readx; Dai Shan's order, the Qing soldiers immediately broke into the hall like wolves and smashed the statues of more than 20 loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info$. (23) (w) (x).) Dai Shan laughed when he saw it, and Bao Chengxian also laughed dryly for a while, but suddenly noticed that there were still unburned incense heads in the incense burner. He couldn't help but wonder: "The city is obviously empty, who burned the incense?" ”

Before the words fell, the sudden killing sound outside the city shook the sky! Dai Shan's heart tightened, and he immediately led the crowd to hurry to the city gate, and was just about to go out, but a Niu Lu Ezhen hurriedly ordered his subordinates to close the city gate. Dai Shan said angrily: "This king is about to go out of the city to meet the enemy, what are you closing the city gate?" ”

That Niu Lu said with a frightened face: "Master, there are all Ming troops outside, and now you can only defend the city!" ”

"Nonsense!" Dai Shan said angrily, "There are still eight Niu Lu outside, more than 2,000 cavalry, how can they all be Ming troops?" ”

The Niu Lu didn't dare to talk back, but just snorted: "Master, you can go up to the city tower and take a look!" ”

Dai Shan's heart suddenly rose with an ominous premonition, and he hurriedly walked up to the city and looked out. It didn't matter what he saw, his face turned green with fright.

It turned out that his eight Niu Lu, a total of 2,400 cavalry, were being chased and slaughtered by thousands of Ming cavalry in the small basin, and now most of them have been lost; And the Zhenghongqi Iron Cavalry, who accompanied him through hundreds of battles and repeated miraculous feats, was like a lost dog, most of them didn't even ride a horse, and ran around like a headless fly. But no matter how fast they ran, they couldn't be faster than the Ming army's war horses, and they couldn't run far before they were stabbed in the head by the Ming army, and they immediately screamed and fell in a pool of blood!

"Bastard!" Dai Shan was shocked and angry, almost unable to believe his eyes, "What the hell is going on?" Where did this Ming army come from? Why didn't these Niu Lu soldiers go to war on horseback? Why?! ”

The Niu Lu Ezhen had no choice but to explain to Dai Shan in a trembling voice: "Just now, these eight Niu Lu were all burying pots outside the city to make rice, and there happened to be a few wells nearby, so they took water from the wells. Who knew that after eating the well water, all the people and horses had unbearable abdominal pain, and they couldn't stop softening..."

Dai Shan only felt a buzz in his head, and asked Bao Chengxian loudly: "Didn't you just say that there is no water in this place, what is going on with these wells?" ”

Bao Chengxian's face was also like ashes at this time, and he said after a while: "Master, I'm afraid it's... I'm afraid that the Ming army dug a few fake wells and poisoned them in advance..."

At this point, Dai Shan already knew that he had been ambushed by the Ming army, and he didn't care about being angry, so he immediately anxiously reviewed the situation on the battlefield.

It is clear that the Ming army rushed down from the northern hillside not far from here, because the hillside is still billowing with smoke and dust, which is the trace of a large number of cavalry trampling past. In this way, a single charge from a high place can maximize the impact of the cavalry, and even if your own men are prepared, they will still be at a disadvantage. What's more, those eight Niu Lu were eating and drinking water, and they were still drinking problematic water!

The strength of this Ming army was not too much, only about 4,500. However, the Qing army was not much, and there were only more than 2,000 people in the eight Niulu, which was only half of the Ming army. Moreover, this small basin is not very big in total, the radius is only fifteen miles, and after deducting the area occupied by the civil fort, the space for cavalry to drive and fight is really limited.

Because of this, the surprise attack launched by the Ming army had a surprisingly good effect. They lined up in a neat line, almost with the heads of the horses on top of the horses, like a sea of Qing soldiers crashing into them, and soon killed from the north end of the basin to the south end; It turned back like an iron comb and plowed the camp of the Qing army over and over again. In the past, the Qing army used to slaughter the infantry of the Ming army, but now it is used by the Ming army to deal with the Qing army, which is almost powerless.

Especially the general of the Ming army led by him, he did not wear a helmet, but wrapped a filial piety belt on his head, his eyes were blood-red, and he slashed the big knife in his hand like a windmill, and went crazy to pick the most dense place of the Qing army to rush and kill. As his broadsword flew up and down, one Qing soldier after another had their heads cut off; Due to the force of the knife, the headless cavity could often run forward two steps before spurting blood and falling to the ground.

Seeing that the Qing troops outside the city were crushed, Dai Shan knew that it was impossible to expect them to defeat the Ming army. Not to mention defeating the Ming army, even his own safety is in question now, because there are only two Niu Lu in the city of Tumubao, with a total of 600 cavalry. Although these 600 men did not eat the water from the wells outside the city, no matter how much they could fight, they could not be the opponent of the 4,000 cavalry.

So now Dai Shan can only order his subordinates to close the city gate and shoot the Ming army with bows and arrows at the head of the city. In the past two armies have been fighting for so many years, it has always been the Ming army defending the city and the Qing army attacking, but today it is the other way around. When Dai Shan entered the city, he was still laughing at the ruins of the city, but now he only hopes that the city wall can be higher, and he must not let the Ming army attack the city!

Of course, Dai Shan will not sit still. The total strength of his Zhenghong Banner is more than 10,000 people, and here is only 3,000 Chinese troops, and the front army and the rear army combined, the strength greatly exceeds that of the Ming army. If you count the red flags in the back, the advantage is even greater.

It's just that the front army has already gone out from the mountain pass to the west just now, and the rear army has not yet followed. Dai Shan ordered his subordinates to quickly light the wolf smoke and inform the front and rear troops to rush here immediately.

Sure enough, the front and rear armies of the Zhenghong Banner were very close to this small basin. As soon as they saw wolf smoke rising from the civil fort, they knew that something was wrong and rushed desperately to the mountain pass. As soon as you enter the mountain pass, the advantage on the battlefield will immediately tilt in favor of the Qing army.

But what they didn't expect was that the two mountain passes, which were unimpeded when they passed just now, were now blocked by about 200 Ming troops each! They had been lying in ambush on a nearby hill for a long time, but now they threw stones down from the top of the hill and fired their bows and arrows with all their might. For a time, the mountain pass was full of rocks, iron arrows were ringing, and the Qing army could not pass!

At the same time, the fighting within the basin was nearing its end. The Ming army did not intend to attack the city, but insisted on strangling any living creature outside the city. During this period, there were also Ming troops who were shot and fell, but they were very disciplined, and none of them fired arrows at the head of the city to return fire, but only focused on the battle outside the city.

It wasn't until the Qing soldiers of the eight Niu Lu were all wiped out that the Ming army general who was wrapped in filial piety put away the big knife and only said one word briefly: "Withdraw!" ”

In an instant, the Ming army rushed to the northern slopes like a torrent of steel, and soon disappeared into the dense jungle. And the Ming troops who guarded the mountain pass also quickly retreated after causing some trouble to the Qing army. The generals of the Qing army had the intention to chase after them, but they were worried about the safety of the banner owner Daishan, so they had to abandon the Ming army and immediately rush to Tumubao.

It was only then that the gates of the civil fort slowly opened. Dai Shan walked out in despair, looking at the corpses of Qing soldiers and war horses in his eyes, and only after a while did he burst out three words: "Tumu Fort!" ”

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