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As in every sneak attack, the Mongols retreated immediately when they saw the Qin army approaching.
This time, the Mongols attacked Handong, which was only more than ten miles away from Shazhou, during the day, which was tantamount to a severe slap in the face to Pangshan.
It is still unknown how the enemy will avoid the cavalry sent out by the Qin army and sneak in to attack the eastern part of Han.
Now is not the time to pursue these issues. Pang Shan just wants to annihilate this enemy force that has penetrated deep into his territory to vent his anger.
He led 1,500 Qin troops and pursued them desperately, the sound of horses' hooves was like thunder, the sand flew into the air, and the murderous aura was overwhelming. Nur Jintie in front of him fled and provoked them at the same time, flying past the south of Longle Mountain.
After passing Longle Mountain and heading west, there is endless yellow sand, with only an occasional poplar forest or a small oasis.
It is precisely because of the existence of these small oases that the enemy has a place to hide, making it difficult for the Qin army to track their whereabouts.
The dry and hot desert wind blew, horses' hooves were racing, dust and smoke were everywhere, the wilderness was vast, the sky was high and the land was far away. In such an environment, humans were obviously very small.
The two groups of people were running and chasing each other, one mile apart. The yellow sand they swirled up was like a sandstorm caused by a hurricane, blowing painfully in their faces.
The further west you go, the higher the sand dunes become, and the more they undulate like waves.
Nurjintie's thousand men were originally marching straight ahead, but when they reached a dead poplar tree, they suddenly turned south.
Pang Shan, who was a mile behind, turned around immediately without giving it much thought.
In this way, Nurjintie was like walking in the shape of a "7", while Pangshan, who was chasing him, passed from the bottom of the "7" to the left end, and soon caught up with Nurjintie by half a mile.
However, at this moment, the Qin soldiers rushing in the front suddenly stumbled and fell down. Everything happened too suddenly. Many Qin soldiers were thrown off their horses before they could react, and fell to the sand with screams.
The horses galloping behind them could not stop. They also stumbled one after another. For a moment, the horses fell to the ground, raising clouds of yellow dust, which was extremely tragic...
The Qin army behind tried their best to rein in their horses, and the situation became chaotic. Some dry grass and hideous caltrops were exposed in the area in front that was opened up by the fallen horses.
The Qin army then realized that the enemy had already covered a large number of caltrops under a thin layer of yellow sand. This trap was too easy to set. First, cover the caltrops with dry grass, and then sprinkle a thin layer of yellow sand on the dry grass. Even if you get close, you can't see them. Once the horses step on them, the sharp caltrops are enough to make the horses stumble.
Pang Shan never expected that the enemy would set such a trap. He was horrified as he saw hundreds of cavalrymen in front of him fall miserably and those behind him crash into each other in an attempt to stop their horses.
"There's an ambush! Quickly organize your formation. Get ready to meet the enemy..." Pang Shan yelled hysterically, veins throbbing on his face and his teeth almost broken.
At this time, the sound of horns rang out from the sand dunes half a mile away on both sides. A large number of Mongolian cavalry appeared, and before the Qin army could recover from the panic, they rushed over with rolling yellow sand. They shouted and charged... ..
"Brothers on the periphery, dismount and line up to shoot, quick! Quick..." Pang Shan shouted wildly with his knife raised. But his shouts were almost drowned out by the sound of the enemy's horses' hooves and horns.
The enemy came roaring, sand flying in the face, yellow dust rolling, and the sound of killing was like the tide. The Qin army, which was in chaos, had no time to form a battle array and each of them fired at the enemy, with gunfire rising one after another.
The enemy rushed forward very quickly, reaching the half mile distance in an instant. Arrows rained up into the sky from both sides, blocking out the sky, and whizzed over. The sound of arrows entering flesh and screams rang out, making the already chaotic formation even more chaotic.
It was too late. The two armies were already fighting each other. There was no time for any battle formation. Pang Shan began to yell, "Retreat the same way! Retreat the same way!" He yelled and led the soldiers around him to charge and stop the enemy. The yellow sand covered the blood. The battlefield was in chaos. The situation was extremely dangerous for the Qin army...
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In Shazhou City, Li Dingguo was uneasy and felt vaguely uneasy. This time, the Mongols suddenly came to Longle Mountain, which was more than ten miles away from Shazhou City, which in itself revealed a hint of weirdness.
When Pang Shan went to chase the enemy, he had already warned them to be careful of the enemy's ambush, but...
Since it is an ambush, I'm afraid it won't be easy to see through.
Li Dingguo became more and more uneasy. He immediately gathered the troops in the city, leaving only 500 people to guard the city, and personally led a thousand troops out of the city to chase Pang Shan.
He had just arrived at the location of Handongbu at the foot of Longle Mountain, and no one had collected the fallen bodies yet. At this moment, a rider came running back from the south of Longle Mountain. He saw the troops brought by Li Dingguo from afar, and immediately ran over and shouted from afar:
"General, General, something bad has happened! General Pang has been ambushed by the enemy and has suffered heavy casualties. General, please go and rescue General Pang..."
"Walk!"
Without waiting for the escaped messenger to finish speaking, Li Dingguo shouted loudly and galloped away with a thousand men and horses.
Five miles past Longle Mountain, we saw yellow dust rolling in the west and cries of killing. There were less than a thousand people left of the 1,500 troops led by Pang Shan, and they were being chased by Sengge's 3,000 troops.
From afar, it could be seen that Pang Shan's army had been completely routed and could only flee for their lives. The enemy was waving sharp sabers, hunting ferociously, howling and killing unruly, and their flying arrows pierced through the yellow dust, which was desolate and solemn.
The two sides were already fighting each other, and there was no way to set up three-stage shooting formations to stop the enemy. Li Dingguo made a quick decision, pointed his long sword, and led a thousand cavalrymen to rush diagonally from the left front, iron hooves trampling on the yellow sand, and murderous aura rushed to the clouds. Sengge divided a thousand men and horses to attack Li Dingguo, and the rest continued to chase and kill Pangshan's defeated soldiers, with a momentum of fighting to the death.
The 1,000 Qin troops, led by Li Dingguo, did not engage in a head-on confrontation with Sengge, but continued to turn left and flew away.
Li Dingguo knew very well that he only had a thousand troops and the enemy had three thousand. In terms of cavalry warfare, the Qin army might not be a match for the Mongols.
When the Mongols saw that Li Dingguo did not dare to confront them head-on, they became even more arrogant and chased after them desperately, screaming and screaming. Li Dingguo led them to turn around repeatedly, and finally ran wildly against the wind. The thousand cavalrymen raised a long cloud of yellow dust, which blew towards the Mongols behind them with the wind;
The Mongols were now unable to shout, as their mouths were filled with dust. They lay on their horses' backs, desperately chasing in the vast dust. The Qin army thought the dust was not heavy enough, so they galloped on horseback while dragging their spears, making the dust even thicker. The Mongols behind them could hardly open their eyes.
It happened in a flash. Li Dingguo raised his sword, and hundreds of Qin soldiers behind him blew fire sticks into the wind, each of them lit a thunder bomb, and then threw it down like laying eggs.
Due to the thick yellow dust, the Mongolian cavalry behind could not see clearly what the Qin army had thrown down. The Qin army in front was rushing away, and the Mongolian soldiers behind were just rushing up.
Boom! Boom boom boom... ..
Hundreds of thunder bombs exploded one after another, continuously. The earth was shaking, yellow sand shot into the sky, and dust was raised hundreds of feet high.
The Mongols who just rushed into the explosion area were blown to pieces. It was a horrible sight. The fallen horses rolled and neighed sadly. The injured but not dead Mongolian soldiers wailed and dodged in horror to avoid the iron hooves rushing towards them from behind. The entire explosion area was full of flying flesh and blood, and broken arms and limbs were flying all over the sky. The scene was so tragic that it was breathtaking.
"kill!"
After the continuous explosions, Li Dingguo roared loudly, and the 1,000 Qin troops drew an arc, turned around and rushed back. The Mongols were blown to pieces, and before they could come to their senses, a yellow dragon was rolling in front of them, sweeping over;
Li Dingguo led the way with 10,000 men. The sword in his hand, with the momentum of the warhorse, flew and chopped past. A Mongolian soldier, whose eyes were wide open in fear, was chopped off and his head flew up, blood spurting out like rain.
The Qin soldiers following closely behind Li Dingguo all brandished their swords bravely, chopping the scattered Mongols off their horses like chopping melons and vegetables.
Quick! It must be faster! We must kill all these 1,000 Mongolian soldiers before Sengge sends his troops to rescue them. There will not be a second chance like this. Once the enemy comes to their senses, with their superior forces, it is still unknown who will win.
Sengge, who was chasing Pangshan, saw the miserable state of his own thousand men and horses, and felt an inexplicable tightness in his chest and almost suffocated.
Pang Shan's troops who were fleeing in front of them suddenly came to their senses, and some of them couldn't help but cheer loudly. Pang Shan was the first to react and started shouting, "Who has thunder bombs? Use them to stop the enemy, quickly!"
They were killed horribly, and no one had expected this move. Now they reacted, blew the fire sticks into the wind, took off the thunder bombs, lit them, and threw them at the Mongolian soldiers chasing behind...
boom!
Boom!
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ps: I'm urgently asking for monthly tickets! It's the end of the month, and I can see that the people ahead are getting farther and farther away, and the pursuers behind are getting closer and closer. I'm so anxious, brothers, the strong wind reveals the strong grass. At this time, I rely on you all. I'm kneeling down to ask for monthly tickets! (To be continued...)
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