Yu Zhu, Ouyang Xuan and Huang Dagen lay down in the grass, staring intently at the Mongolian sentries walking back and forth at the fire more than ten meters in front. Huang Dagen is a stocky, middle-aged veteran. Yu Zhu selected him to attack the Mongolian sentries together, not only because of his strong and capable body, but also because of his flexibility and agility. The rangers were all elite soldiers of the Mongolian army. They were not only highly skilled in martial arts but also extremely vigilant. When there were more people attacking, there would be more movement, so Yu Zhu only led two people to attack and kill the sentries.
The Mongolian Rangers chose to camp by the Ganwuli River, obviously after careful consideration. Qianwuli River also originates from Longmen Mountain in the northwest of Chongqing Prefecture like Weijiang River near Yongkang City, but its origin is in a different ravine. The two rivers are no more than ten miles apart, flowing eastward in parallel to the Western Sichuan Plain, and merge into the Wenjing River in Yongqu Township. The terrain around the Mongolian army camp is flat. It is 5 miles away from Yongkang Village in the north and about 3 miles away from Longmen Mountain in the west. Several tents surround a bonfire and are set up next to the official road from Yongkang City to Hengyuan Town in the south, and are tied to The horse is on the bank of the Ganwuli River more than ten meters away. This section of the river is wide and slow, with abundant water and grass on both sides, making it easy for horses to graze and drink. More importantly, this location is easy to defend. If the defenders of Yongkang Walled City attack from the north, they must first wade across the river, which is dozens of meters wide. , if the Mongolian army cannot fight, they can also escape through the official road.
According to the plan, after the three men sneaked over, Yu Zhu and Huang Dagen killed the sentries, while Ouyang Xuan used an engineering shovel to extinguish the fire to prevent the Tatar soldiers from firing arrows by the fire. After the fire was extinguished, Li Shuang led the people who were ambush a hundred meters away and came straight towards them. In order to prevent the Tatar soldiers from escaping, Ouyang Xuan and Yu Zhu also detoured to a few hundred meters in front of the camp. On the official road leading to Hengyuan Town, they made a climbing rope into a trip horse rope and dug dozens of holes with engineer shovels. A fire chief named Cao Ergou led 10 people to lurk here. During the discussion just now, Ouyang Xuan saw that Li Shuang was injured by an arrow and suggested that he and the other two injured soldiers stay where they were and wait. However, when Li Shuang was willing to stay, Ouyang Xuan gave him his headlamp.
When the Tatar sentry walked up and turned his back to the three of them, Yu Zhu suddenly jumped out of the grass and threw him to the ground. He strangled the Tatar sentry's neck with one hand from behind, and covered his mouth and nose with the other hand. Huang Dagen, who followed him, stabbed his waist with a knife. Unexpectedly, the tip of the knife was deflected to one side. It turned out that the Tatar soldier was wearing half-body cowhide armor. In his eagerness, Huang Dagen searched for its vital points but could not find them. For a while, the three of them struggled together. At this time, Ouyang Xuan was running towards the fire. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a tall black figure rushing out from where the horse was tied. He blew a whistle and rushed towards Huang Dagen with his knife, and was about to hit Huang Dagen in the back. In this flash of lightning, Ouyang Xuan no longer cared about putting out the fire. He turned around and threw the engineer shovel at the Mongolian secret sentry. To say that this throw was simply a matter of luck, the sharp engineer's shovel hit the neck under the cowhide helmet, the whistle stopped, and the Mongolian whistle fell to the ground, dying before his eyes. At this moment, Huang Dagen had already stabbed several times at the weak point in the hard armor of his ribs, and then the Mongolian sentry who was struggling desperately on the ground breathed his last.
Ouyang Xuan turned back and picked up the engineer's shovel and rushed towards the fire. Yu Zhu and Huang Dagen followed closely and rushed towards the tent. By this time, the Mongolian army had been alarmed by the whistle, and several people had rushed out of the tent with weapons in hand. When Ouyang Xuan just grabbed a shovel of fire, a Tatar soldier slashed at him in the side with a knife. In a hurry, he stretched out his engineering shovel and the hot coals made the Tatar soldier scream and retreat in a hurry. The raised firewood continued to burn, igniting the tent next to it, emitting a strong firelight and the smell of burnt wool. At this time, Yu Zhu and Huang Dagen saw the large number of Tatar soldiers, so they turned back to where they were hiding to get their spears. In addition to their short knives, they each also brought a spear. Seeing the Tatar soldiers surrounding him, Ouyang Xuan was so excited that he swung his shovel and threw the burning branches and charcoal from the fire towards the Tatar soldiers and tents.
The flying dust and thick smoke caused the Tatar soldiers to attack, but it only delayed the attack for a while. They ignored the burning tents and continued to surround them. At this time, there were shouts of killing coming from behind. It turned out that Li Shuang and others had just heard the whistle and knew that their feelings had changed, so they rushed over before the fire went out. Although Ouyang Xuan put out the fire, he inadvertently caused the tent to burn brightly. An unexpected combination of circumstances solved the problem of Song Bing's inability to see at night, allowing Li Shuang and others to act more efficiently.
Under the siege of the Tatar soldiers, although Ouyang Xuan swung the engineering shovel in his hand, danger soon became apparent. At the critical moment, Yu Zhu and Huang Dagen rushed over with spears. The Tatar soldiers used their sabers to deal with the spears. Although they had the upper hand, they couldn't succeed in their eagerness. It turns out that although the Tatar soldiers could sleep without taking off their armor and clothes to prevent sneak attacks, their strong bows could not be tightened at all times. They had to unstring the bows for maintenance when not in use to prevent the strong bows from being damaged by fatigue due to tension. This ranger team was arrogant because Song soldiers fled wherever they went. The captain estimated that even if there was a night attack, it would definitely come from the direction of Yongkang City. In his opinion, the food collection team Like a bereaved dog, after escaping to the mountains, how can it dare to attack at night? Of course, in order to prepare for night attacks by Song soldiers, this 10-man team of Tatar soldiers still arranged two sentries, one in the dark and one in the dark. But he did not expect that the food collection team would really dare to attack at night, and that the whistle would be killed with one blow as soon as the whistle sounded the alarm. Due to the haste and darkness of the night, the Tatar soldiers had no time to string their strong bows.
The shouts were getting closer. Ouyang Xuan and the others formed a small defensive formation back to back, fighting and retreating. When they retreated to the place where the three of them were hiding, Li Shuang had already arrived with his people. When the tenth commander of the Tatar soldiers saw this, he let out a long whistle, turned around with the remaining seven Tatar soldiers and ran to the place where the horses were tied, untied the horses' ropes, quickly got on their horses, and fled along the official road towards Hengyuan Town. .
"Hurry up". Li Shuang hurriedly issued an order. Sluggish due to an arrow wound, he was hanging at the back of the team. Ouyang Xuanhe didn't care to take a breath, and rushed up the official road followed by Yu Zhu and Huang Dagen. Just after chasing for a few dozen meters, they heard loud shouts of death and the neighing of horses coming from the front. Everyone rushed to the ambush on the official road and found that the Tatar soldiers had fled away, and only four horses were lying on the ground whining. Seeing the arrival of Yu Zhu and others, Cao Ergou said loudly: "Master Yu, the Tatar soldiers are very skilled in riding. After the leading Tatar soldier's horse tripped, he jumped on another empty horse before landing, trapping the horse. A Tatar soldier also fell into the pit. After he landed, he rolled over and jumped onto the empty horse next to him. Seeing the danger ahead, the Tatar soldier behind drove his horse around the official road. We were incompetent and only used our spears. Two empty horses were hit."
