the Tartar probably thought that he had met his companion. The Jiaozhou battalion knew that there was an enemy in the north, but the Tartar army did not know that since Jizhou went south, there had been no existing enemy in the sentinel scouts placed outside. I'm used to this mentality, and when I see someone, I really don't think much about it.

The distance is close, the sentry of the Jiaozhou battalion Zhang almost did not shout out on the horse, the Manchurian cavalry on the opposite side is also surprised, if it is the cavalry of the Ming army, the first thing to do at this time is to turn around and run, beat the horse and gallop, and the name is beautiful, since it is the enemy, the news must be transmitted back to the camp.

But the sentry of the Jiaozhou battalion saw that there were many people on the other side, and he would run. Seeing that the other party was also a person, it was natural to come forward to try, the Tartar cavalry, arrogant along the way, of course would not run away, both sides in the first moment of surprise, both urged the horses, approached forward.

Of course, the two of them were in no state, the tartar pulled out the bow on his back, and the first time he pulled it, he actually forgot to untie the rope that was tied to it, but the second time, he actually broke the thin rope tied to his body, and he was ready to start with a bow and arrows on the horse.

The sentry scouts of the Jiaozhou battalion are relatively willing to be equipped with equipment, and the people who go out are almost all armed with a firecracker, but the power is much smaller than that of the infantry firecracker.

For no other reason, in order to be easy to carry on the horse, the gun tube of the fire gun is much shorter, so that the initial reduction of the lead shot is very short, and the power and range are very short.

In the eyes of today's people, firearms and bows and arrows are advanced and backward. But at that time, people didn't dare to think so, the Manchurian Tatar cavalry and shooting unparalleled that was preached by various people had penetrated into everyone's heart, and although the soldiers of the Jiaozhou battalion believed in their own training, this rumor was too evil.

Watching the other party take off the bow and arrow, Zhang's center of the earth was cold when he brushed it. In his hand, he was desperately ramming the ammunition in the barrel of the gun, thinking that the other party was a bow and arrow, a simple bow and arrow, and he didn't need so many steps by himself, and now that the two met, victory or defeat was to see who could attack first.

The Tartar's movements were indeed fast, and he had already finished stretching his bow and arrows, and Zhang, the sentry in the Jiaozhou camp, was just staring at the other party's movements, and he was very numb and rammed the ammunition again. Both sides saw that the other was the enemy, and when they got closer, they had already drawn their weapons at a distance of fifty paces.

Although the Tartar sentry was first in a state of being able to shoot with a bow and arrow, it was necessary to ensure accuracy. To be within forty paces, he held his arms ajar with his bow, his legs tightened, and his belly between them, allowing the horses to move forward, and these Tartar sentinels were indeed very good at detecting horses.

This side of Zhang is finished from tamping. A copper tube was pulled out of the leather pouch around his waist. Pull out the plug and put it to your mouth and blow a few times. This fire medium is in a hurry. It's faster than the arquebus.

The Tartar cavalry came within forty paces. Zhang just blew the fire medium in his hand. The Tartar cavalry suddenly pulled the big bow in his hand to the fullest. The arrows flew in a hurry.

It's just when the horses are shooting the ground. I stepped on a small pit in the ground. The horse's body jolted slightly. It's such a small bump. The arrow suddenly slanted.

Despite the fact that the flight is very fast. But the deviation caused by this bump is really not small. It's almost a palm's distance from Zhang's shoulder. At this time. Zhang's fire gun has been prepared. The Tartar cavalry cursed in his mouth. Put the bow directly to the ground. Pull out a long knife at his side. Rushed straight to this side.

Zhang hesitated for a moment. Take the firearm and turn over and dismount. The expression on his face was uncontrollably ecstatic. Almost grinning at the Tartar cavalry rushing across the side. Fire on the ground. I'm sure I won't make the same mistakes as the other side.

The Tartar cavalry did not believe that the opponent's ground short-barreled firearms could be lethal. The impression of the Eight Banners of Manchuria. The only place that can cause damage is artillery. What a quick gun, a thunderbolt or something like that. Rush to the front. Just protect your head and face. Basically, you don't take any damage from the earth.

The firearm in the hand of the soldier in front of him was so short, it must have been even less powerful, so he rushed to him and cut him down.

The sentry detective surnamed Zhang in the Jiaozhou camp repeatedly reminded himself not to laugh out loud, otherwise it would affect the accuracy of his shooting, but this escaped from death, and the other party sent it to the door like this, and his luck was really good.

You can see the color of the teeth of the Tartar cavalry, the fire gun burst out, at such a close distance, the Tartar cavalry is rushing straight through the door wide open, if you don't hit, then all these years of hard training are afraid that it will be in vain.

The long knife in the hand of the Tartar cavalryman had already fallen to the ground, his face was full of incredulous expressions, and he wanted to look down at his wounds, but he could not accumulate strength, so he fell directly from his horse, and the horse, frightened by the sound of the gun, ran to the other side, dragging the corpse of the Tartar soldier.

Zhang Mou laughed hesitantly, and opened the door to see joy, but then he inserted the fire gun into the blanket on the side of the saddle, turned over on the horse, and galloped in the direction of the camp, and saw the tartar!!

On the 27th, the sentinels of the Jiaozhou battalion and the horses of the Tartar army were fully fired, such as Zhang, who took advantage, but there were also horses who returned to the camp, and people did not come back, counting the dead and wounded, it should be half and half.

Since he knows that the other party is also relying on the canal to act, he can almost judge the current position of the Tartar army, which should be very close to Dongguang County.

Zhao Neng, the chief general of the Dengzhou army, also knew that since he had come to this judgment, I was afraid that the Tartar army on the opposite side would also have a similar judgment.

The only advantage should be that the camp guard set up by more than 20,000 people of the Dengzhou army is quite effective, and there is basically no possibility of leaking people in each guard position, which means that the Manchu army cannot accurately know where the Jiaozhou battalion is.

At this time in winter, the night battle attack camp hurts others and hurts themselves, and the Tartars will not do such a stupid thing when they are full of confidence and victory.

But the exact location is not known, and the general speculation can be guessed, and the camp cannot be said to be safe now.

When it was three quarters of the hour. Originally, the sentry who thought that he had died in the fire with the Tartar scout horse returned to the camp, and there was another speculation in the camp that these three people were all horse bandits from Dengzhou back then, and the military discipline and training in Pingsuli were a little tired, and they suspected that they were at such a critical moment. I'm afraid I can't rely on it, maybe I ran away.

In addition to the cavalry who joined the Jiaozhou battalion horse team during the days when Li Meng served as the garrison of the Jiaozhou battalion, the follow-up soldiers, whether they were cavalry or foot soldiers, were all based on the children of military households, followed by the children of local civilians, and the third class of recruits and bandits, and the most important was the former Ming officers and soldiers. The Tuntian soldiers are believed to be the source of soldiers between the children of military families and the children of civilians.

After the bandits were recruited, despite their martial arts. There is even combat experience, but everything is almost already formed and integrated into the training system of the Jiaozhou battalion. It's going to take a little more effort than those simple young people.

Moreover, these people have been mixed in the outside for many years, they are very complicated, they have their own ideas in case of trouble, and what the Jiaozhou battalion instills in them cannot be accepted without reservation, and they will even bring bad recruits.

The time when the Tartars entered Shandong from the north and sacked the city of Jinan. Many of the characters in the green forest rivers and lakes who were recruited into the Shandong Salt Gang fled one after another, not caring about their own tasks at all, and this incident made the Jiaozhou battalion have a bad impression of these people. Several Great Purges are the reason for this.

In addition to the purge, the people who were recruited or took the initiative to surrender to serve in the Jiaozhou battalion, except for those who were in the first three years, all had glass ceilings on their land, promotions, military merits, etc., all had to be screened and treated, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that they were discriminated against.

This is how these three came from tonight, but the Jiaozhou battalion has been in this way for many years, especially the part of the Dengzhou army. rarely fights, so there are few things like military promotions, but they can't be revealed. When the three scouts returned to the barracks, some officers still mobilized their troops and horses to check around the camp.

The fear was that the three sentinels had brought in people they shouldn't have brought with them, but these three sentinels had brought the most important information about the battle—they had found the location of the Tartar camp.

Some sentries act alone, but these sentry sentries who have been transferred to the bandits or recruited are consciously or unintentionally arranged in groups of several people to monitor and contain each other, so as to avoid problems.

Thirty miles after leaving the camp, these men met a Tartar sentry. But this Tartar is not a brave man. Seeing that there were many people on the other side, the first reaction was to turn the horse and run away. The direction of escape is naturally his own camp.

These sentries in the Jiaozhou battalion are not from a decent background, and unruly behavior is a shortcoming, but at this time, this boldness cannot be said to be good or bad.

The three of them took out the ability to rob the road and track the caravan back then, and they were unhurried in the back, and now the residents of Beizhili are all scattered, and it is the plain terrain, and it is easy to track a horseback knight, and they still encountered other Tartar sentries on the road.

The less is slaughtered, and the more is avoided, and when it gets dark, I finally see the camp of the Tartars, which is on the edge of Dongguang County.

All the officers and soldiers who stayed in the Jiaozhou camp were dismissive of the defenses of other military camps, and the open sentry posts, secret sentry posts, and mobile sentry posts outside, as well as the guards lurking in the fortifications and shadows, almost turned the outside of the military camp into a large iron bucket that did not leak.

The rest of the barracks, in addition to a few sentinels at the gates, and then there are patrols that patrol regularly, of course, this level of security, in this era, will never be considered careless, decent comments can still be obtained, you must know that many camps of the Ming official army can not do this.

The sentries easily infiltrated the place where they could observe, and saw the location of the large camp, although the large camp of the Tartars was full of people coming in and out, but it was quite quiet, and it gave people a lot of pressure faintly.

The size of the camp is almost twice that of the Dengzhou military camp, and with this kind of quietness, it gives people a lot of pressure, and you can see that the Tartar camp is almost next to the city wall of Dongguang County, but Dongguang County can't see any movement, maybe the city has been broken and captured.

Knowing the location of the other party's camp, he can't say that he can go to steal the camp, 20,000 foot soldiers, in the past of nine cold days, that is to deliver food to people, just more than 2,000 cavalry lost a lot during the day, that is even more Huti, the military discipline and training of the Jiaozhou battalion can support the night march.

But calculate the distance. After arriving at the camp of the Tartars, I am afraid that it is already dawn, and when the time comes, let the other party come to rest and wait for work, so why bother.

However, knowing the location, the initiative was grasped in his own hands a little, and Zhao Neng knew the news. After walking around the military tent for a few times, let the soldiers go and find the thousand commanders of each battalion.

In the camps of each battalion, except for the soldiers on duty and on guard in the middle of the night, the rest of the people were almost asleep, but according to the regulations, the thousand generals of each battalion had to patrol the camp for the final confirmation, and sure enough, Zhao Neng's summoning order was not long after. The generals of the subordinate battalions all rushed over, and everyone was fully clothed and armored, and they all looked energetic. There is no sleepy eye.

Even Na Ouman is the same, according to the average age of the Jiaozhou battalion, the active general, this Ouman is probably the oldest.

Zhao Neng's order to be arranged was not complicated, and after a few words, the generals of each battalion agreed, and hurriedly returned to the headquarters of the soldiers and horses, as for the three sentry agents who brought the news, the credit book has been heavily recorded. Wait for the battle to end, and then you will be recommended to the pro-soldier camp and the experimental camp.

In the long winter night, in the middle of the Yin hour, the Dengzhou Army camp began to slowly stir, the general officer, the commander, the captain, and the deputy officers and non-commissioned officers at all levels began to wake up the soldiers who were still asleep, Zhao Neng's personal soldiers rode horses and galloped back and forth in the battalions, and after half an hour, the soldiers at the assembly place experienced emergency training in the middle of the night, especially the soldiers under Zhao Neng, who was meticulous in training, were already neatly dressed and assembled.

After the battalions have been assembled. The camp of the people who followed behind was still tossing, and those civilians were not like soldiers who could cope with this sudden situation, not to mention, they all knew that this army was going to fight with the Tartar army in front, and the soldier still had a blade in his hand, but the common people went over, in case they encountered a shortage of soldiers, that is, they went up to die, who wanted to go.

If it weren't for the fact that the Shandong soldiers and horses gave enough money. I didn't want to follow the other day. Woke up so early, it was dark outside. The devil knows what to do.

However, the Jiaozhou battalion is not as kind as it was a few days ago, and if it moves a little slowly, it will immediately come over, which reminds these people that these soldiers who seem to be very good bullies have killed a lot of people in Jingzhou City that day.

Ding Zhuang, the soldier, was driven by the two battalions of soldiers to pack up the baggage of the camp and catch up with him, while the army finished the whole team, ate the breakfast made by the men who got up earlier, and set off directly on the road.

In the winter of Beizhili, especially at this time, the morning is about to see the light of day, and it is dark at this time, and it is very inconvenient to do things and actions, and the Jiaozhou battalion has enough discipline and training to ensure that the night march is carried out, but it is still inconvenient to have no light and point out the direction.

For this, the Jiaozhou battalion also has its own method, in this case of marching, on the periphery of each battalion is a spear with a large lantern as a mark, and there is also a lantern at the front of the line as a mark. The drums are sounded at intervals, calibrating the pace and the degree of march.

Of course, this is much worse than a daytime march, but it is already a great improvement for the army of this era when it cannot make noise at night and stays where it is.

The guides who walked in the front were estimated to be very few at this time, obviously walking slowly, often gathering together to discuss, and Zhao Neng did not urge behind them.

Getting up in the early hours of the morning and marching, this time period can still allow the soldiers to get enough rest, but the time from the time of the hour to the time of the day, in the common sense, that is, in the judgment of the commander of the Tartar soldiers and horses, must be resting and sleeping, unable to act, maybe there is an error of about half an hour, but in general, this person is the person.

The distance of the march in these two hours is not in the other party's prediction and plan, yesterday the sentinels of the two sides engaged in battle, presumably this Tartar army also knew the existence of such a force of soldiers and horses, they will also judge the degree of the Dengzhou army's advance, and judge the time of the encounter between the two sides, or under normal circumstances, when the Dengzhou army will come out, when it will be in what position, can probably be estimated.

The advance march is to catch the opponent off guard, and to be able to decide the time and place of the battle by himself, and to preset the battlefield, even if it is the itinerary to preset the situation of the battlefield, it is also beneficial to the Jiaozhou battalion.

For an army, if an enemy that was expected to be encountered after three hours can suddenly be met in an hour or so. The kind of shock from top to bottom can be imagined.

The battle of the Grand Army is not a hedge as soon as the two sides meet, and there is no pause from the march to the battle, and it takes time to unfold the marching formation and transform it into a combat formation. The assignment must be in place, and this is not a sudden encounter that can be done in a hurry.

The Tartar army is larger than the Dengzhou army, and there are advantages in all aspects, and Zhao Neng must find some advantages for himself from this disadvantage.

Zhao Neng, the general of the Dengzhou Army, did not dare to divide the troops, and he was not sure of the routines used by those ancient and modern famous generals, and he did not know much, and the only thing he could do was to wave out the advantages of his soldiers and horses who were diligent in training, full of physical fitness, and meticulous in the execution of orders. Marching at night, taking the other side by surprise.

More than 2,000 cavalrymen were patrolling about a mile away from the main force. Stay mobile at all times, and after an hour, the sky will be even darker, which is called pre-dawn darkness.

Although the sky was getting darker, the degree of movement of the troops began to speed up, because from the beginning of the barracks, the soldiers were all adapted to this darkness, and their bodies gradually became hotter, and of course the degree of walking became faster.

After walking for a while. The cavalry who urged the people to work also began to follow, and followed Zhao Neng to report that the people and Ding Zhuang of the rear team had already packed up the baggage and materials, and they also began to keep up, and Zhao Neng, the general who was guarding Dengzhou, breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and everything was currently operating normally according to the plan.

In less than an hour, the sky will be dawn, judging by the intelligence of the three horsemen last night. After two more hours of daybreak, and then rest and set up, there is plenty of time.

But things can't always be consistent with people's subjective wishes, and they are foggy.

The canal from Cangzhou to Dezhou in the north is not far from the Bohai Sea, and the sea water here is not frozen in winter, and fogging is a very normal phenomenon, but the normal phenomenon is a huge trouble for the Dengzhou army of the Jiaozhou battalion that is marching at night.

I couldn't see clearly the surrounding march, and the march was slow. The fog is coming. The team is difficult to distinguish from each other, and they are afraid that they will be chaotic as soon as they leave. It's too much of a delay.

"My lord, according to what the villain has seen over the years, this sea fog will not last long, and it will dissipate when the sun comes out."

A guide took the initiative to come over and say to Zhao Neng, Zhao Neng looked left and right, and couldn't see anything clearly, but if he didn't go, the meaning of this night march would be completely gone, and after pondering, he gritted his teeth and gave an order to the herald beside him:

"The battalions continue to advance, the battalions must be careful, do not leave the ranks, do not break up, and the battalions must take care of each other and contact each other!"

The heralds rode towards the battalions, and the rest of the march was even slower, and only the rhythm of the drums of the marching battalions could be heard.

The fog is getting bigger and bigger, and gradually no one can be seen within ten steps, but fortunately, this march is along the river, there is a benchmark reference, and the Jiaozhou battalion's ordinary queue practice played a great role at this time, when marching, the soldiers took their teammates around them as a reference, almost according to instinct to advance.

For the contemporaneous army, such a march would have been panicked and dispersed long ago, but although the Dengzhou army marched slowly, the troops remained undisturbed.

In many soldiers' concepts, walking in fog and darkness for a long, long time is not much, but this environment gives people the illusion. After an hour, the dark environment began to turn white, and although the fog was still foggy, everyone could know that it was dawn.

After dawn, because of the presence of fog, the march of the army was not much faster than in the dark, but everyone felt relieved, the night and the fog were too depressing.

After dawn, I could feel a breeze, and the fog was blown by this wind, and the thinness and density were constantly changing, but it made the Jiaozhou battalion advance faster.

At the end of the hour and the beginning of the hour, General Zhao Neng ordered to stop on the spot, check the number of soldiers and horses in each battalion, and rest for a short time.

For the Jiaozhou Battalion Dengzhou Army, the day really began......

According to the previous survey, there are basically no hills or ravines in this vicinity, it is completely flat land, in this season, this kind of land will also be very dry, and there is no problem with the deployment of the army.

The cavalry, which had always been closely surrounding the army, was all sent out under Zhao Neng's orders, except for two hundred cavalry, which were still scattered in the north as sentinels. Detecting the movement and position of the Manchu army, the rest of the cavalry was a team of 100 people, forming a small team to patrol in front of the army's formation, on the left and on the right side of the area or so, within this distance, there were fog intervals, and it was impossible to see clearly.

The cavalry of this hundred-man squad was to intercept and kill enemy sentries who entered the range. This is to create maximum suddenness for the other party.

Although the Manchu cavalry did not find the Dengzhou military camp, judging from the location and time of the encounter between the reconnaissance cavalry of the two armies, the approximate location can also be clarified.

In addition to Abatai, the following Manmeng generals were not surprised, if the generals knew that the army of the Ming State was not not resisting at all, occasionally a few troops with burned brains would come to send them to death, and when the time came, as long as the officers and family members of the Ming officers and soldiers were found. surrounded and killed, and then let go of the men and horses to rush, the Ming army just couldn't support it. At that time, it was not difficult to drive the sheep.

After entering the pass from the boundary ridge, the Qing army did not encounter a little resistance, and the Ming officers and soldiers of the North Zhili could not even see a ghost shadow, and until now, the Mongolian herdsmen who had newly arrived in the land were all elated, thinking that the matter of entering the customs and looting was so simple, even if we did not follow the Jurchens, we could come down and rob ourselves.

As for those who have some insight. Just pondering, how to say that the Ming State will also gather a force to come over and fight, this army is defeated, it is estimated that this time the entry into the customs is smooth and local, just like the last time, several ways together to completely defeat the troops of the Ming State Governor Lu Xiangsheng, and then come and go, no army dares to come to find trouble, even if they swagger under their defense area and garrisoned city. They did not dare to go out of the city to block the battle.

In such a battle, it is better to fight late than early, and it is more enjoyable to loot after the fight, why bother so carefully changing the formation, maneuvering and detouring on unfamiliar terrain, too tired.

After returning from Tanma, and then ordering the general to spread the news, the troops at the head of each battalion were not nervous, but very excited. After all, this military feat only counts if you cut off the heads of the opposing general's soldiers. Just along the way, it is not to abandon the city and run away. It's just that some civilians, officials and civilians defend the city, and they can take it easily and easily, which is not a military merit at all, and it will not be converted into a future after going back.

Now there are Ming soldiers who don't know whether they are alive or dead and sent to the door, so tomorrow it will be used as a crowd to hunt, and these farmers of the Ming Kingdom will be cooked, and everyone will be on a few levels, and they will make military achievements, and they will return to the customs to become a future, and get an official to do it. As a result, everyone was very excited, and if it wasn't for Abatai's strict order, it is estimated that it would not be quiet in the middle of the night.

Even the most worried Korqin Bel Tulichen was also elated, and the Mongolian soldiers who came with his men said that they should fight tomorrow and move forward bravely, so as not to lose the face of our warriors on the steppe.

It doesn't matter who you fight, how you fight, and where you fight, it doesn't matter where you fight, the vast majority of people in the Manchu Tartar army feel that they have already won, and they just spend some effort tomorrow.

The only one who is not so optimistic is Abatai, this ordered general is a veteran after all, and the road is smooth, but such a team suddenly appeared near Shandong, which is really wrong.

Abnormality is a demon, this crepe words Abatai doesn't understand, but he understands this truth, and yesterday when it was time to close the camp, there were almost more than 100 people who should have come back from Tanma who did not come back, and Abatai knew that these who did not come back will never come back.

But those who came back were all wounded and able to go out alone, and they were all veterans. They are stronger than ordinary soldiers, but such a full of warriors, there is such a result, what kind of soldiers and horses.

To be cautious, Abatai came to this conclusion, yes, that's right, just be cautious, Abatai thinks that the opponent's land is wrong, and his side needs to fight seriously, but that's it, no one thinks they will lose.

He can judge where the military camp of the Ming ** team is, and the generals of the Ming State must be able to, Abatai doesn't want to give the other party any chance, he thinks back to the time when he followed the old Khan to raise troops, there were several times when the Ming people also had the advantage, but our Eight Banners soldiers and horses just relied on the actions of the wind to come and go, and broke them separately, turning the disadvantage into an advantage, and finally turned it into a victory.

To this day, Abatai is also the main general who leads an army alone, if he can have this great achievement in defeating the Ming army, the status of Abatai in the future will not be inferior to Azig at least.

The only hidden worry is the performance of the white flag of the shell Hulihai, which is really confusing, Abatai and his son Yue Le are suspicious, but they are also silent, not to say this, so as not to affect the morale of the army.

When the Dengzhou army left the barracks for an hour and a half, Abatai's soldiers and horses were also buried in the pot and went out in advance, and the commanders of both sides made similar judgments, using the early morning march to disrupt the opponent's response and give the other party a surprise blow.

As a result, both sides also encountered sea fog, and the march slowed down.

In the fog, the visibility was too low, Abatai was urging the troops to march on the one hand, and on the other hand, after letting the probe horse go out for three miles, he would turn back to the main formation to report the situation, and then go out to investigate, so running back and forth, one was safe, and the other was to let the army in the fog get the news as soon as possible.

Moreover, after learning from yesterday's experience, the Manchu Qing Dynasty's exploration horses were no longer lonely, and they were changed to the actions of several people in a team, so that they were at least safe.

"Daluhe, did you hear anything ahead?"

A Tartar sentry asked his companion suspiciously, he couldn't see anything in front of him, and his companion on the side listened attentively, and just about to speak, the Jiaozhou battalion soldier who tiptoed over stabbed the short spear in his hand fiercely, and screamed in severe pain.

This scream was so sharp that Abatai, who was not too far away, could faintly hear it, and he put a spirit on his mount and asked Yue Le beside him:

"It's not right ahead, is it encountered..."

The wind suddenly became stronger, blowing away the fog, and on the opposite side, the army was like a mountain. It's very important to hold Lao Bai, thank you, it's not very comfortable, and I won't say much, thank you