Chapter 62: The Artillery of the Total Annihilation of the Tartars One Shift
Zu Keyong obeyed Lin Yi's order, with three personal entourage, came out from the back of the forest, pulled the war horse and walked how far before he dared to fly on the horse, and the four people beat the horse and flew away.
Of course, they had to return along the original road, and ran out of more than 20 miles in one go, and then they stopped their horses, the reason was that they didn't know how to make a detour, Zu Keyong and the others were not familiar with this area, and the detour could not go too far, if the time was delayed, Lu Xiangsheng and they were ambushed, and the consequences were unimaginable.
So they slowed down their horses and left Lin Yi, Zu Keyong felt that this matter stumped him, and asked him to kill the enemy and charge, now he doesn't know where the road is going, he can't bump around like a headless fly.
The four of them discussed it and decided to find a local villager to inquire about the road, but they thought it was very good, the road was empty, except for the four of them, there was no one left, so they had to go forward, and they walked for a long time without encountering a single figure, and there was not even a village on both sides of the road.
Zu Keyong and they are really eager to see through, praying that God can send down a common man who knows the way for him, but after all, it is an extravagant hope.
It's been so long since he left Lin Yi, he couldn't find it, Zu Keyong was in a hurry, and he felt that he was really a rice bucket!
Now Zu Keyong and the four of them know the benefits of the common people, in the past, they blew their beards and glared at the common people, they scolded if they didn't beat, they killed, robbed, and raped when they were in a hurry, and they had done all these bad things, and now they know that they have repented, and sometimes they can't do without the common people.
In the end, they had no choice but to beat Ma Rufei back to find Wang Baochang.
It was a little far, but there was no way, and they ran out for more than an hour, and came to the mountain forest, and the horses were tired of sweating, like rain rushing through.
The four of them dismounted regardless of the exhaustion, pulled the horse into the mountains and forests, and tossed for a long time, and finally found Wang Baochang and the villagers.
Wang Baochang was very polite, and Zu Keyong treated him politely and said his difficulties. Wang Baochang immediately chose the nearest road, but it was more than 150 miles away from Yuyang City, even if it was a halfway volley, it would take at least one hundred and twenty or thirty miles, and the war horse could run hard, even if it was not resting, it would take three or four hours.
Knowing that the matter was urgent, the chief Wang did not dare to keep them longer, so he immediately found two guides and asked them to ride donkeys to lead the way for the three of them.
It was too slow to ride a donkey, and in the end they decided to run in two straddles, six men and four horses, in turn.
The war horse was fed some food, drank some water, and after a short rest, he was back to life, and Zu Keyong took out a piece of silver from his body when he left, and Wang Baochang said that he didn't want anything.
In this way, six people and four horses set out on the road, and they were in a hurry, and Zu Keyong and they whipped their horses along the way.
The four horses took turns carrying six men to run, and the four beasts complained and had no choice, and the whip made them hurt, so they had to run hard.
When the war horse really couldn't run, Zu Keyong and the others had to stop and rest, rest for a while, and then run again.
The hunger and thirst of the six people for most of the day were ignored, and the peeing was even solved immediately.
In this way, more than two hours passed in one breath, and it was evening.
This place is not far from Yuyang City, and there are more pedestrians on the road, so when I ask someone, Lord Lu's brigade has already passed and pointed them out.
Zu Keyong was so frightened that he couldn't possess his body, and asked the two guides to find a way to go back by themselves, and the four of them chased down the official road like flying horses.
After running for nearly half an hour, when the sun was waning, he finally caught up with Lu Xiangsheng's team, and Zu Keyong breathed a sigh of relief.
After seeing Lu Xiangsheng, Zu Keyong was out of breath and revealed his identity, Lu Xiangsheng saw that Zu Keyong was Zu Kuan's old department, the former guerrilla commander, and more importantly, he was now Lin Yi's subordinate.
What's more important is the important information he brought, Abatai and Tan Tai led 30,000 Tartars to ambush him, and the location is this area.
Lu Xiangsheng immediately ordered his troops to stop advancing and retreat immediately, but it was too late, because almost half of his 10,000-strong army had already entered the Tartars' ambush circle.
The Tartar leaders, Abatai and Tan Tai, could see clearly from a high place, and the fish had been hooked, and they felt a sense of accomplishment.
During this period, the spies kept reporting to him, and when they learned that the Ming army was only 10,000 people, they felt a little disappointed. Soon they got that the commander of the 10,000 horses was Lu Xiangsheng, and the Tartars were in high spirits again, and it was worth it to catch this big fish!
But they have a fire, that is, to wait for all the Ming troops to enter the ambush circle before attacking, and now less than half of the Ming army has entered the ambush circle, just some cavalry, the infantry behind, the commander's banner and heavy grain and grass, etc., have not yet entered the ambush circle.
They decided to hold their breath and do it later.
Suddenly, the Ming army did not move forward, and began to retreat.
Abatai and Tan Tai were shocked, could it be exposed? But no matter what, it has to be struck.
"Shoot!"
As soon as the cannon sounded, it was a signal for the movement of 30,000 Tartars.
Ambushes arose, shouting and killing shook the sky, and all the Tartars were killed from the ravines on both sides of the road, from the woods, and from the grass.
The archers began to unleash their arrows, and the arrows rained down, obscuring the sky and the sun.
The Ming army was caught off guard, and there were countless people who fell off the horse with arrows, and people shouted that the horses neighed, and there was some chaos, and the Ming army suffered heavy casualties for a while.
With a shock from the Tartars, this team of the Ming army was cut off by the waist, and the thousands of men and horses in front were trapped in the ambush circle.
Lu Xiangsheng's 10,000 horses and 3,000 horses in front were cavalry, and behind were infantry, as well as baggage troops, which referred to artillery battalions, as well as military supplies such as grain, grass, tents, etc.
The troops in front are Luo Dai's men and horses, and Luo Dai is the deputy chief soldier under Lu Xiangsheng.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were three major armies with the strongest combat effectiveness, and Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong Army was one of them. This army is characterized by kinship-style troops, and most of the soldiers are brothers, fathers and sons, clansmen, relatives, and friends. One person gives up his life, everyone gives up his life, one is killed or wounded, everyone will fight to the end, and the hearts of the people will move together.
Therefore, this team was extremely combative, and today it was suddenly attacked, and it was a little chaotic at first, but under the command of Luo Dai, the situation was quickly reversed.
Those who have shields prepare shields, and those who have weapons in their hands during the dance, dial off the arrows, and then begin to retreat in an orderly manner and break through.
Abatai and Tan Tai look, do you still want to run? No way!
The leaders of the two Tartars commanded the men and horses to encircle and annihilate the Ming army, and ordered the artillery battalion to open fire......
After receiving the order, the artillerymen on the high post were about to fire the artillery, but they never dreamed that a Ming army would shout and kill from behind the woods.
The Tartars of the artillery battalion were stunned, how could there be so many Ming troops in the woods behind? There was no warning beforehand, and their stalls had already figured out in advance, and the area was safe and sound, but ......
This is called praying mantis catching cicadas, and yellow finches are behind!
Lin Yi's 300 or so people, the tigers from the mountain, entered the artillery camp position with a single charge.
Lin Yi brandished a steel knife, and in a circle, more than a dozen Tartars fell in a pool of blood. Xiao Ying, Zhang Hua, He Tao, Er Hu, Wang Qi, Dongsheng and others helped Lin Yi. Wang Jian, as well as two peasant army warriors Gan Bao and Jiang Xingyuan, picked up the iron pole and big shovel in their hands, and were unstoppable.
These three hundred men were killed when they saw them, and blood was splattered on the fort.
Don't look at the Tartars, there are only 15 cannons, but the number of Tartars in the artillery battalion is quite large, because the cannons belong to the baggage, and the artillery is not only the artillery, but also the transportation and maintenance of cannons and ammunition, which all require people.
On average, one cannon needs about the strength of a small flag, so these 15 cannons are seven or eight hundred Tartars, and according to the establishment of Tartars, it is exactly two Niulu. The supreme commander of these two Niu Lu is Jia Lae Zhen.
Of course, they will not sit still, seeing that the Ming army behind them is not coming, they also plan to turn the tide of the battle.
Hundreds of Tartars picked up swords and guns, and resisted stubbornly. But after all, it was in vain, because Lin Yi's team was composed of the border army, the Ning Yuan army and the peasant army, and they were all elites, and they had experienced a big battle, even the peasants were not the first time to fight with the Tartars, and they already had combat experience and experience.
As time passed, there were more and more corpses of the Tartars, and there were fewer and fewer Tartars on the position who could fight, until the last Tartar, the supreme commander of the artillery battalion position, Jia Laezhen, fell in a pool of blood, and the Tartars on the artillery battalion position were completely wiped out, and no one escaped the net.
This fierce local battle did not last long, about the time of a meal.
Because there happened to be this high post in the way, the battle situation on this side, the Tartars hundreds of meters away were not clear, and the earth-shattering shouting and killing sound in it also covered up the shouting and killing sound inside.
It's just that the two leaders of the Tartars, Abatai and Tan Tai, wondered, how did they do it, why did a dozen cannons go off without two sounds?