Kuoku Timur handed over the heavy task of taking Lanzhou tonight to his general Khazar, who was originally the political affairs of Pingzhang in Gansu Province, and the Ming army occupied all parts of Gansu and Shaanxi and seized Lanzhou, and he was in name only. Timur was originally the king of Henan, but now Henan has fallen into the hands of the Ming army. Khazar is the governor of Pingzhang in Gansu Province, and now Lanzhou is also under the control of the Ming army. What kind of commander and what kind of general really complements each other.

Tonight is different from the past, Hazar is confident that he can take the east gate of Lanzhou within two hours, at this moment he is hiding in the dark night with 20,000 elite horsemen, the city is lit up as agreed, and Hazar ordered the whole army to mount. But after waiting for more than half an hour, the city gate still did not open.

Khazar faintly felt that something was wrong in his heart, and immediately called the deputy general Ulhan and asked, "Isn't it Yinshi who agreed?"

Ulhan rode on his horse and replied, "Don't worry, general, wait a little longer." ”

Khazar nodded, looking at the east gate of Lanzhou from afar, just waiting to lower the drawbridge and open the city gate.

The winter Lanzhou night is exceptionally cold, especially outside the city, and the north wind calls for cold to the bone marrow.

Khazar pulled his cloak and wrapped it around his body, still feeling cold. For tonight's battle, and for the sake of flexibility, Hazar took off his leather jacket and leather pants, but at the moment he tasted the bitterness. It's good now, you don't need to die on the battlefield, but you have to freeze to death in the wilderness.

After another half an hour, the lanterns were lit up again in the city, as they had swayed from side to side as before. Khazar couldn't help but curse: It must be that the fine work in the city slept to death and misremembered the time. At the moment when the drawbridge was slowly lowered, Hazar brandished his broadsword and gave an order: "All the soldiers will recapture Lanzhou with me, rush!" For a while, the sound of hooves rumbled and was earth-shattering.

Xu had been freezing for a long time, but Khazar actually felt that his body was a little stiff, and he almost fell off the horse when he rushed forward. How did he enter the city and fight? Khazar stopped his horse and let his lieutenant Ulihan rush to the drawbridge with his men and horses. When the drawbridge was lowered, the city gates were opened, and Khazar watched his men rush into the city of Lanzhou.

Khazar couldn't help but feel ecstatic and reached into his saddlebag to reach for the water bag. The hydration bag was not water, but spirits. Khazar pulled the water bag plug and drank wildly. The hot wine entered his throat, and Khazar only felt a lot warmer, and immediately threw the water bag and danced the big knife, and rushed towards Lanzhou City with the crowd of people.

Ullihan bore the brunt of the blow, crossing the suspension bridge first, and the crowd behind him rushed into the suspension bridge. Wu Lihan is very familiar with this Lanzhou, and when he enters the east gate, he only needs to rush along the street to kill, first seize the garrison and then divide the troops into four ways to occupy the four gates, and at that time Lanzhou will be in the bag.

The moment Na Cheng wanted to rush into the city gate, there was not even a figure in front of the door, but at this moment, Wu Lihan was trying to enter the city, and whether there was anyone in front of the gate was not his concern.

"Kill!" Ulhan rushed into the city with his sword, and his horse kept galloping forward. He had just run less than ten feet when suddenly the horse lost its front hooves and plunged into a big pit. Before he could understand what was going on, he had been pierced by several bamboo sticks.

The Yuan army was all cavalry and was in the charge, eagerly stopping the horses. For a time, one after another fell into the pit, whether it was a man or a horse, if they fell into the pit, they would definitely die. The pit was two zhang deep, and in an instant, nearly a thousand yuan troops fell into the pit, and the corpses filled the first half of the pit.

The follow-up Yuan army still rushed into the city like a tidal wave, and the loess on both sides of the street was stationed, like an alley. The Yuan army could not be dispersed when entering the city, and the only way to rush forward was to rush forward.

The cavalry in front shouted: "There is a trap, retreat." In the panic, where could the follow-up troops hear, for a while, people were crowded, and in a hurry, a group of forwards fell into the pit.

Nearly 10,000 Yuan soldiers were trapped at the gate of the city, unable to advance or retreat, and there were still Yuan soldiers who had not entered the city shouting and squeezing into the city. Khazar knew that the big thing was not good, and shouted again and again: "Withdraw the troops." ”

The Yuan soldiers in the city were colliding like headless flies, and black and oppressive Ming troops suddenly appeared on the earthen walls on both sides of the long street, and a wall also appeared in the distance of the street. This is not some real wall, but ten Zhuge Ballista cars are parked side by side in the street. Before the Yuan army could react, they saw ten thousand arrows firing and artillery roaring.

More than 100 zhang in front of the city gate fell into a sea of fire in an instant, and the Yuan army fell one after another, suffering heavy casualties. Pools of corpses and blood can be seen everywhere on the long street, and most of the Yuan troops who entered the city in less than an hour have been killed and wounded. Fortunately, the follow-up team retreated quickly, and Khazar fled with the remnants all the way to the east, only to find that the Ming army did not chase after him. Khazar hurriedly ordered his men to count the men. Only then did he realize that less than 5,000 people had escaped with him.

The Lanzhou suspension bridge was raised again, and the city gates were closed. All was silent, as if the gates had never been opened.

In the west gate of the city, Meng Ge and the district sledgehammer were ready to go out of the city to attack the camp, and as soon as the guns rang out at the east gate, Meng Ge not only shouted: "Come on, behead the two Houji Hou Yong brothers and sacrifice flags." ”

Hou Ji Hou Yong brothers, the two extremely henchmen, more than ten people were tied up and knelt beside the city gate at this moment, more than ten red-clothed executioners were ordered, carrying a mountain sword, walked forward and stood behind the prisoners waiting for battle, and the head of the person fell, and as the corpse fell to the ground, blood sprayed, and the west gate of Lanzhou City slowly opened.

Meng Singer rushed out of the city with a big sword, and four thousand cavalry followed closely behind him and rushed into the dark fields outside the city. After the tea hour, the district sledgehammer held two golden gourd hammers and shouted: "Rush!" After a loud shout, he led four thousand cavalry to follow in Meng Ge's footsteps.

This is a strategy set by Zhang Wen, and the attack on the camp by the front team will definitely inflict heavy damage on the Yuan army. The Yuan army was attacked and will be scattered. As soon as the front team passed, the Yuan army would relax its vigilance, and the second team would attack the camp again, which would be a miracle.

The roar of artillery in Lanzhou City shook the heavens and the earth, and the Yuan soldiers camp stationed outside the city also boiled. The commanders of the four Yuan army battalions outside the four gates also received a notice: Lanzhou will be taken tonight. As long as Timur successfully occupies the four gates, he can rush up and enter Lanzhou. 100,000 troops against 20,000 Ming troops, the victory or defeat is needless to say.

The main general outside the West Gate is called Erdemutu, which means talented in Mongolian, and this Erdemutu is also worthy of its name. The commander of the war, Timur, had already informed the armies that the time to capture the four gates was probably at the end of the Yin period, so as soon as the time of Erdemu Tuyin arrived, he gathered his troops and waited for the battle.

Although it is five miles away from Lanzhou, the roar of artillery and shouts of killing in the city Erdemutu can be heard vividly. Erdemutu's heart warmed up, he couldn't remember what a woman smelled like. But it's okay, you can always enjoy it before dawn.

Although it was the north wind calling, Erdemutu did not feel cold. The 20,000 soldiers behind him also looked in the direction of Lanzhou.

At this time, a dull roar came, and Erdemutu was a little puzzled, and couldn't help but look at it. But where can you see anything in the darkness of Siye? Erdemutu would never have thought that there was a fight in Lanzhou City, and the guard Zhang Wen still had troops to attack the camp.

After all, Erdemutu was a veteran of the battlefield, and listening to this dull sound, it was obvious that the horse's hooves were wrapped in sackcloth or something, and this was to reduce the sound of the march. Where did the centaurs come from at this time?

The camp of the Yuan army was brightly lit, and 20,000 soldiers stood neatly in front of the camp in two phalanxes. Erdemutu looked at the source of the voice and wondered to himself, but gradually saw a dark shadow in the dark night, and there were thousands of people. Oh, no. It should be nearly 10,000. Erdemutu couldn't help but feel a shock in his head, no matter what, it was better to be careful.

Erdemutu turned around and shouted, "Prepare to meet the enemy." ”

The Yuan soldiers were also elite divisions with long training, and when they heard the general, the sword and shield were forward, and the spears were behind, and the crossbowmen were on both wings to protect the formation.

When Erdemutu turned around and looked back, he was not only dumbfounded, but he saw that the person who came was really the elite cavalry of the Ming army and a black shadow flying all over the sky. When they all saw clearly, Erdemutu heard a continuous explosion sound, and the Erdemutu in the air wave belt flew up, and by the time he landed, Erdemutu had turned into a pile of minced meat.

The Yuan military array instantly turned into a sea of fire, and the firelight reflected half of the sky, but it was in contrast to the city of Lanzhou. Meng Ge led four thousand elite cavalry to form a long snake formation, and made a semicircle in front of the Yuan soldiers' phalanx. Each cavalry threw a 'shocking thunder', and after 4,000 'earth-shattering thunders', the front of the Yuan army's camp had become a hell.

The Ming army left as soon as it was like a dragonfly, and did not give the Yuan army the slightest opportunity to organize a counteroffensive.

At this moment, the Yuan army could not counterattack, and under this bombardment, half of the 20,000 soldiers were killed, and most of them were wounded. A few of them quickly climbed into the camp and found a safe place to hide. Seeing the Ming army going away, he hurriedly rushed out of the camp. The Yuan soldiers were killed and wounded, and less than 1,000 people could stand, and these 1,000 people were also busy saving lives and helping the wounded.

At this moment, I heard the horse's hooves coming from the east in a hurry. Listening to the voice, there was only a fast horse, and a Yuan military captain stood up and looked, and finally saw the appearance of the person who came. It turned out to be a general of the Ming army!

The Yuan military captain roared and picked up a spear on the ground and came up desperately, and the general of the Ming army galloped to the front of him, with a double hammer in his hand, and a hammer knocked off the spear, and the Yuan military captain ** burst and died on the spot. Followed by a large number of elite cavalry of the Ming army, just like the 'earth-shattering thunder' that was thrown into the sky just now, and then rode away.

There was another roar and explosion, and the already wounded Yuan soldiers fell into the sea of hellfire again. The casualties this time were even more serious than before the tea, and the 20,000 yuan army was directly beaten to the ground, and only three or four out of ten were alive.

Meng Ge is in front, and Ou Sledgehammer is in the back. According to the gourd painting scoop, he attacked the Yuan army camp in the south of the city at night, because the previous Yuan army camp in the west was injured, and the explosion and fire warned him. The southern battalion of the Yuan army was on guard, and as soon as the Ming army arrived, thousands of arrows were fired, but fortunately, the Ming army had already prepared, and threw out a round of 'shocking thunder' between the shield defense. It's too far away, so it's ineffective.