Chapter 217: Striking the West

The sky was already dark, and the mountain wind was howling halfway up the mountain, blocking the sound barrier between the mountain and the mountain, and it actually formed two independent silent and isolated places.

Xiao Qin's 10,000 horses had quietly arrived, quietly blending into the previous 10,000 horses.

Darkness became a talisman for the march, and although from time to time men and horses were squeezed into the valley and let out terrible screams, at least the telescopes were useless.

According to the normal itinerary, it should take them half a day to arrive, but Xiao Qin let the cavalry rush desperately, and finally arrived at night to complete the defense.

Altan Khan was also tossed by the fast horses on the mountain road, but he was very convinced of Xiao Qin's analysis.

"The reinforcements have been trapped in the mountains, Qi Jiguang knows the art of war, and he didn't dare to fight in chaos, but shrank his forces first. It is estimated that tomorrow dawn will be full of breakthroughs.

Condescending, the momentum is like a bamboo, and the troops under the mountain are scattered and controlled, and if they are attacked a little, they can be easily broken.

So, let's arrive at night so that they don't know that the number of troops has doubled. If they want to break through, they will inevitably fail! ”

Altan Khan looked at the mountains and couldn't help but have a headache. The Tatars, accustomed to plain field warfare, were very disgusted by this terrain with mountains and valleys.

"Even if there are 20,000 horses, if you want to deploy them evenly, the range of this mountain is too large, if you can guess where they broke through."

Xiao Qin smiled slightly, there was almost no need to guess this.

"They must have guessed that we have defenders left behind at Gubeikou, and if we break through to the outside, we will inevitably fall into our flanks.

There is only one way to live in the direction of Miyun, and if you are lucky, you can run back to the capital in one go! Therefore, put seventy percent of the troops in this direction and wait to give the opponent a head-on blow. ”

At this time, Xiao Feng and Qi Jiguang were also dividing labor.

"You give me a hundred cavalry, and we will make a feint from the left to attract the enemy to gather men, and then you will charge down from the right with a large group of men and horses."

Regarding Xiao Feng's proposal, Qi Jiguang refused without thinking.

"No, this strategy is good, but if you want to feint, I will come, and you will lead a large group of men and horses to break through outside."

"It's just a feint, hit it, and after disrupting the enemy's sight, I'll turn back and chase you, you rush out of the road in front, isn't it just convenient for me to rush out?"

"It's a feint, but if you want to act like it, you have to rush down for a while, it's still very dangerous. You haven't fought before, and you can't grasp the proportions at all, so I'll come to the feint, and you will rush down with the leading men! ”

The two sides argued, and finally Xiao Feng came up with a killer idea.

"What did you say when you took the word test, you swore it! Do you take swearing? ”

Qi Jiguang was speechless for a moment, at this time, people took swearing very seriously, but he was unwilling and wanted to find some reason to refute it.

"But if you ask for a hundred centaurs, I'm afraid that these hundred centaurs will be killed and injured, so can it be regarded as a danger to the lives of the sergeants......

"We agreed to endanger the lives of all the sergeants, and a hundred centaurs naturally don't count. Of course, if you have to be forceful, then I don't want to do it alone. Then you'll have to listen to me, right? ”

Qi Jiguang was frightened: "Don't be, give you people, but one hundred is not enough, five hundred!" ”

Xiao Feng shook his head: "A hundred is enough, don't waste too many troops with a feint, your side is the main battlefield!" I'm just responsible for making a noise. ”

This movement not only made a noise, but also shook the earth.

Xiao Qin didn't expect that the Ming army would break through in the early morning when it was dark, and when he heard the shouting of killing, he was shocked, and then he was overjoyed.

Surprise because you guessed the wrong time, which will catch the defense line off guard; I was happy because I guessed the right direction, and the heavy troops were guarding this side of Miyun City.

In the end, the war depends on strength, even if the Tatars will start to mess up for a while, but in the case of absolute superiority in troops, this Ming army is still difficult to fly!

He put on his robe, and was about to leave the tent when he heard a thunderous sound explode among the defenders, and a strong smell of gunpowder smoke rushed into the tent.

The air waves blew Xiao Qin's robe and hair, making him stunned.

What is it? Gunpowder? When did Mingjun have such a powerful firearm? It's not like a musket, it's an iron ball, and it's not so explosive.

Cannon? It's even more impossible, whose cavalry team will still carry cannons! And although this power is great, it is still far from the cannon.

Xiao Qin rushed out of the tent, and under the light of the torches lit between the tents, he vaguely saw the cavalrymen rushing downward, drawing their bows and shooting arrows, and those arrows were either shot at people, or shot on the ground, or blocked by shields.

But those arrows exploded after touching the obstacles! The thing tied to the arrow exploded!

The Tatars were blown up, and people were okay to say that the power of the explosives was limited after all, and as long as they didn't explode around them, they generally wouldn't kill people.

But not horses, in the middle of the night, the smell of gunsmoke, the sound of thunder, burns, all of which are great threats to non-nocturnal animals, each of which terrifies horses and stimulates the wildness that has been lurking in them for hundreds of thousands of years.

The Tatar cavalry, which claims to never blow up the group, blew up the group! The Tatars, who claimed to have grown up on horseback, shouted and whipped desperately, trying to control the scope and size of the bombing group.

But like a highly contagious plague, it is difficult to extinguish quickly once it starts, and it can spread this madness and fear to neighboring horses.

Xiao Qin immediately made a decision and ordered the peripheral men and horses to retreat immediately, leaving a blank space at the foot of the mountain. As soon as the Tartars rushed out, they immediately shot arrows back.

None of the Tatars on the periphery objected, and the order was quickly carried out. Some of the 1,000 cavalry at the foot of the mountain that had already been blown up abandoned their horses and fled, while the rest preferred to die rather than abandon their horses, trying to pacify them.

Finally, the horses were just calming down, but they were blown up again by the thunderbolts that kept coming down from the hillside. From time to time, people rushed out of it and roared: "Don't let go of the arrows! ”

He was greeted by a rain of arrows, and he blocked part of it with his shield, and then fell on the blank barrier with his men and horses, and it was terrible.

Altan Khan's face was pale, he killed on the battlefield and never took human life seriously. But it was a battlefield of death, and I had never experienced it before.

Xiao Qin glanced at him and said, "It's just a momentary chaos on the scene, and the actual loss is only a few hundred." When the enemy army rushes down, it is the time of great victory. ”

Alta Khan nodded and said fiercely: "I'm going to use Qi Jiguang's head as a urinal!" As for that Xiao Feng, as Mr. asked, I will leave it to you to dispose of. ”

The Tatar cavalry, who heard movement in the distance, continued to gather in the direction of the explosion from all directions, like a river of death that was getting wider and wider, waiting to drown the Ming army that rushed down.

The explosions continued, and the abandoned thousand cavalry threw themselves into the bombing camp in chaos. Xiao Qin suddenly frowned, raised her right hand, and several fingers were bent and straightened extremely quickly.

Altan Khan looked at Xiao Qin in wonder, and Xiao Qin's face suddenly changed.

"According to such a mountain situation and distance, the Ming army's forward should have rushed down a long time ago, why did they just release arrows down the mountain, but no longer rushed down?"

Altan Khan may not be as smart as Xiao Qin in other things, but in marching and fighting, he is a ruthless character himself, and after a slight groan, he suddenly understood what Xiao Qin meant.

"Wouldn't it? How dare they kill themselves? ”

At this moment, a fast horse rushed towards him like a desperate man, and the man roared all the way on the horse.

"Report, Great Khan, the Ming army charged through from the northern hillside, our army was caught off guard, the troops were insufficient, and the defense line that had been broken through!"

Alta Khan gritted his teeth and looked at Xiao Qin. Xiao Qin's face sank like water, and she shook her head with a sneer.

"At this time, it was too late to go to reinforcements, and after running around the mountain for half a circle, the Ming army had already run away. Although their hands are smart, they also heal the sores in front of their eyes, rip off their hearts, and fall into a dead end. ”

It's right for me to think about it, he is a generation of heroes, he can afford to put it down, haha smiled.

"Mr. Xiao, what should we do now? Is it to return to the army to flank the Ming army? ”

Xiao Qin shook her head: "No." From here to Gubeikou, there are mountains all the way, if Qi Jiguang leads his troops to hide on which mountain, we will search for it with great effort.

Gubeikou is guarded by 10,000 of our cavalry, and Qi Jiguang is like a mouse caught in a bellows, he can only run around, and he can't go anywhere.

The soldiers are fast, our original plan remains the same, go straight to Miyun City, after dividing the troops for 5,000 pieces, if Qi Jiguang dares to turn back and charge one-on-one, he is not the opponent of our cavalry! ”

Altan Khan nodded in agreement. Xiao Qin looked up at the "arrow thunder" that was still shooting down on the mountain, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

"But until then, re-encircle the mountain and storm it at any cost! If I'm not mistaken, this suspicious army is so disciplined that it must have been led by a master. ”

Some people died, but not completely......