Outside Broken Leaf City.

Lan Yu arrived with the vanguard, and when he saw that the Timurid army on the other side of the river was waiting for him, he had to boast even if he was arrogant.

"Strong Army!"

"No wonder Timur was able to sweep the Western Regions in just a few decades, and his people really have a hand in governing the army!"

Hearing this, Li Yan hurriedly nodded.

"What Grandpa Lan said is that the little nephew thought that he was going to die for the country, but he didn't expect Timur's army to be quite disciplined, first sent someone to send a war book, and then waited for his uncle to bring troops over, quite pedantic of Song Xianggong, hehehe."

Lan Yu scolded angrily when he heard this.

"What are you laughing at!"

"What's so funny about that?"

"Song Xianggong is a thing, leading tens of thousands of people to dare to call himself a big country."

"The real battle of great powers has always been a struggle of morality and national strength."

"If you rely on conspiracy, even if you win by luck, it will be difficult to convince the other party."

"It must be a tough fight and defeat the enemy on the frontal battlefield!"

When Li Yan heard Lan Yu's words, he immediately realized his mistake and hurriedly bowed down to apologize.

"The little nephew is wrong, thank you Grandpa Lan for your advice!"

Lan Yu still takes good care of the young generals in the army, and when he sees that Li Yan knows that he is wrong, he no longer scolds him.

"Tell the generals, carefully observe Timur's army, and never take it as a joke!"

"In addition, tell the generals, rest all night, cook tomorrow at the end of the day, line up at the end of the day, and attack at the end of the day!"

Li Yan was shocked when he heard this, Lan Yu only brought less than 50,000 people this time, and the large army and baggage team were left far behind by him.

"Grandpa Lan, why don't we wait a little longer, and wait for the large army and artillery to come over before fighting ......"

Lan Yu snorted coldly.

"What do you want?"

"Even if you want to wait, the other side may not give you this opportunity."

"Timur can wait for the old man to come, and he has already given enough face. If he really waits for our 400,000 troops to gather to attack, then the old man will laugh at him Song Xianggong! ”

Lan Yu guessed correctly, when he arrived outside Broken Leaf City, Timur sent someone to deliver the war book on the same day, and it was none other than Li Ben, who was detained in the camp by Timur.

However, it is not right to say that it is detained, because Li Ben himself also likes the Timurid camp and is willing to do this "dangerous" mission.

Even on several later missions, he also brought Ming spirits and tea bricks with him, and started trading with the generals of the Timurid army opposite, specifically exchanging their silver wine jugs.

After Li Ben finished delivering the war letter, he turned around and left without waiting for Li Yan's reply. Li Yan saw his posture and hurriedly stopped him.

"Li Ben, we will go to war tomorrow, why are you still going to the other side, is it possible to help the other side fight us?"

"Huh?"

Li Ben was stunned when he heard this, he almost forgot that he was a Ming soldier when he did business......

"Young master, the old servant has something left over there, and he wants to get it back......"

Li Yan knew that Li Ben was familiar with that side, and immediately waved his hand impatiently when he saw him say this.

"Get out!"

"Go and come back quickly, I ordered someone to leave a boat for you at the ferry!"

"Thank you, young master!"

Lan Yu looked at this pair of strange masters and servants and only felt that his head was big for a while, is this especially a battle between the two armies, or is it a play between the two armies?

Why do you feel that this pair of masters and servants are about to get acquainted with each other?

No way!

When we fight tomorrow, we have to be on guard against Li Yan, lest we kill an army in Broken Leaf City halfway through the battle, and join forces with the Timurid army on the opposite side, and take ourselves by surprise.

Lan Yu opened Timur's war book and read it carefully.

The war book was written in Uighur script and Ming script, and Lan Yu only read what he could understand.

In the war book, Timur angrily reprimanded the Ming Dynasty's active provocation, stating that he was a passive defense and had never intended to invade the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, he praised Lan Yu's military talents, and expressed that it was his honor to meet a famous general like Lan Yu on the battlefield.

Lan Yu smiled quite smugly when he saw it.

"I didn't expect that Timur was quite good at talking!"

Li Yan looked curiously, and couldn't help but roll his eyes when he saw Timur's words of praise for Lan Yu in the war book.

"Grandpa Lan, how do you know that the commander of the army is you?"

Lan Yu glared at Li Yan unhappily when he heard this.

"Do you think that everyone is like you, a piece of wood, who has been guarding Broken Leaf City for almost ten days, and he hasn't even collected all the information of the senior generals on the other side, just like your father's waste snacks!"

Li Yan almost exploded when he heard this, if it wasn't Lan Yu who said this, he would have to fight with others if he changed someone casually.

"What's the matter, let's say you're not happy with it?"

"Little nephew doesn't dare!"

"Humph!"

"Your dad will play tricks, and it's hard to fart. If you kid want to prove it to me, give us a good fight tomorrow! ”

"Uncle Lan, don't worry, the little nephew will definitely behave well tomorrow!"

Lan Yu reprimanded Li Yan for a few words and then stopped paying attention to this guy, but racked his brains to think about how to reply to the other party.

After scrapping dozens of manuscript papers, Lan Yu finally compiled a sharp-tongued essay.

In the camp of Timur's army, when Timur was discussing with the generals in the army, his grandson Ma Hehema hurriedly ran in and handed Lan Yu's reply to him.

Timur glared at his grandson in displeasure, secretly annoyed that he couldn't hold his breath. However, in view of the fact that there were too many people in the big tent, it saved him a little face.

"Send the reply to Prime Minister Haohaida and ask him to read it to us."

"Yes!"

Hao Haida hurriedly got up when he heard the words, and respectfully took the book from the hand of Ma Heima, the emperor's grandson.

"The chief general of the Ming Western Expeditionary Army, Lan Yu, is headed!"

"Although His Majesty the Emperor Timur did not offend my Ming Dynasty, your country took in the remnants of Mengyuan and Chagatai, which made my Ming million-strong army unable to do its work, which is a regret for the Ming Dynasty."

"If your country sends Hao Haida and his son, as well as 100,000 Mengyuan troops to the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty will immediately withdraw its troops and rule with your country, with the west of the Tianshan Mountains as the territory of your country, and the east of the Tianshan Mountains as the territory of the Ming Dynasty......"

Hao Haida's face changed greatly when he wanted to read the last paragraph, and he pretended to be panicked.

"Your Majesty Su Dan, you must not give Weichen to Daming, Daming will definitely dismantle Weichen into eight pieces, woo woo woo ......"

In fact, Haohaida was not afraid of Daming, and even hoped that Timur would send him to Daming. He had already sent someone to inquire, and those Mengyuan princes who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty were not abused, and they were all arranged by the Ming government to live in Guihua City.

With his talent to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, even if he can't get the position of prime minister, it is estimated that he can enjoy his old age without worrying about food and clothing.

The reason why he showed fear was just to reassure His Majesty Su Dan that he would not doubt his loyalty.

After all, who wants to be the prime minister of a big country to be a rich man?

Hearing this, Timur smiled and reassured.

"Prime Minister rest assured, I will never give you to Da Ming, if Da Ming wants to bring you back, he must be taken away from the ruins of Samarkand!"

"Your Majesty Xie Sudan, Weichen!"

"Ladies and gentlemen, Daming's conditions have been opened, obviously the other party doesn't want to reconcile with us, so tomorrow's battle is important, we must go all out to give Daming a head-on blow, so that it no longer dares to covet our empire, and dare not have the heart to go west!"

"That's what His Majesty Sudan said!"

"Hit the Ming Dynasty and boost our country's prestige!"

After exchanging war letters, the two sides also agreed on the specific details of tomorrow.

Timur retreated ten miles overnight, giving the Ming army time and space to cross the river and line up, giving the Ming face enough.

Even if the battle was lost, Timur's behavior was impeccable.

For this reason, Lan Yu sent someone to send the wine from the emperor to express his gratitude to His Majesty the Emperor of the Timurid Empire.

Early the next morning, Lan Yu sent scouts to cross the river, and after making sure that the other party had really retreated ten miles, he ordered the soldiers to cross the river.

In fact, the river outside Shattered Leaf City is not deep, and the deepest place is no more than the soldier's chest. It's just that the river is too wide, and it's very muddy to walk in the river, and the larger artillery can't be transported at all.

Comparatively speaking, generals like Lan Yu and Li Yan were much more relaxed, and they could ride horses and stand on rafts and be led across the river by soldiers.

"Uncle Lan, I didn't expect Timur to be quite disciplined, and he really gave us a place to cross the river and line up."

"If I'm the main general on the opposite side, I'll definitely attack when we're halfway across the river!"

Lan Yu smiled coldly when she heard this.

"So you're just as much waste as your father!"

"Huh?"

Li Yan said unconvinced.

"Is my nephew wrong again?"

Lan Yu snorted coldly when she heard this.

"Look what our soldiers are carrying!"

Li Yan looked around and replied blankly.

"Isn't it just a firebolt?"

When Lan Yu heard this, he wanted to kill him.

"Fire guns are most afraid of water!"

"If I were the other party's commander, I would also generously give us a place to cross the river and line up!"

"Ah......h

Li Yan woke up like a dream when he heard this, and hurriedly shouted around.

"Be careful, don't let the firecracker get wet!"

When Lan Yu heard Li Yan shouting like this, the smile on his face became even more disdainful.

He had already thought of this, how could he not be prepared at all?

When most of the soldiers crossed the river, Li Yan suddenly found that piles of bonfires had been lit on the ground.

This was prepared in advance by the scout troops sent by Lan Yu, on the one hand, it was convenient for the soldiers to bake the fire, and on the other hand, it was convenient for them to dry the water in the fire.

However, only a little while after they roasted, they heard a trumpet blowing in Timur's army.

Lan Yu heard the sound of military trumpets and couldn't help but sneer and look at Li Yan.

"Do you still think the other party is talking about the rules this time?"

Li Yan looked at the Daming soldiers who were wet all over, and shook his head with a blue face.

"It turns out that the other party has already calculated it!"

Lan Yu nodded.

"Right!"

"Remember, boy, there are no rules on the battlefield. Even if there is, it's a honey-wrapped trap! ”

Timur first besieged but did not attack, and then retreated, which can be said to have earned enough righteousness. However, in terms of specific operations, he pinched our life, and deliberately attacked in the gap when we had just crossed the river and were soaked and the fire guns failed, just to maximize their advantage......"

"Thank you Uncle Lan for teaching, my little nephew understands!"

"Uncle Lan, what should we do now?"

"Now that the guns in the army are wet, we can't fight at all, so we can't sit still, right?"

Lan Yu smiled confidently.

"Since we dare to cross the river, we naturally have a way to deal with it!"

"Someone!"

"Open the wooden box we brought here!"

With Lan Yu's order, a group of soldiers in dark blue military uniforms in the army immediately took out crowbars to pry open the huge wooden boxes, and took out a firearm with a pole wrapped in oiled paper from inside.

"Grandpa Lan, this is ......"

"This is the latest spontaneous fire gun developed by the imperial court!"

"Spontaneous firebolts?"

Li Yan immediately snatched a spontaneous firecracker, and tore off the oiled paper with a face full of disbelief, revealing the true face of the firecracker inside.

"It's really spontaneous!"

"Doesn't it mean that this thing has been in the experimental stage and has not yet been equipped for the whole army?"

Lan Yu smiled coldly.

"That's all fooling you, the Changsheng army has already been fully distributed!"

"Ahh

As soon as Li Yan heard this, he immediately felt aggrieved like a little daughter-in-law.

"The emperor's grandson is too partial, why is it only given to his own uncle and not to other armies!"

Lan Yu laughed when she heard this.

"You're right, our nephew and grandson are the most eccentric, and he didn't even get our uncle, hahaha!"

After saying this, Lan Yu jumped on a wooden box and shouted at the Ming soldiers on the river beach.

"Bad boys!"

"You practiced this thing when you were in Tianshanwei, you all know how to use it, right?"

"Yes!"

"It's all for us, there are only ten bullets per person, and after the fight, we can only wait for someone's chopping knife to cut our neck!"

"General Lan rest assured, we will definitely obey the command and never fire a shot!"

"Good!"

"If we win this battle, we dare not guarantee that the 100,000 war horses on the opposite side and the finances of the towns within a radius of 100 miles will belong to you bad boys!"

"General Lan is mighty!"

As the saying goes, there must be brave men under the heavy reward, and the blue jade army is a heavy reward. Even if you try to disobey the holy decree, you have to let the soldiers under your command eat first!

Timur had already figured out the performance of the firecracker, and knew that this thing was most afraid of water, so he generously gave way to the Ming army to facilitate them to cross the river and line up.

Of course, he is not blindly generous, after determining that the Ming army basically crossed the river, he ordered someone to blow the horn and send 30,000 cavalry to attack the Ming army.

In his mind, at this time, the Ming soldiers were wet all over their bodies, and their combat strength was at least half lost, so they could easily win.

However, what he didn't expect was that when 30,000 iron horsemen rushed towards the Ming enemy formation, a dense burst of fire rang out in the Ming army's formation.

With the sound of fire, rows of Khorasan iron horsemen fell to the ground with a bang.

The cavalry that took the first step to the end became a stumbling rope for the cavalry behind, and then superimposed on the fire guns that Da Ming took one after another, and his 10,000 cavalry was swallowed up with just one face. The remaining 20,000 iron horsemen, seeing this situation, suddenly froze, and turned back desperately one by one, waiting for the order to withdraw their own army.

Timur stood on top of the moving tower, watching his 10,000 iron horsemen disappear, and felt only a whirlwind of the heavens.

Why!

Why did he clearly calculate the characteristics of the fire gun and fear of water, but Da Ming was still not affected at all!

When Timur was shocked to doubt his life, Haohai Dayu was also shocked.

However, his shock was different from Timur's, he was simply shocked by the strength of the Ming Dynasty.

Isn't it that the manufacturing process of this thing is cumbersome, and Daming can't produce a few rods, why did he suddenly make so many of them!

While Timur's side was at a loss, the soldiers in the rear of the blue jade army were hurrying to put the fire on the fire to roast.

Everyone knows that the kind of spontaneous firearms that are not afraid of water and fire have a total of 10,000 shots, and only 100,000 bullets, which are just used to scare people, and they will completely stop eating after the fight.

The real firepower output has to rely on their ordinary firearms, if they don't quickly form combat effectiveness, waiting for their soldiers and enemies to chop melons and vegetables-like butcher knives.

(End of chapter)