Chapter 103
: Mysterious
The brigade of cavalry coming from the northeast was indeed the Korchin cavalry. In fact, it was the army convened by Ukshan's third son Tagar on the east bank of the Ximuralun River. This army was originally planned to rush to Yanyehai to pick up the Tumotes, but because he received a temporary urgent message from Ukshan, he arrived at the Sanbulachuan Khanate day and night.
Banktu, Sogar and Tagar joined forces to launch a tentative attack on the Ming army on the mountain, but was easily repelled by the Ming army and hundreds of corpses left! After the initial battle failed, the Korqin people immediately stopped the attack and set up camp at the foot of the mountain to the south, trying to trap the Ming army on the mountain with a siege tactic.
On the mountain, Wang Pu was observing the terrain.
The terrain of this earth mountain is very strange. It is like a large platform that protrudes on the flat ground. There are cliffs dozens of feet high on the north, west and east sides. Only on the south is a gentle slope with a narrow upper and wide upper lower lower. Near the top platform, the width of the gentle slope is only twenty feet, which is quite a momentum of being a one-man, and tens of thousands of men cannot open.
As long as there is enough ammunition, two hundred musketeers will be enough to defend the previous year!
Standing on the top of the mountain and looking into the distance, there are vast snow fields around you. In the endless distance, there are rolling mountains connecting with the sky. The sky and the earth are vast and vast. Wang Pu couldn't help but think of a word: The scenery of the north is frozen thousands of miles away, and the snow falls thousands of miles away; the river is suddenly lost; inside and outside the Great Wall, there are only the vastness...
Unfortunately, now is not the time to guide the country and inspire words, Wang Pu has to find a way to escape from this Jedi and find a way to go back to Datong!
More than 20,000 Mongolian cavalry have blocked the road down the mountain in the south.
However, the Korqin people did not send troops to guard the other three directions, and even did not send too many patrol soldiers. This was not only because the mountain was huge, the Korqin people did not want to leave the Ming army with the opportunity to break through the front because of the dispersed forces, but also because these three directions were cliffs dozens of feet high. If the Ming army wanted to climb down the cliff and escape, they had to abandon all war horses and walk!
Perhaps in the eyes of the Korqin people, it was impossible for the Ming army to do this. How could the Ming army, which had lost its war horses, escape from the Korqin people's pursuit on the vast grassland?
The Korqin people obviously believed that the Ming army could only break through from the front except to defend to the death.
However, Wang Pu knew that breaking through from the front was definitely a dead end. Although the bearded One Thousand Musketeers team was powerful, they had very little ammunition left. Even if the Musketeers had enough ammunition and could use sharp turn-by-shot shooting to bombard the Mongols' defense, but what about the flanks and behind the Musketeers? Who should protect them?
You can't let a thousand musketeers form a square formation and slowly move back to Datong like a turtle shell, right?
So, relying on the remaining 1,700 cavalry to protect the flanks and behind the musket team? These cavalry can block the Mongols once, twice or even ten attacks, but the eleventh or even the hundredth attacks? The Mongols had more than 20,000 cavalry, but they only had more than 1,700 cavalry, and the difference in strength was too great!
The Mongols were not made of paper, they were nomadic peoples. They were born warriors.
If he could break through the front, Wang Pu would not have to take his army to retreat to the mountain. He ordered the retreat long before the large group of Mongolian cavalry arrived. Breakthrough on the front can only be a dead end. Although retreating to the mountain is a self-stop, he can at least temporarily protect himself, and at least he can still get time to escape!
A bitter north wind suddenly blew over the mountain, blew up the broken snow in the sky, and slowly fell from Wang Pu's eyes... In a flash, Wang Pu's heart moved and thought of a plan to escape!
Wang Pu turned around and shouted: "Come here!"
Lu Liu rushed forward two steps and replied: "Here."
Wang Pu said: "Come Scarface, Tang Sheng, Zhao Xin, the bearded man and the monk immediately."
"yes."
Lu Liu agreed and took the order.
Soon, the five Scarfaced men ran to Wang Pu, and they all bowed their fists and said, "I am here to see the general."
"Forget it." Wang Pu waved his hand and said in a deep voice. "From tomorrow night, no fire is allowed on the mountain! The open whistle at the mountain pass must be removed, but the secret whistle must be strengthened. Unless the Mongols kill, everyone must stay in their tents, no loud noises, and no walking out without authorization!"
"yes."
The five people agreed.
Wang Pu said to Monk Zhang again: "Monk."
Monk Zhang stepped forward and replied: "I am in a humble position."
Wang Pu said: "You take people to collect all the hemp ropes, linen and cotton cloth on the mountain, and then untickle all the reins on the war horses. Roll them all into ropes. The more the better. Each rope must be at least thirty feet long!"
"What?" Zhang Monk said in surprise. "The reins are untied, how can this horse ride?"
"This is a military order." Wang Pu said, "Perform it."
"yes."
Monk Zhang responded and took the order.
The remaining bearded man, scarfaced, Tang Sheng and Zhao Xin looked at each other, and they didn't know why Wang Pu issued such a military order. How could this war horse ride without a reins?
Wang Pu said to Tang Sheng, Zhao Xin, and scarred face: "You bring people to gather all the food on the mountain, make steamed buns and steamed buns, kill hundreds of war horses, roast the meat and cut it into small pieces. At least prepare 15-day dry food for each person before tomorrow dark."
"yes."
Tang Sheng and the other two also took the order.
Wang Pu said to the bearded man again: "In addition to sending additional secret cards, your people should also stay in the tent. If the Mongols attack, let them approach. Wait until they enter within twenty steps before using the Dragon King Cannon. Don't be stingy with the Dragon King Cannon. If the Mongols dare to come up, let the brothers greet them hard!"
"yes."
The bearded man also took the order.
Wang Pu then breathed a long sigh. Everything has been arranged now. As the saying goes, planning is up to people, and success is up to heaven. Only God knows whether Wang Pu and the more than 2,700 people under his command can return to Datong alive!
The peaceful day passed quickly and time came the next night.
Banktu, Sogar and Tagar were sitting around the fire with several ten thousand men and throngs, eating meat, joking loudly. Tagar accidentally looked up at the mountain, and suddenly exclaimed, "Hey, why is the Nanming barbarians not moving? This cold sky doesn't make a fire to keep warm?"
Banktu, Sogar and several other ten thousand men looked up at the mountain. When they looked, they found that the mountain was pitch black, and there was no trace of fire, nor any sound. What was even more strange was that there was no figure, as if there was no one on the mountain.
"It's weird." Sogar scratched his head and said, "What the hell are the barbarians of the Southern Ming Dynasty doing?"
A foolish man Fan Ran said, "Can you run away?"
"Run?" Banktu sneered, "There are cliffs on three sides, and we blocked the south again. Where can they run? They can't even fly away with their wings or escape from the ground, right?"
"That might be possible," said the Wanfu, "The Nanming barbarians can rub a few hemp ropes and fall from the cliff."
"Hahaha……"
Banktu and several other ten thousand men laughed when they heard this. Only the stupid guys could say this. If the Nanming barbarians really wanted to rub the rope and fall from the cliff, they had to abandon all the war horses, but in this snowy and ice, where could they run? How far could they run?
Even if you are not caught up by the Korqin people and shot to death, you will be frozen to death and starved to death!
Tagar thought for a while and said, "Brother, let's send two thousand people to take a look in case."
"Leave it to me." The silly captain volunteered to shout: "I'll go."
"Okay." Bankto nodded and ordered. "Then you can take two thousand people up and take a look."
"Wait." Tagar said again, "Don't trunk, you can touch it quietly while it's dark."
"yes."
The chief of ten thousand men responded and took the order.
Soon, two thousand Korchin cavalry gathered, abandoned their war horses and climbed up the mountain on foot.
Although it was dark at this time, the light on the snow still left two thousand Korqin people without any escape. They could vaguely see the wriggling figures between hundreds of steps. However, the Ming army on the mountain did not respond at all. Until the Korqin people approached the top of the mountain within fifty steps, the Ming army on the mountain still did not move.
Seeing the Korqin people approaching the top of the mountain step by step, but the Ming army did not respond at all, the three brothers Banktu saw it clearly at the foot of the mountain and couldn't help but shook their heads and wondered: "It's strange, did the Nanming barbarians on the mountain really abandon their horses and escape? Or were they all died of ghosts?"
On the mountain.
The commander who led the army had just brought his men to the top of the mountain within twenty steps, and hundreds of black objects suddenly dropped from the mountain. Because the sky was dark and it was not very real. I could only vaguely see those things that seemed to have a handle, and sparks were being gnashed on the handle. But I don’t know what it was?
The people of Korqin watched the hundreds of black things falling from the sky and falling among them. Dozens of unlucky guys were directly hit by the black lumps and fell to the ground dizzyly. The commander of the ten thousand men who led the troops couldn't help laughing. The ridiculously, the barbarians of the Nanming wanted to use these rock lumps to block their attack?
"Boom boom boom..."
The ten thousand tyrants of Korqin laughed just twice, and a dazzling ball of fire burst out under his crotch. In an instant, his strong body was spread in half and threw it directly into the sky. Immediately, more fires burst out from the middle of the Korqin people. With the deafening explosion, hundreds of Korqin people were directly bombed into the sky, and more Korqin people were injured by the fragments shot out from the Dragon King cannon, and they screamed and fell into a pool of blood...
In fact, as soon as Korqin went up the mountain, Mingjun's secret card had already been discovered.
The bearded man had already been lying in the snow in the mountain pass with 500 musketeers waiting for the Korqin people. Due to the angle, and Wang Pu had someone to make tunnels with snow on the mountain in advance, the Korqin people at the foot of the mountain did not notice the movement of the 500 musketeers of the bearded man.
After the Korqin people entered within twenty steps, the bearded man gave the order. Five hundred musketeers threw the Dragon King Cannons down the mountain at the same time. What kind of power would the 500 Dragon King Cannons explode at the same time? The unlucky Korqin people were still blown away? Before the Korqin people who were lucky enough to die came back to their senses, the second batch of 500 Dragon King Cannons was thrown down again, followed by the third batch of 500 Dragon King Cannons...
Wang Pu said that he should not be stingy with the Dragon King Cannon. Five hundred musketeers regarded it as setting off firecrackers, and they all threw it on the heads of Korqin in joy.
Under the mountain.
As soon as Banktu finished speaking, a dazzling fire burst into the mountain, followed by a deafening explosion. You can clearly feel the vibration of the ground below your feet far away. You can imagine how violent the explosion on the mountain was, and how miserable the Korqin people were in the explosion.
"Damn it." Banktu cursed viciously, "These cunning Nanming barbarians have turned out to be the traps they set up!"
"Quick." Tagar turned around quickly and shouted to the captain of the personal soldiers behind him, "Send the order quickly, let the Lemy and the others take down the mountain."
"yes."
The captain of the personal soldiers responded and took the order.
Soon, there was a constant sound of trumpets at the foot of the mountain. In fact, before the trumpets of retreating troops were heard at the foot of the mountain, the Korqin people who came back from the huge explosion had already retreated in panic under the instinct. In the end, the Korqin people threw down more than 600 bodies on the mountain, which was a heavy casualty.
Since then, the people of Korqin learned their lessons and never sent troops to the mountain to test.
Chapter completed!