Chapter 598 is cited as the front part

The soldiers of the Eastern Tumut Division, who were already struggling to support, heard the commander's words of escape, and suddenly felt like a deflated ball, and they no longer had any heart to resist, and scattered in all directions.

"The whole army obeys the order! Don't pursue, bypass the Qing army's formation, and once again flank the Mongolian soldiers behind, be sure to defeat all the Mongolian Tartars! Liu Wenxiu's words sounded coldly in the ears of every Tang cavalryman.

The Tang army followed the order, rumbling iron hooves around the frightened Qing army's battle formation, and then drove away from the left and right flanks, directly attacking the Mongolian Tatars of the Naiman Department behind.

"General Yuan, Master Hong, is the soldiers and horses of the Tang Army! It was the Don Army who came to save us! ”

A Qing army guard next to Hong Chengchou shouted in a tone that was so excited that he couldn't say anything.

In fact, there is no need for him to say that Zu Dashou, Hong Chengchou and others have already seen it clearly, and the huge Tang military flag with black characters on a red background has already explained everything.

Hong Chengchou suddenly felt a sour feeling in his heart, isn't it, he is so fateful, when he was about to die or be captured, there was a Tang army who fell from the sky to save himself from death, such luck against the sky is simply indescribable.

When Hong Chengchou was still sighing in a daze, he was leading his troops to attack them from behind, and he was also dumbfounded.

This, how did such a strong and fierce Tang Army come out? Are they the devils who suddenly came out of hell?

After witnessing the Tang Army's thunderous momentum, almost in an instant, quickly crushing the Eastern Tumut troops attacking in front, Babur could feel that his entire body suddenly became extremely cold from the inside out.

The Tang army's combat strength is so strong, a charge and assault, they quickly defeated the troops of the Eastern Tumut Division, then next, what they have to deal with must be themselves, and their own 2,000 soldiers and horses, how can they be the opponent of the Tang army.

However, Babur didn't have time to think too much, and those Tang troops, who were like hellish iron horses, had already rushed in front of them quickly.

"Withdraw! Evacuate! Evacuate as soon as possible! ”

When the advance of the Don Army was only a hundred steps away from him, Babur finally shouted loudly. He then took the lead in pulling out his horse and fled.

As soon as he saw that the main general would collapse first, the Naiman tribes, who were originally high-spirited and were preparing to wipe out the Qing army in one fell swoop, saw that their own Da Nuoyan had abandoned the people and fled, and their morale suddenly plummeted, and there was no fighting spirit at all.

The Naiman troops, the whole army was scattered, and every Mongolian cavalry turned their horses' heads at the fastest speed, turned around and fled wildly.

"The whole army obeys the order, do your best to chase and kill, and do not indulge the enemy!" Seeing that the Naiman Department was so sparse and unbearable, and the two armies turned around and fled without contact, Liu Wenxiu was very contemptuous of them in his heart, and he was afraid of losing his military achievements, so he hurriedly shouted, so that the whole army could not relax and continued to pursue.

The Tang army's horses' hooves rumbled, their guns pointed at their knives, and they pursued and killed the Mongol cavalry of the Naiman Division in all directions, and after a short time, they left the remnants of the Naiman Division on the battlefield and wiped them out.

Looking at it, on the entire flat grassland, the corpses of people and horses are in wolves, and the blood that has long dried up dyes the grassland into a shocking dark red.

"! Or let the dog's Tartar run away! ”

Seeing that under the protection of the subordinates, the great Noyan Babur of the Naiman Department fled all the way in a hurry, and finally escaped from the pursuit range of the Tang army, Liu Wenxiu was annoyed in his heart and took a spit.

Just as he gave the order to let the whole army clean up the battlefield on the spot, some of his soldiers came to him with two men in ragged clothes and covered in blood.

"On the birthday of the next ancestor, meet the general."

"In Xia Hong Chengchou, see the general."

Liu Wenxiu, who was sitting on the horse, with a smug smile on his face, coldly squinted at Hong Chengchou and Zu Dashou who were kneeling underground, and his heart was full of inexplicable emotion and pride for a while.

Of course, he knew what the true identities of these two people were, and he also knew that they were both important ministers of the Ming Dynasty, but he didn't expect that the two people whose names were now tarnished would finally bow down in front of their former rogue horses, such a scene was really emotional.

"You two don't have to be polite, it will be Liu Wenxiu, the deputy mayor under Lord Li's account, and the two of you will get up and speak." Liu Wenxiu turned over and dismounted, and helped the two of them up with a smile.

After listening to Liu Wenxiu's self-introduction, Zu Dashou and Hong Chengchou both had a look of shame on their faces, and they felt ashamed in their hearts.

Unexpectedly, this Liu Wenxiu, the third son of the former giant Zhang Xianzhong, has now also worked for Li Xiao and has become his general, which can really be described as turning over in one step and ascending to the sky in two steps, completely changing the original fate.

But he himself, such a former important minister of the Ming Dynasty, instead stooped to the Tartars, his name was dirty, and now when the Qing court was in civil strife, he had to come to Li Xiao anyway.

The two of them should be silent, in order to show humility, and then, Liu Wenxiu ordered to arrange treatment for the wounded soldiers in the Qing army, and he himself and Zu Dashou Hong Chengchou chose a clean place and sat on the grassland on the ground.

After the three of them sat down, Hong Chengchou coughed lightly a few times, and was very embarrassed to explain how he led his troops to escape from the Qing court and travel all the way west, just to cross the Mongolian border as soon as possible and go to Jintangcheng, Xuanfu Town, to join Li Xiao, and briefly told Liu Wenxiu all the things.

When Hong Chengchou said this, he said sincerely: "Who knows that people are not as good as heaven, I never expected that at the junction of the Naiman Department and the Eastern Tumut, these two Mongolian tribes would attack each other and almost kill our army. Fortunately, your army came to the aid in time, so that we were able to escape, this life-saving grace, I really don't know how to repay! ”

After Liu Wenxiu listened to Hong Chengchou's words, the smile on his face became more and more obvious, and he replied loudly: "You two don't have to be so polite, in fact, our army can come to rescue you, there are many coincidences." Originally, our army sent troops from Jintangcheng to conquer the Mongolian tribes that passed by all the way, and the goal was to directly attack the western border of the Qing Dynasty, thinking that the Tang army on our southern road would relieve the pressure, but I didn't expect that at the intersection of the East Tumut Department and the Naiman Department, I saved your troops and horses. Such a coincidence is really providential. ”

Hearing Liu Wenxiu's words, Zu Dashou, Hong Chengchou and others felt even more ashamed, and thanked them one after another, but Liu Wenxiu waved his hand to stop them. Subsequently, he asked Zu Dashou and Hong Chengchou: "Two, our army still needs to continue to march west as planned, but I don't know, what are the plans of the two?" ”

As soon as he finished asking, Hong Chengchou immediately understood that the opportunity for his own achievements had come, and he hurriedly replied: "General Liu, if your troops really have the heart to attack Qingjing, in the lower district, it can be used to explore the way for the front. ”

Seeing that Hong Chengchou took the initiative to express his willingness to lead the way, Liu Wenxiu was overjoyed, and he said loudly: "Very good, the two of them are like each other from afar, and they can make contributions to our army, I believe that Master Li will be very happy when he knows about it." “

Soon after, Duan Shidi, the mayor of Dingbei Town of the Tang Army, led all the infantry to arrive. After Duan Shidi arrived, Liu Wenxiu immediately warmly introduced them to Duan Shidi.

After listening to Liu Wenxiu's enthusiastic introduction, Duan Shidi was also very happy, so he praised Zu Dashou and Hong Chengchou repeatedly, which made the two of them very happy, and thanked them without mentioning it.

Therefore, the Tang army then cut and reorganized all the remnants of the Qing army of more than 2,000 people led by Hong Chengchou on the spot, absorbed and digested them, and used them as auxiliary soldiers with the army. And Zu Dashou and Hong Chengchou, because the matter has not yet been reported to Li Xiaoyu, so they have not arranged formal official positions, but they are still allowed to temporarily serve in the army as a pre-army praise painting.

As for Zu Dashou's two nephews Zu Zepu and Zu Zehong, Duan Shidi also ordered that they and the Qing soldiers who died in the battle should all be cremated and put into urns, ready to be brought back to Xuanfu Town for burial together. His order made Zu Dashou and his other two nephews, Zu Zeqing and Zu Zefa, very grateful, and also made all the Qing troops who belonged to him feel respected and treated kindly, and they were very moved in their hearts, and they recognized Tang Jun more and more from the bottom of their hearts.

In a short time, the whole army finished making food and rested, crossed the border between East Tumut and Naiman, and continued to march eastward.

Duan Shidi, Liu Wenxiu and the others, not without consideration, continued to plow the Naiman Department and the East Tumut Department to pursue and exterminate the caves, but in the vast grassland, it was not easy to find the traces of a tribe that had fled. Moreover, the final task of the Tang army is to attack Qingjing, and if the ultimate strategic goal is delayed because of the pursuit of the Mongol tribes everywhere, it will be more than worth the loss.

After all, the weather is very cold now, and heavy snow will fall at any time, if there is too much delay on the road, then when the heavy snow closes the road, there will really be a dilemma, and the whole army will be in a predicament. Therefore, while the snow is not falling now, the whole army will come to Qingjing as soon as possible, and the camera will capture a border city of the Qing Dynasty, thinking that the place where the whole army will settle is the most important thing.

When the Tang army was sorting out the army and the whole army continued to advance eastward, the Eastern Tumut Dajinong Shanba, who had escaped death, met with the frightened Naiman Da Noyan Babur at the boundary close to the north of the Weng Niute Division.

Both of them were very embarrassed, and when they saw each other's unbearable scenes, their inner feelings were extremely sad and misery, and for a while, they didn't know how to express it.

In the end, it was Jinong Shanba of the Eastern Tumut Department who was the first to speak, and he said with a desolate face; "Babur Chief, now that the Tang army has won a big victory, and the combined forces of you and me have been defeated, what should we do, and how will the Tang army act next?"

Shanba's question made Babur's heart even more uncomfortable, and the expression on his face was even more embarrassing.

You know, this is Babur's overall planned action, but I didn't expect that just when it was about to be completed, it was smashed by the Tang army that came out of nowhere, not only did it not succeed in stealing chickens, but it lost a handful of rice, especially a big Jinong Wenbu Chuhuer of the Eastern Tumut Department, who was killed by the Tang army's sword, such a tragic result, it was simply lost his face.

Babur let out a long sigh, finally controlling his mood, and then quickly thought for a while, and then replied loudly: "Now that the Tang army is winning, it is a good student to clean up the battlefield and rest the team, and for a while, he will not come to trouble us again." We are in this frontier land, and it is necessary to live and recuperate. ”

"If the Tang Army finishes resting and cleaning up and sends troops to pursue it again, how can you and I be their opponents now?" Shanba asked anxiously again.

This question was asked to Babur's sore spot, he gritted his teeth and replied: "If the Tang army really attacks again, we have just experienced a great defeat, and it is when the morale of the army has reached the bottom, how can we fight the Tang army again." In today's plan, the only way to do this is to send sentry cavalry to observe the movements of the Tang army in time, and if it is found that once it discovers the traces of our army, there is a move to attack in the north, we and others will lead the troops and quickly retreat north into the Weng Niute Department to avoid its edge. If it pushes forward again, we will retreat to Transkhalkha, in short, we must take the preservation of troops and tribesmen as the most important task, and we must not fight with the Tang army again and suffer losses in vain. “

Babur's words, although most of them are empty-hearted, can be regarded as a psychological comfort to Shanba, after hearing this, Shanba also sighed, and then said: "Okay, now we can only act like this, you and I should cherish each other." “

The two discussed and agreed, and then rested on the spot, while sending out sentry cavalry to spy on the movements of the Tang army from afar.

A few hours later, a sentinel arrived: "Report! After the Tang army cleaned up the battlefield and rested, the whole army continued to march eastward, all the way to the border of the Karaqin Territory. “

Hearing the return of the sentry knight, Babur and Shanba were both relieved.

Okay, it seems that the Tang Army's plan is not small, and their ultimate goal should be to attack the Qing court from afar, and they don't take their own two small Mongolian tribes in their eyes, so that they can sit back and relax now.

Babur was secretly happy in his heart, but he still ordered the sentry with a straight face: "Okay, Ben Noyan knows, then you can continue to sentry and make no mistakes, and you can not withdraw until you observe that the Tang army has entered the Karaqin Department." Once the Tang Army has any new movements, it needs to be reported urgently, and there must be no mistakes, do you understand? “

"I understand it below!" Several sentinels shouted in unison.

Seeing the sentry horses moving away, Babur showed a happy face, and smiled at Babur, who also looked relaxed on the side: "If the Tang Army and we are just encountered, then it is really a blessing, and we can wait for no worries." It's just Babur, look, do we want to send someone to report the movements of the Tang army to the Qing court? ”

Babur smiled coldly and replied, "Hmph, you still have this idleness. In my opinion, there is no need at all, the Qing court is now in the midst of infighting, how can it ignore our report? Besides, the Qing court and the Tang army both dog-eat-dog have nothing to do with us. I wait for now, just wait and see, wait until the Qing court and the Tang army decide the victory, and then decide the future road, how to act. ”

Speaking of this, Babur's face darkened, and he replied with a long sigh: "Alas, if the Qing court is really not the opponent of the Tang army, then it is time for us to consider changing the court again." ”