-
Add Bookmark | Recommend this book | Back to the book page | My bookshelf | Mobile Reading
Free Web Novel,Novel online - All in oicq.net -> Historic -> Fight for hegemony Volume 1: The Border Town of the Empire Chapter 199: A Place with Lanterns
Previous page Return to Catalog Next page
- Chapter 199: A place with lanterns
Some people say that daytime is the time given to humans by gods, while night is the time that gods allow demons to come out and move around. But on the battlefield, even the most ferocious demons dare not approach those humans who smell of blood, even on the darkest night.
Whether in the Central Plains or elsewhere, there are always stories about monsters and ghosts circulating. These stories basically take place at night, such as ghosts floating into people's homes to suck life, or attaching themselves to the bodies of living people and doing evil. The demon walks through the streets at night, using its claws to carve out the hearts of living people and then tastes the fresh fishy smell. But the place where these stories happened could never happen in a military camp.
Soldiers are the most dangerous things in the world.
No matter how violent and vicious the devil is, he would not dare to approach the military camp.
On the night of New Year¡¯s Eve, at least 20,000 Meng Yuan Jingqi who called themselves devils were walking through the night, aiming directly at the Sui Army¡¯s camp, which was less than ten miles away. This was nearly half of Mandu Latu's troops. Mandu Latu had considered investing so many troops for a long time. He struggled with the fact that he could not determine victory or defeat, and once he failed, the history of Mandu Banner might end here.
The Mandu family has never been considered a truly wealthy noble family in the Meng Yuan Empire. Meng Yuan was too big. In the eyes of the real nobles, Mandu Latu, who owned a land of two thousand miles, was as unworthy as a rich man. Over the years, Mandu Latu relied on his tough style and hostility towards the Sui Dynasty to make his name gradually known in the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. It was precisely because of this that he gained the attention of the great nobles.
But when the war really came, Mandu Latu could not lead the Mandu banner cavalry into the Sui people and slaughter the Sui people like lambs as he had preached in the past. It took him twenty years to establish the image of a madman, and it is very likely that this war will bring it back to its original shape.
This is also one of the reasons why Mandu Ratu is so torn between fighting and defending. If he hadn't spent so long to increase his popularity, then he could have behaved like a coward and defended the city waiting for reinforcements from the royal court. .
The Mandu family cannot decline, and the Mandu flag cannot be destroyed!
So, he finally decided to give it a try. When Mandu Lang told him about the Sui people's Spring Festival, he had been waiting for this day. He feels that every nation has its own absolute respect, such as a certain festival that cannot be violated. Just like the favorite fasting festival of the Mongolian people, this day is like jumping into a sea of ??joy for the residents of the prairie.
On New Year¡¯s Eve, he personally led all the remaining troops to provide support. They stopped thirty miles away from the Sui army camp. And his second son, Mandu Teller, the leader of this raid, will lead 20,000 fine cavalry into the Sui camp. It swept by like the wind, just like the name of Mandutele.
The war horse's mouth was covered with a bit, and the horse's hooves were wrapped in felt. The soldiers did not draw their scimitars in advance because it would reflect the moon's light. The Mongolian people say that the sun and the moon are the eyes of the eternal sky overlooking the world. During the day, one is open and the other is closed to rest, and the same is true at night. Meng Yuan people maintain absolute awe for everything in the sky. Just like they fear King Ming on the Snow Mountain, because King Ming said that he is the only messenger of Changsheng Heaven left in the world.
Like the slowly rising tide of the sea, the cavalry team eroded black towards the Sui army camp.
The march was smooth along the way, and the sound of celebrations in the Sui army camp could be heard from a distance. Gongs and drums beat auspicious and festive music, and torches formed a happy dance group. Manduteler, who rode up a high slope, looked at the torches swaying back and forth in the camp below, and the murderous intent in his eyes could not be suppressed.
"Condescendingly, it is most suitable for cavalry charges." The gentle curvature of the high slopes on the grassland makes the horse the most comfortable to run.
"children!"
Mandu Telle drew out his scimitar and no longer hid the coldness on the blade: "Have you seen those humble bandits? They took away the grassland that belongs to us but don't know how to cherish it. Their dirty feet are on the sacred grassland. Walking on the grassland, the stubborn grass will not give in, let alone us? There has always been only one master on the grassland, and that is the Meng Yuan Empire!"
"Kill all those Sui people and take away everything they have!"
Mandu Teller roared wildly, and then pointed his machete at the Sui camp not far away. Twenty thousand Mandu Banner's elite cavalry rushed down the high slope like a wave.
"Huha!"
The shouts of charging shattered the night sky, and the celebrating gongs and drums in the Sui army camp came to an abrupt end.
The horn sounded, and the torches in the Sui army's camp immediately became chaotic.
"Enemy attack!"
Mandu specialHe heard Sui Ren's panicked cry, so a cruel smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Those Sui people never imagined that the Mandu Banner Army with less than 60,000 troops would take the initiative to attack the Sui people with more than 700,000 troops. The huge difference in numbers made the Sui people relax their vigilance.
A thunderous sound rolled out against the ground, and the horse's hooves even made the grassland tremble.
¡¡
¡¡
The resistance of the Sui people was beyond imagination. The Mandu banner cavalry, which rushed down from the high slope like a flash flood, encountered the first round of arrow rain when they were less than a hundred steps away from the Sui camp. The arrows were very dense. It can be seen that the quality of the Sui soldiers was indeed very strong and they picked up weapons in the shortest time. But having reached this distance, the feather arrows could not stop the charge of the war horse.
The Mandu banner cavalryman who was shot fell off his horse and quickly merged with the grass.
The thousand-man team led by Agudamu rushed to the front. What stood in front of them were not only the Sui people's feather arrows but also the dense antlers outside the camp. The Sui people seemed to have thought of many ways to deal with the cavalry, and this kind of thing was one of the most effective ways to prevent the cavalry from setting foot in the camp.
Agudamu shouted, and the cavalry at the front threw out the rope despite the rain of Sui arrows. For these cavalry who could easily lasso wild horses, it was not difficult to lasso the immovable antlers. The ropes flew out one after another and were wrapped around the antlers, and then the cavalry began to speed away from both sides. The slip knot of the rope is very particular. As long as you pull it, the slip knot will become tighter and tighter and will not come off. The two rows of antlers on the outside were about to be opened. Although the Mandu flag cavalry with superb riding skills paid a heavy price, they did not let the antlers block the large group of people for too long.
The cavalry at the front jumped down one after another when they rushed to the outside of the fence, and then frantically pushed the obstacles in front of them. The Sui soldiers inside the fence stabbed wildly with their horse spears, and the enemy's blood sprayed out like a waterfall. The corpses outside the fence quickly piled up.
"Bump it away!"
Agudamu roared loudly, his eyes full of anxiety.
More cavalrymen dismounted, ran over quickly and then jumped up to bump into them with their shoulders. The corpses were piled higher and higher outside the fence, and the long branches protruding from the fence were densely packed like hedgehogs. But even so, after suffering at least 500 casualties, the Mandu Banner Cavalry finally collapsed a section of the fence.
The cavalry behind them roared, urging their horses to rush forward.
The shouts of Huha resounded in the night sky, and the brave cavalry poured in from the gap like a wave that broke the embankment. After the fence collapsed, the defending Sui army had to begin to retreat. But their feet couldn't outrun the four hooves of the war horse, and it was difficult to dodge the scimitar that fell from the horse's back. Soon, the defensive line was torn open by the Mongolian people, and the infantry of the Sui Dynasty were forced to retreat step by step.
After Agudamu's thousand-man team rushed into the Sui camp, Mandu Teller also rushed in under the protection of his personal guards.
"Mandu wolf!"
He turned back to look for his cousin: "We can't all rush in. You lead two thousand-man troops to take care of the retreat."
Mandu Wolf frowned slightly and immediately guessed what Mandu Teller meant. He was not really thinking about the army, but about merit. The cavalry has already rushed into the Sui people's camp. Once the horses are allowed to run, the Sui people have no hope of stopping them. At this time, more than half of the victory has been won. Mandu Teller let Mandu Wolf break the queen, just because he didn't want him to take too much credit.
"Huha"
Mandu Wolf responded, without the slightest reluctance.
His father was originally the one to inherit the position of flag leader, but because of the damn rules of the royal court, when Mandu Ratu poisoned the old flag leader, his father was still humble and cautiously dealing with those in the royal court. The nobles made things difficult for them. If not, the person giving orders now should be him, Mandu Wolf.
But nothing can be changed. Mandu Wolf has shown enough respect and obedience to Mandu Latu since he was a child. It is precisely because of this that he can survive until now.
Looking at the young flag master leading the soldiers to rush inside crazily, for some reason, Mandu Wolf, who had been cut off from the path to victory, was not angry, but instead an inexplicable smile slowly appeared on the corner of his mouth.
He turned his horse back and stopped outside the Sui army's camp with his two thousand-man troops.
In the distance of his sight, the fire became more and more messy. The cavalry that rushed into the camp were like wolves that rushed into a herd of sheep, running back and forth unscrupulously and biting the flesh and blood of the sheep.
"Have you seen the place where the red lanterns are hung before?"
Mandu Teller asked loudly.
¡°I saw it!¡±
? ?The soldiers replied.
"Follow me and keep rushing towards the place with the red lantern. Don't delay elsewhere. That is the most important place in the camp. All the generals of the Sui Army are there!"
"Huha!"
Under the restraint of centurions and thousands of captains, tens of thousands of Mandu banner cavalry poured into the Sui army's camp. Following the young banner master's horses, they killed directly towards the Sui army's central tent. A torrent of war horses rolled through the camp like an angry dragon, leaving a mess wherever it passed. The Sui people could not stop the charging cavalry, nor could they catch up with the horses.
"Use your bows and arrows to tear down those big tents!"
When he rushed to the central army, Mandu Tele gave a loud order. The cavalry quickly replaced the scimitars in their hands with riding bows, set up their spiked arrows, and aimed at the tall tents. In such a chaotic night, those big red lanterns are particularly eye-catching.
The arrows flew out like a downpour, and dense holes were immediately shot out of the tent. The feather arrows staying on the big tent made the tent look more like a firewood pile. If there was anyone in the tent, there was no doubt that the person inside had now become uglier than a pyre.
"That's not right!"
Mandu Teller¡¯s expression suddenly changed.
Just now, I just focused on charging inside and didn't notice many details. This is a camp with 700,000 troops, and there seem to be too few people in sight. Since today is the festival of the Sui people, they should all be having a carnival.
He turned around and glanced around, finding that the camp, filled with torches, looked extremely empty.
Where are people?
Mandu Teller was startled, then turned his horse and ran back: "Get out!"
"Boom!"
At this moment, a deafening sound of war drums suddenly sounded. Immediately afterwards, the night sky suddenly became deeper. Even the moon has lost its trace, as if Changshengtian has closed his eyes overlooking the world. I don't know if he doesn't want to see his people being brutally killed.
There was a thick layer of dark clouds falling rapidly from the sky, making it almost difficult to breathe.
That¡¯s so dense a spear-throwing force that one can feel chills in one¡¯s heart!
"Get out!"
Only then did Mandu Teller's shouts fall, and the dark clouds composed of throwing spears also fell with it. In an instant, more than 10,000 cavalrymen were stripped down with spears. Painful shouts, wailings, and calls for help immediately began. If a soldier hadn't used his body to block Mandu Teller's gun, I'm afraid he would have been one of the people lying on the ground crying at this time.
A Mandu banner cavalryman shouted while trying to pull out the throwing gun nailed into his stomach. He couldn't bear the sudden appearance of such a thing in his body. However, the moment he pulled the gun out of his stomach, he regretted it blood spurted out like a fountain at the entrance of the cave, and the abdominal cavity that suddenly lost pressure immediately deflated, and greasy things came out one after another. You can't stuff it back. - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
- Previous pageCatalogNext page