The flying thunder cannon exploded in the rolling torrent, and more than a dozen Mongolian cavalry were immediately wiped out, but the tide of progress was not blocked because of the lack of these few people, and the loopholes that appeared before were immediately filled by the cavalry behind, and as the distance got closer and closer, these cavalry also opened their bows and arrows while scattering. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Lying on the wall, Cheng Dutou roared: "Bed crossbow, shield!" ”

Before, he and Fan Dutou thought that these Mongolian Tatar cavalry just wanted to show off their strength, but they didn't expect that the reason why these cavalry stopped was to let the Ming army relax their vigilance, and at the same time, it was convenient for them to observe this small village, and secondly, to wait for the foot soldiers behind to follow.

That's what they're really using to attack the camp.

The Mongol cavalry apparently did not intend to entangle too much in this small camp, and the dense arrows flew into the camp from both sides of the wall, striking on the shield or piercing directly into the wall, making a series of muffled sounds.

The crossbowmen rushed up the wall with arrows against them, and although the arrows kept falling from the wall, the rest of the crossbowmen gritted their teeth and pulled the trigger on the enemy. It can be clearly seen that some of the Mongolian cavalry also fell from their horses, but most of the cavalry still escaped from the dead crossbows, and the strange thing is that these Mongolian Tatar cavalry did not stop, but galloped directly in the direction of Caizhou.

"Why did the cavalry of the Mongol Tartars go directly?" Cheng Dutou looked at the smoke and dust that disappeared into the sky in surprise, these Mongolian Tatars did not have the slightest intention of turning back, as if their goal was not this camp from beginning to end.

Fan Dutou stretched out his hand and pointed to the Mongolian infantry brigade that was getting closer and closer in front of him: "Obviously, the Mongolian Tartars handed over the matter of attacking the camp to these cannon fodder, in order to wait for the infantry before, they have consumed a lot of time, if the cavalry rushes back and forth because of this small camp and even loses a lot of physical strength, how can we talk about fighting to the death with the main force of our Tianwu Army?" ”

With a sneer, Cheng Du rushed to the wall with a divine arm crossbow: "Fight Lao Tzu!" ”

The arrows roared across the wall, just now these foot soldiers followed behind the cavalry, and did not receive much damage, and the number was two or three thousand, twice the Ming army in the camp, after all, this small camp only played a role similar to a beacon, Jiang Hao did not expect these camps to play much role at the beginning.

In other words, it is used to block and buffer the Mongol Tatar attack, so that the main force of the Tianwu Army can be prepared, and at the same time, it can also partially offset the speed advantage of the Mongol cavalry running thousands of miles and high-speed assault. To put it nicely, it's early warning, and to put it badly, it's to be ready to sacrifice at any time.

Cheng Dutou and Fan Dutou both understood this, and the soldiers in the camp also understood this, in front of a large enough number of Mongolian Tatars, these advanced firearms and equipment had no way to save them, especially now that the Mongolian cavalry was not stopped because of this small camp, and still moved forward, which made the Tianwu Army have no way to rush to the rescue even if they knew that there was an emergency here.

After all, finding the main force of this Mongolian Tatar cavalry and fighting it is the top priority, otherwise the Huaishui is frozen now, and once the Mongolian Tatars are let go of the Huaishui, the entire two Huai will shake. This is a defeat that shakes the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, and Jiang Hao and Wang Anjie will definitely not allow it.

The entire walled wall shook violently, Fan Dutou, who was standing under the wall, waved his hand, and more than a dozen soldiers pushed the Saimen knife cart slowly behind the gate, and a row of crossbowmen and spearmen were already standing solemnly around the Saimen knife cart.

"Bang!" A soldier fell down from the wall, and then a strong man carried a mace over the wall, and successively cut down the crossbowmen of the Ming army who were caught off guard on the left and right sides to the ground, and then quickly slid down the ladder on the wall.

Fan Dutou roared: "Crossbowman, release!" ”

The mace in the strong man's hand kept beating, although the arrows fell one by one, but the arrows drilled from his side and back still drilled into his body one after another, and the blood continued to flow, but the strong man was still trying to rush forward to kill.

The snowy Pu knife was unsheathed, Fan Dutou took a step forward, flashed the falling mace sideways, and hit the strong man hard, and then the sharp hand raised the knife and fell, the strong man's eyes widened, looking at this enemy who was far shorter than himself, but his movements were old and fast, and he was still unwilling to slowly fall to the ground after all.

Fan Dutou kicked on the chest of the strong man, and the soldiers behind him broke out into a burst of cheers, in the end, it was the old pawn who participated in the battle of Xiangyang, this action was smooth, and the rest of the soldiers asked themselves if they couldn't do it, with someone like Fan Dutou with them, even if they were in a desperate situation now, everyone had the qualifications to fight hard with the Mongolian Tartars!

"Rise up." The spear in Cheng Dutou's hand pierced a Mongolian soldier who was screaming and climbing up the ladder, pointed to the vacancy next to him and shouted, several crossbowmen just wanted to pounce, the originally constantly shaking gate of the walled gate suddenly opened, and the two doors fell apart directly under the impact of the wooden that was enough to attack the city gate.

Cheng Du was stunned for a moment, and immediately dragged the overwhelmed soldiers beside him: "Tell the flying thunder cannon behind to bombard the gate of the village immediately, and bombard along the wall!" ”

The soldier was suddenly startled: "All heads! ”

Cheng Du was dumbfounded: "Go quickly, I can't take care of so much at this time, when everyone dies, two more pads will make a lot of money!" ”

Already aware of what was waiting for him, the soldier didn't hesitate any longer, the Tianwu Army didn't have a bad seed, throwing his head and spilling blood, afraid that it would do something!

Fan Dutou also heard the shouts of his companions, opened his mouth, and still didn't say anything after all, even his companion, who had always been happy to watch, already understood what was waiting for him, and bombarding along the walled wall and gate with flying thunder cannons was not much different from suicide.

But even at this point, everyone still wants to grit their teeth and fight.

The Mongolian Tartar foot soldiers of the brigade roared while rushing in along the gate of the village, the sharp blade of the Saimen knife cart pierced the flesh of the person who rushed to the front, the blood flowed along the knife cart, and the people behind pushed the front and continued to impact, and people were constantly pierced by the blade, until the blade finally had no way to penetrate the body of more people. The Mongolian soldiers behind were obviously all killed, and at this time, they all stepped directly on the corpses of their companions and continued to rush forward.

This time, without Fan Dutou's command, the spearmen raised their blades high at the same time, and the sword and shield hands also roared and rushed forward to slash desperately, although the number was small, but none of the Ming soldiers flinched. At this moment, there was a familiar muffled sound from behind, and the firelight was the first to ignite at the walled gate, and the walled gate, which was about to fall apart under the destruction of the Mongolian Tartars, was finally wiped out in the storm set off by this explosive pack, and dissipated along with the walled gate, as well as dozens of Mongolian soldiers next to the walled gate.

The wind is howling, and even if you are seven or eight feet away, you can still feel the limelight like a knife.

The Mongol Tatars obviously didn't expect these Ming troops to be so resolute, and they retreated a little for a while, but soon several commanders had already rushed to the front line with broadswords. The Mongolian soldiers were like wolves on the steppe, screaming and following the banners and rushing forward.

The walls of the wall had been covered by the flames of the flying thunder cannons, and the bed crossbows were slowly pushed away, and the soldiers tried their best to shoot one more arrow, and behind each bed crossbow, there was a soldier holding a torch and waiting, once the situation got out of control, they would not hesitate to set the bed crossbow on fire.

Cheng Dutou rushed to Fan Dutou's side in three steps and two steps, and said in a deep voice: "These Mongolian Tatar foot soldiers don't seem to be Han people from the North. ”

Fan Dutou nodded: "The Han people in the north do not have such a strong combat power, and you see that many people are even the appearance of the Hu people, nine times out of ten are Tang Wu people and Semu people, this time the Mongolian Tartars are obviously also bloody, you see the previous team of Mongolian Tartar cavalry, the armor is distinct, and the order and prohibition are very strict, this appearance of the Mongolian Tartar is the cowardly Xue army can have this level, but the banner of the cowardly Xue army is recognized, this must also be similar to the Mongolian elite of the cowardly Xue army. ”

Looking at the Mongolian Tartar foot soldiers who pounced on him like a wild beast, Cheng Dutou grinned: "There are so many Tartars, there are too few of us, this time I am afraid we have to explain here." ”

Fan Dutou slowly lifted the Pu knife and said in a deep voice: "Lao Tzu has already killed four or five, which is definitely enough." ”

"So I'm still in debt." Cheng Dutou glanced at his companion, drew his knife, and crashed into the crowd with a loud roar, "The Mongolian Tartar raised by the son of a bitch, let the horse come!" ”

Blood gushed out, fluttering on the armor and face, and the rolling iron stream collided violently in this small camp, and the blades burst out with sparks.

I don't know how long it took, but the fighting finally subsided.

After a brief silence, a loud bang shook the heavens and the earth. The orange flames of light rushed into the air, the wind howled and swept from the camp, billowing smoke and dust, in the face of this powerful explosion, the insignificance and humility of people were revealed, the panicked Mongolian soldiers were torn to pieces, and flesh and blood were constantly thrown into the air, and they were sprinkled like raindrops.

Until the last moment, Fan Dutou and Cheng Dutou finally detonated all the explosives packages, and of course, they were buried with three or four hundred Mongolian soldiers who rushed into the camp like a wave.

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"It's too late for our sentry to discover that the Mongol Tatar infantry and cavalry are heading south on a large scale," Su Liuyi said in a deep voice, "including the Mongol Tatars' headquarters cavalry to deter the western vassal states, the infantry of the Semu people, and the foot soldiers of the Tang Wu people, as for whether there are still heavy armored cavalry such as iron harriers, it is unknown now, but it is estimated that since Kublai Khan has already set up such a formation, he will definitely not hesitate." ”

Ye Yingwu frowned: "Although the weather is not very cold this year, Huaishui has also been frozen, although Dajiang was fine last year, but there is no way to predict this year after all." Once the Mongol Tatars broke through the defense line of Caizhou and Huaibei, what was the possibility of stopping them in Huainan? ”

Su Liuyi's face was gloomy, and he said cautiously: "The main force of the Divine Guard Army has been transferred south, and it has not yet returned, so the only people who can rely on it in Lianghuai are the Zhen Navy, the Two Huai Army and the Tianwu Army, but the Tianwu Army and the two Huai Army are in Huaibei, so once the Mongolian Tartars break through the Huaishui, only the Zhen Navy will be left to be responsible for defense, and the Zhen Navy should take guarding Yangzhou and Nanjing as the heavy task, and the cavalry of the Mongolian Tartars wants to drink the horse river and break through other towns, which is as easy as a hand." ”

Hammering the table hard, Ye Yingwu sneered: "Kublai Khan really made a bloody effort this time, he was able to pull out all the cavalry on the grassland, and nine times out of ten he had retreats and concessions to the Chagatai Khanate, the Ogedai Khanate, and so on, otherwise those two vassal states would not be easy to dismiss." ”

The four great khanates of Mongolia and the Mongolian headquarters are actually not as harmonious as they seem on the surface, except for the Ilkhanate because it is in the same vein as the Mongolian headquarters, so it has always stood together, the Chagatai Khanate, the Ogedai Khanate and the Kipchak Khanate, have long been unhappy with the Mongolian headquarters, after all, the vast steppe and the rich Middle Earth are occupied by you, and the brothers can only eat ashes from the arid desert or blow the wind and freeze on the snowy fields, which no one can bear, let alone the founders of the four khanates. Genghis Khan's four children looked at each other unpleasantly, and the fact that it was passed down from generation to generation could only make this contradiction worse.

This also made Kublai Khan have to deploy his own heavy troops on the steppe, and even the main force of the Semu people and the Tang Vultures, and at the same time, the Ilkhanate also arranged the Hui people in the north, and the Hui people were brave and good at fighting, and they were also loyal to the Ilkhanate, and they were good at the manufacture of equipment, so it was a very dangerous threat to the remaining three khanates that were about to move, so that they could only be honest all year round. However, now Kublai Khan has the courage to transfer these troops used to deter the vassal states to the south, which shows that Kublai Khan has resolved the contradictions with the vassal states.

Looking at Xie Fangde, Ye Yingwu said in a deep voice: "How much did the Mongolian Tartars pay in total in the last three million indemnity?" ”

Xie Fang said with a bitter face: "Your Highness Qiqi, three million taels of silver, divided into six months, is only the third month has just begun, so there is only one million taels for the first two months." ”

"No wonder." Ye Yingwu muttered with emotion, "Two million taels is enough for those khanates to be excited for a while, not to mention that as long as they give them some other small benefits, and explain the truth of cold lips and teeth, I'm afraid no one will covet the territory of Mongolia headquarters in a short period of time." ”

"Your Highness, how should we deal with it?" Su Liu Yi said loudly.

Ye Yingwu was silent for a moment, looked back at Yutu, and said in a deep voice: "Fight, since the Mongolian Tatars have already hit the doorstep, there is no possibility of tolerating him." It is also possible to take this opportunity to test the reaction of various ministries, and even the response of the entire Ming Dynasty to the war. ”

Su Liuyi nodded, but then said: "Your Highness, now the money and food of the Ming Dynasty are not enough to support the attack or defense of the whole line, and the minister thinks that since the Mongolian Tartars have mobilized the cavalry, they obviously want to break through to the south along the Lianghuai Road, and there is also a great possibility that they want to cut off the connection between Yingchang Mansion and Xiangyang Mansion, and take back all the lost territory recovered by our last Northern Expedition, so as to once again advance the battle line to Xiangyang City." ”

Ye Yingwu was silent for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Actually, there is another place Ren Zhong that you didn't think of, and the long-cherished wish of the Mongolian Tatars is here. Since ancient times, the south is divided into three roads, the capital of the Ming Dynasty is in Nanjing, the east road must be strictly defended, the soldiers use their lives, and the middle road has the Shence army, the Tianwu army, the Jinghu army into a triangle of the trend, it is not so easy to deal with, but only the last road is left, in fact, the Mongolian Tartars and the weakest place of the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Your Highness is worried about Chuanshu?" Su Liuyi suddenly understood, and a stunned look passed over his face, but he vaguely understood what Ye Yingwu meant.

Looking at the map, Ye Yingwu nodded on Chengdu Mansion: "Regain Chengdu Mansion, let the Ming Dynasty occupy Chengdu Mansion and Chongqing Mansion at once, the central towns of East and West Sichuan, and at the same time oppress the Mongolian Tartars all the way to northern Sichuan, and even advance further, the Mongolian Tartars will have to retreat into Guanzhong, but in fact, the Sichuan and Shu troops here in Chengdu Mansion are already the weakest among the Ming armies, for the Mongolian Tartars, maybe Liu Cheng has no way to deal with the Sichuan and Shu army, but it does not mean that Kublai Khan has no way to draw these elites from the north, When Chengdu Mansion falls, the entire Sichuan-Shu defense line will collapse, and even Dali will be difficult to defend. ”

Su Liuyi took a breath of cool air lightly: "What does Your Highness mean?" ”

Ye Yingwu's hand drew an arc from Dali and even Nanyang: "There is no need to be afraid if there are not enough soldiers, the water division will transfer the Shenwei Army to the north, and at the same time, Dali's Yongzhou Army and Jingjiang Army will also go north one after another, taking over the rear defense of the Sichuan and Shu Army, and at the same time, the elephants requisitioned from Nanyang are all used to transfer materials, and the people of Zhancheng and Sanpjaya have been shouting to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty?" Now their chance has come. ”

Everyone in the hall was silent.

I have to say that these natives in Nanyang are good cannon fodder, as long as they are provided with enough warm clothes, guarding the city, and consuming the strength of the Mongolian Tatars, it is still more than enough. What's more, there are more than 200,000 well-trained elephants in Nachenla, which are enough to help the Ming Dynasty transport supplies from the South Seas to the north in a short time.

Ye Yingwu said in a deep voice: "This battle has already begun. (To be continued.) )