With a few flares in his hand and a flare gun, Shen Jia returned to He Shixian's tent. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Damn, why don't you kid go back to sleep, do you want Lao Tzu to tie you back?"

"Don't, Uncle He, I brought something to us, maybe we can use it, just borrow Jiannu to try."

He Shixian looked disdainful, he didn't believe that Shen Jia could conjure up any tricks. Zhang Shi, who was on the side, thought that Shen Jiaqi was constantly thinking about it, maybe there was really a good way, so he urged: "Shen Shinephew, if you have any good things, take them out and let me take a look." ”

Shen Jia took out the flare gun from his arms and handed it over. The two of them took the flare gun, looked at it for a long time, and thought it seemed to be a musket, but it didn't look like it, and they didn't know what it was for.

At this time, there was a commotion outside the camp, and the Ming army was on guard, but He Shixian relaxed his whole body, leaned his back against the table and said, "Tell me what this thing can do." ”

"It can illuminate, it can illuminate a radius of fifty zhang."

"What? Fifty zhang? You brag! ”

"Hey Uncle He, don't believe it, the lighting range is only a lot more, but it doesn't last long, you count from one to thirty, and the brightness is gone."

"That's a fart, it's not as long as a candle." He Shixian was quite dissatisfied with Shen Jia's divine chatter.

"Uncle He, it's useless to single this thing, but you put out the oil lamp near the gate, put the chariot at the camp gate, and fire a flare at the other party, let's shoot at the Jiannu in the light in the dark, what do you think Jiannu thinks?"

"You're not afraid that the assault vehicle will be exposed and disrupt the operations behind?"

"It's okay Uncle He, in the dark night, you put out the lights, we are in the dark, they are in the light, and then you will order the whole army to beat drums and shout to cover up the sound of the chariot, and it will be strange if they can detect it."

The Eight Banners ran back and forth outside the camp, shouting incessantly. In order to achieve the purpose of attacking, they kept blowing the horn, provoking the Ming army to think that the other party was going to attack, and they all raised their spirits to observe carefully. Tossed back and forth several times, the Ming army was exhausted and demoralized. The Ming army in charge of the guard soon received the military order of the commander, and the oil lamp in front of the gate of the big camp slowly began to go out, and it was pitch black all around.

The darkness made the Ming army feel a trace of depression and fear, and also boosted the morale of the Eight Banners Army. They recklessly got closer, and they didn't have to worry about the Ming army's aimless shooting. The Ming army mainly used arquebuses for long-range shooting, and the fire of the arquebuses became a target in the light, and the night became an excellent cover for the archers of the Eight Banners, and they began to concentrate their forces and advance in the dark directly in front of the camp gate.

Just when the soldiers of the Eight Banners were rejoicing in their new discovery, suddenly there was a loud shout in the camp, and the dense drumming made the Houjin soldiers look sluggish.

"Concentrate, the idea is ahead, the dog is going to attack!"

The soldiers of the Eight Banners quickly lined up and sent sentries to both sides to prepare to meet the attack of the Ming army. However, after waiting for a long time, apart from the shouts, the sound of war drums continued, and the soldiers of the Eight Banners did not even notice a single figure. Out of an abundance of caution, Gushan Ezhen Tobohui ordered a small number of cavalry to search the enemy camp gates, while the others lined up.

Just as the Eight Banners Search Force was about to move forward, a light suddenly lit up overhead, and the night sky was like a huge oil lamp hanging in the night. The soldiers of the Eight Banners couldn't help but look up, but saw a red ball of light in mid-air, slowly falling. The soldiers of the Eight Banners had never seen such a strange thing, they thought it was a miracle from heaven, and many of them stared at the night sky in amazement, completely forgetting the danger they were facing.

The Ming army was shouting, and the war drums were beating constantly. The intoxicated Eight Banners cavalry suddenly snorted and turned over and fell from his horse. Immediately afterwards, the screams came one after another, and many war horses fell to the ground inexplicably, and the warriors who were obsessed with miracles either suddenly fell from their horses or were crushed under the fallen war horses. A few seconds later, the Houjin army screamed again and again, and a thick smell of blood filled the air.

Gushan Ezhen hurriedly ordered to move to both sides, and soon the soldiers of the Eight Banners noticed that a strange object in front of them was spewing flames, which looked particularly strange in the dark night. The soldiers of the Eight Banners were in the light at this time, and they couldn't see the darkness clearly, but the monster that was spewing flames and hiding in the shadows made people involuntarily associate the death of their companions with the monster. The soldiers of the Eight Banners felt a heartfelt shock, and for the unexplained strange phenomenon, Tobo Hui ordered a retreat.

The sound of horses' hooves rolling, the soldiers of the Eight Banners retreated in a hurry, and the flares had completely disappeared, which added to the fear of the soldiers of the Eight Banners. Just when the soldiers of the Eight Banners in front of the battalion were in chaos, the five hundred cavalry led by Zhang Shi developed an attack. One side was flustered and had no fighting spirit, and the other side was full of confidence and full of energy.

The Ming army charged in a wave and immediately harvested more than a hundred heads. When he turned around and continued to charge, he found that the Houjin soldiers had thrown off their own formation and fled in all directions into the darkness in a panic. Zhang Shi was helpless, and he didn't dare to divide his troops to chase after him, so he had to order to clean up the battlefield while being on guard.

This is the end of an anti-harassment war in the first half of the night. The commander of the Eight Banners couldn't understand what tricks the Ming army was playing, so he had to order the sentinels to disperse far away and continue to be on guard. After returning to the camp to rest for a few hours, at one o'clock in the morning, Zhang Shi led five hundred cavalry and arrived at the Eight Banners camp one mile away in the dark.

The Eight Banners sentry had spotted the attacking Ming army, and they sent the message to the Eight Banners camp. Zhang Shi also knew that he had been exposed, so he simply swaggered and led five hundred cavalry to sweep away the Houjin sentinels around the hill. After the end, Zhang Shi ordered a small fire to be lit every few hundred meters, and then Zhang Shi asked the cavalry to drag branches and wood and other sundries, and galloped back and forth, deliberately making a loud noise.

In less than a stick of incense, all the soldiers of the Eight Banners were awakened, and the soldiers were panicked, not knowing how many people there were under the hill. The commanders of each Niu Lu ordered the trench to be dug while keeping an eye on the mountain, preparing to fight to the death with the Ming army.

Fan Wencheng stood beside Huang Taiji, and he had a clear judgment of the momentum of the Ming army under the mountain. Night battles are a difficult thing for any side of this era. Fan Wencheng believes that the commander of the Ming army will not be stupid enough to have a large-scale duel in the dark. Since there will be no duel, Fan Wencheng thinks that the main general of the Ming army is bluffing.

"Great Khan, it won't matter if we send some people down to take a look and keep on guard."

Huang Taiji turned his head and glanced at Fan Wencheng thoughtfully, and after a long time, he nodded slowly and said, "Order Tuo Bohui to lead a thousand cavalry, prepare more bows and arrows, and search and advance." ”

The hill was busy, and the huge oil lamp clearly presented the every move of the Eight Banners soldiers in front of the Ming army. The dense drums of the Ming army sounded, and countless muskets in the darkness fired in unison, bombarding the hill aimlessly. Tuo Bohui didn't dare to act rashly, so he sent someone to ask Huang Taiji.

Huang Taiji looked around and quickly figured out the truth. Huang Taiji painted a gourd in the same way, extinguished all the lights in front of the main road of the hill, and then ordered the Eight Banners to attack. Huang Taiji thought he had insight into the tricks of the Ming army, but the next scene forced him to stop taking risks.

A flare was quickly fired, and the night sky hung far above the hill, illuminating the entire hill as bright as day. Most of the Eight Banners soldiers had seen it for the first time, and they, like their previous companions, were in awe of it, forgetting that danger was just around the corner.

Fortunately, the mid-level and lower-level commanders who had escaped had learned a lesson, and they shouted and urged the soldiers to pay attention to the defense, and the soldiers of the Eight Banners refocused and continued to remain vigilant. Huang Taiji, Dai Shan and others were also shocked by the new tricks of the Ming army, and Huang Taiji ordered to stop the attack at the first time.

The commander of the Eight Banners, who had extensive combat experience, understood that in the dark of night, with a light that could be released anytime and anywhere, the Ming army could launch a surprise attack anywhere and at any time. This is an advantage that the soldiers of the Eight Banners, who lack experience in night combat, cannot achieve. Rather than sending people to take risks, it is better to defend cautiously, at least on the hill, Huang Taiji can hold the initiative tightly in his own hands.

Huang Taiji didn't expect that the Ming army only had a dozen flares in their hands, and they would be gone when they ran out, and most people didn't know this. However, even a flare frightened the soldiers of the Eight Banners did not dare to go down the mountain, so the Ming army took the opportunity to toss around the hill for half a night, and at more than four o'clock in the morning, five hundred tired Ming soldiers returned to the camp, and the soldiers of the Eight Banners were busy all night, so they slept in the air.

At about eight o'clock in the morning, five hundred cavalry came down the hillside to provoke again. Huang Taiji was furious, I can't help the Ming army at night, and I can't clean you up during the day. So with an order, Dai Shan led 2,000 cavalry and chased them for a few miles, and then collected the troops and returned to the camp.

However, the matter was far from over, and when the Eight Banners Army returned to the camp to rest, the five hundred Ming cavalry appeared at the foot of the mountain to provoke. Huang Taiji ignored it, and after a while, a prisoner arrived at the hill with a letter of war. Huang Taiji stared at the messenger, who was Mang Gurtai's men, who had been captured in the battle in the valley. Huang Taiji opened the letter and found that it was the Ming army who had made an appointment to fight and wanted to fight a battle in the afternoon.

Haha, Ming Gou deceives people too much, and he still wants to fight me. Huang Taiji asked the captives to go back and tell the generals of the Ming army, saying that it was too late today, and tomorrow morning, I would go down the mountain to fight a decisive battle on the Wuli Plain.

Sending off the captives, Huang Taiji summoned Dai Shan, Mang Gurtai and others to discuss together.

"Second brother, according to the plan made before, Brother Amin will set off from Salhu City, bypass the south bank, and encircle from the flanks, can he arrive tomorrow?"

"Yes, surely!" Mang Gurtai's eyes were red, and the Ming army tossed all night last night, and he was already angry.

Dai Shan said lightly: "We deliberately let Amin cross the lake and return to Salhu City halfway, and we confuse the Ming army on the front line, and the Ming army focuses on the east of Fushun, and must not care much about the flanks." Besides, there are many elite soldiers and good generals in Salhu City, and there are not many people who can stop them in the field. ”

Huang Taiji was overjoyed, and hurriedly told him about the battle just now. Dai Shan, Mang Gurtai was overjoyed, they felt that they had completed their efforts in one battle, and the opportunity to annihilate the Fushun Ming army had arrived. In the afternoon, the Houjin camp slaughtered pigs and sheep, and began to increase nutrition in advance for tomorrow's battle.

In the afternoon, the Ming army repaired the equipment and formulated a battle plan for tomorrow. The battlefield had been set, and five miles from the camp was a vast plain area. The Ming army had less than 2,000 cavalrymen who could fight on horseback, and most of the people in a regiment only used horses as a means of transport. In the open plains, the Ming army did not have any geographical advantages. This decisive battle site was a big challenge for the Ming army. In order to lure the Eight Banners Army out of the nest, everyone could only grit their teeth and resist.

In the evening, You Shigong, who was guarding the flank of Sarhu, received news that Yuan Yingtai and Hou Shilu led 8,000 foot soldiers to come to reinforce and join forces with him to defend the flank. Shen Jia raised his head, his face full of worry. It was originally planned that if Houjin attacked from the flank, You Shigong would take advantage of the cavalry advantage and retreat in battle, luring the enemy to the east of Fushun, and striving to defeat it in one fell swoop. What Shen Jia relied on was the paratrooper chariot.

But the current situation has changed, Yuan Yingtai is here, this is a stubborn person, in case he refuses to retreat, he has to stick to the flank, this will be a huge variable, Shen Jia can not control the movement of the enemy on the flank. Shen Jia had to adjust the battle plan, he sent a herald and rushed to Yuan Yingtai's station in the starry night, hoping that he could think about the battle situation and follow You Shigong to choose the right opportunity to retreat.

At about ten o'clock in the evening, You Shigong's personal soldiers suddenly rushed to the camp. Shen Jia was shocked, and hurriedly inquired about the news, and learned that the Eight Banners Army had sent 4,000 cavalry from Salhu City and arrived at Yuan Yingtai's garrison in the afternoon of the same day. The Eight Banners cavalry did not rest, but rushed at Yuan Yingtai's 8,000 foot soldiers in one go. Yuan Yingtai and Hou Shilu were unexpected, coupled with the fatigue of the Ming army's march for days, the command was chaotic, and the Ming army was defeated for half an hour, and had to flee to the direction of Fushun.

And You Shigong was arranged by Yuan Yingtai on both wings because of the scarcity of 1,500 cavalry. Seeing that the general trend had gone, You Shigong had no choice but to retreat to Fushun.

Holding You Shigong's battle report, the three people in the tent were silent, originally counting on You Shigong's cavalry to deal with the enemy and lure the other party to the decisive battle in Fushun East. You Shigong's cavalry was newly defeated and wanted to return to the battle, but it was already in the fog and rejoicing. What's even more deadly is that an enemy army with no trace is quietly rushing to his rear, perhaps just when the fierce battle is in full swing tomorrow, the enemy army on the back of the Ming army, like a hungry wolf, pounces out, bites the throat of the Ming army, and wins the game.

At night, the Ming army could not retreat, and the Eight Banners Army did not make any movement, and the dark night was unusually quiet. The commanders of both sides meditated in the tent, making final preparations for tomorrow's battle.