Chapter 424: Light Riding Rolls Snow and Dust
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"Withdraw!" Ye Yingwu ordered in a deep voice, and the firearm in his hand trembled, and shot down a Mongolian cavalryman who had turned back. The signal fireworks rushed into the air, and two teams of 100-man cavalry ambushed behind the hillside were killed at the same time, each with a fire gun in their hands, and the cavalry opened a skirmish line on the snowfield, and the lead bullets fired by the fire gun rampaged through the Mongol cavalry.
The Mongol cavalry obviously did not expect the Southern Barbarian cavalry to suddenly attack, and hurriedly wanted to meet the battle, and taking advantage of this effort, the musketeers who were lying in ambush on both sides of the road quickly ran towards the hillside behind.
"Chase!" Captain Wan has been furious, he has been from Rong for so many years, and he has never fought such a battle, seven or eight thousand Mongolian cavalry, this is the existence of a small country, but in front of the people were overturned nearly a thousand people, this is simply a great shame, if according to this style of play, the strange firearm will sound seven or eight times, and he will become the commander of the light pole.
Those Ming soldiers running back and forth were all wearing white robes, and the whole person seemed to be integrated with the snow, and the Mongolian cavalry did not dare to catch up directly, who knew if these cunning southern barbarians had other ambushes, so they directly turned their horses to meet the Ming cavalry who were killed behind.
"Tribulus terrestris, put!" Jiang Tie, the leader of the team, roared, and the cavalry threw the lit thistle at the Mongolian cavalry at the same time. It is impossible to throw it into the crowd at such a long distance, but obviously the Ming cavalry did not mean to blow up people, and the thistle terrestris fell into the snow, exploding the layers of snow powder, as if pulling out a cloud of smoke, blurring people's vision.
And the Mongolian cavalry hurriedly reined in the war horses, the hand of the southern barbarian was indeed beyond their expectations, no one knew what was behind this layer of snow powder, so no one dared to move forward for a while.
When the snow powder slowly landed, the Mongolian cavalry were shocked to find that the two Ming cavalry teams that had just killed had disappeared without a trace, and the foot soldiers who were lying in ambush on both sides of the road had also retreated to the hillside one after another.
"Hit the mark!" Captain Wan suddenly took a cool breath.
The Southern Barbarians used cavalry to attract their attention, and the main purpose was to allow their foot soldiers to withdraw as soon as possible. Now that they occupy the hillside, it will not be so easy for the Mongol cavalry to attack. The captain pondered for a moment, and shouted loudly: "Two thousand-man teams, bypassing from both sides of the hillside, two thousand-strong teams, hurry to the granary, and the rest of the people, follow a certain chase and kill!" β
A group of Mongolian cavalry agreed with a bang, and the cavalry urged their horses one after another, obviously they were tired of being played by the southern barbarians like this, so it was better to hurry up and kill and fight with the southern barbarians.
"The Mongolian Tartars are going to fight hard?" Ye Yingwu stood on the hillside and looked at the Mongolian cavalry that were mobilizing one after another, "How is Wu Chucai's side?" β
"The grain is almost burned, just wait for His Highness's order." Xiao Yoko hurriedly replied.
Ye Yingwu glanced at the Mongolian cavalry that was surging up like a tide: "I won't fight them head-on, let the two Huai armies and the Zhenhai Navy have a headache." Pass the order down and retreat! β
The musketeers standing on the hillside fired one after another, and the Mongol cavalry was not to be outdone, and the arrows whizzed up, but the distance between the two sides was not close, and there was some bluff in it. However, seeing that the southern barbarians were still fiercely firepower, the Mongolian cavalry who were feinting head-on did not dare to really step forward for a while, and could only wait for the cavalry on both sides to outflank them.
However, when they reached the top of the hillside, all they saw were a series of footprints on the ground.
"Captain, Captain!" A Mongolian sentry rode down the hillside to restrain his horse, and then climbed up the hill with his hands and feet, "Captain Wan, something is wrong!" β
Captain Wan, who was standing on the hillside looking at those footprints and frowning, suddenly grabbed the placket of the sentry rider in annoyance: "What are you panicking about, what big deal can it be, could it be that the sky is falling?!" β
"Really, it's really falling!" The sentry rider said unexpectedly in a panic, "Grain and grass, grain and grass let the Southern Barbarians burn it all away, and our own people guarding the granary were basically killed, and those Ding Zhuang, all of them ran away!" β
Captain Wan only felt dizzy for a while, and slowly let go of his hand.
The Southern Barbarian is the same as his initial guess, their purpose is still to block their own advance, not to put the main force here and fight to the death with themselves, this Southern Barbarian general is really very courageous, taking out so many cavalry but only playing a covering role, I don't know where it is sacred, and I can actually play my own tricks.
"I can't take care of this side first, so quickly send people south to Yingtianfu and Xuzhou to find out the situation of these two state capitals." Captain Wan said in a deep voice. The southern barbarians attacked the granary on this side, and even made a mess of everything in the entire hinterland of Shandong, and nine times out of ten they wanted to cover the main attack on Yingtianfu and Xuzhou, and even attract the Mongol army to encircle and suppress.
The seven or eight thousand cavalry under his command were originally squeezed out of the teeth of Mongolia, and even some of them were Kublai Khan's personal guards and cowardly Xue army, these pampered and well-pampered children still have the ability to reproduce the glory of the previous Mongolian cavalry and cowardly Xue army, Captain Wan did not have much confidence, but he knew very well that this was the last strength that Mongolia could come up with.
Good steel will be used on the blade, if these cavalry go around in circles with the light cavalry of the Southern Barbarians, it will obviously fall for their tricks, the best choice is to hurry up and go south, support Ying Tianfu or Xuzhou, as long as they can support the pillar here, and wait for the good news from Sichuan and Shu, the Southern Barbarians will naturally retreat without a fight.
"Let's go!" The captain stomped hard in the snow.
"Your Highness, the Mongol Tartars did not catch up." Xiao Yangzi ran to Ye Yingwu's side.
Ye Yingwu nodded: "This Mongolian Tatar general is not stupid, it is not a good choice for him to chase and fight." Xiao Yangzi, gather the team, let's go back to Jeju. Su Niang, hurry up and send the people of the Six Doors and Jinyi Guard to continue to contact the south, and you must know what happened to Xuzhou and Yingtianfu! β
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In the cold wind, the streets in Jingzhaofu City were empty, and there was no figure, which looked extremely gloomy. This city, which once symbolized the prosperity of the Han civilization in China, after experiencing the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties, only the loneliness buried by time remains.
Although the large and small houses in the city still follow the style and planning of the Tang Dynasty, there are far fewer people living in this declining city, and the once high city walls have been damaged due to years of war, and some places are even overgrown with weeds, as if they have come to a forgotten place.
A series of horses' hooves sounded, and the Mongol cavalry patrolling back and forth walked listlessly through the streets. When their figures passed, a vigorous figure suddenly flashed in the alley, and soon the man in coarse cloth clothes who looked no different from ordinary people walked to the door of a deep mansion compound by the roadside.
Because the neighborhoods in Jingzhao Mansion still follow the Tang Dynasty, there are high walls between each square, and it has become a small world of its own, especially now that the war is in chaos, and there is war everywhere, if it is not an urgent matter, the people in the city will not walk between the neighborhoods, and they are honestly shrinking in their own neighborhoods.
knocked on the door twice, there was a soft sound in the door, obviously someone has been guarding the door and waiting for someone to come, this is also normal, after all, no one comes and goes on weekdays, and someone must be a big deal, and no one dares to slack off. The door opened a crack, and after glancing at the visitor, the gatekeeper nodded, and hurriedly let the person in: "There are no Tartars behind, right?" β
"The patrol has just passed, and it will take at least half an hour for the next team to come." The visitor whispered while snorting hot, "I almost crashed into them just now, and I was scared that half of my souls and six spirits were gone." β
The janitor nodded, and several middle-aged men in gray cloth robes had already heard the news and hurried over, and bowed their hands to the comer: "Brother Zhang has worked hard." β
The man surnamed Zhang suddenly rolled his eyes: "You two are so polite, it is better to hurry up and serve the good wine and food." β
The two of them glanced at each other, and both smiled, and one of them made a gesture of please: "Brother Zhang must have taken a lot of effort to come back from Tongguan, and our city has not yet reached the point of lack of food, although there are only some small drinks and dishes, but it is also better than eating ice and snow." β
The man surnamed Zhang is the person in charge of liaison with Jinyiwei in the Shence Army, because he has been running around in Heluo and Jingzhao all the year round, so he is also very familiar with Jinyiwei on Jingzhao's side. Otherwise, the janitor just now wouldn't have even asked for a password when he saw the comer.
What's more, the Jinyi Guard of Jingzhao Mansion has been lurking for so long, waiting for the news of the imperial court, and now that the long-awaited call has finally come, several people are naturally very excited and excited.
"Lao Zhang, tell us quickly, how is the situation?" As they walked inside, the two looked anxiously at the visitors.
A smile appeared at the corner of Lao Zhang's mouth, but he said unhurriedly: "Lao Guan, Lao Tong, why are you so anxious, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, don't you pay attention to 'Mount Tai collapses in front and your face does not change'?" Look at your appearance, what if you are deceived by the Mongol Tartars? Thanks to the two of you, you are still known as 'Tongguan', Tongguan, Tongguan, Jingzhao Barrier, the first dangerous place, just the two of you, how to talk about the danger? β
However, Lao Li and Lao Tong were cheeky and smiled: "Lao Zhang, you also know that our brothers can trust you, we have been depressed in this city for too long, who doesn't want to know what's going on outside, I only see that this Mongolian Tartar is very busy coming and going, these days people and horses outside the city are moving back and forth, so lively, but we can only stare and watch from here, I don't know what these Mongolian Tartars want to do, can this not be depressed!" β
Lao Zhang nodded, and then said with a smile: "You see I'm here, what do you want to do, you must have a bottom in your hearts." β
The three of them sat down at the table as they spoke, a basket of coarse grains, three bowls of millet paste, plus a large piece of marinated bacon and a plate of scrambled eggs, although it was not rich, and it was not even as good as what Jiangnan people eat daily, but Lao Zhang understood that the Mongolian Tartars were wantonly scavenging grain and grass in Guanzhong, and there were already many families in the city who had dragged their children and daughters to flee the famine, so the two of them were able to take out these, which was already very sincere, and it was definitely a delicacies of the mountains and seas in this city.
Running back and forth, the wind and dust, and the Mongolian Tatars on the tip of the knife to fight wits and courage, Lao Zhang wants to say that he is not hungry, it is impossible, and nodded at the two of them at the moment, he first grabbed a nest and took a bite, and then continued: "Now the situation on the battlefield everywhere is very good, the Shence army under the leadership of General Wang, has broken through the Hangu Pass, and breaking the Tong Pass is just around the corner, the Mongolian Tatars are now anxious not about how to hold the Tong Pass, but how to transfer their grain and grass in Lantian, Bailuyuan and other places, it seems that this Jingzhao Mansion." , and they are just going to use it to delay. β
"That's a good thing!" The two of them glanced at each other, and they both saw the joy on each other's faces, "The Mongolian Tatars are in and out of the houses in this pass, as if they are in a no-man's land, and our Han people are all classified as untouchables, I didn't expect them to run away from the wilderness today." Lao Zhang, although you command, our Jingzhao Mansion Jinyi Wei has been established for a long time and has a wide range of contacts, what do we need to do, the two of us are not ambiguous! β
Lao Zhang knocked on the table: "Don't get excited, do you know why the Mongolian Tatars don't guard the pass?" Because of the general trend of the world, we are now moving towards our Daming. Let's not say that the Shence army was unstoppable in Heluo for a while, the Tianwu army had already killed under Bianliang City, and the two Huai armies and the Zhen Navy were also going to enter Shandong. What's moreγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»"
Saying that, Lao Zhang couldn't help arching his hand towards the southeast: "What's more important is that our Royal Highness King Ming, now the whole of Shandong is in chaos, and the Mongolian Tartars are busy with a lot of anxiety, and there is kung fu there to care about Guanzhong." β
"His Royal Highness King Ming has all taken the royal expedition? No wonder our Daming was passive at the beginning this time, but in the end the situation was very good! Lao Tong sighed, but then frowned, "No, the Mongolian Tatar army is in Sichuan and Shu, and Guanzhong is the grain route to the south, how can it γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»?"
"You don't know this," Lao Zhang suddenly said ostentatiously, "Don't look at the short guys of the Sichuan Shu army, who knows that there is no ambiguity in the war, a Sichuan Shu army was born in Chengdu Mansion with a Mongolian army of 200,000 for ten days, it is said that when Wen Xianggong took people to support, there was not even a good house in the city that could be found." The Mongolian Tartars are also afraid of this Chengdu Mansion, and our Ming soldiers are attacking the city in Shandong and Heluo, where are they still in the mood to move forward, you must know that the Diaoyu City and Luzhou City in the south are all famous fortified cities. β
Lao Tong and Lao Guan's eyes widened suddenly, and Lao Guan didn't care about eating and drinking, and said with emotion: "These Sichuan and Shu troops have a kind, and I'm afraid we won't be able to hold out for so long if we grit our teeth." Chengdu Mansion can't be defeated, and there is a mess in the back, which means that the Mongolian Tartars finally plan to retreat? β
Facing the south, Lao Zhang said in a deep voice: "The Mongolian Tatars have withdrawn into Hanzhong one after another, and it is very likely that they will retreat to Hexi, Hetao and the grassland along the Chencang Road, so this time the Shence army is killed, and the main purpose is to do their best to prevent the Mongolian Tatars from retreating." Even if you watch the Mongol Tatars retreat, you can't let them come back, and the easiest way is to cut off their food routes! β
Tong and Guan stood up: "Say it, this ticket is big enough, what can't be let go, how to do it!" β
"Immediately find out where the Mongolian Tatars are stored, and at the same time assist the Shence Army to take Jingzhao Mansion!" Lao Zhang lowered his voice, "This battle is likely to be the final battle of this war, first, the battle line is too long, and the households and soldiers behind have also complained bitterly, and secondly, the grassland to the north, for our soldiers from the south of the Yangtze River are not accustomed to the water and soil, and the Mongolian Tartars are bound to be like a fish in water, so it is not appropriate to attack in the short term." β
While the three of them were talking in a low voice, the sound of horses running and the anxious shouts of Mongolian generals suddenly came from the street outside.
The three of them immediately glanced at each other, and their faces showed a touch of joy.
The Mongolian Tatars are so panicked, there is a chance that something big has happened, and the most likely thing is that Tongguan has been broken by the Shence army, and the Ming army is pointing directly at Jingzhao Mansion!
"The Divine Ce Army is coming quickly, so we can't be ambiguous!" Lao Tong suddenly said softly, "There is not much time left for us, Lao Guan, you immediately gather the brothers, distribute blades, bows, crossbows and firearms, and be ready to do it at any time." Mongolian Tatars are under martial law, Lao Zhang, you probably won't be able to get out, just go with Lao Guan. I went to the next door to discuss with a few of our guys who were secretly developing, and as long as they had the guts, I would take them with me. β
Lao Zhang nodded: "This battle is very important, you can't take it lightly, old boy, you must be careful." Leaking the news is not just a matter of losing our heads. β
Lao Tong and Lao Guan both responded.
The hands of the three were already folded together, they glanced at each other, and said in a deep voice: "For Da Ming!" (To be continued.) )