There were 50,000 main forces of the Northern Expedition in front of the road, so Qiu Luan walked very reassuringly, escorting more than 100,000 grain transport teams boldly to the north, and it only took three days to arrive in Duolun, set up camp on the edge of the Hunshandak Desert, and surrounded all the baggage vehicles in several circles to build a simple line of defense. I have to say that although Qiu Luan is a little greedy for life and afraid of death, he is still qualified as a general and has done everything he should do.

After setting up camp, everyone began to bury the pot and cook, and the smoke was everywhere in an instant. In front of you is an endless desert, unobstructed, the wisps of cooking smoke in the sunset go straight up to the sky, it is very spectacular, and it can be clearly seen from more than ten miles away.

After setting up the camp, these people spread out like a plate of loose sand, cooking for dinner, fetching water, collecting firewood and grass, and some even went far away from the camp to catch fish, shrimp and birds' nests, and tried their best to get food.

Although there are rations in the army every day, there is little or no meat, not to mention more wild food, and the rations are saved for themselves, and it is good to take them home to help the family when the time comes.

Qiu Luan naturally didn't care about the people's actions of eating wild food, and he couldn't take care of it, he asked the leader of the gang to get a table of wine and food, and then he and several henchmen and generals ate in the camp tent while discussing the march tomorrow. Although it is easy to be in charge of logistics, the consequences of problems are very serious, so Qiu Luan does not dare to take it lightly.

Qiu Luan took a piece of oily braised pork and threw it into his mouth, chewing it while solemnly admonishing: "We are going to enter the desert tomorrow, according to the news from the former army, they have encountered the enemy in the desert, we have to be more careful tomorrow." ”

A group of generals immediately patted their chests and agreed, and one of them said with a smile: "Don't worry, my lord, it is said that our handsome is an invincible general, and he has not tasted defeat so far. ”

Several other thousand households also had their eyes shining when they heard this, when they were discussing merit in Nanjing, the emperor sealed eight earls in one go, and almost all of the commanders under Xu Jin became earls, including Yu Linsheng, the current general soldier of Datong.

Qiu Luan was also secretly happy when he heard this, he was a person from the Wuxun Group, although he was not happy with Xu Jin's title demotion system, but he had to admit that Xu Jin was indeed an invincible general, he could become the general soldier of Jizhou, and it was also because of the qualifications of the Oriental counterinsurgency war.

Hehe, you can be a man without ideals, but you can still have dreams, maybe you can come true?

Qiu Luan was YY, and suddenly there was a chaotic noise outside, and he immediately asked unhappily: "Come on, what's going on outside?" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a personal soldier broke in in a panic and reported: "General, something is wrong, the enemy has been found ahead!" ”

Qiu Luan's face sank in his heart, he hurriedly rushed out of the camp tent with his weapons, raised his eyes, and sure enough, he saw a large piece of dust rising in the sky above the desert in the northeast, and it was moving very fast, obviously coming from this side, the momentum was violent, and it was clear that the comer was not good!

Qiu Luan's face changed miserably, he wouldn't be so unlucky, right?

That's that bad luck!

I saw a hideous cavalry finally appear in the line of sight, although it was not very clear from a distance, but the other party's flag could still be vaguely seen, not the banner of the Ming army, since it was not his own people, it must be the enemy!

"Enemy Attack !!!"

Qiu Luan let out a terrible scream, Bang Bang Bang ...... The warning resounded throughout the camp, and the people who were wandering outside the camp rushed to the camp like crazy, and some of the clever ones simply fled back and forth without even returning to the camp. As the so-called dead friends don't die in the poor way, run fast, go home to eat mustard, run slowly, and go to the underworld to sell salted eggs.

The cavalry came quickly, and the tea kung fu was killed a mile away, and then everyone finally saw clearly, who are these green-faced and fanged guys, not Tartars?

Boom Rumble...... Boom Rumble......

The sound of horses' hooves shook the ground, the sand on the surface of the ground beat suddenly, making people's heartbeats involuntarily accelerate, the dust was all over the sky, and the Tartar cavalry was so black that they couldn't see the end at all, and they didn't know how many men and horses came.

Heaven is going to kill me!

Qiu Luan's eyes showed desperate fear, his body trembled uncontrollably, and the generals around him were not much better, their faces were like earth, and their hands and feet were cold.

"Artillery erections, ready to meet the enemy!"

Qiu Luan pulled out his waist knife and pointed at it, and let out a strange cry that was worse than crying, there was no way to retreat, and there was only one way to die if he didn't fight hard, and the generals also came to their senses, and ran to command the enemy in a hurry.

In an instant, the cavalry of the Tartars had been killed hundreds of meters away, and when they saw the rows of grain trucks, their eyes suddenly lit up, and they rode their horses and raised their swords and screamed and laughed, like a group of evil spirits rushing out of hell.

More than a dozen people who ran to the distance to hunt fled to the camp, but they didn't run far before they were caught up and slashed, or killed by sharp arrows, and the Tartars carried their heads and bloody corpses and continued to charge......

"Fire! Fire! Qiu Luan shouted.

Boom Boom Boom ......

More than a dozen Francophone guns opened fire at the same time, blowing up the Tatar cavalry on their backs, and the Ming soldiers and people in the camp couldn't help cheering in unison when they saw this, and finally picked up some guts, the Tartars are also flesh and blood, and they will also bleed if they are blown up, and they will also be rotten!

This Tartar cavalry is the vanguard of the 20,000 army led by Holger, a total of 5,000 horsemen, and as soon as they came out of the desert, they encountered Qiu Luan's troops, and the road was narrow.

The 5,000 Tatar cavalry was shelled, and immediately split into two like flowing water, outflanked from both flanks, avoiding the artillery fire of the Ming army, and then continued to launch a ferocious attack. Fortunately, Qiu Luan used a few circles of defense to lay out a heavy baggage, otherwise it would have been miserable, it is estimated that 20,000 border troops and more than 100,000 people will be scattered as soon as they rush, and then it will be a one-sided massacre.

Bang bang bang...... Whoosh!

The Ming army relied on the baggage, used flintlock pistols and bows and arrows to shoot hard, and finally knocked the Tartars back, and the morale of the Ming army rose sharply in an instant.

The 5,000 Tatar cavalry tried twice without success, so they retreated to the distance and did not attack, but cursed and pointed at the Ming camp.

Qiu Luan saw that there were only four or five thousand people on the other side, and he was a little relieved in his heart, and repelling the opponent's attack twice in a row also made him feel more confident, and firearms were indeed a magic weapon to restrain the Tartars. However, Qiu Luan soon stopped laughing, and saw the desert in the northeast rising again, and another Tatar cavalry galloped over......

There were more and more Tartar cavalry, and finally surrounded the camp of the Ming army, looking at the black pressure outside the camp, no less than 20,000 Tatar cavalry, Qiu Luan was almost paralyzed with fright, and he was decided, he was determined to die this time, didn't he say that Xu Jin was a lucky general? Didn't you say that you would drink soup with him? Why is Lao Tzu so unlucky?

In the Tartar cavalry array, the fourth fierce general under the command of Altan Holge observed the Ming army camp opposite, both surprised and happy, I didn't expect that I just ran into a big fish out of the desert, oh my God, this mountain of grain, haha, developed and developed, even if it didn't grab it in the end, a fire would definitely give the Ming army a heavy blow, without food, what else would the surname Xu take to the Northern Expedition?

The backbone leaders of Holger's men were screaming with excitement one by one, and they were ready to fight.

Holger glanced at the sunset, which had sunken to the horizon, and rolled his eyes and said: "It's getting dark, let the brothers eat and drink enough first, rest for the night, recuperate, and it's not too late to take it again at dawn tomorrow." ”

Holge is not in a hurry, the military rations in the camp of the Ming army are piled up, and there are so many people, as long as they are besieged, they will be unable to escape, there is no need to rush at all, and there is artillery in the camp of the Ming army, at this moment is the time of high alert, it is not cost-effective to attack at this time, wait until dawn, take advantage of the other party's fatigue and slackness to attack, it will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.

I have to say that this Holge really has more brains than Arslen and Temur, and it is no wonder that I will give him the task of cutting off the Ming army's food route.

In the camp of the Ming army, everyone was nervous and vigilant for more than an hour, but until it was completely dark, the Tartars still did not attack, and everyone was cold and hungry. This is obviously not the way to go, so Qiu Luan ordered everyone to take turns to be on guard and take turns to eat.

The night was getting deeper, the temperature dropped sharply, and the people lit bonfires, huddled together in twos and threes to keep warm, and they all looked uneasy, if it weren't for the surrounding Tartars surrounding, it is estimated that these people would have run out.

Qiu Luan didn't dare to sleep, and he couldn't sleep, standing near the tent and looking at the Tartars outside with a telescope, he found that the Tartars were also cooking the fire, and even singing and dancing around the campfire, and it seemed that they would not attack again tonight.

"Lord Commander, why don't we break through in the middle of the night?" A thousand households proposed.

Qiu Luan glared at the Qianhu like an idiot, and asked rhetorically, "Break through?" You can outrun the cavalry of the Tartars? Even if you can run it, you don't want the hundreds of thousands of stone military rations here? ”

A Qianhu scratched his head with a wry look, if these military rations were lost, it was estimated that the heads of his people would not be saved.

"Lord Commander, what now? The Tartars will definitely launch a full-scale attack after dawn. Another Qianhu said worriedly.

Qiu Luan gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Send someone to ask for help, which of you dares to go?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the generals couldn't help but look at each other, this is clearly a task to send to death, who dares to take it?

Qiu Luan couldn't help but secretly regret it, these guys usually blow the cowhide one by one, and none of them are reliable at the critical moment, I knew that I would bring Xie Sangun, this kid dared to fight.