Traveler Major League

Chapter 83 Deception!

Seventy miles to the south of Yijun County, there is Yintai Town between two mountains. Seventy miles to the south is Tongchuan, and to the east is Chengcheng. The two mountains are steep mountains, and the middle is a flat valley. The south gate of Yijun County, due to the long-term lack of rain, caused the shrubs and weeds on the hillside to turn yellow and lifeless.

Wang Youyuan, who went to Chengcheng to meet Yu Ting's food team, was lying in the grass on the top of the hill. Looking down from the hill, he could vaguely see the voices of people in Yintai town, and occasionally the Ming army's scouts came in and out at night.

"Did you see Brother Yu?" Wang Youyuan turned his head and asked the leader of the scouts.

The leader said: "Exactly, we were exploring the way ahead, and almost encountered the Ming army not taking them at night. Fortunately, we had a better view on the mountain, so we sneaked here along their return route. Apart from the Ming army, Seeing Yu Ting and Yu Chou, they are still leading a group of rebels wearing commoner clothes and pushing grain carts, but they are mixed with the Ming army, and I thought this is a bit wrong!"

The leader didn't wear armor either, and was dressed in civilian clothes, lying inconspicuously in the grass, chewing grass roots and explaining to Wang Youyuan.

Wang Youyuan stared into the distance, but couldn't see clearly, so he had to give up, "If Brother Yu is really there, it would be bad, it means that Chengcheng was attacked by the government army, I said why Chengcheng didn't have my cavalry to return."

The scouting cavalry near Chengcheng are Wang Youyuan's subordinates, mainly to block and isolate Chengcheng news and report intelligence, but since yesterday, there have been no scouting posts from Chengcheng for two full days. This is why Wang Youyuan is so careful. reason.

After this period of accumulation, Wang Youyuan's cavalry team has increased to about forty people, and half of them were assigned to Chengcheng, so he reduced his strength by half in one fell swoop. It is Yu Ting and Yu Chou who seem to have surrendered to the army.

Although there is no psychological obstacle to the surrender of the officers and soldiers, but people like Wang Er have gained a great reputation, and I am afraid that surrendering will not be beneficial, not to mention that Wang Youyuan will not be able to surrender for a while because of his friendship with the second brother for many years.

"Let's go, you guys go around here and continue to Chengcheng to find out what's going on. The others will follow me back to Yijun County to report to my second brother. It's better to prepare early." Wang Youyuan drilled into the ditch where the horse was released from the grass place, arranged simply.

Suddenly a sentry shouted: "Ming army scouts!"

Hearing the alarm, Wang Youyuan quickly climbed up the high slope and looked forward. It didn't matter if he didn't look at it, but he was shocked when he saw it. The pennants of the Ming army had already appeared on the steep hillside. Orderly in the chaos, it can be seen that a small group of infantry arranged by someone who knows the art of war occupies a key position. There is also an antler fence of the Ming army on the flat ground at the intersection at the foot of the mountain, and cavalry gallops to and fro.

It turned out that the Ming army had already noticed the existence of Wang Youyuan's [-] or so cavalry, so they deliberately lured them to come here and set up a trap.

It was only then that Wang Youyuan suddenly realized that it was no wonder that the number of outpost visits by the Ming army had doubled just now. He hadn't joined the army for many years, so he had lost the caution he should have had.

"Brother, what should we do?" asked the leader next to him.

"I can't go back. I can only rush forward, rushing over the hillside at the edge of Yintai Town. There seems to be a Ming army in that place, but there is no antler fence. Hurry up, before it's too late!"

As he said that, Wang Youyuan stepped on the stirrups and got on his horse, whistled, and people rushed out of the grass half-deep in the valley like dragons and horses like the wind.

Seeing that Wang Youyuan and others were not hiding anymore, the Ming army at the foot of the mountain hurriedly blew the horn, and the Ming army in Yintai town rushed out in groups like ants coming out of their nests.

Wang Youyuan rode at the forefront to lead the way, scanning the target path and the speed of the Ming army in the town, comforting himself: "It's too late, the infantry is too slow, you can rush out!"

The grass and shrubs on the hillside at the foot of the mountain were too low to hide the ambush. The Ming army, who was more than a hundred steps away from the path, had no time to block the opening. Everyone was upset. At this time, Wang Youyuan was covered in sweat. He was both hot and frightened, and the spring water kept flowing.

Sun Changxian, who was wearing a blue cloth face armor, was squatting in the grass with a walking bow and an armor-piercing long arrow. Around him were a dozen people, some with long guns and some with three-eyed blunderbuss, all squatting in the sparse bushes. Among the bushes, this piece of ground was covered with barbed wire, which looked flat from a distance, but when the horse got close, it was completely too late.

The sound of horseshoes was getting closer and closer. Sun Changxian fixed his eyes on the command flag of the Ming army camp on the left.

As it got closer and closer, the flag soldiers suddenly raised the red flag, and the dozen or so ambush soldiers stood up one after another, and the three-eyed guns rang out "bang bang bang".

Sun Changxian aimed at Wang Youyuan, who was leading the way, and shouted "Zhong!"

The long arrow in his hand rushed forward like lightning, and Wang Youyuan's highly concentrated spirit reacted subconsciously at the moment when the long arrow came, dashing forward on the horse's back, and then jumped forward the moment the horse's hooves left the ground , using the inertia of the body to do a flip in the air, landed firmly on the horse's back, and avoided the fatal arrow.

At this moment, Wang Youyuan came to his senses, and broke out in a cold sweat. He also saw a cloud of gunpowder smoke rising from the explosion of firecrackers of the Ming army in an ambush.

The cavalry behind them fell down. A horse stepped on the barbed wire and jumped up in shock, then fell heavily on the ground, struggling and neighing. The loud noise frightened several horses that had not undergone desensitization training. , causing the horse to jump around in place, and fell off when he couldn't hold the rein firmly, and was trampled by the horse's hoof.

This was the most dangerous moment and the only chance to escape. Wang Youyuan ran a few steps, jumped on the back of an air horse, whipped his whip a few times, and urged the horse to rush through the smoke.

"Whoosh" A few more arrows came, and Wang Youyuan immediately rolled over and rushed to hide, and rushed out of the ambush circle in the blink of an eye. At this time, Wang Youyuan had time to look behind him. All the people who followed him just now The cavalry brothers were all in an ambush.

Regardless of grief or pity for the horse, he whipped his whip and quickly threw off the infantry behind him. The cavalry in the distance looked at Wang Youyuan, who was riding a horse, and rode for a while. I can give up the pursuit.

Going east to east and going east, there were Ming army flags on the mountain passes on the left and right, so Wang Youyuan didn't dare to turn back to Yijun County, so he could only keep running forward. After running for a long time, he gradually felt relieved.

Wang Youyuan knew the way. If he wanted to go back to Yijun County, he had to go further to Yunmeng Township and go to Qipan Town. The detour was several times longer, and he would definitely not be able to keep up with the speed of the Ming army.

Leading the horse that saved his life and walking on the mountain road, Wang Youyuan thought about it, and he could only go to Liu Ze to ask for help from his second brother. Wang Youyuan sighed secretly, and after making up his mind, he got on the horse and galloped away.

(End of this chapter)