At midnight on October 22, the ninth year of Chongzhen, Li Sanhe led a cavalry regiment and an infantry regiment of the teaching regiment out of the camp. Although it was still far from the camp of the peasant army, everything was done as quietly as possible. Even when the gate of the camp was opened and the barricades and other objects were removed, it was done very quietly.

All the horses of the Runing army were hitched with halters, and their hooves were tied and wrapped with thick cloth and fur. This guarantees as quiet as possible.

The weather was fine, and there was a crescent moon hanging in the sky, which was not particularly bright, nor was it impossible to reach out and lose sight of the five fingers. Coupled with the light of the fire of the two large battalions, I don't worry about getting lost.

Under the guidance of the spies who had already explored the way, the soldiers in the front platoon were used as the benchmark, and everyone was staring at the back in front of them, and drove along the path to the camp of the peasant army.

However, what Ru Ningjun did was also a little too careful. At night, the cavalry arranged between the two battalions by the peasant army had already withdrawn to the battalion, and even the peasant soldiers in the preset position returned to the camp to rest, because no one could have imagined that the Runing army, which was more than 20 miles away, would suddenly make a surprise attack on the peasant army's camp at night. This was almost a violation of the common sense of the army at that time.

Of course, the Runing Army would not pass through the middle of the peasant army's position, which would be easy to be discovered by the light and dark sentinels of the peasant army, so the Runing army went straight to the camp on the left flank of the peasant army.

When the Runing Army arrived on a small hillside nearly a mile and a half in front of the peasant army camp, they found that the peasant army camp on the opposite side was still quiet, and it should have been that there was no movement here.

But the large camp of the peasant army on the opposite side was two hundred paces away from the barracks. At regular intervals, a brazier is placed. Looking at the stars from afar, such an arrangement, if you get closer to within 200 paces and the light is bright, you will definitely be able to find the traces.

And the other side also has a camp fence. You have to dig a trench, even if you attack in front of you, you will let the other party react in time to deploy troops to defend it. In the night battle, what I am most afraid of is stalemate, but looking at this situation, it is difficult not to stalemate.

The leaders of the peasant army were all battle-hardened, so the camps they set up were also decent. Although it can't be compared with the perverted camp of the Runing Army, it is already very tightly rooted according to the standards of the Ming Army.

"I didn't expect there to be some talents in the thief army!" Looking at the camp of the peasant army, the commander of the infantry regiment sighed.

"It's good!" Li Sanhe said with a smile, "But it's still far from the book turtle." ”

Li Sanhe's words caused a chuckle among the officers. In the Runing Army. If Shumo's defense dares to be called second, no one dares to call it first. Of course, Wu Shigong must be excluded.

However, Li Sanhe's words are also a fact. According to the standards of the Runing Army, no matter how to arrange a secret post on this small hillside, it is relative to the standard of the Runing Army. There are still loopholes in this kind of camp of the peasant army.

Although they were talking in a low voice, Li Sanhe and the others were still observing from the small hillside. Scanning the entire peasant army barracks. To the east of the campsite. There is one place that seems to be not completely furnished.

Li Sanhe looked over there carefully, and sure enough, there was a gap in the arrangement. After all, the peasant army is not a regular army, so this kind of camping has a lot of civil engineering work, so some places are hastily completed, and they are not willing to spend so much effort at all. I want to take a break.

That side may be a breakthrough, Li Sanhe beckoned the commander of a reconnaissance cavalry company to beat his horse and quietly approach, and observed that there were not many flat terrain in that area, or slopes or potholes. There seemed to be no way to get to the barracks, so there was no such thing as a brazier to light it.

However, the company commander also replied: Although the road looks uneven, the cavalry is not impossible. During the night training of the Runing Army, sometimes the terrain was even worse than this place.

"Is there an ambush?" An officer reminded Li Sanhe of the river. There is such a gap in a well-defended camp that always makes one feel a little suspicious.

"There is an ambush and I admit it!" Li Sanhe replied, "I don't have time to look for other places." Besides, we also have to see if the thief army has good teeth, aren't they afraid of breaking their teeth? Anyway, if we do it according to the training time, and if the momentum is messed up, our troops must not be dispersed! ”

The officers all nodded, and at this time they couldn't judge the layout of the peasant barracks, so it was better to just attack it and give it a try. Anyway, the purpose of the night raid was to disrupt the enemy forces in the camp. In case that gap is really a trap for the peasant army, then as long as the troops are concentrated, the Runing army is confident that the troops will be withdrawn completely.

So the Runing army immediately pushed the six one-pound guns it carried up the hill, and then under the leadership of Li Sanhe, the soldiers of the two regiments began to move quietly to that side. At this time, the sound of movement was very low, but cold sweat broke out nervously on all the soldiers' bodies.

Outside the camp fence of the peasant army, patrolling soldiers can be seen passing by from time to time, if it is under normal circumstances, Li Sanhe may directly send someone to kill the sentry, but at this time, he is particularly worried about alarming the camp of the peasant army, so he is extremely cautious.

However, the peasant army here is indeed very dense, and this position may be due to the fact that the terrain is more difficult to move, so the patrol people rarely come. The peasant army camp here is quite dim, and it is difficult to find the location of the people in front of the camp in the dark. At five or six hundred paces, the brigade of the Runing Army stopped, and a company of the infantry regiment quietly approached a distance of four hundred paces.

"This is it! Move fast! Cheng Niu's company commander pointed ahead and whispered.

The soldiers who taught the legion were all required to be fully trained in infantry and cavalry skills, so there were a lot of horses in the legion. And this company in front was a cavalry fully equipped with horses.

So when the company commander gave the order, everyone quietly dismounted. The company commander made a "forward" gesture to Cheng Niu's captain, and Cheng Niu's captain immediately beckoned Cheng Niu to them, took out the rope from the horse's jacket, and began to crawl forward.

Although Cheng Niu was already a veteran in the original army, he was still a junior in the teaching corps. So when he was crawling forward, Cheng Niu felt as nervous as if he was on the battlefield for the first time. Not to mention that there was sweat all over his body, and even his lower body was a little heavy.

Cheng Niu thought angrily: "Why didn't you remember to line up your body just now?" (To be continued......)