Chapter 34: Assassination Operation

  With these several hundred free laborers, Zhou Yuji's warriors finally got a good rest.

  A lot of food was abandoned by the bandits, and various iron pots were also a kind of material, which were not thrown away by the bandits. The bandits have been frightened now, and there is no need to worry about their raid. With the help of these new young people, everyone had a hot dinner.

  The cavalry had lost over a hundred men and the bodies of these brave warriors were brought back.

  People are emotional, and sorrow is inevitable. Yesterday's comrades who shared meals, jokes, and battles together suddenly turned into cold corpses in the blink of an eye. No one can ignore this. However, grief has no use; this is war, and no one knows when they will leave this world forever. Now, these soldiers need to tidy up their fallen comrades' appearance and then bring them back so that their families can see their final appearance.

  Winter nights arrive very early, and fires are lit in clusters.

  Zhou Yuji gathered all the generals above the hundred households. This was a routine pre-war meeting, and naturally the content was how to deal with Jian Nu.

  The officers quickly gathered, entering a large tent that had just been set up. All the generals greeted each other and then sat down on the felt mats that had been laid out. Seeing that everyone was present, Zhou Yuji spoke first: "Everyone has worked hard these past few days! Tonight there is no combat mission, so rest well. The commander-in-chief wants to take out Jian Nu's cavalry leader in tomorrow's first encounter. The tactics are arranged as follows: Liu Qi and Liu Qian will lead the vanguard, followed by Zhou Wanjiang, Wu Yun, Zhou Jianan, Gao Qiang... The commander-in-chief will hold down the middle road. We must succeed, and if we do, our army will gain the upper hand. We can then continuously use the advantage of cavalry mobility to attack Jian Nu."

  After a brief pause, Zhou Yuji began to ask for everyone's opinions: "Who has any good ideas that can be put forward now? I'll make arrangements in advance."

  This is the strongest lineup, all the most powerful riders are arranged in the front, and the task of killing the leader of Jian Nu is obviously Zhou Jianan and Gao Qiang. These two people are not only brave, but also best at using their brains to fight, and they are clearly the most suitable candidates.

  After a while, seeing that no one spoke up, it was clear that the generals had no objections to Zhou Yu's arrangement. Zhou Huachen stood up: "Everyone remembers that tomorrow we need to get more war horses and strive for one person to have two horses. This way, we can hunt down those dog-like Jin slaves!"

  Zhou Huchen's words brought a small burst of laughter, which greatly relaxed the atmosphere of the meeting.

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  A peaceful night passed, the sky was slightly bright, and the young people of Daming got up early to prepare breakfast. A pot of thick rice porridge, freshly baked pancakes with dried meat, the food emitted a fascinating fragrance, and a warm breakfast began.

  The enemy was a few miles away, and the soldiers who had eaten breakfast began to prepare. The battle in the wild was full of uncertainty, and in order to prevent not being able to eat the next meal, everyone ate very full. During the leisure time of rest, the soldiers not only gave the war horses sufficient water but also re-examined the horse equipment, weapons, and other equipment carefully again.

  More than 500 young and strong men who had just joined the army were now Zhou Yuji's logistics team. In fact, these people with hatred were very competent, not only diligent but also extremely disciplined, they would do a good job of completing their work, except for cooking, those captured goods were neatly arranged by them. Food, cloth, gold and silver, copper coins, all kinds of miscellaneous items, and the clothes and armor stripped from the defeated soldiers piled up into small mountains. These materials were the foundation for Zhou Yuji's future rise to power, because according to imperial rules, except for those gruesome heads, most of these captured goods would belong to Zhou Yuji.

  Yu Hai became the leader of these new recruits and was temporarily appointed as a hundred-man commander by Zhou Yuji to lead them in guarding these supplies.

  Everything is ready, only lacking action. Zhou Yuji let out a loud shout: "Set off!"

  These brave warriors of the Ming Dynasty set out again.

  Dumaile, who had been prepared for a long time, received the news of the Ming army's mobilization again. He decisively led his cavalry to meet them head-on. For him, the current situation was not one bit easier than the previous two days. The loss of nearly 30% had already injured the bones of his cavalry. He clearly knew that the ratio of the cavalry battles in these two days was 1:3 or even 1:4. These Ming army were stronger than he imagined, with the same bravery, super-strong defensive armor, and sharp weapons. This was the difference in equipment, which caused the current ratio.

  If they had the same equipment as the Ming army, Duomale believed that the battle would not be like this. It was estimated to be a 50-50 split and there wouldn't be a huge disparity. The brave warriors under his command were not weak, but only had a gap in equipment. In addition, Tuluo's command was really inexplicable, and also... these Ming army seemed too cunning.

  "Take off all your bows and come on up!"

  It's now a clash of cavalry, and bows and arrows are basically useless. Horseback archery can be used to deal with infantry, but when fighting against powerful cavalry with strong mobility, carrying a bow on the body will be even more inconvenient. As for horseback archery against powerful cavalry, forget it, distance and accuracy are just jokes.

  The great banner of the Ming army was getting closer and closer, and the leading Ming cavalryman in Duma's line of sight was also becoming clearer.

  Dumale saw very clearly that this time it was not Zhou Yuji, but a younger general. This person's appearance did not have the majesty of Zhou Yuji, but Dumale would not underestimate him. The first to charge in the cavalry is often the strongest in the team. This young general would absolutely not be an ordinary person.

  The battle began, and both sides almost simultaneously let out a loud roar. Two dust columns formed into yellow dragons collided with each other.

  The two armies were evenly matched, and Liu Qi's cavalry swept past, with Zhou Wanjing's sword also swinging out at the same time. Duomale and Zhou Wanjing clashed again, still without a clear winner. Next, the third Ming army rider swung his battle knife towards Duomale.

  For Dumarle, who had been riding horses for many years, this kind of combat was very familiar. He judged the distance and slightly shifted his body to barely avoid the blade. The fourth rider used a cavalry spear, with its tip flashing cold light towards Dumarle's upper body. It was too fast, making it difficult to dodge, but Dumarle's battle knife skillfully swept upwards.

  I don't know how many battles like this Dumarle has been through, but he has enough confidence to parry the opponent's cavalry spear with his heavy sword, and with his great strength, as long as there is contact, this cavalry spear will not be a threat.

  But at the moment Dumarle's war knife touched the cavalryman's lance, he sensed danger.

  A small black shadow was flashing towards him, the two riders in front and back were too tacitly coordinated. The small black shadow that flew over was a short spear, and his opponent grasped the moment when Duma Le swung his battle knife, and the short spear was thrown out.

  In a flash of lightning, it was impossible to dodge, Du Ma Lei suddenly bowed down.

  In that brief moment, Dumarle felt a heavy impact on his right shoulder, and then he smelled the breath of death.

  The strong man behind him was also a "Night Unyielding" officer, holding a sharp eyebrow knife, a standard military sword used by the Ming army. This is not an ordinary iron sheet used by soldiers. With a swing of his sharp eyebrow knife, this "Night Unyielding" leaned out to the right side, and in an instant, his sharp blade accurately cut open Duomar's helmet.

  Just as Dumaile was beheaded, the Jian Nu cavalryman behind him arrived, his long knife cut without hesitation, and the brave warrior who beheaded Dumaile and Dumaile almost simultaneously sprayed a burst of blood.

  War horses galloped, hot blood boiling, colliding, non-stop collisions, the sound of horseshoes, loud shouts, and mournful cries once again filled the battlefield.