"Hmm!" Liu Cheng nodded: "Then when do you think the fight will start?" ”

"It's either tomorrow or the day after tomorrow!" Du Ruhu said categorically: "The thieves did not capture Yan'an, and they were carrying so many displaced people, and now they are suffering from the enemy on their backs, and they can't advance or retreat in the valley, even if it is to save military food, they must fight with us as soon as possible, otherwise something will happen after a long time." ”

"Well, it's time to go into battle!" Liu Cheng repeated Du Ruhu's words, his face half nervous and half longing.

Longtou Village, Li Hongji's old camp.

Like most villages in the northwest, Longtou Village is located on a small plateau next to the river, so that life can be balanced with convenience and safety. Due to the reason of mutual vigilance, the dozen or so leaders of the peasant army did not gather together, and they were like a dozen hedgehogs that were wary of each other, that is, they were stationed in villages that were seven or eight to ten miles apart because they were close to each other for warmth, but they did not want to be stabbed by each other.

"Uncle, the outpost has met the officers and soldiers!" Li Guo quickly rushed into the wing, and Li Hongji, who was napping on the kang, sat up and asked, "Are there any dead people, how many officers and soldiers are there?" ”

"Two died, two were wounded, and one was caught!" Li Guo's face was a little red, and he didn't know whether he was angry or ashamed: "It's Lao Yuyan's team, the officers and soldiers rushed over when we were roasting the fire, there were not many people, but they were all cavalry, and they should be the scouts of the officers and soldiers!" “

"Get your horses ready, and pick fifty more brothers who are good at riding!" Li Hongji shouted loudly outside, and then he jumped off the kang and began to put on his boots.

"Uncle, do you want to inform the big boss? You don't need to go in person, just send a few people! Li Guo asked a little inexplicably.

"Help me put my armor on!" Li Hongji put on the sheepskin shoulder under the armor: "It's not to go to Shen Yikui, it's to meet the officers and soldiers!" They arrested our people, and they must be clear about the situation on our side, so how can we not investigate? Besides, fighting a war is a tone, they take advantage, and we have to get it back! At this time, Li Hongji had already stopped dressing, and he patted Li Guo's shoulder: "I'll go out."

At this time, you will take care of the old camp, let the brothers load all the household belongings into the cart, feed the livestock, and wait until dawn to inform the other chiefs, do you know? ”

"Hey!"

When Li Hongji walked out of the courtyard, his war horse was ready, and the other fifty cavalrymen were busy saddle the war horse, he looked at the sky, the moonlight was very good. He turned around, "If I don't come back, you will take your brothers and retreat first, and leave the others alone, understand?" ”

"Hmm!" Li Guo's eyes were red, and he replied with a little choked: "Uncle, don't worry, there is me in the old camp!" “

Li Hongji didn't speak, patted his nephew on the shoulder, he turned around, and at this time the fifty cavalrymen were almost dressed, he jumped on his war horse and shouted loudly: "Get on the horse, follow me!" ”

Because of the relationship between once being a post officer, Li Hongji is very familiar with the roads in this area, under his leadership, soon this small group of cavalry rushed to the old eagle rock, the residual fire on the battlefield has not been extinguished, the moonlight can be seen everywhere messy horse hooves and bloodstains, Li Hongji jumped off the war horse, looked around for a while, jumped back on the war horse, hit the horse and galloped south.

About an hour later, Li Hongji saw a lot of fires about two or three miles away, he understood that this should be the campfire of the official army, he raised his right hand, the cavalry behind him also stopped, and a knight approached and asked, "Is it close?" “

"Hmm!" Li Hongji nodded, jumped off the war horse, took out a few cloths from his backpack and wrapped them on the horse's hooves, and the other cavalry also imitated the leader's practice, and after a while, this small group of cavalry continued their journey.

When Li Hongji walked to a distance of about half a mile from the front camp of the Ming army, he found that there was a small river between the camp and him, which was not wide, only about six or seven zhang, but this small river completely frustrated his plan -- even if all the Ming army sentry posts were hiding in a leeward place, it was impossible not to hear the movement of dozens of cavalry crossing the river.

"Brother Hongji, it's already late, crossing the river will definitely wake up the officers and soldiers, let's withdraw!" The man leaned forward and whispered.

"No, I have a way, harrier, you go and find out which section of the river can be crossed!" Li Hongji pointed to the river with a horsewhip

The man who spoke was surnamed Gao Mingjie, and Li Hongji were both rice fat people, nicknamed the Harrier, he showed a reluctant look on his face, but he still jumped into the river, broke a branch by the river, took off his boots, rolled up his trouser legs and stepped into the river, and while walking, he inserted a branch into the river to test the depth, and after a while, he ran back, pointed to a section of the river and said: "The deepest over there is half of my thigh, and the bottom of the river is also hard!" ”

"Good!" Li Hongji turned around and whispered to the cavalry behind him: "As soon as I make a move later, you will do it, first set fire, then kill, hear me blow the horn, retreat, gather here!" ”

25. Night Raid

"Yes!"

After confirming that his subordinates understood his orders, Li Hongji kicked the horse's stomach twice and ran towards the river. The hard hooves of the horses crushed the thin ice condensed on the surface of the river, making a rattling sound, and pierced far in the silent night, Li Hongji had just crossed the center of the river, and a burst of fire flashed on the barrier on the river bank, and then a rough voice came: "What person?"

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"I am Liu Shide, one hundred households in Yansui Town, Daming Dynasty, and I went to Xi'an on the order of General Wang, and there is an urgent military situation!" Li Hongji shouted loudly as he continued to move forward: "The people behind are all my subordinates, are you-?" “

"General Wang? Which king will be the general? Ming Jun on the barrier asked.

"It's Wang Fengshi, the general who stayed in Yan'an City!"

"I don't think you guys are dressed like officers and soldiers, but like thieves!" At this time, Li Hongji had already landed on the river bank, only a dozen meters away from the camp gate, and with the help of the firelight, the gatekeeper on the tower sneered, and the archers behind him also stretched their bows one after another, looking like they were tense.

"Nonsense!" Li Hongji scolded: "The mountains outside the city are full of thieves, and fools dress like officers and soldiers." Lao Tzu has an urgent military situation to transmit, open the door quickly, can you afford to delay the military situation? The cavalry behind Li Hongji also made a loud noise, and some even drew their bows and aimed at the general manager on the watchtower, making a look of wanting to shoot.

"Good, good! Don't be in a hurry, open the door, open the door! The gatekeeper always saw a few bows aimed at him, and he was also a little weak, and saw that although the cavalry behind Li Hongji was disorganized, the horses were vaguely military horses, and Li Hongji's position was above him, and he was afraid that the other party would sue him after seeing the official, so he hurriedly ordered his subordinates to open the camp gate.

Li Hongji, who was on the horse, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the camp door wide open, he was also holding on to it just now, if he encountered a strong point, he could only give up. He turned back and made a forward gesture to his men, and then he rode towards the camp gate.

"This brother, this is also the limit of my duties, and I will have to bear it in front of the general!" The goalkeeper said to Li Hongji on horseback while coming down from the watchtower.

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, I'm not a person who doesn't know what to do!" Li Hongji pretended to be a big grin, stretched out his right hand to the general manager who was still half a ladder, the hand that was always looking at the other party in a little confused, but he didn't want Li Hongji to grab his arm as soon as he reached out, and withdrew him from the half-section of the ladder with a force, and slammed it to the ground.

"Kill!" Li Hongji bent his bow and shot down a sentry who was looking at him dumbfounded, bent down to pick up a torch, and threw it at the nearest tent, and the cavalry behind him followed the leader's example, and soon the fire spread in the camp.

In the tent, the charcoal in the brazier was almost burned, and only a few pieces of white ash remained, emitting a little residual heat. Next to the brazier, Liu Cheng slept deeply, smiling, and a stream of saliva flowed from the corner of his mouth.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency!" The tent was suddenly opened, and Du Ruhu rushed in and kicked the brazier over, but he couldn't care so much at this time, and pulled Liu Cheng up: "Wake up, wake up!" “

"What's the matter?" Liu Cheng rubbed his eyes, he hadn't completely gotten out of his sleep. Du Ruhu was in a hurry to pick up a kettle next to him and pour it on Liu Cheng's head, and immediately froze him.

"The thieves have stolen the camp!"

"What!"

Thanks to the cold water, Liu Cheng was completely awake at this time, he hurriedly put on his shoes, put on his sheepskin robe, and rushed out of the tent. I saw that there was already a fire in the south, and the firelight reflected the night sky red for a while, and the shouts of killing and screams came one after another, looking like the end was coming.

"What should I do?" Liu Cheng only felt that his mind was blank, he looked left and right, and saw that everyone's faces were pale, the only thing to be thankful for was that no one had escaped, but that was probably because they didn't know where to run at this time.

"My lord, there are not many thieves who listen to the voice, as long as we keep it!" Du Ruhu shouted loudly.

"Yes, yes, hold on!" Blown by the cold wind outside, Liu Cheng shuddered, and his brain also sobered up: "Everyone go to their own carts, quickly string the carts with iron chains, and keep the thieves out!" ”

Liu Cheng's shout seemed to give the chaotic soldiers a shot in the arm, it was difficult for these rookies to go into battle to kill the enemy, but it was no problem for them to hide behind the cart to protect themselves, after all, it was safer to look at it. At the urging of the head of the group and the captain's fists, feet, and clubs, the soldiers pulled up the baffles, and the crossbowmen and firearms men climbed into the carts, and the soldiers with shields crouched behind the chains, and behind them were white soldiers with spears, iron rods, axes, or flails. After seeing that everything was ready to stop, Liu Cheng finally breathed a sigh of relief.

For Li Hongji, the effect of the surprise attack was much better than the best situation he expected, with his fifty cavalry alone, he had already broken through two Ming army camps, at least a thousand Ming soldiers were defeated, watching groups of enemies scurrying in the firelight, Li Hongji's chest surged with an irrepressible heat current, encouraging him to continue to rush forward.

"Brother Hongji! I asked, past that small hill, in front of which is the granary of the official army! Gao Jie panted and said to Li Hongji, still holding a bloody human head in his hand, and his heroic face was full of desire for victory: "Let's kill it, as long as we burn the granary of the officers and soldiers, the officers and soldiers will be defeated without a fight." We defeated the trilateral governors in just fifty horsemen, and we are not the first among the seventeen leaders! “

"Hmm!" Li Hongji turned his head and nodded, and said with a smile: "There are more than thirty people, it's almost enough, everyone disperses first," Speaking of this, he made a gesture to drive sheep, and whistled in his mouth, and the cavalry behind him laughed, Li Hongji said to Gao Jie: "Harrier, you take the left, I take the right, pull over, use the rout to rush once, let's rush again!" ”

"Hey, Brother Hongji, don't worry, I understand!" Gao Jie answered, whistled and beat his horse to the left, more than 30 cavalry scattered into a sparse horizontal column, shouting loudly and rushing forward, those unarmed, barefoot rout instinctively fled in the opposite direction, and unintentionally the direction of their escape pointed to the small camp where Liu Cheng was.

"My lord, the rout seems to be coming towards us!" Du Ruhu said in a low voice.

"Then do you want to let the chains go and let them in?" Liu Cheng asked with some uncertainty.

"There's something strange about the routs." Du Ruhu looked at it: "I'm afraid that the thieves who attacked the camp rushed over, otherwise they wouldn't all run in one direction!" ”

"The thieves are trying to storm our camp with these routs, and we Mongols often do this!" Tokhova on the side interjected, and he jumped on his war horse: "The thieves must be hiding behind the rout, and the formation must be scattered, my lord, let us kill them from the side and give them a good look!" “

"Don't worry!" Liu Cheng turned his head and ordered Du Gu behind him: "After loading all the tiger squat cannons, and preparing the firearms and crossbows of each car, I will fire them together as soon as I give the order!" After giving the order, Liu Cheng said to Totobuhua: "You go around now, and when you hear the firearm on my side, rush from the side, don't fight, and immediately retreat to the circle, you know?" ”

"You know, lure the thieves over, right?" With no answer, he led six or seven of his cavalry out of the circle from the side and disappeared into the darkness. Liu Cheng turned his head, at this time, the first few defeated soldiers were only forty meters away from the camp, Liu Cheng raised his voice and shouted loudly: "Defying the forbidden covenant, galloping through the military gate, this is called a light army, and the offender will be beheaded!" As soon as the words fell, the defeated soldiers turned a deaf ear, Liu Cheng's arm slashed down and shouted: "Release!" ”

With a loud bang, the tiger squat cannon seemed to have an invisible hand pushing, and jumped backwards suddenly, dozens of lead bullets of different sizes sprayed out along an invisible fan, and the crowd immediately let out a scream, and then a row of firelight flashed on the camp, bows, crossbows, shotguns, and three-eyed guns were all ignited, and the rout was blinded by the sudden attack, and the vast majority of people turned around crying. First of all, thank you for the bookmate's sunglasses and gloves, your dragon set may have to be compared later, because the most recent chapter has been written. Also, help me advertise if possible, although it is a buyout book, but the results are too ugly and not good.