Under the order of Hong Boyan Timur, the Yuan army immediately bypassed the thousands of Dingliao guards who had formed a formation and chose to march towards the official road from where they came.
This operation, on the contrary, left Ye Wang and Wu Zhou and several Dingliao Guard generals confused.
These Yuan troops came with great force, and even made great efforts to go around to the front to set up an ambush. Why did they lead their troops to leave before they could wipe out all of them?
Wu Zhou: "Master Commander, what should we do next?"
Ye Wang gritted his teeth, and a fierce look flashed in his eyes: "Damn it, these Yuan dogs killed our brothers, and now they turn around to leave. Doesn't this mean they don't take us seriously?"
"Brothers, catch up with me, and you will bite off a piece of meat from these Yuan dogs before you die!"
It has to be said that Ye Wang, as a strong general of Dingliao Guard, has a lot of blood in him. After being captured from Shanhaiguan, he had the mentality of "Kill one to get enough money, kill two to earn one". Now he saw that his brothers were ambushed by the Yuan army and sacrificed so many, but the Yuan army himself suffered very little damage. How could he be willing to let the Yuan army just leave?
Seeing that the Ming army behind him started to pursue, Hong Boyan Timur was even more sure of his guess: How can there be thousands of people in the world who dare to chase 20,000 people? It must be because the mission received by this Ming army is to try every means to delay the return reinforcements of this large army!
Therefore, Hong Boyan Timur withdrew more decisively.
Looking at the entire history of Chinese wars, a very outrageous scene appeared: nearly 20,000 Yuan troops who had just won the battle fled frantically at the front, while the Ming army, which only had more than 3,000 people left and was out of breath from having just experienced a rapid march, was in He gritted his teeth and chased after him. The closer the Ming army pursued, the more convinced the Yuan army was that there must be a fraud, so they retreated more decisively. I never thought about turning around and destroying this Ming army first.
In the end, he was really tired of being driven away by this Ming army. Hong Boyan Timur had to order a small part of the Yuan army to be left behind, and then he completely got rid of Ye Wang's Ming army.
Hong Boyan Timur headed east along the official road, and soon came to another dangerous place, "Hulukou". Looking at the dark and deep valley entrance in the night, a confused lieutenant pulled the rein of Hong Boyan Timur's horse.
"Sir, the terrain here is steep, so be careful of the Ming army setting up an ambush!"
Hong Boyan Timur was also a little hesitant, but after thinking for a while, he finally said with certainty: "The Ming army will not set up an ambush here."
"If an ambush is set up here, the Ming army will definitely get into a melee with us here. The momentum caused by the melee will definitely be noticed by Gao Basi inside the pass."
"Moreover, if they want to eat us, the Ming army will definitely waste a lot of time. If they wait until dawn, they will lose the advantage of a surprise attack."
I have to say that Hong Boyan Timur's judgment was very correct. In this era, the so-called night battle often means "chaos". With limited field of vision, soldiers often fight in small groups. Even the most brilliant generals have difficulty mobilizing and coordinating the overall situation.
Such a battle situation is destined to lead to a long-lasting stalemate in night battles. Many times, it is not until dawn that the soldiers can accurately judge the situation between the enemy and friendly forces. Before dawn , soldiers often just continue to kill according to instinct.
Even if the Ming army set up an ambush here, they would definitely not be able to annihilate their own army of more than 10,000 people in a short time in a night battle. Rather than losing the perfect opportunity to attack Shanhaiguan, it is better to completely ignore this Yuan army that was mobilized away from the mountain. You know, only by capturing Shanhaiguan can the Ming army maximize its benefits.
What's more, there are Ye Wang and his group of Ming troops chasing after him!
If there was an ambush here, why would Ye Wang and his gang risk their lives to hold them back?
Thinking of this, the deputy general who held the rein of Hong Boyan Timur's horse felt a little relieved. When a sentinel came to report that no trace of the Ming army was found inside, Hong Boyan Timur and the Yuan army generals were completely relieved. Hong Boyan Timur pointed his horsewhip at the mouth of the valley and said proudly: "The Ming army thought they had a plan, and even left a message to humiliate the general. But they didn't know what their plan was, and the general already knew it."
"Speed up the march! Only when I wait for the magic soldiers to descend from the sky behind the Ming army can I let those children of the Zhu family know that their little plan is nothing more than a small trick!"
The arrogant Hong Boyan Timur did not notice the extremely strange look flashing in the eyes of the retreating sentinel...
Putting aside their worries, the Yuan army, who was anxious because they were worried about being forced to capture Shanhaiguan by the Ming army, started marching again. Hong Boyan Timur was riding on a tall horse, urging the infantry to move forward with a whip. Suddenly, a pungent smell made him sniffle: "Smell it, what does it smell like?"
"Well, it's quite familiar..."
"Huh? This smell seems..." A general sniffed hard.
"Is it commonly used when defending the city... kerosene?"
How could there be kerosene in a remote place like Hulukou? Hong Boyan Timur frowned, always feeling that things were not that simple.
Suddenly, there was only a sound of banging, and countless torches suddenly lit up on the mountain inside Hulukou, illuminating the entire Hulukou as bright as day. The sudden appearance of strong light shook Yuan Jun so much that he could hardly open his eyes. Hong Boyan Timur also lost the ability to think for a moment. He could only instinctively control the anxious horse under his crotch, and at the same time blocked the light of the torch with his hand: "What? What's the situation?"
"All troops, shoot arrows!"
Vaguely, Hong Boyan Timur saw a young man holding a folding fan, shouting orders on the hillside. As a veteran general, he reflexively shouted for the Yuan soldiers to put up their shields. However, when he saw that the countless Ming soldiers on the mountain did not shoot arrows directly, but instead lit their arrows on torches, he My heart suddenly became cold.
"Rocket! It's a rocket! What the Ming army is going to release is a rocket!" Hong Boyan Timur's eyes widened.
By the light of the torch, he could clearly see countless kerosene-like liquids flowing on the ground, as well as dry and flammable vegetation everywhere. At this time, he remembered a key element that he had miscalculated: setting up a normal ambush would indeed easily lead to the chaos of a night battle.
But there is another way to set up an ambush, which not only eliminates the need to get into a melee, but can even kill the Yuan army under his command on a larger scale.
That is: fire attack!
boom!
As the rocket arrows fell in the night, the entire gourd mouth instantly ignited with raging flames. Although the rockets could not cause much damage to the soldiers of the Yuan Dynasty who raised their shields, the flames fell on the kerosene, bushes, and the felt hats of the soldiers...
The whole gourd mouth screamed loudly!
Above the mouth of the valley, Zhu Su gently waved the folding fan with "no martial ethics" in his hand, looking at the Yuan army running around screaming because of the fire, a cold smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Who said that ambush troops have to fight in person?
Damn it, Er Yang is here. I feel really uncomfortable, so I will update a chapter today, and I will definitely make up for it when I feel better.
You should also be careful! It feels like this wave is more severe than the previous one...
(End of chapter)
