The back door of my house can last until the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 41 Variables
Ma Jinzhong didn't care about the drone above his head at all. He had never seen such a thing before, and he had never suffered in the hands of this kind of thing. He just regarded this kind of thing as a flying bird that he had never seen before.

The drone flew into the sky again, closely monitoring Ma Jinzhong and his party.

As time passed, Chen Hu and the others also came around Ma Jinzhong, and the drone just spotted them.

Looking at the screen fed back by the drone on the screen of the handle, Sun Jie frowned.

"This group of thieves has a large number, most of them are strong men, and there are also cavalry. Those who come are not good!"

In terms of numbers alone, this group of thieves has thousands of people, which is definitely more advantageous than Sun Jie's dozens of people.

But sometimes, the advantage of numbers is just a peony on paper, which has only a shape but no flavor.

The battery of the drone began to decrease, and Sun Jie had figured out the basic situation of the bandits, so he controlled the drone to return.

Chen Hu returned with the drone, but Chen Hu's speed was much slower.

After receiving the drone, Sun Jie did not wait for Chen Hu to come back.

While using drones for reconnaissance, Sun Jie observed an excellent ambush location.

It's not far from here, and if you run fast on a small path, it will take about twenty minutes, which happens to be the only way for Chen Hu and others to pass.

Sun Jie greeted people, and ran towards that place with those homemade bombs, Molotov cocktails and other weapons.

Halfway there, I met Chen Hu who was coming back.

Let Chen Hu go to investigate, just in case.

Speaking of which, it was the first time for Sun Jie to face such a battle.

The previous time looked more like a small fight, and it couldn't be compared with this time.

When facing this situation for the first time, there is nothing wrong with being cautious.

Sun Jie led his men to run and climb up and down the earthen wall.

This is the junction of the Loess Plateau and the Guanzhong Plain. Years of water and soil erosion have caused ravines and ravines here, which greatly affected the speed of marching.

The sun is still hanging in the sky, but it has come to the west.

Sun Jie finally brought his men to the ambush position. Fortunately, Ma Jinzhong and his group hadn't come yet.

This is a three-person high earthen wall, and the road is under the earthen wall.

The road is neither wide nor narrow, it is a road that must be passed.

There is also an earthen wall on the other side of the road, and the road is sandwiched between these two earthen walls.

This is a common road in this terrain, even in modern times, it generally looks like this, except that the loess road has been replaced by a cement road or an asphalt road.

The road condition was very poor, with a pit every five steps and a hurdle every ten steps, and there were even some clods of soil that fell from high places on the road.

This road was formed by the erosion of rainwater all the year round, and it is not as good as the official road. In addition, people do not leave all the year round, so it is naturally a lot of mess.

If you go to Fuping County by this road, you have to go around a long way, and even waste a long time.

This is what Ma Jinzhong did on purpose. Walking this kind of trail can greatly conceal his whereabouts. Although the official road is wide, the target is obvious and it is easy to be discovered.

Running for their lives on the official road, when the cavalry of the official army came, how could human legs run faster than horse legs?It's okay if there are more people, but if there are few people, you're courting death.

This kind of road is different, the road is rough, and to a certain extent, war horses are not even as good as human legs.

When the officers and soldiers marched, they always had to carry supplies, food and grass. On this kind of road, more than half of the cavalry and convoys of the officers and troops were ruined at once.

In addition, there are ravines here and there, even if the officers and soldiers catch up, it is convenient to escape.

They swarmed into the gully, and the officers and soldiers really had nothing to do.

If it is delayed for a long time, it will only consume the food and grass of the officers and soldiers in vain.

In history, after Li Zicheng was defeated in Nanyuan, he fled into Shangluo Mountain, relying on the complicated terrain to escape.

Throughout the dynasties, all rebellious soldiers and horses, unless the general situation has been established, seldom marched openly on the official road.

Sun Jie was lying on the earth wall, his face was covered with a layer of faint loess, and his eyebrows and eyelashes had changed color.

Chen Hu and the others led their subordinates, and they also lay behind or around Sun Jie.

The homemade bombs and Molotov cocktails have already been divided, and each of them carried about ten of them.

Launch the drone with low power into the air again to check the enemy's situation.

Coincidentally, as soon as the drone took off, it saw the vanguard coming along the road.

Sun Jie controlled the drone again and looked behind the vanguard, and soon saw Ma Jinzhong's main force.

The battery of the drone has been marked red, so it can only be recovered quickly.

Putting down the drone, Sun Jie looked at Zhao Dading next to him, "The enemy is coming soon, you take 20 people and walk back, I will let the enemy's vanguard go, and I will deal with it for you, and I will deal with it." The main force of the enemy.

Remember, as soon as the voice from my side sounds, you should rush to attack and greet you with bombs. "

"My lord, don't worry!"

Zhao Dading, with a few homemade bombs hanging on his body, cupped his hands towards Sun Jie with a stern expression on his face.

"You two, follow me with the first and second flags!"

Zhao Dading looked at the two strong men, said softly, bent over, and moved back along the earthen wall.

The two strong men hurriedly led 20 people and followed Zhao Dading.

Chen Hu, Zhao Dading, and the others were from the frontier army of the Ming army. When training young men, they naturally adopted the Ming army.

The small flag is the smallest unit in the military system of the Ming army.

Each small banner has ten soldiers and one small banner officer.

Five small flags form a general flag, and there is one general flag officer.

The two general banners are a hundred households, and the top is Qianhu and Wei.

Not long after Zhao Dading left, a group of free-spirited bandits appeared on the road.

Basically everyone in this group of thieves has a knife, and some of them are riding horses, and their mental outlook seems to be better.

This is Ma Jinzhong's old battalion, and he is the pioneer of Ma Jinzhong.

After so many years of rebellion, he is no longer the stunned young man he was back then, and he has some basic rules.

These people looked around and passed in front of Sun Jie noisily.After all, they are just bandits, and they only have a general appearance. How can they compare with serious soldiers and horses?

About ten minutes later, Ma Jinzhong rode a tall horse, leading the remaining main force, and appeared in Sun Jie's field of vision.

At this time, Ma Jinzhong was no longer flustered that day, he was in a good mood, and even hummed a song.

As for being ambushed by the government army here, Ma Jinzhong didn't think about it at all.

If the officers and soldiers really had this kind of ability, they would have been wiped out long ago, how can they wait until now?
"Let the brethren hurry up, and at the same time tell those strong men to hurry up and get to the vicinity of Xi'an Mansion, let them grab it!"

He turned around and yelled at the people behind him.

Sun Jie heard the sound, bowed his body slightly, poked his head out and looked outside.

I saw Ma Jinzhong at a glance.

Chen Hu moved closer to Sun Jie and said softly, "My lord, when shall we attack?"

Sun Jie looked at Ma Jinzhong below, and whispered: "Wait a while, wait until these people are halfway there before attacking!"

Chen Hu nodded, then shrank back again, carefully arranging.

Ma Jinzhong gradually went away, and Sun Jie took out a homemade bomb and a lighter from his arms.

Seeing the right moment, he ignited the homemade bomb in his hand, threw it out suddenly, and shouted at the same time: "It's now, blow it up for me!"

The thrown earthen bomb circled in mid-air, and sparks from the ignited fuse shot straight up and fell towards the bandits under the earthen wall.

Such a voice suddenly appeared in the open four fields, and the thieves below couldn't help but stop and look over their heads.

I saw a wooden stick with sparks falling from the sky and falling quickly.

"What is this?"

A bandit soldier with a waist knife muttered.

"Oh!"

Before he could react, there was an explosion accompanied by flames.

The dry loess was rolled up by the explosion and the air waves, spreading around.

Dense wooden sticks appeared in the sky, and the sparks on the sticks were connected together.

"Boom, bang, bang!"

It's like the continuous roar of thunder in a thunderstorm, and it's like a thousand firecrackers set off by a wealthy family during the Chinese New Year.

The war horse under Ma Jinzhong's crotch was frightened instantly, its front hooves raised high, it jumped and knocked him to the ground, and galloped forward.

The sudden explosion, coupled with the impact of falling off the horse, made his head go numb and he began to lose his mind.

A frightened war horse jumped out from the side, raised its front hooves, and stomped on him.

A confidant ran out in a hurry, grabbed his arm and dragged him back abruptly.

The horse's hooves fell to the ground and brushed against Ma Jinzhong's feet.

"what happened?"

Ma Jinzhong finally came to his senses, ran to the side of the road, and shouted in shock.

Surrounded by frightened war horses and panicked crowds.

This level of sudden blow, even well-trained officers and soldiers may not be able to withstand it, let alone these waste thieves.

The explosion did not stop, the homemade bomb exploded, and the steel balls wrapped inside flew around like bullets, hitting, knocking down, or killing the people next to them.

The sound of wailing and crying resounded non-stop, like ghosts crying and wolves howling.

Dust from the explosion covered the entire road.

It was yellow and foggy, not only could I not see the road clearly, but I was also out of breath.

Ma Jinzhong tore off a strip of cloth from his clothes, covered his nose, and squatted under the earth wall on the other side of the road, not knowing which way to run.

Another explosion sounded in front, and Zhao Dading had already launched an attack.

There were explosions everywhere, people neighing on their backs, and splashes of loess everywhere.

These subordinates of Ma Jinzhong are like mice in a bellows and flies on glass.

Standing on the earthen wall, Sun Jie could no longer see the thieves clearly.

The loess permeated and even surpassed the earthen wall, and the road was like a sandstorm, and nothing could be seen clearly except for the fire.

From here, about ten miles away, Luo Shangwen rode a war horse and led his cavalry to stop.

He looked ahead, his brows were tightly wrinkled, and his face was ugly.

The sound of rumbling explosions continued, and the sound of explosions spread far and wide on the open Loess Plateau.

He was originally ordered by Sun Chuanting to lead [-] fine cavalry to follow the horse into the loyal army.

I followed Ma Jinzhong all the way here today, and was about to follow, when I heard the rumbling "thunder".

Luo Shangwen, who was born in the army, immediately recognized that this was not thunder, but the sound of gunpowder explosions, or shelling.

"Before going to Chengcheng County, a group of thieves escaped from Fuping, saying that there are strong people there.

Now that side is in the direction of Fuping, the sound is obviously the sound of shelling or gunpowder explosion. Could it be that the two are related? "Luo Shangwen frowned, not knowing what to do for a while.

The war horse under his crotch was a little uneasy, and even began to stir.

Luo Shangwen hurriedly comforted him, for fear that the war horse would be frightened.

"My lord, what should we do? Go through or not?" A follower asked.

Luo Shangwen didn't answer, but said to himself: "There is no elite imperial court in Fuping, the explosion has been going on for so long, I'm afraid there will be no more than a thousand catties of gunpowder.

With so much stock, that is, the Xi'an Mansion can take it out at once, there is fraud there! "

Luo Shangwen is also afraid. After fighting for so many years, he has never encountered such a situation.

It's not that I haven't seen such a dense explosion sound, but there shouldn't be such a dense explosion sound over there.

Over there is Fuping County, and he is familiar with the security situation around Fuping County.

It stands to reason that this shouldn't be the case over there.

"It doesn't make sense, it doesn't make sense at all. There are no elites of the imperial court over there, who is there? The horse thief doesn't even have so much gunpowder. Judging by the signs, someone should be ambushing the horse thief.

In the current market situation, except for the officers and soldiers, who would beat him so determinedly.With so much gunpowder, is this revenge for killing your father or taking your wife?That's horrible!It doesn't make sense, it shouldn't! "

The more Luo Shangwen thought about it, the more confused he became, and the more he thought about it, the more confused he became.

I wanted to go and have a look, but I didn't dare.I don't know who is there or what the situation is. If the past is cleaned up together, it will be miserable.

While hesitating, a few knights ran up from behind. Looking at the flags on their backs, they knew that it was an urgent military situation. Luo Shangwen hurriedly galloped to meet him.

Walking in front of the knight, the knight took out a bamboo tube sealed with wax paint from his arms, got off his horse, and handed it to Luo Shangwen.

After checking the seal, Luo Shangwen patted the bamboo tube open and took out the military newspaper inside.

"How dare Thief Li do this!" Luo Shangwen was shocked, and hurriedly stuffed the military newspaper back into the bamboo tube, put it back on his body, and shouted at the cavalry behind him: "Brothers, follow me and go to Tongguan!"

Luo Shangwen didn't care about the explosion over there, and didn't even send out at night, and took people to Tongguan.

The military newspaper was issued by Sun Chuanting, and he wrote: "... Li's bandit is powerful. He first plundered Huazhou, and then attacked Dali. His troops headed for Tongguan in a mighty manner, intending to go east. Your men and horses return quickly. Don't chase after the poor bandits. !"

Sun Chuanting was forced to issue this military order.

That day Li Zicheng led his troops to Huazhou. Although he did not break into the city, he destroyed the surrounding villages.

After looting food and people, he took soldiers and horses to Dali County.

At this time, Sun Chuanting had obtained the military situation of Huazhou and Dali, so he hurriedly gave up chasing Ma Jinzhong, and led his troops to pursue Li Zicheng.

Before arriving at Dali, he learned that Li Zicheng had attacked Tongguan.

Logically speaking, the cavalry like Luo Shangwen didn't play a big role in the overall battle situation, and there was no need to call them all back, but this time the situation was quite different from before.

At the beginning of April, Chongzhen activated Yang Sichang and implemented the policy of "four positives and six corners" and "opening the net on ten sides".

This plan was effective at the beginning. In late April, Zhang Xianzhong failed to attack Nanyang, was defeated by Zuo Liangyu, retreated to defend Gucheng, was forced to surrender to the Minister of the Ministry of War, and Xiong Wencan, Prime Minister of Nanji, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Huguang, and Sichuan Military Affairs.

At the same time, Luo Rucai, known as "Cao Cao", also descended to the court in Yu Xunyang.

All the thieves surrendered, and the land of Huguang in the Central Plains suddenly became a "peaceful and prosperous age", which made Chongzhen, who had been dug up his ancestral grave earlier, feel proud.

But at this juncture, Li Zicheng's troops approached the city of Tongguan, and the defenders of Tongguan sent the news to the imperial court in a hurry.

Tongguan is the key point. If Li Zicheng breaks through the pass, he can enter Shanxi from the top and the Central Plains from the bottom.

Once Li Zicheng is allowed to break through and enter the Central Plains, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and others who surrendered will definitely rise up again, and the Central Plains will definitely be corrupted again.

Chongzhen's irritable emperor naturally would not allow this kind of thing to happen again, so he issued an imperial decree, ordering Sun Chuanting to mobilize all the troops he could mobilize to attack Li Zicheng in Tongguan, and at the same time order the trilateral governor Hong Chengchou to lead his troops to assist.

After Sun Chuanting received Chongzhen's decree, he knew that the matter was of great importance, and he was urged by Chongzhen, so he didn't dare to take it lightly, and mobilized all available soldiers in his hands to march into Tongguan.

Compared with Li Zicheng, Ma Jinzhong is nothing to worry about.

If it wasn't for this reason, how could Luo Shangwen be transferred away by Sun Chuanting in such a hurry!

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