Chapter 884: Malinggang Ambush (1)
Man Dahai led thousands of cavalry to march all the way, a distance of more than 200 miles, even if it was all cavalry, it would take nearly two days to travel.
By the time they arrived at Malinggang, it was already the morning of the third day, and thousands of horsemen had sent out a long procession and marched towards Caozhou.
Man Dahai was anxious to attack Caozhou and recapture Caozhou, constantly urging the army to move forward quickly along the way, where could he care if there was an ambush from the opponent on the road, so he rushed all the way into Malinggang.
Qin Mufeng has been waiting here for a long time, the news of the fall of Caozhou reached Lanyang, it took more than a day, it took two days for Man Dahai to run all the way from Caozhou to Malinggang, and it has been three days since Qin Mufeng took Caozhou, and in three days, Qin Mufeng has enough time to prepare.
Zhao Xin recruited the strong in Caozhou, but all the strong people with a little combat experience were all brought out by Qin Mufeng, and the three hundred strong were all ambushed on both sides of Malinggang, each with a rocket in their hands, and even everyone around them with an oil gourd, filled with fuel, Qin Mufeng personally sat in charge, and Zhou An took two cavalry to hide at both ends of Malinggang, trying to snipe the cavalry of Mandahai.
Man Dahai patronized the march with his head bowed, and did not notice anything unusual at all.
"Master Pei, Master Bei!"
Later, Niu Lu Zhangjing Chalu urged the horse to catch up, and said urgently: "My lord, have you noticed that there is something wrong with this Malinggang?" ”
Man Dahai said impatiently: "What's wrong?" Don't talk nonsense, hurry up, speed up the march, and get to Caozhou as soon as possible, we don't have much time, once Prince Ying leads the cavalry to Caozhou in person, then none of us want to live! ”
"But, Master Pei, how did the minions smell a smell of sulfur flame nitrate, this is Malinggang, the terrain is dangerous, once there is an ambush by the Ming army, then we will be unlucky!"
Man Dahai was furious, and roared: "Where did you say so much nonsense, hurry up and urge the army to advance, it is precisely because of the dangerous terrain here that we must rush over as soon as possible, as long as we rush over, we are only twenty or thirty miles away from Caozhou, and the Ming army in Caozhou is only more than a thousand people, even if their whole army is poured out, how can they be our thousands of elite opponents?" Stop talking nonsense! Hurry up! ”
Charu didn't dare to slack off, so he had to command the army to speed up in the hope of passing through here quickly, and this quiet Malinggang always felt a little gloomy.
Soon, thousands of horsemen all entered the Malinggang, and Man Dahai was unaware that a huge crisis had come.
Bang bang bang......
At this time, the sound of muskets suddenly sounded on Malinggang, and on the mountains on both sides, soldiers suddenly stood up one by one, carrying oil gourds in their hands, and suddenly threw down the avenue below the mountain!
Bang bang bang......
One by one, the oil hyacinth fell to the ground one after another, and in an instant, the fire oil was spilled everywhere!
Man Dahai was shocked, it's broken, there is really an ambush!
"Enemy attack, enemy attack, prepare for battle!"
Man Dahai shouted sharply, in its opinion, the ambush is not a big deal, after all, the Ming army in Caozhou has a total of more than 1,000 people, even if they are waiting for work, they are definitely not their thousands of elite opponents!
However, in a head-on battle, maybe the elite of the right town of Nanjing in the past may not be able to get thousands of Manchurian cavalry, after all, it is three or four thousand cavalry, and there is a certain number of infantry, and the strength is four times that of the Ming army, but the head-on battle can't help you, it doesn't mean that the ambush can't help you!
Qin Mufeng collected at least hundreds of catties of fire oil in Caozhou, and threw them all in this narrow area, and at the foot of the mountain, it was not only fire oil, but also sulfur and flame nitrate!
At this time, the Ming army did not even use muskets, one by one soldiers bent their bows and arrows, and shot down a burning rocket, in an instant, the fire raged, concealing the sky and the sun, the smoke of gunpowder rolled, the entire Qing army was all in chaos, choked by the smoke of gunpowder, the war horse made a sound of exclamation, even the soldiers were a little unbearable, and they couldn't stop coughing.
Now it is late autumn, the mountains are full of dry grass and branches, the fire is raging, the smoke and fire alone are enough to ride thousands of steps to drink a pot!
"Ah......h
Manda Haiqi's fury was like thunder, and he roared angrily: "The whole army obeys the order, rush, rush out, we are only two or three miles away from the mountain pass, and in a moment, we can rush out, rush!" ”
As he spoke, Man Dahai took the lead and rushed forward, and a group of panicked cavalry behind him frantically fled for their lives, really taking a few hours in this valley, just the smoke can smoke people to death!
It's just that Qin Mufeng has already ambushed the army, how can he give the Manchurian infantry a chance to break through? Out of the mountain pass in front, Qin Mufeng put five hundred elite horses here in one go, waiting for the Manchurian cavalry to rush over!
Seeing that the Manchurian cavalry was not far from the mountain pass, on the mountain, suddenly let out a loud shout, many strong people have prepared the rolling wood from the halfway up the mountainside, one by one round wood grunted down from the mountain, the official road of the valley was cut off, not only the rolling wood, in addition to the rolling wood, there are also boulders, more than a dozen boulders also gurgled down, the ground smashed dusty, and the official road was completely sealed!
This was followed by a dense wave of bullets, coming from afar!
Crazy shooting!
The Manchurian cavalry, who were fleeing for their lives in panic, were shot one after another, rolled down from their horses, and let out a miserable howl from their mouths, and in the blink of an eye, dozens of cavalry died under the muskets!
Man Dahai was so frightened that his soul was scattered, the musket, it was the musket again, in Ningyang, he suffered a big loss under the musket of the Tianwei Army, today, the valley is full of fires, and there are a large number of musketeers in front of him, this is a small life!
"Rush, rush out! Stay here, we are a dead end, the whole army assaults! ”
Man Dahai shouted.
A team of elite horsemen rushed up towards the mountain pass again, but on the official road in front of them, there were stones and wood everywhere, and the war horses wanted to launch an assault, but there was no way to rush up at speed, so they could only move forward cautiously, otherwise, they would trip over the wood, and that would be bad luck!
It's just that the speed was stopped by the wood and boulders, and the charging cavalry became the live target of the elite cavalry in the right town of Nanjing, and even the elite cavalry had time to aim and shoot, the guns continued to ring, and the unlucky Manchurian cavalry suffered countless casualties in the chaos, with many casualties, and the valley of Malinggang became the burial place of the Manchurian elite cavalry!
(End of chapter)