Chapter 261 Entering Gaoyoufu

Xu Yi had been hiding in the woods next to the canal in the south of Taizhou for a long time. Looking at the hot scene at the head of the city, he could not participate in it. His heart was itching. Finally, he looked forward to the signal from the city.

"The whole team's impact, idea, mainly surround the tars, destroy the enemy from a long distance, and try not to fall into hand-to-hand combat." Xu Yi ordered loudly.

"Yes!" A thousand energetic cavalrymen got on their horses and rushed to Taizhou City in the distance.

Looking from afar, the smoke and dust are rolling.

Damn, the other party is still ambushing the ambush outside the city! Wanzhe originally wanted to withdraw to the scope of the firearm at the head of the city and surround the other party with cavalry from afar. As long as he achieved the strategic attempt of the provincial right-wing capital, he could do it. Unexpectedly, even if he left the head of the city, it was not safe. The other party also had cavalry troops!

The finished man looked baldly at his side, and there was only the last thousand-person team. On the offensive position, the soldiers were retreating. They had been beaten into birds by fire, and the soldiers who had lost their strength had no combat effectiveness at all.

"Sent five hundred-person teams to intercept the opponent's cavalry and guard the way back for us." The finished man said baldly.

When

came, the army's flourishing team was now like beggars. The soldiers who retreated from the head of the city survived the gunfire. The bows and arrows were lost, and the machete and spears were also lost. They just wanted to get on the horse from the rear and open the way quickly.

When they attacked just now, they diseed and became pedants. They went to attack and left the horse's back. Their combat effectiveness was reduced by half. They wanted to take the horse back. With the horse, it was easy to run away.

Five hundred-man teams hurried forward in an attempt to intercept the galloping cavalry. They have seen that in this dangerous plain, if the other party is not intercepted and surrounded by the other party, they may all be buried here.

The finished man is trying to rectify the army. Once the defeated soldiers become defeated soldiers, they have no combat effectiveness at all, and they have to be reorganized.

Xu Yi noticed the cavalry coming and immediately ordered calmly, "Two lines of scattered troops, ready for the sky."

After training for such a long time, although it is still impossible to shoot on the horse, it is still possible to make some preparations before shooting on the horse. They slowed down the horse, scattered it, lined up in two rows, and took down the sky on their backs.

The other party is getting closer and closer. Xu Yi ordered loudly, "Stop the horse and get ready to shoot."

The cavalry detachment stopped, and the soldiers rode on horseback, flattened the sky, loaded the ammunition, and prepared to shoot.

Although the horse's back is not as stable as the flat ground, and the accuracy of shooting is also poor, after the shooting, it is convenient to follow it. Besides, a thousand Tianque shooters at the same time, and the firepower is still very fierce. It is not bad to deal with the dense tar cavalry in front of you.

The Tatar cavalry also found something was not good. The cavalry in front of them stopped, holding fire and aiming at themselves. Thinking of the corpses under the wall, their horse speed also slowed down.

"Ban, bang, bang." The sound of fire sounded, and suddenly, countless tartars fell off the horse. At this time, they were not close to the range of the bow and arrow. They were completely beaten and could not fight back.

It's really sadistic. If they are fast, the accuracy of shooting is still poor. Now, they actually run slower and slower, which gives Xu Yi's soldiers enough time to aim and shoot. They orderly move the upper lever, load ammunition, aim, and pull below. Rod, shooting, everything is the same as training.

**'s war horses have long been used to the sound of fire, and only occasionally shake their hooves.

The finished man turned back and looked pale. Most of the five hundred cavalry lay down under the firepower of the other party's cavalry, leaving only dozens of horses. They turned the horse's head and were running back, running and looking back from time to time, as if there was a demon behind them.

The head of the city is a thousand fires, which makes tens of thousands of tars bleed, let alone use a thousand fires to deal with five hundred tars. Each person only needs to shoot three or four times, and these five hundred cavalry will be extinguished.

The Tatars are also human beings, not gods. Today's battle has completely subverted their image. The two armies fought against each other and fought with swords. They did not carry out at all. They were just charging, as if they were going to die. They were defeated by the enemy, but they could not kill each other party. Some of the soldiers among them could no longer withstand this blow, and their spirits were on the verge of collapse.

Escape, only by escaping can there be a way out.

They couldn't go under the city wall, and the way was blocked again, so they had to flee to both sides.

Tang He stood at the top of the city and wanted to scold his mother. Xu Yi still didn't understand his intention. Why are you so focused? Hurry up and surround both sides, surround those tars, and kick them over me. The tartars on both sides have begun to run away. The encircle has not been formed, and this time it has not achieved the effect of complete annihilation.

"Two hundred people, come down with me." Tang He scolded and said, "Xu Yi, I'll teach you a lesson when I come back!"

"Lord Tang, do you want to go down?" Li Huafu asked.

"Of course, now is the time to beat the tartars." Tang He said and walked down.

In fact, Xu Yi also has his own difficulties. Although he has trained cavalry for half a year, it is still impossible to achieve the same riding skills as the Tatars. The Tatars fled for his life, but it is very crazy. He can only blame Tang He for giving orders too late. If he goes out a little earlier, it may form a perfect encirclement.

The gate opened, the suspension bridge was lowered, and countless soldiers poured out of the city.

Tang He rode a big horse and was the first to rush out. However, the troops behind him were all soldiers, which were not as fast as him.

Looking at the Tatars, who had gone far away, Tang He shook his head helplessly. No matter how fast his legs were, he could not catch up with the four-legged horse, which was not far from the Yangzhou border. Once the Tatars fled back to the Yangzhou border, it would be difficult to catch up.

Suddenly, there was a sound of fire on the other side of the Dongcheng Gate, and Tang He just sounded. There were still a small team of people in the east. These tars must not be allowed to slip away.

Xu Yi has begun to lead the team to chase the fleeing tars. In this battle, only 500 tars have been destroyed. Compared with the bodies of the tars on the ground outside, it is simply a little witch, and Xu Yi is also very unwilling.

The battle outside the Western City Wall has ended. At this moment, it has become a Shura hell. At the front, there are hundreds of shivering folk husbands. They can't believe that they have survived from this bloody battlefield!

And behind Minfu, there are countless corpses. The soldiers who were hit by the fire are more complete. The cavalry that were hit by the fire fell off the horse and had been trampled into meat mud by the horse, and the most tragic thing was the tartar in the rear hit by the scattered fireworks, a broad bean. When the big marbles come down, they can hit their heads to blossom, not to mention so many marbles coming down at the same time. Their death is extremely horrible. Some have brains, some have broken into several pieces, and there are mutilated corpses everywhere. The ownerless war horses are crying sadly next to the corpses. The whole land has been stained red with blood.

Throughout the battlefield, I'm afraid that tens of thousands of tars will be destroyed this time! Li Huafu was stunned. He was glad that he had chosen the right lord. This Zhang Shicheng was simply the nemesis of the tar! Li Huafu suppressed the feeling of vomiting and walked out of the gate.

Now, what needs to be done is to bury the body as soon as possible. It is a hot summer, and the body is easy to [***], causing a plague epidemic. As the state Yin of Taizhou, Li Huafu knows the important surnames well.

The hundreds of people in front of them can also promote Taizhou's policy and attract them to defect. Although there are only a few hundred people, they can drive thousands or even tens of thousands of people in their village to defect here. Especially their survival this time is the credit of the defenders. They go back and add fuel and vinegar, which is very appealing. Force.

The battle in the east of the city soon ended. The tars were divided into two parts. The tars in the east launched an attack late due to a detour. They did not know that the baldness on this side had been defeated. After they were approached by the defenders, they shot fiercely. Few of them survived and were all destroyed under the city.

Xu Yi chased the tars to the Yangzhou border. The tars entered Shaobo station, and then he led his troops back. In visual inspection, the tartars fled to Shaobo station, but there were only a few hundred people.

In this battle, Tang He has become the spokesperson of the devil in the eyes of the Tatars.

At this time, the main force led by Yu Que has gradually approached the Gaoyou Mansion. Yu Que has always been cautious. He knows that Zhang Shicheng is not easy to deal with, because Zhang Shicheng has a rather powerful fire, with a range far beyond the bow and arrow, and the firepower is dense, which makes the attacking troops suffer heavy losses.

Attacking the opponent's shortcomings with his own strengths is the way to win. Along the way, Yu Que is thinking about what kind of tactics can offset the opponent's advantage.

The fire gun has it in the court, but as far as I know, it can't be compared with Zhang Shicheng's fire gun, and it is not even as good as the fire gun equipped by Zhu Yuanzhang's army. It's a little unrealistic to deal with fire.

Among the long-range weapons, there is also a catapult, but the catapult is relatively bulky, inconvenient to carry, and the accuracy is poor, which cannot suppress the opponent's fire.

When he was about to arrive at Gaoyou Mansion, Yu Que finally came up with a good idea: since he can't resist the opponent's advantage, let the other party drop to the same level as himself and attack at night!

In the dark night, ten steps away, you can't see the other party. Even if there is a fire in the city of Gaoyoufu, it can't shine more than fifty steps away, and fifty steps is enough to give full play to the advantages of your bows and arrows. No matter how far Zhang Shicheng's range is, it is useless. He can't aim. He can only shoot randomly and lethal. Definitely not high.

And once you pedal to the head of the city, it is a short-term connection. Yu Que believes that as long as his tens of thousands of troops climb to the head of the city and break through Gaoyou City, it will be as easy as a palm!

Yu Que is indeed right. If he attacks at night in the dark, it will greatly reduce the shooting ability of the firemen, and the bows and arrows can be thrown at the top of the city. When they fall into a hand-to-hand combat, the attack can be regarded as good. Because the firemen's ability to fight hand-to-hand is not strong. Although there are bayonets and spearmen, once the enemy is allowed to attack the head of the city, the consequences are very serious.

The siege battle is known as the meat grinder in all battles, because it will ruthlessly devour the lives of soldiers on both sides in the struggle for the head of the city. With advanced weapons, Zhang Yang achieved a "zero casualty" battle. However, once he is attacked on the head of the city, the situation will turn sharply. Because he goes to the head of the city, his morale will be encouraged. The defender also wants to drive the other party down desperately, and his life will be ruthlessly harvested.

It's just that Yu Que didn't expect that Zhang Yang was well prepared. The night was no longer the night.

"Lord, the flying pigeons in Taizhou sent a letter saying that they had repelled all the Tartars who attacked Taizhou and wiped out more than 10,000 people." Luo Guanzhong said.

Did Taizhou work so quickly? Tang and this boy are really good at war. Zhang Yang turned his head from the map: "Guanzhong, our carrier pigeon can be put into use?"

"Not exactly, but Xinghua, Yanchang, Taizhou, and the water army battalion outside can already communicate with us, but they can't communicate with each other yet. They can only transit through us." Luo Guanzhong said.

Zhang Yang knows that if he wants to achieve interoperability between any two places, the number of carrier pigeons needed has increased exponentially, and it is rare to achieve interoperability with the Central Gaoyou House.

"Lord, the Tartars have appeared in Taizhou, so I'm afraid the Tartars will arrive near us." Shi Nai'an said.

Gaoyoufu and Taizhou are almost close to Yangzhou. Since Tartars can go to Taizhou, they should also be able to go to Gaoyoufu.

Zhang Yang nodded. He had a hunch that the Tatars must have arrived, but for some reason, or some kind of conspiracy, did not appear.

"Guanzhong, how is the surrounding situation? Have you found it?" Zhang Yang asked, and Luo Guanzhong was also responsible for the inquiry of the surrounding war. The whereabouts of the surrounding sentry and the whereabouts of the detectives of the tars.

"So far, only Taizhou has been in contact with the Tartars. Xinghe Salt Farm is far away. According to the speed of the Tartars, it may not be able to contact them until tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Near our Gaoyou Mansion, there are two routes of Tartars, one way to the north. Because General Bian defeated the Tartars on the water, the other party's move slowly. It is expected that It will arrive at Gaoyou Mansion tomorrow, and the team coming from Yangzhou in the south, led by Yu Que, the right Cheng of the province, has passed Jijiazhuang, and is expected to arrive at Gaoyou Mansion tomorrow. It is likely that we will be able to exchange fire with the tars tomorrow. Luo Guanzhong said.

Zhang Yang stared at the map and won't arrive until tomorrow. Is it safe tonight? He has a hunch, a very strong hunch, Tartar, this time such a huge momentum, will never make the same mistake as before. They must be plotting something.

Zhang Yang pushed open the window. Outside, the sun had already set, and the light moonlight sprinkled into the window.

A curved moon, like a small boat, hanging high in the sky.

"Lord, it's the first quarter moon now. When it's fifteenth, the moon will be round." Shi Nai'an didn't know what Zhang Yang was thinking and looked at the moon in a daze.

"On the moon," Zhang Yang thought, "So in the middle of the night, the moon will go down, right?"

"Yes, my lord, the moon phase is like this. Today is the ninth day of the first lunar month. In broad daylight, the moon comes up. In the middle of the night, it will go down. It will be dark." Shi Nai'an suddenly reacted: "Master, what do you mean?" He thought of a possibility.

Zhang Yang nodded: "That's what it means. In the middle of the night, the night is dark, and the soldiers are sleeping soundly. Even the soldiers guarding the city, the power of our sky will be greatly reduced, and the soldiers will never get tired of cheating!"

Hearing Zhang Yang's explanation, Luo Guanzhong also reacted and immediately sweated. The lord's concern is very reasonable. If these tars do not choose to attack during the day, but at night and in the middle of the night, they are likely to be attacked by the tars.

No one is stupid. The tar has been abused so many times. He must have been considering measures to deal with it. During the day, it is simply a one-sided battle. The tars will not have a chance to attack at all. On the contrary, if it is at night, it is likely to succeed, especially tonight, because according to the return of the spies, The tars will not arrive until tomorrow, and the soldiers still think it is safe now. If the other party continues to travel at night, he can arrive in the middle of the night. In the middle of the night, all the soldiers have not yet entered the combat state. The night attack will be a very effective means.

The more I think about it, the more I think it is possible. No wonder the march of the tars is so slow, just to paralyze the defenders. Luo Guanzhong said, "Lord, let's let the soldiers go to the city tonight."

"At the top of the city, can our soldiers effectively stop the tars from the range of bows and arrows in the dark night?" Zhang Yang said.

"Yes, our advantage now is the range. At night, the range will be reduced. If the tars enter the range of the bow and arrow, it will cause us a lot of casualties." Shi Nai'an also said.

"It seems that I have to put my secret weapon on the field." Zhang Yang said sadly.

Secret weapon? The two of them were stunned. Since they followed Zhang Yang, I don't know how many new things they have seen. Now, there are secret weapons?

"Let the soldiers move the fireworks in the warehouse to the top of the city." Zhang Yang said.

The two suddenly realized. If you can't see it at night, it's very simple. Isn't it enough to light up the night? How to light up the night? It's obviously unrealistic to use kerosene lamps. It's too easy to use fireworks. The colorful fireworks are enough to illuminate the night sky.

Zhang Yang is very painful. These fireworks are not even willing to use for marriage. They are going to put a few when their children make a one-monthly wine. Now, they all have to be cheap.

In order to make the fireworks look better, Jiao Yu also improved the internal ingredients, added some luminous substances, and created more than a dozen new fireworks for Zhang Yang. After it exploded in the sky, it was enough to make the ground as bright as the daytime. As a gift to Zhang Yang's child, everyone regarded this child as the first dragon. Of course, there is another reason. Jiao Yu, who likes firearms, also likes to play. She likes to make fireworks most. Let's make a few first. Let's see the eldest brother's reaction. If he is like Mr. Zhu, he says that he is not doing his job, then restrained. If not, he will continue to make it in the future. Now in this name, the eldest brother should not scold himself. Question mark

The jade scale is white dew, and the moon is the hometown.

(to be continued)