The cavalry leader wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "These Han people actually sleep with blunderbuss in their hands. Damn it!"
Another cavalryman also said with lingering fear: "They fired the cannons. Will they alert the Ming army's camp?"
The cavalry leader shook his head and said, "No! This place is at least three or four miles away from where they are, and it's still downwind, so the sound can't be transmitted!"
Another cavalryman also relaxed after hearing this, and then became excited again and said, "We are rich! There are two horses and weapons here! It's a pity that these two people stay up all night and don't have iron armor."
The cavalry leader naturally knew that Ye Bushou did not wear iron armor for convenience, so he impatiently wiped the blood on his scimitar on his leather jacket, put the knife into its sheath and said: "Stop talking so much, pack your things quickly. , I have to go back to report the news! I didn’t expect that four people would die if we didn’t collect it for two nights!”
Another cavalryman also said bitterly: "These bright dogs deserve to die!"
Just when the two men were about to collect the spoils of war, a flash of fire suddenly appeared at the foot of the small mound! The fire flew straight from the ground to high in the sky, and then there was a loud "bang" sound, and a red-white flame burst out in the sky! Against the backdrop of the firelight, the two people who were already stunned saw a man under the mound running towards the back on a horse!
Then the two of them said almost in unison: "Oh no! There's a secret whistle!"
It turns out that the sentry posts arranged by Ye Bushou are in groups of three, two in the light and one in the dark! Ming's sentry was on top of the mound to attract attention, while the other person was hiding behind the side of the mound. Once there is a disturbance on the mound, he will get the news immediately!
At this time, a cavalryman asked eagerly: "What should we do? Should we pursue him?"
The cavalry leader said angrily: "What are you chasing? Didn't you see that he used fireworks signals? They can be seen more than ten miles away. The Ming army must be prepared now! Besides, riding fast at night Ma, do you want to die?"
The grassland looks very flat and endless. But in fact he is not as flat as he looks. There are often small ditches and ridges on the ground. There are more otter holes, mouse holes and other things. If you are driving at high speed at night, if you step on a ditch or fall off a horse, you will definitely be killed or injured! Therefore, even the prairie people would not be willing to ride horses and gallop at night. At most, they would just trot.
While the two people were still discussing, Hutch started yelling! "You are such an idiot who is worse than a mouse. How can you let people set off fireworks signals! Don't wait any longer and rush over!"
The cavalry behind him immediately started up slowly and began to accelerate gradually, rushing forward directly. As a result, he had just started moving here, and two fireworks shot up one after another about seven or eight miles away on the left and right. It seemed that the other two teams had also been discovered!
And Hutch guessed that the two soldiers and horses might not have even touched the sentries. Because he was the first to expose the fireworks signal here, he would definitely be able to alert other sentries. But at this time, he could no longer care about anything else and had to rush into the Ming army's camp as quickly as possible. .
However, Hutch was very confident about this. For the cavalry, three or four miles was just a blink of an eye. According to his understanding of the Ming army, when he rushed to the opponent's camp, the Ming army sentries might still be busy putting on their pants and were in a mess!
Liu Haojia was sleeping soundly when he suddenly heard a sharp whistle outside! He sat up from the bed with excitement, grabbed his pants and put them on his legs. His outstretched feet were inserted into the leather boots. He twisted them twice and put them on his feet!
Then he stood up, tightened his belt, put on his trousers, and stamped his feet to put on his leather boots. But he got up in a hurry and didn't wear socks, but it didn't hinder his normal running and fighting!
At this moment, the camp opened and four absolutes rushed in. Liu Haojia asked loudly: "What's going on?"
The servant running in front shouted loudly: "There are fireworks signals from the north, the enemy is attacking!"
As he spoke, he had already unfolded Liu Haojia's shirt. Liu Haojia stretched out his hand to put on his shirt and began to button it. The servant helped him fasten his belt, and then another family member came up and put on his breastplate. When two families were fastening the breastplates on their backs, the other one had definitely put them on for him.
Helmet, the last one definitely handed over his sword. Liu Haojia took out the sword directly, threw the scabbard on the ground and stepped out of the tent.
At this time, sharp whistles were heard one after another in the camp, and all the tents were shaking. It seemed that the soldiers were already dressing and getting equipment in the tents. At this moment, there were rapid footsteps, and the servants hurriedly drew their swords out of their sheaths to protect Liu Haojia. Chaos at night is a good opportunity to assassinate the general and must be guarded against.
As a result, through the residual light from the fire in front of the tent, I could see that Guo Zhankui, who was on duty at night, had arrived. Liu Haojia saw the person coming and said loudly: "Besides the warning fireworks signal, is there anything else?"
Guo Zhankui replied: "No, everything was fine on the way here!"
Liu Haojia thought for a moment and said loudly: "The enemy is four or five miles away! Go and ask the cavalry to take the horses out immediately and avoid them to the south."
The reason why Liu Haojia sent the cavalry out of camp to avoid this night battle was because the cavalry was indeed of little use in the night battle. Moreover, war horses are easily frightened and run around when fighting in the camp. Problems may occur if the camp is disturbed.
After arranging Guo Zhankui's departure, he continued: "Light all the fires in the camp. Leave the fires outside the camp until you hear the enemy arrives!"
Immediately a servant ran over and arranged for the person on duty to light the fire. The fire in the camp is very good, because there is a lot of firewood prepared in the camp. Just throw the firewood into the fire that is not completely extinguished and pour a spoonful of oil on it, and the fire will burn immediately.
With the quick movements of the soldiers on duty, the fires lit up one after another, and the entire camp began to become brighter. At this time, soldiers had already finished dressing and rushed out of the tent, and began to assemble in teams in the open space.
Seeing this, Liu Haojia felt half at peace, and turned around directly to board the watchtower next to the tent. This watchtower is specially prepared for the coach, so that he can quickly see all the situations in the camp and make decisions.
By the time he climbed up to the watchtower, the entire camp was already as bright as daylight, and everything was in his sight. The first soldiers to gather were being arranged by Liu Ren and Guo Zhankui to run towards the camp wall. The defense there will soon be filled out.
