Chapter 292: The Great War Opens the Mountains
10,000 iron horsemen galloped on the official road with torches, like a torrent of steel, and it only took more than an hour to reach the vicinity of Xinkailing, but there was silence all around, and there was not even a ghost shadow.
He was about to reprimand Yesu's subordinates when he heard the sound of rumbling horses' hooves in the field on the side of the official road, and there were about 2,000 horsemen, rushing straight towards his place.
It turned out that he was hiding in the dark and preparing for a sneak attack, so he immediately divided two thousand cavalry to meet the enemy, and only heard the sound of shouting and killing and the sound of horses' hooves in the dark.
"Prime Minister, the enemy army is fighting with our army in the dark, and they don't fight hard, and Bayar Qianhu has been shot dead by them."
Tuo Muchi couldn't help frowning when he heard this, this group of Ming troops obviously wanted to hold them back, as if they wanted to let other Ming troops cross Xinkailing and sneak attack Shangdu.
He asked Ye Su's subordinates, "How many Ming troops have you seen in total?" ”
Ye Su's subordinates shook their heads, "It's too dark, I can't see how many people there are, definitely not just these two thousand." The small one also saw a lot of big carts, which were full of Ming soldiers. ”
Hearing this, Tuo Muchi couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, there were even foot pawns. The Ming army was dominated by foot soldiers, and if there were a large number of foot soldiers, it would not be a simple few thousand men and horses, at least it would have to be a partial division with more than 10,000 numbers.
Nanban is really cunning and bold, openly marching in the direction of Liaodong, but secretly sending a lone army to attack Shangdu deeply, if these people go under his nose to Shangdu, how should he explain to the emperor.
Tuo Mu Chi was anxious and frightened, and ordered: "Hurry up and pack up this group of Ming troops who are blocking the way, let's go after their army!" ”
At that moment, he sent two thousand men to kill this group of Ming cavalry, and the result of the battle made Tuo Muchi very dissatisfied, and four thousand against two thousand completely fell behind, and was defeated by the other party.
Annoyed and angry, he immediately pressed the whole army and divided it into several units to kill this Ming army. The two thousand Ming troops relied on the darkness and extreme cooperation to chase and intercept the tens of thousands of troops, rushing left and right, and the Yuan army was helpless for a while.
Sure enough, it is a rare elite, no wonder they have the courage to raid Shangdu, and the other party does not run away when they have the opportunity, as if they want to entangle with them to the end, it seems that it is indeed to drag them down.
He is not easy to get along with, he let his subordinates flank, put out the fire torch himself and take his own soldiers to wait for the opportunity to meet the enemy in the dark, and sure enough, the other Yuan troops immediately came up to intercept it, and the two sides fought together. This group of Ming troops was outnumbered, and after losing hundreds of people, they finally found a gap to escape.
Seeing that the other party rushed into Xinkailing on the official road, he said coldly: "Chase!" Bite them to death! ”
At the moment, 10,000 cavalry followed the fleeing Ming army into Xinkailing, and those Ming cavalry who fell behind were chased by the Yuan soldiers and cut off their horses.
If it were during the day, it would have been possible to find that the Ming cavalry that was lagging behind was actually because the marching line dragged on too long. The cavalry of the Ming army, which was originally covered with the entire post road, began to draw more and more thin, and finally became two horses in parallel.
The cavalry of the Ming army entered Xinkailing along the post road, and when they arrived at a wide valley, they saw a few torches scattered on the ground of the valley.
Li Wenzhong, who was walking in the front, pulled the reins of his horse slightly, letting Ma Du slow down, he took a deep breath and shouted behind him: "Keep in formation!" ”
He took a deep breath and tried his best to steer the horse along the direction indicated by the torch, knowing that if he was not careful, he would be crushed. The Ming army riders in the back also knew that they followed Li Wenzhong cautiously, even if there was a scream from their comrades at the back of the team, they did not dare to run for their lives arbitrarily.
When he saw that most of Li Wenzhong's team passed through the valley smoothly, Ma Du, who was on the top of the mountain, let out a long breath. Looking at the nearly 10,000 cavalry of the Yuan Army rolling behind Li Wenzhong, he shook his head and said, "Oh, you're finished!" ”
Tu Mu Chi often goes in and out of Xinkailing, and is very familiar with the terrain of Xinkailing, although there are valleys all the way, but the terrain is very wide, and it is not easy to do an ambush, so he is relieved to let his subordinates chase after him.
The Yuan army galloped with thousands of horses, biting the Ming army into the valley, seeing that the Ming army suddenly slowed down, he led his subordinates to take the opportunity to chase the horses.
Boom Boom Boom ...... Suddenly, there was a series of explosions, the earth splashed and the fire flickered, and the cavalry of the Yuan army who rushed to the front turned on their backs.
"There is an ambush! Fall back! Fall back! Although he didn't understand the reason, he probably guessed that it was the firearms of the Ming army that were wielding.
Most of the tens of thousands of soldiers had already entered the valley, but at this time, it was too late to retreat, and he was about to give the order when he saw a burst of fire erupt again on the hills on both sides of the valley mouth, accompanied by bursts of roar.
The slopes and valleys were far away and did not hurt anyone, but the horses could not withstand such a dense explosion in the dark night. The horses that have not yet entered the valley will not be able to enter at most. But the horses that had entered the valley were already running forward uncontrollably, even though there was a dead ground in front of them.
The roaring explosion was endless, and the more the horses ran more and more frantically, and a large number of war horses fell to the ground inexplicably, and the riders who fell off the war horses had no way to live, and could only be trampled into meat by the iron hooves behind.
"Run! Rush out! Rush out of the valley! "Tomuchi is not an idiot, and it is impossible to retreat now.
Rushing out of the valley was originally the best choice, but now it is not, the cannons of the Shenji Battalion that have no way to pull up to the hillside are waiting for them at the mouth of the valley in front, a whole battalion, a hundred guns!
Rejoice in them, the soldiers who rushed to Taniguchi died after hearing the rumbling cannon and seeing the fire, and they died after a pain somewhere in their bodies, and they didn't have a chance to feel the fear of the projectiles flying from the sky.
The cavalry of the Yuan army, which could not stop the car, finally stopped advancing with the enthusiastic help of a hundred artillery pieces. Tuo Muchi roared loudly: "Retreat! Fall back! ”
In fact, there was no need for his order, after the Yuan soldiers at the front saw their comrades flying flesh and blood, they had already turned their horses' heads, and then collided with the Yuan soldiers behind, and the valley was already in chaos, and the more chaotic it was, the more horses fell to the ground inexplicably.
Boom Boom Boom ...... The rumbling cannon sound sounded again on the hillside on both sides, although the sound was quieter, but the projectiles that were sprayed were not a lot, and they shot farther according to the condescending shots, and the killing effect was also better......