Chapter 305: Fraudulent Surrender
A small mess at the end of the battle, but the result accelerated the progress of Na Surrender, which was an unexpected surprise for Wan Yankang.
Seeing that most of the surrender work was completed, Wan Yankang summoned Xiao Baili and ordered him to lead 8,000 men and horses to garrison here and continue to complete the surrender work, while he ordered 10,000 horses and hurried to the center of the royal court of the Qiyan Department.
The entourage, as well as dozens of activists such as Erli.
After Erli was whipped, he heard all kinds of military orders issued by Wan Yan Kang, and took the initiative to ask Ying to lead his team of 100 people to lead the way for Wan Yan Kang. His hundred-man team lost nearly half of them in the battle, and there were no wounded on their bodies, and there were only more than 30 people.
The Belt and Road Party was born so soon, and Wan Yankang was naturally happy to do so, so he asked Erli to take the initiative with more than 30 people under his command.
Before Temujin set out on the expedition, he specially left Tuo Lei to guard the royal court. For this reason, Temujin also left a thousand cowardly Xue troops for Tuolei, plus the remaining personal soldiers of the leaders and generals in the royal court, and the number of soldiers available in Tuolei's hands was 3,000.
When the army was marching out, Tuo Lei also asked Temujin to bring the remaining 1,000 cowardly Xue troops with him, claiming that he was as stable as Mount Tai in the royal court.
But Temujin insisted on leaving behind a thousand cowardly Xue troops in case of all kinds of accidents.
As soon as Temujin left, Tuo Lei ordered the remaining soldiers of the leaders and generals to gather and patrol in turn, while he led a thousand cowardly Xue troops to sit in the sweat tent.
At the moment of Shen, Tuo Lei suddenly felt a palpitation, and he walked out of the sweat tent and looked to the east.
Although the beggar army was broken and sunk in the sand under White Horse City last year, Tuo Lei personally went to the battlefield and noticed that the quality of the soldiers in White Horse City was still slightly inferior to his own. At that time, if it wasn't for the White Horse City to defend the city, I am afraid that it would have been wiped out. Therefore, although it was White Horse City that launched a surprise attack this time, the tribe was already prepared for Guo Jing'an's reply, and this battle should have a good chance of winning.
Could it be that Guo Jing'an answered that something happened?
Tuo Lei's thoughts flew around, and 10,000 troops were stationed along the river, which should be foolproof, but he was still lost by Wan Yankang's night attack, and Guo Jing, who accompanied the army, was also said to have been captured, which made Tuo Lei deeply worried.
"Tuolei, tuolei, you said that after Father Khan defeated the little prince of the Jin Kingdom, can he exchange prisoners and return to Guo Jing?" Hua Zheng ran to the sweat tent at some point.
Looking at Hua Zheng's worried face, Tuo Lei hesitated for a while before saying: "Hua Zheng, don't worry, it is said that Guo Jing'an has some friendship with that person, and he must not hurt him." ”
Hua Zheng pursed his lips and looked like he was about to cry: "I told my father Khan before that it was best for him to capture that Wan Yankang alive, and he scolded him!" ”
Tuo Lei touched Hua Zheng's head: "Don't worry, Father Khan will save Guo Jing'an." ”
Hua Zheng looked at the east for a long time, and finally nodded, ready to go back to his tent.
Tuo Lei suddenly grabbed Hua Zheng: "Hua Zheng, you are here to accompany me!" ”
Hua Zheng nodded, walked back to the sweat tent with Tuo Lei, sat down at the table on the left, and began to chat.
As far as Tuo Lei is concerned, he was afraid that Hua Zheng would go back alone and think about it, so he deliberately left his sister. But somehow, as the sun set in the west, the uneasiness in his heart grew.
At two o'clock, Tuo Lei faintly heard some noise outside, he stood up, walked out of the sweat tent, and asked what had happened.
"My lord, it looks like someone from the east is coming."
Tuo Lei looked up and saw that more than a dozen people were coming not far away. Looking at the posture of the people running the horses, it was obvious that the horses were urging the horses to run back from the battlefield all the time.
After a while, the dozen or so men went to the tent and reined in their horses, and all of them turned down and fell down in front of the tow mine.
The person who took the lead, Tuo Lei, recognized it, and he knew that this person was Mu Huali's personal follower, and he had always been deeply respected by Mu Huali. When he saw that this man was carrying a heavy load behind him, and everyone looked solemn, he summoned all the dozen or so people into the sweat tent.
As soon as the person entered the sweat tent, he didn't wait for the thunder to inquire, and knelt on the ground with a snap, crying: "My lord, the Great Khan has gone!" ”
Hearing this, Tuo Lei trembled for a moment, then grabbed the man's shoulder and said angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about! ”
The man began to untie the heavy ropes tied to his body, gently lowered the things he was carrying behind his back, and silently uncovered the black cloth that covered him.
Seeing the situation clearly, Tuo Lei couldn't help but turn black in front of his eyes, and almost fell to the ground.
Hua Zheng saw Temujin's face clearly, first his brain went blank for a while, and then he slowly knelt down beside Temujin's corpse, and slowly reached out to touch Temujin's face.
After a while, a heart-rending cry came from the sweat tent.
Tuo Lei and Hua Zheng hugged their heads and cried, and the guards outside the sweat tent heard the sound and came in, and after seeing Temujin's body, the crying became even louder.
The news of Temujin's death quickly spread throughout the royal court, and those who remained in the royal court, who were still a little weighty, gathered to the sweat tent to confirm the unbelievable news.
As the commander of this cowardly Xue army, after seeing Temujin's body, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed nine times, then pulled up the tow mine who was still crying bitterly, and said in a deep voice: "My lord, please quickly preside over the overall situation!" ”
Tuo Lei slowly came back to his senses, wiped away the tears on his face with the placket of his clothes, and began to ask the messenger how the Great Khan had died and what the battle ahead was.
Mu Huali's personal entourage immediately reported what he had seen and heard.
Tuo Lei heard that Temujin was only killed because of Wan Yankang's risky rush into battle, the battle situation in front was still very anxious, and the main force of the army was still there, so he slammed his fist on the table: "If I don't take revenge, I swear not to be a man!" ”
Then, he gave the order to go down and ordered the whole army to assemble and prepare to go to the front.
Ba Yao listened to the order and immediately received the order to send out the sweat tent order, but after he walked out of the sweat tent, his face looked cloudy and uncertain, and his eyes were very complicated.
Because the news of Temujin's violent death was too shocking, it took half an hour for the three thousand soldiers to be assembled.
Tuo Lei shouted in front of the battle: "The Great Khan was unfortunately killed, but our beggar army has not been defeated, as long as we arrive at the battlefield in time, we can kill the enemy and avenge the Great Khan!" ”
"Avenge the Great Khan!" The crowd shouted in unison.
Seeing that the army's heart was available, Tuo Lei couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and was about to leap his horse to go on the expedition, when he saw smoke and dust billowing from the east, and obviously a large group of men and horses were coming.
Everyone's faces were calm for a while, and their hearts were wondering if the battle ahead was defeated, and the army of White Horse City was killed?
"It's the White Wolf Banner." Ba Yan looked at it for a while and found that it was his own person, which made everyone's hearts feel a little calmer.
As the smoke and dust approached, Chagatai led the remaining two thousand cowardly Xue troops to appear in front of Tuolei's eyes.
Tuo Lei patted the horse and stepped forward, and said to Chagatai with red eyes: "Second brother, father Khan ......"
Chagatai stretched out his hand to stop Tuo Lei's words: "I know, Tuo Lei, where are you going?" ”
"Go and avenge your father!"
Chagatai raised his head and sighed before he said, "Tuolei, we are defeated!" ”
"Isn't there still Mu Huali commanding the overall situation?"
Chagatai shook his head: "Mu Huali is also gone!" ”
As soon as Tuo Lei heard this, he suddenly fell into an ice cave, and he was a little shaky when he sat on his horse.
Chagatai looked at the dejected appearance of Tuo Lei, simply threw him aside, rode his horse to Ba Gang, and said loudly: "Ba Gang, will you go with me?" ”
"My lord, where are you going?" ”
"Wanyan Kang's power of victory is invincible, I want to avoid its edge to the west, and then find an opportunity to recover the royal court." Chagatai revealed his plan.
Ba Yan thought about it in his heart, and Chagatai's idea also made some sense, but the opportunity he conceived to recover the royal court was even more difficult.
He looked around, shook his head and said, "I was ordered to help Lord Tuo Lei guard the royal court, my lord's order, please forgive me!" ”
Chagatai snorted, turned his head and went to find Tuo Lei again, and asked him to order a retreat.
Tuo Lei came back to his senses and said fiercely: "Second brother, I won't leave, I want to avenge my father Khan!" ”
"What revenge can you get for this little man!"
"Let's join forces in one place, there are 3,000 cowardly Xue troops, plus other troops, there are 5,000 elites, it may not be impossible to ......"
Chagatai said angrily: "Tuolei, how many battles have you fought!" With the ability of Father Khan, the strength is superior, and he is not the opponent of Yan Kang, what use can we use as thousands of people! ”
Tuo Lei couldn't say anything about Chagatai, but shook his head firmly: "I'm not leaving!" ”
Chagatai has the intention of seizing power, but this guy obviously does not listen to his orders, and at this time there is infighting, but I am afraid that he will really not be able to leave. He rolled his eyes, and finally had to point at Tuo Lei and said fiercely: "Tuo Lei, you are looking for death yourself, don't blame me for not persuading you as a brother!" ”
Tuo Lei nodded: "Second brother, you go, I don't blame you!" ”
Chagatai whipped his horse's buttocks fiercely, and led the crowd past the army of mine-dragging and strode westward.
The movement of Chagatai has already alarmed the rear. As soon as Chagatai left, Hua Zheng rushed over and asked Tuo Lei about the situation.
Hearing that the army had been defeated, and Chagatai had no intention of fighting again, Hua Zheng's original grief and anger gradually cooled down, and she said to Tuo Lei worriedly: "Tuo Lei, have we finished fighting Yan Kang?" ”
Tuo Lei gritted his teeth: "I've beaten it, I want to fight!" If you can't beat it, you have to fight it! ”
It's just that after he said this, he didn't feel half confident in his heart, and looked back at the thousands of soldiers behind him, could he just take them to death?
Ba turned over and dismounted, and went to Tuolei's side: "My lord, take a step to speak." ”
Tuo Lei also turned over and dismounted, walked to the side not far from the side, and said, "The general is unwilling to avenge his father Khan?" ”
Ba Yan shook his head, nodded again, and then said: "My lord, the Great Khan treats me like a mountain, how can I be afraid of death." If I had spared my life, I would have left with Lord Chagatai just now. ”
Tuo Lei nodded, his face softened a lot.
Ba Yan said: "But what Lord Chagatai said is also reasonable, the enemy has many soldiers, and we have few soldiers, if we kill them like this, I am afraid that we will lose our lives in vain." ”
Tuo Lei frowned: "What can you do?" ”
"I have read the Han people's war books, and there is a plan called fraudulent surrender!" Ba Yao pondered for a moment and spat out such a sentence.