After Yu Dayou handed over the task of building a barrage dam in the upper reaches of the Shule River to Qiu Luan, he returned to Guazhou with his own soldiers and continued to confront the 50,000 Turpan cavalry on the other side of the river.

It is said that the reason why Yu Dayou agreed to Qiu Luan, a pig teammate, to join was completely because of the face of the emperor's father-in-law, Wu Deyou, but after agreeing, he found that he had been pitted, so he was struggling with how to arrange Qiu Luan along the way.

It is absolutely impossible to reuse, after all, Qiu Luan has a history of pitting teammates, and this kind of thing about pitting teammates happens once, and it may happen a second time, because it is impossible for a coward who is afraid of death to become heroic and fearless all of a sudden; can have the heart to arrange Qiu Luan to sit on the cold bench, but he is worried that he will offend people, after all, Qiu Luan was introduced by the national abbot Wu Deyou, and Qiu Luan himself is also a member of the old Xungui group, which is not small.

Fortunately, Yu Dayou finally thought of a task suitable for Qiu Luan recently, that is, to build a dam and store water at the mouth of the Chaoshanzi Gorge hundreds of miles upstream of Guazhou City.

This task does not have to engage the Turpan army, so there is no need to worry about Qiu Luan falling into the wilderness and escaping from his teammates, and as long as you work hard to build a dam, you will definitely be able to complete it, there are 5,000 people under Qiu Luan's command, and it is definitely enough to build a barrage dam within twenty days, unless you are lazy.

It is said that after Yu Dayou returned to Guazhou, he continued to confront the Turpan veteran Yalan across the river, and personally trained the soldiers every day, eating and living with the soldiers, so he gradually won the recognition of the soldiers of the three armies.

It is said that before Xu Jin returned to Beijing, he transferred the Shenji Battalion and the Datong Army, as well as the 5,000 mixed cavalry under Xie Sangun and Yisana, so there were more than 70,000 Ming troops left in Guanxi, and if you add the 10,000 people brought by Yu Dayou when he took office, the total strength is close to 90,000.

Although Yu Dayou had mentioned to Xu Jin at the beginning that if the troops were not enough, he would transfer troops from the local guard in the pass to replenish them, but until now, he has not done so, and he should think that 90,000 troops are enough to deal with the Turpan people.

On 10 September, news came from the Yumen Pass that it was under attack by the Turpan army, and that it should be Huli Na'er who made a detour to Lop Nur and killed the Yumen Pass.

Yu Dayou was unmoved, and continued to confront the 50,000 main forces of Turpan on the other side, but only ordered Yumen Pass to be defended, and Dunhuang and Yangguan chose the opportunity to respond.

Pei Lao Ruffian has led more than 17,000 Yulin troops back to defend Dunhuang, the total strength of the local army is close to more than 30,000, plus there is a strong city to defend, so Yu Dayou is not worried at all, continue to act according to the original plan, if the plan is successful, he will be able to defeat the 50,000 main force of Turpan on the other side of the river in one fell swoop.

Let's say that the Turpan veteran Yalan on the other side of the Shule River, after waiting patiently for more than ten days, began to be a little unable to sit still, and went to the river every day to observe the hydrology, just looking forward to the dry season coming soon.

On the morning of September 12, Yalan came to the river again to observe the hydrology, and was pleasantly surprised to find that the river had become shallow, and a stone that had not been in the water yesterday showed a small half of its head.

"Haha, the water is back, the water is back!" Yalan couldn't help laughing, and the generals under his command were also overjoyed, and they were all gearing up.

"General, it seems that the Shule River has begun to enter the dry period, and it will become like a ditch in another ten days and eight days, and then the leaping horse can pass, hehe, the Ming dog on the opposite side is ready to die!" A Turpan general smiled and looked at the Ming army's water village on the opposite bank.

The water of the Shule River fell, and the Turpan people on this side rejoiced, while the Ming army on the other side seemed to panic, which was manifested in the fact that there were many fewer ships sent to the river to show off their might, and they began to step up the construction of trenches and other fortifications.

Seeing the Ming army digging a ditch along the river, Yalan and the soldiers under his command were happy, did the Ming army play with water until their heads were in the water? When the Shule River is exhausted, you can cross the river everywhere, and digging ditches is useful, is it possible that you can still dig all the banks of the river out of the ditch?

The Ming army ignored the taunts from the other side and continued to dig ditches and build fortifications on both sides of the water village, and the Shule River became shallower and narrower day by day.

"Hey, something is wrong!"

On this day, Yalan finally discovered that something was wrong, the Ming army on the other side did not dig a ditch along the river bank all the time, but dug the "Hui" character shape, and protected the water village in the middle, clearly intending to hold on, echoing the defenders of Guazhou City in the rear.

"Hmph, it seems that the Ming people are planning to start a war with us by the river, they really don't know whether they are alive or dead, do they think that digging two deep ditches can withstand our invincible cavalry in Turpan? It's ridiculous! Yalan snorted coldly and said: "Pass the order, be ready to fight at any time, and when the river is only knee-high, immediately cross the river and kill Ming Gou." ”

The Turpan people here sharpened their knives and were eager to try, and the Ming army over there was still building fortifications unhurriedly, but at this time, Yu Dayou, the commander of the Ming army, was not in Guazhou City, but went to the mouth of the Chaoshanzi Gorge for hundreds of miles upstream.

Qiu Luan did not disappoint Yu Dayou, he was not lazy in his work, it took only half a month to build a simple dam at the mouth of the gorge between the two mountains, at this time the water level in the upstream of the dam rose more than ten meters, many places were submerged, and a reservoir of hundreds of acres wide was formed between the peaks, and the reservoir water overflowed the top of the dam and poured out, which was a little scary to look at.

At first, Qiu Luan didn't understand why Yu Dayou wanted to build a dam here, but when the dam was built, he instantly understood Yu Dayou's intentions, if such a huge amount of water storage was released instantly, the destructive power could be imagined...... And then there is no more!

At this moment, Yu Dayou is on the side of the top of the mountain, looking at the vast reservoir that has appeared out of thin air below, and his heart is also shocked, even if he stands on the top of the mountain, he can still feel the terrifying energy contained in the reservoir (the author once stood on the top of the Three Gorges Dam and looked down, it was really two tremors, a drop of nearly 200 meters, scaring people. ）

"Qiu Shenjun, the work is not bad, this commander will give you a credit on the merit book, all the brothers who participated in the dam repair will be rewarded, and the compensation for the accidentally sacrificed and injured brothers will be doubled." Yu Dayou said in a deep voice.

Qiu Luan and the five thousand households were all overjoyed, and said in unison: "Xie Dashuai! ”

At this time, whether it is Qiu Luan or five thousand households, they all understand the real plan of Yu Dayou to build the dam, if the plan is successful, it will be a great victory, and their team responsible for repairing the dam is naturally the first credit, hey, this credit is a good deal.

It's really quite cost-effective, you don't need to carry a knife to fight with the Turpan people, you can get the first merit just by doing some hard work, why not do it?

Of course, for Qiu Luan, a high-ranking officer, building the dam is just hard work, but for the lower-level officers and soldiers, it is also a great danger to their lives; in order to build this dam, more than 30 people have drowned in the past half month, and more than a dozen people have been washed away and missing, and as many as 100 people have been injured.

"General Qiu Shen, you send a clever hundred households to stay at the dam, and the rest will return to Guazhou with Ben Shuai, and then Ben Shuai will send a fast horse to inform him, and the remaining 100 households will blow up the dam immediately after receiving the notice." Yu Dayou commanded.

Qiu Luan said awe-inspiringly: "The last general will be ordered, but this matter is not trivial, it is better for the last general to personally lead people to stay!" ”

Yu Dayou naturally had no opinion, anyway, he didn't expect Qiu Luan to charge after returning to Guazhou, so he nodded and said: "It's okay, Qiu Shen will stay behind, and the rest of the people will follow Ben Shuai back to Guazhou to kill the enemy." ”

Yu Dayou has always been resolute in his work, and immediately led people back to Guazhou, while Qiu Luan took 300 personal soldiers to stay at the dam.

I have to say that Qiu Luan knows how to add drama to himself, after all, if this battle is a big victory, the dam is the key focus, and then report to the imperial court, hehe, the dam was repaired by him, and he is also responsible for blowing it up, the "role" is heavy, then in addition to Yu Dayou, the protagonist, he Qiu Luan has become the most important "supporting actor", not to mention the credit, the face is also very bright, and he will have to blow it in the future!

Yu Dayou is very good at fighting, but he is not very sensitive in political interests, and he is a martial artist who does not know how to fight for himself, in contrast, Qi Jiguang, who is as famous as him, is much more clever in this regard, so Qi Jiguang is very open in the court, whether it is the circle of civil servants or the circle of military generals, they are all mixed like a fish in water, on the other hand, Yu Dayou, although he always wins battles, but the credit is always robbed by the boss, and even often as a backstabber, he is cut from his post, he has been mixed for a lifetime, and he has won a lot of battles, and his official position just can't go up.

Of course, that's just what happened to Yu Dayou in real history, and now Yu Dayou is much more beautiful, after all, his old superior is Xu Jin, not Hu Zongxian and Zhao Wenhua, and the current Yu Dayou has stood alone and become the commander of the three armies, naturally no one can take the credit anymore, and then let him take the blame.

Getting back to business, and said that Yu Dayou returned to Guazhou City, because the gap deliberately left by the upstream dam had been blocked, the water of the Shule River quickly decreased.

On the morning of September 25, when the river was already knee-long, and seeing that the Turpan army on the opposite side was about to move, Yu Dayou decisively sent several fast horses to the upstream dam to inform Qiu Luan.

In ancient times, when communication was backward, it was troublesome to transmit information, especially when it was necessary to cooperate with the action from a distance, it was necessary to estimate the time in advance.

The upstream dam is about 100 miles away from Guazhou, and even a fast horse takes more than half an hour, and after the dam is blown up, it will take half an hour for the head of water to reach Guazhou at the speed of the water flow. Therefore, the time must be pinched accurately, which tests a general's ability to control.

Soon after Yu Dayou sent fast horses, the Turpan army really began to cross the river, they divided into two roads, one from the narrow part of the river upstream of the water village, the other from the downstream water to cross the river, apparently intended to avoid the Ming army in the water village, after crossing the river and then besiege the Ming army's water village.

Yu Dayou still has to delay time, and naturally he can't let the Turpan people cross the river at this time, so he also divides his troops to block it!

As a result, the two soldiers and horses launched a fierce battle of landing and anti-landing by the river.

Boom Boom Boom ...... Bang bang bang......

The Franco-cannon roared, the flintlock pistol roared, the furious shells, the scorching buckshot rained down like drops, and the 50,000 Turpan cavalry were firmly blocked, not allowed to advance even half a step. After only half an hour of fierce fighting, the Shule River has turned into a river of blood, with mountains of human corpses and horse corpses, blocking the river, and the scene is tragic and abnormal!

However, the Shule River was so long, the Ming army could not defend it, and the Turpan cavalry who suffered losses ran to a farther place to cross the river, and gradually, thousands of horsemen had successfully crossed the river, and the number was still increasing rapidly.

Seeing that there were more and more Turpan cavalry crossing the river, killing the Ming army from all directions, the Ming army could only slowly shrink the defensive line, and finally completely retreated into the fortifications of the water village.

The Turpan cavalry "won one victory after another", and their morale could not help but rise, and they surrounded the Ming army's water village, and then launched a fierce attack.

"Warriors, kill all the dogs and release the arrows!" Yalan raised his sword, shouted in high spirits, and the sharp arrows rushed towards the Ming army's water village like flying locusts.

Obviously, Yalan planned to pull out the Ming army's water village first, and then attack Guazhou City with all his might, so as not to be attacked by the enemy at that time.

However, the Ming army spent nearly a month to strengthen the water village is not easy to break, coupled with the strong firepower, the Turpan people stormed for half an hour, except for the loss of thousands of corpses, nothing benefited.

When the flesh of Zhengya Lan roared in pain, there seemed to be a faint sound of thunder in the distance, at this moment the two armies were fighting, everyone didn't pay much attention, but the thunder became louder and louder, the ground also shook slightly, and the river also shook.

At this time, more and more people noticed, Yalan faintly felt that something was wrong, he put his hand on the pergola and looked upstream, only to see that there was something like a yellow wall rapidly approaching.

"What's that?" Yalan frowned, and the Turpan cavalry who were attacking Shuizhai also subconsciously stopped moving, riding on their horses and looking east.

"It's not good, it's a flood...... It's a flood! Suddenly, someone screamed in horror.

At this time, Yalan also saw clearly, the yellow wall was clearly a turbid wave several meters high, roaring and rushing along the river, and the sound was like rolling thunder, shaking the ground and shaking the mountains, and the wind was whistling in the face.

"Oh my god!" Yalan was so frightened that she almost rolled off her horse, and she didn't have the time to wonder where the flood had come from, so she ran away from the riverbank.

Run!

I don't know who shouted first, and the Turpan soldiers ran for their lives, some ran in the direction of Guazhou City, and some turned around and ran, and they became a pot of porridge.

In just a few breaths, the water wall that is several meters high has been killed, boom, part of the fence near the river of the water village was broken apart on the spot, and dozens of bow bamboo rows also crashed apart, the power is amazing, and it makes people feel frightened.

Tens of thousands of Turpan cavalry were swallowed up, and the river rose rapidly, soon filling the deep ditch in the shape of "Hui" outside the water village, and flooded into the water village......

However, the Ming army in the water village was obviously prepared, and was not afraid of being drowned, but the Turpan cavalry outside the water village was miserable, and it was wiped out in an instant, nearly half of the people and horses were washed into the river by the flood, and countless people were drowned.

It is said that Yalan rode his horse for his life, and his own soldiers followed him with the banner, and the other surviving Turpan cavalry also ran behind the banner, and fled to the city of Guazhou in a panic.

The water finally couldn't be flooded, Yalan breathed a sigh of relief, and finally had time to look back, but saw that the originally dry river had been flooded, and even overflowed to the shore for more than ten meters, and the water was full of struggling and screaming people and horses, and then looked around, only 10,000 of the 50,000 troops were left, and the rest were either swept away by the flood or fled.

Yalan was so painful that she almost fainted, but suddenly heard several cannon shots, and the gate of Guazhou City suddenly opened, and the Ming army inside swarmed out and killed them.

Bang bang bang......

There was a round of strafing in front of him, and the frightened Turpan cavalry was shot over on the spot.

"Rush, kill!" Tens of thousands of troops surrounded and killed from all directions, surrounded the remnants of Yalan, which was less than 10,000, and launched a one-sided siege.

The flood came quickly, retreated quickly, after the head of the water passed, the water level slowly fell, and the water village that was originally surrounded by the flood was also re-exposed, and the Ming army inside brazenly killed and joined the hunt for the remnants of the Turpan cavalry.

The battle lasted for more than an hour before it ended, and the 50,000 Turpan cavalry were almost wiped out, and the main general Yalan was also shot on the spot.

There is no doubt that this was a great victory, the first great victory achieved by Yu Dayou in Kansai, and he proved his ability with a hearty victory, and was officially recognized by the three armies.

When the flood waters receded, there were mountains of corpses piling up along the Shule River, broken knives and guns everywhere, and countless corpses of Turpan soldiers, as well as horses and camels, were floating in the river!

"Wan Sheng! Wansheng! The cheers of the Ming army resounded inside and outside the city of Guazhou.

Almost in the evening, the battlefield was cleaned up, after some counting, this battle killed more than 10,000 enemies, captured more than 3,000 enemies, captured more than 5,000 horses, in addition, the flood swept away can not be included in the statistics, it is estimated that the drowned Turpan cavalry is not 10,000 but 8,000, the rest all fled.

That night, Yu Dayou ordered the three armies to be rewarded, and wrote a good news to be sent to the capital urgently, and at this time, Jiajing and Xu Jin just set off from Datong to return to Beijing.

The next day, Yu Dayou sent people to sweep away the fleeing Turpan soldiers, and on the other hand, he sent 3,000 battalions of 5,000 cavalry to rush to the aid of Yumen Pass.

Two days later, Huli Na'er, who was attacking Yumen Pass, finally received the news of the annihilation of Yalan's army, and was so frightened that he immediately fled into Lop Nur, which can be said to be a repeat of the previous mistake.

However, this time Huli Na we are more unlucky, met the old ruffian Pei Xingjin, this thing is a ruthless man, chased into Lop Nur in one breath, and ate nearly half of Hu Li's we, then stopped, oh, not to stop, because of the chase lost, in the end even he himself got lost, in the sea of death sand like a headless fly, almost wiped out, fortunately was later found by the 3,000 battalions, this disgraced escape from life, it is also a blessing in misfortune.