In front of them was Xiao Ruxun's 20,000-strong army, which was advancing towards the camp step by step. However, the retreat was blocked by a group of Ming troops who appeared out of nowhere. The current situation of the Yibai army was called a dilemma. There was no way to rush forward.
I hope, because the strength of Xiao Ruxun's troops is extremely powerful. Even if the lethality of firearms is not taken into account, just 20,000 people blocked on the road are not something that the Qibai army can break through. The number of Ming troops setting up ambushes on the retreat road
It's unknown, but based on Kuaibai's judgment, their number will not be too large, because after all, these people came from other places, and if they want to avoid the surveillance of Kuaibai army's scouts, they will definitely not be a large force.
Comparing the two, Kuai Bai believed that his only way out was to rush to the west. Although the opponent tightly sealed the valley with firearms, as long as the opponent's number was limited and his side charged with all his life, there was always a chance to escape.
"Don't get entangled with the Ming army, rush out, regroup, and come back to take revenge!"
The soldiers around Kuaibai loudly repeated Kuaibai's orders to embolden his colleagues. In fact, everyone knew the subtext of these words, that is, to run for their lives as fast as possible. As for what it means to revive the flag,
The drum shouts, but the premise is that you must be able to save your life.
"Come on!"
"Run quickly!"
The breakout turned into a rout. Thousands of soldiers led by Kuaibai threw away all their burdens, urged their horses with all their strength, and ran wildly out of the valley.
Kuaibai originally planned to arrange for archers to use bows and arrows to suppress Deng Kui's tribe on the hilltop, but the archers also lost their fighting spirit. The bows and arrows shot crookedly and fell before they could fly to the top of the mountain. At this rate, even if they hit the Ming army,
On the body, it was just scratching the itch for the Ming army.
Kuaibai knew that the morale of the army was gone, and it was useless to say anything at this time. While cursing and urging the soldiers to fight back hard, he fled in embarrassment under the desperate protection of his own soldiers.
"The thieves want to break out, we can't let them escape!"
Deng Kui on the top of the mountain saw Kuai Bai's intention. He loudly called to his soldiers and asked them to increase their firepower. The Ming soldiers did not bother to save ammunition, and threw grenades and muskets into the ravine as if they were free.
They did not stop until the barrel of the gun turned red. The Tatar soldiers sent by the Hasura tribe to assist were not to be outdone. They lifted the big rocks from the mountain one by one and rolled them down the hillside.
"Why don't you shoot arrows?" Deng Kui asked the little leader of Hasulla tribe in surprise. He remembered that these Tatar soldiers were very good at archery. Their lethality was no less than that of Xiong Minyang's musketeers.
"Back to General Deng, we have finished shooting our arrows." The young leader handed the empty quiver to Deng Kui to show that he was not slacking off.
Deng Kui laughed: "When you go out to fight, you don't bring many arrows. Leader Has'ullah is too stingy."
"The general doesn't know. It's not easy for us Tatars to get some iron tools. We have to buy them from you Han people at a high price. So there are not enough materials to make arrowheads. After every battle, we have to find a way to shoot out the arrows."
Then pick up the arrows and keep the top arrows to make new arrows." The little boss explained.
Deng Kui nodded: "Well, this is because I am ignorant. You have done a good job in helping Master Wang to destroy Kuai. After the battle is over, I will go to our General Su to plead for mercy and ask him to get you several thousand kilograms of iron. It will be enough for you.
Already."
"Thank you, General!" The little leader was overjoyed when he heard this and immediately lifted up his robe and knelt down in front of Deng Kui.
Deng Kui quickly stopped him: "Don't be busy, don't be busy, take care of Kuaibai first and then talk."
In a short while, the narrow valley below had turned into a hell on earth. There were fireworks everywhere, and the dead bodies of the worshiping soldiers were scattered everywhere, filling the entire valley. There were also some seriously injured soldiers lying on the ground shouting.
They called for help, but their comrades had no time to look at them. They even did not hesitate to use their horses to trample on the dead, and the wounded fled out of the valley.
The roadblocks that the Ming army had hurriedly put up had caused great trouble to the Yibai army. If the soldiers gave up their horses, they could naturally climb out around the roadblocks, but the horses could only stay in the valley. On this vast prairie
, if they left the horses, they would not be able to go far at all, and they would also be overtaken and annihilated by the Ming army.
In view of this, the soldiers of the Bai army had no choice but to desperately demolish the roadblocks in order to clear the way to escape. More and more people crowded in front of the roadblocks, and the Ming army's musketeers focused on this place, firing hundreds of muskets non-stop.
It pours firepower there, harvesting the lives of the worshiping soldiers.
"It's open, it's open!"
After paying the price of countless lives, a hole was finally opened in the roadblock at Taniguchi. The soldiers behind the army paid no attention to anything, urged their horses and rushed forward. Some soldiers who were running slowly were pushed to the ground.
, he was trampled to pieces by the horses behind him in an instant.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way, let the prince pass first!"
More than a dozen soldiers guarded Kuai Bai, shouting loudly, and ran away. When the soldiers of Kuai Bai Army heard the shouts, they all hurriedly dodged to the side to get out of the way. There were also those who were stunned by the Ming army.
, the soldiers who couldn't react at the moment were still occupying the road stupidly. The soldiers who were worshiping rushed forward and without saying a word, they slashed with their swords and sent the unlucky ones to the west.
"It's over, it's all over!"
Kuaibai was riding on his horse, running outside while muttering in his mind. Of the three thousand men and horses he led, less than a thousand escaped through the roadblocks. Moreover, these people were all frightened and might not be able to fight again in the future.
In order to escape for his life, the soldiers surrounded him and stepped on the bodies of other soldiers to run away. This situation was seen by all the soldiers. His majesty had been ruined. Don't think about being able to respond to everything at once.
"Damn it, let them run away!" Deng Kui stood on the top of the mountain and sighed. He didn't have enough troops to go down the mountain to fight with the Kuai worshipers, so he could only attack with long-range weapons. Although this violent bombardment
The indiscriminate bombing left behind 70% to 80% of Kuaibai's three thousand troops, but Kuaibai finally escaped from the ambush and returned to the grassland.
"Deng Zhongjun, don't be upset. We only have a small number of people, so it's good to be able to fight like this." Hu Zixin comforted, "You are not from our Ningxia Guard, so you don't know how powerful this old thief is. He led three
There were thousands of soldiers and horses, and one of them was as good as ten. We had almost no casualties, but we killed more than 2,000 of his men. It can be called a great victory."
Deng Kui said: "What kind of victory is this? I ran away and said goodbye. I'm afraid Deputy General Su won't be able to spare me."
Hu Xin said: "Isn't that true? Even if Kuaibai runs away, he is still a tiger with his teeth pulled out and can't bite anyone. Look, there are many injured thieves at the foot of the mountain who are planning to escape. Let's go down and capture the prisoners.
Bar."
"Okay, everyone listens to the order and goes down the mountain to catch the ones alive!" Deng Kui ordered.
The Ming army and the Hassulla tribe soldiers on both sides of the hillside rushed down together. The wounded soldiers of the Qiba army who had not had time to run away at the foot of the mountain dared to resist. They knelt on the ground and begged for mercy one by one. Deng Kui commanded the soldiers to take the captives one by one.
They caught and tied them up, and gathered up the horses that had lost their owners and were running around in the valley.
"Deng Zhongjun, Deng Zhongjun!"
Deng Kui was busy when suddenly Hu Zizi ran towards him in a hurry and called him repeatedly.
"What's going on?" Deng Kui raised his head and asked.
Hu Xin said: "I captured a prisoner just now. He told me that when Kuai Bai fled, he left two thousand people behind. The leading general was Tu Wenxiu. If the general guessed correctly, he would not be able to pass.
How long will it take until Tu Wenxiu can no longer withstand the pressure from General Xiao and will escape from this road?"
"Is that true?" Deng Kui was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat. He quickly shouted to the officers and soldiers who were busy cleaning the battlefield in the valley: "Stop picking up things. Set up roadblocks quickly. There are still a group of thieves behind you."
"Quickly, set up roadblocks!" The soldiers of the Ming army became excited. The fighting just now was so enjoyable. When they heard that there was another group coming later, everyone got excited and started looking for things to set up new roadblocks. They had previously been used to block the roadblocks.
Because the roadblock of Kuaibai headquarters was erected too hastily, it was finally demolished by Kuaibai army. This time, the Ming army had experience and piled all kinds of things on the road and built a
A new roadblock of considerable size.
As soon as the roadblock was set up, there was a rumbling sound of artillery, followed by the sound of horse hooves. Deng Kui could tell that the sound of artillery was obviously made by his own artillery. It could be seen that Xiao Ruxun was attacking Tu Wenxiu.
The troops launched an attack. As for the sound of horse hooves, it goes without saying that Tu Wenxiu must have given up his position and fled with his men. They would never have thought that Deng Kui had already taken the lead and blocked their retreat.
"How is this going!"
Tu Wenxiu was riding his horse towards the outside of the mountain when he suddenly found an obstacle like a wall in front of him. He pulled the reins of the horse desperately to avoid running into the roadblock. He stopped the horse, looked at the roadblock, and cursed.
:
"Thank you, old man! In order to escape for his own life, he even blocked our retreat!"
"General, please calm down. According to the general, this is not the prince... Ah, no, the general said, this is not a roadblock set up by Kuaibai." A general said in a low voice.
"How can you see it?" Tu Wenxiu asked.
The general said: "Commander, please take a look. In addition to stones and branches, there are also the carcasses of a large number of dead horses in the middle of the roadblock. These horses should be the horses of Kuai worship. What does it mean that their horses died here?"
"You mean, they were ambushed by the Ming army?" Tu Wenxiu shuddered. He also saw the dead horses. There were traces of gunpowder on the horses. It was clearly the work of the Ming army.
"General, we are surrounded!" the general said.
Tu Wenxiu looked at the insurmountable roadblock in front of him, then looked back and saw that not far behind him, the flag of the Ming army had appeared. His subordinates kept coming and surrounding him, and everyone looked at him.
He had a pleading look on his face, as if telling him to make a decision quickly.
"We have no way out, let's surrender!" Tu Wenxiu said dejectedly.
When the word surrender was heard, all the soldiers around him jumped off their horses, threw their weapons far away, and then faced the direction of the Ming army and knelt down in unison.