Chapter 383: Walking at night, the mist dissipates

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The whistle detectives in Jiaozhou Camp did not wear felt hats, and the cavalry of the Tartars did not wear pointed helmets. I guess if they met a knight in the wild, the Tartars might have thought they had met their companions. The Jiaozhou Camp knew that there were enemies in the north, but the Tatars army did not know that since they headed south from Jizhou, the whistle detectives outside had never found any enemies. I got used to this mentality, and I didn't think much about seeing someone.

The distance was closer, and Zhang, the detective of Jiaozhou Camp, almost shouted out immediately. The Manchu cavalry opposite was also shocked. If it were the Ming cavalry, the first thing they had to do was turn around and run wildly at this time, and it was called "Since you discovered the enemy, you must pass the news back to the camp."

But the whistle detector of Jiaozhou Camp saw that there were many people on the other side, so he could run away. Seeing that the other side was alone, he naturally wanted to go forward and try it. The Tartar cavalry was used to being arrogant all the way, so of course they would not escape. After being surprised at the first moment, both sides urged their horses and approached.

Of course, the two of them were in a state of condition. The Tartar pulled out the bow on his back. The first time he pulled it, he forgot to untied the rope he tied to. However, the second time he broke the string tied to his body, and immediately he set off the bow and arrow, ready to take action.

The Jiaozhou Camp sentry detectives are more willing to be equipped with equipment. Almost everyone who goes out has a musket, but the power is much smaller than that of infantry muskets.

The reason is no different. In order to facilitate carrying it immediately, the barrel of the musket is much shorter, so the initial speed of the lead ball is reduced, and its power and range are very short.

In the eyes of today's people, firearms and bows are advanced and the other is backward. However, people at that time did not dare to think so. The Manchu Tartars, who were promoted by various people, have penetrated into everyone's hearts. Although the soldiers of Jiaozhou Camp believe in their own training, this rumor is really too evil.

Watching the other party take down the bow and arrow, Zhang's heart suddenly turned cold. He was holding a piece of ammunition in his hand desperately tamping the barrel. He thought that the other party was a bow and arrow, and simply tapping the bow and arrow without so many steps. Now that the two meet, the victory or defeat depends on who can launch the attack first.

The Tartars' movements were indeed fast, and they had already finished the arrow. Zhang, a detective from Jiaozhou Camp, just stared at the opponent's movements, and numbly tamped the ammunition again. Both sides saw clearly that the other was the enemy, and when they got close, they had already taken out their weapons at a distance of fifty steps.

Although the Tartar whistle detective first opened his bow and arrow and was in a state of being able to fire, if the accuracy was ensured, he had to get close to within forty steps. He held his arms half open with his big bow, tightened his legs, and clamped his abdomen. Let the horse move forward, these Tartar whistle detectives were indeed excellent.

Zhang, who had finished tamping, pulled out a copper tube from the ground bag on his waist, pulled out the plug and placed it at his mouth and blew it a few times. If the fire medium is urgent, it would be faster than the incoming rope.

The Tartar cavalry approached within forty steps. Zhang had just blew the fire medium in his hand, and the Tartar cavalry suddenly pulled the big bow in his hand to full length. The arrows flew over quickly.

However, when the horse was launching, it stepped on a small pit on the ground. The horse's body bumped slightly. It was such a small bump, and the arrowhead suddenly slanted.

Although the flight speed was very fast, the deviation caused by this bump was really quite large, almost a distance from Zhang's shoulder to shoulder. At this time, Zhang's musket was ready to be completed. The Tartar cavalry cursed and threw the bow to the ground. He pulled out a long knife on his side and rushed towards this side.

Zhang immediately hesitated for a moment, turned over and dismounted with a musket. The expression on his face was unstoppable ecstasy. He almost grinned and looked at the Tartar cavalry rushing towards him. He opened fire on the ground and would definitely not make the other party's mistake.

The Tartar cavalry did not think that the ground-short firearm in the other party's hands could be fatal. In the impression of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, the one that can cause damage was just cannons, such as fast guns, thunder guns, etc., and as long as you rush in front of you, you will basically not suffer any major damage as long as you protect your head and face.

The firearm in Ming Bing's hand in front of him was so short that it must be even less powerful, so he rushed to him and chopped him up.

The Zhang saibo from Jiaozhou Camp repeatedly reminded himself not to laugh out loud, otherwise it would affect his shooting accuracy. However, if he escaped from death, the other party was so lucky to be delivered to his door.

You can see the color of the teeth of the Tartar cavalry and the muskets were rushing. At such a close distance, the Tartar cavalry rushed straight towards them. If they didn't hit the target, the hard training for these years would probably be in vain.

The long sword in the hand of the Tartar cavalry had fallen to the ground, with an incredible expression on his face. He wanted to look down at his wounds, but he couldn't accumulate strength. He fell down from the horse and was frightened by the gunshots. He ran to the other side and dragged the Tartar soldier's body.

Zhang laughed and said, "I'm happy when I open the door, but then I inserted the musket into the mattress on the saddle, turned over and ran towards the camp, and saw the Tartars!"

On the 27th day, the sentry detectives from Jiaozhou camp and the horses of the Tatar army were fully fired. Some of them took advantage of Zhang, but some of them were the horses returning to the camp, but the people did not come back. The casualties should be half and half.

Since we know that the other party is also relying on the canal to operate, we can almost determine the current location of the Tatar army, and it should be very close to Dongguang County.

Zhao Neng, the chief general of the Dengzhou Army, also knew that since he had made this judgment, he might have made a similar judgment by the Tatar army on the opposite side.

The only advantage should be that the camp guard set up by the Dengzhou Army with more than 20,000 people is quite effective, and there is basically no possibility of people coming in at each warning location. This means that the Qing army cannot accurately know where the Jiaozhou Camp is, and know itself and the enemy. If others don’t know it, that would be even better.

In winter, night battles attack the camp and hurt others and oneself. The Tartars would not do such stupid things even if they were confident in winning.

But I don’t know the exact location, and I can also guess it from general speculation. Now this camp cannot be said to be safe.

At the time of the third hour, I thought I was sacrificing the ground-sentenced sergeant while catching the horses with the Tartars. I returned to the camp. There was another guess in the camp that these three people were all from horse bandits in Dengzhou, and they were a little tired of military discipline and training in Surrey. I suspected that at such a critical moment, I was afraid that it would be unreliable and might run away by myself.

Jiaozhou Camp also belongs to the origin of the family. In addition to the cavalry of the Jiaozhou Camp when Li Meng served as the garrison of Jiaozhou Camp, the subsequent military sources, whether they were cavalry or infantry, were the children of military households, followed by civilian children in the local area, and recruited bandits and thieves. The most recent was that the former Ming officers and soldiers turned to the market. The military farm soldiers were considered to be the source of military soldiers and civilian children.

After the bandit was recruited, although they had martial arts and even had combat experience, everything was almost done and integrated into the Jiaozhou Camp training system. They had to spend more effort than those who were simple and strong.

Moreover, these people have been living outside for many years, which is very complicated. They have their own ideas when encountering things. The things that Jiaozhou Camp instilled in them cannot be accepted without reservation, and they may even lead the new recruits.

The Tartars entered Shandong from Zhili in the north and plundered Jinan City. Many people from the Green Forest River and Lake recruited into the Shandong Salt Gang fled one after another, regardless of their own tasks. This incident made the Jiaozhou Camp have a bad impression of these people. This is why several major purges were the reason.

In addition to cleaning, the Green Forest River was recruited or surrendered to the Jiaozhou Camp, except for those who had been in the first three years. They all had glass ceilings on their heads, and promotions, military merits, etc., and it was not an exaggeration to say that they were discriminated against.

These three were born tonight, but in recent years, especially the Dengzhou Army, they rarely fought, so there were few things like promotions of military merits. They couldn't stop coming. When these three explorers returned to the military camp, some officers still mobilized their troops to check around the camp.

What I fear is that these three urns attracted people who should not bring, but these three urns brought the most important information in this battle - they discovered the location of the Tartar camp.

Some sentry detectives acted alone. However, these bandits who switched to the scene or were recruited from the hospital were arranged to form a group of several people, intentionally or unintentionally, to monitor and restrain each other, so as not to have any problems.

After thirty miles away from the camp, these people met a Tartar's whistle detective. However, the Tartar's horse probe was not a brave man. Seeing that there were many people on the other side, the first reaction was to turn the horse around and escape. The direction of the escape was naturally the camp.

These sentry detectives in Jiaozhou Camp are not from regular backgrounds, and not following the rules is a disadvantage, but at this time, they are brave enough to tell the advantages and disadvantages.

The three of them showed their ability to track the caravans when they were robbed and tracked, and they were both slow and slow. Now the residents of Northern Zhili have all escaped and are in plain terrain. It is easy to track a horse-riding knight, but they still encountered other Tartar whistle detectives on the road.

The small land was slaughtered, and the large land was avoided. When it was dark, I finally saw the Tartar camp, right next to Dongguang County.

All the soldiers and soldiers who had been in Jiaozhou camp were disdainful of the defense of other barracks. The open whistles outside, secret whistles, swimming whistles, and guards lurking in fortifications and darkness almost turned the outer edge of the barracks into a large iron bucket that was completely unspent.

In addition to a few sentries at the door, the remaining military camps are also patrols that patrol regularly. Of course, this level of security will never be considered rough in this era. Ordinary comments can still be obtained. You should know that many camps of the Ming Dynasty's official army cannot do this.

These sergeant snorted into places that could be observed easily and saw the place of the camp. Although the Tartar camp was in and out, it was quite quiet and vaguely put a lot of pressure.

The size of the camp is about twice that of the Dengzhou Army Camp. Combined with this silence, it puts a lot of pressure on people. You can see that the Tartar camp is almost next to the city wall of Dongguang County, but there is no movement in Dongguang County. Perhaps the city has been broken and captured.

After knowing the location of the other party's camp, I can't say that I can go to steal the camp by myself. Twenty thousand infantrymen, in the past few days, they were delivering vegetables to people. Just over two thousand cavalry lost a lot during the day, so it's even better. The military discipline and training of the Jiaozhou camp can support the marching at night.

But considering this distance, it may be dawn after arriving at the Tartar camp. Then, let the other party wait for it, so why bother?

However, after knowing the location, he took a little initiative and grabbed it in his hands. Zhao Neng knew the news and wandered around the military tent for a few times, he asked his personal soldiers to find the Qianzheng from each battalion.

In the camps of each battalion, except for the soldiers on duty and on guard in the middle of the night, the rest of the people were almost asleep. However, according to the rules, the Qianmai of each battalion had to patrol the camps and make the final confirmation. Sure enough, shortly after Zhao Neng's convening order was issued, the generals of each battalion rushed over, and everyone was fully clothed and armored, all looking energetic. They were not sleepy.

Even Ouman is the same. According to the average age of Jiaozhou Camp, Ouman is probably the oldest in the active military general.

The order Zhao Neng asked for was not complicated. After a few words, the generals of each battalion agreed and hurriedly returned to the military office of the headquarters. As for the three sergeant who brought the news, the credit score had been recorded heavily. Waiting for the end of the battle, they would be recommended to the personal military camp and the experimental camp.

On a long winter night, in the middle of the Yin hour, the Dengzhou military camp began to stir slowly. General Qian, general, captain, and deputy officers at all levels of the team began to wake up the soldiers who were still sleeping. Zhao Neng's personal soldiers rode back and forth in each battalion. After half an hour, the soldiers gathered in the middle of the night, especially the soldiers under Zhao Neng, who were meticulous in the training of the Dengzhou military, were already dressed neatly.

After the battalions were assembled, the civilians following behind were still struggling to camp. The civilians were not able to deal with such sudden situations as soldiers. What's more, they all knew that the army was going to fight against the Tartars army in front of them, and there was still a weapon in the hands of the soldiers. But if the people came over, if they encountered a mess, they would go up to die, who would want to go?

If the Shandong soldiers had not given enough money, they would have been unwilling to follow him a few days ago. They got up so early and were dark outside, so they knew what they were going to do.

However, Jiaozhou Camp is not as kind as the previous few days ago. He was a little slow to move and immediately called, which reminded these civilians that during the day, these soldiers seemed to be very bullying, but they killed many people in Jingzhou City.

Ding Zhuang, a civilian, was driven by the soldiers of the two battalions to pack up the camp's supplies and followed him to catch up. After the army finished the whole team, they ate the breakfast made by the chefs who got up earlier, and set off directly on the road.

In the winter in northern Zhili, especially at this time, the general will see the sky light only at the end of Mao, and at the time of Yin, it is pitch black, so it is very inconvenient to do things and move. Jiaozhou Camp has enough discipline and training to ensure the night march, but it is still inconvenient to have no light and point out the direction.

Jiaozhou Camp also has its own method for this. In this case, marching, with large lanterns on spears around each camp as signs, and lanterns are also used as signs in the forefront of the team. The drum sounds every interval, calibrating the pace and speed of travel.

Of course, this is much worse than the daytime marching, but it has been a great progress for the army of this era where no noise at night and staying still in place.

The guides who walked in the front rarely walked at this time, and they were obviously slow to walk. They often gathered together to discuss, and Zhao Neng, who was behind them, did not urge him.

When you get up in the early morning, this period of time can still give the soldiers plenty of rest. However, from the time between Yin and Mao, in common sense, that is, in the judgment of the commander of the Tartar soldiers and horses, you must have rest and sleep and cannot move. There may be an error of about half an hour, but this person is basically this person.

The distance between the march in these two hours is not within the other party's prediction and plan. Yesterday, the two sides' sentry spies fought and fought. I believe that the Tartar army also knew that there was such a soldier. They would also judge the speed of the Dengzhou army moving forward, and judge the time of the encounter between the two sides. Under normal circumstances, when the Dengzhou army will set off and where it will be, it can probably be estimated.

A marching ahead of time is to catch the opponent off guard and be able to decide the time and place of battle yourself, the preset battlefield, and even the schedule of the preset battlefield. It is also beneficial to Jiaozhou Camp.

For an army, if an enemy that was originally expected to be met within three hours suddenly could be met in about one hour, the shock from top to bottom could be imagined.

The battle of the large legion is not a hedge when both sides meet. There is no pause from marching to combat. It takes time to unfold the formation of the marching. It transforms into a formation of combat and all dispatches must be in place. This is not a sudden encounter, and it can be carried out in a hurry.

The Tatar army is more powerful than the Dengzhou army, and they have advantages in every aspect. Zhao Neng must find some advantages for himself from this disadvantage.

Zhao Neng, the general of the Dengzhou Army, dared not divide his troops. He was not sure and knew that there were not many tricks. The only thing he could do was to train his troops and horses with diligence, physical fitness, and meticulous execution of orders. He marched at night and caught the other party off guard.

More than 2,000 cavalrymen were cruising and patrolling about one mile away from the main force. They kept moving at any time. After setting off for an hour, the sky became darker, which was the so-called darkness before dawn.

Although the sky became darker, the speed of the troops began to accelerate, because from the beginning of leaving the barracks, the soldiers all adapted to this darkness and their bodies gradually became hotter, so of course they walked faster.

After walking for a while, the cavalry who were urging the civilians to work began to follow him. Zhao Neng reported that the civilians and Ding Zhuang, who had already packed up the supplies and began to follow. Zhao Neng, the general of the Dengzhou, breathed a sigh of relief. At present, everything was in normal operation as planned.

If you don’t have another hour to walk, it will be dawn. According to the information of the three riders last night, you will walk for another two hours after dawn and then rest and set up the formation. There is plenty of time.

However, things can never be consistent with people's subjective wishes. It's foggy.

The canal from Cangzhou to Dezhou is not far from the Bohai Sea. It is normal for the sea water here to be frozen in winter and fog is very normal, but it is normal for the Dengzhou Army in Jiaozhou, which is marching at night.

I couldn't see clearly that the surrounding marching speed was slow. When the fog came, it was difficult for the team to distinguish them. I was afraid that it would be messy as soon as I left, which would be too delayed.

"Sir, according to the experience of villains over the years, the sea fog will not last long, and it will dissipate when the sun comes out."

A leader came over and said to Zhao Neng. Zhao Neng looked around and could not see anything clearly, but the meaning of not leaving this night marching was completely gone. After thinking about it, he gritted his teeth and gave orders to the messenger beside him:

"The battalions continue to move forward, and the battalions will be careful not to leave the team or to be in chaos. The battalions must take care of each other and contact each other!"

The messenger rode his horse towards the battalions, and then marched more slowly, and he could only hear the rhythm of the drum beats of the battalions.

The fog became heavier and he gradually could not see people within ten steps. Fortunately, the march was along the river, and there was a benchmark reference. Moreover, the usual queue exercises of Jiaozhou Camp played a great role at this time. When marching, the soldiers used their teammates as reference objects and were almost moving forward according to their instinct.

For the army of the same era, such a marching would probably have been panic and dispersed, but although the marching speed of the Dengzhou army was slow, the troops remained unconfused.

In many soldiers' concepts, they have been walking in fog and dark for a long time. In fact, they don't have much time to walk, but this environment gives people the illusion. After an hour, the dark environment begins to turn white. Although the fog is still confused around them, everyone can know that it is dawn.

After dawn, because of the presence of heavy fog, the army was not much faster than in the dark, but everyone felt relieved. The night and the heavy fog were so depressing.

After dawn, you can feel a breeze, and the fog is blown by the wind, and it changes thinly and densely, but it speeds up the advance of the Jiaozhou Army.

At the end of Chen and early Si, the general Zhao Neng ordered the order to stop on the spot, and the number of soldiers and horses of each battalion was inspected for a short rest.

For the Jiaozhou Ying Dengzhou Army, this day has really begun...

Zhao Neng can only estimate that he has left the camp for more than 20 miles or further. According to the early survey, there are basically no hills or gullies nearby, and it is completely flat land. In this season, this land will be very dry. There is no problem with the army's formation.

The cavalry that had been closely surrounded by the army was sent out under the order of Zhao Neng. Except for the two hundred cavalry who were still scattered in the north as sentry probes to detect the movements and positions of the Qing army, the rest of the cavalry were a team of 100 people, forming a small team and patrolling within a range of about two miles on the left and right sides. Within this distance, there was a fog gap. It was impossible to see clearly.
To be continued...