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The cavalry in charge of reconnaissance in the Ordos Department returned to the camp in panic and reported the reconnaissance to Timur. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info but apart from the horrified expression on their faces and the description of the tragic death of their companions, they failed to find out any of the truth of the Ming army.

Timur couldn't help but be furious, in his opinion, it didn't matter how many people died, but he must find out the strength of the Ming army, as well as the life or death of the captured dependents, so that he could decide what offensive means to take next. As for the sentry's statement that the bird gun could hit a hundred and fifty paces away, he didn't believe it at all, and only thought that it might be that some bird gunmen were lying in ambush farther away from the car formation, and the sentry didn't find out that he had eaten a cold gun.

He immediately reprimanded the cowardly sentinels, and was just about to send another group of cavalry to reconnoitre, when he heard a crisp gunfire not far from the camp tent, and then there was a commotion in the camp. Timur was taken aback, and hurriedly strode out of the tent and shouted: "What's the chaos? What's going on? ”

"Big... Great Khan, as soon as we erected the watchtower, the sentry on the tower was killed by the bird's gun! A general reported with a sad face.

"What!" Timur couldn't believe his ears, his camp was four miles away! Could it be that the Ming army came to attack the camp at night?!

He immediately drew his scimitar and walked under the watchtower that had just been attacked. A group of Mongol warriors were talking about something around the sentry who had just been killed, their faces full of horror. Seeing Timur coming, one of the small leaders said in a panic: "Great Khan, look! ”

Timur looked down and saw that Rao was half a horse for his life, and he was still frightened. It turned out that the unlucky sentry was shot in the head, and half of his skull was lifted off, leaving only the part below the nose still attached to the cavity.

"Great Khan, this can't be a bird's blow!" The little leader trembled, "The bird is not so powerful!" Don't... Could it be that the Han people have the help of gods? ”

"What nonsense are you talking about? Immortal Heaven will bless us to kill all the Han people! Timur, fearing that it would affect his morale, scolded the little leader a few times, and then raised his eyes and looked out. But as far as the eye can see, there is nothing to see except the dark field. Suddenly, a cold wind blew, and Timur couldn't help but feel a little sweaty hair, wondering where did this bullet come from?

Suddenly, there was a flash of red light in the field, followed by a crisp gunshot. The shot was aimed at Timur, but it was slightly wide and hit the head of one of the guards beside him. With a "snap", the guard's head burst open like a watermelon, and Timur's face was covered with red blood and white brains!

"Protect the Great Khan!" More than 20 Mongolian guards hurriedly rushed forward, shielded the front, and at the same time desperately dragged the stunned Timur back.

However, Timur only stayed for a moment before he came back to his senses, and roared angrily: "The hateful Han people dare to attack Ben Great Khan!" The person who fired the bird gun is right where the fire flickered, shoot them with arrows! ”

The Mongol soldiers had already been frightened, and at this time the Great Khan gave the order, and in order to give themselves courage, they fired arrows indiscriminately in the field, and not only at the flickering fire. Thousands of Mongolian archers kept firing their bows and arrows, and for a time the sound of sharp arrows breaking through the air was endless.

It took more than five minutes for Timur to calm down a little from his panic and anger. He suddenly realized that the place where the fire flickered, at least a hundred and thirty or forty paces away from the watchtower, even the strongest warrior under his command might not be able to shoot the arrow that far. He hurriedly shouted: "Stop firing arrows, go and charge dozens of horses!" ”

At this time, the night was even thicker, and it happened that the sky was also overcast, and the light of the stars and moon was all covered by thick clouds, and it was almost impossible to reach out on the field. Thinking of the mysterious bird hands outside, these Mongolians, who are usually not afraid of heaven and earth, also flinched, and no one was willing to risk their lives to go out of the camp. But the Great Khan had an order, and he had to follow, and in the end, Arslen, the head of a hundred households, who was known as the "First Warrior of the Dalat Banner", led his subordinates to rush out.

However, the results of the investigation made the Mongols disappointed, and at the same time, they also felt a little lucky. There was nothing but grass on the ground where the fire flickered just now. Since there was no one, there was no need to fight, so Arslen hurried back to the camp to make a mission, for fear that he would be killed by a cold gun from nowhere.

After Timur heard the news, fine beads of sweat could not help but ooze from his bald head. It is clear that this is just a small force of harassment by the Han Chinese, which has now been retracted. But their bird guns can indeed hit a hundred and fifty paces away!

Timur knew very well that the casualties caused by this harassment itself were not large, at most a few people were killed. In a large-scale war with thousands of troops, a few dead people are really nothing. However, the Ming army can hurt people with birds at such a distance, which has exceeded the traditional understanding of the Mongols and seriously affected the morale of the Mongolian army, which is the most terrifying part.

If it was daytime, it would be easy to do, and if the Han dared to come so close to attack, they could be wiped out by sending some cavalry to disperse and outflank; But now it is late at night, and these hateful Han people use the cover of night to let themselves not know where they are sneaking attack. Either they will shrink their heads and be beaten, or they can only send out a large group of people to search in a horse-drawn net. And the night battle undoubtedly took a lot of risks, and Timur could not help but be in a dilemma.

At this time, another subordinate came down to report: "Great Khan, the Han people lit wolf smoke in the array!" ”

Timur hurriedly walked out of the tent to watch, and sure enough, he saw a pillar of smoke rising to the sky in the middle of the Ming army's chariot array, which could be seen clearly even in the dark night.

"It's not good, the Han people have an ambush!"

Of course, Timur knew that the wolf smoke was used to call the police, and he was frightened by the bird's gun with a long range just now, so he was already a little suspicious, and immediately ordered the whole army to immediately withdraw the camp and retreat back twenty miles, and sent sentry scouts to reconnoiter around to see if there were any reinforcements from the Han brigade nearby.

Originally, the soldiers of the Ordos Department were assembled in a hurry, and after a day's rapid march, they were already very tired. Just after setting up the camp and about to retreat, it seems that this night does not want to rest, the soldiers can't help but complain about the bitterness and demoralization.

At the same time, in the Qin soldiers' car formation, Li Dingguo, Xie Sheng and other generals were talking and laughing around the huge pillar of smoke that went straight into the sky. One of the battalion commanders of the second regiment said to Liu Quanzhong with envy: "First battalion commander, your sniper sniper squad's flint hair is too powerful, and you can hit far and accurately!" Let's discuss with each other, can we lend me two branches?

Liu Quanzhong glared at him and said, "What are you kidding?" This is specially approved by His Highness to give us a regiment and a battalion, and there are only about a dozen Qin soldiers in the entire Qin army now, even if I lose my life, I can't lose my gun! Besides, it's not enough to have guns, do you have sharpshooters in your battalion? These snipers are one in a thousand, and it took months of hard training to develop such good marksmanship. Give it to you, and you will be a burning stick! ”

Everyone burst into laughter, and even Xie Sheng, who was usually not smiling, smiled and said: "Your Highness attaches so much importance to this kind of gun, I didn't understand it at the time, and I really understood its power when I got to the battlefield." It's a pity that Timur didn't hit, and the trick of 'capturing the thief and capturing the king' was not successful. ”

"It doesn't matter if you don't hit." Li Dingguo said confidently, "Tomorrow the Mongols can't find our reinforcements, they will definitely make a comeback, and there will be a chance to fight him at that time." Now we have lit a puff of wolf smoke, which can be seen dozens of miles away. As long as we hold the chariot and consume the Mongols as much as possible, we can light a second puff of wolf smoke in a few days. The day His Highness received the signal and personally led the cavalry to kill was the time when the Ordos Department was destroyed! ”