Chapter 390
On the tower of the south gate of the city of Butumu, the general Timur was beating drums to cheer for the deputy general Temujin, when he suddenly saw that Temujin had his head cut open with a sword, and when he saw that something was wrong, he immediately ordered the city gate to be closed and the suspension bridge to be lifted. A general said, "General, our cavalry is still outside the city. Timur said: "I can't manage so much, otherwise the Ming army will attack the city, and the city will not be protected." Then the commander was silent, and immediately the herald ordered the gates of the city to be closed and the drawbridge to be lifted.
Lingyu was killing, and when she saw that the Mongolian soldiers were about to close the city gate, she shouted: "Sister Xia, you use light skills to follow me to seize the city gate, General Yang, you wave your army into the city." After speaking, he stood up, pointed the heads of the Mongolian soldiers and flew towards the city gate, and all the Mongolian soldiers who were pointed by Lingyu's feet immediately fell off their horses and died. Hong Xia, Hao Yan, and Ma Junlan also learned the method of Lingyu and flew towards the city gate, but the Mongolian soldiers they ordered could still be killed. General Yang Bing, Yao Hongtao, and Liu Mingguo rushed over with a large army, and saw some Mongolian cavalry that had been killed by the Flying Tiger Army and cavalry, and the infantry brandished spears and immediately stabbed them under their horses.
Lingyu rushed to the suspension bridge, the suspension bridge had risen two feet, Lingyu swung his sword to cut off a rope of the suspension bridge, the suspension bridge immediately fell to the ground, Lingyu flashed and cut another rope, and the suspension bridge immediately landed. At this time, Hong Xia, Hao Yan, and Ma Junlan also arrived, and immediately rushed to the city gate, the city gate was half closed, and the Lingyu people had not yet reached the sword to kill a few people who closed the city gate, and then jumped to the front and sent a palm to each of the two city gates, and the two city gates immediately opened quickly, and several Mongolian soldiers rushed up to block it, and were hit by the city gate and hit the wall with a life.
Seeing this, the defenders of the city immediately rushed over, Lingyu and Hao Yan, Hong Xia. Ma Junlan and the others fought hard to kill. The Mongol soldiers defending the city were very brave. The front was killed and fell, and the one behind rushed up again, and soon the city gate was full of corpses, and at this time the city gate could not be closed, and if you wanted to close the city gate, you had to move the corpses first.
Timur and his generals saw that the drawbridge had been cut down, and when they knew that something was wrong, they all ran downstairs, and Timur ordered his soldiers to hold the gates, and at the same time got on their horses and ran towards the barracks. Some soldiers will join the gatekeeper battle. Some followed Timu to the barracks.
Most of the 3,000 Mongolian cavalry were quickly killed, and the rest fled in all directions, and the Ming army did not chase after them, all of them killed at the city gate.
Lingyu saw that the Flying Tiger Army had rushed to kill, so she beckoned Hong Xia, Hao Yan, and Ma Junlan to leap into the city and kill them. The Flying Tiger Army rushed into the city gate and slashed at it, plus Lingyu and they slashed inside. The Flying Tigers soon entered the city, and the Mongols finally could not resist the defeat and retreated.
Lin Hu led the cavalry to follow the Flying Tiger Army into the city, and soon killed at the crossroads, Lingyu ordered the soldiers to chase and kill the Mongolian soldiers in three ways, and Yao Hongtao led 2,000 soldiers to cooperate with the Flying Tiger Army to kill the three teams to the west gate; Liu Mingguo led 2,000 soldiers to kill the Flying Tiger Army with three teams to the east gate; Lin Hu and General Yang led four thousand horse infantry generals, and three teams of Flying Tiger followed Lingyu to the north gate.
Lingyu and they chased to the north gate, and when they saw that the north gate was wide open, Timur had fled with his soldiers and disappeared. Lingyu ordered people to close the city gate and put away the drawbridge, and asked Yang Zongbing to lead people to guard it, and he ran to the intersection with the cavalry of the Flying Tiger Army and Lin Hu, and went to reinforce the East Gate and the West Gate in two ways, Lingyu took Hong Xia and the Flying Tiger Army to the East Gate, and Lin Hu ran towards the West Gate with the cavalry.
Lingyu and they rushed to the east gate, and when they saw that the Mongol soldiers had been killed, they immediately ordered people to guard the city gate, and the army rested in place. Lingyu and Hong Xia returned to the crossroads, and Yao Hongtao and Lin Hu also walked towards the crossroads with their generals. They came to Lingyu after a while, and Yao Hongtao said: "Report to the general, all the Mongolian soldiers in Ximen will be killed." Lingyu said: "Okay, Commander Yao, this is your garrison, and now I will hand it over to you, and you can arrange for the troops to eat, drink, and lodge." Yao Hongtao said: "Don't respect your life." After saying that, he ordered the original subordinates to arrange accommodation, food, drink, and defense.
Yao Hongtao took Lingyu and them, and Lin Hu's cavalry returned to his original barracks first, and also sent people to bring General Yang and Liu Mingguo's command headquarters to the barracks to settle down.
Yao Hongtao ordered someone to check the grain and grass, and after a while, the man came to report that the grain and grass were still there, but some of them were eaten by the Mongolian soldiers.
Lingyu was resting on the bed in the room alone, thinking about what to do next, and secretly said: "What should I do about Hulangtu City? It is difficult to attack the city, and the brigade of men and horses cannot enter, so it is best to force them to surrender and save the corpse." In the end, he thought of two plans, one was to force them to surrender, and the second was to concentrate on attacking one gate first, and build a long ladder to let the Flying Tiger Army enter the city and demolish the bricks and stones in the city gate.
Lingyu thought of a plan and recruited the captains of the Flying Tiger Army, Yang Zongbing, Yao Hongtao, Liu Mingguo, Lin Hu and their generals. Lingyu saw that everyone was coming, so he said: "Now that Butumu City has been recovered, but Hulangtu City is still in the hands of the Mongolian soldiers, if Mongolia sends a large army to attack again, Butumu City will be attacked on the back, I want to take Hulangtu City as soon as possible, so that I can feel at ease against the Mongolian soldiers who come again." General Yang said: "General, do what you say." Lingyu said: "Then I will assign the task, Butumu City still has Yao Hongtao commanding the embassy to guard, the Flying Tiger Army left the second, third, fourth, and fifth teams to cooperate with the defense of the city, one team is responsible for guarding a gate, you only have to defend the city, if the Mongolian army is not allowed to go out of the city to fight, but also send a few spies outside the city, if you see a Mongolian army coming, immediately fly to Hulangtu City to report to me." Yao Hongtao said: "Don't respect your life." Zhang Yang, Li Yue, Wang Xing, and Zhou Chen also stepped forward to receive the order.
Lingyu said again: "The remaining five teams of the Flying Tiger Army, the cavalry of Deputy General Lin will follow me to Hulangtu City first, General Yang, Liu Mingguo commanded you to take the infantry behind, no matter when you go, you must arrive at Hulangtu City tomorrow morning." "Everyone stepped forward to receive the order.
Lingyu and Hao Yan, Hong Xia, Ma Junlan and their horses were all lost outside the city, so they had to walk out of the city, Yin Caihong, Xia He, the Flying Tiger Army, and Lin Hu's cavalry also led their horses and followed. They went out of the south gate, it was already more than two o'clock in the afternoon, Lingyu whistled twice, the oolong horse with Hong Xia and their three horses ran over from a distance, Lingyu jumped on the horse, and said: "Everyone get on the horse and set off" Everyone immediately got on the horse when they heard this, and followed Lingyu to Hulangtu City, but there was still Wade leading the way.
This time everyone was on horseback, much faster than walking, resting twice on the road, as soon as it was dark, Lingyu and they rushed to the north gate of Hulangtu City three miles away, Lingyu ordered the army to stop. Several major generals urged the horses to come to Lingyu, and Lin Hu said: "General, do you want to attack the city now, or wait for General Yang to come and attack the city again." Lingyu said: "There is no hurry to attack the city, you order the soldiers to dismount and rest and eat dry food, and we will go to the city first to see what the situation is." Lin Hu said: "Respect your life." ”
Lingyu told the Flying Tiger Army to dismount and rest, eat dry food, and he, Hao Yan, Hong Xia, Ma Junlan, and the four of them walked towards the city gate. (To be continued.) )