Chapter 59: Counterattack

Zhang Zhimu ordered, the musket was prepared, and after the musket was fired, the bow mine fired on its own.

Sure enough, as Zhang Zhimu expected, the cavalry rushing in front of them were all with bows open, and the arrows "swished" at the speed of the horses. When the cavalry on the opposite side was far away, Zhang Zhimu and others hid behind the carriage bunker. When the enemy cavalry jumped over the obstacle in front of him at the speed of his horse, Zhang Zhimu ordered to shoot, and at this time the distance was too close, almost pointing a gun at the head to shoot, and after two rows of gunfire, the cavalry in front were all knocked off their horses. The bow mine also cut off the subsequent cavalry, although this time the bow mine did not kill too many cavalry like the last time. But it also blocked the back and couldn't move forward, and also blocked the retreat that rushed over, and no one dared to cross the bow and mine blockade area. Zhang Zhimu and the others took the opportunity to wipe out all the cavalry in front. Seeing that this attack failed, the enemy cavalry retreated far away. Zhang Zhimu ordered, and Li Jing went over to bring over the dozen or so horses that were not injured that had crossed the obstacles. Then, Zhang Zhimu asked people to take ten **, put them behind the carriage, connect the fire twists together, sprinkle black ** around **, light a piece of incense, and insert it above, so that as long as the enemy crosses the cover made by this carriage, the incense will be touched, ignited, and detonated. Everything was ready, Zhang Zhimu and the others got on their horses and led the captured horses back to evacuate.

But after waiting for a long time, I didn't hear an explosion from behind. Zhang Zhimu thought to himself, could it be that his design was seen through by the enemy. When they saw another obstacle set up by Chen Yufeng and them, they heard an explosion from behind.

It turned out that one or two shocks were beaten back, which greatly damaged the morale of this battle-hardened team, which was a team that terrified the Ming army, and it was in front of a caravan that suffered repeated setbacks. Although this third charge was a little late, it was because they were well prepared. This time, all the cavalry charged together. The order is that as long as there is one person, the charge cannot be stopped, and the so-called success or failure is in one move. Therefore, the preparation time is a little longer.

This time, the enraged cavalry, rushed to the front of the officers such as the sentry commander, the cavalry like a sea of mountains, when approaching the target, shot a row of arrows, when they encountered the first obstacle did not encounter any interception, the cavalry jumped over the obstacle with the speed of their horses, and when they rushed to the second obstacle, there was no resistance, because they did not expect that Fang had only succeeded in blocking their opponents twice, and when they took advantage of the big advantage, they took the initiative to run, so they all reined in their horses. But the cavalry behind was still rushing forward, so they had to let people move away from the obstacles and continue to move forward. But it doesn't matter if you move this way, what matters is that the ** fuse is lit. These ten ** exploded together, and those who were close were all shattered, and anyone who rushed through the first obstacle was either killed or injured. In the back, only a few people were injured due to obstacles. The cavalry that was attacking was like a punch that missed it, not only did it miss, but it also wounded its own hand. At this moment, the morale was extremely low, and the little morale that the entire cavalry team had mustered was completely dissipated at once.

The general in command was also hesitating whether to chase after him. When he rode to the position, he saw not only the dead and wounded soldiers, but also the corpses of the soldiers escorting the goods, he had lost his mind, and paid a greater price for it.

Zhang Zhimu came to Chen Yufeng and saw it, and admired Chen Yufeng very, very much, it turned out that Chen Yufeng also chose a narrow mountain pass, the difference is. Chen Yufeng also pushed down a big stone from the mountain and blocked it in the middle of the road, and only one horse could pass next to it. A few horses were placed ten feet away from the big stones, and they were all pressed down with big stones. The gunners could shoot from behind large rocks. Wait for Zhang Zhimu and the others to finish drinking water, eat something, and take a break. The stubborn pursuers are here again. Due to the relatively high terrain of this place, it can be clearly seen that the pursuers will not exceed three hundred horses. Zhang Zhimu asked Chen Yufeng: "Uncle Chen, you said, if we play with them until the evening, how many people will they have left." Chen Yufeng said: "Why do you want to collect all these cavalry?" Zhang Zhimu smiled and said, "Let's play and see!"

Zhang Zhimu called Li Jing over with a straight face and said, "After a while, we will consume some more enemy cavalry, and then retreat." Take your two treasures, ten gunners, and five crossbowmen, and climb up the hill to the south and hide. When we retreated for a while, Uncle Chen quickly whipped up and caught up with Liu Yun and them, estimating that there would not be much danger ahead, and brought everyone with them. Along with the two dart players, they also brought back and began to fight back. Li Jing, don't leak it first, you find that the enemy army has retreated here, you occupy this intersection and block the enemy. ”

At this time, the pursuers had already seen that there were barricades and blocking positions in front of them, but the generals who were leading the army were not very clear in their minds, and without carefully observing the position, they wanted to rush up and kill the opponent alive. But no matter how much you attack, not all horses will be able to jump when they encounter rejection. Rushing to the front of the rejection of the horse, it is bound to slow down. As soon as they slowed down, Zhang Zhimu ordered to open fire, and although the pursuers were very tenacious, they still had to retreat after dozens of casualties. At this time, Zhang Zhimu was really afraid that they wouldn't chase him. Seeing that the cavalry was in formation again, they were ready to attack. said to Chen Yufeng: "You take the carriage and withdraw first, and quickly inform Liu Yun." We will hold back for a while and retreat. After Chen Yufeng left, Zhang Zhimu led Li Jing and others to repel another cavalry attack. Zhang Zhimu said to Li Jing: "You guys go hide now, we have to retreat." You must be hidden, don't be exposed. They couldn't have imagined that we would dare to leave anyone behind. Li Jing led people to hide. Zhang Zhimu watched for a while, and seeing that there was no intention of retreating below, Zhang Zhimu said in his heart, 'This is called heaven has a way, you don't go, hell has no door to cast'. Then, Zhang Zhimu led the people to retreat quietly.

Zhang Zhimu and the others rode for a while, and saw many people coming on the road in front of them. When I looked closely, it turned out to be Chen Yufeng and Liu Yun. Zhang Zhimu asked why Liu Yun came over so quickly. It turned out that after Liu Yun and their caravan rushed through the blockade, the caravan did not need to be urged, it went very fast, and it never encountered any more trouble. Walking to a small river, Lin Xinmin said to Liu Yun: "This is not far from Shaanxi County. ”

Liu Yun asked the caravan to rest by the river. He discussed with everyone, and felt that the caravan was not in any danger for the time being, and ordinary small bandits did not dare to move such a large caravan. It was unanimously agreed that the biggest danger now was Zhang Zhimu and them, who were blocking them in the back, so they decided to come together to respond. happened to meet Chen Yufeng and others. As soon as Chen Yufeng said Zhang Zhimu's thoughts, they all agreed: "We have been chased by them all the way, and we must come out." ”

Chen Yufeng also said: "If we don't destroy them, they will not let us stop all the way." In this way, they followed Chen Yufeng and walked back, and happened to meet Zhang Zhimu and other people who had withdrawn.

Zhang Zhimu saw that everyone knew what they thought, and they all agreed to do it together. He said, "Then set up a position here, and after blocking an attack by the enemy, we will counter-charge and crush the enemy." ”

Everyone followed Zhang Zhimu's arrangement, unloaded the horse and set up an obstacle, and used the carriage to arrange a position.

Those pursuers made great efforts this time, and the generals of the unified army personally went into battle. The horse team galloped all the way and rushed up. As a result, there was no resistance. I'm scared this time. I sent someone to look for a long time, but I didn't find ***. Then, one by one, the horses passed through the mountain pass. All this was seen by Li Jing, who was hiding on the mountain, and the pursuers never dreamed that there were people hidden not far from their heads. In fact, this general, as long as his mind is still clear, will think more about why the opponent would give up so easily in such a dangerous and difficult place to defend and attack. However, at this time, he has only one thought, which is to fight hard, either to die of his opponent or to die himself. In this way, he finally drove himself to a dead end.

After all the horses came, they simply formed a whole team and chased forward again.

This time, the general who commanded the army felt a little strange when he found out that the other party was blocking the fortifications. In the past, the fortifications were chosen in a very narrow place, but this time, the road is not the narrowest in the place chosen for this fortification. After seeing this, he was happy, thinking that this was the caravan not far ahead, and they had no time to choose the terrain. I feel like this opportunity has finally arrived. Immediately command all the cavalry to go out and charge together. However, although the opponent's defense was larger this time, the opponent's firepower was also much fiercer, and the bow and thunder also fell more, and after being killed dozens of people, the general could no longer hold on after killing a few retreating soldiers, so he had to retreat. But what he didn't expect was that as his cavalry retreated, dozens of horses on the other side began to attack. It was in the process of retreating on his side, where could he organize to resist. In particular, the opponents were all musketeers on horseback, and when one group finished shooting, the other rushed up and shot, taking turns to attack. Soon the general gave up the idea of resistance, and ran all the way back with the rout. However, the pursuer had no intention of giving up, and was always glued to his horse team. At this time, he thought to himself, and when he went back to that junction, he could only pass one horse at a time, so that it would be difficult for his cavalry to escape. But now the army is defeated, and it is impossible to collect the soldiers. When the time comes, let's count a few that can run out.

However, when they came to the intersection, a volley of bullets and bow mines fired from the direction of the intersection made him completely desperate. The cavalrymen were like headless flies, skewering around and bumping into each other. At this time, there was an interception in front and a chasing soldier in the back. After shooting a batch of bow mines on each side and blowing up a group of soldiers, Zhang Zhimu stopped attacking. At this time, Zhang Zhimu said: "Order them to surrender, and those who surrender will not be killed." Liu Yun stepped forward and shouted: "Officers and soldiers in front, you have been surrounded. Resistance is useless, now give you a chance to live. We are in charge of the house, those who surrender will not be killed, and if they do not surrender, we will continue to fire bow mines and blow you all up. Now lay down the blade and dismount and surrender, and those who surrender can avoid death. ”

The general who led the army, knowing that the general situation was gone, sighed, drew his sword, and killed himself. When the soldiers below saw that the Lord was about to die, they threw down their swords one after another, dismounted and surrendered. Liu Yun asked Li Wei to take all the captives aside, first gathered the horses together, and then began to concentrate his troops. All this, the dart masters of the two dart games who came together were stunned and couldn't help at all. Of course, the final escort of the prisoners and the inventory of weapons still helped a lot.

This time, more than 260 horses were captured and more than 70 were taken prisoner. The dead ones were not counted.

Zhang Zhimu came to the captives and said to them: "Don't be afraid, everyone, if you lay down your arms, we will not be enemies." Actually, we weren't supposed to be enemies in the first place. Most of you rebelled with King Chuang because you couldn't eat, just to get a bite to eat. We also came out to earn money to support our families, you blocked us for money, and we worked hard to survive. Originally, we didn't have hatred, and it really didn't make sense for us to fight here. For this unreasonable fight, how many brothers have been killed and injured today, these brothers were all raised by their parents, and how many relatives have lost their sons, fathers and brothers. And how many people will dry their tears. At this, many of the captives were in tears. Zhang Zhimu said: "Now, you have two choices, one is to return to your village later, and the other choice is to join our Yaogang Trading Corporation, become our employees, and earn a salary with your honest labor." Our company's salary is divided into two parts, one is the annual salary, which is paid at the end of each year, and the other is the monthly salary, which is paid every month. The minimum annual salary of our company is ten taels of silver, of course, if you have any specialties or do a good job, you will be promoted, and it will rise. The minimum monthly salary is 50 yuan. "Now, if you want to stay back in your stockade and go this way, and if you want to go with us, Zhang Zhimu pointed in two directions, and the captives were divided into two groups for a while. Zhang Zhimu said to the prisoners who wanted to go back to the cottage: "I will leave you a horse in a while, and you can bring back the body of your general." If you have a chance, I will bring you a message to King Chuang. We don't want to be his enemy, but don't bully us either. Now you go. ”