Chapter 124: Killing the Mongol Cavalry

The question of going to stay really made this Mongolian ten thousand households undecided, and he brought the remaining thousands of households to discuss, whether to leave now or wait.

Unexpectedly, these thousands of households unanimously thought that there was nothing to fear from the Ming army, and they all felt that they should wait for the Anda of the two and a half thousand households. They felt that these people were not necessarily wiped out by the Ming army, and those Mongol warriors were either conquered by ordinary people, or they were surrounded by a large army of Ming troops, and it was impossible for none of them to escape. Besides, if we lost two and a half thousand households in such an unknown way, the prison army sent by the Manchu Qing Dynasty looked down on us even more.

This ten thousand households thought about it, even if these warriors of his were attacked by the Ming army, they would definitely send people to kill them and report to him. In the era of cold weapons, it was almost impossible to completely surround and eliminate a large group of cavalry. In addition, if they go back like this, the prison soldiers sent by the Manchu Qing will shout and humiliate them again. It turned out that after these Mongol tribes surrendered to the Manchus, they formed two Mongol cavalry, and because they were not at ease with them, the Manchus sent a prison army to their army. These prison guards looked down on these surrendered Mongols in their hearts, so they usually shouted at them. Although these Mongols were very dissatisfied, their fate had already been handed over to others, and there was nothing they could do. Therefore, they are still very jealous of these Manchu prison troops. Even if the Manchu prison army didn't speak, those Mongolian princes wouldn't ignore their unexplained loss of two and a half thousand households, and when people asked, they really couldn't tell. So he didn't dare to leave just like that.

Qianhe, who came back today, said: "We searched the place today, but we didn't find any situation. Then the place where the thousand households who did not come back today should be the place where there is a situation, so it is better to send two more thousand households tomorrow to search in that area. ”

This 10,000 households is also battle-hardened, and after he made up his mind, he was very resolute and said: "Tomorrow go out two thousand households, and go out with the heavy cavalry." The two thousand households should not be separated, but should act in unison. Send someone back immediately to report something. ”

These Mongols studied the question of staying together, and Zhang Zhimu and his comrades-in-arms were not idle, and after eating a meal of horse meat, they also discussed together what would happen tomorrow. At this time, Ouyang He, who had gone out, came back, sat down, and said, "I observed the battle today and yesterday, and then I went out again to see it with my own eyes." These Mongol cavalry had a common feature before attacking, they all gathered in the open field in front of us and then charged in a horizontal formation. After speaking, he picked up the water bowl handed over by Yang Yulin and took a sip of water. Everyone was waiting to hear what he said, but Ouyang He, who put down the water bowl, didn't say anything, but asked Liu Yun; "How many a**s can we have now?"

Liu Yun said: "There are more than 300 catties of ** bought from the Ming army. We have nearly five hundred pounds of ** for ourselves. But the ** we prepared, I always feel that the ** we didn't buy is powerful. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Our ** may have a bit of a problem with the formula, but the power will not be too bad." ”

Chen Yufeng asked: "Mr. Ouyang wants to make a big explosion and serve them in a pot?" ”

Mr. Ouyang waved his hand and said, "Exactly." We can't stand up for beatings. And I also saw it today, these Mongolian cavalry did have the strength not to be afraid of death, and they were simply desperate when they used their horses to charge and reject the horses. I think they will probably send hoplites when they come back, and the impact of hoplites is far greater than that of the light cavalry these days. If there are more people who come, our rejection may not be able to stop them. So we might as well take the initiative. Since they are willing to assemble in front of the formation, we will bury ** there and wait for them. ”

Everyone applauded. Zhang Zhimu came to the assembly place of the Mongolian cavalry that Ouyang He said with everyone. By the moonlight, this is indeed a very flat place, which is very suitable for gathering teams. But after reading it, Zhang Zhimu felt that there was something wrong, he said: "This is a suitable place to bury **, but the problem is that it is too far away from our camp, and it will be a problem to use *** for so long." ”

Liu Yun said: "You can do this, dig a deep pit in the bushes next to you, hide a person in the pit, and then leave a vent and cover the cover." When he hears our signal, he can light *** in the pit. ”

"It's a good idea, but for safety, you should dig two such places, and if one place is not on fire, the other can be lit," Zhang said. ”

After on-site investigation, it was decided to bury 800 catties in this area. Dig twenty evenly distributed five-foot deep pits, bury forty pounds in each pit**, put stones on them, and bury the earth on top of the stones. Make a little finger-thick *** with cowhide, and connect the *** of equal length with the same length *** together, and then connect two *** at this connection point to connect to two ignition points respectively. They should also be buried in a ditch two feet deep so that they would not be trampled off by the horses.

This project was carried out overnight, and while he was working, Li Jing scattered all his 50 people around, so as not to be probed by Mongolian spies.

When the project was completed at dawn, Ouyang He asked Liu Yun to lead a team of cavalry to trample the traces of construction with horseshoe prints. At this time, Zhang Zhimu asked Liu Yun to let out more horses to explore the horses, and asked for a group of three, so as not to learn the lesson of the last time, so as not to make a mistake. Then Zhang Zhimu asked everyone to go back to make up for a sleep first, and then have a good spirit when something happens. Zhang Zhimu is a person who can't do it without sleep.

Zhang Zhimu slept until lunchtime, and when he asked, there was still no movement. The heart said, "Wait! He took a basin of water brought by Yang Yulin, washed his face, and prepared to eat. But just then, a group of scouts came running. Liu Yun knew that there must be a situation, so he greeted him.

The group of scouts came back and said that they had found the Mongol cavalry, estimated to be at least one or two thousand, and were coming this way.

It turned out that early this morning, these two thousand households set off. When they come to the area where they think there should be a situation, they expand the search area, and search area by area. Finally found the horseshoe prints of the cavalry, and they followed the horseshoe prints in the direction of Zhang Zhimu's camp. The group of scouts sent by Liu Yun saw the cavalry of the Mongolian brigade and the sharp soldiers they sent from a distance. Fearing that the Mongols would find out, they hurried away and returned to report.

Zhang Zhimu said: "It's finally here. Let the soldiers in charge of lighting the fire quickly hide in the ambush pit, and give them camouflage outside. Let's hurry up and eat. ”

The spearhead soldiers sent by the Mongolian cavalry first sent Zhang Zhimu to their camp. The spearhead returned and reported to two 5,000 households that they had found a Han Chinese camp. It is estimated that the Han people have not yet noticed their arrival, and the smoke can still be seen in the camp.

The two thousand households stopped the marching brigade, and with a few guards, rode to the front of the stockade and looked into the field. They found that the stockade had not been built for a day. But compared to the stockade they had seen, it was still incomparable, after all, this was a temporary camp, and those horses were newly planted at a glance. The camp is not very large, and the few towers built in the camp look a little interesting from a distance.

These two thousand households were very disdainful of such a small village in their hearts, they felt that this was a larger caravan, and found that there were their Mongol soldiers in front of them, so they did not dare to advance, so they set up a camp here, but such a camp to resist a small group of bandits and seemed to have some effect, but for the powerful Mongolian cavalry, it was not worth mentioning. But they thought of the Mongolian Anda who had disappeared, and they thought they should be a little more careful.

The two thousand households discussed it, and felt that after the cavalry team was put on the table, it was better to persuade them to surrender first. Generally, when the Han people see that they can't do it, they will surrender. So when they went back, they brought with them all the cavalry. This brigade of cavalry had more than 4,000 horses, and it was dusty. They reckoned that the Han Chinese in the stockade should have spotted them a long time ago. So they sent a Mongol who could speak Chinese, rode his horse to the front of the stockade and shouted: "Listen, the Han people in the stockade, the Great Mongol cavalry has arrived." Hurry up and come out with your hands up and surrender to save your lives. Otherwise, we Mongol warriors will storm the stockade and kill all of you. ”

The man shouted in front of the stockade. But there has been no movement in the stockade, just when this guy was a little impatient, ready to go back, there was movement in the village, and the movement was not small, from the stockade threw out three **, "boom" three ** explosions, this just very arrogant Mongol and his horses were blown down.

The two Mongolian thousand households watching from a distance were also stunned by the explosion, they had never seen such a thing. If it was a cannonball, it should have heard the sound of the cannon first, and besides, the Ming Dynasty would not let the caravan be equipped with artillery at all. It's not a cannon. The explosion just now was so powerful that the horse and the man were blown up and stopped moving.

In fact, what they didn't know was that these three explosions were still the signals that ordered the two ignition soldiers, because they were afraid that other signals would be prone to errors and could not be transmitted. Therefore, it is stipulated that if you hear three ** explosions, you will start igniting and detonating.

The two soldiers who hid in the pit and lit the fire and detonated it were also very nervous in the pit, because they knew that the Mongolian cavalry was not far from them, and if they were discovered, they would die a miserable death. In addition, if it is ignited, I don't know how powerful the explosion of ** is, and I don't know if I will blow myself up. However, Mr. Zhang said that after lighting the fire, he must keep his mouth open, otherwise the explosion will deaf his ears.

When they heard three ** explosions, both soldiers did not hesitate to ignite ***. It should be said that Zhang Zhimu's design is very successful, but he ignores one point. The soldier hid in a closed pit, and the smoke produced after the burning could not get out of the soil, so it was sprayed into this small pit. The soldiers who lit the fire after a while could not stay in this pit. They choked and lifted the lid on their heads and crawled out of the pit. Fortunately, the attention of those Mongols was in front of the stockade. They hadn't noticed anyone crawling out of the dirt in the bushes next to them. But as soon as the smoke rose from the pit, it attracted the attention of the Mongols. But they noticed now that it was too late, and a huge explosion sounded from under their feet. With a loud explosion, the Mongol cavalry flew into the air along with their horses. As the flesh and blood of the explosion fell, the falling stones brought another blow to the Mongol cavalry that had not been killed. Unfortunately, these once invincible Mongol cavalry were killed or wounded before they could spread their horse's legs and draw their swords.

The shock wave caused by the explosion of 800 catties ** made the tower built in Zhang Zhimu's camp shake, and the whole camp seemed to be blowing a gust of wind. Although Zhang Zhimu and the others ambushed the horses and personnel in the trenches, they were still shocked by the sound of the explosion. As soon as the explosion passed, Liu Yun commanded the cavalry to rush out. By the time they rushed to the place where the Mongol cavalry had gathered, there were not many people left alive. Most of the ears that were not killed by the explosion were deaf, and they could only click and couldn't hear anything. But the sound of the explosion also alarmed the horses they had sent out, and they saw a cloud of mushrooms rising with the sound of the explosion in the distance, and they ran in the direction where the explosion sounded. When they saw that their Mongol cavalry had been blown up, and the cavalry of the kiln had rushed out, these scouts felt that the only thing they could do was to hurry back and report to Wanhu.

As a result of cleaning up the battlefield on the Yaogang side, more than 500 Mongolian soldiers were captured alive, and more than 900 war horses were alive. More than 1,300 people were killed or shocked, and more than 3,000 horses were killed. These dead horses didn't all die all at once. Some horses look fine, but after a while, they suddenly fall to the ground and die. Zhang Zhimu said that the horse's internal organs were shattered, and it didn't last long before it died. Tonight, many of these living captives will also die.

Although the two soldiers who lit the fire were lying on the ground and did not dare to stand up, their ears still could not hear. Zhang Zhimu said: "This is temporary deafness, and it will recover after a while. ”

Lu Chengxiang was busy arranging people to clean up the battlefield. Yan Boju came over and stomped his feet in distress, and said, "It's a pity, these are all good horses!" Lu Chengxiang said to him very well: "Alas! That's a lot of silver! ”

Zhang Zhimu, Chen Yufeng and others immediately held a meeting to consider what to do next.

They have a consensus that it is impossible to hide this incident from the Mongolian army. There must be someone who will go back to tell the news.

Liu Yun asked, "Will the Mongols escape?" ”

Chen Yufeng said: "No. Although these Mongols suffered losses, they did not know us, and they suffered losses in this explosion, and they would feel that they had just been fooled and bombed. They don't think they're not good at it. Besides, it's hard for them to run back like this, so they'll come and fight us, and they're likely to go out of their way. ”

Ouyang He said: "They have a maximum of ten thousand households, and we have already wiped out four and a half of them. They have a maximum of five and a half thousand households. But even if they come, they will leave one or two thousand households to guard what they have looted. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "When they come back, they will really shop. These few times, we still win in clever words. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "We still have to strive to fight a clever battle and minimize our personnel losses, and our current soldiers are our seeds for the future." It's okay to exercise, but it's absolutely not okay to pull it out and work hard. ”

Liu Yun said: "Now the morale is booming. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Morale is available. My idea is that tonight we're going to take the initiative. These arrogant Mongols, although they suffered some losses, could never have imagined that we would dare to attack them. They must have thought that I had to stay at the camp and try to deal with them. They will definitely be ready to attack us tomorrow today. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "Although they have lost some men. But there's still more than half of it. If we don't get it right, we'll suffer. ”

Several others also agreed with Mr. Chen.

Zhang Zhimu said: "Our advantage is strong firepower, and the crossbow mine has not been used until now. If we take advantage of the night approach to their camp, fire fire oil bow thunder to disrupt them, and then the cavalry will attack again. It will definitely catch them off guard. We took a hundred cavalry as a team, rushed in and destroyed them with ** muskets. ”

Ouyang He said: "Mr. Zhang's idea has a certain risk, but it is not impossible. If we can control their stalls first, we will have a better chance of winning if we don't let them get on the horse. ”

Liu Chenghuang, who has never spoken on such occasions, said: "This method of warfare is most suitable for cavalry, and this can give full play to the impact role of cavalry. And we are the first to strike, when their camp is on fire, they can't organize, and the combat power of the people will be reduced, it's really not good, we can also use the night to retreat. ”

The more we researched, the more we felt that it was feasible, and at the last time, it was better than waiting for others to attack it.

In the end, it was decided to start the operation this evening, rush to the Mongolian camp before midnight, and start the offensive at midnight. Strive to settle the battle before dawn.

This time all the musketeers took part in the battle, and those who remained in the camp were each given a blade. The camp was in charge of Yan Boju and Lu Chengxiang.

In order to transport crossbows, crossbowmen are all ridden by one person, but fortunately, there is no shortage of horses now.

Dinner was finished early, and all the people who had just participated in the attack rested for a while. As soon as the calculated time came, Li Jing took his team of fifty people and took the lead in setting off first. When the group approached the Mongol camp, all the horses dismounted and wrapped the horse's hooves with the prepared sheepskins, and put the horses' chews on them. In order not to speak, each person had a straw stick in his mouth, and then led the horse forward slowly.

Li Jing's team, wearing camouflage uniforms, quietly wiped the necks of the sentries who had just finished changing their guards. Then he sent someone back to invite Zhang Zhimu, Chen Yufeng and others. It's a small mound with a few trees, and Li Jingxuan's observation point is good. The situation in the camp is clear at a glance.

The camp was built on the basis of a small village. A lot of the materials they had looted were piled up in the village. Since the Mongols were not accustomed to living in houses, they kept their captives in the villages.

This Mongol camp was stationed in 1,000 households. The horses of every thousand households were tethered together and guarded by special people. Judging from the horse pen, there are five in total. Zhang Zhimu, Chen Yufeng and others discussed and decided to divide Li Jing's people into five groups, exactly a group of ten. Fifty infantry were assigned to each of them, and they marched with them, trying to control each of the five horse pens and prevent their cavalrymen from having horses. However, it was also stipulated that if the sneak attack on the horse fence was unsuccessful, the assault would begin directly.

Judging from the sentries in the camp, the big tent with soldiers standing on all sides must be a big tent of ten thousand households. All the fifty crossbow mines brought this time covered this big tent in the first wave, and then the targets covered by the second and third waves were assigned, and after the fire and thunder were covered, the cavalry began to charge. At this time, the ballista can also fire freely. The launch position of this crossbow mine is located on this dirt slope.

Liu Yun and Li Jing went down to assign personnel. Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He also designated attack routes for Liu Chenghuang's cavalry. This time, the cavalry always used shotguns, because shotguns were better at close range.

The operation was started by the special forces led by Li Jing. Dressed in camouflage suits, they crawled to the vicinity of Malan, and when they came to the horsemen who were feeding the horses, they let the horsemen go with little effort.

The five teams basically completed the task very smoothly, but Li Jing personally led the team to something wrong here. A squad of ten cavalry patrolled over, Li Jing and they had just put the horsemen down, and it would be troublesome if they were discovered by this patrol of cavalry. Li Jing had no choice but to order these ten guys who didn't know whether they were alive or dead to be killed. Li Jing put on a groom's torn sheepskin clothes, lowered her head, and pretended to be busy. When the Mongolian cavalry came to greet her, Li Jing didn't understand a word of Mongolian, so she had to pretend not to hear it. This made the leader of the team a little angry. In normal times, he is the youngest officer in the cavalry, and he is also the master of anger. But he had a lot of energy to bully the groom, so he came over and whipped Li Jing with the whip, and Li Jing took the whip with his hand. The head of the cavalry didn't expect a horseman to dare to grab his whip, and in a moment when he was stunned, Li Jing dragged him down, and at the same time a sharp knife cut his throat, and Li Jing's other brothers also wiped out the ten cavalry patrols one by one. Then Li Jing took out a musket and shot it into the sky. This shot was to inform Zhang Zhimu that they had completed the task of seizing the horse pen and were now ready to attack.

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By the way, I recommend "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty", similar to this article, it is also a "technology flow" through the novel, but it takes place in the Southern Song Dynasty, Yashan, Anti-Yuan, Restoration, and European World Wars.