[205] Night attack on Naturalized City

Naturalization City, that is, the old city of Hohhot, is a famous city with a history of 430 years. It is surrounded by the majestic and undulating Yinshan Mountains in the north, and can lead to the rich grasslands in the north; It is bordered by the rolling Yellow River in the south, and faces the Ordos Plateau across the river; the rolling Manhan Mountains in the east; The west is the gateway to Ganning in the west. It is located on the alluvial plain of the Yellow River and the Dahei River. The land here is fertile, the terrain is flat, the irrigation is convenient, geographically called the Qiantao Plain, the Tumochuan Plain, and the history is called the Fengzhou Beach of the Eilechuan River.

Before the Ming Dynasty, there was not a decent city on the Saiwai grassland. According to the "History of the Ming Dynasty", in the sixth year of Longqing in the Ming Dynasty (1572 AD), Altan Khan and Sanniangzi began to jointly preside over the construction of a city called Kuku and Tun. It is recorded that after Kuku and Tuncheng entered the construction stage, Sanniang became the main host. In the third year of Wanli, the city was completed, and the Ming Dynasty government gave it the name of Naturalization City. At the time of the construction of the city of Naturalization, Altan Khan was already in old age and was riddled with diseases. Therefore, the third lady actively assists her husband in handling various affairs. In the ninth year of Wanli (158L A.D.), Altan Khan and Sanniangzi expanded the naturalization city again and built a magnificent outer city. According to the "Yuquan District Chronicle", in the seventh year of Ming Qi (1627 AD), Lin Dan Khan of the Chahar Department conquered Guihua City and used it as the capital of his regime. In the fifth year of Ming Chongzhen (1636 AD), Huang Taiji defeated Lin Dan Khan, chased to the naturalization city and set fire to the city, and the naturalization city was ruined

"Father Khan~~~ I'm back~" The army marched to the outside of the Naturalization City, Ezhe saw the dilapidated Naturalization City a few miles away, and cried loudly, and some of the Chahar tribesmen who still missed Lin Dan Khan bowed three times and bowed in the direction of the Naturalization City, howling and crying

Like all the Mongol tribes, the Tumut tribe who occupied the city of Naturalization lived on water and grass, and were outright nomadic people, although Altan Khan built many Bansheng cities on the Tumut River during his reign in Mongolia, but they were only used to settle the Tumut magnates, and the Tumut herdsmen still had to herd around in the Guangmaodi steppe. The nomads were always soldiers, and they were scattered across the vast grasslands, and it was only when it was time to go out on an expedition that the tribal leader would send an order to gather the herdsmen of the diaspora, and then they would be transformed from herdsmen into brave and warlike Mongol cavalry. The Tumuts did not expect that the Ming army would come to attack, and of course it was impossible to send an order in advance to gather the herdsmen scattered in the steppe, and the standing army stationed in the city of Guihua was only 400 Mongolian cavalry, which was the personal guard of Tumut Khan, and after the conquest of Mongolia, Huang Taiji had clear regulations on the size of the personal guards of the leaders of the Mongolian tribes.

It was late at night, and the north wind was blowing strongly. Above the night sky, which is as black as thick ink, the clear moon is like a hook, the sky is lonely, and the four fields are pitch black. The shadow of death was slowly approaching the Naturalization City in the dark moonlight, and the Tumut sentinels on the arrow tower were still unaware, and the bitter cold wind drowned out all the subtle sounds.

"Whoosh~" An eagle feather arrow came from the darkness under the cover of the wind, and an arrow pierced the neck of the soldier on duty

The figure of the Tumut sentry shook suddenly, and then he slowly raised his hands to pull out the arrow from his throat, but sadly his hands were only halfway up before they fell limp. The Tumut sentinels tried desperately to shout, but only an inaudible hissing sound sounded in their cracked throats. In the bitter cold wind. The sturdy body of the Tumut Sentinel shook and finally fell, and almost at the same time as he fell to the ground, two black shadows climbed up the battlement. Fluttering down beside him, the Tumert Sentinel's eyes widened with disbelief in his eyes.

Scold~~

The Shadow stabbed the Tumut sentinel, who hadn't died immediately

Naturalized outside the city

He Yong, He Mingwei, and He Guoxian stood solemnly across their horses in the cold wind, and behind him were more than 3,000 Ming cavalry, and on the periphery of the Ming cavalry, there were Chahar and Korqin warriors led by Balmenggan and Balida. More than 6,000 people were pressed under the night sky, all the horses were already muzzled, and the mouths of the people were all in their mouths, and the soldiers had drawn their sharp sabers, like the sharp teeth of wild beasts when they smelled their prey, flashing with a cold cold light under the night sky.

The Mingmeng coalition army rushed all the way, and they were already very tired, and they all said that people's energy and physical strength are limited, but when people fall into a certain state of excitement. Human beings will cross the limits of mental and physical strength, and Song Youliang, in order to keep the soldiers participating in the battle in a state of excitement, ordered the city to be robbed for three days after it was broken. Considering that this is the old capital of Lin Dan Khan, Song Youliang specially asked Ezhe's opinion for this. Ezhe said that the current city of Guihua is dilapidated anyway, and it is occupied by rebels, and it is burned now, which is just right for me to rebuild in the future

So, in "Naturalization, Grab Money, Grab Food, Grab Women!" In the shout, the Mingmeng coalition army kicked off the prelude to the night attack on Guihua City

In the tent-style palace in the planned city, Tumut Khan and several tribal leaders were enjoying the heavenly demon dance of several girls, these dancers were gifts from Huang Taiji after Tumut Khan's victory against Lin Dan Khan, a group of Han dancers snatched from Guannei. Just as Tumut Khan's gaze wandered on the dancer's almost ** body, wondering which attendant he would find, he suddenly heard a deafening shout outside the tent, and then there was a rumbling hoof sound that shook the ground, and Tumut Khan and the nobles in the tent changed their faces in an instant

"What's going on? What's wrong? ”

Tumut Khan stood up and opened the tent, and a dozen warriors outside the tent looked at each other, and they didn't know what was going on, Tumut Khan was furious and said: "Like a stupid camel, go to the front and see, what happened?" ”

"Yes, Great Khan~" The two Tumut warriors responded, and when they were about to leave, dense torches had appeared on the long street in front of them, and those torches were like a fire dancing dragon surging in from the east gate of naturalization, and by the red firelight, Tumut Khan and the nobles behind him were horrified to find that it was a large group of heavily armed Ming soldiers and a large number of Mongolian warriors

"Great Khan, it's the Ming army!"

"This is impossible, how dare the Ming army come to attack naturalization!?"

"What's impossible, everyone has already entered the city!"

"I'm going to kill those lazy scouts~!"

The Tumut nobles were shocked, after all, Tumut Khan had been in battle for a long time, although he was in danger, he had not yet messed up, and hurriedly shouted to the captain of the guard outside the tent: "What are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and gather the guards, gather the guards!" Stop these damn Ming troops, you can't let them rush over, you must not let them get close to the sweat tent! ”

"Yes!" The captain of the Nake'er guard said yes and flew on his horse.

Tumut Khan turned back to the Tumut nobles around him and shouted: "Don't stay here, you guys should hurry back to the big tent to pack up the gold and silver, and hurry out of the city from the west gate to break through!" ”

The nobles of Tumut shouted and scattered.

At this time, the cavalry of the Ming army who broke into the city from the east gate had already entered the central city of the naturalized city, and many Mongolians still had the Jiannu who lived in the naturalized life, and even some of the Han people who had been taken captive and had shaved their hair did not know what was happening, and they rushed out of their respective tents and small earthen houses to see what was going on, and all of them were ruthlessly slaughtered by the Ming army and Mongolian soldiers! Some of the hapless Han Chinese were killed by mistake, and many of them hurriedly cut off their braids and shouted loudly in Chinese to save their lives

Everywhere there were naturalized residents running and wailing, everywhere there were Ming soldiers galloping on horseback, and everywhere there were bloody killings! A Mongolian man held a scimitar and howled to meet a Ming army flag, before the scimitar in his hand cut the body of the Ming army flag, another Chahar cavalry rode through behind him, the knife flashed, the Mongolian man's back has been cut whole, white bones, red flesh bloomed

The Mongolian man howled violently, and then fell straight to the cold ground. The general banner of the Ming army stepped over the corpse of the Mongolian man and kicked open the broken wooden door of the small earthen house behind him, and the dim oil lamp illuminated the situation in the earthen house vaguely, under the light, two young Mongolian women protected a little Mongolian girl and shrank in the corner, looking at the fierce and vicious Ming army general with frightened eyes.

"Hey, hey, hey......"

The eyes of the general banner of the Ming army showed a beast-like light, and he turned around and shouted: "Damn, how can you divide the three people?" ”

After more than a dozen Chahar soldiers who arrived later discussed in Mongolian, a Chahar soldier who spoke Chinese pointed to the little girl and said, "Yours." Then he pointed to the two women and said, "Ours!" ”

"Take it, take it~" The general banner of the Ming army pushed the two Tumut women out of the wooden house with a smile, and closed the wooden door from the inside, and soon the little girl's frightened shouts sounded in the house, as well as the triumphant laughter of the general banner of the Ming army, mixed with the sound of hissing cracking

Outside, the Chahar soldiers dragged the two Tumut women to the dirt behind the hut, and the idiots knew what they were going to do

He Yong led a Ming army to capture the Golden Horde of Tumut Khan, the Golden Horde of Tumut Khan and the surrounding tents were already messy at this time, and the ground was full of fallen Tumut warriors and warriors, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood, and the Chinese wanted to vomit.

He Yong stepped into the tent of Tumut Khan, only to see a fine Persian carpet on the ground, and two scantily clad women lying on the carpet. The blood that had poured from under her body had stained a large carpet red, and it was not the Ming army who killed them, but Tumut Khan.

There are rows of beautifully crafted wooden shelves on display in the large tent, and on the shelves are a dazzling array of rare antiques. There is porcelain, there is pottery, and there is also copperware. There were several sets of thread-bound books, and directly north of the big tent was placed the throne of Tumut Khan, which was covered with white tiger skin, and behind the throne there was a treasure carved bow inlaid with gold and jade on the wall of the tent. There is also a sword with rhino horns as a sheath.

A crazy and bloody night

When the sun rose again, the noisy Guihua City finally fell silent, and the Ming army, Chahar, and Horqin soldiers who had been crazy all night also changed from beasts to warriors, and groups drove out of the city to assemble.

Ezhe held a grand sacrifice ceremony for Lin Dan Khan in front of the Silver Buddha Temple in the city of naturalization, and then announced that the Great Khan of Chahar would return to the city of Hua, and the city of naturalization would once again become the royal court of the Chahar department. Of course, all this was nodded by Song You