Jinyi Night Walk

In Xia Xun's tent, there were only three people, Xia Xun, Liu Yujue, and Xilin.

Xilin and Liu Yujue sat on the left and right side of Xia Xun, watching Xia Xun use a box as a table and a charcoal stick as a pen, writing something seriously on a piece of white cloth soap.

"Your Majesty, unlike our usual understanding, Timur's army is very experienced in both siege warfare and field warfare. In this regard, we must not speculate on the army of the Timur Empire based on what we know about the Northern Yuan army. They The composition of the army is complex, including people from many countries and nationalities in the East and the West. The Timurid Empire thus mastered the most advanced war technologies in the East and the West, and carried forward the best.

In terms of city construction, Western construction technology and city defense methods are not far behind ours, and these cities were conquered by the Timurid Empire without exception.At the same time, the Timurid army possessed a large number of firearms, especially artillery. As far as I know, their artillery power is not weaker than ours, but at the same time, they still maintain the expertise of field combat and riding and shooting passed down from their ancestors.

Our elite cavalry is mainly the cavalry of the northern frontier army, the Daning cavalry under the former King Ning, and the Mongolian cavalry of Duoyan Sanwei.It is also the best cavalry in hundreds of battles. We lose in the number of cavalry. At the same time, because we have a small number of cavalry, our generals are better at commanding infantry operations.

The army of the Timurid Empire has Western-style elite infantry phalanxes, Greek-style and Roman-style fortification construction and destruction troops, Mongolian Turkic elite nomadic cavalry, and heavy cavalry wearing unprecedented thick armor. There are a large number of musketeers and mortars carried by countless mules and horses, and they have rich experience in infantry and cavalry combat and even multi-armed combat.

The above is the information that I know personally.According to what I said, they are all against Huo Yikong, the director.The so-called know yourself and know the enemy, and you will win every battle.Your Majesty is proficient in the art of war and has experienced hundreds of battles. Knowing what to say, you must know how to avoid your own weaknesses and overcome the enemy's strengths.If the minister can present this to the imperial court before the battle, he will die without regret! "

After Xia Xun finished writing, most of the pale pink handwriting had disappeared, and there were only some broken strokes left in many places. Xia Xun dried it again. After a while, the cloth was still pure white, and not even a single word on it. out of sight.This was written with the secret medicine prepared by Tang Sai'er, and the handwriting would not be visible unless it was baked.People who don't know what's inside, even if they get this belt, even if they take it apart, they still think that this white cloth is just the lining of the belt.

Xia Xun waited until the handwriting on the letter was dry and there was no trace of it anymore, so he folded it carefully and handed it to Xilin.Sirin had already prepared needles and threads by her side. When she received the letter, she immediately put it into the middle of a belt carefully, and then took the needles and threads to sew the belt. The stitches were very tight.

The belt was sealed and handed over to Xia Xun again. Xia Xun checked it carefully and confirmed that it was correct. Then he held the belt and said to Liu Yujue solemnly: "If there is a problem in any link of our plan, which leads to If it fails, you are the one who is most likely to run away, and then you must hand it over to the emperor."

"Yes!" Liu Yujue also knew the seriousness of the situation. He took the belt with both hands and wrapped it around his waist carefully.

As they learned more about Timur's army, they no longer dared to be blindly optimistic.In fact, including Xia Xun, although he knew that the Timur Army should not be underestimated, he still looked down upon him in his bones. With more and more detailed understanding, Xia Xun's view of Timur Army changed drastically.If the assassination fails and someone sacrifices his life for benevolence, and someone can escape with this information, then the Ming army would have won the battle, and the casualties will be reduced exponentially.The battle that was supposed to be lost may also change the outcome because of such detailed understanding!

Only by facing up to the opponent's strengths can one avoid one's own weaknesses.

Xia Xun finished explaining the matter, and said in a deep voice: "Xilin, call them in, I want to announce the beheading plan!"

The curtain was lifted, and the wind howled in.

It is windy in spring, and today it is blowing, and the wind is blowing dust, and the world is vast.

Therefore, there are few people walking on Yibi today, and there is no market, and the doors and windows of the tents are tightly sealed, looming in the yellow sand that fills the sky.

The wind is rustling,

Sai Hazhi, Chen Dong, Ye An, Zang Feng, Gai Banger and others filed in,

There is a piece of yellow sand behind...

Sehazhi's circus has become the most famous circus in the moving city.

Their circus has a limited variety of performances and a small number of people, but other circuses are similar in size.

A real big circus, with hundreds of people at every turn, and various animals such as lions, tigers, and bears, they will not work hard to earn some hard money with the army, they only move between major cities, even the small ones Some cities will not go, because the income there is not enough to support them.In this way, the performance groups cruising around the barracks are all small groups with relatively single functions and limited numbers of people.

Xia Xun instructed Sai Hazhi to come forward and organize these small performance groups together.

The method they used was neither win over nor annexation, both of which were quite difficult for them. Besides, if he really wins over or annexes other performing groups, he can't afford to support such a huge show. team.He used a model that Westerners have become accustomed to: guilds!A temporary guild for the performance industry.

The existence of this guild is only responsible for the collusion and coordination of various performance groups in the army during this period.It costs too much to perform a large-scale circus here, and the audience is mainly soldiers with little money. If the attendance cannot be guaranteed, they will lose money, so large-scale circuses do not come here.The purpose of this temporary guild, which was led by Sai Hazhi and negotiated with other performing groups, is to communicate and coordinate with various circuses, and occasionally form a group to hold a joint large-scale performance.

Here, large-scale circus performances cannot guarantee sufficient daily attendance, but it is held once a week, and the soldiers can still afford it. In this way, they are usually scattered around the barracks, performing their own performances, and gathering together every week. Together, they jointly held a large-scale performance under the name of Snow Lotus Circus, which quickly gained popularity.

"Snow Lotus" has become a must-visit place for many people every week.

"Master Hammett, this little girl is our pillar. She performs a big magic show once a week. She is very popular with the soldiers and has made a lot of money for our circus. But she is sick now, and tomorrow night she will go to the circus." There is a big performance, and if she can't participate, we will suffer a lot. We have inquired specifically, and know that Master Hammett is the most famous doctor, and even the great Timur Khan was diagnosed and treated by you, so we I come to ask you, help us, and we must cure her."

The interpreter told Hameter the chief military doctor who accompanied Timur with Sai Hazhi's words, and Sai Hazhi immediately presented a money bag.

Hammett was invited out by a centurion, and this centurion was entrusted by his most trusted centurion.Soldiers who like the "Snow Lotus" circus performance know that magical little girl from the East. Now that she is sick, it is easy to make people feel compassionate. Plus, they have received the benefits of Boss Cy. Of course they are willing to help Boss Cy. contribute.

Hammit shook the purse in his hand, it was heavy, and the coins inside jingled with this shaking, and Hamid's face softened a lot.He looked at the little girl lying sickly on the carriage with a haggard face, and saw that she was wearing a green shirt and had picturesque features. Although she was not very energetic because of illness, she was still very attractive, and her face became more peaceful. .

"What's the name of this little girl?"

Sai Hazhi hurriedly said, "Her name is Sera."

"Sera?"

Hammit was a little surprised when he heard this, because his youngest daughter was named Sera, and this girl was about the same age as his precious daughter. When seeing her, it was as if he had seen his beloved daughter. Hammit's tone became cordial, He lay on the side of the car, leaned over to look at Tang Sai'er, and said softly, "Selah, don't worry, I will cure you."

Tang Sai'er said in a thin and timid voice, "Thank you, Dr. Hammett."

Hamid nodded and got into the car with a smile.

Sehazhi couldn't help heaving a sigh of relief, in order to get close to Hamit, he had worked hard.Cooperating with other performance groups to form a guild and the "Snow Lotus" circus certainly has other purposes, but it is also for the purpose of getting on the line with Hamit.After he established the "Snow Lotus" circus, he first found out through Liu Yujue who could get in touch with Dr. Hammett, and then he did public relations with them.

Then, today, Dr. Hamit was stopped while he was out to buy medicine, and he made a series of preparations in advance.He found out that Dr. Hammett was a Turk. Turks like green the most, and yellow and floral colors are taboo, so he asked Sirin to hurry up and make a set of green clothes for Saier, replacing the floral skirt she often wears. .

After knowing that Dr. Hammett has a very beloved little daughter named Selah through the centurion Timur who was "public relations" by him, Tang Saier changed her name to Selah. However, it's up to Tang Sai'er whether he can go further in the future.In this regard, Sai Hazhi is very confident. If the eccentric Tang Sai'er wants to pretend to be a good girl, how many people can resist her charm?

"Father, Sera misses you!"

When Hammet stepped off the carriage, this girl who was as lovely as his daughter and as beautiful as a little angel had become his adopted daughter.His adoptive daughter threw herself into his arms and wept bitterly: "No one has ever been so kind to me like you, dear adoptive father, Sera misses you so much..."

Hammett's fatherly love overflowed, his annoying straight goatee trembling slightly, he tried his best to extrude a kind look, and said softly to Tang Sai'er: "My little Serra, foster father has Things have to be done, you can rest assured to recuperate, take medicine on time according to your foster father's instructions, be obedient, and when your foster father finishes his work, he will definitely come back to see you as soon as possible!"

"The adoptive father must come!" Tang Sai'er raised her head with tears in her eyes, grasped the little hand of Hamid's skirt, and gently let go of it one finger at a time, fully expressing her dependence and admiration .

"Okay, okay, when I come back, I will come to see you right away, first!" Hammit almost didn't want to leave, he got on his horse, walked a long way, and waved to his adopted daughter reluctantly .

"Godfather, is Sai'er playing well?"

Reluctantly, Tang Sai'er waved his hands a few times in the direction where Hamitt disappeared, and then asked Xia Xun with a smile, a little flattering and asking for credit.There were still tears in her eyes at this moment, and there were crystal tears on her cheeks.

"It's not bad, but don't be careless! Always be careful, don't fall short!" Xia Xun ordered a few words with a straight face and walked away.

Tang Sai'er worried and said: "Is it because I didn't behave well, and my godfather doesn't seem very happy?"

The blessed Sai Hazhi grinned and said, "Sai'er, don't pay attention to him. I think it's because you behaved too well. Your godfather is jealous, hahaha!"

Tang Sai'er was too tired from performances for several days, and occasionally felt cold. When he was seeking medical treatment, he "accidentally" became attached to Hamit, the most famous doctor in the Timurid army. Something happened in Bileske. It seems that what happened happened by accident, it was an independent incident, and it had no connection with other places, and it had nothing to do with the Timurid army stationed in Dasha.

The incident happened in Agoerda, an important frontier town in the southwesternmost corner of the Wara territory, guarded by the Telmu tribe.

In the early Ming Dynasty, during the four-year civil war triggered by the reduction of the vassals in the Ming Dynasty, the internal conflicts in the Northern Yuan Dynasty also reached the most intense time, and the Northern Yuan Dynasty split into Tatar and Oirat since then.The Tatars were ruled by Alutai Taishi alone, and the descendants of the gold family were regarded as khans.The Oirat nobles did not snatch the direct descendants of the Golden Family, and there was no Khan who could command the tribes. Therefore, the Huit tribe joined forces with the Barhut, Kuriyat, Batut, and Choroste tribes to establish the Oirat Alliance. What people call Wala.

Oara was ruled by three powerful tribal chiefs, they were Mahamu, Taiping, and Batu Polo. In order to fight morally against the Tatar tribe who controlled the Khan, they accepted Zhu Di's title and were named King Shunning, King Xianyi, King Anle, and the three kings ruled Oara, among which King Mahamu of Shunning was the most powerful.

The Telmu tribe is a tribe of the Shunning King Mahamu's faction, and its leader is Chazhan.

In the late spring and March, the grass grows and the warbler flies, which is another scene in the grass principle of the Western Regions.

The spring in the Central Plains comes very gently, the spring breeze is gentle, and the spring rain moisturizes everything silently. Before you know it, you will find a touch of fresh green on the branches. Looking from a distance, it is as bright as smoke.But here, spring comes as suddenly as the cold wind in winter. Yesterday, the river was still frozen and the snow was white for thousands of miles. Suddenly, overnight, the river thawed and the vegetation grew strong.

What follows is its wind. The spring breeze here is not gentle, it is warm, but it is difficult to make people feel refreshed, because the wind is too strong, and the newly revived vegetation cannot cover the entire ground. When you get up, there will be dust, which is really annoying.

Today's weather is very good, a rare sunny day, but the wind is not strong, the sky is thousands of miles away, like a transparent crystal, with white clouds floating under it, as if it is thousands of miles away from the remote sky, but less than a hundred miles away from the grassland below Mi, it seems that with a bow and an arrow, you can shoot into the clouds.

The green grassland, with no head in front and no tail in the back, is more than ten miles wide to the left and right, and there are rolling mountains. The green mountains on the left are green, and the higher places are still covered with snow. The geography is very strange.

The sound of hooves rumbled, and the earth trembled.

Chazhan, the leader of the Telmu tribe, is galloping on this narrow grassland with more than a hundred brave warriors.

On the horse next to Chazhan was a boy. Although he looked like a boy with a childish look, he was tall and tall, not inferior to many adults.

Chazhan rode his horse while talking to the young man: "In a hundred miles or so, we will reach the tribe of Polo. The tribe of Polo is the closest to Bieshali and Hami, and they are mainly engaged in business, so His tribe is very rich. His youngest daughter, Saren, is a famous little beauty, and you will surely like it."

"Uncle Chazhan, I don't care what she looks like!"

The young man smiled, with a calm expression on his face that was not commensurate with his age: "Even if she is extremely ugly, I will still marry her. After getting married, grandpa's tribe can get financial help from the Polo tribe. Our position among the Oirat tribes will be more stable, we can buy more weapons and armor, and support more powerful forces, one day..."

The young man didn't continue, but turned his eyes to the distance, and said softly: "One day, what we will have is not just this piece of grassland!"

"Okay! I am a hero! This is the material for great things!"

Cha Zhanqiao pointed his fingers and praised: "As expected of being the grandson of King Shunning, this kind of spirit is amazing! This time, it is very important for your grandpa's great cause to talk about pro-promoting the alliance. Your father should have come forward in person, but it's a pity he We are fighting in the east, so I have to do it as an uncle, your father is my An Da, you are like my own nephew, I will definitely handle this matter successfully."

The young man said: "The emperor of Ming personally led an expedition to attack the Tatars. Although the Ming army is powerful, they cannot stay on the fortress for a long time. If the Tatars are defeated, the ten thousand miles of grassland will be ours. Grandpa attaches great importance to this. , so I asked my father to lead a large army to ambush secretly on the Tatar border, and only wait for the Tatars to lose their grasslands. Dad is doing big things, if it is not for this boring marriage, I will definitely go with my father .”

Cha Zhan laughed loudly: "Bored? Hahaha, you little guy, you are really funny to talk. You are still too young. When you get older, you will know how cute women are!"

The young man smiled disapprovingly, put his hands on the awning and looked into the distance, and suddenly asked: "Uncle Chazhan, why don't we bring more soldiers and horses when we are going to Polo hundreds of miles away?"

Chazhan smiled and said: "Don't worry, this is our Oala territory, and it's where my Telmu tribe has been stationed for many years. Who dares to stroke your Uncle Chazhan's beard? Especially now that Timur's army is trying to fight In the first battle of the Ming Dynasty, the Tamerlane army will not challenge us at this time, and the Ming army has already retreated to Jiayuguan, so there is nothing to worry about."

"So……"

The young man pointed his horsewhip forward, and asked in a deep voice, "Is that mighty force in front of you sent by the Polo tribe to meet us?"

"Ok?"

Cha Zhan raised his head when he heard the sound, and at the end of the undulating grassy slope, there was no one person or horse, but his expression changed after only one glance.

Today's weather is very good and the visibility is very high. Although there is no one person or horse ahead, but a cloud of dust billowing in the air in the distance clearly indicates that a large number of cavalry troops are approaching rapidly.

It can only be a cavalry. This is already a place frequented by people. There are no large herds of wild horses or bison. If it is grazing, it is impossible to gallop in a straight line. It is possible to hurry at this speed.

At this time, the dust in the farthest place has filled extremely high, and spread out at the same time, like a dragon's head with its mouth wide open.And the dragon tail has just left the ground and is about to fly into the air, but immediately leaning forward to continue looking, the dragon tail seems to be just the dragon body that has just left the ground, because under it, there is a cloud of smoke that is eager to try and is about to rise. It was a cloud of dust just lifted up by the cavalry.

There is wind today, although it is not strong, but it can still blow away the dust. There is only one explanation for this long dragon-like dust, which is that the opponent is running extremely fast, and the wind has not had time to blow away the long dragon formed by dust , they have already arrived in the distance, how fast is this?

Cha Zhan's face changed, and he immediately ordered the guards to be on guard.

The most sensible way, of course, is to run away as soon as the dust rises, otherwise, the other party may not be able to catch up.But who is the other party?Is it because of him?These things have not been clarified at all. Chazhan is one of the Otok (lords) at any rate. He doesn't even know who is coming and what he is going to do, so he just runs away. Isn't it a big joke?

People on the grassland respect heroes the most. If he does this, even his subordinates will look down on him. Besides, Master Mahamu’s grandson is next to him. If he tells this joke to his grandfather, His own face was about to be thrown into the sky, so Cha Zhan gave an order to stay on guard, first to find out the identity of the other party and the purpose of hurrying away.

Behind him, there was actually an enemy army ambushing. If they turned around and fled, they would stop them. This army had already left the tribe far away from Chazhan.It's just that their number is small, only half of Chazhan's troops. If Chazhan makes a decisive decision and turns around and leaves, they will have to pay a lot of sacrifices to delay Chazhan's escape time. They were greatly relieved.

"Something's wrong! Uncle Chazhan, we should run away immediately!"

The young man's eyesight was extremely sharp, and when he noticed dust and mist rising from the Yibi in the distance on both sides, he finally realized that the target of the opponent must be his team, but it was already too late , The men and horses rushing in front of them were like the spring breeze outside the Great Wall, suddenly swept in front of them.The dust was still two miles away, and a row of war horses had appeared on a grassy slope in front of them, as if a flood had overturned the hillside and rushed towards it.

Laiqi formed a horizontal formation more than two miles wide and aggressively surrounded them.

"Let the arrows! Stop the enemy!"

The sound of rumbling horseshoes and shouts of killing was deafening, and many horses in Chazhan's team turned uneasily. Chazhan drew out his waist knife, and while ordering people to shoot arrows to fend off the enemy, while observing the surrounding situation, he pointed to the west. , shouted: "Before the enemy has yet to encircle, let's open a gap from here and rush out!"

"Whoosh whoosh!"

Arrows shot like rain, and when Cha Zhan's ready-made subordinates shot arrows to stop the enemy, the cavalry team that rode their horses with astonishing momentum also shot back with arrows.Don't ask about your identity, don't leave anyone alive, shoot random arrows, and shoot indiscriminately.

A sharp howl of arrows flew across the air suddenly, and the horse of a guard in the front let out a mournful cry, and was pierced by an arrow into the horse's eye, screaming in pain, and knocked the knight on the ground.Whoosh, whoosh, sharp arrows fell, each of the two sides was hit by an arrow, within three breaths, the cavalry was approaching, and the cavalry rushing to the front had drawn their bows and drawn their knives, and rushed into the team of inspectors.

The long-range shots from both sides killed one-third of Chazhan's subordinates, and the rest of the troops were in a state of chaos. They had just assembled to break through, and after less than a hundred steps, the cavalry pounced from the flanks had already arrived, and another round of long-range attacks came. That kind of ruthlessness, that kind of aura that is about to kill people, it seems that the two sides have long been sworn enemies.

"Why? Who are you?"

Chazhan's eyes were tearing apart, and before the battle, he lost most of his hands, and the other party's unreasonable killing was about to drive him crazy.

No one answered, the other party seemed to be here just to kill people, the arrows flew across the sky, the guards at the front who were about to break out had just been hit by the arrows, screamed wildly and fell off their horses, the enemy pulled out their sharp sabers and charged into his body camp.

The rain beats the remnants like a lotus. Although the guards of Chazhan are considered elite, they are not as strong as the opponent's combat power. And the opponent's troops have an absolute advantage, and the style of play is so terrifying. Unprepared, Chazhan's guards instantly He was killed in a short time.

The two guards around the boy who had just hung up their bows and arrows and were about to draw swords to fight were shot through their chests by several sharp arrows, and they fell off their horses heavily. As soon as the soul-stirring screams reached the boy's ears, he slashed his head with the saber .

"I'm……"

With just one blow, the young man's knife was knocked flying, and he screamed, wanting to show his identity.No matter who the visitor is, the grandson of Oala's actual "Khan" Mahamu, is life more valuable than death?

But before he could finish speaking, he was slanted shoulders and hips, split in two with a knife, half of his body was still sitting on the horse, and the other half of his body including his head fell into the dust, and his heart and stomach slammed from the place where the slash was split. It dripped all over the floor.

The horse was frightened and galloped forward, dragging a long section of intestines, but unexpectedly, just a few steps away, a huge horse's head was chopped off by another person. They didn't just kill people, but aimed to kill dogs and dogs , What kind of enmity is this to have such a vicious method?

"Nephew! First, first!"

Cha Zhan was in the middle of a fight, when he saw the young man being killed, he screamed, his heart felt as if a basin of ice water had been poured into it, it was so cold that it ached.That is the grandson of Master Mahamu, the beloved son of his good brother Tuohuan, how will he explain to Lord Mahamu, and how will he explain to his righteous brother Tuohuan?

Chazhan's liver and gallbladder were torn apart, and blood ran through his pupils. Four or five enemy cavalry who came from nowhere around him took the opportunity to fight with him like a lantern, and unexpectedly stabbed him in the leg, bleeding profusely.Chazhan was furious with grief and anger, his tongue was full of spring thunder, he shouted violently, and swung his saber crazily!

Enemies came from all directions, and most of the soldiers and horses in Chazhan were first damaged by the fierce arrow rain, and then killed by the intruding enemy cavalry. Although under their fierce counterattack, many enemies were also killed by them, but The enemy cavalry who pounced on them didn't care about it, and they didn't care, as if they were just a killing weapon without emotion and consciousness. They only needed to kill the enemy without any sacrifice.

More than 100 people were killed in an instant, and Chazhan, with a feathered arrow stuck in his shoulder, was surrounded by the last dozen or so guards who were crying without tears.These guards are all nimble and skilled in martial arts. First, relying on the riding skills and luck hidden in the stirrups, they escaped the sudden rain of arrows from the opponent, and then fought desperately to save their lives in the melee. At this moment, everyone was wounded, and they stood by Cha Zhan's side, the total number was less than 20.

"Why? Why exactly? Who are you? Ask your leaders to come out and answer! I am Otok from the Teer Department, and I want to see your leaders!"

Cha Zhan broke down in tears and shouted hoarsely, he was not so weak, but he has fought many battles in half his life, and he has never fought such a useless, so bizarre, so inexplicable, so incomprehensible battle, he is not scared to cry Yes, he was crying.

No one answered, and the enemy cavalry formed a circle and surrounded them in the center. A knight who was guarded by many knights was obviously a leader. His face was covered with a sand-proof veil, and only a pair of fierce and murderous eyes were exposed. Riding the horse forward three steps, Cha Zhan thought he was going to talk to him, but the man just slowly raised one hand, and then slammed down hard!

With this silent command, the archery show begins!

The unknown knights who lined up in a circle actually shot arrows directly, and the opponent's own people were within their range. If the arrow could not hit the person who was in the middle, it would definitely hit the own people on the opposite side. .

"Whoosh whoosh..."

The arrows are constantly flying, like a flock of falcons flying, many people are using the most brilliant lianzhu archery, just after one arrow is fired, another arrow arrives, the person hit by the arrow falls to the ground before the second arrow penetrates the body again.After a while, the men and horses in the middle were covered with arrows, like hedgehogs, and after the arrow stopped for a while, they fell down with a bang.Both the man and the horse had already lost their lives under the sudden rain of arrows, but because the speed of the arrows was too fast, it was only at this time that they really fell down.

The masked leader stepped forward immediately, and ordered in a deep voice: "Get off the horse, cut off everyone's heads, and make sure that no one survives! Find what we want and withdraw immediately!"

He spoke Turkic, which Chazhan could understand, but he was already dead, and he could not rest in peace.