Chapter 15: Kill!
On the 11th, north of Qinyuan and south of Taiyuan, Evil Axe Mountain.
30,000 Shanxi Ming troops rested at the foot of the mountain.
The army marched day and night, but the area was too wide, and the Houjin was too sick, and Cao Wenzhao with 30,000 horses never caught up with the pace of the Houjin cavalry.
However, according to intelligence speculation, a large number of cavalry in Houjin are now entrenched around Taiyuan Mansion.
After Cao Wenzhao prepared to take a short rest, he went north to Taiyuan, hoping to slow down the pace of the other party's plunder.
Close to Taiyuan Mansion, camping will inevitably send a large number of scouts.
Then, when the scout brings back the spy, a sudden encounter ensues.
A group of 100 horsemen was chasing the fleeing people, and the direction was coming towards the foot of the mountain where the army was encamped.
When Cao Wenzhao heard about the military situation, he did not dare to hesitate, and directly arranged for Zi Cao Bianjiao to lead thousands of people to the direction where the hundred horsemen came to meet the attack, and he must be completely annihilated, otherwise if there is a Houjin cavalry escaping, it will inevitably attract the cavalry brigade to come.
Cao Bianjiao led the army to ambush the dense forest on the side of the official road, with 500 firecrackers and 500 pikemen.
After waiting for more than 100 horses to come.
In half an hour, a group of people appeared on the hillside in the distance, these people kept running forward in a panic, and from time to time someone fell, and behind the people were groups of high-headed horses.
The Houjin Tartar on the horse howled incessantly, and it seemed that he was not in a hurry to capture the people, but was bent on playing.
The war horse galloped down, directly trampling on the people who were unable to get up after falling.
In an instant, a living person turned into a pile of meat sauce mixed with dirt and blood.
In the dense forest down the slope, the Ming army in ambush looked at the scene in front of them, and their hearts were dripping with anger.
Originally, watching the Houjin cavalry rush down the hillside, Cao Bianjiao was ready to give the order and kill out.
But the next moment, the long line that appeared behind the cavalry made him freeze in place.
Long ropes dragged long men who were dragged forward as the cavalry marched, some numbly advancing, others falling to the ground and brushing the earth like dead men.
The people of the Ming Dynasty became the slaves of Houjin.
The so-called people of the kingdom are not even as good as pigs and dogs now.
Seeing that the Houjin cavalry rushed down the hill with the people in front, Cao Bianjiao was embarrassed, there were people in front and behind, the fire was excited, and the marbles did not have long eyes, in case after shooting, more people were killed than wounded Houjin cavalry, then today's battle was not to solve the problem of killing and injuring the enemy, but to become the helper of the Houjin cavalry.
Cao Bianjiao hesitated, looking at the Houjin cavalry running in front of him.
If it is delayed, the opportunity to block the Golden Tartar will be gone in a blink of an eye.
Cao Bianjiao gritted his teeth and gave the order to shoot.
In an instant, in the dense forest, dense gunshots rang out like popping beans, and the smoke filled the mountains and forests, and after a round of shooting, Cao Bianjiao didn't have time to see the situation in front of him, so he took the pikemen and killed them.
Marbles don't have long eyes, but people have long eyes, and when they rush out of the dense forest, the Ming army will kill the high-headed horses.
The Ming army detachment went to the Houjin cavalry to kill.
At the same time, the Houjin cavalry, who was not shot, also rushed over, brandishing a big knife, this time regardless of whether it was a civilian or an army in front of him, he directly killed a bloody road.
At the moment of engagement, the gap between the two sides was revealed.
The Houjin cavalry, who was in front of the formation, faced the dense spear tips that pierced out, regardless of it, the savage horseback rushed in, directly hitting the pikemen, and instantly rolled to the ground, and the formation was scattered.
In the face of the fierce Houjin cavalry, the Ming army could only subconsciously keep retreating.
The Houjin cavalry was not afraid of death, and after the horses under them were full of spears, they were suddenly encircled, but in the face of the surrounding Ming army, the cavalry who fell to the ground had no fear, turned over again and drew a long knife, and pounced directly.
With a round of firearms, more than 20 cavalry fell to the ground, and the Ming army's gun array lost more than 10 people again, and only more than 70 horsemen were left in an instant, but these people, in the face of the Ming army that continued to rush out of the dense forest, still rushed forward with horses.
After the Ming army's gun array was rushed away, the rear cavalry was liberated in an instant, increasing the speed of the horse and constantly slashing.
The casualties on both sides were often seven or eight Ming troops in exchange for one Houjin cavalry to be seriously wounded.
These Jurchen cavalrymen wore thick iron armor, and their spears were difficult to stab, and often only pierced into the face, or obliquely pierced the ribs like the cracks of iron armor, to inflict heavy damage on the cavalry.
However, the Ming army did not retreat.
Still coming forward to fight, the dead are piled together, and the undead are still pounced.
One of Cao Wenzhao's biggest advantages is that he can bring out an army that can fight.
In this army, there are soldiers who are oily, those who are greedy for life and fear of death, and those who are hungry for food, but in just three or four months, many people have begun to change.
Because Cao Wenzhao is not greedy for food and salary, because Cao Wenzhao will always take the lead with his son.
Again, a lion beating a flock of sheep and sheep will slowly turn into a wolf.
A sheep with a pack of wolves, the wolves will slowly become more cunning but lose their ferocity.
As the firecrackers in the dense forest slashed out with long knives, the balance of victory and defeat in the battle began to shift in favor of the Ming army.
After all, people faced more than 100 cavalry in the past.
The ongoing battle, before you know it, is coming to an end.
The ten horsemen who were dragging behind were originally responsible for dragging the long young slaves behind them.
But when the Ming army pulled the cavalry in front of them off their horses one by one and stabbed them with spears, these cavalrymen began to cut the ropes and fled directly into the distance.
Cao Bianjiao was anxious, and took more than a dozen of his own soldiers to drive the horse to kill.
Because he had planned to set up an ambush before, the cavalry was not easy to hide in the dense forest, so Cao Bianjiao did not bring the cavalry this time.
But at this moment, in the face of the fleeing cavalry, Cao Bianjiao was a little powerless.
After the rope was cut, the people, who had been dragging for a long time, finally lost their strength and scattered and fell to the ground.
After the Jin cavalry went away, these people became a roadblock for Cao Bianjiao and more than a dozen personal soldiers.
In addition, the horses of the Ming army were inferior to the other party, and in the end they could only watch the other party go away.
Cao Bianjiao whipped in the air hatefully.
Now, it's better to hurry back and report it.
If the cavalry escapes, the other party will inevitably go back to report that the 30,000 Ming army is about to face a large force of Houjin cavalry.
Hurriedly cleaning the battlefield, Cao Bianjiao ordered to cut the ropes on the people's bodies and let them scatter and flee for their lives.
Next, the Ming army still has a vicious battle to fight, and it really can't take care of these Ming people.
Even the corpses of his own people didn't have time to bury them, so Cao Bianjiao rushed back to the camping place with the remaining more than 600 Ming troops.
Return to the camp and report as soon as possible.
Cao Wenzhao felt that the mountain rain was coming, and the wind was full of buildings.
30,000 Ming troops, facing the Houjin Brigade with an unknown number.
Cao Wenzhao did not choose to dodge in a roundabout way, because the purpose of his coming to Taiyuan Mansion was to block the Houjin cavalry and drag the other party.
While looking at the scouts, he hurriedly relied on the mountain terrain of Evil Axe Mountain to organize a defense, and at the same time sent a messenger to the nearest Fenzhou to ask for help.
Cao Wenzhao thought of the tragedy of the war to the worst, did everything he could, and then prepared to meet the upcoming Houjin Brigade.