Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 251

"Ugh-"

boom!boom!boom……

Accompanied by Su Nang's order, the Tumet cavalry in various colors of leather felt and leather armor stretched for several miles and began to dispatch with the sound of the horn.

"Drumming!"

boom!boom!boom……

Seeing the Tumote cavalry move, in the Ming army camp, Cao Wenzhao raised his hand, and nearly a thousand drummers from the Chinese army began to beat the drums. One-third of the Tumet cavalry, but at this moment they faced the surging cavalry, but they stood still.

The red clothes and the sun and moon flags of the Ming Dynasty covered the sky and the sun, and their momentum surpassed a million people.

Su Nang and dozens of Tumed lords led more than a thousand cavalry to a low hill on the side of the battlefield, and looked down from this low hill.

Even though the sky was gradually getting dark, one could vaguely see the dark red Ming army team like a lighthouse, and this lighthouse had to face the charge of nearly [-] cavalry.

Looking down from an altitude of [-] meters, on the Chile River, at the foot of the Yin Mountain, and beside the Heishui River, two big dragons, one red and one black, are about to collide.

The sound of "rumbling" horseshoes spread throughout the battlefield, but the only sound in the ears of the Wanyu Ming army was the sound of drums from their own side.

The Habayashi Guard is divided into the front army and the rear army. The front army has [-] people and the rear army has [-] people.

Regardless of whether it was the front army or the rear army, at this moment they all changed into rifles and lined up to wait for orders.

They don't have much fear, just a little nervous.

Of course, they also have a lot of puzzles, because in their view, [-] straight iron cavalry are enough to penetrate the [-] cavalry, and they don't understand why Cao Zongbing ordered the formation.

Also puzzled were the Xiaoqiguards on the left and right, but they all held back their inquiries and waited for the military order to be issued.

Comparing them, the generals in the Ming army understand why they did this better.

After all, the Tumed cavalry were rangers and cavalry archers. If they couldn't fight and ran away, they could catch up, but if they couldn't catch up, then the battle would be for nothing.

It is necessary to show the enemy's weakness first, attract the Tumed cavalry, and then attack head-on.

"kill--"

Thirty thousand Mongolian iron cavalry surrounded the Ming army, like a full moon, ready to draw their bows and arrows in the next moment.

"Habayashi is preparing..."

The snow made the ground muddy, and although the mount couldn't raise its hooves, it was still able to run. Facing such a terrain, Cao Wenzhao gave orders unhurriedly.

Accompanied by his order, the sound of the drum began to change, and the soldiers in the first row of Habayashi guard also raised their rifles.

"The Ming army raised the blunderbuss, and ordered the troops to wait for the blunderbuss to be released, and prepare to shoot arrows towards the fire, and deal with the gunners of the Ming army first."

On the short hill, Su Nang looked at the darkening sky, and decisively began to give orders.

The Khoomei sound of the Tumed department began to sound, interspersed with some special notes.

The voices of thousands of people were heard by the Tumet cavalry who surrounded the Ming army. After all, they were urging the horses to circle, rather than stopping the horses.

"Let go!" As Cao Wenzhao's voice sounded, the commander of the Habayashi Guard beside him immediately looked at the soldiers next to him.

Seeing this, these soldiers immediately put the big bamboo tubes on the ground one by one, and then lit the fuse.

"Bang bang bang-"

As the fuses of the bamboo tubes burned out, there was a sound like the sound of cannons, and then more than a dozen flames rushed into the sky, frightening the horses of Tumed's troops, and at the same time, fireworks bloomed in the sky.

The surroundings were bright for an instant, and the figures of all the Tumed cavalry could not be hidden, and Habayashi also pulled the trigger at this time.

Facing most of the Tumet cavalry with only one heavy armor and standing in a dense formation, they were like targets moving at a medium speed, allowing the Ming army to pull the trigger without aiming.

"Bang bang bang-"

The sound of dense firecrackers sounded, and the Tumet cavalry who were caught off guard were overturned on the ground, and the riders and horses fell down, causing a series of falls of the riders behind.

Many riders with better equestrian skills began to draw their bows and arrows, trying to use arrows to suppress the gunmen of the Ming army and create opportunities for the heavy cavalry in the formation.

The rain of arrows fell from the sky, but could not affect the formation of the platoon.

The [-] rifles filled with gunpowder were handed over to more than [-] gunners in the front row.

The result of this is that the dense bullets are ruthlessly harvesting the lives of the Tumed cavalry.

"What's going on? Why is there only the light of the firecrackers? Where's the torch? Where's the torch? The Ming army's firecrackers can go off without being ignited?!"

On the low hill, the hearts of many Tumed lords felt cold, but Su Nang couldn't help it.

The Ming army used continuous fireworks to illuminate the battlefield, looking for the figure of the Tumed cavalry to shoot, but the Tumed cavalry could only see the fire when the opponent pulled the trigger, and the Ming army formation when the fireworks were lit.

When both sides can see, the short-range and less powerful riding bow is useless, and there is no calm state of mind to prepare for a confrontation.

"Why is this firecracker fired so densely? A new burst of firecracker?"

Su Nang was also stunned, the firing speed of the firecrackers of the Ming army was too dense, and it was only time for a cup of tea, and a large group of cavalry fell on Tumote's side.

This made Su Nang a little scared, he could only say: "Blow the horn, temporarily withdraw troops, count how many people died in battle!"

"Woooooo~~~~"

The horn blew along with his order, and his actions were equivalent to missing the best time to break out.

The cavalry of the Ming army did not carry long spears. If the heavy cavalry rushed into the formation, Cao Wenzhao could only use the half-armored cavalry guards to charge up to resist, or let the Habayashi guards mount their horses to resist.

But now Su Nang was scared out of his wits by firing more than a dozen rounds of rifles in one breath. Because the surrounding area was too dark, he could only see the momentary light when the fireworks of the Ming army were lit, so he couldn't see how the Ming army operated. .

He thought that the rifles of the Ming army could shoot continuously, so he hurriedly withdrew his soldiers and horses back.

"Stop! Count the battle damage..."

Facing the retreating Su Nang Department, Cao Wenzhao did not pursue, but ordered the entire army to count the battle damage.

In this way, the fireworks stopped, while Habayashi was counting the battle damage while loading the guns for the front and rear gunners.

Similarly, the fearful Su Nang also ordered people to count the casualties.

The two sides remained in such a weird stalemate for a long time, until a quarter of an hour later, the Ming army's casualties were first counted.

Seventy-two people were killed and two hundred and forty-seven were injured in the Ming army's stray arrows.

Seeing such battle damage, and a group of Tumote wailing wounded soldiers and corpses in the periphery, Cao Wenzhao felt a little relieved.

Just as they thought, the Beilu was indeed a third-rate army, and the Taolu was even the third-rate among the third-rate.

After learning of the casualties, Cao Wenzhao was relieved, but compared to him, Su Nang after a quarter of an hour felt as uncomfortable as eating shit.

Regardless of whether they were seriously injured or killed in battle, in short, they lost more than [-] people.

This is almost one-fifteenth of the casualties of the army, and although the Ming army does not know how many, the number of casualties should be far less than theirs.

The death and injury of more than [-] people has already made Su Nang and many Tumed lords heartbroken.

In their view, the Ming army seems to be much stronger than what they have experienced before. If they continue to fight stubbornly, Tumet's family property will be wiped out, and the majesty established by the lords over the years will also be wiped away. null.

"Khan, how about..."

"Ugh-"

Some lords were about to ask if they wanted to withdraw their troops, but before they could finish speaking, horns sounded from behind them!
"Khan! Behind us?!"

This was an emergency alarm, and everyone stared and looked behind them. Behind them, under the low hill, on the north bank of the Blackwater River, all the sentinels raised their torches in panic and ran towards the south bank.

"Where is Qianhu, the rear sentry? Is he dead?!"

Su Nang's first counterattack was panic, and the next second was fury.

He obviously arranged sentry cavalry, how could there be Ming army cavalry attacking from behind?

At this time, a group of sentry cavalry rushed up from the short hill, and everyone looked at them, while the head of the thousand households on the horseback cried out:
"Great Khan, Saihan led the people from the Ulutt tribe to swindle and kill the sentry cavalry of the rear army. Zhu Youjian, king of Qi of the Ming army, led the cavalry to rush behind and kill them. It is less than fifteen miles away from here."

"The whole army breaks through to the east!" Hearing that Zhu Youjian led people to make a detour to attack from the rear, Su Nang didn't even ask how many people Zhu Youjian brought, and immediately ordered the whole army to break through.

As soon as he gave an order, a group of Tumed lords panicked and led their troops to retreat towards the Gray River in the east.

"General Soldier, Your Highness and the others should have come from the north bank of the Heishui River. I just heard the sound of Su Nang's attack horn."

Su Nang and the others were not the only ones who heard the sound of the horn. Some Mongolians in Ulut in the Ming army also sought out Cao Wenzhao for an explanation.

After hearing this, Cao Wenzhao immediately looked at Tumed's followers, only to see that there was indeed some commotion on their side.

"The whole army lights up torches, and everyone mounts their horses!"

Cao Wenzhao reined in his horse and loudly ordered the messengers around him.

The drummer put away the war drum, and the messenger also notified Habayashi Wei's soldiers and horses.

The Mongols in Ulut led the horses to the front and rear troops, and everyone got on their horses, and their actions were also seen by Tumet's cavalry.

After the Ming army shot more than a dozen times in the dark just now, a large number of Tumed cavalry were frightened and fled eastward without caring about their formation.

This means that the Mongols are used to running, so they naturally formed their own escape tactics. If they were replaced by Han infantry, someone suddenly messed up their formation, they might break out and retreat, resulting in a big defeat.

But even so, no matter how you say it, the formation of the Tumed cavalry is also chaotic, and such a scattered formation is a good opportunity for Cao Wenzhao.

"Xiaoqiwei, Habayashiwei, it's time to be loyal to Chitose!"

"rush--"

Cao Wenzhao's commander Wanqi pursued, the army shouted like a tide, and the Shangzhi cavalry with more than ten thousand people vented their horsepower wantonly.

"Turn back and clean up the Ming army behind, otherwise they will bite us."

During the breakout, Su Nang immediately ordered the army to turn back after realizing that Fang Mingjun dared to pursue him, intending to deal with Cao Wenzhao.

"Khan, retreat first, they have firecrackers."

"That's right, we will first retreat to ascend the city, and wait until dawn to fight again."

"Idiot, you can't use big firecrackers on horseback!" Su Nang thought that the Ming army's firecrackers were an improved version of the Wulei Shenji that Qi Jiguang had researched.

After all, in his memory, the Ming army only had this kind of continuous fire blunderbuss, and the biggest disadvantage of this kind of fire blunderbuss was that it was too large and could only be used in foot combat.

Like the British commander in the Somme who didn't know the power of the machine gun, Su Nang at this moment also stubbornly insisted on what he knew.

Under his order, nearly [-] Tumed cavalry began to try to turn back, and after Cao Wenzhao saw such a turnback, he even ordered:

"Habayashi guards are ready to confront, Xiao cavalry guards charge forward!"

The distance between the two armies was getting closer and closer in the high-speed movement, and Tumed's cavalry was the first to attack.

Like the cavalry of the Dubobu, they did not dare to charge into the formation and fight hand-to-hand. They even opened their bows and shot arrows from sixty steps away, intending to use their luck to confront them.

Such a distance, if placed in Hou Jin's army, would inevitably be sent to Ningguta as a armored slave after the war.

However, for the life-saving Tumet cavalry, it is already a routine operation to shoot arrows with a bow at [-] steps, and then start to split into two, intending to turn back and face another confrontation.

Although the nobles of Tumed require thirty steps to shoot arrows face-to-face, no one can control that much now.

This also led to the fact that although there were many arrows falling, there were very few arrows that could penetrate the armor of the horse and the armor of the Ming army.

Occasionally, arrows could hit the cavalry of the Ming army, but the places they hit were nothing more than the legs, palms, and faces.

The distance of sixty steps made them not fatal at all. The Ming army often pulled out the arrows reluctantly, then grabbed the gourd hammer and long knife and continued to charge.

"Bang bang bang..."

Like the Dubo Department, the Tumote Department tried to divide and turn around, so that the cavalry who repeatedly confronted each other was hit by the cavalry in the front row of the Ming Army.

If it wasn't too dark for the Ming army's cavalry to use the wall charge, then Tumet's cavalry would not be able to hold on for a quarter of an hour.

Under the shady scenes, Cao Wenzhao, as the commander-in-chief, took the lead with his personal guards.

He pulled out two riding guns from both sides of the saddle, and when he was in the wrong position, he knocked down two Tumet cavalrymen with two shots.

At the same time, his helmet and breastplate clanged, and there was a pain in his leg, as if he had been shot by an arrow or cut by a saber.

Cao Wenzhao didn't have time to think, he saw a Tumed cavalry dressed like a nobleman rushing.

He subconsciously pulled out the long knife and threw it at him with the back of the knife.

However, this man was very good at riding, and Cao Wenzhao's back of the sword was actually dodged by him by shrinking his body and hanging on the stirrup.

But before Cao Wenzhao made a backhand stab, the guards beside him raised their blunderbuss and pierced through the crude armor on the opponent's chest.

Such a scene is also the epitome of the entire battlefield.

Relying on the riding blunderbuss he carried with him, the Shangzhi Iron Cavalry knocked down countless Tumed cavalry, and at the same time was attacked by the opponent's dense feather arrows.

Although there are helmets and armor protection, the exposed parts are injured everywhere.

This is true of the well-equipped Shangzhi, not to mention the Tumed cavalry.

Just at the moment of fighting, the Tumed cavalry fell off their horses, and countless Tumed cavalry felt that the whole battlefield was very chaotic.

They could only hear the screams of the Mongolians around them, but not the screams and curses of the Han people.

The people screamed. Not only did they fail to break through the Ming army's formation and harvest the Ming army cavalry trying to flee, but they were killed by the Ming army cavalry who had only one-third of their number.

"Turn back and fight again!"

The rise of Cao Wenzhao's killing, after piercing through the Tumed army formation, he will immediately turn back and kill again.

It's just that at this time, a strong wind suddenly blew all around, and the wind was so strong that people couldn't open their eyes.

It was this gust of wind that gave both Tumed and the Ming Army a chance to breathe.

Su Nang who came out of the battle was very depressed, and when he looked at the number of Khan's personal guards around him, his heart was even tighter.

There were only a dozen or so guards left in the original hundreds of guards, and six or seven lords of the surrounding Tumed tribes also disappeared.

Under such a dark night, no one knows how many people were killed or injured.

"Breakout to the east!"

Su Nang was scared. Before the war started, he only thought that the Ming army was still the three towns in Shanxi, but he didn't want this battle to directly beat him back to his original form.

He commanded the army to break through against the strong wind to the east. Seeing this, Cao Wenzhao hurriedly led his troops to pursue.

The distance between the two sides was very tight, which made the Tumet cavalry a little scared.

At this time, in the east where Tumet was trying to break through, a cavalry team with torches suddenly appeared, and Su Nang was so frightened that he almost reined in his horse.

Fortunately, he saw the opponent's clothes clearly, and it was clearly Chagatai he sent to besiege the artillery of the Ming army.

This made him happy. If Chagatai defeated the Ming army, captured the Ming army artillery, and captured the Ming army gunners, then he would be able to fight back.

It was just something that made him regretful. When he approached Chagatai's team, he only saw one-fifth of the army smaller than before departure, and Chagatai with a very ugly face.

Obviously, the plan to besiege the Ming army to seize the artillery failed, and Su Nang didn't have time to reprimand Chagatai when he saw this, but led the army to continue eastward to break through.

Of course, in the team that broke through, the troops of Chagatai also told him about the situation of the army and the news of the appearance of the Ming army on the north bank of the Heishui River.

Hearing the words, Chagatai immediately commanded the army to break through to the east.

They were fleeing, and Cao Wenzhao was chasing them. The scene of chasing tens of thousands of cavalry with more than ten thousand cavalry was spectacular. If it was not in the dark night, I am afraid that all the Ming army would be proud of this battle.

The army was chasing, and Su Nang and others also rushed eastward.

However, the distance of forty miles is as far away as a natural moat at this moment, insurmountable.

Tumed's soldiers changed their horses after their horsepower was exhausted, and directly threw the exhausted horses away in an attempt to slow down the pursuit of the Ming army.

It's just that they underestimated Cao Wenzhao, and Cao Wenzhao and Shangzhi would not stop because of some scattered war horses.

They clenched the tails of the Tumed cavalry, and this situation continued until Su Nang and the others saw the frozen Huishui River with their own eyes.

"Cross the Huishui River and go north to Bansheng City!"

The moment they saw the Huishui River, everyone in Tumed's department felt as if they had been beaten to death.

They don't care whether they will fall into the ice cave because the ice layer is too thin when crossing the river, and they don't care whether the horses will slip.

At this moment, they just wanted to break through and cross the river, and rushed into the gray water river.

Tens of thousands of horses and horses crossed the river, causing the ice layer of the Huishui River to make a "cracking" sound, and the sound continued to resound.

Such a sound made the cavalry trembling across the river, and they did not dare to slow down their horses.

When Su Nang and the others led more than [-] cavalry to cross the Huishui River, a large area of ​​cracks finally appeared in the overwhelmed Huishui River.

"boom!"

In just an instant, the ice layer broke, and nearly a hundred people fell into the glacier.

The heavy felt clothes made it impossible for those who fell into the lake to float up, and kept patting the water to call for help, but most of the Tumed cavalry speeded up their pace of leaving after seeing the ice crack.

When Cao Wenzhao came with his men, there were no fewer than a thousand Tumet cavalrymen who had fallen into the glacier. When he saw such a scene, he directly issued a military order to suspend the pursuit:
"Don't cross the river, go around from the upper reaches!"

Cao Wenzhao was unwilling to gamble with the lives of his soldiers. If the ice collapsed in a large area, the non-combat attrition caused would be enough to make him feel ashamed and commit suicide.

He chose to take a detour, and Su Nang, who had successfully crossed the river, was overjoyed by his behavior.

"Quick! Head north..."

"Rumble--"

Su Nang's smile didn't take a breath, but was interrupted by the dull sound of hooves from the north.

Everyone looked up to the north, and saw a cavalry team holding torches on the low hills of the river valley at this moment.

Such a scene made all Tumets feel desperate.

"kill--"

The armored Tiance Guard cavalry and Longxiang Guard cavalry swooped down densely from the low hill like heavenly soldiers.

"Breakthrough!"

The ice layer has been broken, and Su Nang can't go back to the south bank, and this place is a low-lying place, there is no third direction to go.

He has no other way to break out of the siege except for calling out the command to break out.

A large number of Tumed cavalry faced the half-suited cavalry rushing down from the low hill, and at this moment they had no power to fight back.

Intensive charging and the sound of firecrackers sounded, and there was a constant pressure to squeeze the people and horses back.

Under the bright flames, the faces of the soldiers of the Ming army, like evil spirits crawling out of the gate of hell, make one's heart palpitate.

"help me……"

"Help me! I am..."

The momentum of the armored cavalry and the shooting of the blunderbuss made the Tumed cavalry keep squeezing backwards, pushing the Tumed cavalry in the rear into the glacier where the ice was broken.

No less than a thousand people were drowned for a while, and the number continued to increase.

In the chaos of the army, Su Nang was squeezed off the horse, and just as he stood up, he was squeezed around by Tumed cavalry.

"Presumptuous, I am your sweat!"

"Go away!"

In the face of life and death, no one takes care of Su Nang's low self-esteem and poor self-esteem, and everyone is pushing back in order to survive.

The half-armored cavalry of the Ming army turned back after charging, then got off their horses and took off the rifles on their backs.

During this process, it was not that no one tried to fight back and break through the siege, but without exception, they were killed by other cruising Ming army cavalry.

"Bang bang bang..."

When the rifles lined up in formation, the dense sound of gunfire began to ring out on the banks of the Huishui River.

This allowed the Mongols in Tumed to see clearly the steps of using the firecrackers of the Ming army in the dark night just now, but now no one pays attention to this anymore.

In just three rounds of shooting, no less than a thousand Tumet cavalry were killed. At this time, among the cavalry of the Ming army, the Mongols in Ulut began to shout:
"Surrender without killing, His Royal Highness King Qi will give you pastures, cattle and sheep."

"I surrender!"

Hearing that the Ming army accepted the surrender, the brigade Tumet cavalry dropped their weapons, jumped off their horses and walked towards the Ming army. After shouting to surrender, Saihan had his hands and feet tied up and squatted in a corner of the battlefield.

Such a scene continued to be staged, and at the end of the stage, all the lords of the Tumed tribe were tied up by their subordinates, and they came to the front of the platoon of guns under pressure.

Among them, the disgraced Su Nang was also included.

Su Nang was pinned down by Tiance's guards, and he knelt on the ground, completely without the arrogance he had when he scolded Badu'er in Bansheng City.

Just as he knelt down, the sound of horseshoes sounded in front of him, and the Ming army in front of them also put away their rifles.

Such a change made Su Nang realize that there might be someone important coming.

He raised his head, and what he saw was Zhu Youjian who was sitting on horseback and looking down at him with contempt.

The person who once clamored to capture Zhu Youjian alive now knelt in front of him, like a dog with a broken spine, unable to produce the slightest strength to resist.

Zhu Youjian looked at Su Nang who was downcast, and Su Nang was completely crushed as soon as he opened his mouth:
"Gu thought you were going to commit suicide, but I didn't expect you to be alive."

"It seems that my coffin was prepared for nothing..." Zhu Youjian shook his head and sighed, with regret on his face.

"Zhu Youjian!!" Su Nang was furiously provoked by Zhu Youjian's sarcasm, and kept struggling.

However, Zhu Youjian sat on the horse in front of him, motionless, and looked at him contemptuously:
"Live well, I'm still waiting to take you to the Taimiao in the capital, where I dance and present prisoners to my great Ming ancestors."

"I've given you the chance to commit suicide, if you don't cherish it, don't think about dying now."

"If you want to die, it's easy, I can send your family down to accompany you..."

After all, Zhu Youjian rode his horse back to the army, and Su Nang was also pushed down in the muddy snow by Tiance's guards...

(End of this chapter)