444. November 17, 2nd year, sunny and thundery, if God helps
On this day, forty miles away from Taiyuan, a team of cavalry is camping here, because the temperature has been rising continuously for several days, the snow is slowly melting, and a strong man walked out of the camp tent and looked into the distance.
"Nayan, the weather is good today, why don't you let me take my brother and go again."
There was a bald man with one blind eye beside the sturdy man who said with an expectant face: "This Liao is like the Song people, and they are vulnerable. ”
"Don't worry, wait until the big guys are full of food and drink."
This sturdy man is the new face of the Hongji Rabu, which is also the meaning of the patriarch, although the Hongji Rabu is not a large part of the grassland, but has always been known for its abundance of beautiful women, his own sister is married to the Great Khan of the Golden Horde, and now he is ordered to lead 20,000 cavalry to bring food, salt and iron to the Khanate.
A few days ago, the Liao army he encountered was not as brave as the legend, and even better than the Song army back then.
Waiting until the third pole of the sun, the sergeant in the tent was full of wine and food, and this Hongji Ra Nayan beckoned: "Sons, go back to the Liao people's waves again!" ”
Those warriors mounted their horses one after another, and let out a whining sound from their mouths, and charged away with Nayan.
The horse's hooves splashed the dirty black snow, and the cavalry of the grassland rushed to a village and town on the edge of Taiyuan City like a black wind blowing on the flat ground.
This place has not been plundered, but the people have been moved in advance, but there are many things in it that are too late to take away, which is exactly what the steppe people need, salt, iron, clothing and food, they are not for the siege of the city but for plunder, naturally they want to enter the village to loot.
But today, when this new Nayan was less than two miles away from the town, he vaguely felt that something was wrong, as for why he didn't have a quasi-letter, anyway, there was an inexplicable feeling, which was probably the sharpness of the eagle on the grassland.
But even if he has a bad feeling, he will never take a step back, because the son of the steppe never knows what it means to retreat.
But at this moment, he suddenly saw that some thatch had been lifted off more than a mile in front of him, revealing a dozen strange-shaped things, which were like tree poles, lying in that place with black holes.
He was proud in his heart, and said in his heart that this Liao army actually took out such a thing that pretended to be a ghost to fool people, how could it be possible to stop this windy steppe cavalry without even rejecting a horse?
But at this moment, the caravan squad held the red flag at the front and waved it vigorously a few times, and all the gunners lit the fuse with their brushes, and as the silver-white smoke rose, the muzzles of the fourteen guns suddenly erupted with scorching flames and loud noises.
When this new Nayan heard the sound, he instinctively controlled the war horse under his crotch for the first time, but it was too late and that it was too fast, and a thing that could not be seen clearly fell at his feet, and then the heat wave and the firelight drowned him in it like the light of the sky, and he completely lost his sense without even feeling a trace of pain.
Then more than a dozen flames burst into the cavalry camp, and those who were affected would be overturned with men and horses, and those who were a little closer would be torn apart by the explosion.
But even if they were not affected by the explosion, the violent sound and light also made the war horse scurry around, and many warriors who were overturned by the explosion would be trampled into the ground by the war horse, and the lucky ones were swept away into the distance, and the unlucky ones were trampled on the body, hands, and legs by the horse's hooves, and the pain of the bone stubble piercing the body made them faint on the spot.
The frightened horses began to run around uncontrollably, frantically trying to shake off the riders behind them, and even the riders who could barely control their horses were disrupted by the other crazy horses.
"Charge!"
Saying that it was too late, Buddha Baonu rushed out with a horse in armor and a horse chopping knife, and the Da Liao cavalry met the chaotic grassland cavalry and killed it.
The cavalry of the Liao State is not as good as the cavalry of the grassland, especially in recent years, it is much different, but now under the advantages of the other, the Liao State has the upper hand, and after a while, the two thousand cavalry as the vanguard were harvested, and then Buddha Baonu took advantage of the victory to chase all the way to chase the remnants of the grassland and kill it.
The cannon behind them also crashed quickly, and the two horses followed the team.
When the cavalry of the Liao State approached the military tent of the grassland people, the people inside thought that their own warriors had returned triumphantly and were about to cheer and greet each other, but when the cavalry arrived in front of them, they found that the people on the horse were soldiers of the Liao State.
In a hurry, the formation was not in order, but they didn't expect that the vanguard of the Liao State suddenly turned their horses and ran back, and the grassland people saw the gap and chased out, but they didn't chase out for long but found that there were more than a dozen strange guys with black holes behind the Liao cavalry, and they didn't think much about it, so they tried to step over and tear apart the vulnerable Liao people as usual.
But at this time, the familiar red flag was raised once, and then the scene just now happened again, only this time there were more cavalry in the grassland, and the chaos caused was even more chaotic.
Just before the grassland had time to reorganize and did not have time to wake up from the sound and light, the cavalry of the Liao State killed again from a distance.
The cavalry of the Liao State rushed into the chaotic steppe cavalry camp like a sharp knife, dividing the steppe cavalry several times their own strength like tearing cloth, and then enclosing them in a small circle like a sheepdog.
After several charges, the cavalry of the Liao State once again came out of the formation of the steppe people, each of them was stained with blood, when they safely evacuated to the rear, a large number of archers outflanked from the flank, the spearmen and archers formed a cage to surround the steppe people, and the cavalry of the Liao State was interspersed with this to drive the cavalry of the steppe into the encirclement.
And at this time, the caravan boss raised his hand: "Change the incendiary bomb!" ”
The back of the carriage immediately set up something like a small trebuchet, all thanks to the whimsy of those carpenters above the eighth level in the workshop, these small trebuchets can throw three or four catties of things one hundred and fifty zhang away, although if it is replaced with stones, the damage is limited, but Xiao Song is mixed with alcohol and grease and phosphorus and white sugar, as long as the glass bottle is broken, everywhere it goes, it is like a snake.
The glass bottles crackled and shattered on the bodies and feet of the steppe people, and one by one they became burning men, and the burning pain turned this place into a human purgatory, and the air was filled with the foul smell of burning proteins, and the screams and wails of men and horses.
"Da Liao Iron Cavalry, charge!" Buddha Baonu swung his sword forward: "Kill these Tartars who have insulted my people!" ”
The Liao infantry advanced steadily, but the Great Song grenadiers, who had run out of ammunition, leaned on to eat.
"Taipan, no wonder the master said let us be careful of this bottle, you don't even let you touch it on weekdays, this thing hurts the heavens and the peace."
The Taipan nodded slowly: "I've seen this thing, it can't be extinguished, it can't be extinguished, it sticks to the body and it is very vicious." ”
He picked up a jar of cans, uncorked it, and began to eat the sweet fruit with the silver spoon he had with him.
The "grenadiers" of the surrounding Great Song Dynasty were all like this, and the Liao soldiers who were guarding them next to them poked their heads curiously and asked in a low voice: "Brother, what is this?" ”
"Can't see? Peaches. The Taipan handed the soldier half of the remaining canned food: "Taste it." ”
Who is not bitter in the soldiers around this place haha, although there is meat and steamed buns in winter, but they can't even see any melons, fruits and vegetables, and even a piece of is extremely painful in the past, but now I see that this Song people still have peaches in their hands? So peaches don't only come in summer?
He took a sip of the soup, the fruity aroma of which instantly soothed his thirsty throat, and then the fruit cut into small pieces was even sweeter and mellow, better than the fresh peaches, crisp and sweet, not to mention, but also very fresh.
"Yo...... Brother, this is a good thing! ”
"Not really." Taipan raised his head and said with a smile: "This is what our master made out for the Great Song soldiers, and everyone will be able to eat fresh fruits in this cold winter in the future." ”
It can be seen that the eyes of the Liao soldiers are full of envy, and he reluctantly returned the empty jar to the Taipan, sighed and said, "I don't know when I will be able to eat it." ”
Taipan laughed and looked ahead: "It's almost there." ”
Buddha Baonu did not come back immediately, she led the army all the way into Xinzhou, which was occupied by the steppe people, and took advantage of the situation to take back Xinzhou, which was already an empty city, and Datong.
Two days later, when the Daliao flag was planted on Datong City again, the Buddha Treasure slave, whose body had reached the limit, collapsed on the city wall, looked at the people in Datong City, and cried bitterly.
"Your Highness...... Are you alright? ”
Buddha Baonu raised his head, wiped away his tears, propped himself on the ground with a horse chopping knife, and gritted his teeth and said: "Rest for three days, and go to the grassland with me!" ”
At this moment, a caravan actually arrived in Datong City before the Da Liao foot soldiers, they brought food, medicine and daily necessities, but it was another Taipan at the head.
He visited the Buddha Baonu as the previous Taipan, and then he said this: "The master said, Datong City is broken, the people in the city are suffering, this time the food and medicine are converted according to seven, in order to fulfill the friendship of the alliance." ”
Buddha Baonu looked at the dusty caravan in front of him, and said in disbelief: "Why are you so fast? ”
"We just followed the route planned by the master and came through the Kingdom of Jin."
"Jin Guo? Can Jin Guo let you come over? ”
"That's natural, our firm has an agreement with the Jin country, and the firm will help the Jin country survive the harsh winter, and they will not interfere with us." After speaking, the Taipan arched his hand to the exhausted Buddha Baonu: "The master also said that the eldest prince has a strong nature, and he must be furious when he sees the people of Datong being ravaged, and if he is cold and penetrates the body, he will be seriously ill, so he asked the prince to bring a bottle of ginseng extract." ”
Buddha Baonu just wanted to be moved, but the Taipan continued: "The master said that the eldest prince is 1,500 yuan. ”
"Song Beiyun!" Buddha Bonu gritted his teeth and patted his thigh.