He was newly defeated, so he naturally did not dare to challenge the Ming army again, and more importantly, he had not yet thought about how to deal with the firearms of the Ming army, Mu Qiyuan knew that his main force was still there, and he did not attack rashly, but let the soldiers rest.

The long days were spent in the waiting of the Ming army and the uneasiness of the Donghu army.

At night, the camp outside the city of the Ming army, the lights are sparse, the soldiers have already fallen asleep, only the rangers are driving and chasing the rangers of Donghu, the sound of flintlock guns, from time to time to break the silence of the night, adding a bit of horror atmosphere out of thin air.

The soldiers on both sides, who were accustomed to battlefield life, did not take it seriously, but Ta Long was keenly aware that the Ming army was desperately driving away the rangers of Donghu, and there would definitely be some action at night, perhaps to steal the camp.

The rangers outside the camp, because of the lack of flintlock pistols of the Ming army, Ta Long could not help them, but Ta Long was ready for the Ming army to steal the camp, he divided the 50,000 soldiers into two groups, one group to sleep, the other group to watch the night, all the soldiers were not allowed to unload their armor.

The Ming army did not steal the camp.

When the gunfire became sparse, a 20,000-strong Ming army, carrying mountain artillery, under the leadership of Lin Chengxiang, hurriedly opened the city gate, took advantage of the cover of night, crossed the Xidang River to the east, and then marched more than 20 miles to the south, and returned to the west bank of the Xidang River.

One of them, an army of 10,000 men, made a detour back to Dawati and hid himself; Lin Chengxiang led more than 10,000 men from himself, marched westward, and after marching for several miles, he lurked east of Gongla, and these two armies, just with the Ming army in Pinmana City, formed an encirclement of Talung's camp.

Mu Qiyuan slept in the camp for another day.

After getting up, it was already the time to hold the lamp, he didn't care about eating, and asked his relatives loudly: "Is there any message from Lin Junzuo?" ”

"Also...... No, Commander. The pro-soldier could only give an answer that disappointed Mu Qiyuan.

Mu Qiyuan was restless.

Did Lin Chengxiang's army reach the designated position? It's been almost a day and a night, and he hasn't heard anything yet.

"It's impossible for Donghu's rangers to go so far, old man, it's up to you whether you can annihilate Talon's main force, don't let me down." Mu Qiyuan silently thought in his heart, since he entered Donghu, he has never been so anxious as he is today, even in the face of Donghu's elephant soldiers.

Lin Chengxiang had already set up an ambush on the way south to Ta Long, and he was said by ∟★dǐng∟★diǎn∟★小∟★, .▲.o¢s_(); He had to cross the Xidang River twice, and the march was difficult, and no message had been sent back so far, and I don't know if he had reached the designated ambush place.

Mu Qiyuan couldn't wait any longer, Ta Long might abandon the camp and go south at any time to join up with the Donghu reinforcements going north, once the two sides joined forces and annihilated the main force of the Donghu army, the plan might come to naught.

"Report to the Commander, the brethren are ready." The herald saluted Mu Qiyuan, and then reported the military situation.

Mu Qiyuan didn't care about any etiquette, he was even a little confused, "Is it completely dark outside?" ”

"Report to the Commander, it's already dark." The herald thought it was strange, what was wrong with the commander, he couldn't even tell it was dark.

"Ao, you go down first, sue them, and the fire will rise into the air on time." Mu Qiyuan decided not to wait for Lin Chengxiang's message, even if Lin Chengxiang did not reach the designated position, he would launch an attack, and he must defeat Talong's main force before the arrival of Donghu's reinforcements.

"Yes, Commander." The herald left Mu Qiyuan's tent and quickly disappeared into the darkness.

Originally, it was best to choose after the night attack, when the opposing soldiers were asleep, and suddenly heard the sound of gunfire, and it was difficult to form an effective resistance, which was the best time to destroy the enemy.

But Mu Qiyuan didn't plan to wipe out the Donghu Army in their barracks, he wanted to wipe out the Donghu Army on the way to escape, so he chose to kill the time.

He was to let him and his soldiers, while sober, find a way to escape.

If there was a way to retreat, the Donghu Army would not resist desperately.

As long as the Donghu army fled, it would be crushed, and the Ming army only needed to pursue and continue to harvest the stragglers of Donghu.

Mu Qiyuan hurriedly ate dinner, he came out of the big tent and came to the dirt slope where the Ming army had set up an ambush.

At night, it was so dark that he couldn't see his fingers, and even the rangers of the Donghu Army did not come to bother.

More than a dozen lantern-like fireballs slowly rose in the sky, and the fireballs rose higher and higher, and after rising to an altitude of sixty or seventy zhang, they slowly floated towards the military camp of the Donghu Army.

The sentries of the Donghu Army spotted these fireballs flying towards the head, they didn't know what they were, the soldiers were curious for a moment, and they made a noise, and some soldiers secretly released arrows into the fireballs, but the fireballs were too high for bows and arrows to reach.

More soldiers were alarmed, and together they went out of the camp to observe this rare sight.

Life in the barracks is boring, and even a bubble of pee and pee out of a small fish can arouse great interest among the soldiers.

Even some of the officers were alarmed, and the soldiers lit torches in order to see it well, but it was still pitch black at high altitude, and only the fireball could be seen getting closer and closer.

This is the balloon of the Ming army, originally relying on the lights in the camp tent to judge the location of the Donghu army, but the lights in the camp tent are very weak, sixty or seventy zhang in the air, not clear at all, the Ming army on the balloon has to determine the location of the Donghu army camp according to memory.

Now there are a large number of curious Donghu soldiers outside the camp, and they also set up torches, just to point out the direction of the Ming soldiers on the balloon, they adjusted their respective directions, scattered and separated over the Donghu military camp, and one of the balloons floated directly above the torches.

Seeing the fireball flying closer, the Donghu soldiers made a fuss.

Suddenly, a Donghu soldier noticed that a huge package was falling from the sky, because the light was so dim, that the soldier was already close to his head when he saw the package.

Could it really be that pie is falling from the sky?

He wanted to avoid the package, but it was too late, and the package was impartial and smashed right on his head.

This hapless Donghu soldier didn't even let out a scream, he "banged", fell to the ground, and passed out.

A general from Donghu realized that the situation was not right and wanted to say something to the soldiers, but his mouth had just opened, and before he could make a sound, this huge package made a "boom" sound.

All around was muffled.

The nearby Donghu soldiers fell to the ground one by one with a muffled grunt, and the flesh flew into the low air, and then fell quickly, and the low altitude seemed to be a flesh and blood.

The general, who wanted to speak, froze at the picture of his lips open, and his upper and lower limbs flew in different directions, and smashed the two Dongoo soldiers into minor injuries.

Almost at the same time, a huge explosion was heard in other parts of the Donghu barracks.

"It's not good, the Ming army has stolen the camp." Ta Long, who had not yet slept, immediately thought of the firearms of the Ming army, he rushed out, and under the soldier's fingers, he saw more than a dozen fireballs in the sky, "What kind of firearm is this?" ”

“……”

No one could answer Talon's question, and the one who could answer Talon's question was lying outside the camp in Donghu at the moment.

He Long never dreamed that the firearms of the Ming army could fall from the sky, and he turned his eyes to the soldiers around him, "Can you shoot them down with bows and arrows?" ”

"Someone has shot it, and the bow and arrow can't reach it."

He Long gestured with his hand, which should be out of reach, "How is it?" Are soldiers killed or wounded? ”

"It's not counted yet."

As soon as the words of the soldiers fell, there was another explosion in the camp, and the fire, which was finally extinguished, burned again.

He pursed his lips with a shudder, "Damn the Ming Army...... What kind of firearm is it? ”

Of course, Ta Long did not know that this was the bombshell "10,000 enemies" dropped by the Ming army from the balloon, and after the improvement of the Daming Fire Weapons Bureau, each reached 80 catties, which was close to the weight of an adult, and because the bomb load of the balloon was limited, there were only two "10,000 enemies" on each balloon.

The "10,000 enemies" who fell from the sky, the biggest blow to the Donghu soldiers, was psychological, it was now night, the Donghu army did not know how many such fireballs there were in the Ming army, how many such giant bombs were on each fireball, and the horror of the unknown was more likely to plunge the Donghu army into chaos than death itself.

The firearms of the Ming army, the Donghu soldiers have already seen it, and even the belly of a war elephant can be pierced, let alone the flesh and blood of a human being?

Ta Long found that every time there was an explosion, there would be a huge fire, and the screams of the Donghu soldiers immediately resounded throughout the barracks, but such explosions were relatively rare.

"Don't panic, the Ming army doesn't have this kind of bomb."

As long as Ta Long is not injured, the soldiers have the backbone, besides, the number of "10,000 enemies" is indeed not much, the fear of the Dong Hu soldiers gradually decreased, and more soldiers gathered around him.

The riots gradually subsided.

He Long has not seen the infantry of the Ming army until now, he estimates that this is the Ming army using firearms to harass them, and does not let his soldiers rest well, "Don't be nervous, this is just the Ming army harassing, let's go back and sleep in peace!" ”

The Donghu army gradually dispersed, but it was still early, and many of the soldiers did not go back to sleep, and they hid in the shadows to watch the fireballs, hoping to see if they would fall.

He Long was also watching, just now he was trying to stabilize the army's heart, in fact, whether the Ming army would drop a giant bomb, he didn't have a score in his heart, in addition to cursing the Ming army, he only prayed for the Buddha's blessing, and the sky was about to light up.

Outside the Donghu camp, the Ming army took advantage of the attention of the Donghu soldiers and was completely attracted by the "10,000 enemies" from the air, and under the cover of night, they quietly moved dozens of artillery pieces and mountain guns to a place 1,000 steps away from the Donghu camp, where the effective range of the artillery was located.

The "10,000 enemies" have been dropped, and the fireball over the Donghu camp has drifted out with the wind and is slowly falling in a place where the Donghu army can see with the naked eye.

"Your Majesty, will the Ming army still come?" The soldier asked him a little uneasily.

"No, it won't." Taron replied with great firmness.

"陛xià......"

He Long knew that this pro-soldier was still not at ease, so he had to say clearly: "The fireball will only drift with the wind, and now the fireball of the Ming army has drifted far downwind, and they will not come back tonight anyway." ”

"Oh, I see." The soldiers gave him a thumbs up, but unfortunately it was dark outside, and he didn't see it.

But Tahlon heard.

Instead of hearing the words of his own soldiers, he heard an explosion, a dense and violent explosion, not far from the Donghu camp, and it sounded again.

"Not good......" Talon said only these two words, and stood in the dark like a wooden chicken.

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