Nanming Engineer

Chapter 395 Ambush
Darkhan was overjoyed and said with a smile, "That's great! We can act with confidence now."

Kuruk smacked his mouth, and said leisurely: "Compared with the Ming army, I am more worried about whether we will make the court angry if we do this. The nobles are angry, and I hate trouble."

Darkhan raised the horsewhip in his hand nonchalantly and said casually: "What's so difficult about this? We didn't just let the news go from county to county. These people who were arrested all had no braids. They were originally guilty of capital crimes and were suspected of collaborating with the enemy. Why don't you go back and be a slave?"

Kuruk thought for a while, then smiled and said: "Forget it, so what if someone sues? Who cares about the life and death of the Han people in the chaos of war? As long as the princes suppress the Shanxi rebels, and finally reward them for their merits, everyone will be happy. The matter of several counties , no one will take it seriously, let's continue."

Darkhan laughed: "That's right!"

The two looked at each other and smiled, looking at each other like a wolf, with similar smells.

At this moment, a horse galloped towards them from a distance, and in the blink of an eye, they arrived in front of the two of them. Following the etiquette in the Mongolian army, the knight on the horse changed his feet beautifully, reined in his horse and landed on the ground, knelt down, While shouting urgently: "There is an urgent report!"

Kuruk recognized this man, he was a scout from his own tribe, seeing him coming in a hurry, he couldn't help but frowned, and said displeasedly, "Why are you panicking?"

The knight paused and said: "Reporting to Ezhen, a large group of rebels was found near Taigu County fifty miles away. There were about 1 people. There were only a few people on horseback. They were protecting nearly [-] carts. The court was swaggering through the city. Going to Taigu County, looking at its appearance, it seems to be attacking Taigu County!"

"Attack Taigu County?" Kuruk wondered, and repeated in disbelief: "The rebels are going to attack Taigu County?"

Darhan was also surprised. Although the Qing government did not control the county towns near Taiyuan strictly, the rebel militia did not dare to occupy them, because they were too far away and too close to the capital city. Let alone cavalry, even infantry could catch up with them in a day. I realized that these county towns generally have small walls and low walls, and some of them don’t even have walls, so even if there are people who make troubles and rebels, they are usually locals around the county towns, and after killing officials and looting, they fled to other places. There are very few rebels from other places. It was the first time I encountered someone who approached actively.

"You see clearly, they are really going to Taigu County?" Darkhan asked forcefully, with disbelief in his tone.

"Look carefully, little one. That road leads to Taigu. There is no other branch." The soldier said firmly: "The rebels must be heading for Taigu County!"

Darhan became anxious immediately. The ten-thousand-strong militia army was nothing to worry about, but they still brought thousands of Han Chinese with them. These people will be the labor force of the coolies on the grassland in the future. up.

But Kuruk rolled his eyes, and an idea immediately came to his mind. He grabbed Darhan who was about to order the team to turn around, and said with a sinister smile: "Don't be busy! Don't rush away, these rebels, It is the heads of our meritorious deeds and the slaves that are in short supply on the grassland!"

Darhan was puzzled, stared and said: "What? These rebels are nothing compared to the good citizens in the county town, all of them are desperadoes with their heads pinned to their belts, and there are more than ten thousand of them. Fighting against them is not worth the loss. .”

Kuruk sneered: "Desperadoes? You think highly of them. These people just use their numbers to build their courage. Kill a few of their leaders, and the rest are not much better than those good people. You and I fought against the rebels." How many times have we met, isn't that the case?"

Darhan thought for a while, touched his chin and said, "You say so, it's true."

Kuruk struck with two palms and hummed: "That's enough! We are only ten miles away from Taigu, and the rebels are still fifty miles away. Although these Han people are slowing down, we will definitely reach Taigu before the rebels. , as long as we enter the city and close the city gates, these Chinese pigs will not be able to escape. No matter how well we prepare, we will wait for the rebels to come. When they are careless, we will suddenly burst out of the city and catch them off guard. How can the mob of thieves and thieves stop our army of tigers and wolves? Can we easily gain more than 1 military merits and slaves?"

Darhan's eyes widened, he thought for a while before he understood what Kuruk meant, and he couldn't help shouting in surprise: "It's wonderful! What a plan! I said earlier that your brain is much more clever than that guy Alai, Ni Mr. Kan just doesn't listen, and today he really has a good plan."

Kuruk was extremely proud, and said disapprovingly: "The bastard from the small tribe of Alai, how can it be as noble as our tribe, don't mention him! Let's go, let's speed up and get the benefits, Lord Nikan pointed out. Maybe I will think highly of you and me!"

Darhan waved his hand excitedly, and "crack!" The whip hit the horse's buttocks. The horse galloped in pain. Within an hour, I want to barbecue and drink at Taigu City Head!"

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Time passed in a blink of an eye, the sun slanted westward, and the afterglow of the setting sun shone on the low city of Taigu County, casting a long shadow on the not very spacious streets in the city.

Taigu County is not big, only five miles in size. The county magistrates and officials in the city have long been kicked out by the rebels, and there is no one to preside over the city. Throwing them back unceremoniously, and then the big Mongolian men ran around the city very easy-going, smashing doors and entering houses, entering halls and houses, robbing people, causing chaos and chaos.

The Mongols were very efficient, but in just a few hours, they searched the whole city. When the rebel team of more than [-] people slowly drove out of the city, Kuruk and Darhan had already packed up. Rested and waited.

A nimble figure jumped down from the crude watchtower at the top of the city, crouched down, slipped down the wall like a monkey, and stooped to a cave for hiding soldiers under the city wall.

Kuruk and Darhan were sitting on two stones, holding a knife in their hands, drinking some tea they got from somewhere, and chatting leisurely.

The figure knelt in front of the two men and whispered: "Two gentlemen, the rebels are here!"

The two Mongolian nobles stood up abruptly. Kuruk snorted from his nostrils and asked in a low voice, "How? How did the rebels set up their formation?"

The figure replied: "There is no formation, there is a mess everywhere, and the tide is coming, and it is carrying a cart, it seems that it intends to use the cart to load things."

Darhan said with a smile: "It seems that this group of rebels is thinking of the same place as us. They also want to rob property and capture young men, but they don't know that we are here first!"

Kuruk snorted, anger rising, and said: "Of the four city gates, which one will the rebels focus on attacking?"

The watchman who came down from the top of the city replied again: "There are four gates, and each gate has thousands of people."

Kuruk was stunned, and laughed angrily: "The thief is so ambitious, why don't he let anyone go! They are more black-hearted than us Mongolians!"

Darhan is not happy anymore, did you say that about yourself?But he didn't bother to correct him, picked up the knife, and shouted: "Let's go, let the thieves see how a real Mongolian warrior fights!"

As if coordinating with his movements, there was a sudden burst of shouting and killing in the extremely quiet and extremely quiet night sky, which was so loud that it directly lifted the cover of the quiet night.

However, the sound was not made by the Mongolian soldiers inside the city, but came from outside the city.

Kuruk and Darhan were stunned for a moment, and then became furious. This group of rebels are really tired!

Someone brought the two horses over earlier, and the two got on their horses, drew their knives out of their sheaths, and shouted to the Mongolian cavalry waiting silently on the street: "Warriors, do you hear the shouts outside? That's a rebellion." The thieves are provoking! Raise your knives, set up your arrows, and use the power bestowed on you by the Longevity Heaven to cut off their heads!"

The blade is sharp, reflecting the bright light under the moonlight, and countless knives and guns are flying high in the sky, and the resounding "Kill!" word soars into the sky, jumping out from the throats of thousands of Mongolian soldiers, especially loud in the night sky .

"Open the city gate!" Kuruk shouted loudly, and ran ahead.

The not heavy door was opened, and Kuruk brandished a long knife, shouting and ran out of the city gate. Behind him, like a black current surged, countless Mongolian cavalry followed his horseshoes, accompanied by monstrous The sound of shouting and killing came out one after another.

Outside the city, a large number of people were dressed in chaos, and there were not even figures in armor swaying. In Kuruk's eyes, the chaotic formations were military merits waiting to be cut off.

"Kill~~!" Kuruk's blood was surging, and every time he fought, he liked to rush to the front line with his own hands. The thrill of splitting the enemy's head with a sword and ax made him extremely satisfied, as if the pleasure gushing from his bones made him feel extremely satisfied. He can't stop, this is the honor of a warrior, and it represents the favor of Changshengtian.

The formation of the Mongolian cavalry is limited by the width of the city gate, so they can only rush out with three cavalry side by side, and the people behind can only wait patiently.

Ku Luke rushed in the second row, and his cronies caught up with him consciously and protected him behind him.

Because of this, when Kuruk saw the group of panicked thieves in front of him recede to both sides, revealing more than a dozen brass cannons with sparks, his shock and surprise were particularly obvious.

"No! There is an ambush!" Kuruk yelled at the top of his lungs, almost at the same time as the sound of the cannon. Unfortunately, no matter how strong his voice was, it was not louder than the sound of more than ten divine cannons, and he was easily Buried in the sound of huge iron bullets.

An iron bullet as big as a small watermelon kept enlarging in Kuruk's pupils, piercing through the body of a Mongolian cavalryman in front like in slow motion, smashing his upper body into pieces, spraying blood and splashing Accompanied by the unabated iron bullets, the minced meat came to Kuruk together. At that moment, Kuruk subconsciously wanted to stab his chest, but before he could swing his hand back, his eyes changed. A perspective suddenly soared into the sky, spinning into the sky.

Then he lost consciousness.

(End of this chapter)