Chapter 591: Capsizing in the Gutter
Turpan was known as the Cheshi Country in ancient times, that is, the Cheshi Country in the Journey to the West, and it was a densely populated place in the Western Han Dynasty. Ayding Lake is located southeast of Turpan, the lowest in China, with an altitude of -154 meters. Hulentu deliberately teased the Ming army, and retreated to Ayding Lake while fighting.
The sun is like fire, the whole earth is completely a large teppanyaki, Zhu Houzhao angrily threw an egg out, and after it fell to the ground and shattered, the egg was cooked at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Bao Dahai gasped: "Oh my God! Your Majesty, this, this is really a mountain of flames?"
"! That's all made up by Zhu Houwei's bastard boy!" Zhu Houzhao was irritated by the heat, and began to scold: "Who knows how that bastard knows that it's hot here, so he made up some Taishang Laojun's gossip furnace, hum! It's so hot here, and there can be a lake?"
Huo Sieve smiled and said, "Heavenly Khan, Ayding Lake is not small! But this is Chahatai's territory, and we can't easily get over, so we don't know much. I've heard that there is not only water here, but also salt!"
"Really? Grass! Jiang Bin, Lao Tzu wants to take a bath!" Zhu Houzhao was overjoyed, thinking of the cool lake water, his body became hotter and hotter, and he couldn't help urging Jiang Bin.
The army regrouped, and the most standard three armies marched, stretching for thirty miles straight to Ayding Lake. The fire sieve pointed to the distance and said, "Tian Khan, Ayding Lake, also known as Moon Lake, can be regarded as a treasure land in Shanshan Oasis! I've heard that there are still bears and tigers here, so maybe you can catch two of them!"
Jiang Bin shook his head: "The tiger, leopard and bear seem to be fierce, but they are actually very careful. With so many people, they have long been scared and gone! Now it's war, and when it's over, hunting will be a pleasure!"
Bao Dahai thought of what happened to the first cavalry division, remembered the embarrassing Ma Minglu, and shook his head: "Don't think about hunting first, the first cavalry division Ma Minglu suffered a fiasco only after the enemy was lightly defeated, and only then did Yisima invade the capital, and Ayding Lake is also a lake, so be careful to prevent fire attacks!"
Huo Sieve laughed: "Lord Bao doesn't know, Ayding Lake, there is no grass, he just wants to set fire, where did he get the reeds to burn!"
Jiang Bin frowned instead: "No grass? So why is Full Speed hiding? Where's the killer idea?"
The fire sieve shook his head: "The fire sieve doesn't know. This is the place of the Chagatai Khanate, I have only heard of it, but I don't know the specifics."
Zhu Houzhao shook his head indifferently: "It's nothing, I have a new army in my hands, where can't I go where the world is so big?" Come on, Soldier Ayding Lake!"
In order to keep the horsepower moving slowly, the new army slowly approached Ayding Lake! Zhu Houzhao held the telescope in his hand, and what caught his eye was a piece of snow white, and then he knew that Moon Lake was worthy of its name, and it was indeed a bright moon on the oasis!
The amount of evaporation here is so great that although it flows into countless rivers, it still forms a snow-white salt crust. Looking up into the distance, the edge of the lake is full of salt crusts with white flowers, and there are no reeds and aquatic plants at all. What should be a place full of life is desolate, with only a few waterfowl swimming back and forth on the water.
In fact, it was the first time for the fire sieve to come to Aydin Lake, and he said with emotion: "The water above the desert is life, who knew that Ayding Lake would be desolate like this?"
The warrior who was walking at the forefront suddenly felt that the front hooves of the war horse under his crotch were weak, and he almost planted the horse. When I looked down, I saw that the horse's hooves were already deep in the salt crust, and water was gushing out on both sides! Shi Chang suddenly broke out in a cold sweat and shouted loudly, "Stand back! Stand back!"
Where is it so easy? The people at the front shouted loudly, but the people behind had already stepped on the salt crust, and hundreds of soldiers of the avant-garde regiment had fallen into the swamp under the salt crust!
After Bao Dahai got the news, he immediately suggested: "Your Majesty, retreat immediately, there will be a back hand at full speed!"
Jiang Bin smiled: "Brother Bao, you see that Mansu'er's soldiers and horses are still in the distance, what if they are killed? Is it better than Maxim? Pass my orders and defend on the spot! The soldiers and horses trapped in front save themselves!"
Bao Dahai shook his head: "No! Jiang Bin, there are many rivers here, if a dam is built upstream, what about releasing water?"
The fire sieve explained for Jiang Bin: "Lord Bao, the grassland is not as good as the Ming Dynasty, how can there be so many stones here? You don't have to think about sandbags, who can weave them? Grass is precious, and it will only be fattened for war horses, cattle and sheep, where will it be wasted?"
Bao Dahai still shook his head: "I don't know
What is Full Speed'er's means, but I feel very bad in my heart, he must have a backhand that we can't think of! Your Majesty, withdraw!" ap.
Zhu Houzhao actually has a bad premonition, but what Huo Sieve and Jiang Bin said makes sense, even if Man Su'er wants to flood the Seventh Army, there is no way, right? Besides, he led an army of 100,000 people, which can be regarded as a blind eye, and he will run away if he doesn't come, which is undignified and demoralizing. In the face of the dignity of being an emperor, sometimes human life really doesn't matter. After Zhu Houzhao hesitated for a moment, his dignity as an emperor prevailed, and he said calmly: "Old Bao, we have 100,000 soldiers and horses here, and our firearms are sharp, so we don't have to worry about the charm of full speed!"
Bao Dahai sighed and made a final effort: "Your Majesty! I only heard that it is not wrong to be careful 10,000 times, and it is too much to be careless once! Your Majesty, in case the river is blown up at full speed."
Before the words were finished, there was a loud bang, the earth shook a few times, and everyone stood unsteadily! Bao Dahai was closest to Zhu Houzhao, hugged Zhu Houzhao and protected him! But there was another loud bang, Bao Dahai turned over, took Zhu Hou on his chest, and yelled: "Escort!"
Jiang Bin rolled over Zhu Houzhao's body, and the fire screen also protected Zhu Houzhao with him. The continuous sound of explosions came and went, and finally stopped after half an hour! Zhu Houzhao pushed away the people who were protecting him, and yelled angrily: "Quick! Take control of the troops! See where it exploded!"
Bao Dahai shook his head: "Your Majesty, gunpowder is not only unique to Daming, I'm afraid it will be shot at full speed!"
Yes, he only brought back not only love from Said, but also a large amount of black gunpowder and arquebuses! Full speed simply used it all at once! The Poplar River, the Great River, the Tallang River and other rivers are all inland rivers flowing to Ayding Lake, and they were detonated together with gunpowder, and the course of several rivers was blown up at the same time, as well as the qanats built hundreds of years ago, which also became above-ground rivers!
The karez is a countermeasure that the people of the Western Regions have been exploring in practice in order to cope with the huge amount of evaporation around the Flame Mountain. The qanats are actually culverts, which use natural underground rivers and caves and artificial excavation to form an underground river from the mountain side through the Turpan Basin and Shanshan Oasis to Ayding Lake. This blow was blown open, and a large amount of water gushed out of the ground and quickly seeped into the ground.
Jiang Bin's face turned pale and he shouted, "Not good! Swamp! Full Speed is going to trap us!"
Zhu Hou looked at Bao Dahai, who was following his words, and Bao Dahai shook his head: "Your Majesty, the minister can't think about it!" Only rush out now, as much as you can rush out! Otherwise, if you soak in the water, you won't be able to get out for a long time!"
Zhu Houzhao turned his head to look at the fire sieve, and the fire sieve said in embarrassment: "Tian Khan, you can go out, but you must kill the war horse to pave the way!" Tian Khan, let's move forward lightly, except for your carriage, there are only two carriages, and they can't be paved if they are dismantled!"
Jiang Bin gasped: "Understood! Man Su'er never thought of fighting us head-on, and that's the idea of fighting! Without war horses, how can they catch up with them? Without the war horse, in this vast Western Regions, it is a snail crawling!"
The fire sieve continued, "Not only that, but without the war horses, they can constantly harass us at full speed, attacking in turn day and night, and we can't beat them anyway."
Zhu Houzhao was stunned at this moment, it was difficult to move an inch without a war horse, but how could he get out without killing a war horse? Time waits for no one, once the water is soaked for a long time, I am afraid that I will not be able to go out of the killing war horse!
At the same time, Man Su'er and his Ding, Hu Lengtu pointed to Ayding Lake and laughed: "Zhu Houzhao doesn't kill the war horse, see how he gets out?" Kill the war horse, haha, that's how we want to fight!"
Hu Lengtu picked up the thumb brother: "It's still his idea to only Brother Ding!" Not only to let them step into the swamp, but to build a big swamp out and surround them!"
He immediately waved his hand again and again: "This is all the Khan's idea, what does it have to do with me? If it wasn't for the Khan who asked me to send an envoy to the Yarkand Khanate, where would gunpowder blow up the qanats?"
Man Su'er was originally a little unhappy, but when he heard this, he felt very comfortable. Also, didn't he let him send an envoy to the Yarkand Khanate to find the third Said, where would there be such a result? He praised him with a smile: "He is only Ding, don't be modest, I am not a Han Chinese, and the men on the prairie embrace me."
Some have a mind like the sea! You set it up immediately, those arquebuses will come in handy, and I will trap Zhu Houzhao to death!"
He only knew that he had passed the level, and nodded with a smile: "Yes! Alas, it's a pity that the artillery was not brought back, otherwise Zhu Houzhao, the Ming Emperor, would only become the Khan's wine vessel!"
When the two of them left in a hurry on horseback, they looked at the Ming army on the shore of Ayding Lake at full speed, and laughed nonstop! But as time passed, the Ming army did not move at all. Asuba ran back and asked Man Su'er suspiciously, "Khan! The Ming army did not run out, but found a higher place and waited there. Will they fly?"
Man Su'er was also a little puzzled, and the horsewhip in his hand was unconsciously flicked around. After a while, he shook his head: "I don't understand! But so what? I can't get out now if I want to figure it out! When they're done eating, I'll wait to see the show!"
Hulentu hurriedly patted his horse and hurried back, also asking the same question as Asaba. Although Man Su'er reiterated it again without care, the uneasiness in his heart became heavier and heavier. But I couldn't find the hidden worries in my heart, and my mood became more and more anxious!
The sky gradually darkened, and it was no better than the capital, about the end of the Shen hour, that is, at five o'clock in the afternoon, and it was dark! As the sun sets, the temperature drops dramatically!