After several companions died, Ma Xiaoquan was a little anxious. Although he had told the soldiers to take defensive measures before, he still made this mistake.
The few remaining soldiers withdrew, wiped away the sparks on their bodies, and stood timidly in front of Ma Xiaoquan.
"It's my fault~~" Ma Xiaoquan did not blame the soldiers for their negligence, he blamed himself, "I should have warned you again and again~ It's my fault~"
When several soldiers heard this, they were stunned at first, and then their eyes were red with emotion.
"Sir~"
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head: "The brothers are dead, let's not slack off anymore. It seems that Batu has reacted. Well, next, we should implement the second plan."
"Plan 2?"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded and said nothing.
As early as when the soldiers stepped forward to curse at the formation at night, Ma Xiaoquan had been thinking about the next step, because he knew that Batu would be immune to the curse sooner or later. By then, maybe Batu would rush out of the front camp and fight with him.
Fight to the death.
Ma Xiaoquan only has about eighty people under his command. A few died just now, and now there are eighty in total.
After a while, Ma Xiaoquan said: "For my second plan, I need to select the best among you. Who do you think is willing or who do you recommend? Of course, I have to say, this will cost your life.
Which of you is going?"
As soon as he finished speaking, eighty people stepped forward, and no one flinched.
Ma Xiaoquan was stunned for a moment, then nodded happily and said: "I am very satisfied with your attitude, but I really can't use all of you. Well, in this case, you can quickly recommend me now. I only need five people."
Already."
The soldiers looked at each other, then gathered together, and soon five people were elected.
Looking at the five people who were elected, Ma Xiaoquan said humbly: "Get ready, guys, come with me."
The five people were stunned, and one of them asked: "Sir, where are you going?"
Ma Xiaoquan said: "Go and scare Batu, hum~~"
When the five people heard this, they laughed, nodded and said in unison: "Yes!"
...
In Qiantun, Batu was not happy about shooting several Ming soldiers to death. He had suffered losses from Ma Xiaoquan before and had inquired about Ma Xiaoquan from various aspects.
Most people's evaluation of Ma Xiaoquan was "deceitful". Based on this conclusion, Batu believed that Ma Xiaoquan must have a trick up his sleeve.
...
Of course, Ma Xiaoquan had a backup plan, because right now, he was leading five elites to discuss how to scare Batu.
"Sir, are you going to use thunderbolts?" a soldier asked, weighing the thunderbolts in his hand.
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "Of course it is. It didn't work before. They don't know that we have such a thing. Even if they know, they can't guess what it is... This time, we have to use it."
Another soldier said: "Since we are using thunderbolts, why not just blow up the front camp and capture it in one fell swoop?"
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head: "If we blow up the front camp directly and Batu leads the people to rush out, we might be wiped out in an instant."
"Sir, we don't understand what you mean~"
Ma Xiaoquan said: "We are just making a small fuss. Batu will never think of coming out to fight us to the death. Of course, since we don't bring much dry food, we can't spend too long with Batu...
.So, I thought of harassing, um, or scaring Batu with a small team first, to see how he would react."
After saying this, Ma Xiaoquan made a move and led five soldiers into the darkness.
...
In front of the front gate of Qiantun, the lights are brightly lit, and the surrounding area of about seven or eight meters looks like daytime.
Two Jurchen soldiers were gathering together at this time, some chatting.
"You said that the general was too careful. After Ma Xiaoquan was beaten once by us, he was like a coward and stopped coming. The general also asked us to light the torch..."
"What do you know? I heard that Ma Xiaoquan is very deceitful. The general did this to prevent problems before they happen... Okay, let's not talk about it for now. I'm going to light the torch at the back..."
.......
Twelve meters away from the light source is the limit of the torch light source. Standing here, it is basically difficult to be seen, but... There is a problem with standing here, that is, you cannot move forward, because no longer
As you move forward, you will definitely be discovered.
However, this does not hinder Ma Xiaoquan, because the radiation range of his gravity field is exactly twelve meters. In other words, if Ma Xiaoquan moves his gravity field, it can just cover the torches of light.
Ma Xiaoquan did exactly this.
...
The soldiers all stood behind Ma Xiaoquan, but they felt that the thunderbolts they were carrying suddenly became much heavier, and the torches within a twelve-meter range suddenly became very heavy and crushed the tow frame.
The sound of "click, click, click" kept sounding, and almost every two breaths, several torches fell to the ground.
Since the torch head was soaked in kerosene, the moment it fell to the ground, a lot of kerosene spilled out and set fire to the nearest barracks.
Winter is already dry, so once the barracks caught fire, the fire spread very quickly.
Fortunately, most of the Jurchen soldiers did not rest, but during the period of time when the fire broke out, they actually lost two or three barracks.
Naturally, Ma Xiaoquan would not wait for the Jurchen soldiers to put out the fire. As the saying goes, it kills you while you are sick. While the Jurchen soldiers were busy putting out the fire, Ma Xiaoquan ordered his five men to throw out two thunderbolts each.
The sound of "Boom..." sounded one after another, and Qiantun was in chaos.
...
In the main barracks, Batu was furious. He knew Ma Xiaoquan would come to attack at night, but he didn't expect it to come so fast.
I had originally heard that Ma Xiaoquan had pulled that cannon over. After the ten booms tonight, Batu became more confident that Ma Xiaoquan had pulled the cannon over.
At this time, the general who had been discouraging Batu also realized the seriousness of the situation. He suggested that Batu lead his people out now and have a head-on confrontation with Ma Xiaoquan.
But... Batu, who had always advocated head-on confrontation, suddenly hesitated at this moment.
Because he had no idea how many people Ma Xiaoquan had, and the spies he sent out have not come back yet, so they were probably caught and killed.
In fact, the spy sent out by Batu was not caught by Ma Xiaoquan, let alone killed. But why the spy did not come back, it seems that the spy was unlucky.
There is a small river between the stronghold and the front camp. The water in the river is relatively deep. Because the spy was thirsty, he wanted to use his skin bag to get some water to drink.
It was winter, and the river was frozen. In theory, it was no problem to walk across it. But unfortunately, there was something wrong with the ice that the spies stepped on. In the end, the water filled up, and people fell into the ice holes and drowned.
.
Batu didn't know all this, and Ma Xiaoquan didn't know either.
...
"Come here, shoot me arrows, yes, shoot them to death~~" Batu ordered angrily.
The order was given, but where to shoot the arrows? Who knows where the enemy is?
There was no other way, the Jurchen soldiers could only bite the bullet and shoot everywhere.
At this time, Ma Xiaoquan had already sneaked into the front camp and lurked. His purpose was very clear. He burned the Jurchen army's food, grass, and cold clothes and quilts in the front camp.
"Be careful, don't let anyone show up..." Ma Xiaoquan told the soldiers behind him, "Separately look for them and see where they keep their food and grass, as well as quilts and fur coats to keep out the cold. You can also find them."
, and then you don’t need me to tell you, you know what to do, right?”
The five soldiers nodded.
Ma Xiaoquan waved his hand, and the five of them dispersed.
In the main camp of Qiantun, Batu, who had gone around in a circle and shot randomly, kicked down the table next to him angrily. He was already ready to go out and fight Ma Xiaoquan to the death.
Just as he fastened his saber and was about to go out, there was a sudden shout from outside the main camp.
"What's going on?"
A Jurchen soldier broke in and panted: "General Batu... the food... the food and grass house is on fire..."
"What?" Batu was startled, and before he had time to think about it, he grabbed the Jurchen soldier by the collar and said, "Take me quickly."
...
Batu walked with the front foot, and Ma Xiaoquan slipped in with the back foot.
After looking around, Ma Xiaoquan curled his lips and said: "This kid Batu is really good at enjoying things. Tsk tsk, white tiger skin coat, damn, it's so luxurious, I don't even have it..." Ma Xiaoquan squinted his eyes and took advantage of it.
He picked up the white tiger fur coat on the seat, folded it in half a few times, pulled off the curtain, made a simple baggage, wrapped the cushion, and slung it around his body.
Then, Ma Xiaoquan took out another thunder bomb, lengthened the fuse, and placed the thunder bomb in the corner under the seat.
I took out the fire folder and tested the airflow around me. After determining the accurate position, I opened the fire folder and placed it next to the fuse of the thunderbolt bomb.
"Well, if possible, Batu should be blown up to the sky this time, hehe~~"
...
Because the grain and grass house caught fire, Batu, who had originally planned to go out and fight Ma Xiaoquan to the death, had to change his mind and led a group of soldiers to put out the fire in an emergency.
Fortunately, the fire was not big, but it still burned half of the grain and grass. Although the other half was intact, it still required manpower to move it to other warehouses.
At this time, the warehouse where fur coats and quilts were stored caught fire again, and Batu anxiously led his people there to put out the fire again.
After these two fire-fighting operations, Batu was very tired and angry.
Logically speaking, this front camp is heavily guarded, so how could it catch fire? Who is it?
Batu ordered: Immediately conduct a thorough investigation inside Qiantun.
At the same time, Ma Xiaoquan suddenly appeared in Qiantun, leading five of his men to kill more than a dozen Jurchen soldiers, and also threw a few more thunder bullets.
The power of the thunder bomb was so great that it caused a mess in the village.
Ma Xiaoquan is not fond of fighting. After all, there are only six of them. There are still about 700 people gathered in the front camp. If they really open up, they will definitely not be able to defeat them.
