Lingwu is less than a hundred miles south of Ningxia City. It took three thousand Xue troops half a day to arrive. The defenders of Lingwu were a thousand-man team from the newly attached army. According to the report of the head of the Qian household, the army rushed to Lingwu.
Those who were carrying the food and horses were none other than the remnants of Princess Xiangxiang's army. The bright yellow jersey with green feathers was unmistakable.
After hearing the report, Gu Lunmu nodded, took two steps, then suddenly turned around and drew his knife to kill the head of the thousand households. The body with the head cut off was still standing on the ground, waiting for the blood in his neck to spurt out.
After falling down, Gu Lunmu looked at the scimitar without leaving any blood marks, and praised himself gently: "The eagle on the grassland will not forget the feeling of soaring in the sky because of the comfortable nest."
"You, lead ten people to take over as the Chief of the Thousand Households of the Lingwu Garrison, and the others will chase after me!" Gu Lunmu asked his guard captain to take over as the Chief of the Thousand Households of the new auxiliary army, and led his men towards the location of the incident.
Three thousand war horses were kidnapped. This was a big deal. The Lingwu garrison couldn't catch up, which really made Gu Lunmu angry. These new auxiliary troops would lose control at the critical moment, but fortunately they didn't dare to act rashly, otherwise there would be no Gu Lunmu.
There is no chance to show off your skills.
Although the river is big, three thousand horses cannot hide it. As long as they follow the trail, they can always be caught. The Xue army has special detection horses to follow the trail. They run far in front of them.
The brigade followed behind. The entire team marched continuously without a moment's rest. When the knights got tired, they would just lie down on their horses to sleep. They could eat, drink, and relieve themselves right away. Each of them brought three horses.
, you can keep changing horses to let the horses take turns to rest. In this way, the traveling speed is greatly accelerated. Soon they arrived at Shigou Station south of Lingwu. After inspecting the horses, they found traces that the rebels who had returned to their headquarters had rested here.
, judging from the shape of the ashes, it should have been a few hours ago, so Gu Lunmu ordered the entire army to rush forward quickly, trying to reach Hui'an Fort before sunset, because the enemy was likely to settle there.
At this time, the scouts of the Red Shirt Army have arrived at Hui'an Fort. This is a small town with hundreds of people living together. The castle made of rammed loess stands on the wasteland, surrounded by low earth walls. It is said to be a castle, but in fact it is not.
There is no defensive capability, and it can barely block the wind and sand. There is no Xixia army stationed in Hui'an Fort. The scouts easily occupied this fortress in the wilderness. After a while, the soldiers who boarded the castle to look out found dozens of soldiers in the northwest.
A cavalryman came running towards them. Looking through the telescope, they all looked like typical Mongolians. It looked like an enemy scout had come over.
There was nothing to hide in the wilderness. These Mongolian scouts approached Hui'an Fort in a big way. When they were within a stone's throw, they stopped their horses and asked someone to come over and ask questions. The Mongolians were very vigilant. They suspected Xiangxiang.
The remnants of the princess's troops were hiding here, so the army still stayed out of the range of the bow and arrow.
The cavalryman galloped to the foot of the castle. The castle door had been opened long ago. The residents filed out, bowing their heads respectfully. The cavalryman sat on the horse, raised one of the men's chin with the tip of his whip, and stared into his eyes.
Asked: "Why are you trembling? Is there an outsider hiding in this castle? Tell me!"
The man was too frightened to speak, and his eyes were full of panic. The Mongolian cavalry felt even more suspicious. Just as he was about to question him, a knife suddenly pierced his waist from behind, and he was immediately pulled down. He only saw a few
The face of the man in a dirty red cloth robe blocked the sky, and then a sharp blade was inserted into his neck.
The door of the castle suddenly closed, and a bloody head was thrown out from behind the low earth wall. It was the scout who had just entered. The other Mongolians were furious when they saw this, and they drew their bows and arrows one after another, but the leading centurion
As soon as he stretched out his hand to stop his men's actions, he determined that the returning rebels were hiding in this fort. There were hundreds of them, and they relied on the castle to resist. With dozens of cavalry scouts, they could not do anything to them. The centurion quickly acted
After making a decision, leaving most of the people to continue to monitor, he personally went back to report to the head of Wanhu.
When the scout centurion reported the news to Gu Lunmu, it was already dusk. Gu Lunmu was overjoyed after receiving the report and ordered his troops to be divided into three groups to outflank Hui'an Fort on the left and right, cut off the enemy's retreat, and then personally led a thousand men.
Attack from the front.
It is said that the enemy numbered one to two hundred, and if there were any horses near Hui'an Fort, it meant that the enemy had been divided into two groups and was quite weak. I believe that the small scout team could entangle them until the big team arrived.
The three thousand timid Xue troops were like jackals smelling the smell of blood and rushed over with whistles. However, when the cavalry responsible for outflanking went around behind Hui'an Fort, they found dozens of human and horse corpses lying on the ground, covered with cloth.
There were horrific bloody holes, and some people's heads were mutilated. Judging from the costumes, they were that of the scout team.
The news was quickly reported to Gu Lunmu, and Lord Wanfu was furious. He ordered the three armies to advance together and lay waste to Hui'an Fort, leaving no human or animal except Princess Xiangxiang.
The army rushed towards Hui'an Fort in the dusk. The Xue soldiers could control the horses with only their legs. They calmly took off their bows and arrows while running, preparing to cover Hui'an Fort with arrows, and then quickly rushed to the earth wall and stepped on it.
Turn over on horseback and engage in hand-to-hand combat. Three thousand people versus more than a hundred people. There is no need to pay attention to any tactics at all, just be reckless.
However, Hui'an Fort was as silent as a dead city, without even lights. After the tide of Mongolian cavalry rushed over from all directions, the city suddenly erupted with powerful firepower, and countless round black iron lumps fell like raindrops.
In the cavalry queue, the explosion exploded and knocked the timid warriors off their backs. Then dazzling sparks lit up all over the castle, and the sound of firecrackers like exploding beans was heard in succession. The cavalry fell off their horses one after another. The experienced Mongolian cavalry saw that
When things got bad, they quickly left the battlefield and retreated until they were within the enemy's fire range. However, they still maintained the siege of Hui'an Fort.
Gu Lunmu asked people to carry the injured men over for inspection. They saw that a Mongolian cavalry was shot in the waist and was covered in blood. He was still conscious and kept asking for kumiss. Gu Lunmu took out the cut meat with a gloomy face.
The little knife said: "Can you hold it?" The cavalry bared his teeth and said with a smile: "Sir, you can hold it, you go ahead." Gu Lunmu nodded, let the soldier bite the scabbard, and inserted the blade into the injured area.
He cut out the area with force, and the pain made the soldier sweat profusely, but the Mongolian athletes were tough guys, so they didn't say a word. Gu Lunmu cut out an oblong metal block, and the front part was deformed. What did the enemy use?
The crossbow shot the metal block so far and hard. Gu Lunmu couldn't understand it, and he didn't want to understand it. The Mongols were all heroes. No matter what powerful weapons the enemy used, they would not back down. Hui'an Fort was like that
It's so big that they can't hide many people in total. Even if they have so-called advanced firearms obtained from the Han people, how long can they last?
Gu Lunmu was holding the bullet and thinking, and suddenly someone beside him reminded him: "Sir, he can't survive." Lord Wanhu looked down and saw that the wounded man who was conscious just now had dilated pupils and was breathing.
No more anger.
Gu Lunmu closed the eyelids of the deceased, raised his machete and shouted: "Revenge!" The Mongolian soldiers were angered by the blood of their comrades, and they also shouted: "Revenge! Revenge!" Outside Hui'an Fort, thousands of people
The torch shone with a dazzling light, burning like the anger of Xue's army.