Chapter 171 "Not good! There is an ambush!"

If you look closely at Tuobasu, it doesn't seem like a member of the Tatars. In Xu Xingxia's impression, the authentic Tatars had almost no brown hair. If he was really a Tatar, he should also be a Tatar who was mixed with Western Asian countries and had the blood of European whites. To put it more accurately, it is very likely to be related to the Ottoman Turkish Empire. Only after the Ottoman Empire annexed Byzantium, the yellow races of Asia and the white races of Europe mate with each other, brown hair appeared.

Why did you suddenly realize that the Ottoman Turkish Empire was so far away? It was mainly because of the Tatars at that time, and the relationship with the Ottoman Empire was quite complicated. The Ottoman Empire itself was very complicated, with a large number of ethnic groups in the control area. Among them, there were many Tatars who moved westward. There were both struggles and cooperation between the Ottoman Empire and the Tatars. It was not surprising that one or two Ottoman Empires appeared in the northwest of the Ming Empire.

At that time, the most advanced smoothbore gun in the Eastern world was the Rumi gun produced by the Ottoman Turkish Empire. This was a very excellent weapon with a long range and great power, so that in later generations, the Sultan Musketeers became one of the important troops in a certain game. When the Ming Empire gradually declined, it was the period when the Ottoman Empire gradually rose, and it would reach its peak in seventy years and become a major power across Europe, Asia and Africa.

Just like the Arab Empire back then, the Ottoman Empire continued to expand to the east during its rise. In later Central Asia, it seemed that the moon was farewell, and countries such as Bukhara and Khorasan became vassal states of the Ottoman Empire. Khanate countries such as Yarkand in the east were also influenced by the infiltration of the Ottoman Empire. The Mughal dynasty in the south (i.e., India) were also influenced by the infiltration of the Ottoman Empire. It can be said that in the western part of the Ming Empire, the shadow of the Ottoman Empire was almost everywhere.

The reason why in real history, the Ming Empire and the Ottoman Empire did not collide violently like the Battle of Talas in the Tang Dynasty. The main reason is that the Ming Empire was not enterprisingly towards the northwest and basically had no desire to occupy the land outside Jiayuguan. Since there was no desire, then let others do whatever they wanted. The influence of the Ottoman Empire began to diverge from Istanbul. After all, it was more than 5,000 kilometers away from the Yarkand Khanate. It was difficult to continue to move eastward. Therefore, direct military dialogue was avoided between the two huge empires.

Here, we must be fair. In terms of the territory that is simply actually controlled, the Ming Dynasty was indeed not very outstanding among so many dynasties in history. Although the map of the Ming Dynasty was very large, even the distant Sakhalin Island was included. In fact, most areas were not actually controlled. This was even more so in the late Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty could not handle a small Liaodong area, let alone other places.

Behind Tuoba Su, there were about sixty or seventy horse thieves. Sure enough, his entourage was less than one hundred. Most of the horse thieves carried bows and arrows, and only a small number of horse thieves carried hand-to-hand weapons such as spears, waist knives, axes. What’s more special here is that the horse thieves carried a large number of axes. Han people rarely used axes when fighting in hand-to-hand, but nomadic people liked to use them.

Tuoba Su also carried a large longbow behind him. On the other shoulder, there were many big arrows. From the arrows, it was heavier and thicker than ordinary goose-feather arrows. Under his horse's belly, there were several scimitars hanging. They were smaller than ordinary Ming army scimitars and had no hilt. It was probably used for throwing weapons.

"preparation!"

Xu Xingxia said in a low voice.

Yun Qifeng, who was responsible for the detonation, held the fuse in his hand a little nervously.

What is the best thing to use in a narrow valley? Of course it is an explosive pack. With a rumbling sound, the canyon in front collapses, blocking the road. With another rumbling sound, the canyon behind also collapses, cutting off the rear path. The horse thief stuck in the middle can only be beaten. The terrain like Suweikou exists for the explosive pack to work.

The bandits who rode their horses obviously did not expect that they would be ambushed here. They have been arrogant in Ningxia Town for more than ten years, but have never seen any strong winds and waves? Although the terrain of Suweikou is dangerous, in their eyes, there is nothing big. They have experienced even more dangerous places than here. Of course, they did not expect that someone would use explosives to deal with them.

Although the thieves in front seemed very alert, they always looked around when advancing, but they were not really as if they were facing a great enemy. If they really noticed the danger, they and their companions behind should have at least two or three hundred meters away. As long as the distance was extended, it would not be easy for Xu Xingxia to ambush them.

The soldiers of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry all quietly aimed the Sun and Moon guns loaded with Minni bullets at the horse thieves in the canyon in front and fired them at any time. In order to avoid the horse thieves from detecting ambushing on both sides, the ambushing position of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry was in front of the canyon, in front of the horse thieves, and seventy or eighty feet away from the location where Tuoba Su was located.

As for the horse thieves, there was only Gao Meng. His main task was to detonate the explosive package and cut off the horse thieves' retreat. There were no other tiger and leopard cavalry warriors around Gao Meng. After all, from the intelligence point of view, Tuoba Su's intuition about danger was quite strong. There were too many people lying in ambush, and maybe he would notice it. If he had not entered the ambush circle, he would turn around and the waiting for these three days would be wasted.

"stop!"

At this moment, Tuoba Su suddenly made a gesture.

The bandits in front immediately stopped their war horses and observed them everywhere. Some people held their bows and arrows and patroled everywhere. Some people climbed onto the stones on both sides of the canyon and looked around. Other horse thieves held the weapons in their hands vigilantly and stared at the surroundings uneasy. The horse thief who was responsible for guarding behind them retreated twenty or thirty feet, and distanced the companions in front.

Obviously, Tuoba Su felt something. His intuition was indeed very powerful, and he felt a little danger. His location was less than ten feet away from Gao Meng's lurking position. Perhaps, he felt Gao Meng's place. However, the number of white-clothed army ambushed beside him was indeed too small, only Gao Meng was the only one. After a moment, Tuoba Su subconsciously shook his head. Happily, his feeling was not very clear.

Of course, both Gao Meng and Xu Xingxia have quietly sweated. Tuoba Su is really a character. Even if only one person is ambushing nearby, he can detect the existence of danger. No wonder he can survive until now. If Xu Xingxia arranged a few more people around Gao Meng, if he couldn't do it well, Tuoba Su would have really noticed it.

"Let's go!

A moment later, Tuoba Su made another gesture.

The bandits who had stopped moving forward slowly moved forward. The horse thief who was responsible for the warning behind urged the horses to approach their companions. The horse thief in front continued to keep a distance of less than twenty feet from their companions. Obviously, these were not in line with the requirements. Judging from the expressions of the horse thieves, they obviously seemed to be used to Tuoba Su and did not pay much attention to it. In addition, Tuoba Su had to stop and stop like this. If you walk and stop like this more often, naturally some people would not take it seriously.

"ignition!"

Seeing that the horse thief was just right, Xu Xingxia calmly ordered.

"Shit!"

Yun Qifeng immediately ignited the fuse.

Xu Xingxia's main task is to block the thieves' way. After the horse thieves were besieged, they launched a strong attack and wiped out the horse thieves. As for cutting off the thieves' retreat, it was Gao Meng's mission alone. Judging from the observed situation, the last thieves had already walked through Gao Meng's position, and he should have made some moves.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, a loud noise of the sky falling and the earth breaking.

Behind Tuoba Su, about fifty or sixty feet, the explosive pack exploded. After a strong tremor, a large amount of gravel rushes down from both sides of the canyon, just blocking the way back. There were also two unlucky horse thieves who were hit by sporadic gravels and fell off the horse's back on the spot, blood flowing, and they didn't know whether it was dead or alive.

The war horses under the bandits were also violently exploded, and they were a little panicked and ran around uneasy. Their owners needed to spend a lot of effort to pull the reins hard to control them again. Because the canyon was narrow, horse thieves collided with each other and fell to the ground, causing the scene to become even more chaotic.

"Not good! There is an ambush!"

Tuoba Su immediately felt something was wrong.

The other bandits also suddenly felt something was wrong.

The explosion and overturned huge rocks completely blocked the bandits' retreat. With thick dust, they only looked behind and knew that the road behind was unable to be opened. Because a large amount of dust floated and the visibility was very low, they could not judge how many enemies were ambushed behind them.

"forward!"

"Kill out!"

Tuoba Su screamed sharply.

While screaming, he had already taken off the big bow behind him, and at the same time he had a thick and thick geese-feathered arrow, looking for enemies who ambushed him everywhere. His mind was definitely not stupid. He immediately reacted that he had been ambushed. In Ningxia Town, those who had the ability to ambush him could count a slap. He quickly judged that this was the official army of Ningxia Town. His first reaction was to shoot the enemy's commander, and then look for an opportunity to rush out.
Chapter completed!