"Chen Yingzheng, do you think Xuanfu's troops will send reinforcements to support Yang Guozhu's side?"
On a hillside leading to the Xuanfu military camp, Cheng Ping hid behind the hillside and said to Chen Yunhui, who was also hiding here.
The Tiger Banner army that left the city from Xinping Fort was divided into two groups. One group of soldiers and horses, led by Gao Zhongyun, stormed the Datong Soldiers and Horses Camp, and the other group, led by Chen Yunhui, ambush at the entrance to the Xuanfu Soldiers and Horses Camp. On the way to the Datong Army Camp.
"Wait a minute, hasn't Yang Guozhu already sent someone to deliver a message to the Xuanfu Army Camp?" said Chen Yunhui with a piece of dead grass in his mouth.
Cheng Ping on the side said: "I'm just worried that Xuanfu's soldiers and horses will not move. If they don't come, we will waste our time here."
"It's okay if you don't come. Once Deputy Chief Gao is over there to deal with Yang Guozhu's troops, we can join forces and deal with Xuanfu's troops in one fell swoop." Chen Yunhui said.
Cheng Ping nodded slightly.
"Yingzheng, Staff Officer Cheng, let's eat something first!" Chen Yunhui's guard came up from behind, holding two cloth bags in his hands.
Chen Yunhui reached out to take the bag and threw it to Cheng Ping who was standing aside.
Then, he reached out and took out a handful of fried noodles from the bag, put it in his mouth and ate it.
The guard put down two more water bags before leaving.
"It's a pity that I can't make a fire, so I have to make do with this thing first." Cheng Ping looked at the fried noodles in his hand, stretched out his mouth and took a bite, and then licked the fried noodles on the palm of his hand clean with his tongue.
While chewing in his mouth, he pulled out the stopper on the water bag, raised the water bag and took a sip of water, and drank the fried noodles in his mouth and throat.
Chen Yunhui next to him also made the same move.
Have a bite of fried noodles and a sip of water.
"It's good to have such food. It can fill your stomach without lighting a fire. I followed the owner all the way to Datong when I fled. Not to mention fried noodles, I often ran out of wild vegetables." Chen Yunhui said while eating.
Cheng Ping looked down at the fried noodles in his hand and said, "It's not that I don't dislike the fried noodles. It's just that compared with the meals usually made by the cooking team, they are far behind. There is no oil or water at all."
"How can you say there is no oil and water? This is fried with butter. The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty's frontier army can't eat such good food." Chen Yunhui said.
tread! tread! tread!
There was a sudden big lift on the road below the hillside, interrupting the conversation between the two people.
Chen Yunhui tied up the cloth bag containing fried noodles, took out the monocular from his waist, and looked at the road below the hillside.
Cheng Ping, who was next to him, also took out a monocular and looked down the hillside.
"He's one of ours." Cheng Ping said.
The two cavalry who appeared on the road below the hillside were wearing the breastplates of the cuirassiers with the Tiger Flag, as well as the standard sabers and muskets of the cuirassiers.
In the entire Ming Dynasty, only the cavalrymen of the Tiger Flag were dressed like this.
"It seems that the Xuanfu troops have been dispatched." Chen Yunhui said to Cheng Ping beside him.
Cheng Ping nodded after hearing this.
Not long after, Chen Yunhui's bodyguard ran over and appeared in front of the two people.
"The camp is at the center. News just came from the sentries that the Xuanfu army camp has broken out and is heading in our direction," the guard said.
Chen Yunhui turned to his guard and said, "Give me the order and get ready to fight."
The guard turned around and ran to deliver the order.
"After waiting for so long, it's finally here." Cheng Ping was gearing up.
The two official troops coming to Xinpingbao are almost the largest number of troops that the border troops in Xuanfu and Datong towns can produce. As long as these two official troops are destroyed, no imperial troops in the Xuanda area can threaten Tiger. The army of flags.
Half an hour passed.
On the road in the distance, a group of cavalry appeared, and flags appeared in Chen Yunhui's eyes.
"Chen Yingzheng, do you think that after we capture Xuanda, the proprietor will be able to become king?" Cheng Pingping said excitedly.
Chen Yunhui glanced at him and said: "You are thinking too far. We must fight this battle first before we can have what you said. Don't forget, Xuanfu has an army of nearly 20,000 troops. This time If we lose the battle, I'm afraid we will have to retreat to the grassland in the future."
"Don't worry, it's not like we don't understand the virtues of Xuanfu's soldiers and horses. The only ones who can fight are a few of the generals' personal servants, and the rest of the camp will just fight with the wind. Don't look at the two officers and soldiers. Thousands of troops are still no match for us, let alone setting up an ambush here." Cheng Ping said with a smile.
Chen Yunhui, who had been paying attention to the situation on the hillside, straightened his expression and said: "Tell the artillery team not to fire yet. We will fire when the battle starts."
The messenger who was squatting aside ran to deliver the order.
Although the Xuanfu army below has not all fallen into the encirclement, they have also entered the range of the cannon.
The hillside was unusually quiet. Apart from the sound of breathing, it was difficult to hear any other sounds that did not belong to this hillside.
On the road below, as the officers and soldiers got closer and closer, the sounds became more and more noisy.
The official cavalry walking in front passed by Chen Yunhui and walked forward along the road. However, due to the drag of the infantry behind them, they did not move very fast.
Chen Yunhui is like a very patient hunter, waiting for his prey to fall into the trap little by little.
"The guy riding the horse in front must be Wang Bao!" Cheng Ping whispered.
At this time, on the road below the hillside, a general wearing armor was passing by, with many guards around him, and a general's flag behind him.
On the flag, there is a big word "Zhao" written on it.
Chen Yunhui shook his head slightly and said: "It's not him. The commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu is Wang Bao. This guy's general flag says Zhao. He should be the chief general of the first battalion, or Wang Bao's deputy general."
"Then why wait? Is it time to take action?" Cheng Ping asked Chen Yunhui in a low voice.
Almost a quarter of the Xuanfu soldiers and horses passed through the hillside.
Chen Yunhui frowned slightly and said, "Wait a little longer. If we can wait for Wang Bao to come, this battle will be better."
Cheng Ping had no choice but to continue waiting with him.
After all, Wang Bao is the commander-in-chief of this Xuanfu army. If Wang Bao can be captured and killed alive, this Xuanfu army will definitely fall into chaos.
Almost a quarter of an hour passed.
Cheng Ping couldn't help but said: "We can't wait any longer."
"Hit!" Chen Yunhui slapped his palm hard on the slope in front of him.
Beep!
A copper whistle suddenly sounded on the hillside.
Immediately afterwards, the Tiger Flag soldiers who had been hiding on the hillside began to throw down the stones in front of them.
Countless rocks of different sizes rolled down and hit the Xuanfu soldiers and horses below.
The sudden attack caught the Xuanfu troops who were about to pass by the hillside by surprise.
boom! boom! boom!
The roar of the four-pounder guns rang out.
