Chapter 100 Hat Hill
The Tatars drove the horses into the valley and were discovered by the postmen. As the horses gradually approached, Li Fan decisively issued an order.
The bamboo tube filled with tinder oil was shot by a crossbow at a distance of 60 steps in front of the postmen. Several explosion arrows fell, and a fire wall formed in front of the postmen's formation.
The war horse that had no time to stop hit the fire wall and was ignited instantly. It fell to the ground before it ran to the postman formation.
The fire, explosion and his screams of companions made the group no longer under control and turned around and rushed out of the valley.
Who would dare to charge against the horses and turn around and follow the horses?
Seeing this, Li Fan immediately ordered to rush out of the valley. The Tatars in the Fried Flower Tribe were not in desperate situations like the Helan Pass.
If there are too many casualties, they will definitely not continue to attack. Although there is no danger in defending to the death, Li Fan is not willing to do so.
Killing the postmen and forcing them into Qidao Ridge is a matter of calculation. Since you dare to take action against the postmen, you must have the awareness of paying the price.
Two thousand postmen rushed out of the valley and drove the horses into the Tatars' ranks. There were horses as the front drive. The postmen were like entering a no-man's land, and the killing Tatar cavalrymen were on their backs.
Before the other party could react, the convoy of the Royal Postmen had already taken the lead and rushed all the way westward.
In order to prevent the postmen from escaping, he made some arrangements before frying flowers. He laid heavy troops in three directions, southeast, north and north, but there were not many people in the west because that was the direction to the grassland.
Li Fan just left the West and rushed into the grassland. The fried flowers were injured by muskets and did not make any adjustments as soon as possible. He watched two thousand postmen flee into the grassland.
Baked Flower did not care about shoulder injuries and issued an order to pursue. More than 20,000 Tatar cavalry chased behind the postmen and entered the grassland.
After Li Chengliang was shocked when he received the news that his royal postman Qidaoling was attacked and his whereabouts were unknown. He quickly sent his son Li Ruzhang to lead five thousand elite cavalry into the grassland to search, and no matter what, he would not have any accidents.
"Sir! I found the trace of the Ming Dog. They went west and north, and one day they would catch up with them!" said a Tatar who was good at tracking, kneeling in front of the fried horse.
"Good job! Catch them and give them a hundred sheep, ten cows, and one beautiful Han Dynasty girl!
I want to catch them and throw them into the pot to cook them live, so that I can relieve my hatred!" Fried flowers said gasping.
It has been three days since he chased the postmen and entered the grassland. In the past three days, he urged his subordinates to speed up the marches countless times, but he never saw the shadow of the postmen.
On the contrary, he has been hot all over the past few days, his head is dizzy and not awake at all. The wounds on his shoulders have turned black, and foul-smelling black water continues to flow out.
Evil sores! They are actually life-threatening sores!
Many people with the same symptoms as those of fried flowers have been hit by the postmen's muskets. The lead bullets deep into the flesh are not taken out in time, or fragments remain in the wound, which will turn out like this.
The fried flowers finally realized the power of the postmen's firearms. Even if they didn't hit the vital points, they could still take lives.
Chasing the postman to take revenge has become an obsession with stir-frying flowers. Even if Bu Shitu is not urging them, stir-frying flowers will chase them with all their might.
Finally approached the postmen, and the fried flowers felt much more awake and even the wound didn't hurt so much.
That night, the fried flowers were served by two beauties on the grassland to prove that he was still the strongest person on the grassland.
The night gradually became deeper, and a killing was taking place 80 miles away from the camp. The fire dragon composed of chariots passed through the camp, leaving behind a broken limb and broken arms wherever it passed.
The killing ended for an hour. There were no young and strong tribes, all old and weak, and they were vulnerable. When the chariots left, there were no living creatures in the camp, only burning tents were left.
When Baked Flowers arrived the next day, they saw a charred tent and corpses all over the ground. Many people in the team rushed towards the ruins, rummaging about the corpses underground like crazy, and heart-wrenching howls would be heard from time to time.
Baked Flower was furious and immediately ordered to chase him at full speed. However, in the battle of Qidaoling Canyon, he lost too many war horses, so it was not easy to catch up with the postman.
When he saw the ruins that were razed to the ground for the third time, the entire team could not chase after them. The Tatars in the team came from a nearby small tribe and were summoned to a loot when something happened.
The slaughter of tribes has been slaughtered one after another, which has disintegrated the Tatar cavalry in the team. No one wants their tribe to be the next target of being slaughtered, and it is inevitable that they want to leave and return to their tribe.
The fried flowers didn't want to let go of the postmen just like this, so they made a promise and barely left a team of ten thousand people. The team was less than half a man, and the war horses were no longer as nervous as before, and the pursuit speed increased a lot.
But the fried flowers were surprised to find that the postmen seemed to have noticed their movements and stopped staying on the grassland. They seemed to be heading eastward to return to the Ming Dynasty.
The heavy losses of the fried flowers were not willing to give up. He dragged his heavy body and chased the postmen behind the postmen. Finally, he saw the postmen in Hat Mountain.
Before they could encircle the postmen, the postmen had already climbed the low-rise Mount Hats to resist guarding, and used chariots to form fortifications on the hillside.
The fried flowers were very happy and did not even set up camp, so he immediately ordered an attack.
"Sir! The Tartars have started attacking. You should go to the top of the mountain to rest! If you can't defend, you will chop my head!" Li Rusong said with his fists.
"What's the use of chopping your head? It's not round or flat, it's hard to use it as a ball, so it's better to keep it on your neck!
Half of the manpower is missing. If you can't hold it, all you want is the heads of all your brothers. I'm not at ease!" Li Fan said, holding up his telescope again and looking down at the foot of the mountain.
As the name suggests, the mountain here is not high and looks like a hat clasped on the ground.
Although the mountain is not steep, it is not easy to climb. Only the slope on the south is larger and suitable for attack. Li Fan focused his defense on the south slope, and there were not many people left behind on the other three sides.
On the southern slope of Hat Mountain, the chariots were not lined up in neat defense lines, but were distributed in an interlaced manner. Not only did the defending postmen not understand, but even the fried flowers commanding the offensive at the foot of the mountain could not understand.
The fried flowers didn't want to see clearly, so they couldn't wait to order the entire army to attack the mountain. The Tatars began to jump off their war horses and began to climb to the top of the mountain.
The musket sounded "Bang bang!", and white smoke rose one after another in the defense composed of chariots. Many of the Tatars were defeated, but more people were approaching the chariots.
When they approached the chariot, they discovered that no matter which chariot they attacked, the intertwined defense lines would form cross-fire.
Chapter completed!