Text Chapter 50 The First Battle

At that time, the bright moonlight poured a large area of thick white on this small grassland without hesitation, the yurt was surprisingly quiet around it, the tumbling and murmuring in the tent in the first half of the night had long since disappeared, except for a few unknown insects whispering, the whole yurt was shrouded in moon-white, and there was not even a soldier on guard, maybe they were used to the days when there were no foreign enemies, maybe their community was too small to be vigilant at all.

Li Zicheng poked his head out, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse, the white yurt was particularly conspicuous in the grass, and even the canvas was wrinkled by the majestic wind could be seen clearly, he opened the fire fold, and a soldier immediately stretched out a torch, and after igniting it, it shook at a low altitude, and a little fire immediately appeared not far ahead, and it disappeared in an instant.

Ten soldiers straightened up from the grass one after another, silently clenched their spears, and Li Zizi waved his spear, "Brothers, while the Mongols are sleeping, everyone should go together, pay attention to coordinated combat, do not rush forward alone, let alone retreat." ”

Faint footsteps suddenly sounded on the grass, and slowly copied to the yurt approaching, and at this time, there was no need to hide, and eleven white-pole spears rushed to the milky white yurt, "Kill the robber!" The soldiers shouted in unison, emboldening themselves and intimidating the Mongols in their bags.

The Mongolians inside were dreaming, and suddenly woke up by the noise, thinking that they had encountered wolves, a man turned over and lifted a knife, opened the rolling curtain, and Li Zicheng shouted: "Kill the robbers!" Eleven spears stabbed at the Mongol.

Although he was prepared, but there were too many spears, and he lost sight in the moonlight, and cut off two spears with a knife, but there were still seven or eight spears that pierced his chest, neck, almost all of them were pierced, blood sprayed out along the spears, and the strong smell of blood suddenly diffused on this warm grassland.

Li Zicheng was worried that the recruits would not see blood and would not allow them to consider it, so he shouted: "There are still people inside, kill!" The soldiers were stimulated by the smell of blood, and their minds were in chaos at the moment, and when they heard Li Zicheng's voice, they opened the rolling curtains and poured into their bags together.

There were indeed people in the bag, and when they heard the movement outside, they all got up at this time, it was a long-haired woman, and two and a half children, who couldn't tell the difference between men and women in the dark, but they were both holding scimitars.

The soldiers were bleeding at this time, and they didn't say anything, they killed people when they saw them, and a row of white-pole spears pushed them over, and the three of them only snorted coldly, and fell in a pool of blood one after another.

Li Zicheng felt that it was wrong, Wang Anping said that there were seven or eight Mongolians, and now there are only four women and children, is the information wrong?

Suddenly, I heard the sound of shouting and cheering in front of me, obviously Liu Yunshui and the Mongolians were opposed, Li Zicheng greeted and took the lead in rushing out of the yurt, by the moonlight, I saw the figure shaking, mixed with the sound of shouting and killing, the horse skimmed, it turned out that there were two yurts!

"Quick, there are still Mongols ahead!" Li Zicheng didn't have time to line up and rushed to kill the Mongols first.

At this time, Liu Yunshui's small flag was fighting with two sturdy Mongolian men, and the Mongolian men were waving their scimitars while drinking, and the cold light was shining under the moonlight, and the speed was extremely fast.

Liu Yunshui's small banner is going hand in hand, relying on the advantage of numbers to force the Mongolian men to not advance, they in order to protect the yurt behind them, but they refused to retreat, although they were injured, they were still very brave, cut off several white guns one after another, and the mouth still spontaneously let out a wolf-like roar.

The Mongolian man on the left of the five Ming army enemies happened to be stabbed by two spears, but unfortunately the two spears have been eliminated from the head of the spear, stabbed in the body, in addition to defusing his offensive, the injury is not serious, Liu Yunshui has been in the forefront, just split the two Mongolian men, taking advantage of his stunned moment, suddenly stepped forward, the spear stabbed, right rib, "po......of" a bloody arrow spurted out, the Mongolian man roared, but slowly fell, the spear was still inserted in the body.

The Mongolian man on the right, Xu heard the call of his companions, but the Ming soldiers in front of him moved over and stabbed Liu Yunshui in the head.

Liu Yunshui's spear was still in the Mongolian man's body, and he didn't have time to pull it out, and if he wanted to abandon the spear and retreat, it was too late, he released the spear with his right hand, preparing to block the opponent's scimitar with his right arm, desperately giving up an arm to save his life.

"Poof...... a spear came first, stabbing into the back of the arrogant Mongolian man, and a figure twisted his hands, and the Mongolian man let out a long scream......

It turned out that Li Zicheng happened to kill him, and when he saw that the Mongolian man pounced on Liu Yunshui with all his might, the white-pole gun in his hand could not intercept the scimitar, so he had to attack from behind.

Because the white pole gun was a straight stab, the distance was the closest, Li Zicheng tried his best again, and the speed was a little faster in a hurry, just before the Mongolian man's scimitar fell, he stabbed him through the middle, twisted his hands, and smashed his internal organs, and saw that the scimitar was drooping, so he picked it up hard and pushed his body aside.

Liu Yunshui realized that he was frightened into a cold sweat at this time, his heartbeat was still accelerating, and he stood in place in a daze, although he was ready to use his right arm to catch the Mongolian man's scimitar, that was to save his life, in the barracks, once he lost his right arm, he also lost his combat ability, and even the situation of the soldiers was worrying, he was a disabled soldier, even if he could temporarily save his life, what good life could he live? I'm afraid I'm not even qualified to be a beggar.

Although the danger passed, Liu Yunshui's body shook non-stop, seeing Li Zi standing in front of him like a Buddha statue, the corners of his mouth squirmed, "Adult......" just shouted two words, his heart was sour, and his eyes were astringent......

"Don't mother-in-law, mother-in-law, hurry up and go to the Mongolians in the tent," Li Zicheng's voice suddenly sounded, and with the cool breeze, it penetrated through his heart, "If you let go of a Mongolian, go back and punish them together!" ”

"Don't worry, my lord, if you run away with a Mongolian dog thief, just ask me." Liu Yunshui seemed to have been sprayed with duck blood, and suddenly became excited, shouted at the soldiers, and broke into the yurt in a procession.

There were two women in the yurt, and a child who had just babbled, who was crying in fright at the moment, Liu Yunshui did not pity the jade at all, and all the insults he suffered in front of the Mongolian men just now were returned to their women and children.

After killing people, Liu Yunshui felt that something was wrong, it turned out that the two Mongolian women were still naked at the moment, and they were skimmed......

When cleaning the battlefield, the most captured was the white sheep, there were more than 100, there were more than 20 cattle, the least number of horses, only 12, of which three were foals, and among the nine adult horses, there were only four war horses, but Li Zicheng found that there was a war horse that was particularly tall and did not seem to be like a traditional Mongolian short-legged horse, so he reached out and stroked the horse's neck.

"This is a good horse," Liu Yunshui leaned over, "Do you want to take it as a mount?" ”

"I want to," Li Zicheng smiled slightly, this Liu Yunshui, when did he learn to pat on the back, he doesn't like sycophants, but it's better than this unruly person, working against himself everywhere, thinking for a moment, but shaking his head, "It's a pity, this war horse doesn't belong to me!" ”

Li Yunshui was puzzled, "My lord is our hundred households, who will this horse belong to if it doesn't belong to you?" ”

"Xining Town Guard Eunuch Wu Shaoling!"

"Wu Shaoling? He? Why? This is what we bought back with our lives, subordinates...... If it weren't for the adults who rescued him in time, his subordinates would have even taken their lives, why did they give it to him? Liu Yunshui was puffed up, like a child who had received great grievances, but Li Zicheng is now his savior, but he is not easy to attack.

"Yunshui, we are soldiers, we have to abide by the rules of soldiers," Li Zicheng stroked the broad back of the war horse, he had raised war horses for the imperial court since he was a child, and knew that this kind of horse had a large load and strong explosiveness, "We are now under Xiningwei, and the seizures on the battlefield should belong to Xiningwei," after a pause, he said: "I just dedicated what belongs to Xiningwei to Wu Shaoling personally." ”

How is Liu Yunshui not clear about the festival in the middle? But he was still reluctant to use this war horse, "My lord, isn't the commander of Xining Wei Zhao Feng?" ”

"Yun Shui doesn't know, that Zhao Feng is just an echo worm, even when he summoned me, he was sitting in a partial position, he only knew that he followed Wu Shaoling's wishes, but Liang Wencheng still had a bit of a soldier's temperament." Li Zicheng shook his head lightly, in order to prevent the military generals from sitting big and rebelling, the imperial court sent eunuchs to supervise the army in various military towns, and the intention was good.

But in the later period, these eunuchs became a shackle that restricted the combat effectiveness of the army, the eunuchs were accustomed to power struggles in the palace, and when they arrived in the military town, they still engaged in that set, and the eunuchs themselves lacked supervision, and they were even more handy, and tried every possible way to concentrate power in their own hands, including the war itself, but the victory or defeat of the war had little to do with them, and in case the war was unfavorable, the generals became scapegoats.

Just like this Xining Town, Wu Shaoling blatantly sat in the chief, which was the sign that he controlled Xining Wei, and even the commander Zhao Feng became his follower.

"My lord......" Liu Yunshui knew that Li Zicheng was good at planning, and he was far inferior in this regard, "but can he use the war horse to give it to the eunuch?" ”

"We don't have any possessions to give silver, do you have any?" Li Zicheng has a hundred taels of silver on him, but even if he gives it all away, Wu Shaoling may not be able to look down on it, "Second, giving the best war horse to Wu Shaoling is to show him our attitude, only recognize him as a prison soldier, as for whether to ride, or reward the war horse to others, that is his business." ”

"......" Liu Yunshui was speechless for a while, but when he looked at Li Zicheng's eyes, he was a little hazy, could it be that Shangguan, who he was finally convinced, was a sycophant?

"Which of the food, salaries, and equipment we need is inseparable from Xiningwei? If there is no support from Xiningwei, let alone fighting, the survival of the brothers is a problem," Li Zicheng had already set his eyes on the soldiers who were packing up the spoils of war in the distance, and said quietly: "People are under the eaves, they have to bow their heads!" ”

"My subordinates understand," Liu Yunshui followed Li Zicheng's gaze and saw the soldiers who were busy, "My lord, what should I do with these cattle and sheep?" ”

"What to do? Naturally, we bring it back, we now have expensive food, in case there is a shortage of food one day, these cattle and sheep can just be used as food. Li Zicheng suddenly realized that in the future, there will be not enough food and materials, maybe the Mongols can consider it, isn't Mao Taizu's army just fighting more and more people, and the more they fight, the stronger they become?