Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 595 There are never rules on the battlefield!
Outside Broken Leaf City.

Sapphire and the vanguard arrived together, and when he saw the Timur army on the other side of the river waiting in full force, Qiu Wufan had to boast even if he was as arrogant as he was.

"Strong army!"

"It's no wonder Timur was able to sweep the Western Regions in just a few decades, and he is really good at running the army!"

Li Yan nodded quickly upon hearing this.

"Grandpa Lan said that my nephew thought he was going to die for the country, but Timur's army was quite disciplined. First, he sent someone to send the letter of war, and then waited for his uncle to lead the troops. It was quite like Song Xianggong. Pedantic, hehehe."

Sapphire scolded angrily upon hearing this.

"What are you laughing at!"

"What's so funny about that?"

"What is Duke Xiang of Song? He dares to call himself a big country with tens of thousands of people."

"The real battle of great powers has always been a battle of morality and national power."

"If you rely on conspiracy and tricks, even if you win by luck, it will be difficult to convince the opponent."

"It must be head-to-head, defeating the enemy on the frontal battlefield!"

Hearing Lan Yu's words, Li Yan immediately realized his mistake, and hurriedly bowed to apologize.

"My nephew was wrong, thank you Grandpa Lan for your advice!"

Lan Yu still took good care of the young generals in the army, seeing that Li Yan knew he was wrong, she stopped scolding him.

"Order the generals to observe Timur's army carefully, and never treat it as a joke!"

"In addition, tell the generals to rest for a whole night. Tomorrow Yin will cook at Yin time, line up at Mao time, and attack at Chen time!"

Li Yan was shocked on the spot when he heard this. Lan Yu only brought less than 5 people this time, and he left the large army and the supply team far behind.

"Grandpa Lan, why don't we wait a little longer, wait for the large army and artillery to arrive before fighting..."

Sapphire snorted coldly.

"What do you think?"

"Even if you want to wait, the other side may not give you this chance."

"Timur can wait for the old man to come, and he has already given Daming enough face. If he really waits for our 40 army to gather to attack, then the old man will laugh at him as Song Xianggong!"

Lan Yu guessed right, when he arrived outside Suiye City, Timur sent someone to send the letter of war that day, and the person who sent the letter of war was none other than Li Ben, who was detained by Timur in the camp.

But it is wrong to say that it is detained, because Li Ben himself also likes Timur's camp very much, and is willing to do this "dangerous" mission.

Even in the next few missions, he brought Ming spirits and tea bricks with him, and started trading with the Timurid lieutenant general opposite him, specifically in exchange for their silver jugs.

After Li Ben delivered the war letter, he turned around and left without waiting for Li Yan's reply.Seeing his posture, Li Yan quickly stopped him.

"Li Ben, we're going to fight tomorrow, why are you going to the other side? Could it be that you want to help the other side beat us?"

"what?"

Li Ben was stunned when he heard this, he almost forgot that he was a soldier of the Ming Dynasty when he was doing business...

"Master, the old servant left something over there, I want to get it back..."

Li Yan knew that Li Ben was familiar with that side, seeing him say that, he immediately waved his hands impatiently.

"get out!"

"Go and come back quickly, I ordered someone to leave a boat for you at the ferry!"

"Thank you sir!"

Lan Yu just felt dizzy looking at this wonderful pair of master and servant. Is this the two armies fighting, or the two armies playing house?
Why do you feel that this pair of master and servant is getting close to each other?
No!

When we fight tomorrow, we have to be on guard against Li Yan, lest in the middle of the battle, an army in Suiye City will be killed and join forces with Timur's army on the opposite side, and I will be caught off guard.

Lan Yu opened Timur's gauntlet and watched it carefully.

The letter of war was written in Uyghur and Ming characters, and Lan Yu only read the parts he could understand.

In the letter of war, Timur angrily reprimanded Daming's proactive provocation, stating that he was passively defending and never had any intention of infringing on Daming.At the same time, he praised Sapphire's military talent, expressing that it was his honor to meet such a famous general as Sapphire on the battlefield.

Sapphire smiled quite complacently after seeing it.

"I didn't expect Timur to be quite good at talking!"

Li Yan looked around curiously, and couldn't help rolling his eyes when he saw Timur's words of praise for Sapphire in the war letter.

"Grandpa Lan, how does the other side know that you are the general in the army?"

Lan Yu glared at Li Yan displeased.

"Do you think that everyone is like a piece of wood like you, who has been guarding Suiye City for almost ten days, and hasn't even collected all the information about the senior generals on the opposite side? You're just like your father!"

Li Yan almost exploded when he heard this, if it wasn't for Lan Yu who said this, he would have to fight hard with anyone else.

"What's the matter, are you still not happy after we say a few words?"

"Little nephew dare not!"

"Humph!"

"Your father knows how to play tricks. It's really useless to fight a war. If you want to prove it to me, give us a good fight tomorrow!"

"Uncle Lan, don't worry, my nephew will definitely perform well tomorrow!"

Lan Yu reprimanded Li Yan and stopped talking to this guy, but racked her brains on how to reply to the other party.

After writing and wasting dozens of manuscript papers, Lan Yu finally compiled a sharp speech.

Timur's army camp, when Timur was discussing matters with the lieutenant general, his grandson Ma Heima rushed in and handed over Lan Yu's reply.

Timur gave his grandson a displeased look, annoyed that he couldn't hold his breath.However, in view of the fact that there are too many people in the big tent, it somewhat saved him some face.

"Send the letter back to Prime Minister Hao Haida, and ask him to read it to us."

"Yes!"

Hao Haida wanted to hear the words and got up quickly, and respectfully took the reply from the emperor's grandson Ma Heima.

"My minister, Lan Yu, the leader of the Western Expedition of the Ming Dynasty, bowed his head!"

"Although His Majesty Emperor Timur did not offend our Ming Dynasty, your country took in the remnants of Meng Yuan and Chagatai, which made it impossible for our million-dollar army to accomplish their meritorious deeds. This is a pity for the Ming Dynasty."

"If your country sends Hao Haidayu, his son, and one hundred thousand Mongolian soldiers to Daming, Daming will immediately retreat and rule with your country. The west of Tianshan Mountain is your territory, and the east of Tianshan Mountain is Daming's territory. territory……"

Hao Haida's complexion changed drastically when he reached the last part of his thoughts, pretending to be panicked.

"Your Majesty Su Dan, you must never give this humble official to Daming, Daming will definitely tear this humble official into pieces, woo woo woo..."

In fact, Haohai Dayu is not afraid of Daming, and even hopes that Timur will send him to Daming.He had already sent someone to inquire, and the princes of Meng Yuan who surrendered to Ming Dynasty were not abused, and were arranged to live in Guihua City by the Ming government.

Surrendering to Daming with his talents, even if he doesn't win the position of prime minister, he can probably enjoy his old age comfortably without worrying about food and clothing.

The reason why he showed fear was just to reassure His Majesty Sultan that he would not doubt his loyalty.

After all, who would want to go to Daming to become a rich man if he could be the prime minister of a great country?

When Timur heard this, he smiled and comforted him.

"Prime Minister, don't worry, I will never give you to Da Ming. If Da Ming wants to bring you back, he must take you from the ruins of Samarkand!"

"His majesty Xie Sudan!"

"Everyone, Da Ming's conditions have been made, obviously the other party doesn't want to reconcile with us, so tomorrow's battle is very important, we must go all out to give Da Ming a head-on blow, so that he will never dare to covet our empire again, dare not Have the heart to go west!"

"His Majesty Sultan said so!"

"Strike Daming hard, revive our country!"

After the two parties exchanged letters of war, they also agreed on the specific details of tomorrow.

Timur retreated ten miles overnight, giving the Ming army time and space to cross the river and line up, and giving Daming enough face.

Even if this battle fails, Timur's behavior is impeccable.

For this reason, Sapphire sent someone to send the fine wine bestowed by the emperor to express his gratitude to His Majesty the Timur Emperor.

Early the next morning, Lan Yu sent scouts to cross the river, and after confirming that the opponent had really retreated ten miles, he ordered the soldiers to cross the river.

In fact, the river outside Suiye City is not deep, and the deepest part does not reach the soldiers' chests.It's just that the river is too wide, and walking in the river is very muddy, and larger artillery can't be transported at all.

Relatively speaking, generals like Lan Yu and Li Yan are much more relaxed. They can stand on a raft on horseback and be led across the river by soldiers.

"Uncle Lan, I didn't expect Timur to be quite polite, and he actually gave us a place to cross the river."

"If I were the general on the opposite side, I would definitely wait for us to attack halfway across the river!"

Sapphire smiled coldly upon hearing this.

"So you are trash just like your father!"

"what?"

Li Yan said unconvinced.

"Did nephew say something wrong again?"

Sapphire snorted coldly upon hearing this.

"Look at what our soldiers are carrying!"

Li Yan looked around and replied in a daze.

"Isn't it just a firecracker?"

Lan Yu heard the words and wanted to press him to death.

"Fire guns are most afraid of water!"

"If I were the opponent's general, I would also generously give us the place to cross the river!"

"what……"

Hearing these words, Li Yan was like waking up from a dream, and hurriedly shouted to the surroundings.

"Be careful, don't let the firecracker get wet!"

When Lan Yu heard Li Yan shouting like this, the smile on her face became even more disdainful.

He had thought of this a long time ago, how could he be unprepared?
When most of the soldiers crossed the river, Li Yan suddenly found that piles of bonfires had already been lit on the ground.

This was prepared in advance by the scout troops sent by Sapphire. On the one hand, it was convenient for the soldiers to enjoy the fire, and on the other hand, it was convenient for them to dry the water in the firecrackers.

However, after they had only roasted for a while, they heard the sound of bugles from Timurid's army.

When Lan Yu heard the sound of bugles, she couldn't help but sneered and looked at Li Yan.

"Do you still think the other party is following the rules this time?"

Li Yan looked at the wet Ming soldiers and shook his head with a livid face.

"It turns out that the other party has already figured it out!"

Sapphire nodded.

"Right!"

"Kid, remember, there have never been any rules or irregularities on the battlefield. Even if there are, it is a trap wrapped in honey!"

"Timerer first surrounded and did not attack, and then backed away. It can be said that he has earned a lot of righteousness. However, in terms of specific operations, he pinpointed our fate, and deliberately took advantage of us when we just crossed the river. Offensive is to maximize their advantage..."

"Thank you Uncle Lan for teaching me, my little nephew understands!"

"Uncle Lan, what shall we do now?"

"Now the guns in the army are all wet, and there is no way to fight at all. We can't sit and wait for death, can we?"

Sapphire smiled confidently.

"Since we dare to cross the river, we naturally have a way to deal with it!"

"Come on!"

"Open the wooden box we brought over!"

Following Lan Yu's order, a group of soldiers in dark blue military uniforms immediately took out crowbars to pry open the huge wooden boxes, and took out a firecracker wrapped in oiled paper from inside.

"Grandpa Lan, this is..."

"This is the latest self-propelled gun developed by the imperial court!"

"Spontaneous firearms?"

Li Yan immediately snatched a spontaneous firecracker, and tore off the greased paper with a face full of disbelief, revealing the true face of the firecracker inside.

"It's really a spontaneous firecracker!"

"Didn't it mean that this thing has been in the experimental stage and hasn't been equipped to the whole army yet?"

Sapphire smiled coldly.

"That's all to fool you, Chang Sheng's army has already been assigned to all members!"

"what!"

As soon as Li Yan heard this, he felt wronged like a little daughter-in-law.

"The emperor's grandson is too eccentric, why only give it to his uncle and not to other troops!"

Sapphire laughed loudly upon hearing this.

"You're right, our nephew is the most eccentric, and even our uncle didn't get it, hahaha!"

After saying this, Lan Yu jumped onto a wooden box and shouted at the Ming soldiers on the river beach.

"Bad boys!"

"You guys practiced this thing when you were in Tianshanwei, so you know how to use it?"

"Know!"

"Save us all, each of us only has ten rounds of ammunition, and we can only wait for someone's saber to slash our necks!"

"General Lan, don't worry, we will definitely obey the command and never shoot randomly!"

"it is good!"

"If we win this battle, we can't guarantee that we have more sapphires. The [-] horses on the opposite side and the finances of the town with a radius of a hundred miles will belong to you bad boys!"

"General Lan is mighty!"

As the saying goes, there must be a brave man under a heavy reward, and Lan Yu Daijun is a heavy reward.Even if you try your best to disobey the imperial decree, you must first feed your soldiers!
Timur had already figured out the performance of firecrackers, and knew that this thing was most afraid of water, so he generously gave way to the Ming army so that they could cross the river and form an array.

Of course, he was not blindly magnanimous. After confirming that the Ming army had basically crossed the river, he ordered people to blow the horn and sent [-] cavalry to attack the Ming army formation.

In his mind, at this moment, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were wet from top to bottom, and their combat power was at least half lost, so they could easily win.

However, what surprised him was that when the [-] iron cavalry rushed towards the enemy's formation of the Ming Dynasty, there were bursts of dense firecrackers in the formation of the Ming army.

With the sound of firecrackers, rows of Khorasan cavalry crashed to the ground.

The cavalry who took the first step to the end became the stumbling rope for the cavalry behind, and then superimposed Da Ming's firecrackers, which swallowed up his [-] cavalry in just one encounter.The remaining [-] iron cavalry, seeing this situation, hesitated for a moment, turning their heads desperately, waiting for their own order to retreat.

Standing on the mobile tower, Timur watched his [-] cavalry disappear, feeling his world spinning for a while.

why!
Why is it that Daming is not affected in the slightest even though he clearly calculated that the firecracker is afraid of water!
When Timur was shocked to doubt his life, Hao Hai Dayu was also shocked.

But his shock was different from Timur, he was simply shocked by Daming's strength.

Didn't it mean that the manufacturing process of this thing is cumbersome, and Daming can't produce a few sticks, so why did they suddenly produce so many!

When Timur was at a loss, the soldiers behind the Sapphire Army were hurrying up to put the firecrackers on the fire.

Everyone knows that there are only [-] shot and [-] bullets in the self-propelled blunderbuss that are not afraid of water and fire.

The real output of firepower has to rely on these ordinary firecrackers. If they don't form combat power quickly, they will wait for their soldiers and enemies to chop melons and vegetables with butcher knives.

(End of this chapter)