"Report! Jin Shenghuan's troops were attacked."
"Report, Xu Guodong's, Wu Xueli's, and Lu Ding's troops were attacked by the enemy."
In the central military tent, Yuan Jixian had just been awakened by the sound of an explosion when scouts came to his tent to report military intelligence.
Yuan Jixian was slightly stunned.
He had long expected Feng Shuangli to launch a sneak attack, but he didn't expect the attack to come so quickly.
"Has our army organized a counterattack?" Yuan Jixian asked.
"I'm not sure. The area around the camp is in chaos and there are explosions everywhere. We can't see how many enemies there are, and we don't know whether our army has organized a counterattack." The scout replied.
"Explosion?" Yuan Jixian was even more confused.
It stands to reason that the bandits would definitely be lightly armed and would not carry any artillery during a night attack.
All the light artillery in the Ming army camp were transported away by the navy, and the remaining medium and heavy artillery were limited in number.
Even if they fired, there wouldn't be explosions everywhere!
"Inform all the troops to act according to the plan. Send fast ships and horses to notify the navy upstream and have them wait for an opportunity to act."
After Yuan Jixian gave the order, he quickly put on his armor with the help of his personal soldiers and led more than a hundred personal soldiers out of the tent.
There were deafening shouts and screams all around the camp, and flames shot up into the sky.
Explosions were heard from time to time, making the scene even more chaotic.
"Send an order. The central army of this governor is not allowed to counterattack, let alone pursue. Have them deploy chariots, chevaux de frise, and antlers outside the central army camp and be prepared to be surrounded."
"Governor Yuan, what...what does this mean?" The herald officer next to him was very puzzled.
Yuan Jixian smiled calmly, with the demeanor of a Confucian general: "Go and pass the order. There are some things that you cannot understand."
After the messenger left, Yuan Jixian looked around again.
After seeing the situation around him, Yuan Jixian gave another order: "Order the soldiers in the central army to eat marching rations to save their strength and pay attention to saving water."
Amid the puzzled looks of the crowd, Yuan Jixian mounted his horse and headed for the camp where the main force of the central army was stationed.
call--
The sky not far away suddenly brightened.
Immediately afterwards, there was a loud bang, and a violent explosion quickly came from far away.
When the sound waves and shock waves passed by, the warhorse under Yuan Jixian was almost frightened and lost control.
"Whoa..." Yuan Jixian controlled his horse and looked in the direction where the sound came from.
The flames there had disappeared, replaced by thick black smoke.
"What happened there?" Yuan Jixian asked calmly.
"It seems that...the tent where the gunpowder was stored exploded."
"Oh, go!" Yuan Jixian calmly looked at the direction and continued to move forward.
The personal soldiers didn't understand what was going on and could only follow him obediently.
"It's awesome! This grenade is so useful!" Seeing the Ming army falling in large numbers, Li Guoying became more and more excited, "Commander-in-Chief Feng is truly an extraordinary man!"
Before, he didn't understand why Feng Shuangli wanted to attack the Ming army at night, but now he understood.
Why did Feng Shuangli attack the Ming army camp at night?
One reason was that they were forced by the Ming navy.
The second reason was Li Yan’s letter.
Yesterday, Li Yan sent someone to deliver a letter. In the letter, he not only stated that he would help the Dashi Army attack the Ming Army, but also told him how to make grenades.
At first Feng Shuangli was skeptical about the effectiveness of this thing.
For this purpose, he asked someone to make a simple version of the grenade and planned to give it a try.
The production method of the simplified version of the grenade is very simple. Find a piece of dry bamboo tube, drill a hole in it, fill it with gunpowder, compact it, and connect the fuse.
The effect is unexpectedly good!
So he ordered people to produce grenades in batches.
If dry bamboo tubes were not hard to find, he would even want to make grenades with all the gunpowder in the city.
After throwing the last grenade in his hand, Li Guoying reached out to move the deer antlers, picked up the rifle and rushed in.
The Ming army in the camp was stunned by the grenade.
They covered their ears and lay or squatted on the ground, trying to regain their temporarily lost hearing.
Before they could regain their hearing, the spears and lances of the Dashi Army found them.
The spear stabbed out, and blood splattered everywhere.
Armor-piercing spears swung and bodies fell.
Screams rang out one after another.
The camp where the Ming army lived instantly turned into a purgatory.
The Dashi Army kept taking action, some killing people, some setting fires, and some old soldiers took the opportunity to search the bodies of the Ming army and take away valuables.
With a bang.
Three or four Dashi Army soldiers set fire to the tent where gunpowder was stored, and the violent shock wave razed the surrounding area to the ground.
More than a hundred Dashi Army and Ming Army soldiers died on the spot.
Hundreds of people were affected and fainted on the ground.
The explosion just ended.
The reinforcements organized by Jin Shenghuan, Xu Guodong, Wu Xueli, Lu Ding and others arrived.
They are all veterans who have been through many battles, and they have response plans in advance, so the support can be provided very quickly.
"kill!"
Countless Ming troops lined up and rushed towards the Dashi Army.
The Dashi Army was not to be outdone and rushed forward with spears and lances.
The two sides collided.
At first, the two sides were evenly matched.
As the Dashi Army began to retreat, the positional battle turned into a pursuit battle.
The Dashi Army ran in front and the Ming Army chased behind.
"Chase! Chase!" Under the command of the commander, the soldiers from various units quickly chased after them.
As soon as the pursuing soldiers left the camp, the Dashi Army cavalry hiding in the dark told Feng Shuangli the news.
Under the moonlight, Feng Shuangli's eyes were deep and his gaze was firm.
"How many Ming troops are chasing us?"
"It's too dark to see clearly."
"Probably?"
"Too many to count. There are people everywhere in the mountains!"
Feng Shuangli put down his clairvoyance and took a deep breath: "Everyone, I am a common man from Suide, and I have been treated well by the King of Daxi and appointed as the governor of the rear military headquarters."
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