The weather is extremely cold tonight, and the cold wind has become biting since the afternoon.
At night, snowflakes started to fall sparsely in the sky, and now there is even heavy snowfall.
This may be a bit unsightly to others, but to Zhao Ming and the others, it is particularly beautiful.
The snow had slowed down the sound of horse hooves to a minimum. Even so, Zhao Ming did not dare to let everyone hurry up, but groped forward slowly.
According to the original schedule, they would set off at eleven o'clock and arrive three miles away from the enemy's position around one o'clock in the morning.
Then decide whether to charge quickly based on the sound of artillery over there.
He gave all the grenades sent by Lao Guo to Wang Er and the others for use.
Wang Er and the others set off early, at eight o'clock.
After all, the journey is long and there is a lot of condensation on the ice. The road is narrow, so we can only tie cloth on the soles of our shoes and walk for dozens of miles.
The lack of horses was very fatal, but Zhao Ming could only hope that they could use these grenades and the guns in their hands to catch the opponent off guard.
It would be the best if you can grab the horses.
According to predictions, they would arrive nearby around one o'clock, with half an hour to rest.
Zhao Ming, on the other hand, was waiting for the other party's explosion to signal him.
Along the way, Zhao Ming was also cautious. The scouts spread out a lot, just to avoid the enemy scouts, and if that didn't work, they would quickly deal with them.
It was now about twelve o'clock in the evening, and their speed was a little faster. They were already less than ten miles away from the enemy's station. They were lucky, and they encountered several scouts, but they narrowly avoided them.
As they got closer and closer, even Zhao Ming became a little nervous.
This is not as simple as a surprise attack, but a surprise attack in the face of real heavy firepower, which is completely different from the previous situation.
There will be a lot of casualties, that's for sure.
The cavalry has many advantages, but its shortcomings are also very fatal. It is not good at attacking fortresses, and attacking them is seeking death.
Although there have been many cavalry attacks in modern times with great results, there have even been cases where a large number of heavy firepower troops were captured with a small number of casualties.
But those are only a few. Only the right time, right place, right people, and the chief officer's keen sense of battlefield can produce this effect.
In the battle between cavalry and cavalry, Zhao Ming was already very confident, but facing heavy firepower was also the first time for his new wife to get into the sedan chair.
After all, the situation here is not comparable to the Battle of Fengxiang.
Before World War I, cavalry played a decisive role in the world, but after World War I, cavalry was reduced to a second-rate unit.
The Battle of the Somme sounded the death knell for the cavalry.
After all, there had never been any offensive force on land at that time that could be as efficient as cavalry.
During the entire World War I, the United States requisitioned about a million war horses, but only 200 returned home alive, which shows the war damage.
The domestic battlefield is definitely not as crazy as a meat grinder, but Zhao Ming does not deny that in the face of heavy firepower, the cavalry is just a toy.
"It seems that this mine will definitely be established! I need to have the heavy firepower that others have!"
He muttered silently in his heart, but at this moment, several scouts quickly ran back towards the distance.
Because there were no torches, many of the brothers reacted a little too much, but fortunately they used a relatively light whistle to distinguish their respective groups.
"What's going on ahead?"
Seeing how eager these people were, Zhao Ming also hurriedly said.
"Zhao...Master Zhao! Something is wrong! There are a large number of Outer Mongolian scouts ahead!"
"A large number of Outer Mongolian scouts?"
Hearing this, Zhao Ming was shocked, what kind of situation is this?
"Suddenly?"
"Yes! There seem to be a lot of Outer Mongolian scouts in one place. If we hadn't run so fast, we would have been discovered by them."
This scout brother was still a little puzzled. He had seen Outer Mongolia scouts along the way here before, but the density was completely incomparable to what he was seeing now.
Hearing what Brother Scout said, Zhao Ming was a little confused.
"That's weird! Could it be that the Outer Mongolians are taking action tonight?" Zhang Kai on the side rubbed his chin, also feeling puzzled.
"Send the order and tell everyone to stay where they are!"
Zhao Ming gave instructions to the monkey, and with a unique whistle sound, the team that was still marching slowly in front began to stop.
"Old Zhang, do you think the Outer Mongolians are taking action?" Zhao Ming looked at Zhang Kai.
After all, he has been in the army for so many years, so he is relatively more professional.
"Yeah! It's just a guess. After all, the scouts dispersed in large numbers. It's most likely that the main force is setting off. Otherwise, there would be no reason to suddenly have so many eyes."
Zhang Kai nodded. He was not sure. This was not the Central Plains after all. He was not sure whether it was right to use the tactics used on the battlefield in the Central Plains.
Hearing this, Zhao Ming was a little embarrassed.
Now there are two options. First, the other party may not be the main force, but it may be a routine investigation, but the scale is expanded.
It is best to take a detour to avoid disturbing the situation.
But if they don't detour, it will inevitably make the main force of the opponent's station vigilant. When the time comes, they will face a well-prepared heavy fire defense, and this night attack will be a complete failure.
The reason why we chose this spot for the night attack was because it was a cold day. Everyone who slept at this time was sleeping deeply, and those who were alert were also greatly weakened.
But if it is the second possibility, the opponent is really the main force to attack. If it is avoided, then a major opportunity will be missed.
In the dark night, if they could just sit still and wait for the enemy's main force to arrive, then the results of such a sudden attack would be unimaginable.
But what if not?
The hesitation only lasted less than a minute, and Zhao Ming quickly made up his mind.
"May I have your name?"
Zhao Ming looked at the scout brother who reported the news.
In the dark night, Zhao Ming couldn't see the other person's face clearly, but he could vaguely tell that he was a somewhat rickety brother, who should not be too young.
"Hey, Master Zhao, my name is Li Erdan!"
"Do you dare to take your people to meet those scouts?"
"dare!"
Li Erdan barely hesitated and nodded with a grin, seemingly still smiling.
"Okay! You lead your people to lure those scouts north! Pretend, don't shoot, use arrows! Just treat them as if they suddenly discovered them, and they also discovered you. Can you do that?"
"As for acting, I'm familiar with this. Master Zhao, just don't worry, I'll take care of it!"
Li Erdan patted his chest with a smile. Zhao Ming couldn't see his eyes clearly, and could only vaguely feel that his eyes seemed to be twinkling with light.
"Okay! Don't worry, I'll take care of whatever happens at home after you go!"
Zhao Ming patted the other party's shoulder. He didn't know this brother, but he knew that the current scout brothers were all formed by brothers from the Song Suppressing Army brought by Zhang Kaixin and some herdsmen brothers.
It can be regarded as complementary. The local herdsmen told them how to identify the direction on the grassland, which is like judging the distance of the target through the tremors of the ground.
And they told the herder brothers some techniques of investigation.
Li Erdan left, and with the five members of his team, he hurriedly disappeared into the night again.
