The guard's face didn't know whether it was excitement or panic, and he stammered. Yao Chunyong was greatly reassured and gave the guy a hard kick: "You can't even speak clearly, disturbing my sweet dream, Gushan
What does it have to do with us if the fort is on fire?"
Although he said this, he still walked out of the barracks.
At this time, he found that many people around his camp were looking in the direction of Gushan Fort. Although the Ming Dynasty's Gushan Fort camp had retreated several miles to Phoenix City, it no longer stood in front of the gate of Gushan Fort.
, However, during the day, the outline of Gushan Fort can still be clearly seen in the camp.
But at this moment, the sky in the direction of Gushan Fort was red. Even if you were not close, you could imagine how big a fire broke out in Gushan Fort and how the entire Gushan Fort was burned.
"Send the order, the entire battalion is on the highest alert!"
Yao Chunyong ordered without hesitation that no matter what happened, no matter whether the Tatars were causing trouble or not, it was always right for the whole camp to be on alert.
"Anyone, anywhere who finds traces of Tatars, please alert them immediately!"
He said loudly: "The entire legion artillery battalion has entered the battle, and the artillery teams of each battalion must be ready to fire at any time, waiting for orders from the Chinese army!"
Following his order, the entire Gushan Fort camp suddenly turned into a nervous hedgehog. Once the wind blows, it will grow into a ball. Unfortunately, it remained tense for most of the night, until the sky gradually turned dark.
Neither Liang nor Yao Chunyong received warning signals from the areas defended by each battalion.
In the morning light, the outline of Gushan Fort in the distance is vaguely visible. The fire all over the sky has disappeared, replaced by a puff of thick smoke. There is wind in the wilderness in the morning, but the wind in the wilderness seems to have a huge impact on the sky.
The thick smoke had no effect, or maybe it did, but the wind slightly dispersed the smoke, and the gaps where the smoke dispersed were filled by more smoke.
The Gushan Fort was definitely still burning, Yao Chunqiu was very sure, but now that it was dawn, those monstrous flames could not be seen so clearly from the distance he promised.
He has never revoked the alert order, but he has no intention of sending anyone to check what happened in Gushan Fort. With the intensity of the fire last night, it doesn't matter if there are people within a mile of Gushan Fort.
The fire was not completely burned, and as for the living people, there probably wouldn't be any living people under such a fire.
Who set the fire?
The answer is almost obvious. Except for the Tartars themselves, no one will set off such a big fire. And now that the plague is spreading in the Tartars, burning everything that may be contaminated with the plague is the way to deal with the plague.
If you send someone to check the situation, wouldn't it be like running head-on into those Tatars who set fire to it?
Anyway, no matter how many Tatars there are, no matter what they want to do, as long as the defense line of Gushanbao Camp is there, they can never think of overstepping the limit.
Yao Chunyong had figured out this joint last night, so the next thing would be much easier to handle.
Put your troops and horses on guard duty in batches, be on guard when they should be on guard, eat, drink and sleep when they should be, maintain sufficient physical strength and energy, and just wait and see what tricks the Tatars will do.
The fire at Gushan Fort burned for four full days. On the fifth day, the gradually fading black smoke over Gushan Fort in the distance completely disappeared, and Yao Chunyong did not need to send anyone to check on the Tatars.
The situation is clear. Two or three miles in front of the Gushanbao camp, a group of Tartar troops is gradually taking shape.
In the past four days, the people in the Ming army's camp watched these Tartar soldiers and horses coming one after another, and then slowly increased in number, and then they began to set up tents, tents, and camps.
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In fact, it is not a big camp, at most it is a concentration of tents. A complete big camp must at least have basic defenses to resist enemy attacks. However, the trees around Gushan Fort have long been
They were chopped down cleanly by the Ming army. Even when they were older, they were moved away by the Ming army to build their own defenses. This Tartar army, which seemed to have come from afar, could not only dig mud to make a soil
To build a wall for defense, they couldn't even find the wood or stones to build a wall or fence.
How shabby!
The Tartar troops simply did not build walls or fences, so that in the Ming army camp, even those with good eyesight who did not need clairvoyance could see the Tartars coming in and out of the opposite side.
That's right, the entire Ming army camp just looked at each other's actions with cold eyes, no eyes or any communication.
At this distance, except for the three-pounder cannon, it has reached the range of the six-pounder cannon and the rapid-fire cannon. From the opposite side to the Ming army camp, there are at least five deep trenches that are enough to block the Tartars.
The cavalry's death-defying charge, if the Tartars really wanted to harm the Ming army's camp, I believe that the Ming army from top to bottom would be very happy to see their heroic charge and heroic death.
This is simply a waste of military merit, who wouldn't be happy!
Unfortunately, the Tartars did not show any signs of attacking the Ming army camp. They just gathered in the wilderness in front of Gushan Fort, and they continued to gather until the officer who observed and counted the flags and number of the Tartars reported to Yao Chunyong,
The number of Tatar soldiers and horses that could be seen exceeded 10,000, and Yao Chunyong finally began to face the Tatar soldiers and horses in front of him.
What is happening to Gushan Fort now is no longer in his consideration. However, if Gushan Fort is really burned down by fire, although all the former defenders are gone, the same plague is gone. With a little repair,
This huge military fortress can still be a strong fortress.
After tidying it up, it won't be a problem to put three to five thousand people in it.
In that case, plus the Tartars in front of his camp, it would be hard to say how many Tartar soldiers and horses there are, let alone how many Tartar soldiers and horses there are in the place where the Ming army cannot see them.
Keep coming here.
Are you finally unable to hold it any longer?
Yao Chunyong decisively asked for help from Zhenjiang Fort and was prepared to deal with a war at any time. At least, he wanted Phoenix City and Zhenjiang Fort to know clearly what was happening here. Once a battle broke out, his Gushan Fort camp
It would be difficult not to come into contact with the Tatars. In that case, the entire Gushanbao camp would be in danger of being infected by the plague.
To use the words of the Civil Affairs Office, the entire Gushanbao camp will also be quarantined.