Chapter 210: Decapitation
In front of Shanhaiguan, the rolling Great Wall rises like a stone dragon on the verdant mountain land, along the steep mountain wall, until the end.
Qin annihilated the Six Kingdoms, the first emperor Da Liu, Jieyan, Zhao, the city of Qin and extended, from Jiayu in the west, to the mountains and seas in the east, began to grow into a city, and invaded by the nomads in the north. Between the beacon towers, the city walls are connected. The arsenal is strict, the Great Wall is in 10,000 miles, the Wenlan is magnificent, and the lotus mountain is in the three peaks.
Carrying the heavy history of China and the hope of Zhaomin longing for tranquility, thousands of years have passed, and the emperors of previous dynasties have repaired and strengthened it, and it has never ended. However, it has also been broken through many times by foreign races, and after all, it cannot resist the ambition and greed of the nomads. ――Was the Great Wall not strong enough, or was the Han Chinese army too weak?
In front of the Shanhai Pass, this ancient city wall will soon once again take on the heavy responsibility of resisting foreign races.
Outside the pass, a flat sand on the banner is covered, the figure is crowded, tens of thousands of Yan troops are covered with a body, holding a horizontal knife, its array is first to a hundred Hongwu cannons, the front wing sergeant is divided into two parts, the left and right are arranged in an arc, like the open crane wings, and then two small arcs are arranged, the arc mouth is the opposite of the crane wings, like two bends on the quarter moon, and finally the Chinese army sits in the middle, sets up the big drum on all sides, rejects countless horses, overlooks from above, the whole formation is like a white crane that is about to spread its wings and fly, and the fierce murderous aura reveals a bit of cruel artistic sense.
Sergeants on horseback weaved back and forth between formations, waving banners and loudly conveying the commander's orders. With the issuance of military orders, the four arcs kept changing positions, like a white crane flapping its wings, waiting to soar into the sky, with a sense of explosion that was eager to try but suppressed by itself.
-- Crane wing formation, both offensive and defensive, suitable for outflanking, a killing array that can only be controlled by a commander with high command ability.
A veteran who knows the military formation can see the commander's ambition from the formation at a glance.
Putting on a crane wing formation, King Yan is determined to win 50,000 Tartars this time, and he doesn't plan to let go of any of them.
Everything is ready, and the question now is, can Xiao Fan, the Lord of the Qincha, lure the Tartars to Shanhaiguan and let them fall into the net?
In the middle of the crane wing formation is a huge handsome tent, and there are only three people in the handsome tent, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, and the monk Daoyan.
Monk Daoyan sat on the side of the desk, his eyes closed, holding Buddhist beads in his hand and chanting scriptures in a low voice, looking like an ancient well.
Zhu Di and Zhu Quan sat opposite each other, but their expressions seemed relaxed and intimate.
"Seventeenth brother, I have to rely on your help a lot this time, otherwise I won't be able to eat the 50,000 army of Tartars."
Zhu Quan pursed his lips indifferently and said, "Fourth Emperor Brother, isn't it just 50,000 Tartars?" In the past few years, our two armies have often conducted military exercises abroad, but when did they not fight and flee from the Tartars? How did you put on such a big position this time? ”
Zhu Di said: "This time is different from the past, I want to eat all the 50,000 tartars in one bite!" Including the leader of the army, I will also cut off his head, in order to comfort the heroic soul of the Ming soldiers who have died bravely against the Tartars for many years......"
Zhu Quan said thoughtfully: "So...... When the Tartars attacked and opened Pingfu before, you sent someone to tell me to ignore it, and let the Tartars drive straight in, just to lead them to the decisive battle at Shanhaiguan? ”
Zhu Di nodded and said: "Yes, according to the military report, this time the leader is the Gui Lichi of the Qiergis Department, and the Arutai of the Asut Department, these two are the tigers and wolves among the Mongols, if they can be eliminated this time, there will only be a twenty-year-old Kun Timur Khan left in the Northern Yuan, what is there to fear?" ”
Zhu Quan's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "That's right, if the two tigers are removed, the khan who hasn't grown all his hair will have a bird to use!" Sooner or later, it will be destroyed by our Ming Dynasty, fourth brother, hehe, it's so calculating......"
Zhu Di also smiled, his eyes were calm and calm: "If these two people are eliminated, the destruction of the Northern Yuan Dynasty is just around the corner, seventeenth brother, at that time, we will go to the grassland, drive all the Tartars to the extremely cold land in the north, and include all the grassland and desert into my Ming bag, my Ming territory will expand, go far to the Han and Tang Dynasties, open up territory, and make contributions, we should be famous in history......"
Zhu Quan swallowed his saliva, his eyes flashing with excitement: "Famous in history...... Can I really go down in history? ”
Zhu Di said in a deep voice: "Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty can, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty can, why can't we?" ”
After all, Zhu Quan was only a young man in his twenties, and when he heard this, his blood suddenly surged, and his expression was a little excited, he slapped his thigh fiercely, and said excitedly: "Okay! This time, we will set up a good stage and sing a play, and behead Ghost Lichi and Arutai under the Shanhai Pass, and compete for my eternal miraculous achievements! ”
Zhu Di also laughed heroically, laughed, and suddenly saw the Daoyan monk who closed his eyes and chanted the scriptures quickly raised his head, glanced at him, Zhu Di paused, and then said a little unnaturally: "There is one more thing, seventeenth brother, my brother hopes that you can do me a favor......"
Zhu Quan said briskly: "What difficulties does the imperial brother have, just say it, brother, I will never shirk what I can do......"
When Zhu Di heard this, a complicated smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he stared at Zhu Quan and said slowly at a very slow pace: "For my brother, I hope that one day if I can't continue to do so, you can help me......"
Zhu Quan laughed and said, "Brother Huang, what are you talking about!" We are brothers, of course I will help you......"
Before the words fell, Zhu Quan raised his eyes and saw Zhu Di's unpredictable smile, which made Zhu Quan suddenly feel uneasy.
Zhu Quan said carefully: "Brother Huang said to help you, what do you mean?" ”
Zhu Di said with a deep smile: "If you are as noble as me and other vassal kings, it is inevitable that there will be times when you are in trouble and lose power, the world is turbulent, the high-rise buildings are dangerous, and the position is still high, and it is still a castle in the air, how do you know that you and I will not suffer?" ”
Looking at Zhu Di's unpredictable smile, Zhu Quan's heart suddenly tightened.
Now it is rumored that the four emperor brothers in the north have always had a heart of disobedience, and in the past two years, the four emperor brothers have been fighting hard at the border, practicing at night, and now they have said these words, from this point of view, the rumors are really true...... "The imperial brother has not said what is going on...... Zhu Quan's face turned a little pale.
Zhu Di smiled gloomily: "If my brother doesn't follow, is my brother willing to lend me a strong team to help?" ”
Zhu Quan's heart was shocked, and he exclaimed: "You mean...... My Duoyan Sanwei? ”
Zhu Di laughed: "Exactly! ”
In front of the tent of the Mongol army.
"Mongolian warriors grew up on horseback, and they can't put their legs together when they walk, which is a characteristic of our Mongolians, why do you have to walk with your legs so tight? Say it! Who the hell are you! Ghost Power shouted loudly.
The bearded man who was scolded was Cao Yi, who was disguised as a Tartar sentry horseman.
Cao Yi turned his back to Ghost Lichi at the moment, and when he heard this, his face turned white in an instant.
After thousands of calculations, he missed this link, who knew that this damn ghost power red eyes were so poisonous, and he could see through it after just two steps.
Cao Yi's heart was like sinking to the bottom, the big drops of sweat on his forehead slowly slipped down, he still maintained his posture with his back to the ghost power, but he didn't dare to move.
The twenty soldiers who followed Cao Yi to sneak in and agreed were also stunned, their hearts were raised, and their right hands pressed the dagger on their waists, ready to strike at any time.
"Your legs are clamped so tightly, you are definitely not a Mongol, say it quickly! Who are you? Ghost Li held the knife with his bare hand, and his tone became more and more stern.
Cao Yi sighed in despair, and in a flash of thought, he reacted quickly and made a redundant action.
I saw that he suddenly put his heels together, his knees opened, and a big gap was revealed between his legs, and he didn't move in place but forced him to pretend to have a pair of Luo hoop legs, not only that, but he also walked two steps with Luo hoop legs, swaying and swinging like a clumsy duck, and walking was ridiculous.
There was a deathly silence in front of the tent, and everyone was stunned. This...... What is it? To prove that you are a Mongol?
Cao Yi took two steps, then turned around and said with some trepidation: "Lord Chief, I am really a Mongolian......
Ghost Li Chi was stunned for a moment, then he was furious and roared, "Did you take me for a fool? ”
Cao Yi's hairy face suddenly collapsed, and he stomped his feet heavily and said, "I knew it!" I knew it! Let's show it! ”
Ghost Power shouted violently: "Someone! Come! Take him down! Also, the people who reported the news just now are very suspicious, take them all! ”
The commanders, commanders and several tribal leaders were stunned for a moment, they didn't react for a while, mainly because they knew too much about the Ming army, and they never thought that the Ming army would dare to sneak into their camp, and they were close to their commanders and senior generals. For them, it's just a fantasy.
Cao Yisuo's surname was no longer pretending, a fierce light flashed in his eyes, and his fingers moved slightly, waiting to break the net.
The remaining twenty soldiers who had infiltrated the camp also held down the dagger on their waists, waiting for Cao Yi to launch it first.
The sound of chaotic footsteps came from all sides, Cao Yi laughed miserably, and then his eyes were full of anger, he bit his cheeks, his legs were slightly bent, and he stared at the ghost Li Chi who was three or four steps away from him, he seemed to see the slightly raised blood vessels on the neck of the ghost power red, under the light of the dim torch, it seemed so clear and clear, and it was a perfect place to cut the knife, as long as he killed him, even if he died in this Tartar camp, it would be worth it.
Just as he was about to do it, an accident happened.
I only heard a sudden sound of landslides and cracks on the east side of the camp, and when it was loud, the long horn of the warning in the camp whimpered in a low voice, echoing in the quiet late night camp, full of murderous aura in the hurry, which made people's hearts tremble.
Ghost Lichi and the others were shocked by this sudden loud noise, and they didn't even care about Cao Yi and them for a while, and shouted loudly towards the dark front: "What happened? Hurry up and light the torches! ”
"Ming Army! Thousands of Ming troops attacked the camp! It's the real Ming Army! A frightened voice quickly replied in the distance.
Ghost Li's eyes widened in anger, but the rest of the generals were taken aback.
At this moment, Cao Yi saw the opportunity and suddenly shouted: "Do it!" ”
As soon as the words fell, Cao Yi took out his dagger and slashed it towards the red neck of the ghost force who was instantly stunned...... Twenty soldiers had been waiting for his order, and without hesitation, they drew their daggers and stabbed at the Tartar generals they had already locked.
Speaking slowly, a series of changes only happened in the blink of an eye.
Several commanders standing in front of the tent were the first to be attacked, and they all screamed miserably, clutching their necks and falling to the ground, blood trickling out of their fingers, and after a few convulsions, they were silent.
The remaining ten thousand people were shocked, and they quickly reacted, and their bodies quickly retreated.
The soldiers of the Ming army who killed several commanders just got their hands, seeing that the commanders retreated in order to avoid the stabbing in front of them, several soldiers did not hesitate to slash the dagger at their necks, and the two commanders were alarmed and dodged the past, and the remaining three commanders could not dodge, and they were succeeded by the soldiers of the Ming army.
Cao Yi's dagger has always been close to the left of Ghost Lichi's neck, Ghost Lichi's dark face has turned white, he pressed the waist knife in his hand, and quickly retreated backwards, but Cao Yi's dagger was like the curse of death, lingering a few inches away from his neck, the faster he retreated, the closer the dagger approached, and in just a few breaths, Ghost Lichi didn't even have a chance to pull out his waist knife.
The dagger was shining brightly in his eyes, and the Ming army outside was nothing attacking the camp, and the small and sharp dagger in front of him made him really feel that he was struggling between life and death...... There was no time to call for help, too late to call someone, the assassin didn't give him a chance to open his mouth, there was only a horror in his eyes, seeing the cold blade of the dagger getting closer and closer to him, no matter how unwilling he was, how shocked, the Grim Reaper had sent him an invitation...... Under the rapid retreat, Ghost Power suddenly stumbled under his bare feet, and then was knocked down by something, and his body fell uncontrollably to the sky At the same time, Ghost Power Chi's eyes were a huge surprise, and the vitality was in front of him!
Cao Yi saw that the ghost force fell to the ground, his heart couldn't help sinking, and he secretly screamed that it was not good, but his habitual surname still made him involuntarily hand the dagger forward, and the fierce killing move that was bound to be won accidentally failed.
As soon as Ghost Li's bare back touched the ground, he rolled on the grass, completely avoiding Cao Yi's dagger, and then he pulled out his waist knife and slashed at Cao Yi mercilessly, shouting loudly: "Someone!" Someone stabbed it! ”
Cao Yi flashed a ghost power to the side, and secretly screamed in his heart that it was a pity, but he didn't dare to hesitate at all, and shouted in his mouth: "All evacuate and hide!" ”
After saying that, he turned around and fled to the noisy camp ahead. Naturally, the twenty soldiers did not dare to slack off, and with one successful blow, they flew away to evade, and they divided into several different directions and drilled into the tents of the main camp.
At this time, due to the attack of the Ming army outside the camp and the huge movement in front of the tent, many Tartars had already drilled out of the tent, looking at this chaotic scene in amazement, and some had already seen the clues, and they all shouted and drew their knives to chase Cao Yi and them.
Cao Yi and the others were dressed in Mongol clothes, and it was very easy to blend into the crowd, and in a few ups and downs, their figures disappeared into the middle of a group of Tartars who had just yawned and had just come out of the tent for unknown reasons, and mixed with them, without a trace.
In this operation, Ghost Lichi was fortunate to escape, killing three Tartar captains and six thousand-commanders, and there were no casualties on his side for the time being.
Seeing Cao Yi and the others disperse, Ghost Li Chi was so angry that he yelled, "I can't find you if I hide?" You Han people who are more cunning and despicable than poisonous snakes and foxes! Come! Count the warriors of the tribes! Get these people out for me! ”
The order was given, but no one responded, and the large camp in front was illuminated by torches, but the Tartars were shouting and pushing in a disorderly manner, but no one came out to form a team.
Ghost Lichi said angrily, "What's wrong with you? Are you all dizzy? What about the commanders? What about the captain? ”
A Tartar said in a panic: "Lord Chief, just now the Han people assassinated, six commanders died, three commanders died, and the warriors were unled, and they were all in chaos......
The ghost power was so angry that he tore open the clothes on his chest, and roared violently in the sky.
Another Tartar Pegasus came to report: "Your Excellency, the Han people who attacked the camp are about 2,000, and after breaking through the camp fence on the east side, they killed hundreds of our warriors with a few rounds of arrows, and then they ran in the southeast direction!" ”
The repeated blows made Ghost Li Chi almost crazy, his eyes were red, he screamed a few times, and roared: "Despicable Han people! The warriors who killed us want to run? All the army is attacking! Hunt them all down on the grasslands! Let them see the majesty of Genghis Khan's descendants! ”
At the moment, he didn't care about investigating the twenty assassins of the Ming army who assassinated him and his generals, so Ghost Li Chi rode on a war horse, held a big knife, and chased to the southeast without looking back.
The remaining two surviving commanders did not dare to slack off, and immediately ordered to blow the horn of the march, and the whole army marched to the southeast, and temporarily took over the three warriors under the command of the dead commanders.
In less than half a pillar of incense, all the Tartars got dressed, mounted their horses, and like a black cloud, followed behind the ghost power's horse, and chased frantically to the southeast.
The battalion did not have time to dismantle the tents and baggage, leaving only a few hundred Tartars to clean up the aftermath. The camp of 50,000 men was empty in an instant.
After the whole Tartar army went out of the camp to pursue, Xiao Fan, who was a few miles away from the camp, watched the black cloud roar and swept away, and suddenly showed a triumphant smile.
In all his calculations, every step was so accurate, he really admired his genius brain.
He was never used to using a sword, so he pulled out the slingshot stuck in his waist at this moment, raised his hand high, and said to the remaining 1,000 soldiers behind him: "The enemy has all left the camp, and now it's our turn to play!" ”
"Your Excellency...... The enemies are gone, what are we going to do? ”
"On the night of the murder in the dark moon, the wind is high and the sky is on fire, what do you say?"
After speaking, Xiao Fan urged the horse's belly, and rushed towards the Tartar camp first.
Speaking of murder and arson, the thousand people behind him were excited, and hurriedly urged their horses to follow, and everyone rushed to the empty Tartar camp as if the old rascals had met a woman from a good family for many years.
Hundreds of Tartars who stayed in the camp were cleaning the tent baggage, and they heard the roar of horses' hooves in the distance, they looked up curiously, but saw that under the night, a large group of knights wearing Ming military uniforms rushed towards them murderously, and the Tartars were so frightened that their faces were like earth, and they turned their backs to look for war horses and fight with the enemy.
Xiao Fan couldn't allow them to ride horses, and when he saw this, he hissed and shouted: "Shoot me with arrows!" ”
Whoosh!
A rain of arrows whistled through the sky, and in the blink of an eye, half of the Tartars were shot on the spot.
A Tartar had just raised his sword to die with the enemy when there was a muffled thud, and a steel ball the size of a dragon's eye struck his eyebrow bone, piercing his brain and killing him instantly.
Xiao Fan looked at the slingshot in his hand with surprise and joy, and couldn't help but look up to the sky and smile: "I have practiced peerless magic skills-"
The soldiers shot the Tartars all over the ground and did not forget the flattery: "My lord's miraculous skills are world-shattering!" ”
After that, I was full of joy and another steel shot shot out.
Bang! Didn't hit.
Xiao Fan's face was suffocated, and then he continued to laugh indifferently: "...... I didn't count just now, anyway, I've already practiced peerless magic skills-ahahaha......"
(To be continued)