Chapter 355: Meeting in the River Valley

An army of 60,000 people, and it was the army of the Mongols, and in most people's minds, these people were riding horses, coming and going like the wind, more than 100 miles a day.

In fact, the 60,000-strong troops also needed to eat, drink, and rest, and when they moved along the waterways and river valleys, there were also a large number of cattle and sheep, and they could march about fifteen miles a day at most. The real speed of these Mongol soldiers was at the beginning of the war, and the speed at this time could reach 150 miles a day.

Before that, their speed was not fast, and of course a large number of scouts had to be sent around the team to find out the situation.

For the Bandi Khan of Washuang, he didn't even regard the reclamation manor outside the gate as an opponent, it was just a group of landlords of the Ming Dynasty, and the military strength here was just some people's strong and regimental training, and the people in Shanxi and Shaanxi were strong, and the people's morale and regimental training there were not like that.

The warriors of Upper Mongolia were still lambs to the slaughter, and they were crushed.

However, despite his contempt, he never expected to encounter resistance outside the pass, and his promise to his people and other nobles was that most of the people would take root in the developed land outside the pass, and then re-enter the rich Central Plains and restore the glory and dignity of the past.

Fifteen miles a day, with cattle, sheep and baggage, 60,000 people slowly approached along the Taal River valley towards Tainingwei. The horses had seen the work in the valley five days earlier than the rest of the group, and a few horses had gone up the hill to the nearby hill and looked at the valley floor below under the cover of the trees.

The valley has become a large manor, several wooden fences cut the valley horizontally, in the manor there are a large number of buildings that seem to be warehouses, it seems that they are all roof of hay, these horses have also heard from the herdsmen who were driven to the grassland by the reclamation manor.

Many of the reclamation estates are not houses in the sense of the kannai, and sometimes they live in harder places than the herdsmen on the grasslands, living in shacks and tents, and there are a large number of slaves working in them.

I don't see the appearance of a military fortress, this level of wooden fence, no matter what, as long as it is set on fire, or after the soldiers approach, they can cut it with knives and axes, and the grass huts inside are even more likely to be set on fire, and after the horse team rushes in, it will directly collapse.

The cavalry wanted to get closer, but there were a lot of people on the opposite side who were fetching water and repairing the wooden walls, and if they got closer, they might alarm the people in Zhuangzi, whether these people resisted or broke up and walked the news to others, there would be unnecessary trouble, so it was better to go back.

The scouts thought they could hide from everyone's eyes and ears, and left quietly.

However, they didn't know that in the place where Jiang Feng was stationed, in the secret place high in the surrounding valley, there were nearly two hundred spies, most of these people were hunters among the guards, these people had excellent observation skills, and they were good at concealing themselves.

The task of the sentry is to find the horses and send a signal to the camp at the bottom of the mountain, Jiang Feng knows that he has so many people stationed here, it is impossible not to be discovered, so he tries his best to disguise his barracks, warehouses and wooden fences in the style of a farm.

It was impossible for Tanma to leave the brigade for more than ten days, and Jiang Feng arranged his fortifications according to this most conservative estimate, and after Tanma appeared, all construction that seemed to be related to military affairs was stopped, or carried out when it was confirmed that there were no Tanma.

The soldiers were trained in hidden places, and the barracks were made into shacks, but in fact, this was very simple, and there was no shortage of wood and hay outside the gates. This is actually something ahead of its time, although there are also examples of disguised as enemy troops to confuse opponents, but such a force of nearly 10,000 people disguised the place where they were stationed as a manor, but at this time, it was shocking.

The captain of the guard, who understands military affairs, has also suggested that there may be no problem with such a camp and storing people, but as a military camp, it is too unqualified, if the cavalry of the Tartars rushes over, the entire camp is vulnerable, Jiang Feng, who heard this, smiled, pointed to the long wooden fence that cut off the river valley, and said:

"The battlefield is in front of the wooden fence there......"

When the Tanma of the Tile Spur Department observed this camp in the river valley, Jiang Feng's Tanma had already seen the large army of the Tile Spur, and it was about to arrive at the garrison in two days, and the Tanma of the Tile Spur Department no longer appeared around the manor in the past few days, and the mood of these people in the garrison became more and more heavy, and the only consolation was that the army of the Mongolian Tile Spur Department obviously did not take the "manor" on the front road seriously, and they were even too lazy to divide their troops to attack.

The long-awaited reinforcements from North Korea also have news, perhaps in order to avoid Jiang Feng's anxiety about waiting here, the reinforcement team sent fast horses in advance, and the report to Jiang Feng is not optimistic, the reinforcements will come here in five days at the earliest, that is to say, it will take about two days for the army to resist the Tartars in the manor, so that it can support until the reinforcements arrive.

Knowing that there were not many people with reinforcements arriving, and Tie Dan was one of them, he was really disappointed, so even if it was the last straw, it was lost, Jiang Feng would definitely not be happy in his heart, but he knew that this news was a blow to the morale of the army and the people.

So when the news was blocked, Tie Dan's reaction after being disappointed was quite interesting, and he was crazy in the camp, perfecting everything he could see, constantly cheering up the guards, and checking the materials transported by the various reclamation manors on the waterways.

Two days later, after the early morning fog had cleared, a dozen arrogant cavalrymen appeared in front of the wooden fence, shouting rather stiff Chinese:

"Bandi Khan's army is about to pass through here, if you don't want to lose your lives, tear down the wooden wall immediately, sacrifice your food and grass, become a slave of our Great Khan, and surrender immediately!"

The soldiers stationed in the garrison hurriedly ran to Jiang Feng's front to report, Jiang Feng's surroundings, a large number of soldiers were also ready, looking at the soldier in front of him, Jiang Feng suddenly laughed loudly, and the tense atmosphere was diluted a lot by his laughter:

"Please tell me what to do, kill them!"

After this order was issued, the captain of the guard led dozens of people to the fence, only Jiang Feng's guards in the Jiang family army were still equipped with bows and arrows, and more than a dozen people quickly opened their bows and arrows, and shouted at the Mongolian Tatar cavalry outside.

More than a dozen arrows were fired, and the unprepared Mongolian cavalry was suddenly thrown down, and the three or four people who were lucky enough to survive screamed in surprise, and turned their horses and ran back.

The officers of the Jiang family army began to give orders loudly, the soldiers walked to the front of the fence to prepare according to the advance, and the rest of the men and horses also acted quickly according to the arrangement.

"Behind us is the fertile fields and their own industries that everyone has worked so hard to cultivate, can we just give it to the Tartars, we have worked hard in the customs for so many years, and finally have a full meal outside the customs, are we just throwing it away!!"

As soon as Jiang Feng's words fell, the iron egg on the side shouted there:

"Brothers, the Tartars have horses, now we can't run, we can't run, we can't run, fight with them!"

After saying these words, the emotions of the crowd below were finally mobilized, and everyone raised their weapons and shouted loudly:

"Fight! Fight! ”

The cavalry of the tile spur obviously did not expect that the small manor of the other party would actually kill the messenger who shouted to him, and after the surviving messenger ran back, it didn't take too long for the entire river valley to slowly tremble, and the rumbling seemed to be the low sound of thunder in the sky.

A large number of cavalry slowly approached on both sides of the valley, and on the Taal River, where Jiang Feng had now built a pontoon bridge with felled logs, the defense here was completely done.

The cavalry saw the wooden wall on the ground opposite, which was only more than one person high, and the abundance of wood outside the gate was completely manifested here, a thick wood stood upright, and the sharpened wood was slanted into the ground, obviously to avoid the impact of the cavalry, and many of the cavalry of the tile spur couldn't help laughing, thinking that there was such a big courage to shoot the cavalry of the Great Khan with such a simple defense.

These cavalrymen didn't see the situation behind the wooden fence so clearly that they wouldn't be able to laugh if they did. The horn sounded, and the leaders of the cavalry all let out a loud cry, and the cavalry rushed towards the wooden wall, but they did not let go of the speed of their horses, and ran to a distance of twenty or thirty paces from the wooden wall.

The Tartar cavalry stopped their horses, stretched out their bows and arrows, and began to shoot the first round of arrow rain towards the wooden fence, the main effect of this long-range attack was to clear the resistance on the wooden fence, and sure enough, after the first round of arrow rain, there was no movement on the wooden fence.

The Tile Thorn cavalry dismounted, ready to cut and smash the grates before them.

Jiang Feng's soldiers were firmly blocked in the gap of the wooden fence with shields, and the people in the back row held large wooden planks to cover the rain of arrows overhead, and when the Tartar cavalry dismounted and walked more than ten steps in front of the wooden fence, the officers of the Jiang family army all shouted in unison:

"Shield, shoot!"

The arquebuses on the three hundred arquebuses ignited the gunpowder, and the white smoke filled the air, with a deafening sound, and the lead pellets shot out at high speed......