Chapter 240: Fire and Water Cannot Compatible
Zhao Yulin smiled and waved his hands, asking him to swear first, and told him that two corps of 10,000 troops had quietly arrived in Jinzhou, all under his command. The priority now was to find the route where the Mongolian army might attack and set up an ambush to eat the enemy.
Zhang Shun immediately became excited and looked at Zhao Yulin with wide eyes. It turned out that the Third Young Master was using him as bait to catch the big fish, Takaer.
He immediately said goodbye and went out to investigate again in person.
In Nanyang City, Tachaer was excited when he heard that Zhao Yulin had advanced to Neixiang and was making intensive plans to attack Zhenping.
This guy originally planned to go back to Luoyang directly, but was stopped by the grassland Khan.
After he and Kuoduan had a drink, they both said that they were filled with righteous indignation about Zhao Qi'er and wished they could eat Zhao Qi'er's flesh and drink all of Zhao Qi'er's blood. After reporting to the Khan the potential risks of garrisoning in Nanyang, the two decided to do something big and take the risk to kill Zhao Yulin.
Because they both knew that Zhao Yulin was a skilled and courageous man who was willing to take risks.
Since the Khan had ordered them not to flee, they decided to take a gamble with their brothers. They launched a fake attack on Tangzhou and Dengzhou to lure Zhao Yulin to send troops and disperse the forces in the central army tent.
As a result, Zhao Yulin definitely won't have many people around him.
When Zhao Yulin arrived in Neixiang, the Mongolian spies immediately sent out the reconnaissance intelligence.
Tachaer was overjoyed when he received the secret letter from Neixiang.
Intelligence showed that Zhao Yulin's troops had arrived in Neixiang with great fanfare, and a corps of 5,000 soldiers was advancing towards Zhenping. The troops around him and his guards totaled less than 5,000 people.
Isn't this just seeking death?
Moreover, these 5,000 men were mobilizing the common people to set up barricades and dig trenches on the road leading to Nanyang, and they were obviously worried that his light cavalry would pounce.
It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Tachaer was overjoyed and slammed the table and said it was a deal. He would let Kuoduan lead his troops to massacre Xinye, and he would personally go to Neixiang to raid Zhao Qir and avenge the last time he was burned and flooded.
Kuoduan had been defeated by Zhao Yulin several times, and he was a little worried. What if Zhao Qier had hidden an ambush? Would the prince's 7,000 troops be insufficient?
Tachaer said arrogantly that all kinds of intelligence showed that Zhao Qier was heading east to Luoyang and south to us. We have already mobilized all the troops around him to fight him. We, the men of the grassland, can defeat ten with one, and seven thousand is seventy thousand. Even if Zhao Qier has hidden ten thousand elite soldiers, I will twist off his head and use it as a chamber pot.
The two men made the agreement, and Tachaer shouted to the lieutenant in front of the tent to pass on the order: Get ready at midnight and set out at 1:00 p.m., and we will flatten Neixiang.
Zishi is the time period from 11pm to 1am, and Choushi is from 1am to 3am. Tachaer calculated accurately that he would arrive in Neixiang at 3am, launch a surprise attack while Zhao Yulin was sleeping, and cut off Zhao Yulin's head in bed.
Zhao Yulin's strategy of mobilizing Tachaer to use troops failed. Tachaer did the opposite and sent troops directly south, disrupting the deployment of the Shenwei Army. Kuoduan was also very excited and led his personal guards out of the city overnight and went straight to Xinye to command the battle.
The Mongolian cavalry in Nanyang City also began to prepare quickly for the attack. Kuoduan was worried about them, so he ordered 8,000 Han soldiers to follow up and delay the part of the Shenwei Army that was advancing to Zhenping.
Neixiang County was not a big city, and Zhao Yulin knew very well that it would be easy for the enemy to attack but difficult for him to defend it. As long as the enemy came in through a short valley outside the city, he would be caught in a trap.
Therefore, he kept urging Geng Feihu and Zhang Qi in the downwind position to find out the route through which the cavalry could launch a surprise attack and keep an eye on it.
In the middle of the night, Zhang Qi came to find him nervously. Shunfeng received a secret report from Nanyang that a large group of Mongolian cavalry went out of the west gate and headed straight for Zhenping. It was roughly estimated that there were no less than 5,000 cavalry, and there was also a Han infantry of nearly 10,000 people.
Zhao Yulin knew very well that the dispatch of cavalry was equivalent to the motorized advance of troops in later generations, and they could reach a hundred miles in the blink of an eye.
Why did the enemy send out infantry?
He immediately thought of a corps of the Second Column that had advanced to Zhenping. The enemy wanted to block this corps and prevent them from returning for reinforcements. They attacked Neixiang with cavalry.
He said that we had set up a lot of obstacles on the official road, and it would be difficult for the Mongolian cavalry to pass through, so he asked Feihu to lead the guards and another 3,000 soldiers to guard the road.
Ask Zhang Qi and the Jinzhou garrison to set up an ambush on the trail and annihilate the Mongolian attackers.
He stayed in the county town, waiting for his brothers to return triumphantly.
Zhang Qi felt that the responsibility was heavy .
The young master was in charge of the Southern Group, which was ambushed by the Mongolian army. The commander-in-chief Yang Xingyun personally led his troops to attack Xinye, and the base camp in Neixiang became an empty shell.
He asked Zhao Yulin nervously: Do you want to send a letter to Commander Yang to inform him of the situation in Neixiang?
Zhao Yulin glared and asked him what he told him.
They said Neixiang was in a state of emergency and that we needed to dispatch troops to provide support, thus disrupting our combat deployment?
If that happens, we'll fall into Tacha's trap and lose so badly that we won't even have any fire pants to wear.
Lock down the entire city, immediately.
Zhang Qi no longer hesitated and led his brothers to get busy.
Tachaer led his light cavalry and ran for half an hour, arriving at Zhenping without any obstruction. However, he only sent out cavalry to guard, and after resting outside Zhenping City, he headed westward to Neixiang.
At this time, he did not know that Lingbao, southwest of Luoyang, had been occupied by the New Third Column of the Shenwei Army.
Liu Qiangguang led his troops to march north quickly, concentrating mortars to bombard the city walls. Three red cannons easily opened the gate of Lingbao and knocked on Hangu Pass.
The area around Luoyang was greatly shaken. The Mongolian nobles in the city who were enjoying life with beautiful girls in their arms hurriedly put on their clothes, put on their armor and climbed up the city wall. Spy reports flew to Nanyang one after another.
But there was no trace of Ta Chaer. One was probably still on the way, and the other was running on the road to Neixiang.
The scouts came back and reported to him: We are still less than twenty miles away from Neixiang, but the official road is brightly lit. Zhao Qier's captain of the guard is personally supervising the inspection and is rushing to repair barricades, trenches, and set up obstacles in an attempt to stop us.
But they don't have many troops, and there are only about 3,000 people on the Mianmian front. When Tachaer heard this, it was basically consistent with the intelligence analysis, so Zhao Qier must leave some troops to defend the city.
As a result, there were less than two thousand people guarding him.
Tachaer was secretly delighted, smiled contemptuously, and asked when his Huihui cannon would arrive.
Android told him that he would have to wait for at least half an hour.
This chief general under Kuoduan brought an improved small Huihui cannon to Tachaer, added a spring booster from the Shenwei Army's catapult they picked up, and also made the thunder bomb provided by Yuyangzi.
This time, he wanted to test the cannon himself.
Tachaer looked at his men beside him with dissatisfaction and said that it would be better to let the brothers have a rest. Zhao Qier thought that he had soldiers blocking the official road and was not afraid of the king's cavalry. Maybe he was sleeping soundly with his concubine in his arms.
When we attack later, everyone must not be lazy and must cut off Zhao Qi'er's head for me.
Order the Huihui cannon to fire faster.
After the Mongolian soldiers had eaten beef and their horses had been fed with hay, salt and water, three newly modified Huihui cannons arrived. Andruoer immediately shouted and set them up.
Tachaer ordered Andro'er to attack head-on, and he wanted to lead his troops to attack from a small path. Because the scouts had already walked five miles inward, and everything was fine, except for one person's foot being caught in a bear trap set by the hunter's subordinates.
The Mongolian cavalry immediately separated, with Tachaer leading 5,000 troops to the small road, and Andu'er leading 2,000 troops to attack the official road. As soon as they went up, the power of the Huihui cannon was immediately revealed.
The spring-assisted Huihui cannon fired a new type of Thunderbolt bomb, and a single test shot blew the barricades that Geng Feihu had placed in the front into pieces.
Feihu didn't expect that the Mongolian army had such advanced artillery fire that could completely compete with the Shenwei army's catapults. He immediately ordered the mortars behind to come up and destroy the Mongolian army's Huihui artillery.
However, the terrain on this section of the road was high on the enemy side and low on his side. The Mongolian army had learned to be smart and placed their artillery positions behind a small hill. They could see the effect of the artillery fire, but the Flying Tigers could not see the enemy's Huihui artillery.
Without artillery support, the first sniper position of the Shenwei Army was quickly broken through by the Mongolian Army. More than 300 of the 500 brothers were killed and countless others were injured.
After easily taking over the Song army's position, Android shouted excitedly and continued to charge forward.
When Ta Chaer heard the dull sound of explosions on the official road, he knew that a fighting had broken out over there. This would be a good way to attract the attention of the Song army, making it easier for him to launch a surprise attack via a side road.
However, things were not as he imagined.
The scouts of the Shenwei Army who were lying in ambush on the ground could hear from afar the chaotic clatter of horses trampling on the stones in the valley, and the birds in the woods began to fly around. They realized that the enemy was indeed launching a surprise attack along the trail as the Third Young Master had said, and they immediately sent a signal to their brothers who were lying in ambush behind the mountain.
Zhang Qi estimated that the enemy had all entered the valley, and ordered the soldiers to climb to the top of the mountain to attack. The soldiers climbed up the mountain along the road that had been opened up long ago.
As Tachaer walked along the path, he would occasionally startle the birds on the trees ahead. The Mongolian army was already accustomed to this, so when they suddenly saw a large number of flying birds in the mountains, although they were somewhat puzzled, they thought that it was their large group of troops entering the valley, which would inevitably disturb the birds and beasts in the mountains.
Ta Chaer was eager to chop off Zhao Yulin's head, so he shouted to his men to speed up.
His order was not a big deal, but it cost countless lives.
Zhang Qi led the team to ambush at the front. When he saw that all the enemies had entered the ambush circle, he shouted and started the fire. He personally lit a large bundle of firewood sprinkled with kerosene and pushed it down with a bamboo pole.
On the top of the mountain, bundles of firewood and fireballs immediately ignited like lanterns, rolling towards the Mongolian army rapidly with scorching winds.
Immediately, the Shenwei Army threw hand grenades intensively at Takaer's team. Amid the loud explosions, Takaer's team was torn apart and in chaos.
The hand-me-down mine was actually no different from the hand grenade of later generations. The Mongolian army also had sky-high mines, but they were at the bottom of the ditch, and it was much more difficult for them to throw them upwards.
