Flourishing of the Ming Dynasty Novel - Chapter 78

Chapter 78 Bing Lin Gate (1)
In the late spring, the sun shone warmly on the ground, and a few hare hunting for food appeared in the bushes. When they saw a fresh and tender grass, they jumped forward and opened their mouths to bite.

But just after they couldn’t eat two mouthfuls, their long, drooping ears suddenly curled up. Their tiny eyes suddenly flashed as they stared at the seemingly calm grassland in front of them, revealing a look of vigilance. Afterwards, they suddenly leapt to the side and quickly disappeared into the deeper grass nest.

And just as these rabbits were hiding, The ground on the grassland began to tremble slightly. Then, a dark group appeared in the distance within his sight. Countless people and horses were galloping towards him. The healthy horses’ hooves were galloping as they knocked on the ground, intimidating all the wild beasts and insects in the surroundings to hide and dodge. Their momentum was extremely terrifying!

Although there were only 2,000 Mongol cavalry near Guangling County this time, there were no less than 5,000 horses. This was also the usual practice of the grassland tribes when they went out to battle. Normally, they would only use one person, two or three horses. Once the two armies clashed, they would only mount the best horses to attack.

In this way, the might of the troops along the way would be even greater. From afar, it was like a dark cloud pressing forward at a terrifying speed, as if everything in front of them would be crushed and shattered by them!

Yu Tai’s face was filled with complacency and dense killing intent. This time, he was going to let the grassland ministries know the strength of his Thorn Tribe! It also let Ming Ting of the Central Plains know how terrible the consequences of offending him would be.

Of course, with the strength of the Thoroughfare Division of only a few hundred, they wouldn’t be able to bring out two thousand elite cavalry. It wasn’t enough to bring along all the strong and green men of the clan. Therefore, the Mongolian army that invaded Guang Ling this time was an alliance army. Apart from the 800 cavalry that the Thorn Tribe had brought out, there were also 1,000 troops borrowed from the two neighboring tribes. Only then did they gather together this murderous cavalry army.

“Yu Tai, we are less than twenty miles away from Guang Ling. If we charge with all our might, we will be able to reach the gate in a bucket of milk. But there is still a room for discussion over there. What do you think we should do?” A subordinate who was familiar with the terrain of Guangling County asked loudly.

“The Han people have a saying that soldiers are precious and fast. Since our goal is to take down Guang Ling, we should naturally kill him directly. As for that discussion field, it must be ours.” Yu Tai replied loudly, then he drew his saber out and waved it forward, “All troops charge forward. Target-Guangling County!”

After the wolf-like howl, all the Mongol cavalry quickly changed horses, and then controlled their mounts to gallop towards the direction of Broad Spirit City at twice the speed they had just galloped. Everyone’s eyes were filled with excitement. In their minds, if they suddenly arrived, they would definitely be able to kill the people inside and outside Broad Spirit City. With just a single charge, they would be able to completely occupy the city, and at that time, they would be able to plunder and slaughter it!

The “dark clouds” swept away at an even faster speed, causing the grass to fly, the ground to crack, and the wild beasts to scatter in all directions. A dense murderous aura was already approaching …

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The northeast area outside Guang Ling City was already in chaos, and countless merchants were instructing their clerks to hurriedly load their goods onto the vehicles. Occasionally, because of the constant collision between those things and people, the goods that were not completely bound were scattered and needed to be put back by the merchants.

For a moment, shouts, scolding, and the howls of the livestock sounded out in unison.

Although some cowardly and cautious Han merchants had rushed to the city to hide after receiving the news from the county, more merchants, especially the grassland merchants, chose to stay. After all, the wealth here was all their wealth. If they abandoned it, their future days would be sad. It was not just a sentence to say that people would die for money and birds would die for food.

As for the merchants of the grasslands, they didn’t think much of this military matter in their hearts. They didn’t think that the Mongol cavalry of the same race would attack them. After all, they had their own tribes behind them.

Just as the group of people were packing everything up nervously and in a mess, and were slowly rushing towards the county, the ground began to tremble. The experienced Meng Ren couldn’t help but turn his head and look behind him. He saw a dark group of people galloping towards him at the fastest speed possible. Even the cold sparkling scimitars in the hands of the first few people could be seen clearly.

Seeing that cavalry were indeed coming, these merchants revealed expressions of horror. They hurriedly drove their cattle to the two sides to avoid them, hoping that the other party would only attack Guang Ling and not attack them.

At the same time, the Mongol cavalry in front of them also saw them. When they saw that the cargo-laden vehicle was right in front of them, the eyes of these people immediately revealed a look of greed.

Fortunately, the people from the Juyan Tribe rushed straight in the direction of Broad Spirit City after the Clan Chief gave the order. The other two tribes changed directions and pounced towards the merchants on the side of the road. They even shouted, “Leave the goods behind!”

The merchants naturally refused to comply and continued to drive their horses forward desperately. But how could these heavy carriages run past the light cavalry? In a flash, they had already arrived at their side, and the scimitar had already slashed fiercely at them from the side.

“We are” A Mongolian was about to call out the name of his tribe, but he was killed on the spot by someone with a knife.

As the first person fell into a pool of blood, a massacre had already begun. How could these fellows, whose eyes had long been red with wealth, care if the other party was a compatriot of the grasslands? The law of the jungle had become even more common, so screams could be heard continuously. The goods they had brought out had become the life-threatening talismans of the merchants.

Only after discovering this cruel reality did some of the Great Ming merchants finally understand. Regrettably, they no longer cared about protecting their goods. They turned around and ran towards Guangling County, hoping to save their lives. Because the cavalry who had started the slaughter were only focusing on the carriages that were loaded with goods, they were temporarily able to escape.

Very quickly, these people realized that they had completely fallen into despair. The reason for that was because there were many cavalry galloping forward on the road to Guang Ling. From afar, the city gates of Guang Ling County had long been tightly closed, and they were not allowed to enter at all.

Actually, not only were these merchants greatly surprised by this, even Yu Tai, who had led his troops to the city gate, was shocked to see this. He hadn’t expected that his opponent would be prepared for such a sudden attack. Not only were the city gates tightly closed and the suspension bridges closed, the city walls were also filled with soldiers, as if they were facing a great enemy.

When the troops of the Thoroughfare Tribe roared and rushed forward, the defenders who had been prepared for the city wall shot down a wave of random arrows without hesitation, seriously injuring a few cavalry who were rushing in front of them. This caused their momentum to abruptly stop, and they could only temporarily press their weapons to stay at the gates.

The imaginary ambush and the long drive into the city were completely bankrupt at this moment. The troops of the Juyan Tribe that rushed over could only stop at the gate of Guanling City and looked up at the heavily guarded city wall at a loss for what to do.

‘”Go, shout to the city, tell them to quickly surrender and hand over the murderer who killed our warrior, Huo Zang. Otherwise, we will immediately attack the city. Once we break the city, we will slaughter all the people in the city!” Yu Tai regained his senses and waved his hand, calling out to a group of people who were proficient in Chinese.

The man hurriedly agreed and rode his horse forward a few steps. He stopped outside the range of the bow and arrow on the city wall before shouting loudly, conveying Yu Tai’s meaning in more threatening words.

On the city wall, the faces of the soldiers had already turned extremely grim.

Although they had already received the news before, they were still extremely nervous when they saw these Meng people really arrive at the gates. This was two thousand Tartars cavalry, but they were three to four times as strong as their city guards, how should they deal with it?

Although they had a city wall as support, this Guang Ling city wall was only thirty to forty feet tall. Could it really be used to block these two thousand wolf-like Mongol cavalry? Not to mention ordinary soldiers, even a general like Liu Yi didn’t have any confidence in this point.

But even so, it was impossible for him to believe the nonsense of those fellows at the gate of the city. Kaesong surrendered? Not to mention that he firmly believed that once the city was opened, it would only cause him and the people in the city to die even more miserably. Even if the other party really kept his promise, he would not always be able to bear the charge of surrendering to the city.

Moreover, the other party had also asked him to hand over the murderer who killed Huo Zang, that is, County Magistrate Lu Zhen Lu. This was even more impossible. So very quickly, Liu Yi gave his attitude, that is, he shot out an arrow, almost killing the guy who came forward and shouted with an arrow.

Seeing this, the Meng people were instantly annoyed. They all shot out chaotic arrows of revenge at the city walls. At the same time, some people looked at Yu Tai, who was similarly furious. “Yu Tai, let’s attack the city now! Otherwise, if the time drags on for too long, I’m afraid that the Ming army elsewhere will come to rescue them.” Among them, Huo Jie’s attitude was the most urgent, and his face was filled with eagerness and impatience.

However, Yu Tai wasn’t in a hurry to order the siege. Instead, he swept his head towards the frightened merchants behind him and said, “No hurry, forcefully attacking the city is not the best policy. There are many casualties. Why don’t we use these people first?” As he spoke, he waved his hand and signaled for the Han merchants who had fled to this side to be taken down and brought to the formation.

Along with a burst of screams, curses, cries, and cries, all the merchants who thought that they could escape from the heavens but stepped back into hell were taken down. Those who dared to resist, they were directly slashed to death. In the blink of an eye, more than twenty merchants were pushed to the front and aimed at the city wall!