"Report to the chief, the Ming army rushed out from the west gate! Should we pursue them?"
The messenger flew to Zhuli Rabbit and asked him for combat orders.
"Of course we have to pursue them! Assemble five thousand-man troops and follow our leader out of the west gate to pursue the Ming army. Even if they run to the horizon, we must kill them all!"
The rabbit's eyes were as red as a real rabbit, and he was shouting manically. He quickly put on his armor, jumped on the horse drawn by his own soldiers, held a big sword, and rushed towards the west gate first.
This was truly a shame and humiliation. Zhulitu was awakened by the sound of cannons in his sleep. As soon as he left the main tent, he heard that the Ming army was attacking from the east gate of the camp. He ordered his soldiers to lead the horses and prepare to mount them to command the battle. Before the horses could be brought over, they heard that the Ming army had already marched out of the west gate. From the east gate to the west gate, the company camp was fully two miles long. They were blocked by their own soldiers along the way, and the enemy seemed to be on the plain. It passed by like a horse, like the wind. Could it be that all the nearly 20,000 of my soldiers were dead?
When the enemy's situation is unclear, going out to camp to fight at night is very risky. This is something Jiulitu knows very well. But in anger, he can't help but think twice. He knows the strength of the Ming army, and he really knows it. There are only over a thousand cavalrymen who can mount up and fight. The defeat during the day is only due to the power of the opponent's firearms. In a night battle, the effectiveness of the opponent's firearms will be greatly reduced. Therefore, if you pursue with all your strength, it will be difficult for the opponent to fight back. of strength.
"Chase!"
"Don't let the Ming army escape!"
"Kill all the Han dogs!"
A full five thousand-man team followed Zhu Litu and rushed out of the west gate of the camp, chasing in the direction where Xiao Ruxun and others retreated. Some people held pine torches in their hands, lighting up the road. From a distance, five thousand people The cavalry is like a giant dragon made of fire. It surges forward and is unstoppable.
"Big Chief, the Ming army has gone into the mountains, will there be an ambush?" Commander Wu En caught up with Li Tu and reminded him.
"They must have set up an ambush in the mountains, but with these few of them, even if there is an ambush, what are we afraid of? Tell the whole team, when encountering the Ming army setting off firecrackers, don't hesitate, rush forward and kill them all. The army is here." Zhulitu said.
"Yes!" Wu En agreed. He knew that Zhuli Rabbit had already risked his life and must recover the losses he suffered from the Ming army.
As a big leader on the grassland, Jinglitu is not a reckless person. His power is based on courage and intelligence. He can judge from Xiao Ruxun's performance that the other party must be planning to ambush him, but He also expected that Xiao Ruxun would not dare to pull out all the troops to set up an ambush. If Xiao Ruxun only brought out half of the team, that is, a mere two thousand people. He brought five thousand troops, and he was two thousand men from the opponent. In a one-to-one comparison of troops, no matter how capable the opponent is, what tricks can he pull off?
The Tatars fought with courage and pride. This pride came from their victory against the Ming army. This time, Jilitu led his troops to attack Pinglu City. They were defeated again and again, and their morale was seriously damaged. .If he watched the Ming army rushing to camp escape, how could he lead his troops in the future?
Even if they suffer the casualties of a thousand or even two thousand people, they still have to catch up with and kill this Ming army! Zhulitu secretly made up his mind in his heart.
While talking, the two armies have already rushed into the hilly area to the west of Pinglu City. There are low slopes on both sides, there is not much vegetation, and there is a wide valley in the middle. In a place like this, if there are several times Setting an ambush with troops can indeed deal an effective blow to the pursuers, but Xiao Ruxun can only mobilize a maximum of 2,000 people. If 2,000 people are to surround 5,000 people, even with the assistance of firearms, what kind of trouble can they make? ?
"Hush!"
As he was charging forward, Unn, who was running at the front, suddenly reined in the horse and tried his best to stop the horse. The Tatar cavalry behind him also reined in their horses and stopped to look forward. They saw a few hundred steps ahead. The place where Song Ming's fire suddenly lit up, and the Ming army that was chasing them and running away all stopped, turned their horses, raised Song Ming high, and assumed a fighting posture.
"What's going on?" Zhu Litu drove his horse forward and asked Wu En.
"Back to the chief, the Ming army is no longer running away. They have set fire to the Song Ming. They seem to want to fight us," Wu En replied.
"Be alert! The Ming army must be planning to injure me with firearms. Disperse the formation and prepare to charge!" Zhulitu issued a series of orders, and at the same time adjusted his armor, preparing to charge towards the Ming army on the opposite side.
“Bang bang bang!”
Cannons were fired from the hillsides on both sides. Almost instantly, torches were lit simultaneously on both sides of the several-mile-long valley. Countless Ming soldiers wearing mandarin duck jackets came out from behind the hillside with long guns in their hands and stood on the top of the hillside, overlooking Watching the Tatar army in the valley. Not far to the right of the rabbit, two large flags were erected, one with the word "horse" written on it, and the other with the word "qin" written on it.
"We've been ambushed!" Zhuli Rabbit's heart sank, and he vaguely guessed something.
Under the banner with the word "horse", a young Ming general drove his horse forward a few steps, placed the big gun in front of the saddle, and shouted loudly to the rabbit below: "Listen to the Tartars below, I will It was Shizhu Xuanfu envoy of the Ming Dynasty and Ma Qiancheng, the chief military officer, who, under the orders of the imperial court, led his troops to suppress the rebellion of Kuaibai. You and the Tatars tore up the agreement with me during the Ming Dynasty and marched brazenly to support Kuaibai's rebellion. We should eradicate them all. The Ming Dynasty has a good life. As long as you put down your weapons and tie your hands, I, the commander-in-chief, Paul and others will not die!"
"The Ming Gou reinforcements have arrived, and they are hiding here silently. How despicable and shameless!" Zhuli Tu regretted deeply. He only calculated the strength of Pinglu City, but he did not expect that the Ming Army had reinforcements. In fact, Yiyun had once He had told him that the Ming Dynasty's army was being transferred to Ningxia Town in preparation for quelling the Kuaibai Rebellion. He was also so enraged by Xiao Ruxun that he even ignored the important military information that the opponent's reinforcements were coming.
"Big Chief, there are 20,000 Ming troops, what should we do?" Wu En asked Li Tu for instructions with a sad face. In the past, five thousand Tatar cavalry could have fought against 20,000 Ming infantry. But now, the morale of the Tatar army was low, and they were ambushed in the dark. Everyone did not know how many more moves the other side had, and they felt uneasy. This battle was really unwinnable.
The rabbit said: "At this moment, the only option is to fight to the death to break out of the encirclement! Turn your horse's head around and charge me!"
It was not an easy task for a team of 5,000 people to turn around and charge back. Before Li Tu’s order could be conveyed, the Ming troops on both sides had already begun to fire arrows. The overwhelming rain of arrows was mixed with a constant stream of arrows. The sound of gunfire was from the 1,000-man musketry team sent by Su Hao to cooperate in the battle.
"Charge towards the hillsides on both sides and drive away the Ming army's archers!" Zhulitu immediately adjusted his deployment. He knew that if he retreated under the pressure of such dense bows and arrows and firecrackers, more than half of his team would be lost before exiting the valley entrance. Now. If the enemy pursues you with all their strength when you are defeated, whether you can escape back to the camp is a matter of two opinions.
The Tatar cavalry cheered up and formed hundreds of troops, charging towards the hillsides on both sides. The Ming troops on both sides were already prepared for the cavalry charge. They dropped their bows and arrows, raised their spears, and formed a formation to resist the horses. They met the Tatar cavalry in close combat and soon started fighting.
"What kind of soldiers are these!" Zhulitu looked at the fierce battle on the hillsides on both sides and couldn't help but feel frightened. The Ming army ambushing them was not much different from the frontier army under Xiao Ruxun. Especially Mixed in among them were some soldiers holding white wax poles as weapons. Their fighting methods were extremely weird. The white wax poles appeared and disappeared. From time to time, a Tatar cavalry would be stabbed by them and roll off their horses.
"Big leader, the Han people say, capture the thief and capture the king. Let's rush forward and capture the leader of the Ming army. They will be leaderless. Not only can we take the opportunity to break out, but we may also be able to defeat the Ming army and turn defeat into victory." Wu En told Zhulitu Xianji said that by the light of Songming's fire, he could see that Ma Qiancheng, the commander-in-chief of the Ming army, was young and unusual, and he expected that he did not have much ability.
"Okay, let's follow this plan!" Zhuli Rabbit was just thinking about it. When he heard Wu En's suggestion, his mind lit up. He shouted to his own soldiers, urged the horses, brandished his sword and rushed towards Ma Qiancheng. .
"Just in time!" How could Ma Qiancheng not notice the enemy's movements? When he saw Litu rushing towards him, he calmly picked up his spear and wanted to step forward to fight.
"Husband, stop moving and let me, my wife, take care of this Tartar for you!"
Before Ma Qiancheng could step forward, a female general under the banner of "Qin" had already galloped out, rushing ahead of Ma Qiancheng to meet the Zhu Li Rabbit. The Zhu Li Rabbit only felt a black shadow flash in front of his eyes, and a figure appeared. A girl who is a bit younger than Ma Qiancheng, but this girl doesn't have the delicate look of a bird at all. She is taller than an ordinary man, holding a big gun in her hand, shooting He stabbed the rabbit directly in the chest.
"Don't bully me!" Zhuli Rabbit screamed angrily. This Ming army is really bullying people. Thousands of soldiers and horses can repel ten thousand of his cavalry, but five hundred people dare to break into his camp. , It's good now. Facing a Tatar leader like him, a girl dares to attack him. If he is a tiger but not a cat, does it really make people think that he is critically ill?
Thinking of this, Zhuli Rabbit picked up the big knife and struck at the girl's spear. The girl changed her moves very quickly, and the spear turned into a spear. The gun barrel collided with the force rabbit's blade, and there was only a sound of metal hitting metal. After the sound, the rabbit felt that the tiger's mouth was about to be shattered.
"What an amazing girl, who are you!" Zhulitu took two steps back and asked loudly. People who knew him well could hear a hint of trembling in his voice. He was really a little frightened.
"This general is Qin Liangyu, the deputy commander of Shizhu!" The girl smiled coldly, "It's too late for you to get off your horse and tie him up now. My husband said, I won't die!"