That night, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse.
The east gate of Jingzhou City was brightly lit.
The surrendered general Li Guoying is making final preparations.
He glanced back and saw that the infantrymen behind him were more nervous than each other.
Li Guoying straightened his helmet and gave the order: "Remember, if the attack is blocked, immediately retreat to the south of the city. Don't fight the Ming army to death. Our mission is to lure the Ming army to attack."
"Remember them all!"
South city gate archway.
The surrendered general Xu Yong was doing something similar.
The difference is that his team is divided into two teams.
The people in the front team held their horses' hooves in their mouths and carried nothing but armor and weapons.
The rear team, in contrast, carried a large amount of baggage.
There were not only chariots, but also many pre-made chevaux de frise and antlers.
"The front team will sneak out of the city and attack the Ming army camp. If the attack is blocked, they will retreat immediately. The rear team will line up outside the city and prepare to meet the retreating friendly forces."
"There are many friendly troops fighting outside the city tonight. See the flags clearly before you fight."
North city gate.
Feng Shuangli personally led 3,000 cavalrymen to wait here.
There was still a quarter of an hour before midnight, and he couldn't help but start to have wild thoughts.
He made full preparations for this night attack.
The 30,000 soldiers in the city were divided into four groups.
Li Guoying went through the east gate, Xu Yong went through the south gate, and he personally led the cavalry through the north gate.
Li Guoying and Xu Yong were responsible for luring the enemy from the front, while he was responsible for going around the rear.
The fourth group of troops was deployed in the city to defend it.
Even if the Dashi Army outside the city was completely wiped out, there are still defenders in the city and they will not hand over Jingzhou Prefecture to others.
As long as you hold on for three to five days, you can wait for Energize.
Even if Ai Neng is no match for Yuan Jixian, he still has the main force of the Dashi Army behind him.
The only uncertainty is how many soldiers and horses Yuan Jixian has in his army?
According to his guess, Yuan Jixian would have to send at least 10,000 troops to gain a foothold in Yiling.
If it was true as he guessed, then there were still 45,000 people left in Yuan Jixian's army.
This battle must be fought!
Feng Shuangli reviewed the plan in his mind again and closed his eyes to rest while riding on his horse.
"It's midnight, everything is fine!"
Before the night watchman finished his words, the three gates in the east, south and north of the city opened at the same time.
Li Guoying took the lead.
He led three thousand infantrymen out of the city gate, crossed the drawbridge, and came out of the city.
Under the command of flags of generals at all levels, the soldiers quickly arrived at the designated positions and formed formations.
No one spoke during the conversation, only the sound of armor colliding and the whistling wind.
Under the moonlight, the military flag in the flag-bearing soldier's hand fluttered in the wind.
Swish!
With a sudden wave of the military flag, three thousand Dashi troops formed a horizontal formation and quickly rushed towards the Ming army camp.
Outside the South City Gate, Xu Yong's team split into two.
The front team rushed towards the Ming army camp under the leadership of the flags, while the rear team, under the command of the generals, moved chariots, chevaux de frise, and deer horns out of the city and arranged them in front of the army formation.
In order to facilitate friendly forces to enter the city, they set up several gaps.
The gap is heavily guarded.
After leaving the city, Feng Shuangli ran north all the way, and after running four or five miles, he turned east.
After running another mile, Feng Shuangli ordered: "Stop advancing! The army should rest here."
"Where are the scouts? Send them all out to investigate the situation."
Dozens of scouts rode out on horses and rushed in different directions.
Feng Shuangli was afraid that Yuan Jixian would ambush him outside the city, so he would rather spend more energy and time to find out the situation around him.
boom!
As soon as Feng Shuangli finished speaking, a barely audible explosion was heard from the southeast.
The sound of the explosion was too small. If it wasn't a quiet night, Feng Shuangli's ears would probably have automatically ignored the sound.
"A fight so soon?"
Feng Shuangli was startled and looked in the direction where the sound came from.
"kill!"
When they were one hundred steps away from the Ming army camp, three thousand Dashi Army soldiers launched a charge.
Li Guoying led the charge and rushed to the front.
Inside the Ming army camp.
The soldiers on duty looked serious, as if they were facing a powerful enemy.
The Ming army deployed a large number of scouts outside the camp, and they had already discovered the Dashi Army.
Before Li Guoying launched the charge, the scouts had already delivered the news to the camp.
"Notify everyone, bandits are attacking the camp, bandits are attacking the camp!"
"Defense, defense, artillery soldiers, quickly load the cannons with explosives and use the hundred-bullet rapid-fire shells!"
"Bowmen, musketeers, get ready, shoot when you see clearly!"
"Spearmen and swordmen, form teams of two, hold your positions, hold your positions! We must not let the bandits rush in, and anyone who retreats without permission will be killed!"
The general on duty was in a panic. He asked people to wake up the sleeping soldiers and organized the soldiers on duty to defend.
Although the Ming army reacted quickly enough, the Dashi Army soldiers charged even faster.
Before the Ming troops in the camp could put on their armor, the Dashi Army had already arrived within the range of the artillery.
Under the moonlight.
Countless dark shadows pounced on them.
"Fire! Fire!"
boom!
The hundreds of bullets fired from the artillery hit the shields and the soldiers' bodies, making bang bang puff sounds.
The Daxi soldiers in the first row fell one after another, but more soldiers rushed up stepping on their corpses.
Immediately following.
Bird guns, bows and arrows, and hand guns were fired one after another.
No one cares whether the enemy is within range, just shoot the bullets and arrows first.
"Shoot!"
Seeing that the Ming army in the camp was within shooting range, Li Guoying shouted to the flag-bearing soldier beside him.
Crash!
The military flag waved, and the archers behind Li Guoying drew their bows and arrows.
Buzz!
A sound of breaking air suddenly sounded, and the arrow shot from the infantry's hard bow first flew into the sky and then fell along an arc.
Boom boom boom...
The dense rain of arrows hit the wood, and the sound it made was like drumsticks hitting a war drum, which was shocking.
In the ears of the Ming army.
These sounds are not the sound of a charge, but a death-threatening drumbeat.
The Ming soldiers on duty at night did not dare to show their heads and hid behind chariots and under shields.
They looked back from time to time, wondering why their companions sleeping in the camp had not come to support them.
"Throw a grenade!"
When they were about ten steps away from the Ming army camp, Li Guoying shouted.
The archer behind him put the bow on his back and took out bamboo tubes from the cloth bag around his waist.
These bamboo tubes were as thick as their arms and were filled with compacted gunpowder.
There is a finger-thick hole at one end of the bamboo tube. The hole is not only filled with paper, but also has a long fuse extending out.
After the archer took out the grenade, he lit the fuse with the fuse in his left hand, and then threw the grenade towards the Ming army camp.
Boom boom boom!
Explosions continued to sound.
The Ming troops in the camp fell one after another.
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