Soon the Tatars arrived at the ditch. Seeing the dug road, they shouted a lot and began to send people to fill the ditch. They also suspected that someone was digging a ditch here to ambush them, so they sent two teams to explore the two sides of the hillside to see if there was an ambush.
Fortunately, Lu Zifeng had already anticipated that they would do this, so he led his men and walked five miles in the direction of the Tatars. This was the most suitable place for an ambush. Here, Lu Zifeng called Cao Yong.
"Cao Yong, take 500 men back to the place where we just dug the trench. After those Tatars leave, continue digging the road for me, and then ambush on both sides of the hillside."
Cao Yong was stunned for a moment, "What about you, Captain?"
Lu Zifeng looked at the direction the Tatars were coming from and said, "I'm here with a thousand men. When half of the Tatar army has passed, I will lead my men to attack their center. By then, the Tatars will be in chaos. You will be responsible for blocking any Tatars who escape."
Cao Yong learned of Lu Zifeng's plan and left with five hundred people.
After waiting here for about an hour, they saw the Tatar army arriving. Several scouts walking in front shot arrows into the mountains and forests from time to time. Fortunately, Lu Zifeng asked the soldiers to catch a lot of birds. Whenever a scout shot an arrow, they would release a few birds. This is how they were not noticed by the Tatar scouts.
Lu Zifeng had been watching the speed of the Tatar army with a telescope. After the Tatar army had moved halfway, Lu Zifeng waved his command flag, and the soldiers and horses ambushed on both sides rushed towards the Tatar army on the mountain road.
The Tatar army was also startled by the sudden shouts and cries of killing, and immediately fell into chaos. Some people rode their horses directly and ran forward. The cavalry in front were also panicked. Some of them could not control their horses and had to let the horses lead them. Immediately, many cavalry were thrown off their horses by the crazy horses, and their legs were broken by their own horses.
While the Tatars were in a state of chaos, Lu Zifeng led his troops directly into the Tatar army, stabbing and stabbing the Tatars with his spear. Originally, Lu Zifeng was a little timid with his troops. After all, two thousand versus twenty thousand, the disparity in strength was too great, equivalent to one against ten. But now seeing that the Tatars with nearly 20,000 troops were like frightened birds, fleeing in all directions, his confidence suddenly increased. As Lu Zifeng rushed left and right in the Tatar army, he soon divided the entire Tatar army into several sections.
While killing the Tatars, Lu Zifeng was also looking for the leader of the Tatar army. Unexpectedly, before Lu Zifeng went to find him, he came to find Lu Zifeng.
Lu Zifeng was also happy to be free, so he just killed people on the spot and waited for the man who looked like a general to come over.
"Ah! Where did this unknown brat come from? How dare you mess with me, your grandfather?"
Lu Zifeng looked at the general rushing towards him, without any nonsense, he stabbed the general off his horse with a spear.
The man was still looking at Lu Zifeng's spear in surprise, which was stuck in his chest. Lu Zifeng's eyes did not change. He pulled out the spear and knocked the general off his horse with one kick.
The guards around him stepped forward and tied up the general, and Lu Zifeng led the soldiers to charge again. The battle lasted for half an hour, and Lu Zifeng led his men to withdraw from the battlefield. There was no other way. There were too few soldiers. With only a thousand people charging, it was already very good to kill nearly five thousand Tatars.
When I returned to Cao Yong again, I saw Cao Yong coming towards me, also covered in blood.
"Captain, you are truly a master of prediction. Nearly two thousand Tatars just rushed over here, but we killed several hundred of them. However, they eventually fled back."
Lu Zifeng did not blame him. "Okay, this is already very good. I just don't know what's going on with Liu Can now."
Cao Yongdao said, "Captain, don't worry! Liu Can is a smart guy. He will definitely not suffer any loss."
Sure enough, an hour later Liu Can led his men out of the forest, saying
"Captain, when you were charging in the front, a group of Tatars ran back and were blocked by us. We killed hundreds of them. In the end, there were too many of them, so I had to lead them back into the mountains." There was a hint of regret in Liu Can's words, and he smiled when he saw Lu Zifeng.
"Alright, let's be content! We only have so few troops, and it's already quite good to have such a record. Remember, we're outnumbered ten to one!"
"Alright, everyone's here. Let's quickly count the casualties. We need to leave here as soon as possible. Otherwise, when the Tatars realize their mistake, it will be difficult for us to leave!"
A quarter of an hour later, Cao Yongdao said, "Captain, we have lost more than a hundred men, and more than three hundred are injured. Eighteen are seriously injured, and the rest are slightly injured."
"Captain, we've captured quite a few horses this time, over 1,200 in total, as well as a fair amount of weapons and a good deal of food. It just so happens that our dry rations are almost gone."
Lu Zifeng knew that casualties were inevitable in war, but the death of more than a hundred brothers still made him very sad, but that was how war was.
"Okay, let's go. The Tatars should be chasing us now. Let's turn around at the foot of the mountain ahead and go back from the other side of the mountain."
At this time, the captured Tatar general had been tied to the horse's back. Lu Zifeng took a look at him and knew that he would not die for the time being, but he still asked the military doctor to bandage him casually. He was a prisoner of war and could receive a reward when he returned.
At this time, a roar was heard from the Tatar army.
The Tatar general looked at the soldiers below with a gloomy expression and said loudly.
"Now, who can tell me? The young master is missing. How should we explain this to the Khan? Weren't we told to look after the young master? But how did you manage that? A mere attack of a thousand soldiers threw you into chaos, and over five thousand people were slaughtered. It's truly shameful, and now the young master is gone too."
The generals standing below did not dare to speak, and finally a middle-aged man came out and spoke.
"General, I'm afraid King Jing's men are chasing us this time. We can't linger here any longer. Since we haven't seen the young master on the battlefield, I think they've captured him. I think it's best to leave this place first, otherwise, when King Jing's army comes after us, we might not have a chance to escape."
The Tatar general also knew the seriousness of the matter and let out a long sigh.
"Military Advisor is right. We must leave as soon as possible. The young master has only been captured and his life is not in danger."
In fact, he knew that they had already lost. When Bingzhou Prefecture was taken back by the Dayu people, it meant that they had lost. But now he had personally handed the bargaining chips to the Dayu Dynasty. When the time comes for negotiations, his people will no longer have the initiative. It was really frustrating.
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