Under the cover of night, a group of Eight Banners soldiers with two red flags moved towards the camp of Tiger Flag.
In order to ensure that there was less noise, these Eight Banners soldiers walked with their horses, and the horses' hooves were all wrapped in a thick layer of cotton.
A few miles is nothing to those who have been marching for a long time.
Yue Tuo stood in front of a carriage.
His eyes were fixed on the disappearing figures of the Eight Banners soldiers, and that direction was also the temporary camp where the Tiger Banners cavalry was stationed.
After burning for most of the night, the fire in front of him had been extinguished, leaving only starry sparks that were still shining faintly.
"Master, don't worry, this sneak attack will definitely be successful." A soldier with a red flag accompanying Yue Tuo said flatteringly.
Yue Tuo is the leader of the red flag, and all the flag soldiers of the red flag have to call him master.
"I hope so!" Yue Tuo was not completely sure.
There were not many ways to deal with the pursuers behind the two red flags. The best way he could think of was to sneak attack the cavalry camp at night.
He could think of a way to make a sneak attack, and he believed that the cavalry general of the Tiger Flag would also be able to think of this.
Now let's see who is more skilled between the two sides.
He believes that he must be the one with superior skills.
Because the target of his sneak attack this time was not people at all, but the horses of the cavalry.
As long as these war horses are frightened and flee, even if the people of the Tiger Flag can retrieve all the escaped horses a few days later, they will not have time to prevent the two red flags and the two yellow flags from joining together.
In order to get rid of the horses of the Tiger Flag, even one of the Niu Lu Banner soldiers he sent out could not come back. In his opinion, as long as the goal can be achieved, then everything is worth it.
Sacrificing one Niu Lu can save most of the two red flags, and he doesn't mind sacrificing this Niu Lu.
"The people are sent out?"
A familiar voice sounded from behind Yue Tuo.
Yue Tuo, who heard the words, turned around quickly, looked at the visitor and said, "Ama, why are you here? There is still some time before dawn, why not go back and sleep for a while, and when the people come back, I will report back to Ama in person. .”
"I'm older, I don't sleep much, I won't sleep anymore." Daishan waved his hand and said immediately, "You can go back and rest. I'll keep an eye on you here. If things don't go well, there will be a hard fight during the day."
Yue Tuo shook his head and said, "I can't sleep, so I'd better stay here and wait for news!"
He had no intention of sleeping until the men sent for a sneak attack came back.
"If you can't sleep, let's wait together!" Daishan did not let Yue Tuo rest.
It was normal for the commander-in-chief to stay up for a night or two. If he hadn't been older, he would have been waiting here like Yue Tuo.
Time passes little by little.
boom! boom! boom!
Bursts of gunfire suddenly came from the direction of the Tiger Banner cavalry camp.
After hearing this, the expressions of Daishan and his son suddenly changed.
Daishan said with a disappointed look on his face: "It seems that the sneak attack failed. The tiger thieves already know that we will attack by surprise, and even the cannons are ready."
"Wait a minute, the tiger thieves are all cavalry, and there won't be too many cannons. Things may turn around." Yue Tuo said, "Our goal is not to get rid of this tiger-shaped flag cavalry, but to get rid of them." war horse."
Daishan glanced in the direction where the gunfire came from, and was also unwilling to fail like this, so he said: "Then just wait, I hope it can succeed."
"It will definitely work." Yue Tuo clenched his fist tightly.
If the Tiger Flag fails, they will have to look for horses on the grassland for a few days at most. If they fail, it will become more difficult for the two Red Flags to leave under the eyes of the Tiger Flag cavalry.
"Damn it! Charge forward, no one can retreat."
The left leader who led the surprise attack on the tiger-shaped flag cavalry camp shouted loudly to the surrounding flag soldiers.
An ordinary flag soldier may only think that this is an ordinary sneak attack, but he knows that this sneak attack is related to the life and death of the two red flags.
So he cannot fail, he can only succeed, because the two red flags cannot withstand failure.
Everything went smoothly in this sneak attack, but unexpectedly, before they got close to the Tiger Flag camp, they encountered a Tiger Flag artillery unit ambushing here.
The shelling of cannons directly stunned them, the Eight Banners soldiers who came to attack.
No one expected that the cavalry of the Tiger Banner actually brought cannons, and more than one.
Although it is just the most common Crouching Tiger Cannon, in this case, the Crouching Tiger Cannon is far more useful than other cannons, especially when used to bombard flesh and blood.
No matter you are a war horse or a human, no matter how many layers of armor you wear, everything becomes useless in front of the squatting tiger cannon filled with iron sand.
The Tiger Crouching Cannon loaded with iron sand sacrificed its range, but the iron sand shot out turned into a wall, a wall that the slave thieves could not climb over.
In the cavalry camp, Ma Yunjiu saw fire a mile away, with a sneer on his lips.
This sneak attack by the two red flags had long been expected by him.
The dozen or so squatting tiger cannons brought here were prepared for the two red flag slave soldiers who came to attack them secretly.
It is inconvenient for their cavalry to carry heavy cannons like four-pounders, but the Crouching Tiger Cannon, which weighs only a few dozen kilograms, is not a problem at all for the Tiger Cavalry who rides one person and two people.
Almost a quarter of an hour passed.
Zhou Shuiqing, captain of Tan Zaiwang's second brigade, rushed back.
"Reporting to Division Zheng, we have wiped out all the invading slave thieves. Our battalion is already cleaning the battlefield." Zhou Shuiqing reported the results of the battle to Ma Yunjiu.
Although the Crouching Tiger Cannon is light, it is only heavier than the musket, and is far from comparable to other cannons. Even the lightest small Franco machine gun in the army far exceeds the weight of the Crouching Tiger Cannon.
However, no matter how light or small the Tiger Crouching Cannon is, it is still a cannon. When loaded with iron sand and iron beads, its power is far greater than that of a fire blunderbuss, so it is slower than the fire blunderbuss in terms of loading.
Ma Yunjiu nodded with satisfaction and said, "Let me tell you that the battalion is carefully checking the bodies on one side and be careful not to let any fish slip through the net."
"Yes, my subordinates will definitely inform our camp." Zhou Shuiqing bowed and turned to leave.
As soon as the people left, Ma Yunjiu raised his arms and stretched, and said to the guard beside him: "It's over, it's time to go to bed."
With that said, he turned and walked towards the sleeping tent.
He and Yue Tuo were the same, both of them didn't sleep because of what happened tonight.
However, one is to prepare for a sneak attack, and the other is to guard against the other party's sneak attack.
Both he and Dai Shan and Yue Tuo knew that if the two red flags did not find a way to break the situation, they would only be eaten away by the Tiger Flag.
The only way to break the situation is to get rid of him and the cavalry he brought.
It has been proven during the day that the cavalry of the two red flags are no match for their tiger-shaped flag cavalry, so the only way left is to attack by surprise.
Relying on sneak attacks, his cavalry battalion could not continue to follow the two red flags.
