Chapter 253: The Comer Is Not Good
At the foot of Tonggu Mountain, a cavalry team rolled up the sky with smoke and dust, rolling in. The iron hooves slammed against the hard mud, and the whole ground shook.
In front of the cavalry, a group of She soldiers with shuttle guns lined up, staring coldly at the surging cavalry figure wrapped in a large cloud of yellow dust, silent, as if they were afraid.
When the cavalry rushed close to 100 feet, it slowed down significantly, and galloped for a distance, and after a burst of shouts and cheers for the reins of the horses, the thunderous hooves gradually subsided, and the smoke and dust that were stirring and tumbling slowly dissipated.
"Dismount."
With a snap, the knights immediately jumped down with their stirrups. There were twenty-one people, all of whom were dressed in heavy armor, with scimitars hanging from their waists, and on both sides behind the saddle, long bows and arrows, large axes and spears, and lasso shields. Even the war horses were covered with defensive bows and arrows, and they were armed to the teeth.
The leading knight shook off his, strode forward, and at the same time opened his face with a horsewhip, revealing a cold and resolute face with a stiff and short mustache: "A certain is the Great Yuan Marshal's Mansion and the vanguard officer of the expedition to the south, and he is happy to discuss with Prime Minister Song Guowen on the order of Prime Minister Boyan." ”
A Song army general on the opposite side asked a person next to him in a low voice: "Recognize it clearly, but are you happy?" ”
The man next to him carefully recognized, nodded and said, "It's him, that's right." ”
"It's good to be in the right place." A gleam flashed in the eyes of the general of the Song army, and he pressed his sword to meet him, and said in a loud voice, "Zheng Minglun, the deputy commander of the Infantry Division of the guard's pro-army, is here to greet the envoy at the order of the prime minister. ”
Zheng Minglun, who was originally a small colonel in the Infantry Division of the Guard's Army, had made meritorious contributions when Zhao Hunter was admonishing, and was promoted to command a battalion of 500 soldiers to replace Su Jingzhan to guard the Changhua Army. During this period, he repelled the attacks of small sailors and bandits of the Yuan army several times, and showed his prominence.
After breaking the second siege of Qiongzhou by the Yuan army, Qiongzhou was firmly in the hands of the Song army, and the strategic position of the Changhua army gradually decreased, and there was no longer a need for a large number of troops to defend it. This time, he led an elite 100-man musket team as Wen Tianxiang's personal guard, and followed him north into Fujian to protect his safety.
When the smoke and dust cleared, Zheng Minglun looked at it and saw that the twenty guards who came with him happily took off their helmets, and they had obvious Mongol characteristics. All of them are burly and strong, with knotted beards, well-developed masseter muscles, and short, thick necks with a bronze sheen, which looks like iron cast copper, giving people a sense of powerlessness that they can twist even with all their might.
"Strong, very strong, each one is hard to deal with." Zheng Minglun suddenly felt that the burden on his shoulders suddenly became heavy, and only by holding down the holster behind his waist could his heart be more steady-as the prime minister's chief of guard, before he set off for the north, he was allowed to issue a 54 pistol and 20 rounds of ammunition. It is one of the very few generals of the Song Army who are not in the battle sequence of the martial arts team and the Yanling team, but can be allowed to issue semi-automatic firearms.
"Weapons and horses are left, and each person is only allowed to bring a waist knife into the village." Zheng Minglun took a deep breath, calmed his mind, and said loudly, "If you agree, please follow me up the mountain." ”
A hint of ridicule flashed in his happy eyes, and he said lightly: "Please ask Deputy Commander Zheng to guide you forward." ”
Twenty Mongolian guards followed the happy roar and strode closer, and the bloodthirsty and ferocious aura they exuded, like a group of wild beasts that had found their prey, made the group of She soldiers change color in shock, some retreated and some did not move, and the originally neat formation was suddenly scattered.
The She soldiers who could be sent down the mountain by the leaders of the She army to meet the envoy were all elite, all of them were tall and well-armored, after all, they represented the face of the She army. I didn't expect that this group of Yuan Army guards would be so unbearable - even if their number was nearly twice as large as that of the other party!
However, there is nothing to blame for this, because they are facing the strongest class of Meng Yuan, the Cowardly Xue Army.
When he was happy to go out of Ganzhou, he offered advice to Boyan. The She army in southern Fujian is large, and if it attacks head-on, it will be difficult to clear it in a short time. If the war drags on for a long time, the situation will worsen, not only will Zhangzhou not be guaranteed, but the plan to destroy the main force of the Song army within three months will also come to naught.
Happy to come up with a bold plan - to take the fire from the fire.
After hearing this, Boyan couldn't help but sigh, "It's really Batu Luye." Later, he personally selected ten Ballu Hua (protons) and ten Yunduchi (those with knives) from the cowardly Xue army, and handed them over to Xing Xing to lead to help him succeed.
When Boyan was ordered to march south, he asked Kublai Khan for a cowardly Xue army. Kublai Khan also happily pulled out a cowardly team of 10,000 people composed of Huo'er Chi (quiver), Yunduchi (the one with the sword), and Ballu Hua (proton) to Boyan.
This cowardly Xue army is not the ordinary cowardly Xue in the palace, but the soldiers who have really been selected from various Mongolian ministries at all levels, as well as the outstanding children (protons) who have been strictly trained since childhood sent from the palaces of Konayan, Zongwang, Xungui, and generals. Even if it is not as good as the cowardly Xue 10,000 team that climbed ice and snow, drank blood, fought all over Asia and Europe, and had unparalleled combat power in the era of Genghis Khan, it is definitely one of the most elite soldiers of this era.
At this time, the twenty warriors that Boyan handed over to the happy were from such a beast-like fierce cowardly Xue army, and they were all first-class brave warriors of the brand. It can really match two hundred sharps with one block of ten or twenty people.
This is the hole card of the happy trip.
Boom, boom, boom, twenty-one people were neatly aligned, approaching ten steps in front of Zheng Minglun like a moving iron wall before stopping.
Zheng Minglun did not move an inch, his face was as usual, his eyes were sharp, only the knuckles of the fingers holding the gun handle were pale from excessive force. When the happy and timid Xue Wei approached, Zheng Minglun made a solemn gesture, and then turned around and walked first.
After these iron-clad cowardly Xue Bang walked away in front of them, those She soldiers let out a long breath and wondered - where did these ironclad guards come from, they are so strong?!
The gate of Tonggu Zhai is wide open, from the gate to the front of the walled hall, it is nearly 100 zhang long, and there are two rows of armored soldiers holding spears, which are as many as 300. More than 600 eyes stared at the envoy and his party passing by, and they had their own momentum. Although the fierce aura is not as good as that of cowardly Xue Wei, it is better than if there are many people, and if you press more and less, you can barely compete.
In fact, with the meaning of Chen Hangyan, Huang Hua and others, they wanted to put a few things such as the Daomen Array, the Gun Forest Array, and the Fire Ring Array to give the Yuan envoy and his party a dismount. However, he was vetoed by Wen Tianxiang - in this way, wouldn't he become the king of the mountain as the prime minister of a country?
Before coming to the walled hall, Zheng Minglun stopped, looked back and said, "Yuan envoy, please." His eyes were fixed on the twenty cowardly Xue Wei.
Glad to understand what he meant, he raised his hand: "You wait in front of the hall." After speaking, he climbed the stone steps and entered the walled hall.
The lobby is very spacious, and it is not a problem to squeeze 100 people, but at this time, there are only a dozen people on both sides, and the wide splendid chair in the middle is empty.
As soon as he stepped into the lobby, more than a dozen pairs of sharp eyes stabbed like swords.
Happy stared at the empty seat in the middle, his face sank, and he was very unhappy: "A certain person came by the order of Prime Minister Boyan, why didn't Prime Minister Wen come to see him!" ”