Go back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to be a soldier

Chapter 427 Fierce Battle Against Shadow Mountain
Because the mountain road is relatively narrow and steep, Liu Liangzuo divided his team into four combat echelons, each with 1500 people, and the rest were his guards. Under the protection of the guards, he rode a big flowered horse to hide far away. Gotta watch.

Liu Liangzuo likes to ride a big flowered horse, so he got the name "Flower Horse Liu". With an order, 1500 people from the first combat echelon rushed up howling. It was clear that the two leaders were Lu Yongming and Diao Xun. Both of them were chieftain generals in Yunnan, and they were also very good at leading troops to fight.

Seeing the Ming army rushing up the narrow Yangchang Mountain Road, they kept their expressions on the ground, and when the Ming army reached almost halfway up the mountain, they gave an order to throw small stones down and big ones to roll down. , Large and small stones fell down like raindrops, making a thunderous sound.

Because the mountain road is very narrow, only four or five people can walk down side by side. If you walk on horses, you can get off three horses at most. Therefore, these Liu Liangzuo's men shouted and rushed forward. , The face suddenly changed color, but there was nowhere to hide, because there was a cliff and a deep ditch next to it.

Some were smashed into meatloaf on the spot, some were driven to the bottom of the cliff, and their bodies were smashed to pieces, some were so frightened that they jumped off the cliff automatically and fell into specimens, and the rest quickly wiped their heads and ran back, but were blocked by those behind. , You pushed and squeezed, and one piece fell, and there were many people who fell off the cliff, and there were screams and ghosts and wolves howling for a while.

Those who rushed behind were the lucky ones, and those who could retreat all retreated, one by one running faster than the other.The first charge failed and did not last for half an hour. The casualties were heavy and the mountain road was stained with blood. 1500 soldiers and generals were counted, and less than half of them came back, and seven or eight hundred lives were lost.

"Rush again, the first team and the second team will join together, and those who retreat will die!" Liu Liangzuo, who was in the distance, saw that he had been defeated so quickly, and he was so angry that he rode on his horse and yelled.

These soldiers had no choice but to charge forward again. They knew that charging forward would be death, but no one dared to disobey the order, because if anyone disobeyed the order, they would die now!
Anyway, he is dead anyway, and he can live a little longer if he rushes up, and now that he is dead, he will be punished as fleeing the battle. According to Ming's policy, there will be nothing for casualty compensation and family care, and it will be a lifetime of shame.

Of course it is different to rush upwards. If you rush to death like this, you will die on the battlefield. You are a warrior, and you deserve to die.Soldiers don't have to consider whether the decision maker is right or wrong. The only thing to implement is the military order. There is a saying that the military order is like a mountain, or that the soldiers follow the general and the grass follows the wind.

Therefore, the 1500 people in the second echelon, plus the first echelon, and the remaining 800 people plus one piece, more than 2000 people lined up longer, shouted louder, resounded through the valley, and rushed up again aggressively with knives and guns up.

They stepped on the corpses and blood of their companions, jumped over the dripping stones on the road, and rushed forward desperately.

The first echelon failed to charge, and began to charge with the second echelon, without a long interval in between.

The soldiers guarding the mountain above looked at it, and the Ming army rushed over again, this time more people came, they gritted their teeth, and when they were halfway up the mountain, the two leaders gave an order, and the rain of stones came down again, some Archery started, stones added arrows, and ghosts and wolves howled again on the mountain road.

The soldiers above were fighting vigorously, someone behind Lu Yongming patted him, Lu Yongming turned his head and saw that Mu Tianbo had arrived behind him at some point, the two leaders were startled, and hurriedly wanted to salute him, when they saw Mu Tianbo Tian Bo pulled them to the side, and said: "The Ming army below does not have many horses, and it is far away from the main force. We can lure the enemy to go deep..." Mu Tianbo whispered a few words in their ears.

Lu Yongling and Diao Xun nodded knowingly, and then returned to the battlefield, whispering to the soldiers who were struggling to throw stones and shoot arrows. Soon the rain of stones on the mountain became more and more sparse, and the arrows became less and less .

In the second charge, the Ming army suffered heavy casualties, and they couldn't charge forward at all. The ones in front retreated in a panic. No one's life was caused by the strong wind, but they didn't retreat completely, because they didn't retreat. Fearing that they would be punished by Liu Liangzuo after going back, they had no choice but to bite the bullet and rush up again, but they were not foolish. They learned the tricks and made a few turns like a saw. The Ming army planned to use this method Killing time and consuming the mountain guarding materials above, but at this moment someone shouted, "The stones and bows and arrows above are exhausted, and the thieves are running away, rush!"

At that time, these Ming soldiers felt that they were too strong, and they charged up, and none of the bandits defending the city ran away.In this way, after two charges and repeated sawing, the Ming army finally occupied this hill.

Although he paid the price of casualties of more than 2000 soldiers, Liu Liangzuo was still very happy. He grinned openly. Lao Tzu's army's combat effectiveness is not bad. Back in the day, Lao Tzu also stooped to Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong's men, condescendingly throwing a few stones and shooting a few arrows to stop Lao Tzu's team. I am not a vegetarian!

It seems that this Mu Tianbo is really at the end of his talents, he is almost finished hahaha...

Liu Liangzuo pursed his lips in thought, and shouted an order: "Report the victory to Lord Supervisor, just say that my troops have successfully taken down the front mountain, and the rest of the soldiers will go up the mountain with the general army, and continue to chase and suppress the bandit army!"

"Master is mighty." The soldier who sent the order flattered him without losing the opportunity, and followed the order.

Soon Liu Liangzuo took the remaining [-] to [-] soldiers to the mountain immediately. Of course, those injured who were half dead had to stay at the foot of the mountain for the time being to be treated by the military doctors first.

When he got to the top of the mountain, Liu Liangzuo realized that it wasn't that the enemy's bows and arrows had run out of stones. There were still piles of stones, rolling logs, bows and arrows, etc. If there were soldiers standing on top here, they would strictly guard against retreating. , How many people can attack?

Thinking of this, Liu Liangzuo was taken aback. Their defense materials were so abundant on the ground, how did these bandits escape?

Just thinking about it, someone pointed to the distance: "Look, sir!"

Following the direction pointed by the general, Liu Liangzuo saw that there was a shorter hill on the opposite side, and Mu Tianbo's men and horses on the hill were fleeing in the mountain behind the embarrassment.Liu Liangzuo's heart turned, oh, they felt that they couldn't defend anymore, and were scared away by Lao Tzu's brave and charging soldiers.

"Haha, occupy that hill and chase after me!" Liu Liangzuo's face burst into laughter, pointing with the horsewhip in his hand.

The thousands of soldiers and horses under him rushed down from this mountain, intending to chase up the opposite mountain, but they had just rushed down from this hillside, when most of them were still in the ravine, the soldiers and horses in the front began to rush down. Running up the hill, the people behind, including Liu Liangzuo and his guards, had already descended from the hill. At this moment, a cannon shot suddenly.

Liu Liangzuo's men were stunned for a moment, and then saw that the mountain in front was full of Mu Tianbo's soldiers, and those who had fled turned back again, at this time there was movement on the mountain they had just rushed down behind them, Liu Liangzuo and others turned their heads for a while. Look, the mountain behind him is also full of Mu Tianbo's soldiers.

Only then did Mu Tianbo understand that he was surrounded by the enemy's trick to lure him.

It was obvious that Mu Tianbo's men guarding the mountain just now had no stones, bows and arrows. It was all an illusion that they abandoned their position and fled. They deliberately let Liu Liangzuo's men go up the mountain, and then sent a team to go around behind them, waiting for them to rush down the mountain. While in the valley, ambushes were everywhere on the mountains on both sides.

When Liu Liangzuo and others were stunned, Mu Tianbo's soldiers put down countless stones and rolling logs that had been prepared long ago, rumbling like thunder, on the mountain in front, and also on the mountain behind. , After the rolling logs rolled down, the ground shook like a mountain, and thousands of them were blocked in the middle in the blink of an eye.

Only then did Liu Liangzuo pay attention to check the terrain here, this typical landform of two mountains sandwiching a ditch, with such a dead block on the left and right, it is a living coffin!
This is terrible, the complacency on his face is gone, Liu Liangzuo's several thousand generals were injured a lot by rocks and logs rolling down the mountain, and the remaining 4000 troops are crowded here. The color of the face, there is no ladder to the sky, and there is no way to the earth.

"Hahaha..." A smug laugh came from the mountain, and Liu Liangzuo saw that it was Mu Tianbo, with Sha Dingzhou and others by his side.

"Liu Liangzuo, I didn't expect that today will be your anniversary next year." When Mu Tianbo said this, countless soldiers gathered together. It's been a long time, there are few people, there are a lot of vegetation, thick leaves, dead branches everywhere, etc. If they attack with fire and then shoot with arrows, Liu Liangzuo and others will definitely be wiped out, and no one will be able to escape. After a big fire, there are no bones left.

At this moment, Liu Liangzuo's face was really sweating, and suddenly he gritted his teeth and begged to the superior: "Don't, don't, wait a moment, Lord Mu, we can discuss things if we have something to say, just wait a moment."

As soon as Mu Tianbo waved his hand, his subordinates did not set fire or shoot arrows, "Hua Ma Liu, what do you mean?"

"It's not a pity to die, but these brothers are innocent. If the prince can raise his hand, I, Liu Liangzuo, would like to lead my brothers to surrender to the prince. Only the prince will follow the lead. Together with the prince, we will clear the king's side and work together to help the Ming Dynasty."

When Mu Tianbo heard Liu Liangzuo say this, he stared at him with both eyes, and found that Liu Liangzuo was sitting still on the horse, his eyes were still rolling, and Liu Liangzuo's soldiers were also holding knives and guns. Mu Tianbo shouted at his opponent: "Light it up! Shoot the arrows!"

Countless torches turned and fell down, and the arrows flowed like rain. I saw that many places in the valley had been ignited, and the thick smoke and flames burned up. Several soldiers of Liu Liangzuo fell under the bows and arrows, blood staining the valley.

"Wait a minute, my lord... I, Liu Liangzuo, sincerely surrender..." Liu Liangzuo panicked, got off his horse and knelt down on the ground, kowtowing to the mountain.

Not to mention, he yelled at the soldiers behind him: "Why are you still standing there stupidly? Are you tired of working? Hurry up and kneel down and beg for sins from the lord...I'm all for you..."

A raging soldier, a raging nest.He took the lead, half commanding and half bluffing, and the rest of the thousands of soldiers, including the wounded, also threw away their knives and guns, and followed Liu Liangzuo to kneel on the ground...

Mu Tianbo met Sha Dingzhou's eyes with a sneer, then nodded, and waved to his soldiers, who stopped setting fire and the archers stopped shooting arrows.

Mu Tianbo said: "Well, since Zongbing Liu and his brothers are willing to surrender to me, Mu Tianbo, this king is also a ruthless person, but he must pay the crime and make meritorious service."

"Okay, okay, Mr. Liu is willing to commit crimes and make meritorious deeds, please order from the lord." Liu Liangzuo was obedient.

He and Sha Dingzhou bit their ears on it for a while, and then Mu Tianbo said to Liu Liangzuo, "You have to be wronged first, you don't need to come up, General Liu sent some courageous soldiers, come up first, this king has something to say. You guys Whether they can survive, whether they can take the blame and make meritorious deeds, all depends on these few people."

Of course Liu Liangzuo knew what Mu Tianbo meant by saying this, and he also thought of what Mu Tianbo was going to do. Soon Liu Liangzuo picked out a few trusted soldiers and told them to listen to Lord Mu. Nodding, and then went up to the opposite mountain...

(End of this chapter)