Chapter Forty-Nine: Night Attack on Mustang Slope
Wang Dan went to Datong Mansion to move the rescue troops completely in the eyes of Jinyiwei, Wang Dan just left, Fang Datong led people to the east gate of the city with the back foot, the defenders at the east gate received an order not to allow idle people to enter and leave the city gate, but Jinyiwei is not an idle person, Fang Datong took more than 20 Jinyi guard captains riding a high-headed horse, this piece alone is not comparable to the soldiers of the local guards of Ulzhou Wei, the officers and soldiers guarding the gate of the city gate were soon reprimanded by Fang Datong trembling, obediently opened the door and let go.
Two hours later, Fang Datong arrived at Jiang Bin's camp thirty miles away, Jiang Bin and Song Nan were already waiting for him in the tent in full armor, and when they saw Fang Datong, Song Nan asked in the first sentence: "Is Wang Dan gone?" ”
Fang Datong said: "If he doesn't leave, can I come?" I went to Datong overnight. ”
Song Nan slapped his face excitedly and said: "Okay, the old dog is finished, seeing the general soldier of Datong crying, General Bing Wang will not stand idly by, there is a good show to watch now." ”
Jiang Bin said: "Brother Song, what should I do now?" Everything went according to your plan, brother, I beat the drum in my heart, don't fucking really think that I defected to the enemy, then it's over. ”
Song Nan smiled: "Do you know that Lu Dao is afraid, but unfortunately it's too late, the beauty is now, the pants are off, what are you still coercing?" Now is the time to show your true skills, I have ordered someone to release the Tartar soldiers I caught a few days ago, and now Ma Baihu is following behind their butts with a group of people, no accident, these Tartar soldiers will take us to their camp station, Jiang Qianhu, you are good at fighting, whether our 1,600 army can eat those hundreds of Tartar cavalry depends on your ability. ”
Jiang Bin said: "I'm worried that the Tartar soldiers will cheat, in case we can't find the location of the Tartar barracks, we won't have time to toss." ”
Song Nan smiled: "Don't worry, they have nowhere to go in the ice and snow, and besides, I deliberately let the guards relax their vigilance and let them escape, they won't be suspicious; Without further ado, hurry up and raise the account to order troops, drive away Wang Dan, and it depends on Jiang Qianhu to get promoted and make a fortune. ”
Jiang Bin didn't say anything more, and immediately sent an order down, ordering each hundred households to raise their tents in the camp, and quickly distributed the order, and ordered to gather weapons, materials and food.
Along the way, dozens of sentry scouts searched for the marks left by Ma Ming, Song Nan asked Ma Ming to bring a lot of beans to feed the horses, dyed red with juice, dropped the markers on the way to track, and marched north all the way to the north.
This mountain is called Yemapo, and on the other side of the mountain is a small city called Yuanyang, which is the junction of the three defense areas of Ulzhou Xuanfu Huai'anwei, Datong Mansion Tianchengwei and Ulzhou Wei, and then dozens of miles to the north is the boundary controlled by the Tatars, this narrow passage is blocked by high mountains and mountains on both sides, so that the defenders of Xuanfu and Datong two border towns can not take care of here, and it is precisely because of this that the Tartar rangers will attack Ulzhou along this passage to the south, and they are not worried about being caught by Huai'anwei and Tianchengwei on both sides.
Ma Mingyu reported: "Lord Qianhu, we have followed the Tartar soldiers all the way here, and we have found out that the Yuanyang town on the other side of Yemapo is the military camp where the Tartars attacked this time, and we dare not go any further, so we have to wait here for the arrival of the army of the Thousand Households." ”
Jiang Bin nodded and said, "Have you ever been discovered?" ”
Ma Ming said: "No, the more than thirty brothers who came with me were all on foot, and fell three or four miles behind them, and one of my brothers was a hunter and was good at tracking, if this was discovered, I would not believe in horses." ”
Jiang Bin smiled and said: "Okay, this kind of talent is useful, after this battle, he will be promoted to be a small banner." ”
Ma Ming said: "I will thank Lord Xie for him first." ”
Jiang Bin said: "Don't talk nonsense, you lead the way, find a favorable position, let's take a look first." ”
Ma Ming nodded in agreement, and took Jiang Bin, Song Nan and others to climb to the top of the slope in the north, looking north at the edge of the dense pine forest, the north of the wild horse slope is flat under the sunset, and the high mountains on both sides of the distance are faintly like two arms surrounding the place north of Yuanyang into a corridor, just five or six miles below the wild horse slope, a temporary barracks of Tartar is built on the flat wasteland, looking from afar, the figure is shaking and the war horse neighing is very lively.
Jiang Bin frowned and said: "The Tartars are not rice buckets, the surrounding area is flat, which is conducive to the Tartar cavalry to attack, this barracks has six gates, once the fight starts, the Tartar cavalry can come out with six gates, and they can't be trapped at all." ”
Ma Ming said: "We can attack at night, the only thing to worry about is a circle of guard towers on the periphery of the camp, there must be torches and wind lights shining at night, I am afraid that we will be discovered as soon as we get out of the mountain pass, with the foot strength of our army, it will take at least a quarter of an hour to reach the Tartar barracks, and the Tartar soldiers will have enough time to deal with it." ”
Jiang Bin nodded and said: "That's right, it's difficult to win if you can't attack it unprepared, once the cavalry lets them charge, our 1,600 soldiers will really struggle." ”
Song Nan listened to the answer between the two, looked at the pattern under the mountain, and was also thinking actively, although he didn't know anything about fighting, but he still understood what Jiang Bin and the others said, it was nothing more than that the strength was not enough to deal with hundreds of cavalry, if the Tartars knew in advance that they were ready to meet the enemy, seven or eight hundred cavalry would charge, and the infantry would not be an opponent at all.
Everyone looked at the mountain silently, thinking about what to do, and Song Nan said: "Jiang Qianhu, I don't know whether to say a sentence or not. ”
Jiang Bin said: "Brother has something to say." ”
Song Nan said: "The Tartar rangers destroyed our fort, and constantly waited for opportunities to attack and harass, as the defenders of Ulzhou, is our task to hit the territory of Tatar and pacify them?" ”
Jiang Bin said with a smile: "Brother said it was a joke...... How could our soldiers do such a big thing, it was originally the first priority to defend the border towns. ”
Song Nan said: "Isn't that the end of it, that is, the purpose of our coming here this time is not to annihilate the Tartars, but to defeat the Tartars, drive them out of the city, restore the defensive system of the walled forts in the north of Ulzhou, and make the Tartars dare not attack again." ”
Jiang Bin said: "Yes, if you can do this, you have completed the task, which can be regarded as a victory." ”
Song Nan said: "The Tartars don't know how many people we have come, we can take advantage of this, the night attack is beneficial to me, the light is unknown, the Tartar cavalry can not fully play the advantage, and we can bluff, so that the Tartar soldiers don't know how many people we have come, let them lose the courage to fight, then the Tartar soldiers will choose to retreat, as long as they escape, this battle will be won." ”
Jiang Bin said: "How to bluff? ”
Song Nan smiled slightly, pulled down a few pine branches from the pine tree, grabbed a handful of dead vines and casually wound them to make a three-headed fork and said, "Look at this." ”
Everyone was stunned and said, "What is this?" ”
Song Nan said: "With this, our 1,600 people will increase threefold, if the Tartars still dare to fight, it will really be a bunch of mallets." ”
Fang Datong suddenly understood and shouted, "You mean to use this as a torch?" Let the Tartars see one soldier as three soldiers? Good guys, that's a bad idea. ”
Song Nan said with a smile: "This is called the truth of the imaginary, the soldiers are not tired of cheating, I haven't read the book of soldiers, the ancient famous generals are more damaged than my strategy, and there is no shame at all." ”
Fang Datong woke up the person in the dream, and several hundreds of households around him applauded one after another, and they all raised their big fingers to praise Nanye, and the military wizards were cloudy.
Jiang Bin said loudly: "A good soldier is not tired of cheating, I didn't expect that Brother Song still has a set of wars, it really makes us ashamed to fight every day, this method is very good, but it's a pity." ”
Song Nan said: "If there is a mistake, Jiang Qianhu should not laugh, after all, I am a layman, and you should take the big idea." ”
Jiang Bin said: "There is no mistake, three times the suspicious soldiers are nearly 5,000 soldiers and horses, the Tartars are afraid that they will be frightened, and they will run away as soon as they see their faces, and we can't catch up, isn't this a waste of work?" Anyway, you have to cut off a hundred and eighty heads to go back to be considered a victory. ”
Ma Ming said: "Lord Qianhu, it would be better if Zhao Baihu and I led people to ambush on the side of the road behind and kill them." ”
Jiang Bin thought for a while and said: "It's okay, I'll give you a hundred musketeers, you have to bring more bows and arrows, don't look at them, only put cold arrows on both sides to shoot cold guns, once the Tartars break and flee, we will quickly approach in front, and they dare not do anything to you." ”
As it got dark, the soldiers were chewing dry food while cutting pine branches on the slopes on both sides to make three-pronged torches, while Ma Ming and another hundred households surnamed Zhao took two hundred archers and one hundred musketeers to lurk six or seven miles away along the mountains and forests on both sides, and when it was dark, they moved to the avenue behind the barracks to ambush.
Song Nan is the first time to experience ancient wars, although he has seen it many times in movies and television, but those are all products of obscenity, this time it is a real face to face, and he is a little nervous and a little expectant.
Jiang Bin told him: "Don't rush forward later, just stay behind and watch the excitement, the arrows don't have long eyes, and the arrows of the Tartar soldiers shoot very accurately." ”
Song Nan said in his heart: "I won't do it, but it's not necessary to hide behind the worst of the world, you always have to see and see this battle, and you will follow Jiang Bin's ass later, there should be no danger." ”
Fang Datong was also very nervous, but seeing Song Nan's casual appearance, he stimulated his arrogance, and whispered to the more than 30 Jinyi guard captains who accompanied him: "Later, if the Tartars are defeated and chased and killed, you can all fight for Lao Tzu's face, we have horses, cut off a few more heads, and our Ulzhou Jinyi Guard Yamen can also be regarded as a great achievement." ”
The captains beat drums in their hearts, and it was not enough to show off their might in the city on weekdays, but it was the first time they had killed the enemy on the battlefield, and it was not against the unarmed people, but a group of Tartar soldiers who killed people without blinking, and they had to pray for the Bodhisattva's blessing in a while.