Chapter 680: Prelude to the Great War

readx; Two puffs of wolf smoke rose from the Qin soldiers' chariot formation, and a huge black mist filled the sky, almost obscuring the bloody remnant sun. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Mongols were already suspicious by nature, and after a few days of unbearable fighting, Timur felt even more elusive about his opponents. But since he had decided to retreat, he couldn't care so much, thinking to himself what the Han people liked to do, anyway, in the middle of the night, he would pull out the camp and set up the village. As for his family and property, he had to go with him, which was better than throwing his life here.

But it was too late. After more than an hour, when the Mongols were nervously dismantling the camp and yurt, they suddenly heard the sound of a loud horn in all directions at the same time!

At this time, Timur was really frightened, and hurriedly got on his horse and looked into the distance. But in the middle of the night, I couldn't see where there were enemies and how many there were, and I could only hear the rumbling sound of horses' hooves in the sky.

Suddenly, an earth-shattering shout broke out in the array of Qin soldiers' vehicles, which had been surrounded, and the terrifying cannon sound rang out again. Although they knew that it was still far away and that it was impossible for the shells to hit here, all the Mongols were now highly nervous, and when they heard this sound, their first reaction was to try to escape far away.

Timur finally stopped his panicked subordinates, and said in a sad and powerful voice: "It seems that the reinforcements of the Han people are coming!" It's too dark to see how many enemy troops there are, we must not mess up, otherwise we will be attacked by the Han people inside and outside, and it will be all over! Now immediately gather the men and horses and wait for the dawn, as soon as the dawn is up, we will immediately charge the Han cavalry on the periphery! Warriors, you are the pride of the sky, no Han Chinese can defeat you in the cavalry battle, this is a good opportunity for us to take revenge! ”

But what he says now, the Mongols are no longer too convinced. Several generals suggested in a trembling voice: "Great Khan, we have been calculated by the Han people everywhere in this battle, and we have suffered losses everywhere, and now since they dare to use cavalry to fight against us, it means that they have the certainty of defeating us, and I am afraid that it will not work hard!" It's better to break through in several ways while the night is dark, no matter how powerful the Han people are, it is impossible to wipe us out! ”

"Shut up!" When Timur saw that his authority was being challenged, he immediately became furious, raised his saber and pointed at his subordinates' noses and said, "You are frightened by the Han people, and you are not worthy to be the descendants of Genghis Khan!" Think about it, if we can't win in one place, wouldn't it be even more dangerous to break out in a scattered way? I have made up my mind, and if I disobey the order, I will cut it down immediately!" ”

The generals looked at each other, thinking that what Timur had said was not unreasonable, so they gathered all the horses together in fear, and waited for the dawn in the sound of trumpets from time to time around them. In fact, it is only early autumn, and the days are still long and the nights are short in the Northern Hemisphere. But all the Mongols felt that the night was too long and too difficult, and they hoped that the dawn would come soon, but they were afraid in their hearts that the dawn would come, because that would mean the beginning of a bloody battle, and it might be the coming of death.

Dawn is still here after all. All sounds were suddenly gone, and the grassland was so still that there wasn't even a bird's cry or a hint of a breeze. Timur, who had not closed his eyes all night and had his eyes blood-red, knew that this was the prelude to the great war!

Now, in the morning light in the east, all the Mongols could see that a few miles to the east, there was a Han cavalry standing quietly, with a strength of about 5,000. As for the other three directions, it is empty and nothing.

"Hahaha!" Timur suddenly burst out laughing like a thug, "With such a small number of troops, you also want to encircle and annihilate my tens of thousands of troops?" The Han people can only deceive, but now that it is dawn, any deception is useless! Warriors, mount and get ready for battle! ”

At this time, the Mongols woke up from a dream, and it turned out that the sound of horns on all sides last night was just a suspicious tactic of the Han people. If he had broken through last night, he might have fled the battlefield long ago.

But at this point, the bloodthirstiness and ferocity of the Mongol nature were once again aroused. Indeed, as Timur said, no Mongolian cavalry believed that the Han people could defeat them in cavalry warfare, that was their best way of fighting, and the ability to stay in charge of their lives for thousands of years has almost become an innate instinct! In particular, the strength of the Ming army was still less than that of the Mongolian army, which gave the Mongols great confidence. At this moment, all the long-suppressed flames of revenge of the Mongols were completely ignited, and they all mounted their horses and drew their bows. Just wait for Timur's order, and this final cavalry duel is about to begin!

But curiously, the Han cavalry did not seem to be in a hurry to attack. On the opposite side, only a few dozen horses galloped out, and as if no one was around, they came to a stop in the middle of the battlefield, seeing that they wanted to talk to the Mongols.

Timur sneered and said: "The Han people have an idiom, called 'Qian donkey skills are poor', I think they are now!" Come and ride with me, don't let them underestimate you! ”

So Timur, escorted by dozens of Mongol horsemen, slowly marched to a distance of only forty or fifty paces from the other side. At this time, both sides were within the range of the other, so the Mongols were also extremely careful.

Timur looked at the other side and saw dozens of cavalrymen dressed in heavy armor and helmets that almost covered their heads, revealing only two eyes, radiating a cold light. The one in the center, but he was wearing gold armor and no helmet, sitting on a red horse, empty-handed and unarmed, looking at himself with a mocking face, looking very young, only fifteen or sixteen years old.

"Vulna, get out of the way of me, and call your lord to come out!" Timur watched for a long time, and suddenly shouted like a huge thunder.

"I'm the commander." The young man on the other side said nonchalantly, "Are you Timur?" ”

"Ben Khan's name, how can you, a milky hairy boy, call it casually?" Timur said angrily.

"I can't call it. This king is the dignified King of Qin of the Ming Dynasty, and decades ago I have already called tribute, and the Mongols are my vassals of the Ming Dynasty. You are a rebel and thief, and you are still wronged when this king calls you by name? The young man was smiling hippie.

"What... What the! You are the King of Qin... Zhu Youzhen?! "Zhu Youzhen's name, Timur has also heard of it. However, it is not because of the proximity, but that Zhu Youzhen fought against the Jurchens in Ningyuan back then, trying to ensure that the city is not lost, and his reputation has long spread throughout the prairie that admires heroes.

"It's like a fake." Zhu Youzhen smiled slightly, "Timur, now that you are cornered, there is only one way to die if you resist stubbornly, surrender!" ”

It took Timur a while to recover from the shock, and he looked up to the sky and smiled: "Hahahaha! King Qin, I respect you as a hero, but you and I originally did not violate the river water, and now you lead the army to occupy my grassland for no reason, kill my warriors, and rob my cattle and sheep and children's wealth, what is the reason? Not to mention that this enmity is not shared, even if you want me to surrender, you have to have that strength! Your army is only 5,000, but I have an army of tens of thousands, and tens of thousands of troops, how will I surrender you? I think it's time for you to get off the horse and ask for a surrender! ”

Zhu Youzhen tilted his head to listen to Timur's words, and smiled maliciously: "Tens of thousands of troops, I think it seems to be a little worse, let's just count you 10,000." But your tens of thousands of people, hehe, sorry, are gone! ”