Chapter 55: Looting Grain
The scorching sun was shining down from the sky, and the silent mountain road was extremely desolate at the moment, and only the chaotic footprints in the ground showed that a large number of people had passed by this mountain road.
Two figures came out of the shade of the trees, looked left and right, and finally stopped in a relatively open area, carefully studying the footprints imprinted on the mountain path.
The footprints on the ground are very mixed, there are people, cattle and sheep and other animals, there are also horseshoe prints, in addition, there are some traces of the wheel of the cart has been crushed.
The sun shone clearly on the two of them, and it could be clearly seen that each of them was carrying a sword, one carrying a thick-backed broadsword, the other was only a longbow and two bulging quivers, and the clothes on their bodies looked like they were made of rags, and then they looked like hunters in the mountains.
One of them leaned over, picked up a pinch of trampled artemisia grass on the ground, and looked at it carefully for a moment, when the other hunter, who seemed to be on alert, suddenly sensed something and gestured to his companion.
The companion seemed to sense something, prostrate on the ground, pressed his right ear against the ground, and after a moment, nodded to his companion, and at this moment, the two of them silently disappeared in one direction, and the mountain path regained silence.
Soon after, the ground of the mountain road began to tremble slightly, and the black and oppressive figure appeared at the end of the mountain road, a large number of people moved to this side, but there was not too much noise, it seemed orderly, the leader of several people rode war horses, and the crowd behind them mostly walked, occasionally making a squeak sound when the wood was rubbed, and a grain cart appeared behind the crowd, and at a rough look, there were quite a few of them.
The majestic gaze of the general, who rode his horse at the forefront, swept over the surrounding bushes from time to time. The art of war is cloudy, and this kind of terrain is the most likely to be ambushed when marching and fighting, the same. As a marching general, he will also be doubly careful when passing through such a place.
Although I don't believe that those cowardly Song people have the courage to bypass the main force of the army and run to the rear to make trouble, but the grain and grass are related to the lifeblood of the three armies, as the grain officer appointed by Kublai Khan, whether it is to repay Kublai Khan's kindness or to show everyone their ability, this batch of grain and grass must not be lost.
The wind was calm, not even a beast appeared, and when the last grain cart walked out of the mountain road, less than fifty miles further was the Mongol camp. The road can be said to be a flat river, the Mongolian military generals can not help but feel a little regretful at the same time, for a Mongolian warrior, the battlefield is their destination, although the escort of grain and grass is also a matter of importance, but also represents the trust of Prince Kublai Khan in himself, but now the Southern Song Dynasty cowardly only knows that the turtle is cowering in the city, how can he have the courage to come out to intercept the grain and grass. Sometimes, he hoped that a few Song people who were not afraid of death would come to rob the grain. It's better than doing nothing now, and the man's exploits should be taken from the enemy's blood and head on the battlefield.
"General, the road ahead is blocked by a herd of bulls." Just when the Mongolian generals secretly lamented that they had failed to kill the enemy on the battlefield, the cavalry in charge of detection in front suddenly slapped their horses back and said respectfully.
"Bull?" The Mongolian general frowned when he heard this. Looking up at the front, he saw that the road ahead was blocked by a herd of bulls, and there were about twenty of them, but there was no one herding the cattle. I couldn't help but snort coldly: "It must be that the nearby Song people don't know that this is our army's grain road, grazing cattle here, seeing our army coming, they have already fled in the wilderness, hehe, more than 20 bulls, it is enough for the soldiers to have a full meal, let people bring those bulls back for me, and after arriving at the camp tonight, let the brothers have a good tooth sacrifice." ”
At this time, he had just escaped from danger, and the flat river here was just suitable for the Mongolian iron cavalry to gallop vertically and horizontally, but he was not worried at all that someone would dare to rob grain here, and if someone really came, he would be happy.
"Yes!"
A flash of joy flashed in the knight's eyes, and with a word of promise, a few soldiers who were ready to move rushed forward to pull the bulls.
"Huh? What is this? A Mongolian warrior was pulling the ox, but found a string of bamboo-like things at the tail of the ox, and was wondering to himself, when a sudden sound of breaking the air suddenly sounded in his ears, his face changed, and he instinctively shook his head to dodge.
"What man!?" The Mongolian warrior looked at the arrow nailed to the ground not far in front of him, his face was fierce, he shouted angrily, and was about to warn, but suddenly felt that the hand holding the ox's tail was different, and hurriedly looked back, but saw that the twisted rope on the cut of bamboo seemed to be ignited, and it was burning at a very fast speed, and quickly spread to the inside of the bamboo.
An ominous premonition rose from his heart, and without waiting for him to have any reaction, the bamboo in his hand suddenly burst open one by one, crackling, the bull was frightened, and instinctively rushed forward, and the Mongolian warriors who were not prepared were directly dragged down by the bull, wow wow screamed and was dragged all the way by the bull, and rushed into the unprepared grain team behind him at a very fast speed, at the same time, dozens of strings of firecrackers were thrown from all directions to the rear of the herd, and in the crackling sound, more than 20 oxen suddenly rioted, Rushing into the formation that had just been rushed by the first bull, and was still in the future and adjusted.
The herd of cattle broke into the military formation, a group of Mongolian soldiers were caught off guard, and the people who were rushed by the herd turned over on their horses, and the originally orderly formation was instantly rushed to pieces, and even the cattle and horses of the rear grain team were also affected and began to riot, and several grain trucks were directly knocked over under the collision of the cattle.
"Enemy attack, array!" The Mongol generals rode their horses in the military formation, trying to stop the chaotic soldiers from meeting the enemy, at this time, even if they were stupid, they knew that they were calculated by those damned Song people, but they didn't expect the other party to deal with them in such a way.
"Haha~ It seems that the Tartars are nothing more than that!" With a loud laugh, the ground suddenly trembled, and the Mongolian military general suddenly raised his head, but saw that at the end of the road, a group of knights under black pressure rushed towards this side like the wind, and before he could react, a rain of arrows had already rained down in the sky.
The unprepared Mongol warriors didn't have time to stabilize the formation, so they were covered by an overwhelming rain of arrows, falling in pieces, and instantly becoming mournful.
The Mongolian warlord mother and son fished and hunted, angrily striking the arrows that were shot at him, and at the same time shouted in Mongolian: "Enemy attack, array, counterattack!" ”
The panicked Mongol soldiers began to converge on this side under his call, as for those Guniu who broke into the military formation, there was no time to take care of it anymore, and at the moment, it was important to defeat this sneak attack of the Song people.
It's just that before they have any reaction, another wave of arrow rain hits, this time the arrow rain is not a cheat, but it is endless, and it is extremely powerful, the Mongolian warriors who have just gathered have not had time to send out an arrow, and under this continuous rain of arrows, they fall in rows.
"Charge!" The Mongolian military general is also a decisive character, seeing the enemy's dense arrows, he immediately gave up the idea of organizing soldiers, and directly launched a charge order, after snorting wildly, the people have already taken the lead in rushing towards the opponent's military formation.
"You're so daring, I'll meet you!" Tang Jun, who rushed to the forefront, saw that the opponent had completely given up the defense, and actually launched a Jedi counterattack in this situation, and he couldn't help admiring the opponent's bravery, but the blood in his bones was also excited by the opponent's momentum, and it was completely boiling.
"Look for death!" Seeing that the other party dared to hedge against him, a frenzied killing intent flashed in the eyes of the Mongolian general, and the scimitar in his hand was raised high, and he was determined to kill this young Song military general who did not know the height of the sky, so as to wash away the shame brought to him by the other party today.
Suddenly, the two of them were already rushing on the battlefield, the Mongolian general's scimitar slashed down fiercely, leaving a tragic arc in the air, with a faint strong wind slashing towards the opponent's head, Tang Jun pouted with a sneer at the corner of his mouth, and the silver spear in his hand was slowly pointed, accurately on the opponent's blade.
"Ding~"
In the crisp sound, the Mongolian generals only felt that their arms were numb, and one of the arms holding the knife seemed to have lost consciousness, and they couldn't help but be shocked in their hearts, and it was hard to imagine that the other party's not burly figure could have such strength, the two war horses quickly passed by, and at the moment of passing by, there seemed to be a cold light in the corner of the eye, and the other party's waist seemed to flash a light, followed by a cold neck, followed by a tingling itch.
The war horses of the Mongolian generals rushed out dozens of meters away by inertia, but they were greeted by a wave of cavalry followed by the Song people, and a Song soldier saw that the main general of the other party was stunned in place, but he was not afraid at all, his eyes flashed a touch of fierceness and ruthlessness, and the horse chopping knife in his hand slashed through the neck of the opponent.
What is surprising is that the Mongolian general, who was supposed to be brave and good at fighting, just stood in place like that, letting the Song army soldier cut off his head lightly.
Tang Jun sneered and withdrew the sword at his waist, ignoring the Mongolian generals who were cut off by the Song army behind him, and rushed into the oncoming Mongolian army, the shadow of the gun was vertical and horizontal, and where he passed, the stumps and broken arms were like fallen leaves, and the blood was like rain.
"The prince's bull formation is really ingenious, looking at the effect, I am afraid that when Zhuge Wuhou captured Meng Shu seven times, the fierce bull array used by the barbarians was nothing more than that." Not far from the mountain road, on a small hill, looking at the scattered Mongolian warriors who were killed by Tang Jun with only five hundred cavalry, he chuckled and complimented.
"Far from it." Li Xuan smiled and shook his head, but his eyes did not continue to stay on the battlefield, but looked at the direction of Xiangyang in the distance, and said leisurely: "The grain route was cut off, Kublai Khan must have been very distressed, right?" (To be continued......)