Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 1 Liaodong Shock

Chapter 4 Martyrdom in the Bloody Battle of the Tartars

Section 5 Besieged

February 29 in the forty-seventh year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (the fourth year of the Later Jin Mandate of Heaven).

Liu Ling led the main force of the Ming army on the East Road all the way to the north, and the places where the army passed were mostly deep mountains and old forests, and some villages and towns encountered were also uninhabited, and no trace of the Jiannu army was found. ”

Seeing that without the harassment of Jiannu, the army marched a lot faster, but there were only two days left before the deadline for the division, and the Ming army was still far away from Hetu Alaya, and the time was still not enough, Liu Ling was still anxious in his heart.

In desperation, Liu Ling could only repeatedly urge the troops to speed up the march, Liu Zhao, Zu Tianding, Xu Jiusi and others all persuaded: "The road to Hetuala is rugged and difficult, and it is easy to be ambushed, so it is better to be careful." ”

Liu Ling said: "How could I not know this truth? But the date of the meeting is just around the corner, and if you can't arrive in Hetuara on time and miss the fighter, who will take the responsibility? ”

Liu Zhao said: "Father, if you relax your vigilance because you are in a hurry and fall into the ambush of Jiannu, our army will not be able to meet Hetuala." ”

Liu Ting said: "There is no way to do this, only the multi-faction will not collect and investigate the surrounding situation at night, and the marching speed must not be slow." ”

As a result, under Liu Ling's repeated insistence, the Ming army forcibly marched all the way towards Hetuala, and all the troops and horses were exhausted, and even began to fall behind, and the Korean reinforcements scattered many soldiers.

Liu Ling was very angry when he found out, and ordered the generals of all departments to restrain the soldiers and horses of the department, and all the soldiers who fell behind were to be taken care of; And sent his family members to patrol around, and those soldiers who dared to flee were killed on the spot.

Seeing that the North Korean army had the most soldiers scattered, Liu Ting showed no mercy and reprimanded Jiang Hongli, the chief general of the North Korean army, and strictly ordered him to restrain his subordinates, otherwise he would act by military law.

Jiang Hongli was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt down to admit his mistake, promising to restrain his subordinates and not reduce the number of personnel again, so Liu Ting gave up.

Dozens of miles away, in the early morning of the day after Liu Ling led the main force to set off, the winter morning light sprinkled on the Hanwei camp, bringing a trace of warmth to the cold morning. At this time, the soldiers of the Hanwei battalion had already packed up and were gathering to go.

Liu Yunwei rode his horse in the camp in armor, and the cold air penetrated his heart, but it made people feel very calm. Seeing that the soldiers of the various departments were full of spirit and high morale, Liu Yunwei had confidence in his heart, and after inspecting for a while, he returned to the camp tent.

Lu Ying, Wu Xing, Zhao Kaishan, Wen Poyu, and Li Tianhao had already assembled their subordinates and were waiting here, and when they saw Liu Yunwei coming back, they all stepped forward to salute.

"Big brother, brothers are ready." Lu Ying said.

Zhao Kaishan shouted excitedly: "Big brother, let's go!" The brothers can't wait to kill the Tartars! ”

"Yes, big brother, Zhao Daaxe is right, the brothers can't wait!" Wen Poyu also said.

Liu Yunwei said with a smile: "Don't be in a hurry. After that, he asked Li Tianhao: "How many people are there in the camp?" ”

Because Li Tianhao had run a cottage before, he had some experience in grain and grass baggage, so Liu Yunwei handed over the affairs of the people and baggage to him.

Li Tianhao thought for a moment and said, "About six or seven thousand people, why is the eldest brother asking this?" ”

Liu Yunwei said: "The main force of the general town set off first, and there are so many fewer people in the battalion, what is the mood of the people? ”

"It's okay, they're all working steadfastly, and there's no chaos, after all, they just won a battle before, and people's hearts are quite stable. Is there anything wrong with Big Brother? Li Tianhao asked again.

Liu Yunwei said: "What do you think, the battalion of 30,000 soldiers, now there are only a few thousand of us left, what will happen?" One is that the people are emotionally unstable and chaotic, and now it seems that I am too careful; Then there is the Jiannu, who may come to harass us, who noticed the change in the number of our army, and knew that the main force of our army had quickly moved north. ”

Everyone suddenly realized.

Zhao Kaishan asked, "Then aren't we working in vain?" ”

Liu Yunwei smiled and said, "That's not going to happen." Then he asked, "By the way, are there any extra mandarin duck jackets in the camp?" ”

"Yes, the eldest brother wants the people to wear it and pretend to be the main army?" Li Tianhao asked.

"That's right!" Liu Yunwei said: "I also thought of the flaw of the change in numbers after I took a turn in the camp and saw that the camp was empty, which is not something that we can pretend to be by putting up a few more flags." ”

Lu Ying said: "This is really a good way, big brother, without further ado, then we will arrange it now." ”

"Okay, let the brothers rest on the spot, and then set off after these thousands of people have finished changing their clothes."

As a result, the whole camp was lively, and thousands of people changed their clothes one after another. But how can thousands of people change their clothes in a short time? Under the command of the officers and men of the Hanwei battalion, it was not until the afternoon that all the thousands of people were replaced.

Lu Ying looked at the sky and said to Liu Yunwei: "Big brother, all the people have been replaced. But it's already afternoon, and we only have less than half a day to go, so are we still going today? ”

"Let's go! There can be no longer delay, let the people play more flags, make a noise, and camp again at dusk! ”

So the Hanwei camp slowly went north, wandering around at night along the way, always on guard against the traps that Jiannu might lay.

After two days of marching, the Ming army did find several small Jiannu rangers, ranging in number from a few dozen to one or two hundred, but they were all monitoring the Hanwei camp from a distance and did not come forward to harass them. Perhaps the prestige of the Hanwei Camp has made these non-large-scale Jiannu dare not come forward.

Everyone was very happy to see that the Jiannu rangers were indeed attracted to it, thinking that Jiannu's plan to delay the march of the army had failed.

Liu Yunwei frowned, and his uneasy emotions lingered in his heart: "Now the only ones who show up are some shrimp soldiers and crab generals, where did the main force of Jiannu go?" I wish my grandfather and father all the best. ”

On this day, the Hanwei camp was marching in a forest meadow, when suddenly a cannon fire was heard from the northeast, followed by a cloud of fireworks rising into the sky.

"Jiannu! Finish the car and prepare for battle! Liu Yunwei immediately ordered.

The soldiers of the whole battalion immediately began to line up, and the people pushed all kinds of carts outside to establish a defensive line.

A horse that did not collect at night galloped back, saw Liu Yunwei and said: "General, ten miles northeast of our army, I found that the Jiannu Zhengbai Banner and Zhenglan Banner Brigade had more than 10,000 people. ”

Liu Yunwei and the others were taken aback when they heard this: "What kind of play is this Jiannu?" Is it really divided into forces? 10,000 troops were directly dispatched on the East Road? ”

As he was talking, he saw dust flying in the northeast, and the ground under everyone's feet began to shake slightly.

Wen Poyu's color suddenly changed, and he shouted in a lost voice: "It's not good! ”

"What's wrong?"

Wen Poyu replied: "Big brother, the Jiannu who came to attack must be an elite iron horseman, and there are multiple armors inside. ”

Liu Yunwei was taken aback and said: "Jiannu has invested so much, he really looks up to our Eastern Route Army." ”

The rumbling sound of horses' hooves gradually became louder, and the army of 10,000 Jiannu stopped a mile from Hanwei's camp and began to attack in formation.

Liu Yunwei saw that the army of Jiannu was in strict formation, and all the heavily armored iron cavalry were lined up in front of the formation, accounting for about thirty percent, and the 10,000 army of less than a stick of incense launched an attack formation.

Seeing this, Liu Yunwei strictly ordered all the troops to hold the chariot formation, although the soldiers of the Hanwei battalion were brave and not timid, but after all, the Jiannu army was superior, and there were many elite heavy cavalry, so if they could stick to the chariot formation, they would not be able to commit field battles and suffer many casualties.

At this time, the people in the car formation were very frightened when they saw the army of Jiannu all over the mountains, and they were in chaos for a while. Liu Yunwei hurriedly ordered the suppression, if Jiannu saw that the main force of the Eastern Route Army had left, maybe something would happen.

Time passed little by little, and the Jiannu army in the distance did not launch an offensive for a long time, and after confronting the Hanwei battalion for a while, it slowly retreated.

This made Liu Yunwei and others, who insisted on preparing for the war, stunned.

"What are you doing here, Tartar? Even a tentative attack would be fine. Wen Poyu said suspiciously.

Zhao Kaishan was also puzzled, and said: "Fight or fight, fight or fight, more than 10,000 people come to walk around and leave?" ”

Liu Yunwei shouted violently: "Jiannu is dragging us back!" ”

Lu Ying also reacted immediately and said, "Could it be that the main force of Jiannu has gone to besiege the main town?" So you sent this army of Jiannu to hold us back? ”

"No, it's not my grandfather's side. These Jiannu came from the northeast, and the main force led by my grandfather went due north, and these Jiannu didn't know that we had divided our troops, that is to say。。。。。。 ”

Lu Ying continued: "In other words, the 10,000-strong army of Jiannu is here to drag our entire Eastern Route Army, and the rest of the main force of Jiannu has gone elsewhere!" ”

"What then?" Zhao Kaishan, Li Tianhao and others asked anxiously.

Liu Yunwei was also angry, and kicked on the wooden barrel next to him, and the half-human-high wooden barrel was suddenly split and scattered all over the ground.

"Broken! Send someone to follow Jiannu and watch! ”

"Yes!" Wen Poyu hurriedly went.

"The army will rest on the spot first, and then wait until the night does not receive the news back." Liu Yunwei said angrily.

In the evening, the news came back that the Jiannu army had not left, and had been wandering for miles or so to the north.

Everyone looked at Liu Yunwei and waited for the main general to give the order.

"It's over, I can't go. The distance of miles was fleeting for the cavalry. The Hanwei battalion is dominated by infantry, and it is simply difficult to move an inch under the supervision of more than 10,000 cavalry! What to do? Liu Yunwei thought about it, but in the end there was nothing he could do.

"If I have even five thousand elite riders, why don't I be afraid of Jiannu!" Liu Yunwei sighed and said, "Order, the whole army will camp on the spot, let's not leave." ”

Everyone was resentful and disappointed, and it seemed that the battle of Hetuara would not be able to catch up.

Liu Yunwei saw that the generals were a little discouraged, and said: "You don't have to worry too much, we can't go, and the 10,000 Jiannu can't go either, now we are just holding each other back." Jiannu doesn't know that we only have one battalion of soldiers and horses, and our thousands of soldiers contain Jiannu 10,000 elite cavalry, no loss! ”