Chapter 130: Night Battle (Part II)
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It was not a very dark night, the thin clouds were like a veil blocking the moonlight, and a figure could be seen twenty or thirty paces away.
In the north of the naturalized city, the barracks of the Tumut army and the barracks of the Han army are facing each other, the lights are bright, and the sentry posts are patrolling everywhere and are heavily guarded.
In the large camp on the west side, the commanders of all the departments in the big tent of the Chinese army were all listed, and the Tumuts were discussing military affairs.
Ombu Khan has never been so strict as he is today.
The generals in the tent exchanged heads and ears, and discussed in low voices, and the Great Khan forced them to draw up a plan to repel the Mobei army tonight, otherwise they were not allowed to leave. More than two hours passed, and it was close to midnight, and what Gulug had written still did not satisfy the Great Khan.
On the east side of the Han barracks, the patrolling soldiers shuttled non-stop, Zuo Ruo sat alone in the big tent of the Chinese army, and the two rows of torches at the door were blazing, and there was a crackling sound from time to time. From the outside, it is impossible to tell that this is almost an empty camp. An hour ago, Zhai Zhe quietly left with 4,000 soldiers.
In the hazy moonlight, two cavalry walked on the soft grass after the rain, and the war horses trampled through the grass and the grass was muddy.
The 10,000 Mongolian cavalry of Mobei Mongolia passed through the two military camps an hour ago and galloped straight to the southwest of Guihua City. The grasslands along the way were empty, and the herdsmen fled to Liangcheng and Tumochuan to escape the military disaster.
Mao Hanyin followed behind the Chechen sweat horse, reaching out from time to time to wipe the sweat from his forehead, panting.
It was hard for the Chechen Khan to imagine that Ombu Khan actually pampered this short and fat man, Mao Hanyin had no Mongolian warrior temperament, and his flattering expression made him easily think of the eunuchs that the Han emperors liked to stay by their side, and the Tumuts really stayed with the Han people for too long.
"If you go in this direction for another hour, you will see the Jurchen grain and grass camp." Mao Hanyin points southwestward. Chechen's sweaty beard blocked his expression, and his bright eyes flashed like a wolf king in the dark night, making him dare not look directly.
"Stop!" Chechen Khan ordered.
The cavalry stopped, they had to wait until the second half of the night to attack.
"Damn heavy rain!"
Sitting on the wet grass, the Chechen Khan could not help but curse. The Tumuts had told him all about the protection of the Jurchen camp, and in order to enter the camp they had to set fire to the fence outside, and the heavy rain made the wooden pillars damp and difficult to burn.
Hopefully, the secret weapon provided by the Han people will still be useful!
Midnight passed.
The weather after the rainstorm was exceptionally cool, and there was still a little noise in the Jurchen barracks, and the confrontation between the two armies in the north of the city made the defense here dare not relax.
Inside the big tent, Yue Tuo was dressed in civilian clothes.
Recently, Mo Nan's shape shì made him look like a flower in the fog, and vaguely seemed to have grasped the clue, but how could the Tumut people dare to betray Dajin?
Unlike other Mongol tribes, the Tumuts relied on the Han people to be strong, and half of them lived by farming, which determined that they could not move and live in the steppe at will, as long as the Dajin soldiers were naturalized, they had nowhere to escape. This is also the reason why Yue Tuo dared to boldly bully the Tumut people.
He ambushed the Mobei delegation and forcibly married the princess of Ulan, although he was approved by Tiancong Khan, but as far as he knew, there were endless objections from the Dajin court. At that time, Tumut was weak and poor, and everyone looked down on him, so he married Princess Tumut, but now that time has passed, this marriage is actually eye-catching. He is naturalizing to ensure that the logistics of the Moxi army are worry-free, which is a great achievement, of course Tiancong Khan will fulfill him, if he goes on a business trip, I am afraid that even Tiancong Khan will not be able to spare him.
After days of uncertainty, Yue Tuo's heart was haggard, and the weather was exceptionally cool today, he fell asleep in a daze, wanting to make up for all his recent sleep, and fell asleep. In the dream, he saw Dolgon recruit the return of the Chahar tribe, and brought back the jade seal of Meng Yuan's heirloom country, and he also married the princess of the Tumut tribe Ulan.
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o Half an hour later, a loud commotion suddenly broke out outside the grain and grass camp, and there was a faint sound of shouting and killing.
The soldiers couldn't even wake up outside the tent, and rushed into the tent without caring about the taboo, knelt in front of the bed and shouted: "Lord Belle, wake up, the Mongols are attacking the camp!" ”
Yue Tuo sat up abruptly like an electric shock, rubbed his eyes vigorously, got out of bed and rushed out of the tent barefoot.
The moonlight around the camp was dim, the wolf-killing dogs barked wildly, and the rushing cavalry made the earth tremble.
The outlying posts were attacked, shouts of killing were getting closer and closer, and regiments surrounded the camp.
"Enemy attack!"
The lights in the camp were lit, and the sleeping Jurchen soldiers quickly gathered on the outskirts of the grain storage area, wearing helmets and armor.
Yue Tuo's head was "buzzing", how dare the Mongols in Mobei risk crossing the confrontation area and going deep into the hinterland of naturalization.
The shouts of killing approached the camp, and it was not clear in the darkness how many Mongol cavalry were attacking.
Yue Tuoxun ordered: "All armies retreat to the camp and stick to the camp. ”
Thousands of Mongol cavalry pursued the Jurchen soldiers guarding the periphery around the Jurchen camp, and some brave cavalry rushed outside the gate.
The routed soldiers hurriedly entered the camp, and more than a dozen wrestlers pushed the gate made of giant wood to slowly close, and the Jurchen soldiers each held bows, arrows, knives and axes to defend it.
On all sides there was the sound of cavalry galloping, the neighing of war horses, and the large camp was surrounded. Yue Tuo's heart was cold, and he could surround this camp, and there were no less than 10,000 cavalry dispatched by Mobei Mongolia.
The torches of the Beizhai Gate were the first to be lit, as if contagious, and a quarter of an hour later, the southeast, northwest and northwest directions shone brightly.
The Jurchen grain and grass camp was built on high ground, with the slowest slope to the north, which was conducive to cavalry attacks, and the Chechen Khan was there.
"Ignition!"
Under the order, the Mongols quickly set up dozens of iron pots, pulled out more than 100 wooden barrels and poured yellow viscous liquid into the iron pots, and piles of firewood were carried over and lit, and the four doors outside a hundred steps were as bright as day.
Bows and arrows wrapped in linen were placed in an iron pot, dipped in melted liquid, and distributed to the archers in a row.
"Tung oil, rocket!"
The Jurchen soldiers on the outside saw it clearly, stumbled and ran to Yue Tuo, knelt on the ground and said:\
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U2O1c The Mongols have rockets, they want to attack with fire! ”
Yue Tuo's heart contracted suddenly.
The grain and grass reserve area is an arrow away from the outer fence, and the Mongols' rockets will not burn the grain for the time being, but the Mobei people are so well prepared, it can be concluded that this invasion and naturalization is just a pretense, and their real target is this grain and grass camp.
This was a plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao, and it was clearly to force the Western Expedition army to retreat.
"Archers come forward to suppress!"
The Jurchen archers were known for their swift reach to the inside of the fence and shoot long arrows through the cracks towards the most powerful places of torches, but they were out of range.
Outside the camp.
The first wave of rockets ignited, and the Mongolian archers wound up their arrows and rushed forward a dozen steps into range, before the rockets flew into the sky in brilliant colors and landed around the wooden fence.
The Jurchen infantry archers, who had been prepared for a long time, also found targets within range, and the long arrows flew towards the Mongolian archers who were running with rockets.
In the firelight, the Mongols were shot and snorted to the ground, and some rockets burned to the ground before they could shoot out, and the smoke rose, and the nearby shooters picked it up and shot it out.
The Mongol archers advanced and retreated, the first wave of rocketeers retreated, the second wave of shooters stepped forward from the gap in the queue, and hundreds of fire dragons streaked across the night sky.
The iron arrows burned violently on the wooden fence, and the brave Jurchens ventured forward to pull them down, and as more and more rockets were nailed to the wooden fence, the Jurchens gave up on this stupidity. The linen dipped in tung oil burned and emitted a thick black smoke, and those who sniffed it coughed violently and burst into tears.
The rainstorm-soaked wood did not last long, and the fence could not escape the flames of tung oil, and the burning of damp wood made the smoke thicker. After five or six rounds of bow and arrow attacks, the Jurchen archers had to retreat twenty paces away from the fence.
Chechen Khan breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately the torrential rain did not ruin the sneak attack.
The flames from the fence illuminated the grain and grass camp clearly, and Yue Tuo, who was a hundred steps away, could also feel the heat wave on his face, and such a fierce fire could make it clear from a hundred miles away.
Yue Tuo's face turned pale, and he ordered: "Shrink the defense." ”
The burning fence made it impossible for the Mongol cavalry to attack the camp for the time being, and Yue Tuo estimated that the fire would burn for more than half an hour, and there was a horse rejection wall to defend it, and the Mongols would not be able to attack it for a while and a half.
There are also a thousand Jurchen cavalry in Toktocao, and the Tumut battalion will soon be able to fight here.
Mobei Mongolia dared to sneak attack here, and attacked with fire with such fanfare, Yue Tuo could almost conclude that Omubu Khan was an accomplice, but he still wanted to wait until he was completely dead.