Chapter 353: Western Expedition (28)
The 800 Tianxiang army, under the command of Lu Chengyu and Wen Tongxiao, urgently ambushed on both sides of the ditch; Liu Duozhe commanded dozens of villagers to pull more than a dozen wagons of wheat straw into the ditch and dump it.
As soon as these things were done, I saw Chen Yiyun, Tu Youmei, and Lai Zhenyue galloping over.
When Lu Chengyu saw Chen Yiyun, Tu Youmei, and Lai Zhenyue, he shouted from afar: "Chen, Tu, and Lai, are you here to deliver the letter?" ”
Chen Yiyu, Tu Youmei, and Lai Zhenyue saw Lu Chengyu standing on a high place waving and shouting to them, and drove over in response.
The three of them drove to Lu Chengyu and came down, and after giving the salute, Chen Yiyun said excitedly: "Master Ma, Miss Minzi asked the Tianxiang Army to step up the ambush here; She and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will soon lure the Tartar soldiers over! ”
When Lu Chengyu saw Chen Yiyun say this, he immediately handed down an order: each squad should be concealed and ambushed according to the previous deployment, and if the Tartar soldiers entered the ambush circle; When he saw the red flag raised on the hillside, he threw an arrow into the ditch and threw burning fire. The sergeants at the top and end of the ditch must be closely guarded, and not let a single Tartar soldier go.
Lu Chengyu's generals immediately descended, and the 800 Tianxiang army and hundreds of villagers hid in the barren grass and trees on both sides of the ditch, just waiting for the arrival of the Liao army.
The Liao army was in full swing chasing Zhao Yuanzuo and Liu Min.
After Zhao Yuanzuo drove his mount away, he rode a horse with Liu Min; Liu Min is in the back and Zhao Yuanzuo is in the front.
Such a location was carefully arranged by Liu Min, and the reason why it is said to be carefully arranged; It's all from the relationship between the two of them, brother and sister.
Zhao Yuanzuo is 17 years old, Liu Min is 14 years old; Both of them are in their prime, and if Zhao Yuanzuo is allowed to sit in the back, then Liu Min will inevitably be in his arms.
And Zhao Yuanzuo is a male who is easy to get up, and when he can't grasp it, he will foul Liu Min; If it wasn't Zhao Heng's concubine, then Zhao Yuanzuo wouldn't have fouled her.
On the contrary, Liu Min has already become Zhao Heng's concubine, and she also knows that she is the queen after Zhao Heng ascended the throne; After Zhao Heng ascended to heaven, Zhang Xianming was the empress dowager, and he had to clean himself and be responsible for the future Emperor Zhenzong.
Liu Min crossed over from the later generations, and Zhao Yuanzuo was deposed, and Song Taizong set up his second son Zhao Yuanyou as the crown prince; But Zhao Yuanyoufu did not ascend to the throne and poured himself to death, and the crown prince's high position fell on the third prince Zhao Heng; She already knew these things, so she had to protect her daughter's body.
Liu Min had to maintain his devotion to Zhao Heng before he ascended the throne, even if Zhao Heng ascended the throne and became Song Zhenzong; Liu Min has never cheated on him for a day.
The problem is that Liu Min is now with Zhao Yuanzuo, and the two are riding on the same horse again - riding a horse is to lure Xiao Tzuyong's Khitan Tartars to the fire of the ditch - if they accidentally fall into the quagmire of love, they will leave a thousand years of hatred.
Therefore, Liu Min arranged for Zhao Yuanzuo to sit in front of her.
Zhao Yuanzuo complained about Liu Min's arrangement to sit in the front, saying that he was a manly man; The horse should be steered in the back; Liu Min is a girl, and it is only right to sit in the front.
Zhao Yuanzuo's mother-in-law did not do what Liu Min intended, but stubbornly jumped off the horse to sit in the back.
Liu Min was so angry that his eyes widened, and he knocked a finger on Zhao Yuanzuo's skull and said fiercely: "Why are you a Raush who can't get on the wall!" ”
Zhao Yuanzuo was knocked dizzy by Liu Min's fingers, and Liu Min reached out and carried Zhao Yuanzuo back onto the horse; Looking back, the two or three hundred Tartar soldiers led by Xiao Tzuyong had already chased after him.
Liu Min asked Zhao Yuanzuo to sit firmly in front of her, and she grabbed the bridle of the horse with one hand to adjust the direction and galloped forward, and the horse with the Mo knife with the sharpened iron like mud in the other hand rushed forward for a while and slowed down.
Xiao Tzuyong saw that Liu Min and Zhao Yuanzuo's horses slowed down, waved the Turkic scimitar in his hand, and the wolf howled and shouted: "Brothers, have you seen it, the horses of the prince of Song are exhausted; Rush forward and capture him alive! ”
Liu Min heard Xiao Tzuyong's shouting from behind, so he said to Zhao Yuanzuo: "Brother Chong didn't see the ravine in front of him, it was a ditch through the hall!" ”
Zhao Yuanzuo replied in front: "Xiao Ke can see the ravine in front!" Aunt Min has come up with some tricky and weird schemes! ”
Liu Min smiled and said, "After we rode into the valley, Minzi deliberately fell down, Brother Chong didn't get off the horse, just rode on top and rushed inside; Hurry to the top of the ditch and someone will be there to meet you! ”
The reason why Liu Min said this was when he told Grandpa Huo to report to Lu Chengyu.
Zhao Yuanzuo heard Liu Min's arrangement, and did not raise any objections, but said solemnly: "Xiao Ke resolutely obeys the order of the little sister, and the little sister asks Yuan Zuo to go east, Yuan Zuo will never go west!" ”
The two had already beaten their horses into the ditch while talking, and Liu Min handed the reins of the horse in his hand to Zhao Yuanzuo; Spotting the bearing, he jumped off his horse with a sharp leap.
Xiao Tzuyong, who was chasing behind, saw Liu Min jump off the horse, while Zhao Yuanzuo rode forward and ran lifelessly; hysterically shouted: "The soldiers are divided into two ways, Tart Mahe Gulu leads people to deal with Huyan Jin'er; The other brothers followed the king to pursue the crown prince of the Song Kingdom! ”
The situation is completely in accordance with Liu Min's pre-set operation.
Liu Min jumped off the horse, galloped forward, sprinted to the middle of the ditch, and then turned around and ran up the hillside.
Xiao Tzuyong led hundreds of Liao troops to chase Zhao Yuanzuo's war horse, and Tart Ma He Gulu led dozens of people to chase Liu Min.
But at this moment Tart Maher grunted suspiciously, and he saw the straw of wheat dumped in the middle of the ditch; Looking around uncertainly, I saw lush barren grass and forests growing on both sides of the ravine, and my heart couldn't help but feel a pang; hurriedly said to the dozens of soldiers behind him: "The king does not listen to dissuasion and blindly wants to capture the prince of Song State alive, which may be a dead end; Ben Tart Horse found that there was an ambush in the valley, didn't he see the wheat straw piled up in the front few places? If the Song army attacks with fire, we will all be burned alive here! ”
A few of the cronies of the tart Mahe immediately gathered around him and said, "What should I do, Lord Tart! ”
"Immediately turn around and rush out!" Tart Maher grunted and said, "Rushing out is the way to live, and if you go late, you will have to die here!" ”
Dozens of soldiers of the Liao army who followed Tart Ma He's grunt heard what Tart Ma said, and hurriedly gathered together and turned back and rushed out of the valley.
Liu Min saw dozens of people suddenly rushing out of the ditch with a tart Mahe, knowing that they had found an ambush; He took off his repeating crossbow bolt and shot the arrow cluster, but the tart Mach ignored it; Anxious like a fish that has slipped through the net, he rushed out of the ditch in a panic.
Liu Min saw that Tart Ma Hegu led dozens of Liao soldiers to rush to the outside of the ravine, and hurriedly shouted to the top of the hillside: "Master Ma, quickly send someone to block the mouth of the ditch, you can't let a Tartar soldier escape!" ”
Lu Chengyu saw Liu Min jumping off his horse on the hillside, and in his impatience, he raised the red flag in his hand and waved it, only to hear the firing of thousands of cannons on both sides of the ravine; Firebolts, rockets, and earth-shattering thunderstorms poured down into the ditch......