This night attack was indeed bold, and Tan Tai was bound to break through the light and dark posts around the Ming army camp, climb over the ditches, camp fences and other obstacles, and enter the Ming army camp with an absolute advantage in numbers to fight.

Therefore, in case it was discovered by the Ming army, Tan Tai's night attack troops would be encircled by the Ming army. Even if it was discovered early and retreated smoothly, such a toss made Tan Tai's night attack troops have no rest at all. If a decisive battle between the Ming army and the Qing army occurs tomorrow, the 1,500 cavalry of this night attack will not have the physical strength to fight, and they will lose their combat effectiveness in vain.

But Hauge still chose to believe Tan Tai, because he knew that Tan Tai was not a reckless person. The only thing Hauge is worried about is Tan Tai's safety, because Hauge definitely can't bear the loss of an absolute henchman like Tan Tai. So he hinted to Tan Tai: Let Naba lead the night attack army.

And Tan Taiqi is a rare person among the senior generals of the Qing army who has a gentle demeanor and a soft voice. But as a Baturu, how could he accept Hauge's advice? Therefore, Tan Tai pretended not to understand Haoge's hints, and still led 1,500 Qing troops on the second watch, one person and two horses, and galloped towards the camp of the Ming army.

And along the way, Tan Tai and his personal soldiers galloped at the front. Although the Qing army is very familiar with every inch of land outside the pass, but after all, it is impossible for them to remember every small ditch and every tree clearly, and it is easy to fall into a ditch and hit a tree at high speed in the dark, so Tan Tai took the lead in galloping at the front, constantly exploring the road, so as not to let the brigade of the Qing army attack at night encounter any danger.

It was not until seven or eight miles away from the Ming army camp that the Qing army that attacked at night stopped. They could no longer get closer, otherwise the shaking of the ground would attract the attention of the Ming army, so Tan Tai left two hundred men here to guard the horses. The rest of the soldiers pulled the empty horse that had not been ridden and began to travel Zuihou.

On this day, the Ming army just advanced to twenty miles away from the military fort in front, although it was very close to the military fort, but the Ming army did not relax its vigilance, and the five troops lined up a plum-shaped camp, and Hong Chengchou's Chinese army was in the middle of each camp.

Because it is very close to the military fort, although Tan Tai's night attack troops are all horses and horses, but they still need to pass through the gap between the military fort and a forest on the side, so it is easy to be discovered by the Ming army in the military fort.

Moreover, the Ming army in the fort did discover this Qing army, but they did not dare to attack this Qing army out of the fort. He didn't dare to send someone out of the fort to report to the Ming army camp, but on the military fort, he kept waving torches in the direction of the camp, hoping to attract the attention of the camp. But it's too far away; Second, because of the defense of the military fort ahead, the soldiers on night in the large battalion did not pay attention. So they didn't notice any movement of the torches on the fort. Therefore, the Ming army also lost one of the most haode prevention opportunities.

The importance of this "slit". Hong Chengchou did not turn a blind eye. Any general can see that it is a passage between the Qing army and the Ming army camp. So Hong Chengchou also asked for it here. At the front, Liu Zhaoji, the general army of Liaodong, and Zuo Guangxian, the commander of the reinforcement and suppression army, did a good job of patrolling and arranging sentry posts.

But Hong Chengchou didn't know that it was also because Liu Zhaoji and Zuo Guangxian blindly believed in the role of the military fort, and the two troops were a little bit at odds with each other, so they both thought that the other party's troops had a sentry post in this slit, but in fact, no one arranged it in the end.

So in this case, the various Ming army units did not expect that an imminent battle was coming. And when Tan Tai interspersed between the two patrols of the Ming army, relying on luck, the Ming army lost a chance to discover the night attack of the Qing army.

The Qing army did not attack at night against the large camp of the Ming army, they came from the left. So the first thing I encountered was Zuo Guangxian's camp. However, Tan Tai did not give the order to attack this camp directly, they galloped through the open space between the camps, and came towards Liu Zhaoji's camp at the front.

However, after approaching the camp of the Ming army, there was no need for the Qing army to hide anymore. They all lit torches and shouted loudly to make the greatest noise.

At this time, Zuo Guangxian had not yet fallen asleep, and he was discussing tomorrow's march with his military attachés in his big tent. But at this moment, only a shout was heard outside the camp, and a raging fire suddenly appeared, which made Zuo Guangxian's camp a commotion.

"Check it out! What happened? Zuo Guangxian gave a loud order to the captain of her own army, and then she turned to her military attache and ordered: "You should also hurry back to the camp, and the bullets will be suppressed to prevent the camp." Also be prepared to prevent the Tartars from stealing the camp. ”

But before those military attachés could answer, a personal soldier outside the big tent entered and said, "Great commander! It's the Tartars who steal the camp, they have already killed us, are they going to prepare for battle? ”

"Call all the rabbits up, hold them in place according to the troops, and never allow people to run in the camp, otherwise military law will be involved. We don't care if there is a lot of trouble outside, and not a single soldier is allowed to leave the camp. There are trenches and fences, and we can resist them. Zuo Guangxian immediately ordered in a hurry. After saying that, he took the military attaches out of the big tent. Those military attaches ran back to their respective units, and Zuo Guangxian began to inspect the camp with his own personal army to prevent chaos in the camp.

But Tan Tai's night attack on the Qing army ignored the chaotic Zuo Guangxian camp, they galloped forward, and after a while, they came to Liu Zhaoji's camp.

And the soldiers in Liu Zhaoji's camp were also awakened by Tan Tai's night attack, but although they were making preparations for prevention, they still thought that the Qing army of the night attack was still far away, and they would always defeat Zuo Guangxian's camp and then take their turn, so they were completely unprepared for Tan Tai's appearance.

Moreover, because the camp here is facing Zuo Guangxian's big camp, Liu Zhaoji's trench digging is so-so, only six or seven feet wide, and people and horses can cross it with a jump, and it can't block it at all.

Therefore, when the Qing army at the front dismounted and crossed the trench with knives, axes, and ropes, Liu Zhaoji's soldiers, who were not psychologically prepared for combat at all, dispersed in a hurry, and those Qing troops also smoothly pulled and cut down the fence of nearly 50 zhang, opening the passage for the Qing army to rush into the camp.

1,300 Qing cavalry troops rushed into Liu Zhaoji's camp without hindrance, and they threw torches at the tents, slashing and killing the fleeing Ming troops in all directions, creating a burst of chaos in the camp. (To be continued......)