Chapter 1124 Ambush at Night

At three o'clock in the morning, a cavalry of 3,000 people came from the northeast. This army was led by Hong Tao, a general under Tian Shenyu.

Tian Shenyu had received an order from his brother, ordering him to lead his army to retreat to Shuozhou immediately. No one dared to disobey Tian Shengong's order, except Tian Shenyu.

To be precise, Tian Shenyu was not Tian Shengong's subordinate. He was the governor of Caozhou, Quan Bianzhou, and was defeated by Li Zhengyi. He had to lead more than 16,000 remnants to Hedong to surrender to his brother Tian Shengong. Tian Shengong arranged him in Yunzhou and asked the court for an official position of Yunzhou governor for him.

Although Tian Shenyu would still retreat south according to his brother's order, he would not hand over Yunzhou so easily. He wanted to test the strength of the Guanlong Army.

Tian Shenyu's target was certainly not the 50,000 Guanlong Army stationed in the camp for rest, but the logistics team 20 miles away.

Tian Shenyu certainly had his own ideas. If each of the 3,000 cavalrymen he sent out killed five camels, the logistics baggage team would not be able to support it and would have to temporarily retreat to Fengzhou, and the army would also have to retreat.

As for Li Ye's use of this as an excuse to start a war, Tian Shenyu didn't know. He knew very well that if Li Ye really wanted to go to war with them, he could find any excuse.

But he estimated that Li Ye's mind must be on the court at the moment, and he would not consider going to war with them for the time being.

The moonlight was very good tonight, and the entire land and mountains were painted silver-white by the moonlight. There was no need to light torches to illuminate the road, and it was clearly visible from several miles away.

In fact, this was the norm in Yunzhou and even the grasslands, and it was sunny most of the time.

Hong Tao led 3,000 cavalrymen around to the north and headed directly to the baggage camp in the south.

The hooves of the three thousand cavalrymen shook the earth, and the ground was shaking. Many camels stood up in fear. At this time, the cavalrymen had no need to hide. Under the bright moonlight, they rushed to the logistics camp three miles away like a flood.

Less than two miles away from the logistics camp, an accident suddenly occurred. The war horses screamed miserably, and the cavalrymen running in front fell down one after another, rolling several feet away with their horses. In an instant, hundreds of cavalrymen fell down with their horses, and there were countless horse pits and caltrops on the ground.

The cavalrymen behind desperately pulled the war horses, and suddenly, a fire started on the ground. The fire was so fierce that it ran hundreds of feet in the blink of an eye, and was tens of feet wide, completely engulfing the three thousand cavalrymen.

Countless archers appeared on both sides, and the overwhelming crossbow arrows shot into the flames. Countless soldiers who were terrified in the flames were shot and killed by arrows. The last dozens of cavalrymen rushed out of the flames, but they were surrounded. The soldiers dismounted and knelt down to surrender.

At this time, Lei Wanchun came out of the team and shouted, "Stop shooting!"

The 10,000 crossbowmen stopped shooting, and the fire gradually died out. The ground was full of dead people and horses, burned and curled up in a ball, and it was pitch black.

Lei Wanchun cursed in disgust, "They deserve to die!"

Tian Shenyu's army had very bad military discipline. They retreated from Caozhou to Hedong, burning, killing, raping, and committing many evil deeds along the way. Although they were also Tang troops, Lei Wanchun did not hesitate to kill them.

Lei Wanchun only let the two youngest cavalrymen go back to report the news, and the other dozens of people were all beheaded and executed.

Tian Shenyu received a report from two survivors that the 3,000 cavalrymen were completely destroyed and burned to death, and even prisoners of war were not taken. Tian Shenyu was terrified. He knew that Li Ye's army was cruel on the outside and lenient on the inside in combat. They were cruel to foreigners and more tolerant to Han people. They mainly captured prisoners of war, but this time they actually killed all his men.

Tian Shenyu knew that his army must have harmed the people too much, and Qi Wang Li Ye would not tolerate it. He was really scared and did not dare to stay any longer. He immediately led the remaining troops to retreat to the direction of Shuofang.

This time he did not dare to plunder Yunzhong County. If he angered Li Ye again at this time, I am afraid that Li Ye would not let him go now.

The next afternoon, Lei Wanchun led the army to occupy Yunzhong County. Yunzhong County is Datong City, which was also the former capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Pingcheng.

This is a tall and solid city with a circumference of more than 30 miles and a population of more than 100,000. This is the logistics center of the Guanlong Tang Army.

According to Li Ye's appointment, Wei Feng was appointed as the governor of Yunzhou. The original Yunzhou was the governor state, and Tian Shenyu was the governor and governor at the same time. Tian Shenyu ran away, and the state government had no chief officer, so Li Ye asked Wei Feng to be the governor.

After three days of rest, Lei Wanchun left 30,000 troops to guard Yunzhong County, and he continued to lead 20,000 troops and 20,000 camels to attack Weizhou.

In the Chang'an Firearms and Gunpowder Bureau, Li Ye stared at a stone house two hundred steps away with a serious look, and the gunpowder craftsmen also stared at the stone house.

In the stone house, a death row prisoner was mixing one part nitric acid, two parts sulfuric acid and half part glycerin according to Li Ye's order.

This is an extremely dangerous operation. If you are not careful, a violent explosion will occur. Of course, if it is handled well, the death row prisoner will also be pardoned.

This death row prisoner was also specially selected by Li Ye. He was a doctor. Because his wife had an affair with a patient, he poisoned his wife and the adulterer.

According to reason, he should be sentenced to death, but there were many people who pleaded for him, so Li Ye gave him a chance. If he was willing to prepare nitroglycerin for himself, he could be pardoned.

Li Ye mainly took a fancy to his steady hands and accurate medicine preparation.

Soon, the doctor came out trembling with fear. He also knew the danger and was sweating profusely.

Li Ye went up to him and asked, "How is it?"

"It has been completed according to your instructions!"

"What color?" Li Ye asked.

"A light yellow oil."

The color was right, Li Ye asked again, "Did you stir it evenly with the porcelain stick?"

The other party nodded, "It has been stirred evenly. "

Although nitroglycerin is prone to explosion, it generally will not explode as long as it is not violently shaken or heated.

There is generally no problem in storage, but it is very easy to explode due to shaking during transportation.

So later, diatomaceous earth was used to absorb nitroglycerin, which was an explosive. It was much safer at this time. Unless it was ignited, it would not explode.

Li Ye entered the room and took a look. There was an open porcelain basin on the small table in the room. There was about two kilograms of oily liquid in it, which was light yellow.

Li Ye nodded, then pointed to the two kilograms of diatomaceous earth ground into powder next to him and said: "Pour the sand in, stir them slowly and evenly, and then you will be fine. Remember, it must be slow and even. "

Everyone exited again, leaving the doctor to operate alone.

About a quarter of an hour later, the doctor came out again. His legs were shaking. He bowed to Li Ye and said, "The mixture has been evenly mixed!"

Li Ye walked into the stone house again and saw that in the porcelain basin on the table, the originally white sand turned into light yellow and condensed into lumps. He only needed to dry them in the shade and crush them into powder with a wooden board.

This is dynamite.

Li Ye immediately ordered, "Go and get a small iron fire thunder quickly!"