Chapter Eighty-Six: Thunderstorms
Qi Liang shouted angrily: "Cut down the tree on the top of the mountain, don't leave a single leaf, the larger the range, the better!" "He didn't have the courage to go down the mountain to face the Mongol cavalry now.
The archers and pikemen were on guard in front, and all the swordsmen came up to cut down the trees, but fortunately they woke up early, otherwise they would have become coke in the peasant uncle's house! Qi Liang was scared for a while.
The whole plan blames himself for his greed, otherwise he would not be in this predicament, Qi Liang reviewed himself, he could not divide the troops casually under the condition of lack of credit in the ancient war, and the book of soldiers: Dividing the troops is a taboo for soldiers! That's how it should be.
Qi Liang thought about it carefully, why did the Mongolian cavalry find him? And so accurately? Isn't it impossible to say that the opening of your own headquarters is not hidden?
After cutting down some of the trees, Qi Liang ordered to set fire to the withered grass on the mountain, and Lu Huixiang asked in surprise: "Shizi! Isn't that playing with fire**? Many people like him are puzzled.
Qi Liang pointed to the hollowed out place and asked: "The trees here have been cut down, and the side has been protected, first burn these dead grasses to make a piece of land, and when the enemy sets fire again, will there be anything combustible here?" ”
Lu Huixiang suddenly arched his hand: "The son of the world is wise!" The others praised one after another, but Qi Liang was not pleased, but deeply blamed himself for hurting everyone, and ordered: "Let the soldiers hurry up!" ”
The big trees and small trees were cut down one by one, and they were all dragged out of the defensive circle, and after a fire, a large circle gradually became empty on the top of the mountain, and the black and bare even weeds were gone. The Mongol cavalry under the mountain wondered why the Wu army set fire to it by itself?
At the time of the unitary, there was the last afterglow left in the sky, and all the fire oil and arrows of the Mongolian cavalry were ready, and they did not give Wu Jun time again, and the sharp arrows with flames shot into the sky in rows, and fell into the woods after turning beautifully in the sky.
After a while, thick smoke billowed from the mountain, and the flames lit everywhere crackled, and then the flames joined together to form a sea of fire reflecting the red sky, and black smoke was rolling.
Now there is no need to worry about the Mongolian cavalry charge, all the Wu troops began to retreat to the top of the mountain, and when Lu Huixiang retreated, he ordered to set fire to the trees at the foot of the mountain to prevent the Mongolian cavalry from approaching and shooting, Qi Liang appreciated it very much.
The open space at the top of the hill was enough for 8,000 people, but the soldiers were still desperately cutting down trees to make room for manoeuvre. With such a dense crowd, a volley of Mongol cavalry was a live target when they could get close.
The fire burned overnight, and Wu Jun was also smoked overnight, and more than 200 people were burned to varying degrees. After dawn, the fire was still spreading and burning, Qi Liang estimated that the fire would have to burn for a whole day before it was extinguished, and he was not worried that the Mongolian cavalry would attack, but he wondered why no reinforcements appeared after a night? Wu Yinglin's rearguard was only half a day's journey away, and Yuezhou's mansion was only a day's journey from here, could it be that the heralds sent back hadn't delivered the letter asking for help? Haven't the spies who are attacking everywhere yet discovered the predicament of the headquarters?
The whole sky was full of smoke, the mountain couldn't see what was under the mountain, and the situation on the mountain couldn't be clear, the water and food of the troops could last for two days, Qi Liang longed for the appearance of the rescue force, but he hoped that it was Wu Yinglin instead of Hu Guozhu, otherwise it would really be a flying duck and an egg - two empty heads!
The fire burned all morning, the hills were basically burned bald, the situation became serious, and without obstacles, Qi Liang was worried that the troops would be able to withstand the impact of the Mongol cavalry, who were good at cavalry and shooting?
At noon, the wind and clouds suddenly rose, the spring weather was like a doll's face said to change, a burst of spring thunder followed by a pouring rain, followed by lightning and thunder, a lightning like a silver snake from time to time to cut through the sky, rolling thunder in the pouring rain all the people were drenched in the heart.
The fire was extinguished, Qi Liangxin was busy but not worried about the Mongolian cavalry but thunder and lightning, and said quickly: "Listen to the order!" Everyone take off their armor and hats, put down their swords, guns, arrows and crossbows, and discard all copper and iron products! "He's already scrambling to remove his armor.
Everyone was inexplicable, Qi Liang took off his helmet and slapped a guard next to him, and scolded: "What are you still doing? Still not ready to take it off? ”
The guards were ignorant, Qi Liang scolded the others to take it off, and then stood on a high place and yelled viciously: "This is an order!" Those who do not listen to orders will be killed! Then, while ordering the sergeants to remove their armor, he instructed them to put their swords, guns, bows and arrows neatly in one place in the unit of "multiplication", so that they could be easily taken when something happened. One multiplication is 100 people.
The thunder and lightning flashed one after another, and Lu Huixiang ran up and asked anxiously: "Shizi!" What is this for? ”
Qi Liang grabbed him and couldn't help but say, "Take off your armor quickly!" ”
Lu Huixiang broke free and said angrily: "Shizi! Do you want me to surrender or wait for me to be slaughtered? ”
What kind of conduction, what kind of electric shock, how can you make Qi Liang clear for a while? If you make it clear, who would believe that if you hold something with iron, you will be electrocuted? "Lu Qianhu! I order you to take off your armor and put your knife away! Otherwise, it will be killed! Qi Liang's face was gloomy.
Lu Huixiang frowned angrily and pointed to the bottom of the mountain: "The Qing army is about to attack, how can you let us put down our swords and guns to fight the enemy?" ”
Qi Liang wiped the rain on his face and opened his eyes to look, sure enough, the Mongolian cavalry was moving, but it was only moving on a small scale, and his complexion slowed down slightly: "Lu Qianhu can bring five hundred soldiers to meet the enemy, and the others have to obey the order to unload their armor and disperse!" ”
Alas! Lu Huixiang felt that Qi Liang was unreasonable and turned away. More than 200 Mongol cavalry rushed up the mountain in the rain, and the mud of the road, the obstacles of broken branches and trees, and the blowing of wind and rain made them seem to be less than half as fast as usual.
That's a great target! Lu Huixiang said coldly: "Get closer, shoot them all to death!" He vented all his dissatisfaction with Qi Liang on this group of Mongolian cavalry.
The Mongol cavalry was getting closer and closer, and at the sound of his order, bursts of sharp arrows were shot in the wind and rain, and the Mongol cavalry felt that it was not rain when they had fallen most of them, and the rest turned their horses' heads and quickly retreated!
After the defeat retreated, the Mongol cavalry moved in full force, and they rushed with their scimitars and shouting.
"Shizi! The Qing army is attacking! "The guards reported that the soldiers were in a commotion, and some people wanted to get knives and guns.
At this time, the thunder was louder, the electricity was brighter, and a lightning bolt "snapped" and exploded, like a white dragon flying out of the ground.
"Listen to me! I say take a weapon, take a weapon! Qi Liang roared violently, the rain flowed down his cheeks and into his mouth, he didn't care about it at all, just stared at the front, thinking that if the Qing army ran nearly a hundred meters, no matter how dangerous the thunder and lightning were, he had to let the soldiers take weapons.
A few more lightning flashes exploded in the galloping Mongolian cavalry formation, and more than 100 Mongolian cavalry companies with horses were knocked to the ground, and suddenly, the Mongolian cavalry was in chaos.
Qi Liang was pleasantly surprised: "It's done!" "Everyone was frightened by the lightning bolts, and he was the only one who was fine.
There was still lightning in the sky, and the Mongolian cavalry trembled, thinking that the heavens were helping the Wu army, and the destiny of heaven was inviolable, and they retreated in panic, but there was still lightning chasing them to blow up!
Looking at the Mongolian cavalry Qi Liang who fled in a hurry, he laughed, and all the soldiers looked at him in surprise, could it be that the prince knew that this would be the case? Why did Thor only split the Qing army and not us? Only the gods could do it, and they were even more sure when they thought of Qi Liang's strange behavior before. A person who patted his ass knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "The son of heaven descends to earth, and he is brave and invincible!" Then everyone knelt down and shouted, "The gods of the world have descended to earth!" Invincible! The son of heaven descends to earth! Invincible! ”
Qi Liang was stunned, where is this? Remembering a slogan of Sun Yat-sen, the forerunner of the revolution in later generations, he raised his arms and shouted: "Drive out the Tatars and restore China!" ”
All the people shouted: "Expel the Tatars and restore China!" Exorcise the Tartars! Restore China! "The shouts rang out in the sky!
Immediately afterwards, Qi Liang sent two groups of spies to follow the retreating Mongol cavalry, and after receiving the confirmed news, he ordered his troops to descend the mountain. At this time, no one dared to disobey his orders, Lu Huixiang ran up guilty and pleaded, and Qi Liang comforted him.