It's false to say that you're not afraid, the gap in strength is just around the corner. Even Zhou Shixian said that the Shunjun elite cavalry no longer had any combat power, but it was just to strengthen the army's heart.

You must know that the cavalry of the Shun army, when marching to the limit, can gallop 200 miles a day, and now 130 or 40 miles a day is just the normal play of the cavalry of the Shun army.

This is not the Ming army, but the elite of the Shun army, which defeated hundreds of thousands of Ming troops in the Central Plains, and before losing Shaanxi and Xiangjing base areas, they can still fight hard with the Qing army.

But it's useless to be afraid, only by defeating the enemy can you live.

Zhou Shixian also knew that if the two sides faced each other and fought hard, the two thousand soldiers and horses under his command would definitely not be able to beat the two thousand elite horses under the command of Gu Kecheng and Hao Shaoqi.

He wanted to take the initiative to attack and attack the camp of the Shun army at night, because he knew this, not because he was arrogant and carried away after repeatedly succeeding along the way.

Moreover, Li Banghua is right, when it comes to the day after tomorrow, it will be more than two thousand fine riders. Emperor Chongzhen could not find it, and it was impossible for Li Zicheng to only send two thousand cavalry to pursue.

This window of time is fleeting.

Of course, it is impossible for Li Zicheng to send tens of thousands of troops to pursue, and once the Shun army is in the capital, there are only 60,000 old soldiers, and Li Zicheng has to beware of Wu Sangui. Second, Zhou Shixian is just this point, there is no need to send too many pursuers, otherwise it will become a burden for elite cavalry to attack.

But this battle has to be fought, and since it has been caught up by the Shun army, there is no escape, and there is no escape.

If you can't destroy the elite cavalry pursued by the Shun army in a battle and make it lose the ability to continue the pursuit, it will run overnight, and it will be useless, which is the core of the problem.

And after Zhou Shixian's analysis, not all of the generals under his command have changed their minds. If it were someone else, I am afraid that these fierce generals would have to have a quarrel and pull, or even break up unhappily.

But standing in front of them is the red man in front of Emperor Chongzhen, the dignified horse of the Ming Dynasty, the leader of the escort army, and Zhou Shixian, who has won consecutive battles.

The so-called "authority" is probably the same thing. Zhou Shixian has won so many times with them, and they naturally believe in Zhou Shixian.

After unifying the opinions of the generals and discussing for more than half an hour, and determining the details of the night attack and the deployment of troops and horses, the time had come to the end of the day, and Zhou Shixian immediately began to finalize the final night attack plan.

Of course, the final launch time of the night attack was at the end of the Yin period, which was still more than an hour before dawn, and that would be the time when the Shun army was most lax and in the worst state.

For the Shun army, which is now at its peak, although it despises the Ming army, the norms of camping and the deployment of scouts are a lot.

Zhou Shixian also learned about these situations through the sentry cavalry, so he had to wait until the soldiers and horses of the Shun army thought that there would be no more night attacks before suddenly launching an attack.

At this point, the initiative is firmly in the hands of Zhou Shixian. And the Shun army originally despised the Ming army, and the few hours in between were enough for Wu Xingye to take the sentry cavalry to find out the deployment of the Shun army.

These generals did not lack combat experience, nor did they lack organizational discipline. In the past, he lost because his armor was not in order and he couldn't eat, but now these two are no longer a problem.

"Xue Changfu, Zhang Hong, Wu Xingye."

"The last general!" Xue Laoer, Zhang Hong, and Wu Xingye all immediately came out of the ranks, and responded in unison with their fists clasped together.

"Xue Changfu, you lead three hundred cavalry, as the main force of the first team to attack the Shun army camp at night, attack from the two flanks of the Shun army camp, the west is the main attack, you personally lead the two hundred cavalry to be responsible, and the east is a feint, be sure to make the momentum bigger, and then let go of the gap.

Remember, the point is that the war horses in the west camp of the Shun army are close to the canal, and we must find a way to rush them all out of order, drive these uncontrolled frightened horses to the Shun army's camp, disrupt the defense of the Shun army's camp, and then kill them by chance.

Without the war horses and the organization, these Shunjun who had just woken up from their dreams were all heads without combat effectiveness, and there was nothing to be afraid of.

Zhang Hong, you lead the Wu/Wei battalion to follow closely behind, follow the cavalry in the west, cut down those soldiers of the Shun army who are lone or fall into chaos, and advance in a military formation, there must be no negligence, otherwise the cavalry will attack too quickly, and then there will be a loss.

Wu Xingye, you lead the remaining 200 cavalry, wait until the Shun army camp is in chaos and the attention is attracted to both flanks, then break through directly from the front, cut through the Shun army camp, and force it to the north and east. ”

"The last general obeys!" When the three of them heard this, they didn't have any objections, and they even had some inexplicable excitement in their hearts.

The operation was extremely risky, but it also had a great chance of success. They have been in the army for many years, and they are not cowardly people, and now they are really going to fight, two thousand are just two thousand elite horsemen who have integrated the Beijing camp for a few days, and the mixed army of Jinyi Wei attacked the Shun army at night, and they couldn't help but be nervous and excited in their hearts.

If it was normal, it might be more nervous, but with the horse master in front of him, who was not lacking in courage and strategy, it seemed that he was not a little excited.

In order to achieve this operational purpose, Zhou Shixian used the war horses in the generals to the limit, and more than 200 of the more than 500 cavalry were from the old Beijing camp, and the other 300 were all transferred from Zhang Hong, Sun Hu, Weng Dajie, and Kong Tao.

Not only that, in order to reduce the chaos and alarm the Shun army, in addition to the title, those who could not see the road at night at all were also left in the city by Zhou Shixian and replaced by the Jinyi Guard under the command of Wang Chaodong.

People in this era have severe night blindness, but it is also severe, and not everyone can see clearly at night, otherwise there would be no night fighting.

And marching with one another, grabbing the belt before and after, to a certain extent, can also solve the problem of marching at night. Not to mention that the vicinity of Texas is all plains.

All this will certainly cause a certain degree of difficulty in coordination and even confusion in command. For this reason, there are only two ways to convey battlefield orders in this night attack: war drums and military trumpets.

The war drums, the attack, the rush to attack; The trumpet sounded, retreated, and marched slowly. Advance or retreat, or rush or slow advance, are all the final word.

This was originally a battle in which it was necessary to win with one blow, otherwise there would be no possibility of victory, and this set of simplified battlefield command orders could also meet the requirements of night raids.

After all, in the night battles of this era, once a fight starts, it is basically impossible to command and coordinate the actions of the army. It is precisely because of this that once the night attack is successful, the effect will be amazing.

"Sun Hu, Weng Dajie, Kong Tao."

"The last general!" Sun Hu, Weng Dajie, and Kong Tao also came out immediately, and they clasped their fists in unison.

"Sun Hu, you led more than 200 musketeers to ambush in the north of the Shun army's camp, and as soon as the Shun army broke out, you would immediately block it, and you must not let it escape.

Weng Dajie, Kong Tao, you lead the remaining soldiers and horses of the headquarters to assist Sun Hu in blocking the rout of the Shun army, and wait until the retreat order of the horse can withdraw the troops. ”

Zhou Shixian paused, frowned slightly, turned his head to look at the three generals just now, and continued to add:

"If Xue Changfu's first round of offensive does not achieve the expected goal and is counterattacked by the Shun army, Wu Xingye, you can't continue the attack, and you must immediately withdraw to cover the army in the west.

But Zhang Hong, you can't retreat, send stragglers to set fire to the tents of the Shun army, and the pikemen army is on top, and together with Wu Xingye, cover the retreat and integration of Xue Changfu's cavalry, and re-form combat power.

And Sun Hu, Weng Dajie, Kong Tao, your three troops and horses should immediately withdraw to the south, and withdraw to the city with firearms and spears, together with Zhang Hong and Wu Xingye. ”

"The last general obeys!" When the six of them heard this, they did not have any objections, and replied in unison.

This is a plan that they have just discussed, and now it is only a final confirmation. However, when it came to the unsuccessful plan, the nervousness in everyone's hearts overshadowed the excitement.

In the final analysis, this plan is too risky after all, but the situation has reached the point where it is now, if you want to win, there is no other way.

However, Zhou Shixian is very confident in himself, where are there so many things in this world? Both risk and reward are proportional. Without the courage to take risks, there is no possibility of success.

Moreover, he deployed like this, naturally he didn't intend to let go of Gu Kecheng and Hao Shaoqi, in this battle, he wanted to beat this so-called Shun army.

"After the night attack begins, the command must not be smooth, but the most important thing in this battle is speed, it must be fast, and the battle will be caught off guard.

Therefore, the matters on the battlefield are decided by the generals themselves according to the situation, and success or failure is not pursued after the fact. The Jiangshan Sheji of the Ming Dynasty, now in our hands, this horse only asks you to work together to fight the national thieves. ”

Zhou Shixian looked around at the generals in front of him, and said earnestly: "For the army's courage, in this battle, this horse personally supervises the battle, and marches with the army. ”

Now that he has gone all out, Zhou Shixian will naturally not be afraid. The soldiers charged ahead, and he must fight alongside them.

"The last general obeys!"

In the hall of the Dezhou County Ya, the sound of the friction and vibration of the nail leaves sounded, and the generals who had obtained the military order listened to it, and they all knelt down to Zhou Shixian and saluted.

"What about me, donkey?" As soon as Wang Chaodong heard that he didn't have himself this time, he immediately became anxious: "The saint is safe in the city, and I should also go into battle to kill the thief." ”

"You continue to protect the Holy One in the city." Zhou Shixian completely ignored Wang Chaodong's request and resolutely said:

"Now that the whole army is exhausted, there are only about forty guards temporarily gathered by the saint's side, if there is no east facing you to sit in town, how can this horse go out of the city to fight with peace of mind?"

This is Zhou Shixian's great trust, although he lost the opportunity to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, but when he heard it, several other people couldn't help but be a little jealous.

You must know that Wang Chaodong is now the most familiar military general of Emperor Chongzhen in addition to the concubine Zhou Shixian and a few ministers, and the close ministers of the Son of Heaven, how can he be underestimated?

And the reason why Zhou Shixian handed over this task to Wang Chaodong was because of his uprightness and loyalty, this person couldn't hide things, and he wouldn't be bought by Chongzhen.