Chapter 16: The Ambush Succeeds
Zhu Yuanzhang clutched the long knife in his hand and looked at the entrance of Tulei Ditch uneasily. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info he stood just in time to see the whole view of the entrance, and if the Tartar light horse arrived, he would not be missed. However, from the time Zhu Yuanzhang led his troops here a day ago, until all the ambush preparations were completed this morning, not to mention seeing the Tartar cavalry with his own eyes, even the sentry subordinates did not have any useful news to send back.
Did Zhu Yuanzhang get more and more nervous, and a third of the long knife in his hand had been pressed into the ground unconsciously.
"Commander! Commander! Tartar is coming! Here comes a sentry soldier from afar, and the excitement on his face quickly infected everyone, including Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up, and he immediately drew his knife and got up, grabbed the sentry and asked, "How many people are here!?"
"Contrary to what the Commander had commanded, this team walked very carefully, and it seemed that there were less than seven hundred men. ”
Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed when he heard this. Because he understands that this Tartar cavalry must be the one mentioned by Brother Zhang.
The Tartar marched so slowly, he must have been frightened by Brother Zhang's ruthless cleanup! Tsk, there are less than seven hundred left in a thousand horses, if I can have Brother Zhang's immortal ability, let alone in the rivers and lakes, why is it difficult to compete for a place in this world!?
The more Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it, the more arrogant he became, and he waved his hand and shouted loudly: "Pass the order, each team will prepare quickly, and when the Tartars enter the Tulei Ditch, listen to my orders." Remember, don't startle the enemy, and you can't let go of any of them after you do it!"
Master Xu's worries became smaller and smaller, especially after knowing that he would be able to enter the Dingyuan Realm after another five miles through this earth thunder ditch. Dadu is no longer as cautious as he was two days ago. As the commander of a thousand soldiers, he knows the military role of this earth mine ditch, and he also knows how close this place is to Nadingyuan, if any rebel army dares to set up an ambush here, I am afraid that the reinforcements from Dingyuan will be able to arrive before they can start fighting.
Just as the two of them were immersed in a growing sense of security and gradually relaxed their vigilance, an arrow was shot at the Tulei Gully, and the target was Dadu's head.
Dadu also killed step by step from ordinary cavalry to the position of the commander of a thousand horses, if the other party was the silver-armored monster before, it would be forgotten, this kind of ordinary sneak attack arrow, although the strength of the head was good, but he was still easily cut away by pulling out his knife. Dadu raised his eyes and glared at the top of the mountain wall, looked at the dozens of figures with bows and arrows, and sneered: "It's really interesting, there are really eyes to rush to death!
Dadu didn't take Zhu Yuanzhang's ambush soldiers, who estimated that there were at most hundreds of people, in his eyes, the other party used a bow instead of a crossbow, first of all, the power of this long-range weapon would be discounted, plus the quality of the rebels has always been uneven, and he was a fast horse and a light horse, how could he be shot except for an accidental move? Since someone had to send it to the door to relieve his courage, and even Master Xu gritted his teeth to take out his anger on these stupid rebels, how could Dadu mind taking a little more detour to cut off some ears to calculate his combat exploits?
Seven hundred horsemen suddenly accelerated, the horsepower of the military horse has always been the pride of the Yuan army, and Zhu Yuanzhang on the top of the mountain is very clear about this, so since he shot the first arrow to try to sneak attack, he has not let his subordinates shoot.
Zhu Yuanzhang calmly stared at the stirring dust in the ditch and the Yuan cavalry that rushed forward, until he confirmed that the last horse had completely entered the Tulei ditch, then he suddenly pulled out the red scarf on his waist and waved it up and down three times.
The dense explosion of crackling horns quickly filled the earth mine ditch, and countless broken stones and broken soil fell from the sky, successfully blocking the earth mine ditch from end to end. Master Xu began to scream, and Dadu began to wonder where his opponent had obtained all this amount of gunpowder, but they did not have enough time to get a useful answer, because many stones began to roll down from both sides of the mountain wall with the sound of explosions that did not stop.
Dadu gritted his teeth and shouted: "Pay attention to avoiding stones, and release arrows upwards, so that those traitors know what our grassland athletes' bows and arrows are like!"
Zhu Yuanzhang, who had just swung the red cross twice, began to put a second arrow on the crossbow in his hand, and at the same time ordered: "Pass the order, all god crossbowmen must aim and shoot again, save arrows! Continue to light the rest of the **, it will rain stones!"
A one-sided ambush that was completely unexpected by the Yuan cavalry officially began, and then ended in a very short time.
The Yuan army in Dingyuan did not send troops to help, because they saw the smoke and dust of the cavalry billowing outside the city rushing towards Dingyuan, and because their commander had been enjoying himself in the mansion, he did not give any instructions to send troops to aid at all. The relationship between General Dingyuan and that Jialu was mediocre, so even if the Dingyuan defenders clearly heard the unique movement of arrows in Jialu's camp, they still chose to ignore the city.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Yan Xiaowu, who only brought a dozen horses and dragged countless branches, went to feint and confuse the enemy, and met in Tuleigou. Looking at the arrow wounds on Yan Xiaowu's face, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and hooked Yan Xiaowu's shoulders and said, "If you can't find a wife because of these wounds, I, Zhu Yuanzhang, will definitely call the shots for you as long as I live!"
Yan Xiaowu grinned and said, "Then Xiaowu is all up to the eldest brother!"
"Of course, our brothers, I, as a brother, naturally have to make decisions for you!" Zhu Yuanzhang was in a very good mood, thinking of the head and waist card of the commander on his horseback, he secretly said in his heart: It would be good if Brother Zhang's crossbow machine would not be automatically damaged, with such crossbows in hand, why worry about the Yuan army riding and shooting? Bah, bah, I am greedy! Brother Zhang said that the wisdom of the people has not been opened, and it is not the best policy to teach fish and fish.
Thinking of Zhang Yun, Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly asked Yan Xiaowu: "What about Brother Zhang?"
Yan Xiaowu's smile fell, like a child who had done something wrong, and he held back for a while before telling the truth.
It turned out that after Zhang Yun ghostly entered Dingyuan, he soon reappeared to help Yan Xiaoyi, but then he left only a strip of cloth and never returned, and Yan Xiaowu didn't know much words, and he had nowhere to find Zhang Yun, so he had to bring the strip of cloth to see Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, hurriedly unfolded the cloth and read: "Brother Yuanzhang, my brother has something important to investigate urgently, so he took the first step. The head of Haozhou has no room for anyone, and the reason for this will soon be revealed. If you want to fight for a place in troubled times, you need to stand on your own and recruit credible people. You and I are brothers, Zhang Yun will not give up halfway, this time, there will naturally be a period in the future. ”