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Chapter 839: Water Riding Cooperation (6)

Based on the news sent by Li Hong in the inside line of the Qing army, Li Guodong learned that the Qing army did not know how many cavalry they had, but only knew that there were more than 2,000 Ming army cavalry. This important information was taken to Han Dashan by Ye Bu. Based on this information, Han Dashan, Cao Bianjiao and Wang Fuchen, two brave generals, jointly formulated a combat plan.

"Since Jiannu thinks that we are only two thousand people, we might as well send two thousand cavalry to eat the bait of Ma Degong. Even if we can't eat it in one bite, just defeat him first. At that time, the Mongolian Tatars of Jiannu will definitely come to rescue the Green Camp. When we are entangled with our two thousand cavalry, we will not entangle them, and lead the Mongolian Tatars into the peninsula between the two rivers. Then the navy and the cavalry cooperate to annihilate the five thousand Mongolian Tatars, and then turn around to concentrate their forces to deal with the real slaves." Han Dashan's fingers gestured on the map, and finally stopped his fingers in Laizhuang and Daizigou.

This is the place where three rivers meet, forming a peninsula surrounded by water on three sides. It is the most ideal battlefield to annihilate Mongolian cavalry under such terrain.

Cao Bianjiao asked, "We should use two thousand people as bait first. With two thousand people, can we eat ten thousand green camps?"

"It is estimated that it cannot be swallowed, but it doesn't matter. As long as you defeat the fake Tartars first, let the fake Tartars fail to defeat the army. We will mix into the light cavalry with scattered soldiers and find an opportunity to shoot and kill the horse and get the merits. When the Mongolian cavalry comes, we will lead them into our trap. As for the fake Tartars in the green camp, if they go back and deal with them completely, they are all infantry and cannot be escaped." Han Dashan said.

Although Duoduo used the Qing army to deal with the cavalry of the Huai Army, there were 25,000 people, 10,000 of them were the Green Camp with the worst combat power, and 5,000 were the Mongols with weak combat power. Only 10,000 Eight Banners Army was the most powerful opponent of the Huai Army.

Since Duoduo made a mistake in his judgment and misjudged his cavalry as a cavalry of two thousand people, he just took this opportunity to bite off a large piece of flesh from the Qing army.

Ma Degong ran to Yizhen and "winned a great victory". Ten thousand Green Camp soldiers easily entered the county town as if they were entering their own home. Then Ma Degong swept the surrounding villages again.

The Qing army in the Green Camp encountered almost no resistance. Wherever they went, the county town opened the city gate and the people in the village were so scared that they hid in the house. Of course they could not hide. They were searched by the Qing army. The old and children were ignored, and the young and strong men and young and beautiful women were all captured. The food, livestock and gold, silver and treasures in the rich people's families were also taken away.

Occasionally, there were several villages that resisted. The Green Camp Army raised the tiger squat cannons he carried, aimed at the village, and rushed in, and began to burn, kill and loot without restraint. The young and middle-aged men and young women were tied up, and all the elderly and children were killed.

The Qing army in the Green Camp looted dozens of villages around. In addition to the harvest from Yizhen County, this trip, the horses plundered more than 16,000 young men, more than 5,000 young women, and also grabbed a large amount of food, gold, silver and treasures, pigs, cows, goats, mules and other livestock, as well as a large number of poultry such as chickens, ducks, and geese.

Ma Degong, who won a great victory, led the Green Camp Army to return to Yangzhou in a swagger. Walking on the road, Ma Degong did not feel happy about his gains, but instead felt relieved. He knew that his Green Camp Army was thrown out by the Manchu master as bait. Maybe the fish would be hooked in a while, but the fish was too big and very fierce. I was afraid that his bait would be eaten by the big fish so that there was no residue left?

In order to rob this time, Ma Degong made sufficient preparations. The Green Camp Army carried a large number of baggage vehicles, as well as firearms such as tiger squat cannons, Folang machines and turtledove-footed guns. Most of the melee combat soldiers were spearmen. This configuration was intended to be used to deal with the Ming cavalry.

The Qing army of the Green Camp returned in the direction of the robbery of the People's Net Yangzhou. While walking halfway, Ma Degong felt something was wrong when he saw that none of the three scouts sent out had returned.

The disappearance of the scout whistle cavalry means that an enemy is deliberately blocking his battlefield intelligence, which shows a problem: the enemy is nearby!

"Master, are we setting off fireworks signals? Let the Eight Banners soldiers come to save us?" asked a servant.

Ma Degong glared at his eyes: "What fireworks are set off? Isn't Minggou coming yet? If it is set up now, the Eight Banners Masters will come here later and don't see the Minggou cavalry. Isn't that lie about military affairs? If they start a fire, can we have a good end?"

The servant had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue to drive away the Green Camp soldiers.

After walking for about an hour, the Qing army, who carried a large number of baggage vehicles, drove away a large number of captured people, was very slow to move. It was almost dark, and the soldiers of the Green Camp only walked twenty miles.

After walking all day, everyone in the Green Camp soldiers who had Ma Degong were exhausted. At this time, there were still forty miles away from Yangzhou. If they still marched at such a speed tomorrow, it would take at least two days to return to the Qing army camp outside Yangzhou City.

Ma Degong frowned and looked around. Seeing that his soldiers could not move, he had to call him: "Send the order and set up a camp and rest on the spot!"

The Qing soldiers of the Green Camp, whose legs were sore and blisters were all relieved. They moved the wooden fences and tents from the baggage vehicles to prepare for camping. The soldiers took off iron pots from the chariots, piled up simple stone stoves on the ground, and some people went to pick up firewood and prepared to cook. The remaining Green Camp soldiers surrounded the people in the middle, aimed their swords and guns at them. Once someone escaped, they would kill them. When the wooden fence was set up and the people were surrounded in the middle, they would no longer have to worry about it.

Just as the exhausted Qing army was about to set up camp, a black team of cavalry suddenly appeared not far away, facing the direction of the Qing army.

A green camp soldier who was panting and moving the wooden fence to be built on the outside suddenly discovered that the flag raised by the cavalry was the Ming Dynasty. He shouted in horror: "No, something is wrong! Minggou is here! Minggou is here!"

"Minggou is here!"

"Minggou is here!"

The soldiers of the Green Camp shouted in horror, and the shouts of the soldiers of the Green Camp were spread throughout the camp.

At this time, the Qing army's camp had not yet been established, and there were too many people and horses. All the Qing soldiers were busy. Some were carrying goods, some were setting up camps, some were guarding the people, some went to pick up firewood and water, some were piled up stoves, and some were killing pigs and sheep. However, the Ming cavalry suddenly arrived, and the Qing army was in chaos.

"Stay calm! Don't be confused! Put down all your work, leave a small number of people to watch those people, and the rest form formations to defend against the enemy! Fill the vehicles around!" Ma Degong shouted.

All the Qing soldiers immediately stopped working. Except for more than a thousand Qing soldiers who were left in the middle of the formation to guard the captured people, the rest were hiding behind the baggage vehicles. On the outer circle were spearmen, tiger squatting cannons and ferry machines were placed on the baggage vehicles, and turtledog-footed gunmen squatted on the ground, extending gun barrels from the gap between vehicles.

The Ming cavalry was close, and judging from the formation, there were about two thousand people.

When he found that the Qing army was prepared, Cao Bianjiao did not order the Ming army to attack, but ordered Tiema to take two hundred scattered soldiers and slowly lead the horse to approach the Qing army.

The dragon cavalry general Wang Fuchen ordered his pack-horse artillery to stop advancing, take off the light twelve-pound mortar cannon from the horse's back, and prepare to set up and bombard the Qing army formation.

Seeing the Ming army approaching him step by step, Ma Degong shouted: "Hurry up, set off fireworks signal!"

"Swish" a firework rocket rose into the air, and a colorful firework exploded with a "bang" in the air.

"Fire the cannon!" Wang Fuchen roared.

The mortar gunners had completed the loading. When they heard the order, they immediately ignited the shell fuse from the gun mouth, and then ignited the cannon from the fire gate. Only a row of "bang bang bang" gunpowder gas was heard. The flames erupted from the mortar gun position, and white smoke rose.
Chapter completed!
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