My father is Jiajing

Chapter 136 They are coming!

Yingke's words instantly made Anda's eyes burn. He looked at the map in front of him and asked again, "How long does it take to get from here to Dove Egg?"

Ying Ke said: "Let's get our troops ready and set out now. We will be there before dusk."

When Anda heard that it would only take one day to get from here to the Pigeon Cave, he became excited. This amount of time was not enough for such a large army.

So at this moment, Anda couldn't help but say, "Okay, then let's do this?"

Then Anda glanced at everyone and asked, "Who among you is willing to lead a group of elite soldiers to feint and attack Gubeikou, so as to buy precious time for me to seize Pigeon Cave?"

Tuotuo and the others looked at each other, and finally Tuotuo stood up and said, "Khan, I am willing to go!"

Anda looked at Tuotuo who took the initiative to stand up, and was also very happy in his heart, "Great! If this Khan can successfully raid from the Pigeon Cave this time, you will be the first to achieve the credit! At that time, all the looted wealth and people will be taken by your tribe first!"

Anda immediately painted a big picture for Tuotuo.

Then they began to formulate a detailed strategy for the advance, and finally decided that Tuotuo would lead 6,000 cavalry to feint at Gubeikou to attract the main force of the Ming army. Then Andada would lead the main force of his own army and the cavalry of the three guards of Doyan under Yingke towards the direction of Pigeon Cave west of Gubeikou.

At the same time, Zhu Zaigui's 2,500 fully armed cavalrymen were also heading towards Huangyu Valley near Pigeon Cave. They originally thought that with the cavalry's speed, they could reach the target location in one hour.

But in the actual marching process, even though it was all cavalry, it took nearly two hours. It was not until noon that Zhu Zaigui led 2,500 cavalry to Huangyugou.

Zhu Zaigui sat on his horse and looked at the vast mountains in front of him. He couldn't help but feel fortunate that Huangyu Valley was not an open place. There was still a chance to set up an ambush and launch a sneak attack based on the terrain on both sides.

Otherwise, the 2,500 elite cavalrymen he led would not be enough to fill the gaps in the enemy's teeth.

Zhu Zaigui immediately ordered, "Teng Xiang, you will lead two thousand men and divide them into two teams. Set up as many rolling stones and logs as you can on the peaks on both sides of Huangyu Valley."

Teng Xiang immediately obeyed the order: "I obey your order!"

While Teng Xiang led two thousand people to the peaks on both sides to set up rockfalls and log rolling devices, Zhu Zaigui was not idle either.

After all, he only had such a small amount of mobile force under his command, while the invading Altan army was said to have 200,000 soldiers. Even if half of them were fake, there would still be nearly 100,000 soldiers. With 2,500 men against more than 100,000, Zhu Zaigui could only rely on divine weapons like Namo Gatling and Compassionate Maxim.

Otherwise, Zhu Zaigui could only avoid the attack and try to make the biggest noise at the lowest cost to make Anda suspicious. Otherwise, there would be no need to fight the battle to defend the capital and he could just return to the capital and hide.

Zhu Zaigui called out to the remaining 500 people, "Everyone listen up, immediately dig pits and fill mines on the road behind Huangyugou to buy precious time for our retreat!"

Everyone followed Zhu Zaigui's orders and immediately began digging pits and laying mines on the road that had to be passed after Huangyugou.

These things are the landmine artifacts that Zhu Zaigui brought with him on this trip.

Originally, Zhu Zaigui thought that landmines were a modern product. Later, he learned that landmines had been invented in the Ming Dynasty. However, due to the power of gunpowder at the time, the lethality of this type of landmine was only average, and the scenarios in which it could be used were also limited, so it could only be used for passive defense.

Therefore, although the Ming Dynasty also played some tricks in the research and development of landmines, it never really made it shine.

But this time Zhu Zaigui was very generous and used the glass bottles that were originally used to hold sugar as the shells of the mines for gunpowder. Moreover, after Zhu Zaigui's improvement, these mines were not only mixed with a little sugar, but also with glass slag and small iron pieces to increase the lethality, as well as a little flour.

These things seem to have nothing to do with gunpowder, but when mixed with gunpowder they can produce unexpected power.

Therefore, in order to successfully block these attacks, Zhu Zaigui really spent a lot of money!
Otherwise, so many bottles and jars filled with sugar might be sold for tens of thousands of taels of silver, but now they can only be filled with gunpowder mixed with flour and sugar and buried in the ground to make a brilliant sound.

Time was running out and Zhu Zaigui had no time to rest. He took a triangular shovel and dug holes on the road for others to lay mines behind.

After nearly two hours of hard work, Zhu Zaigui finally buried all the mines, which were scattered along a distance of more than ten miles. With the obstruction of more than ten miles of mines, Zhu Zaigui was confident that the 2,500 men under his command could retreat calmly and proceed to the next ambush point to continue setting up an ambush.

After this happened several times, Zhu Zaigui no longer believed that the Alda army could maintain its high morale and continue to cause chaos in the capital!

The sun sets in the west, dusk approaches, and the red sunset will soon fall behind the western hills.

Zhu Zaigui also sat on a big rock, opened his water bag and took a sip, then took a bite of the tough and hard-to-tear dried meat. Zhu Zaigui was not used to eating such hard-to-swallow military rations. He knew that ancient military rations were not tasty, but he didn't expect them to be so bad.

But in order to maintain sufficient physical strength, Zhu Zaigui still ate a large piece and drank half a pot of water.

Teng Xiang looked at Prince Yu who was working so hard. He also ate the same dried meat and said distressedly: "Prince, how about I ask someone to light a fire and cook for you? These coarse things are really not suitable for your taste."

Zhu Zaigui laughed, "If you can eat it, why can't I? Besides, I'm young and have sharp teeth. This little piece of jerky will break into pieces with one bite. If paired with this water, it will be a hearty meal!"

Teng Xiang felt both moved and upset when he listened to Zhu Zaigui's words. He never thought that Prince Yu would be so selfless and go to the front line to stop the enemy. It is hard not to admire such a spirit.

And also because of Zhu Zaigui's participation, the morale of these 2,500 people was indestructible. They showed no cowardice and followed Zhu Zaigui's lead in everything, because they also felt at ease from Zhu Zaigui.

You have to know that Zhu Zaigui is a favored child of heaven and a descendant of a royal family. He does not need to get involved in any danger. He only needs to give remote commands in a safe place and wait for the results.

However, Zhu Zaigui abandoned the safety of the rear and personally led a group of people to the dangerous front line to set up an ambush.

How can such a fearless spirit not inspire people's morale?
After Zhu Zaigui swallowed the last bite of dried meat, he choked on it. He looked at Teng Xiang and the guards around him and said, "When this battle is over, I will definitely develop a delicious military ration for you. This dried meat is too damn hard to eat. People with bad teeth probably can't chew it well and can't eat enough. How can they maintain strong physical strength to fight the enemy?"

As soon as Zhu Zaigui said this, Teng Xiang and the guards beside him all smiled kindly and said that this dried meat was the best military ration.

But Zhu Zaigui laughed, "You have never eaten fine bran. I am capable of so much more. When I am free and the second and third phases of the industrial park are completed, you will know how powerful I am. By then, I will definitely let you eat delicious military rations!"

Just as Zhu Zaiqi finished speaking, the sound of artillery fire came from the direction of Pigeon Cave. Zhu Zaiqi's face suddenly became solemn and he put away his smile, "They are coming."

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