Under the night, the dim moonlight shines on the earth, and there are spots of starlight mixed in it.
For this battle, Huang Qianhu himself was not unprepared.
Through Yang He, he managed to gather more than 30 cavalry and fifty sets of armors. The remaining soldiers also wore at least one piece of cotton armor. Even if the cotton armor was shabby, he still had one piece for each man.
No matter how much defensive effect the cotton armor can play, it looks better than many guardsmen who don't have any armor at all.
"Mr. Qian, do we want to get on our horses? There is a rebel camp just ahead." The Huang family soldiers who were following Huang Qianhu reminded him in a low voice.
Huang Qianhu raised his head and looked forward.
There is firelight in the camp, which is very conspicuous even in the night.
"Let the infantry walk in front, and we will follow behind." Huang Qianhu was worried that there were protective measures such as horse traps outside the rebel camp, so he brought more than 30 horsemen with him and did not dare to take risks.
The infantry following behind quickly got the order to move forward.
Except for a few dozen cavalry, the rest of the more than five hundred officers and soldiers were infantry.
After the infantry of the army groped forward for a while, they found a horse pit and immediately went around and found a safe passage for the horses to pass through.
This ensured that the cavalry in the rear could lead their horses safely through the horse trap.
In order to make this road for the war horses to pass safely, the army lost more than ten infantrymen. Most of these people accidentally fell into the horse trap and were pierced by the sharp blade at the bottom of the pit, or they were not dead in the pit. The companion who followed him was killed.
Because it was a sneak attack on the enemy's camp, it was impossible to take the injured companions with him. In order to ensure the confidentiality of the operation, it was safest to kill the people.
Everyone has received money for working hard, and they will not surrender even if they die.
With infantry clearing the way in front, Huang Qianhu and the rest of the cavalry passed through the area covered with horse traps smoothly.
After passing through the trapping horse pit, the deer village outside the camp gate is clearly visible.
"All the cavalrymen mount their horses. When the infantry move away from Luzhai, they will follow me into the enemy camp." Huang Qianhu turned over and got on his horse.
The dozens of horses following him also mounted their horses.
Some of the army's infantry ran towards the Luzhai in front of the opposite camp.
As long as the Luzhai is moved away, the cavalry can rush into the enemy's camp along the camp gate.
At this time, Huang Qianhu and the others no longer needed to hide their whereabouts. Even if the rebels in the camp discovered them, he would still be sure to break into the enemy camp before the rebels could react.
boom! boom! boom!
Suddenly, more than a dozen crisp gunshots rang out in the camp, and at the same time, a firework exploded in the air.
The few officers and soldiers who rushed at the front were hit by muskets fired from the camp before they could reach Luzhai and fell to the ground.
The farthest Luzhai was less than twenty steps away from the camp. At such a short distance, the fire blunderbuss was completely comparable to the bow and arrow.
The death of a few officers and soldiers did not scare other officers and soldiers, and more officers and soldiers rushed towards the Luzhai on the camp without fear of death.
Every once in a while, the gunfire will sound, and the free time in between is the time for the gunman to reload the gun, which also gives the officers and soldiers an opportunity.
More than a dozen officers and soldiers were killed or wounded, but there were fewer and fewer deer villages in front of the camp.
When the last two deer villages were moved away, the sound of cavalry hooves was heard from behind.
Without the obstruction of Luzhai, the Tiger Flag gunners retreated into the camp and used the camp's temporary wall to attack the officers and soldiers outside.
Huang Qianhu led dozens of cavalry and charged forward.
boom! boom! boom!
As soon as Huang Qianhu's dozens of cavalry approached the camp gate, several squatting tiger cannons in the camp were immediately shot down.
Countless broken sand and iron beads shot towards the dozens of officers and soldiers like dense rain.
Huang Qianhu, who was rushing at the front, didn't even have a chance to react. His whole body was immediately beaten into pieces, and the armor and stomach on his body didn't even bring him the slightest sense of security.
The dying war horse let out a cry, and both the man and the horse fell to the open space in front of the camp.
There were a few other riders who ended up in the same fate as Huang Qianhu, but they all rushed to the front.
On the contrary, because the infantry of the official army were not the target of the artillery attack, and because they were flanked by dozens of cavalry, there were no casualties.
The Tiger Crouching Cannon also takes time to load.
The other cavalrymen of the official army took this opportunity to rush forward.
However, although the Tiger Crouching Cannon needs reloading time, soldiers have already brought something like a deer village and blocked it at the entrance of the camp to block the incoming cavalry.
Not just any cavalryman could perform a good show of galloping over Luzhai. After more official cavalrymen rushed over, they had to stop.
Even if the rider on the horse is unwilling to do so, the horse under his crotch will calmly stop outside the barrier.
At the same time, more and more tiger-character flag soldiers gathered at Chaoyingmen, and several of them, including gunners, rushed over with tiger crouching cannons on their shoulders.
The Tiger Crouching Cannon is like a mortar. It is easy to carry. You can take the cannon wherever you go. One person can carry dozens of kilograms of it and go.
The Tiger Flag soldiers in the camp arrived to support them, and the pressure on the officers and soldiers outside the camp suddenly increased.
Dozens of official cavalry blocked the camp gate and became a target for the cannons and artillerymen in the camp. The sound of cannons continued, interspersed with the sound of cannons.
Countless muskets mixed with various cannonballs fired from the Crouching Tiger Cannon made the camp gate immediately empty. More than thirty cavalrymen could not hold on for a moment, and less than ten cavalrymen were left, let alone a counterattack.
The remaining cavalrymen stayed behind and luckily did not escape being shot.
Because of this, it gave them the opportunity to escape,
There were hundreds of army infantry around the camp. When the Baihu and Trial Baihu who led the team saw that something was wrong, they immediately wanted to run back along the road and find a way to escape back to the city.
However, the infantry could not run as fast as the cavalry's four legs, and soon became the target of attack by the gunners and artillerymen of the Tiger Flag.
More and more guns and cannons fell on these infantry.
Screams and wails came from the mouths of these officers and soldiers, but there were still more officers, soldiers and infantry fleeing far away.
At the same time, the soldiers in the camp marched out of the camp to pursue the fleeing officers and soldiers.
The official cavalry escaped from the horse trap when they came, but no one paid attention to it when they escaped. In the end, no one of the cavalry escaped, and they all fell into the horse trap.
On the contrary, although some of the infantrymen who fled behind also stepped into the horse trap, nearly a hundred soldiers successfully escaped from the obstruction of the horse trap.
The Tiger Flag soldiers who were pursuing from the rear only pursued them to the edge of the trapped horse pit. Because they didn't know if there was an ambush ahead, they stopped their pursuit and began to clean up the surrendered and injured officers and soldiers around the camp.
The officers and soldiers who surrendered and were not seriously injured were directly brought back to the camp for custody. For the officers and soldiers who were seriously injured and did not need treatment, they were directly given a happy life to save themselves from further suffering.
The end of the battle heralded the failure of Yang He's sneak attack plan.
