Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Fire Burns Luanzhou (1)

Yue Tuo and Hao Ge fled back to Luanzhou City in the evening with the remnants of the army.

If it weren't for looking at the wounded Yue Tuo and the embarrassed Houjin soldiers, the generals who stayed in the city couldn't believe the news they brought back, and the cavalry of more than 1,000 Houjin was lost, and the wealth that they had worked so hard to grab was gone.

The two Baylors told what happened, and it was even more unbelievable. The Ming army had only a thousand foot soldiers. It was impossible for the Ming to defeat the same number of golden cavalry in a field battle, let alone defeat the cavalry with foot soldiers. If it weren't for the two Baylor's noble status, some generals would have reprimanded them for talking nonsense.

How to deal with this Ming army, everyone discussed nervously, and if they reported such results, they would become the laughing stock of others. The usual strategy of the Houjin people is to attack the soldiers who dare to fight in the Ming Dynasty, and find that the team with strong combat effectiveness must cripple them, so that no one in the Ming army dares to fight with the Houjin field. The victory of this Ming army aroused the fighting spirit of others, and it was very dangerous for Houjin. There must be too few people who have been in the back of the gold, and they can also fight the back gold with their lives.

There are also some people who are secretly slandering the command level of the two Baylors, and the chariot of the Ming people has also been encountered by Houjin, and the Houjin cavalry has also collapsed as soon as it is impacted, especially when it is surrounded by cavalry, the chariot does not turn well, and there is no ability to defend.

The crowd decided to lead their troops out of the city to find revenge from the Ming army.

There are still 3,000 defenders of various banners in Luanzhou City, and they are so frightened by these more than 1,000 Ming troops that they hide in the city and dare not attack, what is the difference between that and the cowardly Ming people.

The generals really didn't take these Ming people seriously, and the defeat of Yue Tuo and Haoge should have been just an accident.

Yue Tuo went down to recuperate from his injuries, and Namutai and Heshuotu took two thousand men and horses out of the city to find the Ming people for a decisive battle.

The two learned the lessons of Yue Tuo and Haoge, and decided to find the Ming army first, find a breakthrough and then attack, or destroy the enemy in the movement, the advantage of the cavalry is mobility, and the chariot has no combat effectiveness at all when it is moving.

However, Namutai and Heshuotu did not think that they could find the Ming army, and after two tough battles with the cavalry of Houjin, the Ming army should have fled as far as possible.

As many scouts as possible were sent out, looking for traces of the Akito.

Tanma didn't go far before he found the Ming army, and the Ming army did not flee but came in the direction of Luanzhou.

It should be the cavalry of the Ming army, the number is not much, only a hundred and ten people, Namutai immediately ordered a part of the men and horses to go to chase, the pursuit just ran not far, the vanguard of the team passed by the explosion of the place, after several loud noises, injured more than a dozen people, the mount was even worse, the small blood holes on the horse's belly were bubbling outward, the horses were screaming in pain, and the momentum of the pursuit was stopped.

There was no shadow of the Ming army around, and the inexplicable explosion was even more terrifying, and the team stopped and searched around blankly, but found nothing.

Dozens of Ming troops appeared in front of them, shouting in front of the Houjin army, constantly making provocative movements.

Angry but not angry after the Jin cavalry chased over, the Ming army crackled with the musket in their hands to shoot a burst, regardless of whether it had any effect and turned to flee, the Houjin soldiers were ready to use bows and arrows to return fire when the Ming army had already run away.

The Houjin cavalry followed and pursued, and there was another explosion where it passed, several soldiers and horses were injured, and it was not clear what danger was ahead, so the Houjin cavalry could only give up the pursuit.

Namutai understood that the explosion was sent from the ground, and the Ming people should have buried gunpowder in the ground, and I don't know how to use it to explode as soon as the Houjin soldiers passed by, and the Ming army deliberately lured the Houjin soldiers over, and then killed and injured the Houjin soldiers.

These casualties are nothing to an army of thousands, but following the rhythm of the other side is not always the way.

Namuthai decided to change his tactics and sent more scouts to try to find the Ming army's brigade, and then the whole army wiped them out in one go. The scout horses that could be sent were either injured or encountered the Ming cavalry in ambush. Later, the courage of the Jin Tanma encountered the Ming army is often more victorious and less losing, but this group of Ming troops is different, they are not entangled with the Houjin cavalry, but a group of thirty or fifty, seeing the Houjin Tanma rushing over is a musket of random fire, if the Houjin soldiers are more they turn around and run, the Houjin soldiers chased and fell into the trap they set, were killed and wounded.

The casualties continued and the enemy could not be ascertained, and the sky was dark, and according to Yue Tuo's description, the enemy had a large number of artillery, and it would be very dangerous if it was attacked in the field at night.

After discussing with Namutai and Heshuotu, they decided that they could not take risks, and ordered the team to retreat to Luanzhou City and strengthen their vigilance to prevent a sneak attack by the Ming army.

After returning to the city, Namutai, Heshuotu, Turge, Gu Santai, and Yuetuo and Haoge discussed together for a long time. This Ming army was different in terms of equipment and tactics, and as soon as they met, the Houjin cavalry suffered a big loss. Although Namutai and Heshuotu did not suffer much losses when they pursued, they did not achieve the purpose of pursuit, and if the Ming Dynasty had a large number of such troops, Houjin's good days would come to an end. Fortunately, the number of this Ming army was small, and the army of Houjin had a city to rely on, and it was not possible to discuss a strategy to break the enemy for a while, and everyone did not dare to slack off, so they returned to their respective defense areas to strengthen patrols, and called the police in time if there was anything abnormal.

The cold wind of the winter night of the first month in the north is biting, and the wind of this night is particularly strong, even the Houjin soldiers who are accustomed to the cold climate in the north are unbearable, hiding in the occupied houses and shivering from the cold, the soldiers guarding the city wall hold their weapons and shrink into a ball, the strict orders of the leader make them dare not leave their posts, and can only keep praying that this winter night will pass quickly.

In the middle of the night, a sudden change occurred, a sharp howl sounded outside the city, a fireball with a whistling drag of the long tail of the fire to Luanzhou City, just like a broom star, after the fireball landed a slight explosion, immediately the fire snake scurried, everything burned everywhere, the defenders on the city wall saw the fireball fall on the city wall, and the city bricks immediately burned.

The howling outside the city continued to sound, and more and more fireballs fell into the city.

The city of Luanzhou stored a large number of materials looted by the Later Jin in various parts of Beijing, including countless amounts of grain and forage.

The fireballs fell aimlessly in the city, and there was no pattern at all, and the grain, forage, and houses were set on fire, and all the cities were set on fire, and the wind fueled the fire, and the fire swallowed everything in the city by the wind.

The people in the city were completely frightened by the divine fire that fell from the sky, some people wanted to put out the fire but were blocked by the frozen river and could not get water at all, and the people who had no choice shouted loudly and ran around, trying to find a place to hide, but they did not know where it was safe.

The Houjin soldiers in the city were also in chaos, the howling above their heads was so terrifying, the flames of the burning houses were swept up by the wind, and the entire Luanzhou City became bright. At first, the leaders also strictly ordered their troops not to move, preparing for the Ming army to attack the city, but the safe area was getting smaller and smaller, and the city could not stay, so the leaders ordered their soldiers to flee outside the city with gold and silver, and only out of the city was the safest.

But it's not so easy to get out of the city through the city gates.

In order to prevent the Ming army from sneaking up on the city gates, the city gates were closed to death, and there was no unified order in the chaos, and the soldiers guarding the city gates did not dare to open the city gates privately, and a large number of people and horses blocked the city gates, and no one could get out.