Chapter Eighty-Eight: Conquering the City on a Snowy Night

From the mouth of the captured commander of the Yuan army, it was learned that the two stone cities each had 3,000 Yuan soldiers and defenders, all of whom were uniformly promoted by the important ministers of the Yuan court. The defender of Baitashan Stone City is Yuantan King Hawa Timur (pseudonym), and the defender of Donggang Stone City is Wenqi King Gudu China (pseudonym). There were four thousand-strong Yuan troops wandering around and plundering. These four 1,000-strong teams were to raise grain and grass, and the other was to investigate military intelligence. When Da Kui heard this information, he felt more secure in his heart. As long as you sneak into the city and control the Yuan army guards, then the two stone cities will be at your fingertips. If it is an ordinary general, even if it is controlled, it may not be able to take the city as desired, but these two are princes. Even Timur had to act according to his countenance.

When the sky was about to get dark, Da Kui led two thousand men and horses to the foot of Donggang Stone City. Before reaching the city gate, an arrow was fired from the city, and Da Kui immediately ordered the whole army to stop. The arrow was a warning that if anyone dared to approach the city without permission, the city would be filled with arrows.

Da Kui asked someone to call the captive commander, but before the commander could speak, he saw Da Kui holding both ends of the horsewhip with both hands, and suddenly exerted force left and right with a 'snap', and the horsewhip was pulled in two. It should be known that the horsewhip is made of cowhide shredding and weaving, which is three points tougher than the hemp rope. Da Kui tore off the horsewhip with an understatement, and his arms would be at least 800 catties without a thousand catties. The commander swallowed bitterly,

Da Kui laughed before saying a word, and then continued: "Your neck must not be as strong as this horsewhip, if you dare to say nonsense, this horsewhip will be the end." The commander looked at the two horsewhips in Da Kui's hand and nodded like a chicken pecking rice. Da Kui said coldly: "According to what you taught." ”

The commander replied "yes" repeatedly, and then stepped forward and shouted to the defenders of the city: "Don't let go of the arrows, I am Batur, and I am back to deliver food." ”

The defenders of the city took a closer look, but at this moment the wind and snow were not real. In desperation, he had to shout: "You wait a while, I'll go and tell the general." As he spoke, he said a few words to the Yuan soldiers beside him, and then turned around and went down the city. After a long time of incense, a shout came from the city again: "The grain cart is drawn in, and the men and horses are stationed outside the city, and they are not allowed to enter the city without permission." During the shouting, the city slowly lowered the drawbridge but did not open the city gate.

Da Kui pulled the commander Batur and said, "I'll walk with you." Batur nodded in a panic, and couldn't help muttering in his heart: If you don't die at the hands of the Ming army this time, you will also die under the random arrows of your own people.

Da Kui and Batur walked side by side, and Yang Xiaohu led five soldiers to drive six carts and then headed towards the city gate. Until they arrived in front of the drawbridge, the soldiers of the city poked their heads out to take a closer look at the city and saw that there were no soldiers and horses together, so they announced that the city gate was opened.

Da Kuitzer immediately went up to the drawbridge, and when he saw that there were only more than ten Yuan soldiers guarding the city gate, he couldn't help but smile. He walked forward for a while, and just as he entered the door, Da Kui slowly took off the iron spear from the saddle hook.

Yang Xiaohu drove the carriage to the suspension bridge, and saw that his father-in-law had arrived at the city gate, but he took out his waist knife and shouted, "Do it." At this shout, the five soldiers who were driving the car took out their hidden long knives in the car and ran to the sling of the suspension bridge, and swung their knives at the sling. These long knives were cast by the district sledgehammer, and they were all extremely sharp, and the wrist-thick slings were cut off with only three or two knives.

At the same time, the two thousand Ming troops in the distance saw that the sling was broken, and they rushed towards the city with a shout. When the soldiers in the city saw that the big thing was not good, they shouted one by one: "Close the city gate quickly." "But at this moment, Da Kui's horizontal spear immediately guarded the city gate, who can go forward? More than ten Yuan soldiers who were originally guarding the city gate had just approached, and Da Kui's iron spear stabbed to death the Yuan military captain who rushed first, and then his arms shook and picked the corpse of the Yuan military captain and nailed it to the city gate with his backhand, and the rest saw Da Kui so powerful and already had their hearts broken, and when they saw the Ming army rushing over, they couldn't help but scream and turn around and run.

The Ming army swarmed into the city, and as soon as they entered the inner city, they seized the city wall, and Da Kui brought 500 soldiers to storm the city. Two thousand Ming soldiers are unstoppable, Da Kui all the way to the big tent of the Chinese army, encounter the Yuan soldiers escort army is just a round of arrow rain and then a rapid charge to kill the Yuan soldiers, and then Da Kui rushed into the big tent of the Yuan army alone, and captured the ancient capital of the king of Wenqi without much effort.

The ancient capital of the king of Wenqi, China, was captured, and the Yuan army in the city soon gave up resistance and surrendered. In this battle, the Ming army captured thousands of cattle, sheep and horses, and tens of thousands of battalion tents, armor, grain and grass. What's even more ridiculous is that most of the Yuan troops in the city are old and weak, and the strong soldiers have all been transferred to Shen Eryu by Timur. Not only that, but there are many women and children in the city, all of whom are from the families of the Yuan army generals. It seems that the battle of Timur was really broken.

Da Kui ordered people to nail down the other three city gates, and piled some carts and baggage into the door holes, and then sent troops to guard the four gates. This time, only the west gate could enter and exit the city, and the other three gates had been sealed. The ordnance, horses, and prisoners were escorted back to Lanzhou by 1,000 men and horses, and Zhang Wenxue seemed to know that Dakui was victorious, and after receiving the supplies and prisoners, he then sent 5,000 elite soldiers to reinforce Dakui who stayed in Donggang.

Before the reinforcements arrived, Da Kui ordered the district sledgehammer and Meng Ge to stay in Donggang Stone City with a thousand elite soldiers, and then led the remaining 1,000 men and horses with Yang Xiaohu to gallop towards the starry night of Baita Mountain. As the saying goes, soldiers are fast and fast, although the Ming army is successful in one blow, but they are afraid of making mistakes in the chaos. Once a defeated soldier flees to Baita Mountain to report the news, it will lose the effect of the surprise attack.

After working for most of the night, Da Kui led his troops to the Yellow River, and it was almost dawn. At this moment, it is early spring, and the ice on the Yellow River has long been civilized. Da Kui ordered the soldiers to look around for the ferry, but they couldn't find it in a hurry.

There are thousands of generals under his command who offer advice: "The last general is a local and is familiar with the landform. There are no ferries here, but you can travel west from here. There is a village called 'Matan', and the people of the town have been fishing for a living for generations, and there must be ferries. ”

Da Kui nodded yes, and then led a thousand soldiers and horses to the west for about sixty miles. Due to the cumbersome carriages and horses, it was a whole day of walking when I arrived at Matan. After years of war, the people have also grown their hearts. Seeing the arrival of the brigade of military horses, they had already helped the old and the young to avoid disaster. When Da Kui arrived in the town, he only saw that his house was closed, and he couldn't find someone to ask.

In a hurry, Da Kui ordered someone to write down a document and stamp the letter, claiming to borrow a boat for use. He posted it in a conspicuous place on the side of the street, and ordered the whole army to look for the ferry. In the small town of Matan, there are only thousands of people, and the fishing boats found are only dozens of small boats, and Da Kui has no choice but to transport the people and horses across the river in three batches with these dozens of small boats.

When they arrived on the opposite bank, the Ming army abandoned the boat and mounted their horses and marched towards Baita Mountain, and when they reached the foot of Baita Mountain, it was almost dawn. This time, Da Kui didn't need to go through a lot of trouble, he came to the city single-handedly, and showed the captured seal of King Wenqi to the defenders of the city. A basket was hung down with a rope in the city, and Da Kui put the seal letter into the basket and asked Yuan Jun to pull it up and take a closer look.

When the commander of the garrison saw the seal, he had the gate open and greeted him personally. After all, the person who has this seal must be a confidant of King Wenqi, how dare this commander snub off.

When the city gate was opened, Da Kui took a thousand disguised Ming troops to the suspension bridge, and the commander of the Yuan army came forward respectfully to return the message. But he found that the general in front of him was very angry, and he asked in doubt: "I don't know who the general's surname is, so it's better for the little one to report." ”

Da Kui coughed lightly and said slowly: "This official line will not change its name or change its surname, and Zhang Dakui, the left capital of Daming Zhongshu Province, will be the imperial history." This sentence is like ice water in the moat, which makes people not only creepy to hear.

The commander of the Yuan army was shocked when he heard this, and was about to draw his sword. Yang Xiaohu, who was behind Da Kui, stabbed out with a shot, and immediately pierced the commander of the Yuan army in the chest. Da Kui then led a thousand Ming troops into the city, ignoring the Yuan army that was still stunned on the city wall, and rushed deep into the city.

The two stone cities are said to be big cities, but they are only a circle of walls and four gates, where can a house be built in a hurry. There are still tents next to each other in the city, but the entire city is divided into four areas, and the Chinese army's tent is in the middle of the stone city. And there are four main roads connecting the four gates.

Da Kui rushed straight to the Chinese army along the spacious horse road, and there were a team of Yuan soldiers patrolling the night along the way, and a thousand soldiers and horses of the Ming army swept through, and these Xu patrol Yuan soldiers also became the souls of the sword. Everything happened too quickly, and the Yuan soldiers who died under the Ming saber would not have expected that the stone city of Baitashan with thick walls would be broken by the Ming army in a blink of an eye.

Hawa Timur, the king of Yuantan who was in charge of Baita Mountain Shicheng, couldn't help but open his sleepy eyes when he heard the rumbling of hooves outside the tent. But he just asked dreamily, "What's the matter? It's so noisy early in the morning." ”

The beauty sleeping next to her just snorted softly, but did not speak. Hawa Timur suddenly heard the shouts of killing outside the tent, and not only a clever man sat up. Before he could get out of bed, a cold wind blew, and Hawa Timur couldn't help but shiver. When he looked up, he saw a tall figure already standing in front of him.

"Zhang Dakui, the official of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial history of the left capital of the province, is here to get you today. Da Kui didn't wait for Hawa Timur to make a move, reached out and grabbed Hawa Timur's back collar and lifted it and left. As the main general of the city, Hawa Timur naturally will not be caught, Da Kui has not taken five steps, Hawa Timur suddenly backhanded Da Kui's waist, twisted and fell.

Da Kui suddenly suffered an accident, and when he sank down and took the stake, he stood firm. Xiao is Hawa Timur's strength is as great as an ox, and it is difficult to shake Dakui in the slightest. Da Kui lifted the back collar of Hawa Timur with his right hand and pulled it to the side, and at the same time swept his leg with a sudden slap under his foot. With a 'poof', Hawa Timur suddenly fell with gold stars in his eyes.

This Hawa Timur is much stronger than the ancient capital of Wenqi, the defender of the East Gang Stone City, and he also knows how to resist. Da Kui couldn't help but feel funny, and immediately squatted down and looked at Hawa Timur and said, "If you want to live, tell your subordinates not to resist." Otherwise, if I crush your bones one by one, will you believe it?"

When Hawa Timur heard this, he lay on the ground and shook his stunned head, but shouted: "If you want to kill or kill you, I will not give in." ”

Da Kui nodded and smiled: "Sure enough, it's a man." As he spoke, he took Hawa Timur and turned around and walked out of the tent of the Chinese army.