Chapter 216: Zhu Hao's Way of the Other
Zhu Hao's expression became extremely angry as he spoke, he snorted coldly, and then continued to speak:
"This king doesn't have time to talk nonsense with you, this king will give you a chance at the end!"
"To answer the question of this king, how many people are still stationed in your capital city of Hetuala!"
"If you dare to hesitate, this king will immediately order to slaughter your clan!"
Najie, the old patriarch of the Jurchen tribe, had just witnessed the tragic death of his own people at his feet, and he no longer had the slightest doubt that Zhu Hao's words were scaring him, In order to protect his people, the old Najie wisely chose to compromise.
Therefore, after Zhu Hao finished speaking, old Najie gritted his teeth and said:
"Most of us have followed Nurhachi the Great on his westward expedition!"
"How many people are in the capital, I don't know!"
"But it shouldn't be more than 20,000!"
Zhu Hao listened to Old Najie's words, pondered for a while, and then spoke:
"Are you sure?"
Old Najj replied tremblingly:
"I don't know much about this old man!"
"Can't confirm it exactly!"
"We, the tribes outside the city, don't know too many things!"
Zhu Hao listened to the words of the old Najie and knew that what the old Najie said was true, he beat his horse out of the encirclement, and then hid to the side to ponder, and after a while, he pointed to these Jurchens who were surrounded in the middle, and said:
"Tie them all up!"
"Tell the brothers to cook!"
"Bring this old guy to the king, and the king still has something to explain to him!"
After Zhu Hao's order was issued, all the soldiers were busy, and after a while, old Najie was brought to Zhu Hao again, Zhu Hao looked at the old man again, and said directly without being polite to him:
"King Ben, I want you to do something for King Ben!"
"If you do well, King Ben can consider sparing these people of yours!"
"By the way, you tell King Ben first, what's your name?"
Old Najie listened to Zhu Hao's words, and suddenly a look of hope appeared in his eyes, and he hurriedly said:
"Merciful King, my name is Najay, and I am the patriarch of this tribe!"
"Your Majesty, do you have something to do with Old Najie!"
"Please just say it, I'll do my best!"
Zhu Hao listened to Old Najie's words, groaned slightly, and then said:
"This king let you go to Hetuara to report the news!"
"Tell the city that King Ben has raided your tribe! Let them send troops to the rescue! ”
Old Najie listened to Zhu Hao's words, and was shocked in his heart, thinking that Zhu Hao was testing him, and he didn't worry about letting him do something, so he hurriedly said:
"Merciful king, if you don't kill my people, it's already the greatest kindness to us!"
"Don't worry, I won't betray you, the king, and go to the city to report the news!"
Zhu Hao listened to the words of the old Najie, frowned slightly, and understood in his heart that the old Najie had misunderstood what he meant, and said with a cold face: "Najie, you are now the prisoner of this king!" ”
"Do you think it is necessary to test you, Lord Ben?"
"King Ben, what you are asked to do is to go to Hetuara City to report the news!"
Old Najie listened to Zhu Hao's words, he was completely confused at the moment, he didn't understand why Zhu Hao did this, and said in confusion:
"What are you, my lord?"
Zhu Hao listened to the words of the old Najie, waved his hand at the old Najie and said:
"Well, King Ben has already told you!"
"You are a prisoner of this king, and you are not qualified to ask questions!"
"You just need to do what this king says, and this king will naturally keep your people safe!"
Old Najie listened to Zhu Hao's cold, without a trace of emotion, immediately lowered his head, and stopped talking, Zhu Hao saw this and ordered again:
"King Ben, I'll only give you two days!"
"If, two days later, the king does not see the soldiers and horses in Hetuala, then you are ready to collect the corpses of your clansmen!"
Old Najie listened to Zhu Hao's words, did not dare to hesitate any longer, and said goodbye to Zhu Hao, left the tribe, and went to Hetuara City for help.
After Old Najie left, Wei Xiaobao, who had been standing behind Zhu Hao, spoke:
"What do you mean, boss?"
"Why did you ask this old man to inform the people of Hetuala?"
"Aren't we making trouble for ourselves?"
Zhu Hao listened to Wei Xiaobao's doubtful words, sneered, and then said:
"I'm just going to get all the people in Hetuara City to come out!"
"When they attacked Shenyang, they used this method!"
"This king also learned from them!"
"If there are really 20,000 soldiers and horses in Hetuala!"
"We don't have siege equipment, so it's hard to threaten the city of Hetuala!"
"If it weren't for the danger of Hetuala, how could those captives be willing to come back to help?"
"If they don't come back, won't my cross-sea raid be meaningless?"
Wei Xiaobao listened to Zhu Hao's words and probably understood what Zhu Hao meant, but he still said with some concern:
"Big boss, are we really going to attack the city of Hetuala?"
"Is it really okay for us to have a little bit of people?"
Zhu Hao listened to Wei Xiaobao's words, sighed slightly, and said:
"You military advisor, I'm sealed in vain!"
After Zhu Hao finished speaking, Wei Xiaobao touched his head awkwardly and smiled, Zhu Hao saw that Wei Xiaobao still looked puzzled, so he explained:
"This king said, this king wants to repay the other in his way this time!"
"Naturally, it won't be attacked!"
"Think about it, these captives don't have large-scale siege equipment, but they can conquer my Ming city one after another, what is the reason for this?"
After Zhu Hao finished speaking, he explained to himself:
"It's because they know how to use stratagem!"
"But going to the army to fight and plotting, this is something that was in the war book of our ancestors, something that existed thousands of years ago!"
"They know how to use tricks, don't I know how to use them?"
Although Wei Xiaobao didn't know what Zhu Hao's specific plan was, he also understood that Zhu Hao would not hit a stone with an egg, which made the worry in his heart lighten a little, and then he didn't ask any more, and the conversation between the two ended like this.
On the one hand, Zhu Hao let five thousand soldiers and horses dig a trap pit, and on the other hand, let the soldiers disguise themselves as women and real people to hide, fortunately, at this time, most of the Jurchens followed Nurhachi to the battlefield in Liaoyang, and there were not many Jurchens in the rear, and Zhu Hao and his party were very cautious, and there were no accidents in the past two days.
Because Zhu Hao didn't know when the soldiers and horses in Hetuara City would arrive, he asked Cheng Yanjin to lead a team of 2,000 soldiers and horses to ambush on the left side of the tribe, Guan Yu to lead a team of 2,000 men and horses to ambush on the right side of the tribe, and Xu Chu led a thousand soldiers to ambush in the tribe.
Once the Jurchen soldiers and horses arrived, they were ready to encircle and annihilate on the spot, and Zhu Hao's purpose was to consume the limited city defense force in Hetuara City, so as to complete his ultimate goal of penetrating into the Jurchen hinterland this time and threaten Hetuara City.
Time passed minute by minute, and Xu Chu, who was in the tribe, waited a little impatiently and asked Zhu Haodao:
"Big boss, that old man can't run away, right?"
"Why can't you see the Jurchen soldiers and horses?"
Zhu Hao gave Xu Chu a smile that everything was under control, and then said:
"Second master, you can rest assured!"
"I guess that old Najie will not dare to play tricks!"
"These captives are brutal by nature!"
"But they are also mortal fetuses, flesh and blood, and naturally there will be sibling affection!"
"Second master, you can rest assured!"
"If I'm right, at most one more hour, there will be movement in Hetuala!"
After Zhu Hao's words were finished, Xu Chu stopped asking, but waited for the arrival of the soldiers and horses in Hetuara City, after Zhu Hao finished speaking, half an hour later, Zhu Hao and the others did not wait for the soldiers and horses in Hetuara City, but waited for one of the ten teams of scouts he sent out.
After the scout saw Zhu Hao, he hurriedly reported:
"Big boss, I can find you!"
"There are about 20,000 soldiers and horses in Hetuara right now!"
"In addition to the 15,000 guards and horses in the inner city, there are only 5,000 soldiers and horses in the outer city!"
"There are also soldiers and horses in the outer city being transferred, depending on the situation, there are plans to go out of the city in the near future!"
Zhu Hao listened to the scout's words, stroked his palm and nodded at the scout, didn't say anything, but there was a smile on his face, waved his hand at the scout, and motioned for the scout to retreat.
The scout's words made Zhu Hao full of confidence in this battle, because the scout had just told him that there were only 5,000 soldiers and horses in the outer city of Hetuara City, that is to say, the reinforcements called by the old Najie would definitely not exceed 5,000, and it was estimated that there would be 3,000 at most, if the Jurchens only had 3,000 people, then there was an unintentional ambush in advance, coupled with the advantage of troops, Zhu Hao was sure that all the people who came to rescue this Jurchen tribe would stay here.
After the scout finished reporting, about half an hour or so, Zhu Hao saw dust rolling up in the northeast direction, and listened to the roar of horses' hooves trampling on the ground.
With Zhu Hao's order issued, it probably took less than a quarter of an hour for the Jurchen soldiers and horses in Hetuara City to kill Zhu Hao's approach, led by a veteran, with white hair, but his eyes were very sharp, and he was not a good stubble at first glance.
Zhu Hao looked at this veteran, secretly surprised in his heart, and didn't know who it was.
Just when Zhu Hao was surprised in his heart, the veteran was on his horse and did not attack first, but stopped to look at Zhu Hao and his party, looking at Zhu Hao and others, wearing only cotton clothes and robes, the veteran's eyes were suddenly full of disdain, and he asked: "Where are you waiting for the Diao people, who dare to attack the tribe of my Dajin Kingdom?" ”
"Acquaintances immediately put down their weapons and take them in hand! Ben may be able to wait for you to have a way out! ”