It had already fallen into the night, and the stars were twinkling in the sky. A crescent moon hung in the sky, which looked particularly bright. There was silence between heaven and earth. It was really a good day to launch a night attack.
Looking north from a mountain ridge on the south bank of the Salik River, we can only see camps crouching quietly at the foot of Ulan Butong Mountain. Ulanbutong is Mongolian, meaning red jar. The mountain is not very tall, it is just a small peak standing abruptly on the prairie. It is only more than thirty feet high and has an extremely wide view. A mountain city made of wood and sandbags appeared on Wulanmutong Mountain at some point. There are torches and lanterns hanging on the mountain city, emitting little bits of light in the night.
At the foot of Ulanbutong Mountain is a series of camps, surrounding the low Ulanbutong Mountain and the brightly lit mountain city. These camps were all dug into trenches and built with timber as fences. Some of them relied on the Salik River and another unknown stream closer to Ulanbutong Mountain. Each camp can mostly accommodate more than a thousand people, which is a battalion of officers and soldiers of the Ming army. Unlike the brightly lit mountain cities, these camps guarding Ulanbutong Mountain are hidden in the darkness and silent.
Each camp was separated by more than 200 steps and could only be blocked with flintlock guns. Although the camps were hidden in darkness, a rosin torch was inserted every few steps between the camps and on the sand on the north bank of the Sarik River, burning and illuminating the surrounding scene. The army encamped in the night was, of course, unusually quiet. However, Ge Erdan, who personally led a small number of Junggar warriors to explore the camp, could hear the faint sound of silk and bamboo coming from the castle on Ulan Butong Mountain.
Needless to say, it must be the tyrant Zhu Heji who is living a debauched and immoral nightlife! Anu might also... no, he will definitely accompany Zhu Heji!
When he thought that his beloved Anu happened to be watching a song and dance performance with Zhu and Ji hand in hand, and even performing a song and dance for Zhu Heji in person, Ge Erdan felt like he was about to burst with anger, and his whole body started to tremble. .
His generals Dugar Alabutan, Danjin Omubu, Danzila and Zhou Peigong immediately stood in front of Ge Erdan, observed for a while with telescopes, and then began to discuss in low voices. At this time, their low words seemed to contain some surprises, which undoubtedly sounded encouraging to Ge Erdan.
"...Fortunately, there are no long trenches dug outside the Ming army's camp, and the Sarik River can be forded, which makes it easier for us to conduct a sneak attack..."
"Zhu Heji came to make an alliance with the leaders of the Mongolian tribes in Monan, Mobei, and Dongdao. Why did he want to dig long trenches? Now, in Monan, Mobei, and Dongdao, there has long been no Khan king or Taiwanese who dared to openly raise the flag of rebellion. Good luck. Apart from our Khan, I’m afraid no one has such an idea..."
"It seems that he has taken it lightly... It seems that the troops he brought to Ulanbutong are not many. There are only a dozen battalions at most. The distance between the battalions is not small, I am afraid it is less than two Ten thousand people, right?”
"They don't seem to have sent out sentries at night. They don't even know that we have arrived... But Ulan Butong Mountain City is probably not easy to fight!"
"Mountain cities are easy to attack, just attack with fire! There are dense forests around Ulanbutong Mountain, and most mountain cities are also made of wood. We also brought a lot of fire oil from the Western Regions..."
At this time, Ge Erdan's voice suddenly came from behind them: "Let's go!"
Several people quickly turned their horses around and quietly followed Ge Erdan down the hillside. Below the hillside, there were large groups of Junggar chainmail cavalry lurking in the darkness.
Twenty or thirty Zaisangs from Junggar Otok had been waiting at the foot of the hillside for a long time. When they saw Ge Erdan and the others coming down, they all went up to greet them. When Ge Erdan turned over and dismounted, several of his soldiers also nodded. Under the dim light of a lantern, Ge Erdan's face was filled with a ferocious smile.
"Buddha bless you!" Ge Erdan said, "Emperor Zhu was unprepared and was still singing, dancing and feasting... Today, we and other Mongolian warriors killed Emperor Zhu and avenged Uhagatu Khan and the Yuan Dynasty. It's time for revenge! I have carefully observed that Emperor Zhu built a wooden castle on Ulan Butong Mountain. We just need to rush over and set it on fire. If it doesn't burn him to death, we can kill him!
After killing Emperor Zhu, I will lead you into the capital and build Dayuan! "
He is not an ordinary Mongolian Khan, but a half-human, half-Buddha Khan! He has a high prestige among the Junggar Khanate who believe in the Yellow Sect... It is said that people believe in Buddhism and do not slander monks, not to mention that Ge Erdan is still a HF. People who believe in him worship him as a living Buddha.
Otherwise, with his stinginess, recklessness and ungratefulness, he would not have reached his current position.
Including Ge Erdan's three generals and a group of Zaisang below, they all looked convinced at this moment, waiting for him to give orders.
Ge Erdan's order was very simple, which was to divide the troops into three groups.
First, General Dugar Alabutan led the main attack with an army of 13,000 people. He attacked from the left side of the mountain where Ge Erdan had just observed the enemy's situation, rushed across the Salik River, and then used a small team to contain the camps, and then used the main force to Rush to the foot of Ulan Butong Mountain and set a fire - When Ge Erdan's army left Tashkent, Kangxi Khan once gave him a lot of kerosene, and now it comes in handy... You can set a fire at the foot of Ulan Butong Mountain!
At the same time, Danjin Omubu led five thousand elites from the right side to the north of Ulan Butong Mountain. If Zhu Heji was burned by the fire and fled down the north slope of the mountain, they would intercept him!
Ge Erdan himself, together with Danzila and Zhou Peigong, led two thousand Jungar cavalry to bluff south of Ulan Butong Mountain to prevent Zhu Heji from breaking out and escaping from this direction.
After a while, Ge Erdan had finished setting up, and all the Zaisangs were rushing to mobilize their troops and march in their respective designated directions. Ge Erdan preached to his two favorite generals, Dugar Alabutan and Danjin Omu: "Remember, I, Junggar, only have this one chance. If I fail to succeed, I will never be able to turn around again... ..So you two should go all out and kill Zhu Heji without any room for mercy!"
"yes!"
The two Mongolian generals loudly accepted the order and left.
Ge Erdan stood quietly, watching his troops of Junggar chain-mail cavalry depart, splitting into two groups and heading to the battlefield. When the two armies finally disappeared into the darkness, Ge Erdan just smiled faintly and looked at the people around him. Zhou Peigong said: "Commander Zhou, if this night attack succeeds, you will be my Mu Huali... and the hero of my Yuan Dynasty's restoration!"
Zhou Peigong was also quite helpless. He had no intention of teaching Ge Erdan to risk a surprise attack on Zhu Heji... It was just that Ge Erdan misunderstood what he meant! But so far, the surprise attack seems to be going very smoothly!
Could it be...that Zhu Heji could really be killed this time? This is really a blind cat encountering a dead mouse! No, my military advisor is not blind. I am Zhou Peigong who is familiar with the art of war and the anti-traditional classics! My strategist's clever plan must finally come true, right?
Thinking of this, Zhou Peigong seemed to have regained a bit of the feeling of a genius strategist, and the expression on his face also showed an inscrutable expression, as if he was shaking a goose feather fan!
I saw him cupping his hands to Ge Erdan and saying with a smile: "My lord Zhou Peigong has thanked you profusely!"
"Sweat...hahaha!" Ge Erdan stretched out his hand to hold the war horse, turned over, and his eyes were filled with murderous intent: "The whole army attacks!"
