Chapter 66 The cavalry attacks for revenge Li Kui drinks and persuades him to surrender

These Mongols who attacked the garrison never expected that before they finished eating a meal of mutton, the Han people would take revenge. The head of the hundred households saw that this was not good, and the explosion in the yard was too terrible. He hurriedly ordered some people to climb the watchtower and shoot arrows outside, while he also went upstairs to look outside to understand the situation. After going upstairs, a dense stream of bullets kept coming in through the window of the carved building** and killed their Mongolian Anda who wanted to shoot arrows. But the people in the courtyard rushed out and couldn't get out. At this time, Baihu suddenly remembered that the back wall of this courtyard was not very strong, and it should be rushed out from there.

Hundreds of households came to the yard, dodging the ** that kept exploding, and organized people to ride horses and crash into the back wall of the yard. The Mongols were hierarchical, and the Mongols knew what it would be like to ride their horses and rush to the wall, but they still rode their horses and crashed into the wall behind the courtyard without hesitation. The horses and the Mongols who hit the wall broke their bones and died under the wall, but they still broke the back wall. The Mongolian Hundred Households fled from the back wall with more than 300 people. After the cavalry commander led the cavalry to intercept and kill some of the Mongol soldiers, he followed them from a distance. Because his judgment was accurate, the Mongols, who had fled in a panic, were running towards a company of ambushes.

The cavalry were not equipped with as many heavy machine guns as the infantry, and they were all air-cooled. Originally, this cavalry company was equipped with four heavy machine guns, and the cavalry commander gave them two more in consideration of their ambush. However, the cavalry had a lot of light machine guns, and before this expedition to the west, each squad was equipped with a light machine gun. Light machine guns are more suitable for cavalry to carry. This company had ten light machine guns. If the infantry company would be more vigorous, now each infantry company has an additional fire platoon. The fire excluded heavy machine guns, but also mortars.

When the commander of the company arrived at the ambush site, he sent people to lead the horses into a ditch, and sent out to scout the horses to reconnoiter everywhere. Then they built fortifications and set up ambushes on the road to the west. When they heard the gunfire and the explosion of the hand on the side of the garrison, the cavalrymen of the company stomped their feet in a hurry. It's really uncomfortable to watch others fight and listen to other people's gunfire, but you have to lie here.

The first company commander and the instructor came over and advised everyone: "Don't worry, everyone will be smart when the Mongols come over in a while, don't let them go." ”

The waiting time is extraordinarily long.

Finally, the gunfire on the garrison side became quieter, and the explosion of the hand ** also stopped. The company commander and the instructor were looking through the grass with binoculars in the direction of the garrison, when they suddenly saw a horse running towards them, and as the horses approached, they saw a large group of horses running towards them. The company commander shouted happily: "Good concealment, machine gun ready!" ”

In fact, the machine gunners had been ready for a long time, and now they were holding their breath one by one, pressing their fingers on the trigger and waiting for an order.

After Baihu led the Mongols to run out, he was relieved. Although a lot of Anda died, but immediately entered the grassland, those Han people couldn't help themselves. If you have a chance to come back and avenge those Anda. Although there were chasing soldiers behind, Baihu could feel that they were not very active in chasing. Hyakhe thought to himself, "Hmph! Timid Han people, you know that we Mongolians are eagles on the steppe, and you dare not get closer. We can only take advantage of our unpreparedness to suddenly take advantage of it. ”

The fleeing Mongolian hundred households quickly regained their self-confidence. But just as he was thinking wildly, a deafening gunshot suddenly erupted in front of him, and a metal wind rushed towards him. The horses that ran up rolled one by one. Baihu's brain was not slow to react, his face was grazed by a bullet, although he was bleeding all over his face, but he didn't care about wiping it, he knew that he couldn't escape the bullets that came from him if he collected the war horse now, and there were chasing soldiers behind him. At this time, he also understood the reason why those people were not actively chasing after him. Baihu shouted on his horse: "Anda! Rush over, can't stop. ”

The Mongols could not contain their horses, and they also knew that there were pursuers behind. When they heard Baihu's words, one of them hid his body under the saddle and rushed forward. At this time, Baihu waved his hand to his own soldiers and ran to a ditch next to him.

The brave Mongols were useless even if they hid under the saddle, and they were killed by machine guns when they rushed up and horses. Without waiting for the cavalry commander to come over with the pursuers, the company commander led people to clean up the battlefield. He didn't want to share the credit with others. The cavalrymen who came to clean up the battlefield all had automatic rifles in their hands, and those who saw that they were not dead were re-shot.

The commander of the cavalry led people to come over to take a look, and had to order the others to quickly circle back all the scattered war horses.

Of the more than 500 Mongols who attacked this time, except for two who were captured alive in the garrison, only 100 households fled with a few personal soldiers.

The commander of the cavalry ordered everyone to drag all the dead horses back to the garrison with ropes. Back at the garrison, it was already dark. The commander of the cavalry knew that Li Kui's side would be in a hurry, so he hurriedly asked the telegraph operator to turn on the radio and report the situation here to Li Kui.

Li Kui, who was waiting in Xining, was really anxious, seeing that it was dark and he didn't see the cavalry commander bring people back, and there was no response to send them a telegram call, and the other cavalry who went out had already returned, but they all knew that the regiment commander led people to the west, and the others didn't know. Just when Li Kui was in a hurry, a telegram from the cavalry commander came.

"This bastard still knows how to reply to the telegram," Li Kui said, "hurry up!" ”

After listening to the staff officer read the telegram, Li Kui was happy, "This rabbit cub's life is really good!" I haven't met the Mongols yet, but they did. Send them a telegram and tell them that the person who takes over tomorrow will be there, and that they will be handed over and come back when they arrive. After speaking, Li Kui looked at the map hanging inside the Xining Wei Yamen, asked the staff officer to find Dulan, and asked, "How far is Dulan from here?" ”

The staff officer weighed it and said, "It must be more than a thousand miles." ”

"Damn, is it worth beating me so far?" Li Kui muttered.

"Mr. Zhang doesn't want to spend too much energy here. His goal was still to the south. A staff officer said.

"Alas! I don't think it's our turn to do anything in the south! Li Kui understood very well, "From the beginning of the Western Expedition and the arrangement of our General Ningde to the West Road, I understood that there must be someone to defend this place." This is where my life and that of General Ningde are here. If you want to talk about employing people, Mr. Zhang is amazing! He knew that Ningde and I would fit here. Let's just think about it. ”

At this time, the commander of the first division came in and asked, "Is there any news from the cavalry commander?" ”

"Huh! This guy has telegraphed. They fought a battle with the Mongols. After Li Kui finished speaking, he asked people to hand the telegram to the commander of the first division.

After reading the telegram, the commander of the 1st Division said: "We have just taken over here, and the situation is not completely stable. It was not yet time for war with the Mongols. ”

"We can't fight if we don't want to," Mr. Li said, "and now they are beating us." ”

"Mr. Zhang....." The commander of the first division meant that Zhang Zhimu didn't want to involve too much energy here.

"I understand what Mr. Zhang means better than you," Li Kui interrupted him, "The problem now is that if we don't subdue the Mongols, we won't be at peace here." Let's wait for a moment to stabilize, let's go and take down Dulan. ”

"We have a total of one infantry division and one cavalry regiment, and it's not easy to defend so far away!" The commander of the first division still wanted to persuade Li Kui not to be impulsive.

"Defense? Hum! Li Kui snorted with his nose and said, "I don't want to fucking defend." Mr. Zhang said that we have built the Great Wall for thousands of years and we can't defend it, so I want them to defend us. I kill them and I don't have to defend. ”

"I also agree with the deputy commander's approach, but we should let the Hehuang area stabilize before dealing with the Mongols. If we don't, we will be in trouble if we want to fight on two fronts. The commander of the first division said.

"That's right," said Li Kui, "until we've got everything here." You don't have to worry about people, those who surrendered the Dashun army can choose at least 5,000 people to participate in the battle. ”

Early the next morning, Li Kui heard another commotion behind the yamen. When I asked, I found out that it was the mighty general who woke up. Li Kui rushed over, and the general's wife was wiping her tears there, and when she saw Li Kui arriving, she said, "The official is awake, and I want to feed him some food, so he made a fuss." ”

Li Kui didn't speak, came to the house, and saw that General Weiwu was awake, but obviously his complexion eased, he knew that the medicine was working, and he was already in good health. Li Kui was not polite and said, "I heard that you woke up, let's get to know you." My surname is Lee. ”

The mighty general lying on the bed sighed and did not speak. Li Kui said: "In order to save your life, we will give you a lot of our best special medicine. You can't get it with gold. ”

"Alas!" The mighty general sighed again and said, "General Li, you will fulfill me and let me be loyal, okay?" ”

"Want to die? All right! Li Kui said, "It's not easy to live, it's too simple to want to die." But I see you have three children, and a young lady, what about them? ”

"Alas! Let them be faithful too! ”

"Why did you let them die with you?" Li Kui asked dissatisfied.

"My life was saved by the prince, we are ashamed of the prince, let's be loyal together!" The mighty general still insisted on dying.

At this time, the youngest son of the mighty general came in and said to Li Kui: "I still want to eat compressed biscuits?" ”

"Good!" Li Kui said to the guards outside, "Bring a few compressed biscuits!" ”

The guards brought a few compressed biscuits, Li Kui hugged the child, put two in his hand, and stuffed the rest into his pocket, saying, "Eat less each time, otherwise it will be broken." ”

The child bit a little compressed biscuit with his mouth, raised it up again and said to the mighty general, "Father, it is delicious." Eat some too! The injury healed quickly. ”

The mighty general waved his hand and said, "Get out!" ”

However, Li Kui saw tears in the corners of the mighty general's eyes, and thought to himself that as long as the heart does not die, you will not die. Put down the child and say, "Go out and play, I have something to say to your father." ”

The child went out, and General Weiwu said, "Thank you, General Lee, for being kind to my family." But I didn't have a reason to live. ”

"Since the general insists on dying, I will fulfill you, but the child and the wife cannot die with you." Li Kui said.

This is Mrs. You came in with porridge, and she wanted to take advantage of Li Kui's presence to persuade the mighty general to eat something.

But the mighty general waved his hand and refused to eat.

"You're going to die, and it's not bad for a while. Besides, a big husband will have to eat enough when he dies! Li Kui said to his wife again, "By the way, you go to the kitchen, there is horse meat that was just cooked last night, and let them send two bottles of my good wine." I'll have a send-off drink with your general! ”

The lady went out with tears in her eyes. For a while, the soldiers carried a large plate of hot, cut horse meat, a large bowl of dipping sauce, two pairs of chopsticks, and two bottles of three-year-old wine from the kiln.

Li Kui said: "Okay! Before you leave, you can taste the good wine of our kiln, and you will not lose. Li Kui found that this mighty general had no intention of objecting, and knew that this was a guy who was good at drinking and sparing his life.

After setting up the table, Li Kui said to his wife: "Help your general get up a little, let's drink." ”

This mighty general is really a big husband, and his wife helped him up, and he gritted his teeth and really sat up. Madame put the quilt on his back and put it in his chair. Li Kui personally opened the lids of the two bottles of wine. Li Kui was reluctant to drink these two bottles of wine, and in addition, military discipline required that he was not allowed to drink, but Li Kui resolutely held back and did not drink it. He didn't want to delay the war for the sake of drinking. He knew that if he made this mistake, Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He would no longer believe him. Don't look at his usual rough appearance, he knows it very well.

As soon as the two bottles of wine are opened, the aroma of the wine is overflowing. The mighty general is also a man of temperament, and he can't help but say, "What a good wine!" ”

Li Kui put a bottle of wine in front of him and said, "Come and let's have a bottle for each person." ”

The mighty general was not polite, picked up the wine and took a sip first, put down the bottle, and said, "Oops! I've never drunk such good wine! ”

"To be honest, I didn't want to drink these two bottles of wine, and I invite you to drink it today, for the sake of your ability to fight. I just wanted to figure out how you knew we were going to cross the Chase Bridge. Also, if I send someone across the river to reconnoiter while the sappers are building the bridge. You're not going to get away with it, are you? Li Kui took a sip of wine, put down the bottle and asked.

Speaking of which, perhaps because of the addition of drinking a little wine, the mighty general's face glowed a little red. He took a bite of horse meat, smiled and said proudly: "Since I arrived here, I have traveled all over the mountains and rivers here." From the moment you left Lanzhou, my Tanma reported to me your marching route all the way. You go first to the Huangshui and then to the west, and you will cross the bridge. You have won all the way, thinking that only you are fighting others, and no one dares to beat you. So I judge that you will be careless. Besides, even if you send someone to investigate, you don't necessarily run to the top of the mountain. Even if you run to the top of the mountain, we will ambush you all the way to the next place. There are so many places to set up ambushes here! If it weren't for the power of your firearms, who might not have been a captive right now! ”

"Huh! If you suffer a little loss, it is not wronged. Li Kui said, "In the Dashun army, you are very good at fighting." I think you've done a good job of managing this place. But why didn't you repair the road here? Otherwise, it will be easier to connect here and outside. This is the Rice Grain River, and the people can be richer. ”

"It's a long story." General Weiwu said, "When I was just sent here as a defense envoy to Xining, I was sad. I always thought this was a poor place on the border. But along the way, I saw that villages and towns were one after another along both sides of the Huangshui. The Huangshui and Datong rivers and the Yellow River are good grain fields on both sides. In particular, after I walked up and down the Datong River and Huangshui several times, I thought that it would be too labor-intensive to build the road. I've always wanted to dredge the river, if it does. Here you can go straight to Lanzhou. According to the old people here, the ships here in the Han Dynasty went straight to Lanzhou. It's just that there is more water here during the rainy season and less water during the dry season. The drop is also larger, and when the current is reversed, you need to pull the fiber. ”

"Hey, hey! It would be nice if you let Mr. Zhang know what you said," Li Kui said, "I heard Mr. Zhang say that such a place can build a reservoir, and if there is more water, the water will be stored, and when the water is less, it will be released." As for sailing, it's even more fine. We now have steamboats that go against the current and come up on their own without sails. Locks can be built in places with large drops. We also have dredging boats for river silting. ”

"Steamship? Locks? "The mighty general doesn't understand.

Li Kui patiently told him what steamboats, locks, and dredging ships were.

The more they drank, the happier they became, and the more they drank, the more speculative they became.

When Li Kui told him that the Mongols had come again yesterday and had killed more than 500 Mongols, the mighty general said excitedly: "Great! I've had a few encounters with them. We won't be able to do anything until we defeat them completely. Be careful, though, that the Mongols will soon come to retaliate. They can't afford to lose. ”

Li Kui slapped the table and said, "Lao Tzu can't suffer any losses. Wait until I'm settled. I'll fight all the way to their Dulan. Beat them away until they are killed. ”

"That's right! With your weapons, you should send them Mongols back. It took Chongzhen ten years to occupy Dulan. It's a pity that I don't have that strength. In fact, most of their Western Mongolians are still in the north, and there are not many people here. Beat them away, and the large areas of good pastures by Qinghai Lake will be ours. "The mighty general seems to have forgotten that after drinking this meal, he is going to die.

"I see, don't die yet." Li Kui lost no time in saying, "You are alive, and we can do a lot of things together." What do you think? ”

"No!" The mighty general stopped again, "You don't know. My family is from Henan. Originally, the family was fine, I have three brothers, and I am the third. The family is frugal, and there is also a school for the three of us. My name is Zheng Yufeng. In the following years, there was a great drought and a war disaster, and my two brothers starved to death, just to let me live. But this doesn't work, fortunately, the prince's team passed by, and my parents said, follow along, otherwise you will starve to death at home. There is no way, I survived with the team of the prince. Needless to say, my parents would have starved to death. I was in the team, and I was promoted to a mighty general by virtue of my military exploits, and I can't be sorry for King Chuang. ”

"Come on!" Li Kui said, "You King Chuang is not a man, you left hundreds of thousands of brothers and left by yourself. I'm telling you, we deliberately let your prince go. Li Yan, you should know that now we are in the kiln. He wrote a letter to Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, and asked him to follow the ancient road of business. Otherwise, we would have taken his life a long time ago. ”

"Will you let the prince go?" The mighty general Zheng Yufeng was a little unconvinced.

"Let him live, it will be useful to us." Li Kui said, "I can't say much else. There are too many high-ranking people in our kiln gang. ”

"Can you all be like General Li Yan?" Zheng Yufeng seemed to admire Li Yan very much.

"General Li Yan said when he arrived at Yaogang, I only have to study now." Li Kui said, "However, this time we came west, and Li Yan led people to solve the Ordos Mongols. Our Mr. Zhang didn't let Li Yan participate in the Western Expedition, I think it was because he didn't want Li Yan to face your team to break the king. That would make General Li Yan embarrassed. ”

"Yes! They are all their own brothers, and they can't do it. Zheng Yufeng said, "General Li Yan is righteous, although we all know that King Chuang can't stand General Li Yan, but at a critical time, General Li Yan can still write a letter to King Chuang." ”

"I see! Don't die, live and do something for the people here. Li Kui said, "I promise not to embarrass you, and I will never let you do anything that is not right for Li Zicheng." If one day, Li Zicheng comes back and you do it with Li Zicheng again, I don't blame you. You have this ability and good character. It's a pity to die! ”

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