Chapter 64 Xining Weixian City Meets the Mongols Again

At this time, Li Kui's heart was happy like a flower, and he waved his hand to let people take the letter. Li Kui asked the people around him to read the letter. It turned out that this was a letter of surrender sent by the mighty general. The letter said: He has ordered the Xining military and civilians to surrender Kaicheng, and hopes that the people of Yaogang will treat the Xining military and civilians well.

After reading the letter, Li Kui asked the messenger: "There are more than 10,000 horses in your city, and the mighty general is also a person who is very good at fighting. ”

The messenger replied, "My lord, our general is seriously wounded and critically ill. In order for all of us to have a way to live, he ordered us to surrender or he would fight to the death. ”

"In that case, we have a military doctor and good medicine in our army, let's see if we can save his life." Li Kui said.

"No need, sir." The messenger said, "Our general has resolved to be loyal to the king. He had already ordered his family to give him poison, as well as his wife and children. ”

"Hey! It's a pity. Li Kui said, "Your general is a rare talent." Then you go back and have all the soldiers lay down their arms and line up to go out of the city. ”

"Yes!" The messenger agreed, turned on his horse, and went back to the city.

It turned out that the mighty general was seriously injured, and in order to escape for his life, he only tied the broken leg with a rope, and he didn't have time to treat the wound immediately, and he bled profusely. Although after escaping, he was immediately put on the golden gun, but the wound still worsened. When he was sober, he still followed the original plan and steadily retreated and concentrated his people. He wanted to have a decisive battle with the Yaogang people in Xining. However, after returning to Xining, the formidable general's injuries continued to deteriorate. By the time the Yaogang army approached the city, he was no longer able to fight. But his mind is still very clear, even if he is not injured, with the firepower of the kiln gang, they can't hold Xining. Because the firepower of the kiln gang people they encountered in the Datong River was still the firepower organized by the kiln gang people in a hurry. If the kiln people were prepared to attack the city, the firepower would definitely be much stronger than this. Since his days were short, his thoughts were different at this time, and he felt that it would be better to let those brothers who followed him to the north and south find a way to live.

When the soldiers brought a letter of surrender from the Yaogang people into the city, he gathered his officers together and said to them, "My days are numbered, and I want to give this life back to the king of Chuang." If you follow me to fight in the north and south, you will all find a way to live. I think that the king is no match for the kiln gang and the people left us alone, brothers, don't blame the prince. ”

Many officers were unwilling to surrender and cried and cried to fight to the end. Someone said: "We still have more than 10,000 officers and soldiers, and we can fight whatever we want." ”

"The millions of troops of the king have been beaten back from Shanxi by the Yaogang people. We still have hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in Shaanxi, and the prince of Chuang left without a fight, doesn't the prince want to fight? That's unbeatable. "When the mighty general persuaded these people, the people outside the city couldn't wait." A loud bang came from the south side of the city. The mighty general was all too familiar with this kind of sound, it was the sound of the explosion of the cannon shells of the Yaogang people.

At this time, a soldier came in and reported that the kiln man had opened fire. Blew a large gap in the city wall, killing more than a dozen brothers in the city. The bodies of the brethren could not be found. Others were so shaken that their ears could not hear.

The mighty general said, "Listen to my orders!" Otherwise, it's too late, if they really fight. They can blow us up by firing the cannons. ”

In this way, the officers reluctantly agreed to surrender. Just when the mighty general dictated and asked people to write a letter, the kiln gang people fired another shot. The mighty general hurriedly asked one of his own soldiers to ride out of the city and deliver the letter. At the same time, he called his family and asked them to take medicine for him, and asked his wife and children to take medicine with him.

The military discipline of the Dashun army was very good, and soon after the messenger returned to the city, the officers and soldiers of Dashun lined up from the three gates of the east, west and south of the city to leave the city. The kiln army outside the gates arranged for the captives to line up and sit down.

Li Kui and the others saw that no one came out anymore, so they beat their horses and went into the city. As soon as he came to the city, Li Kui frowned. It turned out that the people who had moved from all over the country were sleeping on the streets of the city, and adults were crying and children making noise everywhere. Li Kui ordered: "Inform the people that they can go home." ”

When the people heard that they could go home, they took up their burdens, pushed their carts, and carried their children on their backs, and walked out of the city. Li Kui couldn't help but say: "When there is a war, it is the people who suffer!" ”

Suddenly, Li Kui thought that now was not the time to sigh, so he asked for directions, and their group beat their horses and ran towards the Yamen, the commander of the Xining Guard. When they came to the yamen, they turned over and dismounted, and when they came to the yamen, they heard the cries of women and children in the back hall. They searched for the sound and walked to the back hall. A woman and three children quickly knelt down when they saw Li Kui and others coming in. Several of the family servants next to him also knelt down together. Seeing this, Li Kui said: "Everyone doesn't have to be like this, get up!" Why are you crying? ”

The woman wept and said that she was the wife of the mighty general, and that the mighty general had given her poison to herself, and that she had also given poison with the children. But she really couldn't do it herself, and the angry mighty general fainted.

When Li Kui heard this, he knew that the mighty general was not dead. Hurriedly asked him to bring the military doctor over to see how the mighty general was doing.

The military doctor lifted the quilt, looked at it and said, "Deputy commander, the situation is not good." The wound is severely infected. I'm afraid it's too late to take the medicine. ”

"Hurry up and give the general medicine, take more, take it several times. Be sure to save him. Li Kui was in a hurry. The first is that he has some sympathy for this general, and the second is that if he surrenders, the management of this place will be much simpler. Because he is familiar with the situation here.

The military doctor said to the general's wife, "Hurry up and get more hot water to drink." And get more salt water. ”

The general's wife heard that Li Kui asked the military doctor to treat the general quickly, which brought her a glimmer of hope. She hurried to fetch water with her servants.

Most of these military doctors in Yaogang were disciples of "Shenshou Zhang" or Zhang Bingchen. They are very good at red injuries and trauma. When the lady brought boiling water and the military doctor tried it, he melted a few white pills in the bowl. Then let her feed the general. The military doctor said to his wife: "What I just gave the general is a special medicine from our kiln, called sulfonamides. I don't know if it's too late to treat the general. ”

After feeding the medicine, the military doctor disinfected the scalpel, cut the wound of the abscess, squeezed out the pus and blood, cleaned it, and put the golden gun medicine on the kiln. I bandaged it again.

Seeing that everything was done, Li Kui let out a sigh of relief and said to the trembling lady and their children, "You don't have to worry. Now that the general has decided to surrender, we are no longer enemies. You just take care of the general, if you need a squeak. ”

Madame was moved and immediately knelt down and said, "Thank you, sir!" We're fine. ”

Li Kui hurriedly said, "Don't be like this, get up and speak." ”

At this time, the youngest son of the mighty general, who was four or five years old, said: "Mother, I am hungry! Obviously, he heard Li Kui say that something squeaked, but they didn't dare to tell Li Kui directly, and deliberately told his mother that he was hungry.

Li Kui was shocked when he heard the child's words, could it be that there is no food in the general's mansion? Li Kui came over and squatted down and asked the child, "Hungry?" Didn't eat? ”

"Woohoo! I haven't eaten enough for two days! The child cried. At this time, the lady came over, pulled the child and said, "Don't trouble the adults anymore." The people of the city are even more miserable! ”

Needless to say, Li Kui understood that there were many people in the city and little food, and there was not enough food in the general's mansion. It seems that this general is still a good person who cherishes the people. Li Kui turned around and asked the soldiers who followed: "You all have compressed biscuits on you?" ”

The pro-soldiers understood, and they all took out their compressed biscuits. Li Kui took the compressed biscuit and handed it to his wife, saying, "This is a compressed biscuit, you can't eat it directly, it will swell people to death." You soak the water into a paste to feed the children's hunger first. I'll send someone to bring food right away. ”

Madame is very grateful, and she wants to kneel again. Li Kui really couldn't stand it, turned around and came out, and ordered: "Hurry up and send some grain into the city." Don't let us into the city, there are starving people. ”

When they came to the city, most of the people in the streets were gone, leaving behind a lot of garbage. But there were still some people lying on the ground who did not leave. Li Kui asked in the past, but it turned out that he was hungry and couldn't walk. Li Kui told them that food would be sent into the city in a while, and they would immediately boil porridge for everyone to drink. When the people heard that there was food, they all gathered around.

After Li Kui left the city, he had a few captured officers summoned in and asked, "What's the matter with the food in your city?" This is a food production area! ”

One of the officers sighed and said, "Alas! Our generals are really. The letter from above said that there was a disaster in Jiayuguan, so he borrowed grain from various guards, and then transferred grain from Lanzhou to us. But our grain was borrowed, and Lanzhou's grain was gone. Now there are many soldiers who have fled, and this time there are many civilians. That's enough food. If you don't fight again, you should kill the horses and eat people. Our generals are not allowed to go out to steal grain, and we have no money to buy grain. ”

The officer's words made Li Kui's heart light up. The heart said, "Yes! We don't bring much bread, but we can buy it with silver. This is a grain-producing area, and the people must have food in their hands. ”

Immediately order the quartermaster, ask about the price of grain here, and then go to the countryside to buy food.

Li Kui discussed with the commander of the first division, then distributed the army and returned to their original residences with the captives from thousands of households and hundreds of households. Li Kui knew very well that those places could not be left unguarded for a long time. Otherwise, it is easy for those Mongols to take advantage of the opportunity to occupy or destroy.

Li Kui's worries were fulfilled once again.

From Xinning to the west, there is Qinghai Lake. On the east side of Qinghai Lake, there is a mountain called Sun Moon Mountain. Legend has it that when Princess Wencheng got married, she was dissatisfied with her father marrying herself so far away, and threw the mirror out here, but it fell in half, and it just fell on two hills, the east half of the block faces west, reflecting the afterglow of the setting sun, and the west half of the block faces east, shining on the rising moonlight, and the Sun Moon Mountain gets its name from this. Because of the red color of this mountain, it is also called Chiling. It has been a tea and horse trading port since ancient times. After the Dashun army occupied here, although the tea and horse trade basically stopped, there was still a hundred households, which were under the jurisdiction of the Xining defense envoy.

The cavalry commander who left Xining, with a full range of cavalry, searched and advanced west along the ancient road, but did not find anything unusual. The people around him said: "Commander, I heard that this place is not far from Qinghai Lake, why don't we go and reconnoiter in the direction of Qinghai Lake?" ”

The cavalry commander understood that it was all right, and they wanted to take a look at Qinghai Lake. However, their excuse was to reconnoiter in the direction of Qinghai Lake.

The cavalry commander laughed and said, "Haha! Let's go to Qinghai Lake to investigate! ”

There was a cheer in the ranks of the cavalrymen. The cavalry commander scolded with a smile: "The little rabbit cubs are holding back their energy!" "When he took the lead, he struck his horse and galloped westward.

They ran for a while, and suddenly someone next to them shouted: "Commander, a few horses are running ahead!" ”

The cavalry commander has not found anyone here, so how could there be a few horses in front. Apparently the men on the three horses in front did not notice them. The commander of the cavalry regiment waved his hand to signal everyone to hide. They waited until three horses came running, and some soldier suddenly jumped out and dragged them off their horses.

The commander of the cavalry regiment saw that the three people were wearing the clothes of the Dashun army.

Interrogated, the cavalry commander was taken aback.

These three soldiers were the guards of the 100 households in front. It turned out that there were more than 100 people in it, but most of them were transferred by the Xining defense envoy to fight the Yaogang people. Only more than 20 people were left to guard here.

As a result, their situation here was discovered by the Mongol West and Shute Division, which had been monitoring them from the west. In the early hours of this morning, they were suddenly attacked by the Mongols, and all the soldiers in the guard were killed by the Mongols. The three of them were grooms feeding the horses behind, but when they found that something was wrong, they hid in the grass behind them and were not discovered. Later, after they crawled and escaped, they found a herdsman who borrowed three horses and ran out, and was about to go back to Xining to report the news.

When the cavalry commander heard this, he was furious and said, "Brothers, although the Dashun army is also our enemy, it is a matter between us Han people. They killed our Han brothers, and we will never agree. Come with me and kill these bunnies. Avenge our Han brothers. ”

The three soldiers of the Dashun Army were a little stunned when they saw the enemy in front of them, and they were still a little confused, but one of them said: "My lord, there are only a few hundred of you in total, and there are also a few hundred Mongols. It's a loss to do so! ”

The brother's words were good, and he was worried that they would suffer, but he didn't expect his words to cause a burst of laughter from the cavalry. The three who laughed were even more confused.

The commander of the cavalry asked them: "Do you have the courage to go back with me and kill those Mongol Tatars?" ”

"When, of course there is, if you dare to go back, we will dare to go back." The three were also men, and they followed the cavalry to the west.

The commander of the cavalry regiment took a battalion of cavalry, and he knew what to do against hundreds of Mongol soldiers. On the way, the three soldiers of the Dashun Army asked, "My lord, have you finished fighting with our defense envoys in Xining?" ”

"Hey! Little Xining doesn't need us to fight, and it is estimated that it is finished now. The cavalry commander said lightly, "You guys, just follow us." Your Li Zicheng can't come back. I have already run to Xiangyang. ”

The three soldiers of the Great Shun Army did not dare to speak, they did not believe that their emperor would run away. But believe it or not, these people are already calling from there.

The group of them hurried and quickly came to the front of the garrison. The commander of the cavalry looked at it with a telescope on his horse, and said with a smile: "Mongol friends are waiting for us." I'm scared they'll run away. ”

The commander of the cavalry regiment called him with the battalion commander, instructor, and three company commanders and instructors of the cavalry battalion, and said: "The Mongols are still in the garrison in front, maybe they know that even if they get the news from Xining, they will not come so soon, they are a little careless." But I've dealt with the Mongols, and they're actually goblins. They usually don't come and attack the outpost with a few hundred people, and they don't know that there will be a large group of men and horses behind them. When the time is right, they will pounce like wolves. In this way, we sent out one company to wait for them on their way back, and the other two companies went straight to the garrison with me. The Mongols always believed that their advantage was on horseback, and that they were not easy to defend their fortifications. When they retreat, you will serve them with machine guns on the road. ”

The cavalry battalion commander said: "Regiment commander, these Mongol soldiers are not enough for us to fight, you can rest assured!" So you take one company to ambush, and I'll take two companies to clean up the guys in the garrison. ”

"Forget it! You take a company to ambush, remember to send scouts to look around, don't let others ambush you. The regimental commander said, "I will lead people to attack the garrison, but you must be careful, the Mongols are still very good at bows and arrows." ”

The battalion commander went away with a company. Li Kui said to the two company commanders and instructors: "This guard post has a three-story watchtower, and the outside of the watchtower is a stone courtyard wall. The watchtower is not big but the yard is not small, most of the Mongolians have entered the courtyard, but some horses are tied outside the courtyard. After a while, we got on our horses and rushed over, and we eliminated them with rifles outside the courtyard, and some of them blocked the watchtowers to prevent them from shooting arrows at us. When approaching, pitch to the yard**. Is it clear to everyone? ”

"Clear!"

"It's clear, it's good to be the first to charge in a while. Three companies charged after me. Both of you companies have to be assigned, which ones block the watchtowers and which ones shoot at the Mongols outside. The cavalry commander quickly assigned the task.

The commander of the cavalry regiment led the horses. Approaching the garrison from inside a flood gully, so that they could take advantage of the suddenness of the charge. When they were almost close, everyone got on their horses in the ditch, and then they accelerated their horses, and suddenly rushed up to the edge of the ditch and rushed towards the garrison. The Mongols who did not enter the courtyard were people of low status, and they watched the horses for everyone outside the courtyard. Because the Mongols who entered the hospital had already killed the sheep they had snatched after dividing their things, and they were eating mutton. These Mongolians outside the courtyard scolded in their hearts, but they didn't dare to speak. Because their rank is too low. Don't dare to offend the master.

But just when they were bored, they suddenly heard the sound of galloping horses' hooves. By the time they saw clearly, a group of cavalry had rushed to the front, and they knew that these men had rushed out of the ditch in front of them, apparently coming at themselves. They hurriedly whistled to call the police, turned on their horses, and at the same time grabbed their bows and arrows, ready to shoot. However, the cavalry who rushed over did not give them a chance, and there was a burst of "popping" gunshots, and the Mongols on horseback outside the courtyard were all dismounted. At this time, many Mongols rushed out of the courtyard, and when they also heard the sound of horses' hooves running outside, they heard the sound of "popping" shooting, of course, they did not know that this sound was a gunshot that could kill them. However, the Mongols who rushed out of the hospital were also knocked to the ground by bullets that cut their heads and covered their heads. The Mongols in the back crowded and retreated to the back. At this time, the cavalry had already rushed to the courtyard of this garrison, and they threw their hands into the courtyard one by one. The explosion of "boom" made the ghosts cry wolf of the Mongolians who had just eaten mutton in the courtyard, and the war horses that entered the courtyard were frightened and strung around. Trampled quite a few people.

This time, it was a hundred household chiefs of the Mongolian Western and Shuote Department who led the people to attack this garrison, and this time he brought nearly 500 people to attack here. They thought they would be able to grab something, but they were very disappointed here, except for a little food and a flock of sheep in the garrison. They thought that all the Han people here had been wiped out this time, and the Xining side didn't know the news here for a while, even if someone went to report it, it would take a day to get there. By the time their brigade came, they would have gone far away, and no one would know who did it. They felt that even if the Han people knew about it, they were not afraid. To the steppe, it was the world of the Mongols.

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