Chapter 34: The Night Attack of the Horse Bandits

When the team marched to the junction of Timur and Yili Jiangli, Shi Heng ordered to set up camp for a short rest before entering Timur's territory, the reason was very simple, to let Timur see the energetic Ming soldiers, which was a diplomatic military deterrent, so the team set up on a plateau called Shuanglongpo to stop and recuperate.

Zhu Jianwen kept replacing a brocade robe, which was a symbol of his prince of Wu, and every time he met courtiers or foreign guests came to meet, he turned into the identity of the prince of Wu, tightly ensuring the grace of his prince of Wu**. Everyone didn't have much opinion on this, after all, the royal bloodline was constantly severed, and Zhu Jianwen was no longer as arrogant as before. Lu Yunzhi, Fang Qingze, Qu Xiangtian and the three of them watched Zhu Jianwen get dressed over and over again under the lamp, and in the house they saw the appearance of Timur's Great Khan in the future, constantly simulating the scene of talking with local officials. The three of them showed a hint of a smile, and Fang Qingze said, "Old Zhu, why are your clothes so thin." Zhu Jianwen didn't hear the sarcasm in Fang Qingze's tone, and hurriedly put the brocade robe in front of the lamp to watch it carefully, and finally muttered: "Where?" Is it something that is about to wear out? You can't lose my Ming prestige. ”

Qu Xiangtian drank a bowl of wine and said with a smile: "Qing Ze is ridiculing you, it's not that it's worn out somewhere, it's that the whole clothes are thin, even if it's made of steel, it can't withstand your hundreds of back-and-forth try-ons." Zhu saw that Fang Qingze glanced at him and scolded: "you, profiteer." Lu Yunzhi sat close to the lamp, although he is not as addicted to alcohol as Qu Xiangtian, but he can also change the cup with him. Lu Yunzhi raised the bowl with his right hand and touched one with Qu Xiangtian Qingze, and then drank it all and said: "Let's turn off the lights and rest, everyone outside the tent is also asleep, and we have to hurry tomorrow morning." Fang Qingze said approvingly: "This is reasonable, after entering their land tomorrow, I will have to start trading, but I have to raise my spirit." Zhu Jianwen laughed and said: "You sell things, don't take Lu Yunzhi with you, you look so old, people really think you are his father." Lu Yunzhi and Fang Qingze beat Zhu Jianwen and scolded with laughter.

Qu Xiangtian hugged the wine jar and drank two sips, wiped his mouth with his cuffs, blew out the lamp, and the four of them fell asleep, snoring one after another for a while, Lu Yunzhi was really not used to it at first, but after so many years, if there was no voice from those three people, Lu Yunzhi was really a little unaccustomed.

In his sleep, Lu Yunzhi returned to his hometown and returned to his parents, grandma brought a bowl of hot water for herself, and she slowly drank the sweet taste of the water, it must be because grandma added sugar to herself, grandma still loves herself so much. The father kept nodding his head, letting Lu Yunzhi recite the books he had read over and over again, while the mother was waiting for the sewing of clothes and looked at herself and her father lovingly, and a little girl sitting on the bed, Lu Yunzhi asked, "Who are you?" "I'm your sister!" The little girl replied, and Lu Yunzhi couldn't help but leave tears and repeated over and over again: "Sister, you have grown so big, it's so good, it's so good." The family of five was so happy in the dim light, when suddenly the lights flickered, and the sound of horses' hooves was loud, and a Mongolian soldier rushed into the courtyard, and he drew his bow and shot an arrow right at his father. flew forward to rescue him, but the skills he learned became a useless ability, and he became a soft-footed shrimp for a while, and Lu Yunzhi was shameless and angry, but he couldn't make it anxious for a while. The sound of horses' hooves was still thinking, getting closer and closer.

Lu Yunzhi opened his eyes and gasped for breath, two tears slipped from the corners of his eyes, as soon as he calmed down, he felt that there were indeed bursts of horses' hooves in the distance, although it was obvious that the horse's hooves were wrapped in cloth to prevent making sounds, but the five senses cultivated in the ghost hunt were opened and extremely sensitive and played a role, Lu Yunzhi turned over and listened attentively, and suddenly shouted in his heart that it was not good, someone must have attacked the camp at night, at this time the sound of horses' hooves had gradually advanced, and Qu Xiangtian Qingze Zhu saw and heard that the four people also heard and stopped snoring, One turned over and stood up. The four of them grabbed their weapons and walked out of the tent, and many of their fellow men outside the tent also walked out of the tent one after another, all holding weapons in their hands.

Shi Heng obviously had just been woken up, and he still looked a little sleepy-eyed, although he was a little flustered, he also commanded the soldiers calmly with the true character of a general, but although the soldiers of the fifth military camp had high military quality, they were also sleeping upside down at this time, and they were a little flustered for a while. At this moment, hundreds of knights rode into the camp from the side of the camp, and before the soldiers could arrange their formation, they were already overturned by the charging people. One of the sergeants shouted: "It's a Mongolian soldier, it's a Mongolian soldier!" "The combat effectiveness of the Mongolian soldiers is indeed extremely strong, they are all cavalry, and they are very mobile, and since they are a nation on horseback, it is natural that everyone is much stronger than the Han people in riding horses, and the most lethal is their riding and archery. Mongolian soldiers can quickly shoot arrows on horseback while riding horses, and shoot arrows with bows in one go, which is especially a headache for the Ming soldiers, because such a method of warfare allows them to occupy the advantage of distance. Later, the Ming generals practiced equestrianism diligently and finally were able to compete with the Mongolian soldiers, and the layman did not know the depth of the insider, and only after he learned the exquisite equestrianism did he find that the Mongolian iron horseman's personal quality was strong. The cavalry of the Ming army was finally able to shoot arrows accurately in the run through hard work, but it was necessary to pay attention to the terrain, and generally dared to spread the reins and bend the bow and shoot arrows when running on a flat road or uphill, while the Mongol soldiers were different, they could in any situation, jumping uphill and downhill during running, and even at the moment when the horse fell. Cavalry is already more mobile than infantry, and with their superb archery skills, it is not difficult to understand why the Mongol iron cavalry was able to walk on every inch of the Central Plains. In the border border, hundreds of people are often beaten by more than a dozen Mongolian soldiers, the Mongols are not good at production, so they can only live by grazing and plundering, Lu Yunzhi is also because of the Mongolian cavalry will be in Beijing, what is the world is not only this Lu Yunzhi, compared to those people, Lu Yunzhi can be said to be much luckier.

Although the Mongolian soldiers are so powerful, but the soldiers of the five military battalions are not vegetarians, and immediately after panicking, they set up an iron bucket array to encircle the Mongolian soldiers, after all, the Ming army has the advantage in numbers, and once it is encircled, shrinking the encirclement can destroy the mobility of the cavalry, and eat away at the enemy in the way of eliminating speed, which is indeed the most correct choice at present. Qu Xiangtian asked, "General Shi, how can you see that it is a Mongolian soldier?" Shi Heng was a little puzzled why Qu Xiangtian asked: "Close to Yili Sholi, it's not what the Mongolian soldiers are, the most important thing is the sound of the bow and arrow breaking through the air, the sound is very loud, it means that it is a bow and arrow with one stone and two buckets, the Han bandits can't pull such a heavy bow, even our sergeants can't, they can only use a bow of seven buckets and nine buckets, who are not Mongolians?" Do you suspect that it was Timur's return? Qu Xiangtian shook his head and said, "But you see that they all have red ropes wrapped around their reins, which doesn't seem to be the habit of the Mongols." Shi Heng couldn't help but sigh when he looked at it, but immediately said, "No matter who it is, destroy them first." With that, he continued to plunge into the fight.