Chapter 224 Chapter 223 Rushing to the camp

Chapter 224 Chapter 223 Rushing to the camp

"General Liu, the cavalry from other directions in the Tatar camp should be completed soon. We should take advantage of this opportunity to break up their camp instead of shooting at them step by step here."

Wei Guangde said loudly to Liu Dazhang.

"Master Wei, I understand what you said, but what if the army here doesn't rescue Anta Khan? They rush out from the front door and cut off our army, or as you said, they rush into the Tatar camp and seal it. If you block our retreat, what should you do?"

Liu Dazhang was dissatisfied with Wei Guangde's attitude towards him at this time, and asked him rudely.

"No, it's not daylight yet."

Wei Guangde had already thought that with the current situation, the Tatar commander in the camp might not dare to lead his troops out of the front gate, so he immediately shook his head and replied: "Besides, Liu Huan's troops in the back camp are not far from their camp gate. It was impossible for their people not to discover Liu Huan's troops.

With the current brightness, they will be worried that there will be a large army surrounding the front door, so they are unlikely to attack us first. They will most likely rush out from the back door, directly face the visible threat of Liu Huanbu, and kill them to rescue me. Answer Khan, then join forces and fight back. "

Wei Guangde analyzed according to his own logic.

Yes, what is the purpose of the night raid?

When two armies are fighting, the stronger side generally disdains the use of night attack tactics, and most of them will only choose the weaker side.

Countless wars in history have also proved that as long as you are strong enough and do not make mistakes, crushing your opponent and winning is the way to go.

As for the night attack, due to the restrictions of darkness, it will greatly weaken some of the capabilities of both warring parties, and there is great uncertainty. Even the party launching the night attack is the same. It can only be said that maybe it will be better prepared, but absolutely Not much stronger.

In fact, in the Antabu military camp, thousands of Mongolian households are also thinking about what to do.

This attack by the Ming Army on the camp is really strange. I just received a reconnaissance report two days ago and found traces of the Ming Army cavalry by the Yang River. They dared to go out of the city to rob the camp today. Does this mean that the Ming Army in Baoan Prefecture has been attacked a few days ago? Many more troops were mobilized.

Infantry moves slowly and it is difficult to hide their tracks, but cavalry is relatively easy, as long as there are enough scouts to seal off the surrounding areas.

When Wei Guangde thought that they had made it from Huailai County to Baoan Prefecture without anyone noticing, and was complacent about the smooth journey, in fact, the Anda Division's reconnaissance cavalry had already discovered them at this time, but they acted too quickly to send troops to intercept them.

It was only at this time that their unexpectedly exposed itinerary made Mongolian households who knew about it suspect that the Ming army had secretly mobilized cavalry from various places to garrison Baoan Prefecture. They might have really targeted the Great Khan.

Traces of thousands of Ming army cavalry have been found outside the rear camp gate, but what about the front gate?

It was not yet light enough to see far enough to determine whether there was an ambush at the front door as well.

"When you go back and send a message, just say that I understand. Once my men and horses are assembled here, I will go there to support him."

The Mongolian Ten Thousand Households had no choice but to let the messengers sent by the Zuoying Thousand Households go back first. Anyway, the other five Thousand Households have not rushed over to report yet, indicating that they are still busy organizing the team.

After the Ming army attacked the camp, several thousand households sent people to contact themselves, gathered troops at their respective stations, and observed the situation outside the camp. After finding no sign of the Ming army, they sent people to report the situation to themselves. .

In fact, if at this time, the Mongolian households choose to gather their troops and rush out directly from the camp, charging directly into the Ming army's infantry phalanx, the outcome of the battle here is really hard to say.

The Xuanfu army gathered tens of thousands of infantry outside the camp, including more than a thousand archers, who took turns shooting at the Mongolian army in two squads. There were also more than a thousand gunners who were used to stabilize the military formation and defend against the Tatar cavalry. Raid.

The reason for this configuration is that only archers have sufficient firepower density at this time. The shooting and reloading of bird guns is relatively slow and cannot continue to suppress the Tatars in the camp.

However, Wei Guangde and the generals of the Ming Army forgot one thing, that is, it is also night. After their gunmen fired the loaded ammunition, they would encounter trouble in the night when reloading. They could not be like If they quickly complete the reloading and fire the second shot as they usually do in training, their shooting frequency will also be affected.

Just when the high-level Ming army was arguing and the Mongolian households were entangled, the Ming army under Ma Fang and Anda Khan's Royal Guards had already fought together in the Anda Khan camp.

Where the Ming army broke camp, there were only a few corpses of Mongolian soldiers lying on the ground. However, the further you went to the center of the military camp, the more dead bodies there were on the ground, not only from the Tatars, but also from the Ming army.

The Ma Fang tribe easily broke through Anda Khan's camp and began to attack inside. The Mongolian Tatars in the first few tents were beheaded by the Ming army almost in their sleep, which became a witness to their military exploits.

The more Tatar soldiers who came out to see the situation had their heads cut off the moment the Ming army cavalry roared past them before they could figure out the situation.

The Ming army's surprise attack was very effective at first, and encountered almost no effective resistance.

Only a few soldiers on night watch could still rush on horseback to stop the Ming army's advance, but what they had to face was the most elite soldiers of the Ming army Ma Fang. Soon their resistance was suppressed and turned into corpses on the ground. dead body.

When the Anda Khan camp was alerted, although most people were still sleepy-eyed, they hurriedly rushed out of the camp with weapons in hand when they heard the shouts of killing outside.

But all they could see were the firelight from half of the sky and the deafening shouts of killing.

The Tatars who were far away from the edge of the camp were undoubtedly lucky. They were able to put on their armor in a hurry, pick up their weapons and run to the stables nearby. However, those Tatar soldiers who were unfortunate enough to rush out of the tent and encountered the Ming army's cavalry were Unfortunately, many people were cut down to the ground after only putting up weak resistance.

But as the Ming army continued to advance, the ingenuity of Anda Khan's camp was gradually revealed.

The Mongol Tatar military camp occupies a very large area. The camp is divided into hundreds of households. Only a few large tents of hundreds of households gather together. Next to them are their stables. The distance between each hundred Tatar camps is relatively long. The effect of military arson is of little use at this time.

There will also be simple horse resistance between each Hundred Household Team station to divide the two camps.

They rushed into the Tatar camp. They had to rush to the Tatar tent and throw down torches to ignite the tents. Then they threw the Tatars who rushed out to the people behind, and they had to continue to rush forward, or Either he carefully maneuvered his horse through the not so spacious space, or he rushed through the winding passage of the military camp.

The Tatar military camp is not neat and tidy. The winding passages in the camp are suitable for horse racing, but they cannot make the horses run wildly.

From time to time, you can see large piles of bonfires that are still burning or have been extinguished on both sides of the passage. All signs indicate that there was a carnival here last night.

At this time, the surrounding Tatar garrison had been awakened by the chaos outside. They rushed out with weapons in hand. After seeing the situation clearly, they ran towards the stables.

They didn't care whose horse they caught, they would just get on their horses and then charge towards the Ming army, creating time for other comrades to get on their horses.

The troops leading the Ming army were a thousand soldiers trained by Ma Fang himself, who were the elite of this miscellaneous army.

The so-called elites are actually just more trained than other cavalry units, and they are paid more. In fact, they are still not full pay, and Ma Fang cannot get more money and food for his men.

But even so, the combat power displayed by these soldiers after the battle broke out was far superior to the so-called tough soldiers transferred from other troops.

Ma Fang is a Han Chinese who escaped from Mongolia. After joining the Datong Army, he started from a small soldier. Because of his bravery in combat, he rose from a small soldier to a thousand households in a few years.

When Anda Khan raided the capital in the 29th year of Jiajing, Ma Fang already had thousands of households.

In that war that completely disgraced Emperor Jiajing, Ma Fang was one of the few generals who achieved success. As a result, he was promoted from Qianhu to guerrilla general and gained the right to lead troops independently.

In the past few years, in the battles with the Anda tribe, he had won more victories than lost, and became a famous general in the Xuanfu.

Such achievements were naturally not achieved by him alone. The most important thing was that he accepted the group of soldiers who dared to fight.

The life of military households in the Ming Dynasty was very miserable. In fact, there were reasons for the misery.

Let me ask you, if you can't even support your own family, who is willing to risk your life and fight against the Tatars?

Within his ability, Ma Fang tried his best to help his soldiers improve their treatment.

In Ma Fang's defense area, the first thing he did was often to take back the farmland by force.

Yes, it was those farms that were occupied by the officials and gentry, and they used the farms and the few salaries allocated by them to pay to their soldiers.

He took more than before, and his general was also responsible for it. Naturally, in every battle he led, the soldiers fought desperately for fear that Ma Fang would be implicated due to poor performance.

This may be one of the reasons why Ma Fang is able to stand out in the Ming Dynasty border town at this time.

As for the officials and gentry who had suffered losses, Ma Fang knew that he could not coexist with them, so the method he adopted was to fight fire with fire.

Most of these officials and gentry are just local bullies. Perhaps someone in their family has been or is currently an official in the court.

Don't be afraid. According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, officials have to work in different places. Officials in their families can't reach out to the Xuanfu. They can only work through their colleagues in the Xuanfu. However, Ma Fang has already taken part of the farmland. Pay tribute to the commander-in-chief, the governor, and even the governor-general.

The results of appeals from officials and gentry often only come with "delay".

This is also the reason why no one can touch Ma Fang even though he has offended many local powerful people in this era.

There are people protecting him in the officialdom, and the soldiers below are also strong. The only one left is himself. As long as there are no command errors, it will be difficult to defeat the battle.

But at this moment, these elites who were once invincible in the border war are gradually falling into trouble.

It didn't take long from the initial easy killing to getting into trouble. In fact, they just broke out of several Tatar hundreds of households' camps and were surrounded by reinforcements who came after hearing the news.

The characteristics of Anda's camp are destined to enable their cavalry to quickly form combat effectiveness.

Most of the Tatars who fought with them from the beginning were still naked. They just rode on horses and rushed up with weapons in their hands, screaming.

Such Tatar soldiers are easy to deal with. After all, there is no protection on them, and most of them are not in good mental condition. They have just woken up from a dream.

But as time passed, the Tatars who appeared behind began to appear in neat clothes. Several hundred-household teams rushed into the battlefield, naturally holding back the elite impact of Ma Fang's men. This may be Wang Ting The true strength of the Guards.

After encountering a sneak attack by the Ming army, they did not appear in panic and chaos like the Anda tribe's Wanhu camp before, but immediately threw themselves into the battle.

Hundreds of households close to the battlefield rushed into the battlefield to hold back the Ming army's assault, waiting for the hundreds of households behind to arrive for support.

What Ma Fang saw was that his old subordinates who had followed him for many years were gradually falling into a bitter battle against the constant influx of Anta cavalry, and their attack speed was seriously slowed down.

"Keep rushing."

At this time, the competition is about which side has the highest morale, who can carry it to the end, and the competition is about courage.

While Ma Fang ordered his soldiers to drive away the soldiers who were following his soldiers, and the soldiers who were transferred from other generals and guerrilla divisions of Xuanfu to go up and continue to attack the Anda military camp, he also observed the layout of the camp and looked for the military tent of Anda Khan. s position.

If it were during the day, you should be able to see the tall black pole outside Ada Khan's tent at this time.

Unfortunately, it was dark now, and he couldn't tell how far it was from Anda Khan's tent or where the other party was.

He could only roughly judge the direction of the center of the military camp based on several passages in the camp, and led his men to rush in.

Before the main force rushing to the camp found Anda Khan's tent, Ma Fang was reluctant to use his last few hundred men, which was his last resort to kill Altan in this night attack.

In front of Ma Fang, about 1,500 Ming troops were already engaged in the fight. They withstood the pressure of Anda Wangting's guards and continued to rush towards the direction pointed by Ma Fang. Although the speed was slow, they were still moving forward. Advance.

Behind them, Ma Fang's 300 servants and 500 guards from the Xuanfu General Military Mansion were still lined up neatly, preparing for the final decisive battle.

The Jia Ding team was the most powerful force in the Ming army in this era. It was not only present in large numbers in border towns, but also the generals in the mainland. They were their own guards in peacetime, and could serve as messengers in wartime, or even the main force in charging into battle. , Ma Fang is not exempt from vulgarity.

While constantly mobilizing the Ming army and adjusting their charging direction, they constantly observed the fighting situation around them.

Starting all over again, Ma Fang estimated that he had killed at least 400 to 500 Tatar soldiers. Now there were 700 to 800 Tatar soldiers in front of him. He should have almost reached the vicinity of Anda Khan's tent, but Why can’t we see the most elite golden armored guards yet?

Did he attack in the wrong direction?

At this time, Ma Fang, who observed the surrounding scene, couldn't help but feel a little doubt in his heart, worried that he might have chosen the wrong direction.

However, this worry did not last long, and the road ahead suddenly widened.

"Woo."

At this moment, a trumpet sound sounded.