Tai Buhua ordered the army to continue dredging the river. In the afternoon, the army from the front came to collect food. Tai Buhua only said that the ship had hit the rocks and did not mention the bandits.
That night, Zhemelech came back with a human head and threw it at Taibuhua's feet.
"Prime Minister Zuo, this person is the leader of the Ma Shou Mountain bandit!"
Tai Buhua kicked the head away and said coldly: "You are really overestimating your capabilities!"
At about time the next day, the waterway was dredged again, and Tai Buhua ordered the fleet to continue moving forward. Unexpectedly, after walking only a few miles, the boat ahead shook for a while and hit the rocks again!
Tai Buhua was shocked and angry, and at the same time he was also a little worried, feeling that there was something weird behind this matter.
At this moment, Miller came over again carrying a wooden sign to report.
"Prime Minister Zuo, there is another wooden sign on the shore!"
Taibuhua was stunned, and when he looked at the wooden sign, he saw it read: "We are Fu Taisui from Mawei Mountain. You Tatar dogs dare to kill our brothers. We will avenge our brothers and let you all
There is no way to pass through the canal alive...unless you send us a thousand dan of food from Mawei Mountain to get away with it!"
Tai Buhua stared blankly at the wooden sign, speechless for a long time.
A general said angrily: "I think these bandits are going crazy with hunger. They don't seem to be afraid of death!"
Tai Buhua was silent for a while, then called the marching guide and asked: "Is there Mawei Mountain nearby?"
Guide Xiang said: "Yes, there is a group of strongmen near Mashou Mountain."
Tai Buhua frowned and said, "Are there so many bandits near Gaoyou?"
Director Xiang said: "Of course there are more. There were already many originally, and then many more escaped from Jiangdu!"
Taibuhua said blankly: "Why did they escape from Jiangdu?"
Director Xiang said: "Jiangdu Army loves to destroy bandits. As long as the people report it, the army will go to destroy it the next day. Therefore, the bandits cannot survive and can only flee Jiangdu!"
Tai Buhua was silent for a while, then he said to Miller, "Take a thousand men to destroy Mawei Mountain and capture the leader of the bandits alive. I want to ask him a few words!"
Zhe Miele took the order and went. In the afternoon of the same day, Tuotuo sent someone over to urge for food. Taibuhua had no choice but to tell the truth. He also said that the bandits would be eliminated immediately and the food would be delivered tomorrow!
At night, Zhemiele grabbed a big man with a shaved head and came to see Taibuhua and said: "Prime Minister Zuo, this man is the leader of Mawei Mountain. According to inquiries from his subordinates, he seems not to know about the rockslide!"
Taibuhua stared at the big man coldly and said, "Where were you last night? What were you doing?"
The big man was escorted by two soldiers and knelt on the ground. He laughed and said loudly: "Grandpa was at your house last night. What were you doing? Of course he was sleeping with your mother! Son, have you forgotten?"
Taibuhua was furious and waved his hand: "Drag it down and chop it into minced meat and feed it to the dogs!"
The two soldiers dragged the big man away.
Zhe Miele said in a deep voice: "Prime Minister Zuo, in my opinion, this is not the person who is causing trouble for us!"
Taibuhua said coldly: "Then who do you think it will be?"
Zhe Miller thought for a while and said: "No matter who it is, the other party must not dare to confront us head-on, otherwise they would not adopt such a dirty trick!"
Tai Buhua nodded and said solemnly: "They will definitely fill in the rocks ahead tonight. You quietly lead people over and kill them, leaving only one alive for me to question!"
Zhe Miller hesitated and said: "I don't know whether the enemy will appear on the east bank or the west bank!"
The Yuan Army's cavalry had one on each side of the east and west banks. Miller was the commander-in-chief of the Yuan Army on the west bank. If the enemy appeared on the east bank, he would be helpless.
Tai Buhua said calmly: "They inserted the wooden sign on the west bank twice, so it will naturally appear on the west bank!"
Zhe Miele praised him, performed Mongolian etiquette, and left as ordered.
A roar cut through the silence of the night, and Taibuhua, who was dozing in the cabin, suddenly woke up, raised his head and asked: "What's the sound?"
A soldier nearby said: "It seems to be the sound of a firecracker!"
Taibuhua was about to ask again when he heard the rumbling sound. He hurriedly left the cabin and came to the deck, where he found that the sound was coming from downstream.
Zhe Miller fought with the enemy. The enemy had a blunderbuss and the sound was so loud. It must be the Jiangdu army. Zhe Miller will lose!
In an instant, these thoughts flashed through his mind one after another.
But why did Jiangdu Army appear here? Didn't Chahan Timur lead the Right Army Army to be stationed in Cheluo Town? And there was Gaoyou City blocking it, so how did they get here?
"Prime Minister, it seems that Miller is fighting with the enemy. Should we go over and rush to help?"
A general spoke up to break Tai Buhua's thoughts.
He calmed down and was about to give the order. At this moment, a scout ran from a distance on the right bank and shouted before he even got close.
"There is an enemy situation ahead, there is an enemy situation ahead, and our army was ambushed!"
Tai Buhua ordered his men to call the scouts and asked: "Who is the enemy? Is it Jiangdu's army?"
The scout said anxiously: "Yes, it's the Jiangdu Army! They pretended to be in ambush, luring our army to surround them, and then surrounded them from all directions. There were also naval troops to help, but General Miller has been killed!"
Taibu Hua said angrily: "Why did Jiangdu's army appear here?"
A general said: "Yangzhou has a lot of water, and they are familiar with the terrain. They must have come through a certain waterway!"
Tai Buhua stamped her feet and said loudly: "Send the order, everyone strictly guard the grain ship, and send six more scouts to Gaoyou for help!"
The generals took their orders and left.
Because Zmelech had brought all the cavalry on the west coast, when the fleet docked, Tai Buhua ordered them all to dock on the east coast.
Following the order, the cavalry on the east coast gathered around the grain ship, each with their bows and arrows ready to go.
The firecrackers on the navy ships were also set up. The five ships had a total of forty firecrackers, all facing the downstream direction of the river.
The moonlight is very bright tonight, and cannonballs can be loaded without fire. In order to prevent the position from being exposed, Tai Buhua ordered all the soldiers to extinguish the torches.
Not long after, the rumblings downstream disappeared, and no more Yuan army scouts came to report. Apparently, the cavalry on the right bank had been completely wiped out.
Everything returned to calm, with a suffocating atmosphere.
I don't know how long it took, but there was another "bang", followed by a scream that broke through the air. The enemy in the darkness took the lead in launching an attack with a firecracker.
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Taibuhua was secretly frightened and didn't know whether to fight back.
The water was so dark that it was impossible to see whether the enemy ships were approaching. Just from the sound of a cannon, I could only tell the general direction of the enemy and could not determine the specific location.
Similarly, the opponent should not be able to clearly see their position. In other words, it was just a test attack!
After making this judgment, Tai Buhua also sent an order to let his own firecrackers test and attack!
Then a strange scene occurred. Every once in a while, a cannon shot was heard from the enemy's side, followed by a cannon shot from the enemy's side.
Due to the distance, Tai Buhua and Yuan Bing did not find that the sound of their own artillery was much smaller than that of the enemy.
About a quarter of an hour later, after a cannon shot from the opposite side, there was a burst of screams from our own camp. Apparently some soldiers were hit by artillery!
Taibuhua was taken aback and quickly sent an order for five artillery pieces to attack at the same time to detect the enemy's position as soon as possible.
As soon as they fired a cannon, more than a dozen artillery shots were heard from the opposite side, all of which were fired at their position.
In an instant, our own camp was in chaos, with the screams of soldiers, the clang of the mast being broken and hitting the ship, and the thud of soldiers falling into the river.
Taibuhua was secretly frightened. The opponent already knew his position. If he continued to fight with guns and fire, he would only be at a disadvantage!
Moreover, the enemy seems to have no intention of getting closer, and bows and arrows are of no use at all.
He quickly ordered the cavalry to stop protecting the grain ships and march forward, approaching the enemy and shooting back with arrows.
After the order was passed, the cavalry marched downstream along the left bank. The artillery here in Taibuhua no longer saved ammunition, and all forty muskets began to bombard!
Due to the intensive firing of artillery from the opposite side, they were able to determine the enemy's position. However, after forty muskets were fired for several rounds, they could not hear the screams from the opposite side, as if they were all swallowed up by darkness!
And as long as the opponent's gunfire sounds, the screams of soldiers on your own side will definitely follow, as if you are the only one who is under attack.
This scene was so weird that it made Tai Hua's mind go blank. He was carried away from the ship by several soldiers and retreated to the shore a mile away.
After a while, there was the sound of horse hooves, and a scout came back from the cavalry sent out. He said to Taifu Hana: "Prime Minister, all the enemies are riding on warships and docked on the right bank. Our arrows cannot shoot through!"<
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Taibuhua asked anxiously: "Have they been hit by our fire cannons?"
The scout said: "No, they are far away from our fleet, more than three hundred feet, and all our cannonballs have fallen into the water!"
Tai Bu Hua Cuo said in astonishment: "Three hundred feet? Then why can they hit us?"
None of the generals could answer.
The only people who had seen Jiangdu Army's artillery were Wang Mengge, Changshu Navy and Jia Lu. After Jia Lu's defeat, Tuotuo also summoned the generals to emphasize that Jiangdu Army's artillery had an extremely long range.
However, Tai Buhua has been in charge of logistics and has not participated in the meeting, so he knows nothing about it.
At this moment, the navy guarding the grain transport ship in the distance could no longer hold it back.
The one-sided beating, coupled with the wailing of soldiers who were hit by artillery everywhere, and the darkness all around, it was like hell.
As a dozen soldiers were the first to escape ashore, other soldiers also ran away.
Tai Buhua saw it from a distance and did not stop it. He also ordered the troops to withdraw and no longer had to worry about food. After all, if he continued to fight, he would only lose his life.