The nights in Liaodong were exceptionally cold.
With the arrival of the Little Ice Age, the night temperature in the northeast had dropped below zero in October.
The city gate of Guang Ning City opened quietly, and soldiers lined up to leave the city.
Although there was no fire, the moon in the sky was covered by dark clouds.
However, they did not have night blindness, so they could see clearly even in the dark.
In order to ensure the success of this night attack, the line infantry unit had sent out a total of three battalions, a total of three thousand people.
They would be divided into battalions and march towards the Slave Construction encampment in three directions.
Meanwhile, Zhu Zhen was also prepared.
At dawn, he led more than 2,000 cavalrymen to attack the Slave Building Camp in the east.
They were very accurate in terms of timing and could ensure that they launched their attacks at the same time.
This was mainly due to the powerful messenger pigeons.
The communication between the troops was smooth and efficient.
Slave Jian's main camp was located on a nameless hill in the eastern part of the city.
At this moment, their main camp was brightly lit, and many Jian Slave soldiers and Han Chinese were cleaning up the camp.
After the scouts killed off the Slave Jian sentries, they quickly discovered the abnormality.
"Not good, these wild boar skins are running away.”
"Quickly report this news to the follow-up troops.”
In Slave Jian's central tent, Dalhan had a bad feeling for some reason, and his heart was beating very fast.
However, he did not take it to heart.
He just thought that he was a little anxious today, and it was caused by not resting well.
"How are the preparations going? How long will it take to clean up?"
" We still need about an hour," Mellor said." We have more wounded soldiers this time. We didn't prepare enough stretchers, so the transfer was slower.”
" Don't worry about those wounded Han dogs," Darhan said with a frown." Speed up."”
"Tsk!"
Now, the entire Jurchen looked down on the Han people.
He wasn't surprised by Darhan's order.
"Boom boom…"
Darhan, who had suddenly closed his eyes to rest for a while, suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the ground.
At this moment, the ground was shaking slightly, and small grains of sand and stones were jumping along with the vibration.
"Not good, the cavalry is attacking at night."
Just as this thought appeared in his mind, he heard a roar coming from not far away.
A total of 20 6-pound cavalry cannons were firing at the camp about 500 meters away.
Zhu Heng didn't hope that these cannons could kill many Slave Jian.
Their main purpose was to intimidate and at the same time, throw the Slave Creation Camp into chaos.
One by one, the bombs exploded in the camp.
A loud noise resounded throughout the entire camp.
Although the explosive grenade was not very powerful, it caused a lot of noise.
Moreover, the target of the artillery this time was the horses, not the people.
The cannonball landed among the horses.
Although only a few of them hit the camp where a large number of horses were stationed, it was enough.
The huge explosion and flames were particularly eye-catching in the night.
The Ma Qun immediately fell into chaos.
Even though these warhorses had undergone strict training.
However, as long as one horse was startled, it would spread like dominoes to the entire herd.
Moreover, there was more than one horse that was frightened this time.
The riot of the horses caused the camp to fall into greater chaos.
A large number of frightened warhorses pulled down their ropes and began to run in panic.
Many of the soldiers wanted to stop them, but they were mercilessly trampled by the horse hooves.
The neighing of horses, the cries of soldiers, screams, curses, and the sounds of artillery shells exploding mixed together.
At this time, the Han people could no longer tolerate it.
The siege battle during the day had made them tense up like a thin string, ready to snap at any moment.
And this time, the warhorse chaos had become a sharp blade that cut this thin string.
A mutiny broke out, and the agitated Han raised their sabers and began to resist.
They also understood that it was the Ming army in Guang Ning City that attacked the camp. Only then would they have a chance to live and not die in the chaos.
Thus, the entire Slave Building Camp was in chaos.
Especially the sudden mutiny of the Han people.
Slave Jian was caught off guard.
Darhan was burning with rage as he shouted hoarsely,"Kill, kill all these Han dogs, leave no one alive!”
"Kill…"
A deafening shout rang out around the camp as soldiers charged forward with their rifles.
On the other side of the camp, a cavalry charged into the camp with their sabers raised.
The sabers slashed across the bodies of the panicked soldiers, cutting them down to the ground.
Not long after, Darhan gathered a troop of several hundred people and began to break out of the encirclement.
However, the arrival of the cavalry regiment made them fall into despair.
"Kill! Kill the enemy with me!"
Dalhan had a determined expression on his face. He raised the large saber in his hand and charged at the cavalry.
Unable to escape, he decided to launch a Death Charge.
In his dictionary, there was only the word 'die in battle' on the way to charge, not the word 'surrender'.
The night raid on the Slave Building camp lasted for four hours and ended at four in the morning.
Meanwhile, the other two troops that attacked the camp missed.
Slave Jian from the West City and South City camps had already taken advantage of the night to set up camp in this camp.
It was precisely because of this that the night raid had lasted for so long.
After all, there were thousands of Slave Jian in this camp.
Zhu Wu and Zhu Zhen came over together and said in unison,""Milord, we didn't fail our mission. Our troops wiped out all of the Jian slaves in the camp. We've already killed Commander Da Er Han, and only a hundred or so people escaped.”
Zhu Heng was very satisfied after hearing this result.
"Very good. How are the losses of our troops?"
A trace of sadness flashed across Zhu Wu's eyes.""Our troops suffered over eight hundred casualties, with four hundred of them dying in battle.”
This number of casualties was somewhat beyond Zhu Heng's expectations.
One had to know that they had the upper hand in this attack.
He did not expect the casualties to be so high.
These Slave Jian weren't easy to deal with.
However, they had won, and their sacrifice was worth it.
After annihilating the group of Jian Slaves, the entire Liaoxi region was under their control.
"Huang Taiji, let's see how you're going to return to Shengjing this time.”
"Sir, other than these Jian Slaves, there are nearly 2,000 Han people who have surrendered. What should we do with them?" Zhu Zhen asked.”
Zhu Heng thought for a moment and then said,"Choose the strong ones and put them into the reserve team. The rest will be locked up first."”
"After we take down the surrounding areas, we can just settle them down. In the future, we still need them to contribute to the construction of Liaoxi.”
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