Chapter 617: Ambush
Tu Hu's idea is very simple, that is, to test whether the people on both sides are of the same mind as him. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
If it's a heart, then it's naturally the best, and what he wants can be obtained smoothly. If it weren't for one heart, he would also be on guard, and an army of more than 200,000 would be enough to annihilate the enemies on both sides.
The next day, the vanguard of 30,000 horses galloped out, and the Datong Mansion City soon got the news.
Tu Hu wrote a letter to Ma Xuan and Wang Zhou, and the content of the letter was roughly the same, but talking to Wang Zhou was obviously much more intimate than talking to Ma Zhang.
He asked Wang Zhou and Ma Xuan to cooperate with his Tatar cavalry to launch an attack on the Ming Dynasty.
Wang Zhou naturally agreed, without saying a word, and began to dispatch troops in front of the messenger. He didn't feel guilty at all, as if there was no killing to make such a thing.
Naturally, the messenger didn't dare to say anything, just kidding, people even said that a commander would be killed, not to mention that he was just a small messenger.
Ma Xuan's side also readily agreed, at least, the news from Tuhu's Tanma showed that both sides seemed to be adding troops to the south.
Datong Mansion City.
Ma Xuan frowned and looked at the map on the wall: "This Tu Hu still doesn't seem to trust us, and he actually sent 30,000 people as a vanguard force, which is a big deal." ”
30,000 horses is not a small number, and the average pioneer is only 3,000 to 10,000 at most. This time, Tu Hu took out 30,000 people, so that Wang Zhou and Ma Xuan couldn't say anything at all.
Hearing Ma Zhang's emotion, he immediately said: "Tu Hu has learned a lot in Dingbian Houfu over the years, and the Hou Ye has found many gentlemen. To put it mildly, even if the officials of the six ministries of the dynasty are not necessarily as knowledgeable as those gentlemen.
It's just that Hou Ye didn't expect that this Tu Hu would have a backbone in the back of his head. ”
His tone was a mixture of sigh and helplessness.
However, Ma Xuan only heard him talking about Zhang Ru's no, and immediately jumped like thunder, pointed to the nose of the hat man and said: "You can follow me, it's best not to let me hear you slander my boss again in the future, otherwise whether you are a person from the prince or the emperor, I, Ma Zhang, will kill you." ”
The hatsman did not refute, but looked at the map, and contemplated for a while before saying: "Huai Anwei's original station has now become a Tatar base camp, and the 3,000 people led by General Meng Fu have not returned, and now that the vanguard of 30,000 people has set off, are you not afraid that General Meng Fu will have any accidents?" ”
Ma Xuan said proudly: "You see, this is Huai Anwei's original station, and this is Wang Zhou's current station, and my garrison is basically not in this generation." If something happened to Meng Fu, it would be impossible for Wang Zhou to die without help. At that time, it only needs to be surrounded from all sides, and it will be enough to surround Tuhu's men and horses. ”
The hat-bearer mocked, "Surrounded? With your little bit of people, you still want to surround others? Are you telling a joke or am I misheard? Not to mention that my Ming cavalry is not as good as the cavalry on the grassland, even if it can be compared, you together are only more than 100,000 horses, but there are 300,000 people. ”
Ma Xuan couldn't help but blush, of course he knew what the hat man said.
More than 100,000 people said that they would surround 300,000 people, which is indeed a joke. However, what he knew was that 70,000 horses under Tu Hu had left the camp, so he dared to boast of Haikou.
After his face recovered, Ma Xuan said: "Fart, the boss asked the craftsman to prepare the core mine before, and I asked Meng Fu to take 3,000 people to the Huai'anwei station, just to arrange these mines." Not to mention his 30,000 people, that is, the 100,000 people in his army, I am sure that I will serve it in one pot. ”
The hat's heart jumped, if it weren't for the hat, maybe his ugly face would scare Ma Xuan.
In his heart, he secretly scolded Ma Xuan for being a loser, and he actually dispatched such a thing as a geocentric mine in order to destroy the Tatar army. You must know that the research and development of geocentric mines has always been carried out in secret, this kind of thing is very expensive, and it was developed for the sake of war, but over the years, even if it is a craftsman's prison, it will definitely not survive more than 3,000.
The explosive power of the core mine is amazing, covering an explosion surface of up to 20 feet, and the surface of the mine is made of special ceramics that can prevent the trampling of horses' iron hooves.
The only bad thing is that this kind of geocentric mine is not like the mines of Zhang Ru's later generations, this kind of mine needs to be manually ignited.
The cost of the geocentric mine is extremely high, and the price of a thunder is enough to buy a small yard in the capital.
Ma Xuan said that he no longer paid attention to the hatster, but called the guards to start arranging.
Over there, the Tatar vanguard of 30,000 had already stepped through the minefield, and Meng Fu's arrangement these days was not insignificant, the core mine was buried two inches deep, and a thin layer of turf buried the fuse.
The most headache is the moisture-proof fuse, and in this regard, Meng Fu has also worked hard. He used a small bamboo pipe to protect the fuse, and the small bamboo pipe was buried much deeper than the core mine.
At this moment, Meng Fu, who was waiting ten miles ahead, was very nervous, he didn't know how many people from the other party were coming, but ten miles away, he could still hear the rumbling sound of horses' hooves.
His men were scattered around nervously, some hiding in deep holes, their heads covered with thick planks to ensure that they would not fall into the passage of warhorses.
Others hid on the side of the dirt bags that the army could not pass, so that the enemy could not see them, and they could easily light the fire.
"General, General Ma issued an order, saying that the two Tatar divisions are ten miles apart, so let the general not set fire to the vanguard troops first." The general who came in a hurry panted.
He was also taken aback when he got the news, you must know that at this time, Meng Fu was already on the front line of the war. If Meng Fu did not blow up the vanguard, then he would most likely face a Tatar cavalry ten times his size.
The speed of this cavalry on the flat ground is not comparable to ordinary people, not to mention that Meng Fu only brought 3,000 people, even if he brought 30,000 people, the cavalry with speed can also destroy these 30,000 people without effort.
Meng Fu scolded: "Damn, the news only came at this time, and he was determined to kill Lao Tzu." Someone came, the order, immediately spread to both sides. ”
Fortunately, all the people under his command were cavalry, otherwise, he really didn't know what to do with such a close distance.
Soon, the 70,000 people behind had already entered the minefield, and those border troops hiding in the shadows were looking at the sky one by one, waiting for the signal, waiting for the signal of the cannon.
Finally, after most of the 70,000 Tatar troops had entered the minefield, Meng Fu, who had reached safety, gave the order: "Ignite." ”