Chapter 398: Siwu Mountain

Siwu Mountain, located in the northwest of Shuyang 130 miles away, more than 150 miles away from Xuzhou, located in the northwest of Shuyang and Xuzhou, is the only official road in the northwest of Shuyang to Xuzhou.

The official road passes through the Siwu Mountain, the north and south mountains are not high from the official road, the highest point is only less than four meters, and the Siwu Mountains that stretch for more than ten miles are behind.

"The 197th Regiment is divided into both sides of the north and south passes, the 196th Regiment goes out of the official road to the west to block the exit, and after the 195th Regiment goes around, once Tan Tai's cavalry enters the mountain road, immediately block their back road, and strive to annihilate them all in the mountains.

After Li Yan finished speaking, he looked at Liu Shun and Wu Quan: "What do you two think?" ”

Liu Shun looked at Wu Quan, and Wu Quan arched his hand: "Lord Li arranged it." ”

Li Yan nodded: "The burden of exiting in the direction of Xuzhou is the heaviest, because once Tan Tai enters the middle ambush, he will definitely break through to the death, and the defensive resistance on the front is the greatest." ”

Liu Shun arched his hand: "I'll go." ”

Wu Quan nodded: "30,000 cavalry, the number is not small, the official road in this mountain is only less than three miles, the cavalry charge only needs a cup of tea in less than a time, and there will be a cavalry with a broken tail behind me in the follow-up, I will take the 195th regiment to intercept, and the rest can only be handed over to Lord Li, Chong Junxi..."

"Deputy Division Commander..."

Wu Quan pointed to the head of the 197th regiment in front of him, Chong Junxi, and said: "Lord Li, this head of the regiment is from Shaanxi, it is said that the ancestor is the descendant of the old Song Dynasty and the old race, he is upright, and he is extremely brave in battle. ”

Chong Junxi saluted Li Yan: "Chong Junxi, the commander of the 197th Regiment of the 66th Brigade, has seen Master Li. ”

"If it is really the descendant of the old breed, the instrument is extraordinary, the head of the species, I am responsible for the overall situation, but this matter of the war has to be handed over to you."

Chong Junxi saluted: "Please rest assured, Lord Li..."

"Here we are..."

A scout rode quickly: "Deputy division commander, the former enemy reported that a large number of cavalry is rushing towards Siwu Mountain, and the number is more than three thousand. ”

"It should be Tan Tai's vanguard..."

Before Li Yan's words fell, he rushed from the west exit and immediately stopped: "Report, the scouts of the 196th Regiment have reported that an unknown number of Tartar cavalry are coming in the direction of Siwu Mountain. ”

Li Yan was shocked, and immediately ordered someone to unfold the map: "The habit of the Tartars is to send scout cavalry to explore the road before a large number of soldiers move, although the actions of our army are exposed, but after the division of troops in Cui Zhen, the advance of our troops has always been in a state of secrecy, that is to say, it is impossible for the Tartars in Xuzhou to know that our army is in ambush in Siwu Mountain." ”

Wu Quan said: "Could it be Tan Tai's help-seeking force?" ”

Liu Shun spoke: "Impossible, the prisoner confessed that Tan Tai was ordered to rush to Huai'an to support Daishan's troops, and it would be unreasonable for him to retreat if he didn't know the situation." ”

Li Yan shook his head: "Then there is only one situation, Division Commander Chen's troops attacked Shuyang successfully, Tan Tai's command is 30,000 cavalry, not good at defending the city, their advantages are on the plain, and our army is full of rifles, high combat effectiveness, dense firepower, they want to break through the defense line of Division Commander Chen needs to pay a great price, so the only thing that can show that Tan Tai gave up Shuyang and rushed to Xuzhou to join Abatai;

And it just so happens that now Abatai's reinforcements are rushing to Shuyang, and Siwu Mountain is also the only way to go. ”

Wu Quan took a deep breath and looked at Liu Shun: "We have the intention to set up an ambush, but we are surrounded by the Tartars unintentionally?" ”

Li Yan was unusually calm at the moment, his deeds of commanding 50,000 Tang Domain soldiers to break through Qingliangmen made him have some reputation in all armies, and the side also proved that this young talent is not small: "You can also think of Deputy Division Commander Wu's words, but now that we have come to this Siwu Mountain, we can't return empty-handed;

The situation after the division of troops Division Commander Chen knows better than you and me, the Tartars fled north, although Division Commander Chen and their large troops are infantry, but there are also many troops on horseback, and they will definitely pursue, so let's use our bodies as bait in this Siwu Mountain, bloom in the center, and sandwich the Tartars in the middle. ”

Li Yan said with a momentum like a rainbow, Wu Quan and Liu Shun nodded again and again when they heard it, and then Wu Quan said: "I think it's feasible for 6,000 people to deal with 30,000 cavalry, if you add the Tartar reinforcements from Xuzhou, the odds can only be opened at the moment." ”

Liu Shun smiled: "As long as the pursuers of the division arrive, the odds are open." ”

"Whew..."

Li Yan looked at the mountain pass and let out a breath of cold air: "Let's act." ”

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Li Yan's IQ is indeed very high, and he did expect Tan Tai's defeat in Shuyang, and at this moment, Tan Tai's troops are being pursued by Chen Jiming's mounted infantry.

"Where is the front?"

"Back to the master, in the direction of Siwu Mountain, there are still more than a hundred miles away from Xuzhou."

"Phew..."

Tan Tai immediately looked at He Luohui beside him: "I can't go anymore." ”

He Luo will stop the war horse: "Ah Shan is breaking off, the Ming army's firearms are really powerful, we are all cavalry, there is not a single firearms battalion, and the only choice now is to go to Xuzhou to meet the king of Raoyu County, and then go south again." ”

Tan Tai pointed to Siwu Mountain not far away: "This mountain is flat when we pass by, but the surroundings are steep, you can set up an ambush in this mountain, lure the Ming army to enter, and then ambush the soldiers and horses on both sides, and after the Ming army pursues and enters, then rush down with a rush of anger, although the price is paid, but it can also effectively kill and injure these people." ”

He Luohui also stared at the Siwu Mountains not far away, and then nodded: "That's the only way, Ah Shan has not returned after the break, Tan Tai, you lead the men and horses into the mountains to prepare for an ambush, and send people to Xuzhou for help as soon as possible, I will wait for Ah Shan outside, and then lure the Ming army to chase with Ah Shan." ”

Tan Tai nodded: "You and be careful, if the Ming army retreats, don't chase categorically." ”

"Don't worry, drive..."

He Luohui ran back less than ten miles, and was meeting Ah Shan, who came after the break, only to see Ah Shan's angry look, and scolded: "He Luohui, the Ming army is really not a thing, relying on the sharp firearms, as long as we run, they will chase, looking closer, I ordered a counter-charge, who knew that this Ming army would not chase, and formed a formation on the spot, and fired firearms together, I am a Qing warrior... Ay... Grass damn dog, it's not a thing..."

He Luo would remember the tragic situation of attacking the Ming army at night outside Shuyang, only four or five hundred of the three thousand cavalry returned, and many of them were still wounded, who could afford this kind of casualties.

"Tan Tai has already gone to the Siwu Mountain behind to set up an ambush, your task now is to lure the Ming army to continue to pursue us, as long as we enter the official road in the mountain, and the cavalry on both sides rush down, this battle can be decided."

Ah Shan said hatefully: "That's right, kill Minggou's sharp spirit." ”

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"Lord Li, you see, this Tartar's flag is not like our Ming Dynasty, and there are names, all of them are flags of different colors, and there is no way to distinguish who is who."

Chong Junxi was lying in the grass on the side, holding a clairvoyant mirror in his hand, and Li Yan was the same: "Your Majesty has carefully asked Lord Chen to tell Master Chen about the Eight Banners of the Tartars, look at the red dragon flag, and the red jacket on the cavalry, it should be the department of the Red Banner and belong to Dai Shan's command, but I don't know if it is the Han Army Banner or the Full Eight Banners." ”

"Lord Li, look at that tartar in Mingguang armor."

Li Yan turned the clairvoyant mirror, and saw that a middle-aged bearded general was commanding in the center, and then nodded: "It must be a big fish, but I don't know if it's Tan Tai or other generals." ”

Chong Junxi said: "Master Li, what do they want to do?" ”

Li Yan saw a large number of Tartar cavalry rushing into the official road in the mountains and began to march in an orderly manner towards the mountains and forests on both sides, and then because the mountain pass was still a little far away from their ambush point, he could clearly see that those cavalry began to dismount and lead the horses forward in the mountains, and even the horse chew on the horse's neck began to be brought to the horse's mouth.

"It's broken..."

Li Yan scolded secretly, and then said: "The Tartars are the headquarters of Division Commander Chen who wants to set up an ambush in Siwu Mountain and ambush and pursue. ”

"These stupid people, how did they know that we were also ambushed here."

After saying this, Chong Junxi was stunned: "Lord Li, there is only one battalion of troops on the Beishan side, and there are still more than a hundred steps away from them. ”

At this moment, if you shoot, it will be exposed immediately, and the Tartar cavalry in front of you has only entered more than a thousand people, and once it is exposed, it will be useless.

"Listen to the head of the regiment, it is best if the brothers of Beishan can not be discovered, if they are discovered, then they can only be resigned to fate, and your department will immediately launch a full-scale attack on the Tartars."

Chong Junxi put down the clairvoyant mirror and nodded: "Don't worry, Lord Li, my 197th regiment has no bad seeds." ”

Three thousand, four thousand, five thousand...

There are more and more teams entering the mountains, and Tan Tai's command has entered tens of thousands of people at this moment, but what Li Yan didn't expect was that this group of Tartar cavalry that entered the mountains had no intention of retreating to Xuzhou at all, and it really responded to his conjecture that this group of soldiers and horses was ambushed here.

"Master Li, more than a dozen riders have gone to the exit, they should be going to Xuzhou for help."

"The speed of the Xuzhou Tartars is also fast, and their strikers will arrive here in an hour at most," Li Yan took a deep breath: "Seed leader, prepare to send a signal to blow up the exits on both sides." ”

"Master Li, have you figured it out?"

"There's nothing unclear about us, we have 1,500 people against 10,000 dismounted cavalry, what do you think our chances of winning?"

Chong Junxi touched the rifle butt in his hand, and then said: "It makes sense, people are dead to the sky, if it succeeds, my family can really just ask for the lintel." ”

"Who understands the words of the Tartars."

"The barbarian's bird talk, there is no one in the regiment who knows it."

Hundreds of cavalry covered the middle-aged man wearing bright light armor to run in the direction of the exit, and just as he was in the middle, an arrow burst through the sky, followed by three signal flares rushing into the sky and exploding...

Tan Tai was in the center immediately, his eyes were round: "There is an ambush... There is an ambush..."

"Hit..."

'Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang...'

'Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang...'

'Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang...'

"Master, be careful..."

Boom...