Wang Pu in the late Ming Dynasty

Like a fire camp like drowning water splashed out, dozens of horsemen into a rush of hooves like flying, and soon searched the nearby forests, but there was no movement, Cao Wenzhao, who was watching from afar, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "It seems that even if there are ambush soldiers in the east, at least far away, the formation has been arranged, and there is no danger." "

"Perhaps, there is no ambush in the east, we are too grassy soldiers. Kaiping general Wang Chengyin casually echoed that most of his soldiers and horses were lost when he defended Shunyi two months ago, and at this time the department was full of temporarily recruited rookie soldiers, who were unbearable to fight.

As the saying goes, don't put a flag.

There was a sudden commotion in the crowd of the Ming army, vaguely as if someone was shouting, and the voice was anxious but not real.

Cao Wenzhao turned his head and wondered, he didn't see any movement around him, if the cavalry attacked, it would be earth-shattering, and the dust was like a remnant cloud, but there was nothing abnormal when he looked around.

"Who dares to make a noise in the army, don't die, send someone to ask for the crime. Wang Chengyin said angrily, he knew his own people and horses, among the Ming armies, his soldiers were the most unusable, and the scene of noise in the army would be out of his army nine times out of ten.

"Something isn't right, I'm going to see it for myself, you guys stay and watch here. Cao Wenzhao was inexplicably uneasy, just when he just rode his horse and started, the fire flashed, and the stone arch bridge deck suddenly shattered and splashed like tofu being hammered, and then a loud bang was like a thunderbolt blooming, sweeping the grass and trees, tearing the ears around him.

Cao Wenzhao's war horse was probably too frightened, his front hooves were weak, and he knelt down, but his hind hooves were straight, so he pushed him into the soil in front of him and threw him into an ugly dog eating. He was wearing heavy armor, and he couldn't get up for a while, and he was very embarrassed, and it took a long time for his own soldiers to rush to help him up.

"Oops. Cao Wenzhao had only one thought at this time: the plan.

The north section of the bridge

was blown open a hole, although it is not very big, but the structure of the arch bridge is special, it is involved in a hair and the whole body, soon the stones next to the mouth have fallen into the river, and after a while, the pier on the north bank of the bridge collapsed, its momentum has been irretrievable, like a drum to pass the flower, and then one after another the pier collapsed. The bridge, which was still full of antiquity, disappeared out of thin air, leaving only four remnants of stone piers and a rattling, foaming river.

"Damn, I've been tricked. Spread my orders, beat drums and set up formations, and send archers to the river and line them up. Zuo Liangyu broke out in a cold sweat on his cheeks, and ordered the soldiers around him. He was impatient to see him because of Cao Wenzhao, so he did not cross the bridge with the crowd, so he stayed on the south bank.

"Just now, the noisy person found it and asked for it. "The pro-soldier of the organic spirit didn't wait for Shangfeng's order, so he came to report what happened.

It turned out that just now there was a soldier drinking horses by the river who accidentally glanced into the bridge hole, and saw a few wooden barrels in the bridge hole near the north bank. "There are people under the bridge. These words attracted more people to watch, but they were all some miscellaneous soldiers who had more than enough success and more than defeat, and the uproar ensued.

Seeing that he could not hide it, the dead man swam to the barrel and lit the gunpowder in turn. It's a pity that although Cao Wenzhao and the others are close to the Eastern soldiers, they are at the head of the bridge, and their vision cannot reach the bottom of the bridge. In this way, among the more than 10,000 troops, the dead soldier actually calmly blew up the bridge.

The sound of the explosion was evenly spread like a wave of water, and the birds flocked to the place where they were stinging, and the movement was not small, only one of them was very lonely, only a few stupid birds fluttered their wings in a panic, and there were six cattle in ambush in this forest, and nearly two thousand fine riders.

The whole army rushed over, leveled the Nanban dog slaves, and avenged the first dead. Hearing this loud noise, Sakhalian knew that his plan had been accomplished, and he cheered up, drew his sword and shouted, and at this moment he was heroic and sassy, like another generation of Jurchen generals rising to the stars.

Two thousand Dongyu elite horsemen came out of the forest to kill the general, and suddenly unfolded, like a peacock opening the screen, rolling up the rolling dust, as if they wanted to reflect the clouds in the sky and compete for the limelight. Although the enemy's momentum was huge, Ma Shilong was not panicked, the Ming army had long expected that there would be ambushes, and the fire-like battalion that had been scattered could not stop the front of the Dongyu people and horses, so they avoided its edge, fought and retreated, and at the same time tried their best to gather their troops. It's like a mille-feuille, and the skin that wraps the filling is thick.

Seeing this battle situation, Ma Shilong's heartstrings were settled, and he secretly rejoiced, the strength of the Ming army was several times that of the enemy, as long as he supported the retreat and did not collapse, and waited for the reinforcements to come, he never thought that the victory of the emperor would come so easily.

"Maybe the Dongyu is too light on the enemy, and the arrogant soldiers will be defeated, so they picked up a cheap one for me. Knowing that there is a huge disparity between the enemy and our troops, Donglu has no idea of accumulating horsepower, and sprints with all his might, as if he intends to rely on 2,000 people to drum down more than 10,000 Ming troops in front of him, this abnormal behavior makes Ma Shilong very puzzled, he does not believe that Donglu can be as strong as Si, while ignoring the neighing of the mount under his crotch, he desperately whips his horse and gallops towards the Wufo Bridge, while muttering in his heart:" It's too arrogant, how can I eat this big lump of elite soldiers, we have five battalions, three generals and two guerrillas, and there are two or three thousand people in Jia Dingjia alone, but why do I not have the joy of winning the battle, but I am upset and upset, what is this, when have I ever been so timid, then, what is the reason for that explosion, the sound of artillery, no, this sound is not like, it is a carriage loaded with gunpowder that has gone off and exploded, who actually brought so much gunpowder, without saying hello in advance, bastard. "

When the Dongyu ambush suddenly emerged from the forest, almost at the same time the Ming army scouts have released the arrows, this kind of signal arrow with a whistle can make a sharp and piercing sound after the string, sweeping through the air and a radius of more than 100 steps can be heard, if there are scouts nearby to hear it, they will immediately take out the sound of arrows and throw the bow, like a beacon fire, if there is no delay, at this time the reinforcements should have received the signal and set off.

In addition to the fire battalion, the Ming army also had 3,000 cavalry, all of whom were the personal soldiers of the generals, and they were the capital of the generals to settle down.

In peacetime, the generals of the Ming army will never use their own soldiers to fight hard with the enemy, let alone expect to save their allies at a loss, and it can be called benevolence and righteousness if they do not dismantle the platform, but at the moment, Ma Shilong is sure that reinforcements will come to save him. It's not that they have a conscience, if they ask the reason, there is no other reason, but the opportunity to be promoted and make a fortune is just right in front of them.

Although there are rumors among the people that Donglu is ready to steal from the sixteen states of Yanyun, and the Ming Dynasty will be gnawed off a piece, the shape of the territory is similar to the former Song Dynasty, but the generals who came to the front line know how much they know and are selfish, and the Donglu are rampant near Gyeonggi, and the situation seems to be dangerous, but Shanhaiguan has not been breached, and their grain routes are not smooth, and they will withdraw from the customs sooner or later.

The key is that the emperor

is also a layman, he is the same as ordinary people, frightened, as long as someone makes some military achievements at this time, and the Dongyu retreats in the future, then the emperor will think that they have repelled the Dongyu, what an immortal achievement, and it is effortless to reach.

Since entering the Kou, the Ming army has suffered heavy defeats one after another, losing the city and losing its division, and naturally there are many official positions vacant, as long as they make a little merit, they can usually get the official positions that they can't be promoted in their lifetime. At such a time, anyone who does not fight is stupid.

At this time, the Ming army hated the enemy,

and they all hoped to behave well and leave a good impression on the emperor, and they would never be watching from the wall, fearing the enemy and avoiding the war.

Ma Shilong raised his eyes and saw a wisp of black smoke rising far in front of him, and his heartstrings tightened suddenly, this smoke was not right, if reinforcements came, the front would be the billowing dust brought up by the cavalry, not this dark and shiny smoke.

"Could it be that something has changed? Ma Shilong felt ominous, and the battle was about to suffer without reinforcements.

Liang Sanqian, the deputy general manager of the fire camp, stopped in front of the temple, he stared at the round eyes in disbelief, there were only a few stone piers left on the river, and the whole bridge was actually gone after a while. He roared at the officers and soldiers of the Zhuorui battalion: "Let you watch the retreat, you can't do such important things well, waste, we will be killed by you." "

"Presumptuous, you dare to be rude in front of Shangguan. Someone in Zhuo Rui's camp was suddenly unhappy and reprimanded angrily.

"There's no need to argue, Cao is just staying here, escorting your horse to cross the river, why say that superfluous bad words. Cao Wenzhao rode his horse out of the crowd, stared at Liang Sanqian and said in a deep voice, the soldiers of the Ruhuo battalion on the opposite side were all afraid of its power and did not dare to make a mistake.

This defeat was presented to the imperial court, and he Cao Wenzhao couldn't escape the responsibility of incompetence, so he had to fight this bone in order to get a light shot.

Liang Sanqian thought about it, the matter has come to this point, and it is irreparable to say anything, so he hurriedly pulled the reins, he had to quickly turn around and go back to Ma Shilong to report what happened here. Since the battle of Deshengmen, he witnessed the original general Man Gui being deliberately harmed by the Guan Ning army, and since then he has been particularly distrustful of friendly troops.

However, it was said that Ma Shilong learned that the bridge had been blown up, his eyes were black, and he almost fell on his horseback.

"Set fire bees, send a message to your brothers, send an order, let them run for their lives. Ma Shilong smiled with frustration, how to deal with the emperor after he went back.

"What about us. Liang Sanqian asked worriedly, he looked at Ma Shilong's face was defeated, he was afraid that he had a will to die, and secretly complained in his heart, such as since the death of the former chief general of the fire camp, Man Gui, everyone has suffered from cold eyes and suffered all kinds of humiliation, if there is another main general, Ma Shen general, who is favored by the emperor, is also unlucky, they don't expect to eat food anymore, just eat instead, those military officials will deduct military salaries, and they will immediately increase from thirty percent to seventy percent, and then their situation will not even be as good as the military households in the guard, and it will be difficult for the soldiers with more children in the family not to starve to death。

"I, stay as bait to cover the retreat of the group. Ma Shilong gritted his teeth and said that he returned in a fiasco, disgraced the emperor, how many honors and favors he had before, and how many sins he had since then. If you think about it, it is better to die in battle, once you are over, the emperor will not embarrass his family.

"Ma Jie, we might as well join Cao Jiejie and them first, and they will be waiting for us on the shore. Liang Sanqian thought about persuading him to go to the shore first, take one step at a time, and if he couldn't persuade him, he would be knocked unconscious, stand up and flee for his life, and never let him die on the battlefield.

Zuo Liangyu on the south bank was also not happy, he felt bad, and sighed anxiously, the prison army sent by the emperor and the three generals were trapped on the opposite side, if they died one by one, only they lived alone, then it was strange that they did not carry the black cauldron, the emperor's temper he had seven or eight points, but whenever he was defeated, he would kill people indiscriminately, and he would not reason with people. Zuo Liangyu is not like Ma Shilong and Wang Pu, those two are both Donglin Party, there are people in the court, there are people in the court, and there are pensions for those who die in battle, and they will affect their families, but he will most likely be punished and executed by the court, which will harm his family, which is a monstrous injustice.

In a hurry, he found five soldiers from the army who were very good at water, strung them with a rope, jumped down the river and swam across the opposite bank along the old site of the stone arch bridge. The rope strung on their bodies was swept into a crescent shape by the torrent, and the force of pulling backwards was surprisingly strong, and these five swimmers were exhausted after a short swim. Fortunately, there were several stone piers to rely on, and it took one relay after another to cross the river. This rope is across the river, and it has become a living way to escape.

Cao Wen ordered someone to send the prison army to the other side first, and the eunuch was moved and thanked again and again. Later, he hugged his fists with Wang Chengyin, the general of Kaiping, Zhang Shujia, the general of Beitang, and said: "Everyone, please escort the prison army across the river, and I am enough here." "

Wang Chengyin nodded, hugged his fists in return, and then stepped to the river, he didn't care about decency, in the hands and feet of the soldiers to pick off the armor, jumped down the river, the rope across the Xiang River was pulled by the flowing water, and under the support of the stone pier showed several curves, like six city gates, the stone pier pushed the river water on both sides, rolled up a lot of vortex rings between the two stone piers, the prison army did not know the water, was sucked by the vortex ring, and sank into the water suddenly, he was shocked to open his mouth to shout for help, accidentally swallowed several mouthfuls of water, arranged with him tied together with the soldier is a water expert, so he continued to comfort: "Father-in-law, don't be afraid, this water is difficult to walk, and it will be good after this period. "

The eunuch grunted a few times and didn't know what to say, but he clung to the rope and refused to let go, and the soldier had no choice but to take a deep breath, dived to the bottom of the water, stepped on a stone and pushed him up, and when his head was off the water, he was a little more settled, and moved forward for a while. Because there are a large number of arch bridge stones left under the water, a rolling dam is formed to push the water higher, and sure enough, the back is supported by the water, which is much better.

"Boy, you,

you, have a reward. The eunuch looked back and shouted gratefully at the little soldier.

"Father-in-law Xie. The soldier couldn't help but reply.