Chapter 483: Night Iron Cavalry Breaks the Camp

Since Er Liu was passing the message, there was no reason to stop the personal soldiers outside, but he still arranged for the personal soldiers with swords to pour into the military tent and be careful to be on guard there.

The two messengers who were brought into the military tent could no longer see the soldiers on the side. They were not ragged, but were covered in mud and dirty things. As soon as they entered the military tent, the two messengers forgot to salute and say hello, and asked in panic:

"Where are the two generals Liu Tichun and Liu Fangliang?"

Shunjun is also very particular about this title. When he heard the messenger shouting without hesitation, he was not very happy. But seeing the messenger's appearance in such a panic, he knew that something big would happen. Liu Fangliang said first:

"I am Liu Fangliang. Tell me if you have any important things!"

When the messenger heard Er Liu admit his identity, the messenger seemed to collapse and knelt on the ground and asked to report it. But in a hurry, perhaps because of his anger, his voice immediately became hoarse and said in a hurry:

"Two generals, Shandong soldiers have already passed Ruzhou and are heading straight for this side."

Before he finished speaking, someone was already screaming in shock at the personal soldiers standing beside him. How could this be possible? How could Shandong soldiers rush over from behind?

Liu Tichun had already rushed to the messenger and pulled the messenger up from the ground. Liu Fangliang, who was beside him, looked gloomy and ordered in a stern voice:

"You guys go out to guard the commander's tent first, and there are no people who are close to you to work on military law."

Before the personal soldiers went out, Liu Tichun shouted loudly. What does Shandong soldiers appear behind him mean? It really made him feel panicked:

"How long will it take for Shandong soldiers to get here? How many people will there be!!"

The messenger didn't care about any etiquette at all, and he was already talking to tears. He was talking so hard that he still struggled and said:

"There will be no less than five thousand cavalry. Two days ago they passed by Ruzhou City, and the villains and brothers went out of the city to report the news. However, the light cavalry that Shandong arranged intercepted on the main road. I arrived here by running wildly on the mountain road. General, Shandong soldiers were about to arrive."

Although the road was not easy to walk. But for the cavalry, two days were enough for this. After hearing this, Liu Tichun stiffened all over and let go of his hands unknowingly. The messenger was already unable to stand and slid directly to the ground, crying loudly on the ground.

General Guoyi Liu Tichun reacted quickly and shouted at the outside of the tent:

"It is said that the powerful general and the commander came to the military account to discuss. Call us urgently, go quickly, go quickly, whoever comes late, I will chop their heads with a knife!!"

After the personal soldiers outside agreed, they dispersed and sent the order. General Guoyi Liu Fangliang lifted the curtain of the military tent and looked at the road in the north. It was dark and dark. He could not see anything clearly. He did not look back and said:

"You summon the generals to arrange the troops and horses in the headquarters to prepare for unexpected accidents."

After saying that, without waiting for Liu Tichun's response, he made great strides to his own military camp to summon the army. The sudden news was completely bad news, and Shandong soldiers appeared on his side. On the side of the King of Rebellion, Liu Fangliang rode his horse to his camp and arranged for personal messengers to go out to the camp to report overnight.

"Why haven't Hu Liang come yet!!! The distance between Xiaoying and this side is only five miles away. Have you not gotten up after sleeping!!!"

The mighty general and the commander rushed over, but a unit stationed in the north of the Shun Army camp had not arrived yet, which was also a regular setting.

About a thousand troops were placed at the official road level to prevent the enemy from coming and after coming, it can serve as a warning function. It can also withstand a while and buy time for the camp.

After Liu Tichun got angry for a while, he knew the severity of the matter, so he quickly arranged defense for the people below. Shandong soldiers suddenly appeared. The soldiers of the Wanshun Army led by Er Liu suddenly became insufficient. If they did not talk about the Shandong soldiers, Gao Jie, the general of Yansui, suddenly became a big trouble.

But at this time, he didn't care about so much. Gao Jie had 50,000, but it was just a trouble. Shandong had 5,000 troops, but it was a big problem. The focus of defense must be shifted to the north.

The arrangement has not reached a stick of incense, and there is no need to wait for the collegial to be completed after the arrangement. The generals all hurriedly led the troops to arrange defense.

It was night at this time, and many soldiers were still sleeping soundly after fighting Gao Jie's soldiers during the day, shouting and mobilizing, but they still had troubles, but now they didn't care about it, and knew that the enemy was coming.

Soon, there were only three commanders left in the military tent, all of which were Liu Tichun's backbone soldiers. Liu Tichun was about to arrange the arrangement, but he screamed in a "ah". The generals in the tent and the personal soldiers outside the tent thought something had happened, and Liu Tichun said loudly:

"I'm notifying the whole camp for alert, Hu Liang and the others have been taken over..."

Hu Liang from the small camp has led troops for many years. He knows the important role, so why can Xuanzhao not come back for so long? Even if he disobeys the order, how could Xuanling's personal soldiers not come back?

He said this very coincidentally, and suddenly there was a loud noise in the north direction. The sound of golden swords and iron horses could be heard clearly even here. Liu Tichun's face changed drastically. He turned around and put on his helmet, grabbed his weapons, and hurried out of the camp.

His military tent was on a high place, and you could see countless torches in the north, almost reflecting half of the earth and sky. Liu Tichun's face was bleak. He didn't know what to say for a while, and then he shouted:

"Go and block it quickly, brothers, hold on until General Tian's army comes, we should work together inside and outside!"

They were different from He Jin's side. Although the enemy came suddenly in the dark, they didn't know how many enemies there were. Except for the soldiers and generals who knew it, the soldiers were not notified. Moreover, if this night battle was defeated, it might be possible that even if there was a big collapse and a massacre, they could only camp and resist.

There are no short hills and hills in the area of ​​Jiaxian County, and the terrain is quite flat, but the wet and soft land is very troublesome for people and horses.

When you encounter an enemy attack at night, you are also a strong cavalry and dare not go out to the camp to fight. The only way is to let the soldiers below rely on the camp bars and trenches as barriers. Protect defense and support until dawn or when the enemy's soldiers are tired, you will have a chance of victory or save your camp.

Tang Erqi looked at the opposite barracks on the horse. He could see that the military barracks of Shunjun gradually lit up from the original stars and the sound became gradually noisy from the quiet just now.

His territory of the Ma Army has always been directly under the Duke of Qi, Li Meng, and was used as the strongest force, but this time he gave him the opportunity to fight independently.

During the day, he was a companion with similar identities. They were almost all generals guarding the side. There were a few people who were still dignified generals. Tang Er was also anxious. This time he finally gave him a chance to make contributions, so he naturally had to be extremely cautious. He immediately stared at the Shunjun Camp in front of him.

The thousand generals around him were receiving orders here and preparing to start the battle. Tang Er passed by Li Meng several times in his heart. At this time, he heard a cry not far away.

During the war, why did such a thing happen? Tang Er said:

"Go and see what's going on. If it disrupts the morale of the army, you will take action now!"

A cavalry guard beside him hurriedly led his horse out of the team. He ran towards the other side. Soon the cavalry turned around again, with a look on his face quite emotional, and he leaned closer and whispered to report:

"Sir. Several horses that were pulling cannons there died. Our brothers felt sorry for the horses and couldn't help it there!"

The horses in the cavalry were all purchased and gathered by Shandong's huge financial and manpower. Moreover, the horse army has always been directly under the Duke of Qi and is the decisive force of the Jiaozhou camp. The cavalry also had strict requirements on themselves and felt quite proud of their own identity.

The difference between cavalry and infantry is the horse that serves as mounts. In addition, the horses in Shandong are nervous, and the cavalry are extremely caring for horses and regard them as part of themselves.

In this marching, some baggage and artillery, in order to ensure that they could keep up with the marching of the large group of people, were unable to transport a lot of animal power when they came from the Yellow River. They just used horses from cavalry to pull carts to drag the livestock on the ground. The road was muddy and difficult. The road was so hard that the two days of the road were so hard that the horse owners felt very distressed.

Tang Er didn't have anything to say about this emotion. He hesitated and shouted loudly:

"Think about why our horses die, it's worth it to let them die!!!"

Sorrow is sad, but the movement is very fast. Six cannons were quickly installed at the range. Each cannon was surrounded by large wooden barrels covering the ground with fur and oil paper. The gaps of the large wooden barrels were spitted with wax, which was airtight, and some quicklime traces could be seen.

These settings are to ensure the dryness of the gunpowder in this rainy weather. The artillery soldiers move quickly and start filling the cannons.

This kind of night shooting is not for accurate or killing, but the camp gate directly opposite, and the Shun army, who have always been guarding, feels something is wrong.

Liu Fangliang led the cavalry to the gate of the camp in front of him, shouting:

"Hurry and open the camp gate and fight with him outside. Shandong's firearms are powerful and you can't guard like this."

The guards of Yingzha were Liu Tichun's subordinates. He opened the Yingzha gate but disobeyed Liu Tichun's generals. A commander shouted loudly:

"General, the sky is cloudy and wet, and Shandong soldiers are raiding again. How could they carry artillery? It's not light..."

It seemed like he was a footnote for his words. With a few loud bangs, the camp gate of the camp was bombarded by artillery. The people behind the camp were beaten by flying wood chips and shells. They were panicked for a moment, and cries were intertwined, and they were completely in chaos.

Liu Fangliang's horse was frightened by the sudden continuous sound at night. He was disturbed there. He finally calmed down but found that there was such panic around him. Liu Fangliang shouted with his personal soldiers around him:

"Call with me, spread out from the camp gate, line up around, ready to face the enemy!!"

The personal soldiers shouted out after cheering him. The second round of fire of the artillery was coming again. The cannons set up at that position can actually hit many positions in the barracks, but the arrangement in Shandong seemed to be the camp gate.

The second round of artillery bombardment was not as good as the last time, but its lethality was not inferior at all. Behind the camp gate was a panicked soldiers. The shells flew over and covered them without the camp gate. They were swept down again.

After two rounds of artillery bombardment, many dismounted cavalry walked to the front from the gap between the artillery, with musket soldiers at the front and spearmen behind.

The two large fires were already lit on both sides of the artillery array, which could illuminate a wide range. When the drums sounded, almost one third of the soldiers of the battalion began to move slowly.

These infantrymen were covered with armor, enough to defend against the opponent's bows and arrows and bird guns. In such a hurry, it was impossible for the Shun Army to set up the cannon.

However, these infantry did not exist to attack the camp of the Shun Army, but to serve as a barrier for the soldiers behind them. Behind this infantry array were brigades of cavalry that were already dismounted. These cavalry carried their pockets on their backs, and some were holding firewood.

As the stadium array in front began to move, the soldiers behind them laid the soil and firewood on their backs in front. Then they ran back to the array. Someone had already started looking for soil and firewood nearby, filling the soldiers with bags, and not digging trenches directly opposite the camp gate. It was just that the ground was a little uneven.

Two rounds of artillery attacks. The blocking force on the face was unable to gather in a hurry, but the soldiers on the slow-moving side gradually paved a wide road of dozens of steps.

The officer walking in front of Jiaozhou Camp had been distinguishing the movements and stills in the camp. After walking dozens of steps under the rhythm of the drum beats, the soldiers of the Shun Army in the camp had gathered, but they were also within the range of the muskets. The officer, regardless of the effectiveness of the shooting, directly ordered the fire.

The two rows of shooting immediately disrupted the gathering of Shun Army in the camp. The officer took a step and inserted the command staff in his hand into the land in front of him to test the hardness of the land.

After walking dozens of steps, the officer raised his cane and issued a loud order to disband. There was an array of rocks just now, which suddenly spread to both sides. At this time, an arrow shot in the Shun Army's battalion, but it was not accurate to shoot in the dark night, so it often cannot cause damage on the plate armor.

On the other side of the artillery array just now, someone blew the suona loudly. A shrill sound cut through the night sky. A group of war horses emerged from the cannons and arranged into a formation.

On the area slightly behind the cannon array, several large fires were burning, and some special people added firewood to it. The firelight of the fire almost shone through the large open space in front of the camp.

The infantry in front dispersed and the sound of suona stopped. At this moment, even the camp of Shun Army was quiet for a moment, and suddenly a big cowhide drum was beaten.

The monotonous drum sound of "dong" and "dong" was already the first row of the Jiaozhou camp cavalry who were lined up to shake off the reins, and the cavalry brigade moved slowly.

Although the ground was actually reinforced with soil and firewood just now, and there were soldiers trampling back and forth, the cavalry of Jiaozhou Camp still sank slightly on the ground. The ground was actually solid enough, but the weight of the horse and the knight was too heavy.

The first attack of Jiaozhou Camp was to use iron cavalry. The cavalry in iron armor were also covered with leather armor, and five horses were moved side by side.

The horses were very close to each other, and the Iron Cavalry was not very fast. They just ran into the Shunjun Camp with such a small step.

Under the repeated attacks of cannons and muskets, no resistance was organized on the side of the bombed camp gate. There was a lot of chaos. Behind the cavalry were fire. The blackened plate armor flashed with black light under the fire. Rows of cavalry came over like a god of death.

In night battles, it is extremely taboo for me to be aware of the enemy and the enemy to attack in the dark. The enemy can often hide in the dark, and people in the bright places will become targets.

But the Iron Cavalry came in so openly. At this moment, it first overwhelmed everything in its momentum, but it was different from the camp inside and outside the camp. People in the camp trampled and camped for rest, and often had to find those dry and hard places that were suitable for the Iron Cavalry's charge.

The extension of the Iron Cavalry is full of spears and suppresses. The soldiers of Shun Army who are well-equipped and gathered together have no effective means of killing when they get close to them. If they are hit by the opponent's spears and suppresses, they will definitely be seriously injured or dead.

Although the iron cavalry moves slowly, the weight of the cavalry, horses and armor is huge. The momentum generated by this movement is superimposed on the long weapons, which will cause great damage.

Liu Fangliang was watching from a distance. He thought the opponent would slow down and then attack, but he didn't expect that the opponent would just hit in without hesitation.

There is no trick to tell about this attack. It is completely about subduing everything with its strength. Whether it is artillery or the slow moving iron cavalry array, the Shun Army has no reliable way to fight, and is just hit in.

To deal with cavalry, the Shun Army troops led by Er Liu were also elite veterans, but in a hurry to gather in the dark, the place opposite the camp gate was beaten in a mess and could not organize any resistance. Although the infantry around the Iron Cavalry ranks were crowded, they could only retreat passively.

After the Iron Cavalry's formation ran into the camp of the Shun Army, its speed gradually increased. Occasionally, the officers of the Shun Army gathered soldiers to resist, and in an instant they were dispersed by the Iron Cavalry's formation.

The iron cavalry in the front row seemed to be a huge iron cone, nailing it into the camp of the Shun Army. The iron cone was still increasing its strength, making the break bigger and bigger.
To be continued...