Chapter 136 They are coming!
Yingke's words instantly made Nanda's eyes scorch. He looked at the map in front of him and asked again, "How long does it take to get to Pigeon Egg from here?"
Yingke said: "The whole army is set out now, and they will be able to arrive before dusk."
Ida heard that it would take one day to go around from here to the Pigeon Cave, and he was also very excited. For such a large army, this time is simply not enough. It doesn't count as time.
So at this moment Ida couldn’t help but say: “Okay, then let’s do this?”
Then An Da looked at everyone again and said, "Which of you is willing to lead an elite force to feint to attack Gubeikou and buy valuable time for this Khan to seize the Pigeon Cave?"
Tuotuo and others looked at each other, and finally Tuotuo stood up. Said: "Great Khan, I am willing to go!"
Ida looked at Tuotuo who took the initiative to stand up, and he was also very happy in his heart, "Okay! If I can successfully make a surprise attack from the pigeon hole this time, you can You will be the first to take the lead! When the time comes, you will be the first to pick out the looted goods and people!”
Ida immediately made a big cake for Tuotuo.
Then they began to formulate a detailed marching strategy, and finally decided that Tuotuo would lead 6,000 cavalry to feint to attack Gubeikou to attract the main force of the Ming army. Then An Daze would lead the main force of the headquarters and the cavalry of Yingke’s Duoyan Sanwei to move towards Head towards Pigeon Cave in the west of Gubeikou.
At the same time, the 2,500 fully armed cavalry sent by Zhu Zaijing were also heading towards Huangyugou near Pigeon Cave. It was originally thought that at the speed of the cavalry, they could reach the target location in one hour.
But in the actual march, even if they were all cavalry, they walked for nearly two hours. It was not until noon that Zhu Zaijing led 2,500 cavalry to Huangyugou.
Zhu Zaijing sat on his horse and looked at the vast mountainous area in front of him. He couldn't help but feel that this was a blessing. Fortunately, Huangyugou was not a wide open place. There was still an opportunity to rely on the terrain on both sides to carry out activities. Setting up an ambush for a sneak attack.
Otherwise, the 2,500 elite cavalrymen he led would not be enough to fill people's teeth.
Zhu Zaijing immediately ordered: "Teng Xiang, you will lead two thousand men and horses into two teams, and set up as many rolling stones and logs as possible on the peaks on both sides of Huangyugou."
Teng Xiang immediately accepted the order: "Slave, obey the order!"
When Teng Xiang led two thousand people to the peaks on both sides to set up falling rocks and rolling trees, Zhu Zaijing was not idle either.
After all, he only has so little mobile power, but the Nanda army that is about to invade is said to have 200,000 people. Even if there is half of it, it will be nearly 100,000 people. With 2,500 One person fights against more than 100,000 people, unless Zhu Zaijing has a salvation weapon like Namo Gatlin and Mercy Maxim.
Otherwise, Zhu Zaijing could only avoid his edge and strive to make the greatest noise at the lowest cost, making An Da suspicious. Otherwise, he would not have fought this battle to defend the capital and returned directly to Just hide in the capital.
Zhu Zaijing greeted the remaining 500 people, "Everyone listens to the order and immediately dig holes and fill mines on the only way behind Huangyugou to buy precious time for us and others to retreat!" ”
Everyone obeyed Zhu Zaijing's order and immediately began to dig holes and lay mines on the only way past Huangyugou.
These things are the mine artifacts that Zhu Zaijing brought out during this trip.
Originally, Zhu Zaijing thought that landmines were a modern product. However, after later understanding, Zhu Zaijing learned that landmines had been invented in the Ming Dynasty. However, due to the power of gunpowder at that time, such landmines were Its lethality is only average, and its application scenarios are also limited, so it can only be used for passive defense.
So in the research and development of landmines, although the Ming Dynasty also played tricks, it never really shined.
But this time Zhu Zaijing was very immodest and used a glass bottle originally filled with sugar as a mine shell to contain gunpowder. Moreover, after Zhu Zaijing's improvement, these mines were not only mixed with a little sugar, but also glass slag and small iron pieces to increase the lethality, as well as a little flour.
These gadgets seem to have nothing to do with gunpowder, but they can be mixed with gunpowder to produce unexpected power.
So in order to successfully prevent these, Zhu Zaijing really spent a lot of money!
Otherwise, so many bottles and jars filled with white sugar would probably sell for tens of thousands of taels of silver, but now they can only be filled with gunpowder mixed with flour and white sugar and buried in the ground with a brilliant sound. sound.
Time was running out, and Zhu Zaijing had no time to rest. He also brought a triangular shovel to dig holes on the road for other people to lay mines behind.
After nearly two hours of hard work, Zhu Zaijing finally laid all the landmines. They were scattered for more than ten miles. With the obstruction of these more than ten miles of mines, Zhu Zaijing also He was confident that the 2,500 men and horses led by his men could retreat calmly and move to the next ambush point to continue setting up an ambush.
After repeating this for several times, Zhu Zaijing did not believe that the Anda army could maintain high morale and continue to cause chaos in the capital!
The sun sets in the west, dusk is approaching, and the red sunset will soon set under the western mountains.
Zhu Zaijing also sat on a big rock, opened his water bag and took a sip, and then took another bite of tough and difficult-to-tear dried meat. He was also eating such hard-to-swallow military rations. He was very uncomfortable with it. He knew that ancient military rations were not delicious, but he didn't expect that they would taste like this.
But in order to maintain enough physical strength, Zhu Zaijing still ate a large piece and drank half a bottle of water.
Teng Xiang looked at Prince Yu who was working so hard. He was also eating the same dried meat and said distressedly: "Your Majesty, why don't I have someone make a fire to make food for you? You really can't put these crude things in your mouth." "Yeah."
Zhu Zaijing chuckled, "You can eat it, why can't I? Besides, I am young and have sharp teeth. This small piece of dried meat will break apart with this water." It is indeed a sumptuous meal!”
Teng Xiang was moved but uncomfortable after listening to Zhu Zaijing’s words. He never thought that Prince Yu could risk his own life and go to the front line to stop the enemy invaders. , such a spirit is really hard not to admire.
And also because of Zhu Zaijing's participation, the morale of these two thousand and five hundred people was indestructible, without any show of timidity, everything followed Zhu Zaijing's lead, because they also learned from Zhu Zaijing I felt at ease.
You must know that Zhu Zaijing is the proud son of Tianhuang noble family. He does not need to get involved in any danger. He only needs to remotely control from a safe place and wait for the results.
However, Zhu Zaijing abandoned the safe rear and personally led a group of troops to the dangerous front line to set up an ambush.
How can such a fearless spirit not inspire people's morale?
After Zhu Zaijing ate the last bite of dried meat, he choked for a moment, then looked at Teng Xiang and the guards around him, and said: "When this battle is over, I will definitely develop a delicious military ration for you. This dried meat is really hard to eat. People with bad teeth probably won’t be able to chew it thoroughly and will not be full. How can you maintain this? Have strong physical strength to fight against the enemy?”
As soon as Zhu Zaijing said this, both Teng Xiang and the guards beside him laughed kindly and said that this dried meat is the best. Good military rations.
But Zhu Zaijing laughed and said, "You have never eaten fine chaff. I still have a lot of abilities. When I am free and the second and third phases of the industrial park are completed, You will know how powerful this king is. I will definitely let you eat delicious military rations!”
As soon as Zhu Zaijing said these words, the sound of artillery came from the direction of Pigeon Cave. Zhu Zaijing's face suddenly became solemn and he put away his smile, "They are coming."
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