The sunset is like blood, the mountains are green, the grass is luxuriant, and the wind blows for thousands of miles.
It was almost early autumn in July, and more than 300 Ming soldiers took advantage of the dusk to gallop towards the due north.
After riding on the horse for a while, Dakui was already sweating on his forehead. Although the bone injury under his ribs had healed, the mountain road was rugged and bumpy at the moment, and there was a faint tingling pain under his left rib. It would not take him more than a few dozen miles to run like this. Relapse is inevitable.
As the team was running, a rider from behind accelerated and caught up, but it was Meng Ge who was in charge of breaking up the rear. Meng Ge galloped to Dakui's side and shouted: "Sir, more than 800 Yuan soldiers are chasing from behind."
After hearing this, Dakui turned around and saw smoke rising in the distance, and faintly visible flames reaching into the sky. This must be because the Yuan soldiers failed to find anyone in the Yao family's stronghold, so they burned the stronghold to vent their anger.
"Speed up the march, hurry up," Dakui shouted loudly, and the Ming army rushed all the way to the mountainous area ahead. As soon as they entered the mountain, if the Yuan army was strong, Dakui could lead his troops and hide in the mountains and forests. But it was a flat plain here. Encountering Yuan soldiers is bound to be a tough battle.
Meng Ge and Dakui were riding together, and he asked with concern while riding his horse: "Sir, how is your injury?"
"How can I care about so much at this moment, Jia," Da Kui was very anxious at this moment. He was injured and could not fight for a long time. Except for Meng Ge, the rest of the others were mediocre in martial arts. Once the battle started, the enemy would be outnumbered and the whole army would be annihilated. "We must take them back even if we die," Dakui had already made up his mind, with a solemn look on his face. He urged his horse again and rushed to the front of the team. The Ming army climbed up a mountain ridge and used the inertia of the hillside to rush all the way. Going down, there was a small river in front of them. The team did not stop. Amidst the rumble of horse hooves, more than 300 Ming troops accelerated their horses and rushed across the river. For a moment, the horses neighed and water splashed.
After crossing the river, we were only a stone's throw away from the mountains and forests. Da Kui felt anxious and looked behind him, looking at the mountains and rivers that were gradually receding. Da Kui knew that the enemy would be chasing him soon, so he just hoped to enter the mountains as soon as possible. It's been protected.
As he was running, he heard a barrage of gunfire in front of him, and then Dakui felt several roars around him, like a mountain collapsing and the earth cracking. For a moment, gunpowder smoke filled the air and gravel flew, and several soldiers were knocked to the ground, including their horses and men.
"Xu" Dakui pulled the horse's rein, and Hongyun stood up. Looking forward, he saw many soldiers with banners and armor on the hillside in the distance, but the way was blocked by Yuan soldiers. Yuan soldiers lined up in the shape of wild geese and were blocking their way. At the intersection of the mountain road, there were actually several artillery pieces lined up in front of the formation.
"Disperse," Dakui's first thought was to disperse everyone to prevent the Yuan soldiers from firing again.
Taking the opportunity to look around, there was no ambush on the left or right. Dakui pointed an iron gun at a forest in the distance to the northeast and shouted: "Follow me," he then galloped his horse toward the northeast. The Ming army behind him immediately followed. Then, at this moment, there were shouts of killing, and a group of men and horses rushed out of the woods and attacked the Ming army, numbering nearly a thousand in number.
There are interceptions in front, pursuers behind, and ambushes on both sides. For this plan, we can only fight hard. Even if blood is spattered for seven steps, we still have to make a way. Da Kui's horse is unstoppable, leading three hundred Ming troops. The enemy's cavalry numbered 500, followed by hundreds of infantry running toward the melee.
The two Yuan generals rushed straight to Da Kui with their weapons, attacking him with swords and spears. Da Kui rushed forward on his horse, swung his spear to the left with a clang sound to block the incoming sword, and used the force of the spear head to stir the sword's shaft. , the spear was sent forward with a 'pop' sound, and it was stabbing the enemy general's throat with the sword. Soon after, Yuan General on the right came to stab the enemy with his spear. The opponent's spear had already pierced the air. Dakui waved his iron spear and swung it down with a "Tai Mountain Crush" style. Seeing that the situation was not going well, the enemy hurriedly raised his spear to block. Gou Sheng behind Dakui arrived just in time and swung his sword to kill this Yuan Yuan. Will be cut down from the horse.
With Dakui as the vanguard and two Gou Sheng benches as flankers, all the Ming soldiers behind him protected Wang Xiyuan and charged all the way. In the end, Meng Ge broke off alone, and the team slowly advanced like a sharp knife into the enemy camp, leaving behind There were hundreds of corpses of Yuan soldiers, and there were also constant casualties among the Ming army.
One hundred enemies were killed and fifty were lost. The Ming army was advancing bit by bit at the cost of blood. Dakui's eyes were red, and he kept waving the spear with thorns in his hand. Those who were close to him were killed and those who blocked him were invincible. He was as short as a hundred feet. From far and near, Dakui killed countless people along the way. He felt that the Yuan soldiers were killing more and more people. It turned out that the infantry following the enemy's cavalry also arrived. The Yuan army's cavalry and infantry actually surrounded the Ming army. generally.
When the Ming army advanced, the Yuan soldiers followed. Da Kui rushed left and right, and it was always difficult to break out of the encirclement. If he wanted to break out, he had to kill all the Yuan soldiers, otherwise as long as someone blocked the way, he would be surrounded again. Da Kui was shocked, why Yuan The soldier was so brave that he was not afraid of death. He knew that he was going to die, but he still kept pushing forward. Due to the excessive force, the wound under his rib began to feel severe pain. At first, it was just a slight pain but he could not feel it. Now, the rib wound was painful to his heart.
Dusk is approaching, the sun sets in the west, and the last ray of sunset illuminates the sky red.
Da Kui stabbed several Yuan soldiers under the horse with his spear, and then pushed forward a few feet. At this moment, the dog guarding behind him grunted, then fell off the horse, but was hooked by a Yuan soldier infantry. The sickle spear stabbed his back, but Dakui charged forward but had no time to care. The poor remaining hero died tragically under the swords of the Yuan soldiers.
The hook-and-scythe spear is a common weapon in the army. It is mostly used by infantry. It has a hook on one side of the spear head. Unlike ordinary spears, it has the ability to hook and is mostly used to defeat cavalry.
Dakui had been charging in the crowd, and the Yuan soldiers with hooks and sickles had been unable to find an opportunity to strike. At least a Yuan soldier approached from behind, but Hongyun was alerted and kicked the Yuan soldier far away with a '奥崶子'.
The siege of the Yuan army's infantry caused a lot of casualties to the Ming army. Once the cavalry horses were hooked in the legs by hooks and sickles, the people on the horses were bound to fall off their horses. Once the red scarf soldiers fell off their horses and lost their condescending advantage, the Yuan soldiers would immediately The generals swarmed up and cut him into pieces with swords. In less than half an hour, after Dakui fought hard, he looked back and saw that there were less than a hundred Ming soldiers behind him. Meng Ge and the bench led all the soldiers to guard Wang Xiyuan. , although the process is slow, it is still closely behind Dakui.
The intention of the Yuan army was very simple, that is, to use chariot-wheel-fighting techniques to deplete the Ming army's troops, and then wait until Dakui and others were exhausted to capture him alive. Just as Dakui was fighting hard, a horn sounded. , the Yuan soldiers surrounding the Ming army gradually retreated, only surrounding Dakui and dozens of Ming soldiers at the core. At this time, except for Dakui and others, the field was already covered with corpses, both from the Ming army and from the Yuan army. .
The Yuan soldiers suddenly retreated, giving Dakui and others a chance to breathe. Looking around, Dakui couldn't help but despair. He saw that Yuan soldiers were besieged in all four directions: east, west, north and south. It seemed that there were not enough Yuan soldiers in each direction. There were more than a thousand people, and for the more than 300 people led by Da Kui, Yuan soldiers actually mobilized 5,000 soldiers and horses to pursue and intercept them. The most disgusting thing was that they even had cannons.
Directly to the north, hundreds of cavalry were seen galloping towards the Yuan army camp blocking the mountain pass. Da Kui knew that he could not rush out, so he allowed the Yuan army cavalry to rush outside the circle.
As soon as the Yuan soldiers who came with the troops arrived, the Yuan soldiers surrounding the Ming army made way for one point. The Yuan soldiers entered the field, reined in their horses and stopped a hundred steps away from Dakui, with the cavalry behind them guarding them on the left and right. .
Yuan Jiang looked at the dozens of people in Dakui, with a sneer on his lips. The breeze blew the fox fur around his ears, which seemed quite majestic. "I am Wanhu Dalu Huachi under the command of King Liang. My name is Hu Helu." "In Mongolian, Huhelu means green dragon. Mongolians mostly name their names after mountains, lakes, seas, totems, etc., so Dakui is not surprising.
"This must be the mighty general Zhang Dakui, hahahahahaha, I never thought you would be here today," Hu Helu revealed Dakui's identity in one sentence, which made Dakui a little strange. Could it be that he recognized me? Hearing Hu Helu say He said: "You are so powerful that you may not be able to escape the encirclement and suppression of my five thousand elite soldiers today."
"What do you want," Dakui asked in a loud voice.
Hu Helu said with a smile: "General Zhang, please follow me to plead guilty to the King of Liang. The King of Liang cherishes talents and recruits wise men. If you are willing to submit, you will be a high official and a generous salary."
"Hahahahaha, who do you think I am, Zhang Dakui? How can a great Ming son submit to a barbarian?" Dakui spoke righteously, even though he was covered in blood, he did not give in.
Hu Helu said with a smile: "Youngerlang of the Ming Dynasty is really so bloody. Look who this is. Isn't he also a member of your Ming Dynasty?" As he said that, a person rode out from behind Hu Helu. It was Wu Ya. .
Only then did Dakui understand that it was Wu Ya who had informed the Yuan soldiers that they had arrived at Yaojia Dazhai. They had arrived all the way from Yaojia Dazhai. Because they were walking in such a hurry, they did not notice that Wu Ya was missing.
Although Wang Xiyuan was a weak man, he separated from the others and rode his horse out of the crowd.
"Wu Ya, you are a thief, I will not let you go even if I am a ghost," Wang Xiyuan changed his politeness and cursed loudly.
Wu Ya rode on the horse and laughed and said: "People die for wealth and birds die for food. General Hu and Lu promised me to become a thousand households in Shun Yuan. From now on, I will enjoy endless glory and wealth. It is better than following you to climb mountains and wade through rivers and saddle horses." Tired, I’ve had enough of being dependent on others,”
Wang Xiyuanqi's beard was curled up wildly. He pointed at Wu Ya but could not say a word.
Dakui shouted sternly: "If Hu and General Lu are here specifically for Zhang, then please let the others go. I will go with you to see King Liang,"
"Master Zhang,"
"This is absolutely impossible, Lord Zhang," all the soldiers shouted.
"My dear brother, why do you say this? Since we have just met, we should live and die together. Wherever you go, I, Meng Ge, will go." Meng Ge raised his voice and rode his horse to stand next to Dakui.
Hu Helu looked up to the sky and laughed again, then shouted: "Now you are still qualified to negotiate terms with this general,"
Wu Ya, who was beside him, smiled flatteringly at Hu Helu and said, "Fortunately, I know the current affairs, otherwise I would be asking for death." After the words fell, there were only two bangs of 'bang bang', and Hu Helu and Wu Ya's bodies shook. Both crookedly fell off their horses.
Wang Xiyuan was seen holding a smoking musket in each hand and cursing: "Go to the underworld to enjoy your glory and wealth."