Chapter 260: Hanging Sheep Drumming and Straw Man Maze
One hundred and fifty miles away from Guihua City, Zheng attacked the camp, and the Ming army, which had just had breakfast, was preparing to pull out the camp and set up the village, and a Haidongqing fluttered into the camp. Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
Abney's own soldiers captured Hai Dongqing, untied the ankle bracelet, took out the letter, and handed it to Abnai.
"Not good!" As soon as Abunai saw the letter, his face suddenly changed, "Wu'er is in danger!" β
"What's going on?" Zheng Xi asked.
"Naturalization! Kang Mazi is the first to do it! My whereabouts are unknown! Abnei replied.
Zheng Xi was taken aback, he was not worried about Burnie's life and death, he was only worried about Kangxi running away. After a slight pause, Zheng Xi patted the table and said, "Lord Wang, hurry up and bring the soldiers and horses of the headquarters, and one person and three horses will rush to naturalization." This domain allocated another 10,000 elite cavalry to the prince, also one person and three horses, and rushed to naturalization as soon as possible. β
"Thank you, Lord Wang!" Abneh saluted.
After Abnei retreated, he immediately ordered the 5,000 cavalry of his headquarters, plus the 10,000 cavalry lent to him by Zheng Xi, and the 15,000 elite cavalry galloped on horseback, sparing no horsepower, and rushed to naturalization as fast as possible. Because it was one man and three horses, the cavalry marched at a speed of one hour and eighty miles, and it only took two hours, and before noon, Abnei had already arrived outside the city with 15,000 cavalry.
The gate of the naturalization city was wide open, and groups of Qing troops were evacuating, and a large number of clothed servants drove carts full of gold and silver treasures to retreat due north. The families of the retreating bannermen were either in cars or on foot, and were leaving the city of naturalization.
"It seems that Kang Mazi must have escaped! Let's go into the city and rescue my son! Abnei said.
Huang Zhao, who was traveling with Abnay, said: "Beware of the ambush! Our army has just arrived, the war horses are tired, since Qinggou has retreated, he will definitely stay behind, if our army rushes into the city, I am afraid that it will be ambushed. It is better to rest outside the city for a while, wait until you have regained your strength and horsepower, and then fight into the city. β
Although Abunai was eager to save his son, after listening to Huang Zhao's words, he felt that it made sense, so he ordered the army to suspend its advance and rest temporarily outside the city.
The Qing army that stayed in the city found the attacking Ming army, but the banner people were retreating, and the Qing army did not dare to close the city gate, so they could only set up an ambush in the city. There was also a part of the Qing army ambushed behind Kangxi's retreat road, and if Abnai led his troops to pursue Kangxi's army, he would inevitably be ambushed by the Qing army.
After a short rest, Abnei ordered a small group of elite scout cavalry to chase after the retreat of the bannermen to spy on the enemy.
The Mongolian scout cavalry chased out a certain distance, and the Qing army in ambush in the grass in front found that the Mongolian cavalry was coming, and it was obviously the scout cavalry, the number was very small, if the Qing army attacked, it would inevitably expose that they had an ambush, and they could only hope that the Mongols would not get too close to themselves. However, the Mongol cavalry scattered and searched, getting closer and closer to the Qing army.
"No, let the Mongols get closer, they will find us!" A Qing army officer said.
"Shoot the arrows!" The Qing army in ambush gave an order.
A rain of arrows suddenly shot out of the grass, and several Mongol cavalrymen who had no time to dodge were shot into hedgehogs when they were within range.
"Signal! There is an ambush for the clear dog! A centurion shouted.
The Mongols took out the fireworks rocket and launched it into the air. The rocket exploded in the air, bursting into a huge firework, reminding the main force behind that the Qing army had set up an ambush halfway through.
The cavalry of the Qing army lying in ambush behind the grassy slope was killed, the Mongols turned around, pulled out their horses and left, while retreating, the Mongols also turned their heads from time to time to shoot arrows, and used Mangu tactics to deal with the Eight Banners chasing them. However, the strength of the cavalry bow is relatively weak, and the armor of the Eight Banners is thick, and the Mongols at this time are not the cowardly Xue army in the era of Kublai Khan, and their combat effectiveness is obviously not good. The arrows shot by Mangu's tactics could not cause any damage to the heavily armored Eight Banners at all.
The Eight Banners chased after them, who knew that Huang Zhao's dragoons suddenly came out, far beyond the range of the Qing soldiers' bows and arrows, and fired a row of rifled guns and shot down more than a dozen Eight Banners.
The Qing soldiers, who had suffered a loss, found that the Ming army was strong and did not dare to chase the Mongols anymore, so they whistled and pulled their horses and left.
Abunai didn't know the reality of the city, he didn't know how many Qing troops there were in the city, and he didn't dare to enter the city rashly when he looked at the open city gate, and he was worried that the Qing army lying in ambush nearby might be killed at any time.
"General Huang, we only have 15,000 men and horses in our hands. Kang Mazi is going to flee to Beihai, there are at least thirty or forty thousand horses following him, the enemy is outnumbered, and I don't know where Qinggou may be ambushed, so we might as well withdraw the army first. Looking at the wide open city gate, Abnei said to Huang Zhao.
"Qinggou may give us an empty city plan, but unfortunately we don't know the situation and don't dare to rush into the city. But there is no need to retreat, we are here to stare at the clear dog! Huang Zhao said.
Besides, Zheng Xi led the army and marched slowly on the grassland. In order to allow the vanguard to have one man and three horses, many dragoons have now become real infantry, and can only march on foot, much slower. According to the speed of the infantry marching at that time, it would take two days to reach naturalization.
Huang Zhao and Abunai's 15,000 men and horses confronted the Qing army inside the city for a whole afternoon. Huang Zhao did not dare to pursue the Qing army, nor did he dare to rush into the city, so he ordered to camp on the spot.
After dark, countless torches were lit at the head of the naturalized city, standing outside the city and looking, I saw countless Qing troops emerging from the city, with the help of the lighting of the firelight, you could see the Qing army flag fluttering. At the same time, the dull sound of trumpets and drums sounded in the city, and the Qing army seemed to be about to attack in a big way.
Although the Ming army camp was strong, it was not easy to sleep this night, the drums at the head of the city resounded all night, and the Qing soldiers in the city swayed, God knows when they will be killed.
By daybreak, the drumming in the city had gradually stopped. Abneh, who had not slept well all night, walked out of the camp, stood on a grassy slope, picked up a telescope and carefully looked at the city, only to find that the swaying head of the city was actually a dummy!
"Fooled!" Abnei screamed.
After less than a quarter of an hour, the Mongol vanguard rushed into the city, only to find that a row of sheep had been hung upside down on the wall, and the hooves of the sheep were placed on the surface of the drum, and the hooves of the sheep moved, and the war drums made a sound. As for the scarecrows shaking at the head of the city, it was a group of blindfolded donkeys pulling a millstone, on which was placed a piece of wood, and on which stood a scarecrow in papier-mΓ’chΓ© armor, and in the dark night, looking from a distance, it seemed as if someone was shaking at the head of the city.
The Qing troops and bannermen in the city had all withdrawn overnight, and they went out from the west gate.
The Mongols and Ming soldiers who entered the city found that all the Mongols in the city were bound up and imprisoned in their houses. However, Abnei did not find his son, nor did he find Narison.