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Chapter 19 The Ambush Liu Lin Wants to Attack

Yu River, located about four miles south of Mafang Village, flows from west to east. At this time, the river is not wide, has not yet frozen, and the water flow is not rushing. However, the river is extremely muddy, and the river water is also cold. Pass.

There is a pontoon bridge above the river at the country road in Mafang Village, which is directly opposite the Yu River. The bridge deck is not wide enough to allow only one large vehicle to pass through.

At this time, from west to east on the north bank of the Yu River, there were more than a hundred cavalrymen slowly marching along the north bank of the river. They were separated by a horse's head distance from each other, and trotted all the way eastward without rushing.

The horseshoes stepping on the slightly muddy but not soft river bank did not make a lot of noise, even if more than a hundred horses marched at the same time, there was no sound.

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About four miles to the north of Mafang Village, a not-so-wide road runs through a willow forest. Although the willow trees are not very tall, they are also quite thick. The willow leaves on the branches are already withered and yellow. The cold wind fell, and a layer of dry fallen leaves had accumulated in the forest.

Among the willow forests on the east side of the road, about a dozen horses leisurely lowered their heads and gnawed on the withered grass on the ground deep in the woods, and eight or nine extremely strong men sat on the ground.

They are all wearing all kinds of armor, some even have double-layer armor, which looks extraordinarily bloated. They are either leaning against a small tree, or sitting on a large package, with big sticks scattered around them. Heavy weapons such as hammers and long knives.

"This Ming dog has more than thirty riders, shall we repay your lord?" A strong man with a dark face said to another person in Tartar language.

"Huh, bear bag, only more than 30 Minggou, afraid of hair." A strong man with stubble on his face stood up, and he was also very tall. He glared at the "bear bag" just now.

The Qing cavalryman trembled in fright, and stood up unconsciously.

"Get up and work hard. When the Harming dogs want to pass by here, we will ambush them." After speaking, he twisted his waist again, leaned over to pick up a big ax on the ground, and leaned against the small tree next to him to start anew. After setting it up, he said in a low voice again: "No matter how many dogs there are, they will have a use. If they rush, they will mess up, and if they get messy, they will run away. They are chasing his mother!"

"Haha...hahaha..."

This man was one of the two strong men who went out to watch out in Mafang Village. They were in charge of sending out in the north of the village. They were hiding in the woods from the poisonous sun at noon. They only sent two captives to watch out nearby. The man saw more than [-] cavalrymen of the Ming army coming galloping from a distance, but he didn't dare to approach, so he whipped his horse and galloped back to report to Zhuang Da, the leader.

I saw the strong man of the Qing army continue to say: "Wait, let's go ahead, hit their waists, cut off their tails, and finally kill the cavalry in front of Minggou with all their strength..."

"Ten vs. thirty, we're safe. Let's all go clean up." The Qing soldier finally shouted loudly.

"Yes..." The rest of the Qing army stood up and agreed loudly.

"You guys go over there, slip the horse further away, don't be caught by Ming Gouzi." The Zhuang Da continued to order.

Seeing the four Qing soldiers agreed, they trotted over and led the horses to go deeper into the woods. One of them didn't wear a helmet, and his head was bald. A small braid, swaying as it walks, looks like a mouse's tail.

The rest of the Qing army stood up one after another, straightened their armor, and moved closer to the road. They stopped at a distance of about fifty or sixty steps, prepared their weapons, and prepared their bows and arrows at hand. The body is pressed down again.

Two vests of the Qing army walked towards the road with a handful of dead branches and leaves, getting closer...

The four Qing soldiers gathered their horses deeper into the woods, each leading three or four horses, and then seemed to whisper something to the horses, and more than ten horses knelt down on the grass deep in the woods at the same time... …

This Tartar used to make a living by hunting, and after years of fighting with the Ming and Mongolian tribes, the battles on the battlefield were not only brutal, but also more cunning. At this moment, he was like a hunter waiting for his prey to take the bait, waiting for Zhang Guangda's tribe to enter the ambush .

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On the official road about five miles west of Mafang.

Zhang Cheng led his guards in front and sentry cavalry in the rear. He went straight to Mafang Village, but encountered a scorpion of Tartars at a slightly raised spot on the official road five miles away from Mafang.

Official roads, only official roads can be shaded by trees like this, especially in the Ming Dynasty, which attached great importance to the planting of street trees. People at that time wrote in notes: "The official roads of the Ming Dynasty are tens of feet wide, with trees and willows on both sides, mixed with Huaihuai. There are more than [-] miles of official roads, towering ancient willows on both sides, and the land is full of green shade. It was obtained by Qian, but there is no scorching sun for several miles."

The boulevard lies on the northern Hebei plain, like a giant dragon, spreading across the land.

Although the beginning of winter is approaching, the leaves on the trees are bare and are about to fall off, but there are still many dead leaves on the branches of the trees, falling with the wind, still blocking most of the sunlight like a dragon in the shade.

Zhang Cheng reacted quickly, and immediately sent an order to the cavalry at the two posts behind to stop advancing and stand by fifty paces away.

There were ten Tatars on the opposite side, Ce was gesticulating to this side, and then slowly outflanked Zhang Cheng from five hundred steps away, each of them was about one step away from each other.

Zhang Cheng reined in the horse, and Chen Zhong and the twenty guarding knights also stopped in unison. After running just now, the horse was snorting non-stop.

Zhang Cheng shouted orders: "Attention everyone, stay calm, and obey our military orders. Let the Tartars look good today, and don't bully me again!"

"Yes!" The guards replied in unison.

These guards are all carefully selected. They are not comparable to ordinary sergeants. They are not only skilled in horseback riding, but also have been honed in battle. What's more, there are five hundred fine cavalry hidden behind them. A pleasant surprise!
"Guards, block the enemy with volleys of guns, put the Tartars within sixty steps, and shoot again." Zhang Cheng ordered in a deep voice.

"Guards, take the blunderbuss." Captain Chen Zhong shouted loudly, and was the first to get off his horse.

With the sound of armor pages colliding, the twenty guards of the guard took out the Lumi guns one after another. Because they went out to spy, the gun bags that originally wrapped the fire guns had already been removed.

Chen Zhongce stood beside Zhang Cheng on his horse, he had already taken out the Lumi gun in his hand, and the other [-] guards lined up on the left and right sides of the two of them.

"Listen well, horses are bigger than people, and they are targeting the war horses of the Tartars on the opposite side." Zhang Cheng continued to order loudly.

Their war horses had all passed through the battle formation, and at this moment, they were all clamped by the legs of the Ming cavalry on the horse, and they remained motionless.

A guard beside Zhang Chengchong gave an order: "The order is that the front sentinel cavalry is on the left, the rear sentinel cavalry is on the right, and the left sentinel cavalry is on standby in the center. When the guns sound, attack immediately."

"Order Chen Zheng's outpost from the north and Hu Dake's rear post from the south, leave the official road, enter the wheat field, cut around from left to right, and attack immediately to wipe out all the Tartars." Zhang Cheng continued to order.

"I got the order." After receiving the military order, the guard immediately rode his horse and turned around, trotting all the way back to convey it.

After a while, the two teams of cavalry following Zhang Cheng in the front, rear and left three sentries, nearly [-] fine cavalry immediately fanned out to the left and right.

Zhang Cheng stared at the Tartar rangers who were slowly approaching from the opposite side. Although there were only ten riders, they were full of oppression. He took a deep breath and ordered: "Chen Zhong, the guards are under your command. Don't aim at people. Aim at the war horse of the Tartars on the opposite side, and then shoot in salvo after entering sixty paces, whoever fires the gun without authorization, will be dealt with by military law!"

"Yes." The captain of the guard, Chen Zhong, replied.

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