There is a depression to the west of Ma Fang Village, where Zhang Cheng and others are observing Ma Fang's every move.
"Chen Baihu, what do you think?" Zhang Cheng asked Chen Zheng seemingly casually.
Chen Zheng looked towards the entrance of the village and replied in a low voice: "As the general said, there is at most one group of Tatar armored soldiers here. Previously, ten armored soldiers were killed by our troops on the official road. Now there are more than forty.
The remaining Tatar soldiers in armor are just auxiliaries and miscellaneous servants. Although they are capable of fighting, they are not of concern to us."
Zhang Cheng nodded, agreeing with his opinion, and asked: "How should we attack?"
Chen Zheng pondered for a while and then said frankly: "My subordinates think that we should send two teams of cavalry to abandon their horses and sneak into the shallow ditches on both sides of the road ahead. They will ambush there with crossbows or three-eyed blunderbuss, and then use a armored
The cavalry went out to spy on the village entrance and lured the Tatars out of the village to pursue them. The two armored soldiers responded and annihilated them with one blow, and then the cavalry rushed in from the village entrance."
Hu Dake, who was standing next to him, watched Chen Zheng finish and added: "It seems that there are no Tatar armored soldiers over there at the stables. You can send a team of sergeants to go up along the shallow ditch. Wait for the battle at the entrance of the village, and then take advantage of it."
Attack them randomly, deal with them first, and seize the Tatar horses and mules."
Zhang Cheng was deeply pleased that there were basically no problems with their strategy, and they just needed to make some additions.
He carefully observed the surrounding situation again, and then ordered to everyone: "Outpost A, Team C, and rear sentry A, Team B, first quietly sneak into the shallow ditch ahead and ambush.
Go out to lure the enemy, with two or three armored troops behind to support them. When the Tatars attack, they can then attack from the front and back in order to annihilate them all in one battle."
Then he said to Chen Zheng and Hu Dake: "You two, each lead your own sentry knights. After taking the entrance to the village, you will directly enter the village from the east crossing. With armor as a unit, fight in cooperation with each other. The outposts will move towards the village."
To the north, follow the post to the south of the village."
"I will obey the general's orders." The two agreed.
"Teams B and C of Zuo Senjia general sneaked into the shallow ditch in front and went to the stables in the southeast. After the opening of the village, they immediately rushed out, killed the Tatar packers near the stables, seized the horses and mules, and protected the captive people.
." Zhang Cheng continued to order.
After the plan was decided, everyone quietly sneaked back to the official road.
On the way back, Zhang Cheng warned: "You two must not fight randomly. After entering the village, when the enemy is panicked, you must use all your strength to kill them, especially the captured horses. Try your best to drive them away so that they cannot be ridden."
The two of them spoke kind words.
Then he said to Chen Zhong: "Chen Zhong and all the guards will follow me and enter the village at the end."
Each team and armor began to prepare according to the deployment. Some were checking weapons and crossbows, and some were checking horses and weapons. Although everyone was moving, their voices were very soft, for fear of alarming the Qing army not far away.
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In Mafang Village, where the west entrance of the village meets the road, there are several large trees across the road to block outsiders from entering and exiting the village.
Near the village entrance, there is a collapsed house wall. Six Qing infantry soldiers are gathering here to warm themselves over the fire. Two coated Aha are waiting beside them. Not far from the village entrance, five auxiliary soldiers are leading seven
Bao Yi patrolled back and forth.
But I never saw that among the wind-moving grass waves, figures crawled on the ground. They were like Yama demanding life, slowly getting closer to those who robbed me of gold and silver, kidnapped my people, and humiliated my women.
Capture slaves.
A coated Aha saw several shadows from a distance, approaching gradually along the road, and couldn't help shouting excitedly: "Could it be that Mr. Dirk is back?"
Several packers came over after hearing the sound and gathered in the middle of the road, looking into the distance.
At this time, an auxiliary soldier saw this situation and came over with a waist knife. He dispersed the wrapped Ahabs and then put his left hand on his forehead and looked carefully towards the west of the village.
In the distance on the road, he saw ten shadows approaching gradually. They were the same number of people in Qing army vests who went out to investigate. But he couldn't explain why. He just felt something was not right, so he couldn't help but walk out onto the road.
Red, red cloak.
"Ming Gouzi, it's Ming Gouzi, please report to the masters quickly." The auxiliary soldier shouted loudly.
The carabid who were warming up over the fire heard some chaotic noises here, so they ordered a Bao Yi who was waiting nearby to say: "You bitch, come over and take a look, what are you doing with all the noise over there?"
The man next to him who was filling the fire with firewood was stunned for a moment, and then he looked up at the armor that had just squeaked. There was a strange light in his eyes, and he turned and walked towards the entrance of the village.
As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the village, before he could take a closer look, he saw an arrow flying rapidly towards the road, hitting the throat of the auxiliary soldier who was gesticulating in the distance and shouting loudly as he ran back.
He stood there stupidly, raising his hands feebly, covering the place where the arrow hit, blood flowing out uncontrollably, his face extremely pale, and his eyes full of fear.
He fell to the ground with a "bang", his body was not dead for a while, it kept twitching, and his feet couldn't stop kicking.
The coated Aha next to him only followed their masters to rob and kidnap. They were used to seeing Ming soldiers or Ming people die tragically. It was rare to see one of their own being shot and killed in front of their eyes like this.
All of them were like frightened rabbits at this time, trembling with fear. They held long knives and shields in their hands and screamed, calling for the masters who were eating meat over the fire to come over and deal with it.
The messy scene here immediately attracted the attention of the six Qing infantry soldiers over there. They quickly got up, picked up their respective weapons placed beside them, and came to the middle of the road.
Looking from a distance, about sixty or seventy steps away, there are ten knights, three in front and seven in the back. All of them are wearing bright helmets and bright red cloaks. There is no doubt that they are the sentry riders of the Ming army.
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"Boo...hoo..."
Two more arrows flew towards them, but they were easily deflected by the Qing infantry. Looking from a distance, it was obvious that the horses on the opposite side had just sprinted by, and there were faint beads of sweat on their bodies.
One of the cavalry shouted loudly: "Prepare your horses and follow me to kill the dogs."
There was a burst of noisy footsteps, interspersed with the sound of horses neighing, and the auxiliary soldiers and coatmen went to untie the horses' reins.
Four of the six infantrymen here picked up their bows, nocked arrows, and shot at the three Ming army knights.
But the Ming army on the opposite side didn't want to shoot at them, so they drove their horses, turned around and ran away.
The six infantry soldiers cursed angrily, got on their horses, and rode out with four auxiliary soldiers. Behind them were nine armored soldiers. Without waiting for the master's instructions, they rode their horses and followed behind the master. Generally speaking,
Rushed out.
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Yang Qing, the commander of the first armor of the rear sentinel team C, led his brothers in the armor, trotting along the road, gradually getting closer and closer to the entrance of Mafang Village, but there was no movement there, which made him a little anxious.
Then he called two knights in armor, three of them rode in front, and the other seven supported them behind, about two hundred paces apart.
Yang Qing rode his horse and ran all the way, but he didn't see any reaction from the other side. On a whim, he hit the horse and went straight to the village entrance. When he was four hundred steps away from the village entrance, he found a Tatar who looked like an auxiliary soldier on the opposite side and rushed onto the road to watch.
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Unable to hold back, he spurred his war horse and rushed to less than a hundred meters from the village entrance. He bent his bow and nocked an arrow, and with the force of his horse's forward charge, a heavy arrow flew away.
It hit the throat of the auxiliary soldier opposite who came out of the village to watch.
But when he saw seventeen or eight people at the entrance to the village opposite, they had already mounted their horses. Yang Qing did not dare to stay, so he and his companions shot two more arrows, turned around and ran away.
Dust was flying, and dozens of war horses were running rapidly, chasing Yang Qing and the other three.