[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 204: Tiger Roaring Gorge Ambush (Ask for subscription!) ）

Naito didn't know that the other three Japanese troops had fallen into a quagmire, and it was difficult to move an inch even though they were close at hand, but at this time he couldn't take care of so much, and learned that Nakazawa Shichiro's department was almost completely annihilated, and even Nakazawa Shichiro Osa, who was favored by him, died tragically at the hands of the Shina, Naito was furious, and only wanted to catch up with the Shina people in front, annihilate them, and cut off the head of their commander to pay tribute to the heroic spirit of the imperial army warriors.

In fact, the distance between the two sides is not very far, and the visual inspection is only five or six kilometers, because the breeds of war horses on both sides are different, Naito is confident that the war horse under the crotch can catch up with the Chinese cavalry in front.

The two sides chased and fled, from the sunset to the west of the mountain, and from the low hilly area to the mountain.

Tiger Roaring Gorge, although it is called a gorge, but there is no water, only towering mountains. It has always been a good place for horse bandits to rob in the north, so it is called the bandit mountain by the locals.

The canyon here is deep, more than 200 meters wide and narrow, but only two carriages can walk side by side. This terrain was a favorite of bandits, and it used to be the only way to reach Zhuozi Mountain, so it was often harassed by bandits, so much so that the government had to station troops here to keep passing merchants safe.

However, because it is really difficult to walk here, as early as more than ten years ago, the Suiyuan Provincial Government specially funded the construction of another road to Zhuozi Mountain, which was slowly abandoned, and slowly and completely became a nest of bandits.

The reason why Ma Zheng knew was entirely because of the credit of the previous bandits, the last time he personally led people to defeat the three strands entrenched in the Tiger Roaring Gorge, at that time Mei Zijiu said with emotion that this is a good place to fight ambushes, especially the best for cavalry and armored troops. Just prepare rolling stones and blocks on the hill beforehand. After all the enemy's vanguard and rearguard have come in, they will push these things down, so that the entrance and exit of the canyon will be blocked, and the enemy will become a turtle in the urn, and how to fight it will not depend on their mood.

It's just that because the Japanese army didn't give Ma Zheng this opportunity before, this place was slowly forgotten by him. This time the Japanese attacked in a big way. The Western Route Army happened to be cavalry, so Ma Zheng thought of Tiger Roaring Gorge.

Naturally, one of Naito would not know about these things, so under the stimulation of Ma Desheng's department, the Fourth Brigade of the Japanese Cavalry rushed into the Tiger Roaring Gorge with Ma Desheng and others.

Due to the darkness and the fact that Naito and the others were bent on catching up with Ma Desheng and the others, they did not pay attention to their surroundings, and it was only when they rushed into the Tiger Roaring Gorge that they realized that the terrain here was extraordinary.

Just as one of Naito's was about to withdraw, the guards in front suddenly reported that the Shina cavalry was blocked in front and had already guarded the front guard, as if they were ready to fight to the death.

Hear the words. Naito's one is overjoyed, and there are no more than two situations in front of him, one is that the front itself is a dead end, but the possibility is not very large, and if it is a dead end, it is impossible for the Shina people to rush in.

Another situation is that the road ahead is narrow, and it is impossible for such a large cavalry to pass through it in a short time, so it will be blocked.

Of course, one of the Naito even thought about why the Shina cavalry took this path. That is, the people of China knew that the terrain here was narrow, and large-scale cavalry could not be used. So the imperial army was deliberately introduced here. In this way, only a small force needs to be left to take charge of the break, and the main force can escape. Now it seems that this is a little more likely.

The opportunity was in front of him, and he couldn't let the Shina slip away under his nose no matter what, and immediately, Naito ordered the troops to continue the pursuit.

Is Ma Desheng's department really blocked in front? Be. Neither is it!

The terrain in front of them is indeed extremely narrow, it is the narrowest place in the Tiger Roaring Gorge, and more than 3,000 cavalry really can't pass through it in a moment and a half, so they are indeed blocked here. But such a result was expected by Ma Desheng, and the reason why the troops chose to stop here. The main thing was to lure the Japanese army in.

There is also a more important reason, this is the place where the mouth is sealed, less than thirty meters away from the top of Ma Desheng's head, hundreds of people are ambushed on the cliffs on both sides, and a large number of stones and wood are piled up on them, at this time they are being blocked by ropes and wooden fences, as long as the ropes are cut, those big stones will instantly roll down from the cliffs, and then these stones will separate the pursuing Japanese troops and Ma Desheng's cavalry into two different worlds.

The sound of "booming" horses' hooves became louder and louder, and Ma Desheng in the canyon had already heard the wheezing sound of the enemy's war horses, and of course, the roar of the Japanese army.

The torches in the hands of the Japanese knights illuminated the valley, and by the light of the fire, Ma Desheng could already see the sabre shining with cold light in the hand of the Japanese soldier at the beginning!

Closer, closer, closer, and soon the distance between the two sides was shortened to a distance of less than a hundred meters, and by this time each was already within the effective range of each other's guns.

But both sides seemed to have a tacit understanding, neither of them fired, and pursued for more than two hours, whether it was Naito or Ma Desheng, they wanted to see what the other party looked like, lest they die and don't know who they died in Hades.

At a distance of less than a hundred meters, the two cavalry units stopped, confronted each other, and stared!

The atmosphere was tense to the extreme, and everyone did not dare to take a breath, except for the sudden sound of war horses and the sound of uneasy stamping, there was no other sound on the scene. Everyone is waiting for the last shiver, and of course the understanding of the two sides is different about the last shiver. The Japanese soldiers were waiting for the order to charge, while the knights of the cavalry group were waiting for Ma Desheng's signal gun, and as soon as the guns rang out, the general attack began, and it also indicated that their cavalry group had fought another beautiful victory!

At this time, a puppet army trembled and came to the front of the two armies, and then said loudly: "Listen to the Eighth Route Cavalry on the opposite side, you have been surrounded, the emperor has blocked you here, and there are only two roads in front of you, one is a living road and the other is a dead road!" His Excellency General Shoichi Naito has spoken, as long as you lay down your arms and surrender, the Imperial Army will guarantee your safety."

"Bang" A gunshot rang out, and I saw that the hat on the head of the puppet soldier who passed the word was directly knocked away, and the whole person was so frightened that he almost fell off the horse, and then the whole person fled back like a lost dog.

Although the Eighth Route Army did not speak, this gunshot showed their attitude, and Naito naturally understood it!

I saw him draw his command knife, hold the handle of the knife in his hand, and stand it upright in front of him!

This seemed to be a signal, and at the same time, all the Japanese cavalry in the canyon drew their sabers at the same time and made the same move.

Then Lieutenant General Naito turned his wrist, turned the blade of the command knife outward, and then suddenly pointed at the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side, and shouted at the same time: "Kill the enemy!" ”

Following the order of one of Naito, about a squadron of Japanese cavalry in front of him let out a roar like a hungry wolf, flapped their horses and rushed towards Ma Dekatsu's headquarters.

However, what one of the two Naito didn't expect was that the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side was unmoved at all, and there was no order to face the battle, as quiet as ever.

What does this mean? Gave up? Not quite like that!

Soon Naito knew what was going on, and when his troops were about to rush in front of the Shina cavalry, the commander of the Shina on the opposite side suddenly pulled out a pistol from his waist and pulled the trigger at the sky!

There was a crisp "bang", and then a red flare flew into the sky, and the bright red flare was so striking in this dark night that I was afraid that it could be seen from miles away.

"Flares?"

When Naito saw that it was a signal flare flying into the sky, the whole person was immediately bad! He knows the role of the signal flare, at this time the people of China launch the signal flare, it will definitely not be a good thing, thinking of the terrain here, Naito suddenly shouted: "Not good, there is an ambush!" Fall back! (To be continued.) )