Chapter Forty-Nine: Surprise Attack
"They're here again..."
At the head of Shenyang City, Pegasus came out in all directions in the Jiannu camp, mixed with large pieces of dust, rolling in.
The soldiers of the Ming army stationed here looked gloomy, because everyone knew that Xiong Jingluo in Liaoyang had also been fighting in the dark, and there were no reinforcements at all.
"He Dashuai has arrived!"
Suddenly, more than 20 generals of the Liaodong Prefecture came forward surrounded by a big man, and then there were pro-soldiers carrying spirits on wheelbarrows.
The aroma of this piece of wine overflowed, which seemed to dilute the tension of the coming war.
He Shixian stood on the city, looked at the young faces below, laughed a few times, waved his hand and said loudly:
"Give all the wine to the brethren!"
Suddenly, He Shixian took a bowl of spirits, looked around, and asked, "Are you afraid?" ”
"Don't be afraid! Unafraid! ”
"I've been fighting for so long, I've already killed enough!"
"Hahaha, good!" He Shixian said: "This time the Tartars are coming, I'm afraid they are going to play for real, our Ming men can't be looked down upon by the Tartars!" ”
"Dry this bowl of wine, carry the military flag of the Ming Dynasty, and cut down these dogs!"
After that, He Shixian drank generously, smashed the wine bowl on the ground, turned around and shouted: "Open the city gate!" ”
When the Ming army at the head of the city was dividing the wine, the horse team of the Houjin army had entered the outside of the moat, and they did not move forward, because they were afraid of the power of the firearms at the head of the city, they divided a sentry of about 20 people to come forward to test.
The sentry cavalry had already turned to the enemy downstairs in the outer city, and seeing that the Ming army had not yet fired artillery, one of them muttered in his heart:
"Isn't Minggou's artillery broken?"
"Haha, I said earlier, this Ming dog's firearm is thunder and rain, and it won't work if it's hit."
"Hurry back and report the news to Dorobelle, maybe as soon as he is happy, the future will come!"
Several Houjin sentinels talked a few words in Tatar, guessing that the Ming artillery was broken, and they were about to go back comfortably to report.
Suddenly, there was a loud shout in the city of Shenyang, and the city gate was opened.
He Shixian personally led nearly a thousand of his family, and roared out of the south gate on horseback, and the more than 20 Houjin whistle horsemen were shocked when they saw this, and they all turned their horses back.
"Kill the Tartars!"
He Shixian took the lead, chased after him, and easily cut down the two tall Jiannu sentry riders under the horse.
Yu's Ming army followed from the city of Shenyang and rushed towards the Houjin army that was waiting quietly on the other side of the moat.
The Houjin army did not expect that the Ming army would go out of the city to meet the attack, panicked, Amin led his troops to meet him, fought for a few battles, and was surprised that He was brave.
Seeing that He Shixian was alone and one horse, fighting with his own cavalry was like a tiger entering a flock, and he felt that he was not an opponent.
Amin's eyes rolled, pretending to resist, but in fact, he didn't want his own Niu Lu to suffer too much damage.
As soon as the front retreated, the rest of the Houjin was in chaos.
The Houjin cavalry was defeated all the way, and He Shixian rushed forward, suddenly, and the Houjin soldiers and horses rushed to encircle him.
"Careless!"
He Shixian suddenly woke up to the fact that when he raised his whip to pursue, he had fallen into Jiannu's plan to lure the enemy deeper.
The front army was surrounded, and the rest of the pursuing Ming army tried their best to move forward, wanting to rescue, but heard He Shixian yelling: "Quickly retreat to the city, and you can't defend it!" ”
"Just tell Xiong Jingluo, I, He Shixian, can't stand him, I can't stand the emperor!"
After He Shixian finished shouting, he turned around and entered the Houjin army, and nearly a thousand families fought to the death and did not retreat, gradually drowning in the wave of Houjin soldiers.
The rest of the pursuit of the Ming army after the order to retreat into the city, but the Jurchens had already broken through the north gate into the city, after a fierce street battle, Shenyang was broken.
The next day, Puhe and Shenyang fell one after another, and the news of the death of You Shigong and He Shixian reached Liaoyang, and Xiong Tingbi was shocked.
"This He Shixian, why did you want to go out of the city?"
"I have repeatedly ordered the Quartet to keep all the cities and forts strictly guarded, why does this He Shixian just not listen!"
"Shenyang has fallen, Liaoyang is in danger, if Liaoyang is lost again, the whole territory of Liaodong will be overthrown!" Xiong Tingbi smashed a fist on the city brick and said hatefully:
"If that is the case, then what face will I have to see the Holy One!"
Just when Xiong Tingbi was angry, he rode into the city quickly and said loudly: "Qi Qi Jing, Jianyu plundered Shenyang, slaughtered very much, destroyed the city and left!" ”
"They didn't occupy the city?" Xiong Tingbi was surprised and delighted.
Shenyang fell, shaking the whole Liao, but Nurhachi retreated within a few days, could it be... It's something big going on in the rear ...
In the face of Xiong Tingbi's repeated inquiries, the soldier said with great confidence: "No, the Tartar soldiers have retreated completely!" ”
......
A few days ago, near Hetuala.
Several Houjin sentinel detectives were drinking horses by the Yalu River, laughing and ridiculing the Han servant woman who committed suicide the day before yesterday.
Suddenly, a soldier cried out for abdominal pain.
Seeing this, Niu Lu scolded: "Dead slave, he must have stolen some Nikan's food and been drugged!" ”
The little soldier didn't hold back, and pulled the crotch of his pants in a fishy yellow way.
The smell of the stench caused the Tartars to laugh.
Suddenly, there were several neighing horses around, and dozens of sturdy snowflake horses by the river fell to the ground, struggled several times, and died one after another.
Before the Niu Lu could react, the remaining Tartar soldiers were all holding their stomachs and screaming one after another.
"What's going on?"
The next moment, even he himself was swept through his body by the pain of tearing his lower abdomen and the fear that he didn't know why.
......
At night, the still water of the Yalu River flows deeply, and a full moon is reflected in the dark river water.
The brilliance flows, the scenery outside the plug is not used in the Central Plains, but also in the south of the Yangtze River, the wide and soft plain Yanhe often has towering needles, and the forest is dense like weaving.
At this time, the moonlight fell into a pool of river, reflecting the strange and terrifying scene in front of him.
The horses were corpsed by the river, and several Tartar sentries were lying on the shore in all directions, dead and hideous, at this time, a small group of people came out of the phantoms of the dense forest on the side.
The leader drew his saber from his waist and plunged it into a twitching Tartar.
He turned his head, and the moonlight shone on a face that looked like a knife.
The rest of the people were all black-faced and silver-toothed, with their hair tied up with nets, and the Tartars who fell to the ground couldn't figure it out.
At this time, a group of Ming troops actually appeared.
The man who came out first put away his saber, turned his head and exclaimed, "Mao Dusi, it seems that these doses of arsenic and rhubarb are enough for this group of tartars along the river to drink for a while!" ”
When the words landed, Mao Wenlong jumped out of the dense forest with more Ming troops and said, "Return Mao Dusi?" You should call me Mao Shuai! ”
At first, it was a guard who shouted, and he laughed a few times and said:
"Yes, I almost forgot the emperor's decree at the end of the year, and you were made the chief military officer of Zhenjiang, this is a big official!"
Mao Wenlong nodded, sat on the stone and wiped the knife, and asked lightly: "Is our own water enough?" ”
The guard replied, "The brethren have already made sufficient preparations upstream. ”
Mao Wenlong nodded, got up and looked around at the ragged fellow soldiers, pointed to the corpses of the Tartars everywhere, and said in a loud voice:
"Xiong Jing recommended me to be gracious, but now that he is in trouble, I can't sit idly by."
"You go behind enemy lines with me, there is no help before and after, you live in the water and eat, you only want to kill the slave and repay the master, so as to become a great honor!"
"This goes, the tiger's den and Longtan, nine deaths and one life, it is bound to turn him upside down! If there is a greedy person, you can go back to Zhenjiang at this time, I will not blame you! ”
A general manager in the line also said: "These hundreds of people who came out of their own house all vowed to live and die with Mao Shuai, how can there be any reason to escape?" ”
"I'm afraid that Mao Shuai has made great contributions and won the favor of the Son of Heaven, and when there are more subordinates, he won't look down on us old brothers."
Mao Wenlong laughed, glanced at him, and said, "You're afraid that I will lose you, so it's better to be my son now, I won't forget you!" ”
After a resounding remark, everyone burst into laughter.
The general manager hid aside angrily and said, "Mao Shuai is still in the mood to joke with us at this time." ”
Mao Wenlong was happy first, and then Zhengse commanded: "At this time, the slave and thief soldiers should arrive in Liaoshen, and time is not waiting for me." ”
"Search these Tartars' rations, eat your stomach, and go with me to the Tartars' den to kill the Tartars!"
The Ming army responded violently and started to work.