On the fifteenth day of April, the moon was round, and the soldiers who had just crossed the desert were guided by the scouts to run quickly towards a small river in front of them.

Cries sounded, torches were lit, and soldiers began to set up camp brandishing their shovels.

The army with flintlock muskets crossed the river, and another group of cavalry went away, looking for possible traces of the enemy.

When the moon rose in the middle of the day, the flintlock gunners on guard ran back and relied on the river for defense.

Xu Da and Lan Yu sat in the camp tent to discuss the military situation, and they had slept for two hours before.

"Tang and those 10,000 people don't know where they are at this time." Lan Yu mentions another general, Tang He.

Tang He also belonged to the Middle Route Army, and he was divided into 5,000 people, all cavalry, and Zhang Cundao, the commander of the prefecture, went to Yanghe County.

As long as Yang He is knocked down, there will be no danger behind Xu Da, the speed of the cavalry is fast and the mobility is strong.

"They have been told that the enemy is in danger and must not fight hard." Xu Da didn't know much about Tang He, he ran to Lingbei.

"It's good to preserve your strength, not this year, and there will be another year." Lan Yu now cares a lot about the living force, and if he can't beat it, he can't fight it.

"There is Wang Baobao's army in front, but when you came out, Your Majesty informed you that Wang Baobao's subordinate He Zongzhe was also there, so be careful of being ambushed by him."

When Xu Da talked about the battle in front of him, his combat strategy was to go slowly, never rush forward, and the enemy would not care even if he drew troops to help.

In history, Tang He and Zhang Cundao arrived in Yanghe, but they were stopped by the army of the Northern Yuan Dynasty by using the terrain, and this place was called Guillotine Mountain.

A mountain range is continuous, and when it is suddenly interrupted, it is called Guillotine Mountain.

And there are a total of eighteen Guillotine Mountains here, all of which are stones, and there is a road up the mountain.

According to the time in history, Tang He and Zhang Cundao did not arrive in Yanghe until July, and now they set off early, rushed all the way, and ran after the Northern Yuan army in front.

On the same full moon night, 5,000 cavalry camped, and Tang He held a meeting with Zhang Cundao.

"General Tang, they ran too fast, as if they were deliberately luring us over." Zhang Cundao sensed that something was wrong.

"Tomorrow at dawn, we will be able to reach Guillotine Mountain, Beiyuan will definitely rely on the steep mountain to block, but I don't know how many people will be hidden on the mountain."

The soup and opened a can, half of the chapters were stored, and how to beat it.

The order he received was not to attack by force, and it was not cost-effective to fight with the Northern Yuan.

"It's really not good to fight around, it's just a farther way." Zhang Cundao also didn't want the cavalry to have problems.

"Winding, you can't go around now, you have to see the situation of Guillotine Mountain." Tang He shook his head, not planning to leave immediately.

Now he is out of the position there is no shortage of grass for the horses to eat, and the food brought by the army is enough, all of them are meat floss, and he is very hungry.

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The moon slowly set, the sun rose, and five thousand cavalry, one man and two horses, stepped on the dew and came not far from the Guillotine Mountain in front.

"Hidden, our scouts saw them first. Hehehehehe! Zhang Cundao looked at the mountain in front of him and laughed.

The Ming army, looking forward to the telescope, saw a group of people on the mountain in advance, and as a result, the team arrived, and those people were hiding behind the rocks and on the other side of the ridge.

Tang He looked up: "It's a pity that it's not the city wall, if you throw stones down, we won't be able to deal with it." How many days can you eat dry food? ”

"It's no problem for half a month, and when Yang He is laid, there will be supplies."

Zhang Cundao is very satisfied with the meat floss, but it is expensive. The meat floss is worth thirty times more than normal military rations, and it is compacted when carried.

Cut open a small packet, a large handful of meat floss appeared in front of you, pinch a little and stuff it in your mouth, and then pinch a little of the dried green onions and dried carrots that you also brought, drink saliva, and soon be full.

Tang He narrowed his eyes, looked around, and ordered: "Execute according to the plan, withdraw!" ”

At the sound of an order, five thousand cavalry and ten thousand horses turned and ran out diagonally, dusty.

Two quarters of an hour later, the dust of the cavalry was no longer visible from the mountain, and one by one the soldiers of the Northern Yuan Dynasty came out.

"Hurry up and report the news, they want to go around from the north and tell the people over there that they must block it." The generals here shouted the arrangement.

"General, what shall we do?" The young general next to him asked.

"Continue to guard, they have to find a place to fight Yanghe, Yanghe is almost surrounded by mountains, for fear that they will find a place with few defenders to break through."

The general looked at the sun in the sky and knew that in a little while this stone mountain would be very hot, and there was no water on the mountain, so he had to go down to see the river.

Guarding the mountain is a helpless method, but fortunately, the back is its own territory and will not be surrounded.

After another moment, the general ordered: "Take turns to go down the mountain to fetch water, and the people on the mountain keep an eye on the distance, and when they see the enemy, they immediately shout." ”

Three hundred men descended the rugged path, carrying barrels one by one.

Tang He walked around this side and came to the destination, which is also a mountain, not enough stones, and very few stones, all loess.

"Guns on the arrow." Tang He felt that this position was good, and the handcuffs of the handcuff soldiers were equipped with wooden horses and arrows, and they could fly out three hundred steps.

Even if the enemy drops arrows down from the mountain, the range of the two sides is not the same, and the Ming has the advantage.

Five hundred musketeers lined up in five rows, approaching the foot of the hill step by step, with wooden sticks behind them under their armpits and torches in their hands.

When the people above saw this formation, they did not hide it, and they got up one after another, some raised their shields, and some bent their bows.

The firecrackers approached step by step, and when they saw that they had reached two hundred paces, they stopped one after another and shouted to the mountain: "Come down and fight, you have the ability to come down and fight!" ”

"Shoot the arrows!" The general on the mountain obviously wouldn't run down to fight the Ming army, he shouted.

'Whoosh Whoosh...... An arrow fell, and because it was too far away, it didn't hit anyone.

When the firecrackers saw where the arrows had fallen, they leaned forward again, and were thirty or forty paces away from them, and twenty steps were close to twenty paces.

Sure enough, they walked forward, and the arrows from above continued to be fired, and they moved twenty steps forward and stopped.

One by one, the firecrackers lit the fuses and raised the firearms diagonally upward.

'Bang bang bang ......' accompanied by smoke rising and sound sounds, and arrows flew up.

"Oops!"

"Ahh

"It's too far."

"What's that?"

The people on the mountain shouted, and some people couldn't make a sound at all, and just clutched their throats and fell.

"Withdraw!" After the musketeers had fired, the leader shouted, and the five hundred men turned and ran, returning to reload their ammunition.

More than a dozen people fell on the mountain, and some of the others were injured.

Tang He looked through the binoculars and nodded with satisfaction: "Okay!" Well played! ”

Kill more than a dozen people on the other side, he thinks it's cost-effective, there are no casualties on his side, and the fire gun is really easy to use after improvement.

The firecrackers ran back, seized the time to charge, mounted the wooden horse, and put the arrows in again.

After a while, they took torches and leaned forward with wooden poles.

"Quickly send someone to tell the rest of the world that the Ming army's guns have a long range, and our bows and arrows cannot be shot at a high level. Their firearms can shoot arrows. ”

The generals above are in a hurry, this information is too important.

At the same time, he instructed his men: "Hide, leave them alone, the firecrackers will not be able to attack." ”

(End of chapter)