Chapter 53

Outside the Great Wall, in the main formation of the Tumut Division. As soon as Altan Khan left, Durigen, a right-wing Wanhu, became the main general, and without the leaders to watch, his struggle was almost reduced.

In addition, he only needed to attract the enemy's attention, so Du Rigen simply divided his men, including the cavalry, into teams of 1,000 men and took turns to attack the Great Wall.

And he didn't try his best to get to the city, but he kept charging, and he kept stopping under the city wall, waving flags and shouting to make it very lively, but he didn't try his best.

The back and forth, including the White Lotus Sect, also understood that their master did not want to break through the city at all, so they would not be able to contribute, and as a result, they fought for an hour, but the casualties on both sides were pitiful.

Wang Li on the city wall couldn't help but be happy when he saw this scene, what kind of war is this, it's obviously an outing, even if it's a feint, it looks like a feint, right?

However, this is actually more in line with the intentions of Wang Li and others, after all, there are many Mongols, and if they are determined to attack the city, even if they can't break the city, they will kill and injure a large number of Qin troops. Now that soldiers are so valuable, Wang Li is not willing to make a loss-making transaction.

"General, there is no news from Zang Guard, will we close the net now?" Monja asked.

Wang Li groaned slightly, in his opinion, the success or failure of Zang Shuo and others was very crucial, and it could be said that the outcome of this battle was completely determined.

However, he also knew that it would be difficult for Zang Shuo and his party to send back the news in time, so this time point could only be decided by him based on experience.

Thinking of this, Wang Li gritted his teeth, and his face was serious: "The world is unpredictable, hesitation will lead to defeat, pass my order, close the net!" ”

"Hey!" Monja also clasped his fists with some excitement, the turning point of this war is coming, and he will have the honor to witness everything as a herald!

Soon turned around and went down to the city, Mengja came to the gate of the city, where not only were all kinds of materials and equipment placed, but also a large cage, in which several large white birds were staring at him curiously.

Monja ordered the soldiers guarding the cage: "Message to Captain Lindu, close the net!" ”

"Hey!" The young soldier agreed, opened the cage and took out a large white bird, gently soothed it a few times, and dragged his hands outside.

In fact, this is the carrier pigeon raised by the red lady, and now that Li Yan has descended to Qin, she is naturally a husband and a wife, so Wang Li also has a group of carrier pigeon signal soldiers under his men.

The carrier pigeon was quite smart, and after taking off, it walked around the Mongols, and soon reached the hands of Lin Jiang outside the city, it turned out that he had not returned to the city, but led people to ambush around the city!

When Lin Jiang saw the pigeon coming, he couldn't help but be surprised and happy, this was a good signal that Wang Li had told him when he first came, and when he saw the pigeon's leg tied with a red line, it was to order him to close the net!

"Red! The general orders us to close the net! Quickly unfold the flags tied together, and put them all high for me! The band beat the waist drum, the sword and shield beat the shield, and we sang "No Clothes"! Lin Jiang hurriedly ordered.

It was already quite unbearable for everyone to wait for this, and Lin Jiang ordered to hurry up. After a while, the banner of Great Qin was erected, and the Qin army on the other side also saw the signal, so they naturally followed up quickly, and the entire Tumut Department was "surrounded" like this!

The flags of the Qin army were hung on the prepared wooden fences, and the two of them only needed to put up the corners and put them in the dug soil pits, so that the Qin army could set up patches of flags in just a few minutes.

But the Tumut department in the middle didn't know, and when the scouts next to them saw it, they thought they were surrounded, and they all shouted, "It's not good!" The letter to Du Rigen reported, Du Rigen was also frightened......

"More than two hundred flags on one side? Oh my God, how many people have to come, why haven't you noticed it for so long? Waste, a bunch of waste! Du Rigen was shocked and angry, and he could only use his scouts to vent his anger.

The scouts are also very aggrieved, these flags didn't have them before, and suddenly they are all over the place, just like they just grown!

Su Yan, who had just retreated, cautiously suggested: "Wanhu, there is no flag behind us, it should be that they haven't completed the encirclement yet, or we ......."

As soon as Du Rigen heard the thunder and was furious, he picked up the horsewhip and hit Su Yan, Su Yan was defenseless and hit his face heavily, and it was a blood mark in an instant!

"Oops...... Ten thousand households spare their lives, the small ones are just suggestions... Suggested, the small one is wrong. Su Yan covered his face in pain and hurriedly begged for mercy.

Du Rigen was not angry: "Hmph, it's good to be wrong if you know." Now you are anxious with the Ming army, if you evacuate in a hurry, once the Ming army in the city rushes out and bites our hind legs, you will still run? Just wait to be served! ”

In fact, his idea is not wrong, and now it is not easy to get out of the battle immediately and retreat immediately? I'm afraid that if I retreat, I will be defeated directly.

Besides, there is still one thing that Du Rigen can't say clearly, now that Uriga is gone, he is the first person under Altan Khan.

Altan Khan is now leading his troops to the capital, and there is a high probability that he will win a complete victory, if his side returns in vain, won't he give Altan Khan an excuse to "cut the domain"?

Even if he is still thinking that Altan Khan has failed in the north, Ming Court will definitely trouble Tumut, and when the time comes, as long as he has a good attitude with heavy troops, maybe this King of Shunyi will be his!

Thinking of this, Du Rigen continued to instruct: "Therefore, you are not allowed to retreat, everyone is out of the siege first, and then gathered, and we will slowly move back."

Take the opportunity to test the enemy's strength, and if they are just bluffing, let's have a good fight with them! ”

"Yes!" The Tumert people present agreed one after another, and the soft-spoken Su Yan could only echo it.

When the king of the city wall saw that the enemy didn't have anything to leave, he didn't know whether to praise him or laugh at him.

The main reason why Wang Li is so entangled is that the number of people he has arranged outside is really less than a thousand, and many of them are relatively honest soldiers, they are indeed bluffing!

Wang Li's idea was: If the Tumut tribe was really afraid and turned around and evacuated, he would let both sides press him and lead people out of the city, and bite him twice with a scare force.

And if Tumut is completely unmoved by their bluffing, then he can only wait for Zang Shuo to come back with the results. But his love was long gone, adding a bit of uncertainty to his plans.

"Zang Shuo, Zang Shuo, you should hurry up!" Wang Li couldn't help but think silently in his heart.

At this time, Mengjia had already returned to the city wall, and he hugged his fists and said: "General, the guards haven't replied yet, why don't we take the opportunity to rush a wave?" ”

Wang Li frowned: "No, it's too risky, wait, wait." ”

The king waited for a quarter of an hour, and seeing that the Tumuts had completely left the city wall and retreated in an orderly manner, even if they launched a sneak attack, they might not be able to make a profit.

And as time passed, the suspicion of the life under the city became more and more serious. He is also more and more sure that his guess is true, and the Ming army is afraid that he is bluffing!

"Hmph, the Ming army is really rotten, and it can only rely on such means to scare us. I found out in time if I lost ten thousand households, if I listened to Su Yan's words, I am afraid that we will become prisoners!

Sure enough, the Han people will only play tricks, and there will be no heroes! Hahaha! Du Rigen sarcastically.

"Hahaha, Wanhu is wise! Leader Su can't do it! The Tumuts laughed along.

There was an extra tattoo on his face, and Su Yan's face was pale, but he didn't dare to say anything, so he could only bow his head vigorously, and he couldn't wait to get off the horse and find a crack in the ground to get into.

Du Rigen didn't dare to speak when he saw Su Yan, and his heart was also fluttering. Immediately, he raised his eyebrows, and was about to open his mouth to let everyone continue to attack, when he suddenly heard a scout next to him shouting: "There is a Ming army ahead!" ”

The hearts of everyone, including Du Rigen, are all in one place, could it be that the Ming army is really surrounded on three sides?

However, the scout's next sentence made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, and they only heard him say: "Strange, the Ming army seems to have only two or three hundred people, and some of them look like women and children?" ”

When Du Rigen heard this, he raised his head and laughed: "There is no one in the Ming army, even women and children are brought up to die?" It seems that this splendid river and mountain will soon be back in our hands! ”

"No, Lord Wanhu, why do I look so familiar with those women and children?" A Mongolian nobleman questioned inappropriately.

"Huh?" Du Rigen was also a little puzzled when he heard this, so he quickly sat up straight and took a closer look at the ceiling.

Du Rigen finally saw the appearance of those people clearly, and then his face changed greatly, and he said: "Battle, Mengmeng, Sarong...... This... This... Isn't this our family? ”

As soon as his words came out, all the Mongolian nobles present were surprised, and the riot swept over them in an instant, because they finally understood that those were not some Ming troops, but hostages!

Wang Li on the city wall also saw this scene, and he was so unhappy in his heart that he laughed:

"Hahaha, Zang Shuo is doing well, he really lived up to my expectations, and now the Mongolians under the city are afraid that they will be uncomfortable. Order the city reserves, assemble at the city gates, and wait for orders! ”

"Hey!"

As soon as Meng Jia agreed, he hurriedly organized the manpower, and thanks to the perverted defensive ability of the Great Wall and the lack of effort from Du Rigen, the Qin army, which was absolutely inferior in numbers now, still had thousands of people resting!

So Monja quickly organized 1,500 men to wait under the city walls, and the situation on the battlefield was at a stalemate.

On the one hand, Zang Shuo knew that the number of people on his side was too small, and on the other hand, the existence of hostages made Du Rigen and his party throw a mouse. Both sides seem to be waiting for the other side to make the first move, even if it is an offer.

However, Du Rigen and others did come from the Qin army that poured out of the city, although he knew that the Qin army was not many at a glance, but no matter how he looked at it, this spirit spirit was not comparable to the original Ming army.

Du Rigen's current decision was already related to the life and death of eight thousand people, and he had never made such a big decision before, and he had no idea for a while.

So he could only ask the people next to him, "Damn, brothers, what do you say?" ”

The rest of the Mongolian nobles also have their own ghosts, and they may feel that their wives and children are just like that, and they can be reborn if they are gone.

But those who are old don't think so, in case their descendants have three longs and two shorts, it will be difficult for those young nobles to divide their pastures and herdsmen, which is more uncomfortable than making them bow their heads to the Ming Court.

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, the nameless fire in his heart became even more intense, and he couldn't wait to bring someone to rush up and snatch his wife and children back.

But the angry Du Rigen calmed down, and he understood that he had to choose between the prestige of victory and his descendants.

Thinking of this, Rigen gritted his teeth and roared angrily: "Su Yan, you come over to me!" ”

Su Yan, who originally felt that it had little to do with him, so he hid behind to avoid trouble, and when he heard Du Rigen call himself, he couldn't help but feel excited, and even the two forces of war and horseback were not good.

Su Yan, who finally moved to the front, asked tremblingly: "Wanhu, you called me?" ”

Du Rigen pursed his lips and said viciously: "It's not who you are, you quickly ask Lao Tzu what conditions the Ming Army has, and then come back to report it, do you understand?" ”

Su Yan was stunned, he thought that Du Rigen was going to fight hard with the other side and let himself lead people to be cannon fodder, but he didn't expect him to be cowardly?

Du Rigen roared again: "Are you deaf? Don't go yet! ”

Su Yan nodded hurriedly, and quickly urged the horses to go towards the "Ming army" in front, but at this time, in addition to his fear of the Ming army, he also had a trace of contempt for Du Rigen.

"Guard Zang, there's someone on the other side, but there's only one." The Qin army scout clenched his fists and reported.

Zang Shuo nodded: "Bring these women and children to the front and kneel in a row, set up all the knives for me, as long as I say kill one, kill three from left to right, understand?" ”

"Hey!" Everyone agreed.

The Qin army is not the benevolent "royal teacher" advocated by Confucianism, they are the "headhunter" machine trained by hundreds of years of war!

There is really no psychological pressure for them to kill old and weak women and children, and Mali, who is deeply persecuted by Mongolia, has long described the Mongols as demons!

At this time, Su Yan also came to Qin Jun, and raised his hands from a long distance to show that he was harmless, and only let the horse step forward by inertia.

Immediately afterwards, Su Yan found the relatives of the Tumut nobles who had been lined up, and it seemed that they were ready to cut off their heads. So he was also extremely nervous, in case he couldn't handle the casualties and a half, could he have his good fruit to eat?

Su Yan hurriedly opened his mouth and probed: "General, I am also a Ming man, and I was forced to be a thief, and I came here to be entrusted by the Tartar chieftain, so I came to ask you what you mean?" ”

Zang Shuo originally looked at him as obscene and didn't look like a good person, but when he heard that he was still a traitor, he didn't want to see him in his heart, so he said with a cold face: "No conditions, let them watch their wives and children beheaded, and we will continue to beat after watching it." ”

Su Yan was in a cold sweat when he heard this, is this person a Ming army, how can he leave no room for speech, and continue to fight after cutting off his head? Which is this the Ming army of the Longqing Dynasty, it is said that Hong Wuye's subordinates all believe it, right?

Su Yan can't be the master, but he can't go back with such a reply, so he can only smile and flatter: "General, don't think about it anymore, when is the time for retribution?" Why don't we turn hostility into friendship? ”

"What is it, I killed so many of our people, what happened to me killing his sons and daughters? You go back and tell him that if you want to talk, lay down your arms and surrender, and these people will be returned to them. If you don't agree? Hmph, don't blame my men for being ruthless! ”

Zang Shuo has always disliked talking, and in his own opinion, today's paragraph is an excellent performance, as for how the other side responds, it doesn't matter to him.

Su Yan looked embarrassed, but seeing Zang Shuo's unspeakable appearance, he could only hug his fist and go back to pass the word, but no matter what, the Tumut people were calculated ruthlessly this time.