Chapter 375 Ambush
It was cold and deep in the night, and the post station was silent. Except for the night guards, everyone had fallen asleep.
Jiang Shu curled up in Yu Zheng's arms and slept soundly.
Yu Zheng held her, thinking about the bowl of birthday noodles all the time, and he couldn't sleep.
This year's birthday is destined to be particularly unforgettable.
Yu Zheng kissed Jiang Shu's forehead lightly, listening to her light breathing, and felt a warm feeling in his heart.
His Shu'er is the best in the world, and he is very lucky to have her.
Yu Zheng sighed with satisfaction, smelled the fragrance of Jiang Shu's hair, and fell asleep entangled with her hair.
The next day, just after dawn, the team was ready to go.
A day passed in a flash, and it got dark especially early in the northern frontier.
Shen Changze led a thousand light cavalrymen and rode through the cold snow for four days before stopping at the post station to rest.
After dinner, Shen Changze discussed the nearby terrain with the post station master while looking at the map.
After confirmation, it was found that there was a valley thirty miles ahead, with mountains on both sides. The terrain was dangerous and very suitable for ambushes.
"There is only one way through the valley. If someone ambushes on the mountain, the people in the valley will have nowhere to hide." said the post station master.
Shen Changze frowned after hearing this and recalled the valley based on the impression in his mind.
He had walked the road from Shangjing to the border several times, but he was always in a carriage and did not check the surrounding terrain from time to time.
Because of the dangerous terrain of this valley, he had specially explored it and had some impression of it. He
had carefully investigated along the way and found no trace of the Mobei people. According to the time calculation, the baggage army will arrive here in the next two days.
If the Mobei people want to ambush and burn food and destroy clothes, this valley is the best place.
Shen Changze immediately decided to investigate and wait here.
Early the next morning, Shen Changze led his men to the valley and observed carefully.
"General, there are traces of people on the mountain." The cavalry reported.
This place is far away from the border, and the snow is not as big as the border. After a few days, it has almost melted. There are almost no footprints on the muddy mountain ground, which obviously means that they climbed the mountain before the snow melted.
But on a broken branch, there was a small piece of cloth hanging, and the dry grass also had traces of being crushed. There were also some slip marks on the ground, which should be someone accidentally fell on the slippery road in the snow.
"Move quietly to the top of the mountain, don't make any surprises." Shen Changze ordered.
He divided the 1,000 light cavalry into two teams, one team to move one mountain.
The mountain was not very high, and half an hour later, Shen Changze led his men to the bottom of the mountain.
After two quarters of an hour of hidden observation, they saw two Mobei people going to the forest to relieve themselves.
"Why hasn't the Dazhao baggage army arrived yet? We've been waiting for two days. If they don't come soon, they'll freeze to death."
"Keep your voice down, it should be a day or two, wait a little longer..."
It was snowy and cold, and they couldn't even make a spark on the mountain. They had to endure it all, and they were shivering from the cold.
While the two were talking and relaxing, Shen Changze made a gesture, and he and the two cavalrymen went around and quietly wiped the necks of the two Mobei people with a dagger.
Afterwards, Shen Changze and another person changed into the clothes of Mobei people and went to the top of the mountain.
They were called Mobei people's clothes, but in fact they were the clothes of Dazhao people, because Mobei people sneaked into Dazhao and pretended to be Dazhao people. In order to cover up their strange faces, they also wore hats and scarves, leaving only a pair of eyes.
This made it convenient for Shen Changze and his men to sneak in.
Shen Changze and the cavalry walked not far to the top of the mountain when they saw the ambushing Mobei team.
When they saw them, the Mobei people just glanced at them and did not notice anything wrong.
Shen Changze waited for a while, and seeing that no one was paying attention, he walked around quietly to observe.
A rough estimate shows that there are fifty or sixty people, all carrying bows and arrows. There are many stones piled on the edge of the mountain top. It is obvious that they are preparing to place boulders to block the road first, and then take advantage of the chaos to set off rockets to burn food and destroy clothes .
Shen Changze looked at the mountain opposite, saw the piled stones and swaying figures, and knew that he was in the same situation.
Fortunately, Yu Cheng had the foresight to let him bring people, otherwise I am afraid that these Mobei people would succeed.
Five hundred cavalrymen against fifty or sixty Mobei people, the chances of winning are obvious, Shen Changze no longer hesitated and took action directly.
If it drags on, the baggage army will arrive, and the Mobei people will take the opportunity to push down the boulders, which will delay the journey.
The fight broke out suddenly, and the Mobei people reacted after being stunned, trying to push the stones down the mountain at all costs.
Although pushing the stone ahead of time could not harm the baggage train, it could still block the road.
Shen Changze saw through the Mobei people's plan, drew his bow and arrow, and shot down the Mobei people
who were about to push the stone. However, no matter how fast their arrows were, they could not kill all the Mobei people at the same time, and someone still pushed the stone down.
"Kill, don't let a single Mobei thief go!" The cavalry rushed to the top of the mountain with swords raised, surrounded and killed the Mobei people.
At the same time, shouts of killing were heard from the opposite mountain.
It was a crushing battle, and there was no suspense about the victory or defeat.
A quarter of an hour later, the fighting subsided, and the cavalry reported to Shen Changze that all the Mobei people had been killed.
Shen Changze stood on the edge of the mountain top, looking at the rolling stones on the valley road and said: "Go down the mountain to clear the road in the valley, and leave half of the people on the mountain to prevent the Mobei people from having any tricks up their sleeves."
"Yes." The cavalry took the order and acted separately.
There were about dozens of rolling stones on the valley road, and hundreds of cavalry took half an hour to clean them up.
It's not that they were slow, but some of the rolling stones were really too big.
Shen Changze ordered the cavalry to rest, and wait until the evening when it was about to get dark. He wanted to leave some people to guard, and when the others returned to the post station, the baggage army arrived.
The cavalry breathed a sigh
of relief, they didn't have to freeze on the mountain. The team marched south for two days in a row. At noon on the third day, the sky was terribly gloomy, as if it would rain in the next moment.
Zhuiyun had to ask Yu Zheng for instructions.
Yu Zheng pursed his lips and asked the team to set up camp nearby.
They chose a high ground, but before the tents were set up, raindrops began to fall.
"Hurry up, move faster." The soldiers sped up their actions and finally set up the tents before the heavy rain came.
The soldiers in charge of collecting firewood hurriedly carried the firewood into the tent to prevent it from getting wet and unable to light.
They can rely on these firewoods to keep warm at night.
There are so many soldiers on the march that it is impossible for everyone to have a quilt to rest. They can only squeeze into the tent and take a nap around the fire. It is still
early today. After a simple lunch, they all huddled in the tent to chat and guess when the rain will stop.
Jiang Shu and Yu Zheng sat in the carriage, studying the map.
"I'm afraid the rain will not stop for a while, so we can't make it this afternoon." Jiang Shu sighed.
Yu Zheng stared at the map and said, "If we delay for half a day, we will have to recalculate our next place to stay."
Jiang Shu came over and estimated with Yu Zheng for a while, and then said in surprise, "We can stay at this post station tomorrow night."
If there hadn't been this rain and the delay of half a day, they would have missed the post station according to the itinerary. Now that things are going well, we can rest more comfortably
tomorrow night. "Well, I hope the rain will stop tomorrow morning." Yu Zheng put away the map.
Otherwise, we will have to waste more time and miss the post station.
Jiang Shu listened to the sound of raindrops hitting the roof of the car, covered his lips and yawned.
He has been rushing on the road these days, getting up before dawn every day and never waking up.
Yu Zheng opened the seat, took out the quilt and spread it on, letting Jiang Shu sleep for a while.
"My husband, sleep with me." Jiang Shu pulled Yu Zheng to lie down together.
There is nothing to do, so why not catch up on some sleep together.