Mang Gurtai regretted this reckless pursuit. It was fine when he just passed the Black Mountain, and the pursuit was smooth sailing. But five or six miles past the Black Mountain, it was no longer the case!

There are often things the size of human heads appear on the road, and sometimes they are very densely distributed. The horses run very fast, and it is easy to kick stones and stumble. The problem is that in the dark, who can see clearly whether there are stones on the ground.

What's even more troublesome is that as long as you leave the road, there may be one or two explosions on the roadside.

I don’t know what kind of thing is buried, but it will eject countless steel balls when it explodes. The trivial steel balls hit a person. Although it is not fatal, the pain is definitely not something that a person can bear. Let alone a human.

Even the horses can't stand it.

What's even more immoral is that there are no rocks or pits. War horses will suddenly have problems. They will knock their owners to the ground like crazy. Then they will step on them with ladders, or they will kneel down directly on the ground. The knight on their back will directly hit them.

Throw it out!

These days, everyone believes in things like ghosts and gods. Especially Jurchens, almost everyone believes in shamans. Panic spread among the team, making people afraid to run fast.

Mang Gurtai personally inspected the ground where these two situations occurred. Either triangular nails were sprinkled on the ground, or a hole the size of a bowl was dug in the middle of the road. The most hateful thing is that kind of small hole, which can only be stepped on by the hooves of a war horse.

Go in and you can break the horse's legs alive.

The triangular nail is an old rival. Li Xiao often uses this thing. There are four points in total, and no matter how you throw it, one point will point upward. It scatters all over the ground in vain, which is simply a nightmare for the cavalry.

Without even seeing the shadow of Li Xiao, Mang Gurtai lost about 200 people. What annoyed Mang Gurtai the most was that only a dozen of these 200 people were actually killed. The rest were all killed.

There were all kinds of injuries! In order to take care of these wounded, Mang Gurtai had to allocate more than 200 people.

Now he has some regrets, but thinking about the bet he made with Haoge, and Daishan's face that needs a beating. Mang Gurtai can only knock out his teeth and swallow it in his stomach. I'll catch Li Xiao, who is so stupid.

You must have lit your sky lantern.

Mang Gurtai was so angry that his head was smoking, but Li Xiao had already arrived at Daling River.

Dalinghe was originally a village on the outskirts of Jinzhou, but now it has long been deserted. Occasionally, you can still see solitary white bones glowing with phosphorus fire on the ground!

The terrain here is very strange. There are two mountains on both sides outside the town. Because the shapes on the left and right are very similar, they are called ** Mountains. The Daling River flows through the two mountains, and there is a mountain next to Nanshan.

The road leads directly to Jinzhou. Across the Daling River, Beishan overlooks the entire road.

Yuan Chonghuan has investigated the Daling River eight hundred times. The terrain of this area is all in Yuan Chonghuan's mind.

Now is the dry season in winter. The surface of the Daling River is only a few dozen meters.

All of Yuan Chonghuan's infantrymen crossed the Daling River and concentrated at the foot of Beishan Mountain to ambush. The Daling River was a natural barrier and the only bridge, which was demolished after Li Xiao passed by.

Geritu's troops were concentrated on the south side of the mountain. They cut down a lot of trees and deliberately poured kerosene on them. Then they got behind the mountain and waited for Mang Gurtai to come.

Zu Dashou did a very good job along the way. He used traps, stones, and mines to the extreme. In a short journey of more than thirty miles, Mang Gurtai's cavalry actually walked for more than three hours.

"Bang!" There were fireworks exploding in the sky.

Li Xiao stood on the top of the mountain and saw the fireworks, and knew that it was Zu's birthday. At the same time, it also showed that Mang Gurtai was not far away.

It was difficult to identify ourselves and the enemy clearly in the dark, so in order to avoid accidental damage, fireworks were used as signals. When Zu Dashou's troops galloped across the road, no one in the infantry fired a shot.

The rumble of horse hooves could be heard in the distance, and one could tell from the sound that there were at least several thousand people. The Tatar soldiers were holding torches and winding like a fire dragon. The formation was scattered for several miles.

"Are the mortars coming?" Li Xiao asked worriedly.

"not yet!"

"No more waiting, just rely on what you have in hand." Seeing that Mang Gurtai had arrived a mile or two away, Li Xiao asked people to start preparing fireworks.

He spared dozens of cavalrymen who were exploring the road ahead, and behind him was the long Zhenglan Banner team. He didn't know which one was Mang Gurtai, but Li Xiao still spared hundreds of people before ordering people to light the fireworks.

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"Squeak!" "Snap!" Fiery red fireworks exploded in the sky, and the infantrymen across the river began to shoot.

Old-fashioned muzzle-loading guns can only use the old-fashioned three-shot tactic. The muskets are fired in a row, and the torches are the best targets. With the reflection of the torches, knights on horseback are shot one after another. In just the first round of shooting, dozens of

The blue flag cavalrymen fell down. Before the cavalrymen could react, it was the second and third round.

The fallen torch fell on the roadside and quickly ignited the dead branches and dry grass sprinkled with kerosene. The fire quickly spread and it was over. With the background of the flames, the figure of Hou Jinjun was exposed in the darkness.

The musket fire became more accurate. The cavalrymen of Zhenglan Banner knew that the enemy was on the other side. But there was no way. Although the Daling River was neither wide nor deep, it was definitely not something that could be crossed by horseback!

"Fuck!" Mang Gurtai cursed. He was tricked by Li Xiao again!

The frightened Zhenglan Banner cavalry waved their sabers and rushed down the road towards the icy Daling River. The cold wind in November was biting, but the Daling River was still not frozen at this time. The horses walked for more than ten meters.

I can't walk anymore. After all, a horse is a horse, not an amphibian.

Of course, the platoon will also give priority to these Tatar soldiers who want to swim over.

Later, everyone discovered that there seemed to be no need to use volleys to deal with those tough Tatar soldiers. Because the knights of the Zhenglan Banner all wore heavy cotton armor. Once the cotton armor is dipped in water, it will be heavy and heavy.

A few dozen kilograms. Those who tried to swim over could not overcome the attraction of the earth. They switched from dog-pawing to diving.

Diving depends first on lung capacity. Obviously, the lung capacity of the Tatar soldiers was not large enough. No one who was dragged to the bottom of the water by the heavy armor could come out.

"Go around, go around." Mang Gurtai yelled anxiously, but there was nothing he could do because he saw a bridge through the firelight, a bridge that had been demolished.

"Master Beile, if you want to bypass the Daling River, you need to walk another twenty miles." The subordinate who was familiar with the terrain pointed to the dark mountain col in the distance.

"Damn it!" Mang Gurtai got a headache when he saw the dark place. Now he felt that maybe Daishan was right. He could still see clearly when doing things in the daytime. This person was so damn suitable for an ambush.

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"Retreat!" Mang Gurtai had to announce his retreat. There was an ambush here. Could it be that Li Xiao, who had been operating in Jinzhou for several years and was familiar with the terrain, would not have an ambush in the mountain col?

"Master Baylor, we have already rushed over more than 300 people."

"Then you go and call them all back? Are they still doing well?" Mang Gurtai shouted violently.

There is really no way to come over, the road has been blocked by the fire. Anyone who tries to cross the background of flames will be taken care of by volleys of guns. The cotton armor is very thick, but it is no match for bullets. A long time ago, the heavy armored cavalry of Zhenglan Banner

This has been proven.

Mang Gurtai felt annoyed at the thought of letting Hauge say it. But thinking about it carefully, something seemed wrong. The slave who sent him the letter seemed to have belonged to Zhengbai Banner in the past. The leader of Zhengbai Banner at that time,

Or Huang Taiji. Could it be that this slave...!

Thinking of the bet he made with Hauge, Mang Gurtai seemed to understand something.

"Go! Go back!" Mang Gurtai shouted loudly, turned the horse's head and ran back. He wanted to go back and settle the score with Huang Taiji and Hauge, the father and son. Damn it, these two birdies, it's better to be my father.

Bullying!

The more than 300 people who Zhenglan Banner rushed over could not come back, because Geritu was leading thousands of Mongolian cavalry to chase them. After learning that these guys were Zhenglan Banner, Geritu exploded with rage.

fighting passion.

His grassland was taken away by these Zhenglan Banner guys. They killed men who were taller than a wheel and raped all the women they saw. Geritu even heard that some Jurchens roasted Mongolian babies on the fire.

Eat!

I couldn't deal with you before, but now it's seven thousand versus three hundred. If you can't win again, Geritu thinks he can commit suicide.

Zu Dashou followed Mang Gurtai like a wolf. As soon as Mang Gurtai turned around and wanted to attack, Zu Dashou would flee quickly. It was not until Mang Gurtai retreated to Heishan that Zu Dashou withdrew and sent a message to Li Xiao.

Green fireworks symbolizing safety.

Li Xiao and his men stayed in the cold wind for a whole night. When the sky was dim, they repaired the crossing bridge and re-crossed the Daling River and marched towards Jinzhou. If they were caught up at this time, the whole army would be destroyed.

As soon as I entered the city gate, I saw Hong Chengchou who had arrived in the middle of the night. Hong Chengchou, who was polite and elegant yesterday, was now full of dust on his clothes and his boots were full of mud. It was obvious that Mr. Hong was really running around.

Very serious.

Seeing his tired and embarrassed men behind him, Li Xiao sighed.

It was originally intended to give an explanation to the emperor, but I didn't expect it to be so virtuous. War is not something that can be taken for granted. The Jin Army has progressed too fast, especially after the Dutch joined. Their firearms level

It can be said that they have made great progress. In the past, they did not even take advantage of their artillery, but now they can actually have an artillery battle with themselves. Moreover, they can also kill their own artillery positions and put themselves into a passive state.

It can be said that the post-Jin army has quickly entered the era of hot weapons from the era of cold weapons. It is really hard to deal with such an enemy with such little wealth.

In the distance, Geritu had already run back shouting. The battle of seven thousand versus three hundred ended with Geritu's victory. Just look at the heads hung by the Mongols and you will know that the three hundred Zhenglan Banner Cavalry

, no one can escape.

"Master Hong, regarding the memorial...!"
Chapter completed!