"Master, can you give me a drink of water?"
Without the fear of their lives, the tight thread in the hearts of the prisoners relaxed a lot, and some prisoners began to have the courage to ask for water from the soldiers with the tiger flag.
The tiger-character flag soldier standing in front of the prisoners said: "Someone will bring you water and food in a while. From now on, you will get two cakes per person every day. No matter whether you can eat enough or not, there is only so much, but whoever dares to cause trouble? Just don’t blame me for being rude to you.”
A warning in advance.
After all, two cakes are definitely not enough to eat, but when it comes to treating prisoners, they cannot be fed. Only when they are hungry and have no energy to cause trouble can they be better managed.
One team of soldiers was left here to guard the prisoners, while the remaining soldiers arranged for the prisoners and left first.
There is a thousand-man team of the Tiger Flag stationed not far away, so even if a team of soldiers is left to guard the prisoners, there is no need to worry about the prisoners causing trouble.
Outside the city of Xinpingbao is the imperial army, which is at war with the Tiger-Character Banner. If prisoners really make trouble, there is no such thing as comfort and persuasion. They will just kill the troubled prisoners directly in public to scare the monkeys.
Two battle camps, one supply camp, plus the two thousand-man teams that Cheng Ping led out of the city, nearly 15,000 soldiers and horses walked out of Xinping Fort.
"Chen Yingzheng, Staff Officer Cheng, I'll leave the blocking to you." The one who spoke was Gao Zhongyun, the Yingzheng of the First Battalion.
Chen Yunhui nodded and said: "Gao Yingzheng can rest assured, as long as Chief of Staff Cheng and I are here, Xuanfu's troops will not want to support Yang Guozhu's Datong troops."
"Let's go!" Gao Zhongyun waved his hand and led the soldiers and horses from the two war camps to separate from the soldiers and horses brought by Chen Yunhui.
The imperial soldiers and horses were stationed in two camps outside Xinpingbao City.
One is the camp where Xuanfu soldiers and horses are located, and the other is the camp where Datong soldiers and horses are located.
Zhang Hong's plan was to attack the Datong army camp first, while the Xuanfu soldiers and horses were blocked by the supply camp and two thousand-man teams led by Cheng Ping, not giving the Xuanfu soldiers a chance to support the Datong soldiers and horses.
Before the army in Xinpingbao City left the city, several cavalry groups had already left the city to clean up the official cavalry around Xinpingbao to prevent the official cavalry from discovering the Tiger-Character Banner army leaving the city.
Although it was impossible for the officers and soldiers to discover the news that the Tiger-Character Flag soldiers and horses were leaving the city, the later the officers and soldiers knew about this news, the more beneficial it would be to Gao Zhongyun and others.
Two official troops were stationed four or five miles away from Xinping Fort.
When Gao Zhongyun led the army close to the camp where Datong soldiers and horses were stationed, they were discovered by the officers and soldiers in the camp.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The sound of war drums sounded in the army camp.
The two battle camps led by Gao Zhongyun combined had less than 10,000 people, while the Datong army led by Yang Guozhu had nearly 30,000 troops. However, for this battle, Gao Zhongyun brought more than 20 cannons, leaving only a dozen for Chen Yunhu. The door cannon was used to block Xuanfu soldiers and horses.
"The general is in trouble, the bandits are coming."
A general quickly ran to Yang Guozhu's tent to report.
Yang Guozhu, who had already taken off his armor, hurriedly asked his soldiers to put on armor for him when he heard the news that the Tiger Flag army was actively attacking.
The news of the arrival of the tiger-character flag army was too sudden. It can be said that from top to bottom in the entire military camp, no one expected that the tiger-character flag would not be well guarded in Xinping Fort, but instead took the initiative to attack.
It can be said that everyone, including Yang Guozhu, was caught off guard.
Fortunately, it was daytime, so a sneak attack was impossible. As soon as the soldiers and horses of the Tiger Flag approached, they were spotted first by the soldiers from the army camp stationed here, giving them time to prepare.
Even so, the camp seemed very panicked.
Many soldiers in the camp were either looking for their weapons or their teams. In the camp, many soldiers looked like headless chickens, running around and bumping around.
Panting, Xue Mu ran to Yang Guozhu's tent and said eagerly: "General, the tiger-character banner army is less than one mile away from the camp."
"Go down with the order and leave the camp to meet the enemy." Yang Guozhu, who had just put on his armor, strode out with his sword in hand.
Several soldiers followed closely behind him.
After leaving the big tent, there were soldiers outside the door who had already brought the war horses over.
A soldier squatted down and acted as a mounting stone for Yang Guozhu to step on to mount the horse.
When Yang Guozhu mounted his horse, he turned to the soldiers on the side and said: "Take a few people to Commander Wang's camp to have a look. If they are not attacked by the tiger-character banner army, have Commander Wang send troops to fight with them. We will attack the invading Tiger Flag army together."
"Yes." The soldier on the side agreed, turned around and rode away.
At this time, Xue Mu, who was helped onto the horse, said: "The student heard from the camp soldier who delivered the message that at least tens of thousands of people appeared outside our camp."
"These bandits are really courageous, but they dare to attack my camp with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Today, I will let him have no return." Yang Guozhu said coldly, "Follow me to the battle."
As the war drums sounded, many soldiers and horses had gathered in the camp.
Yang Guozhu led the soldiers and horses of the camp and walked outside the camp.
One mile away from the camp, Gao Zhongyun held a monocular and looked at the army camp.
When he saw the soldiers and horses assembled in the government camp preparing to leave the camp, he smiled coldly and said: "Pass my order and order the artillery team to fire at the government camp ahead."
The command flag soldiers ran to high places, waved the command flag in their hands, and conveyed orders through flag language.
"Captain, Gao Ying is ordering us to fire artillery." The flag soldier of the artillery team came to Lin Ping and said.
Lin Ping nodded and immediately ordered: "Order all cannons to fire at the army camp ahead!"
boom! boom! boom!
Not long after he finished speaking, four-pound cannons were fired one after another. The cannonballs flew out, turned into an arc in mid-air, and fell towards the official camp.
Just led the troops to the gate of the camp
After a long while, all the soldiers and horses of the Tiger Flag finally left the city.
Niu Er and the other prisoners were on the road again.
This time they never encountered anything that needed to be avoided, and they arrived at a courtyard in Xinpingbao City without stopping.
The people and merchants in Xinpingbao City have left their homes, and there are many more vacant houses in the city.
Part of it was temporarily used as a military camp by the Tiger Character Banner, where soldiers and heavy troops were accommodated. The yard where Niu Er and others were taken was also a residence left by the people who had deserted the army.
"You are staying here temporarily, and you are not allowed to leave this courtyard without permission." A Tiger Flag soldier who brought Niu's second-class prisoner over said expressionlessly.
There are five rooms in a row in the courtyard.
A squeeze is enough to accommodate fifty or sixty people, and there are only a few dozen captives like Niu Er and others, which is enough.
Niu Er followed the other prisoners into the yard.
The fact that the people of Tiger Character Banner were able to arrange accommodation for these prisoners showed that they had no plans to kill them for the time being, which made these prisoners secretly relieved.
