The snow outside the tent was heavy, the wind was blowing, and the tent of the four beylers was even more lively, and after the four beylers boasted of his eloquence, the young man's emotions were mobilized, and shuto had already jumped up and shouted and shouted to kill, and the always steady Zilharang was also a little eager to try, and Sakhalian took a book full of illustrations of "The Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and forced Li Yu to read and write with him—Bakshi could not forget his job anywhere.

Hearing the shouts here, Mang Gurtai and Abatai, who were idle in their tents, also came to join in the fun, and as soon as they entered, everyone was immediately quiet. Abatai was very ignorant and ignited his dry smoke, the clouds began to smoke, Mang Gurtai glanced at him dissatisfied, this guy was at home when he had an old sweat tube and didn't see him smoke, after leaving the north pass of the town, it didn't seem to stop, Mang Gurtai immediately took out a delicate small magnetic bottle from his arms, sucked a few puffs into his nose, and sneezed a few times. Mang Gurtai's action seemed to be contagious to everyone, and Sibeile, Zilharang, and Shuoto all took out a small bottle and sucked it to their noses as if they were juggling, and a sneeze immediately sounded in the tent.

Mang Gurtai glanced at Li Yu, who was looking at him stupidly, and smiled: "Boy, I haven't seen it, this is called snuff, it's expensive, you can't afford it, if you want to learn, learn from him." He casually pointed at Abatai.

As soon as Mang Gurtai was in good spirits, he lectured a few young Belles and Beizi in Zierharang with a straight face: "You guys have taken the wrong medicine, why don't you go back to sleep and make a fool of yourself, why do you want to chase cats and scare rats?" ”

Sakhalian replied with a smile on his face: "Fifth Uncle, we are not fooling around, we are discussing military affairs" He told him what everyone was talking about just now, and then asked Mang Gurtai and Abatai: "Fifth Uncle, Seventh Uncle, this is also the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and you two will also refer to it for details." ”

Mang Gurtai looked disdainful: "You hairy children know what military affairs, you have fought a few battles, you have seen a few Ming troops, you know how much territory and how many people there are in the Ming country, say it to scare you to death, the Ming army alone has millions of people, and once you enter the Shanhai Pass, it is a city dozens of miles away, and it is not enough to fill in our Zhushen men, women and children in a war." He glanced at Sibeile again and continued, "Don't listen to your eighth uncle, he is coaxing you children. Some of our Zhushen are warriors who can conquer and fight, just defend Liaodong, and grab it from the Ming Kingdom if they don't have anything to eat, and what they have is money and food. In the seventh year of the Mandate of Heaven, the Great Khan took us to fight Guangning, and by the way, he occupied the right guard of the Ming Kingdom, do you know what we robbed that time? We have more than 500,000 stone grains, enough for us to eat for a few years, and we have food in our hands to pull the Horqin gang over and deal with Chahar Khan together. If you have nothing to do, go and practice horseback riding and archery, this is the cost of our meals, don't think about it without a shadow. ”

Sakhalian was not convinced: "Fifth uncle, this is not a shadowless thing, there is no foresight, there must be near-term worries, we will never be willing to destroy the Ming Kingdom, we will always fight to the south, and fight the Great Wall to force their emperor to admit defeat." ”

Mang Gurtai shook his head and ignored him, and said disdainfully to Sibeile: "Old eight, don't fool the children with your set all day long, the war is not a joke, our Zhushen capital is too small to withstand your tossing." ”

Mang Gurtai turned his head to Xiao Beile and Beizi and said: "You all come here, I will tell you what is going on with the Ming army, don't think that the Ming army is like the current Liao soldiers, just tell you about Sarhu." He looked at the door again to find Li Yu;" That kid will also be a good killer and stealer in the future, let him listen to it - hey, don't lie to the kid to smoke your broken cigarette. ”

Sibeile's face was red, but soon his face was as usual, Mang Gurtai was always so hot and cold to him, and Sibeile was always a little weak when he saw him, Mang Gurtai and Derge were the sons of the old Khan's step-concubine Fucha, after the Fucha clan fell out of favor and lost the position of the step-concubine, the old Khan drove her out of the palace and handed her over to Mang Gurtai and Derge brothers to support, Mang Gurtai felt that the old lady had hurt him, and quarreled with Fucha, the old lady was anxious to die, originally Mang Gurtai recognized his father and did not recognize his mother, it was not a thing, but Sibeile took the opportunity to add to the fire, He sent people to spread rumors in the Eight Banners that Mang Gurtai killed his mother, which made Mang Gurtai completely discredited, and Mang Gurtai hated his eighth brother for this, although the two had to temporarily reconcile in order to deal with the eldest concubine Abahai, but the knots in their hearts still could not be unraveled, and the two actually did not agree with each other.

A few young men gathered around the tent, and Manggultai sat in the middle and chattered, while Abatai continued to hide by the door without saying a word and smoke his broken cigarette. Seeing that everyone sat down beside him, Sanbeile Mang Gurtai said solemnly: "In the past few years, we have won great victories, everyone thinks that the Ming army is vulnerable, a little carried away, but underestimating the enemy is a taboo, you must know that the Ming country has millions of soldiers, and there is no shortage of elite soldiers, such as Sichuan soldiers, Zhejiang soldiers, especially the western soldiers of Yansui, Guyuan, Ningxia and Gansu towns in the northwest, they have been fighting with Mongolia for more than 200 years, known as the invincible Qin army in the world, and its fierce and good fighting is terrifying. ”

Sambel pointed at Sakhalian and asked, "You were only fifteen years old at the time of the battle of Sarhu, and it was not your turn to fight, did you Amma tell you about the battle of Sarhu?" Sakhalian nodded and replied: "Brother Shuotuo and I stayed in the camp of Feiala at that time, and I heard Ama tell us that the Ming army was divided into four attacks, and Grandpa Khan led us to break them all, annihilating more than 45,000 Ming troops and winning a complete victory. ”

Zierharang said: "I went into battle with Brother Amin, and that time the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom sent Juniper, who was known as undefeated in a hundred battles, and re-employed Liu Wei, a fierce general who had resigned and returned to his hometown, and transferred the elite of the four towns in the northwest and the three towns of Xuanda, we won really risky, or we were lucky." ”

Sanbeile sighed and said, "It's true that you won a big victory, but that battle was really hard. Shuoto, Sakhalian, you Ama almost can't come back, don't think that everything will be fine if you win the battle, we can't afford to win this kind of battle, don't you say? Sibeile nodded, and there seemed to be a scene in front of his eyes where the two armies of Salhu were fighting together, with corpses all over the field and flesh and blood flying.

All the Zhushen would not be unaware of the battle of Sarhu, seeing Li Yu's puzzled look, Sakhalian and Shuoto listened to the three major Baylors while explaining the battle of Sarhu to Li Yu.

In the fourth year of the Mandate of Heaven, that is, in the forty-seventh year of Wanli, the emperor of the Ming State dispatched the elite of the border army from the northwest, Xuanda, Liaodong and other nine important towns to meet with more than 86,000 people from all walks of life such as the Guannei Sichuan Army and the Zhejiang Army to attack the Jin State.

Yang Hao, the Liaodong Jinglu who had fought in North Korea, commanded in Shenyang, and sent a fierce general, Du Song, the general of Shanhaiguan, to attack from the west with 30,000 people, which was the main force of the Ming army; Li Rubai, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, went out of the Qinghe River with 25,000 men and attacked from the southwest; Liu Wei, the former Sichuan general soldier who had recovered, met with 10,000 Korean soldiers and attacked from the south with 10,000 men and 20,000 Korean soldiers through Kuandian; Kaiyuan's general army Ma Lin went out of Kaiyuan with 15,000 men and attacked from the north, and the four-way army attacked Hetuala, the capital of Jin, from all sides. In the face of the critical situation, the Great Khan was not afraid to meet the battle with all his might, mobilized all the men of the Jin State, including the capable Ahha, and gathered more than 60,000 people.

On the first day of the first month of March, the Ming army arrived at Salhu in the wind and snow, and found that on the road to Feiala, there was a Jin army building a fortification in the mortal world, so he stayed in Salhu with 20,000 people, and led 10,000 elites to cross the Hun River to fight for the mortal world. The Jin army had built a dam in the upper reaches of the Hunhe River in advance to stop the water, and when the Ming army crossed the river, it broke the dam and released the water, but the Ming army forcibly crossed the Hunhe River regardless of the losses, and first attacked the Jilin Cliff north of the mortal realm, but the artillery of the Ming army had to stay in Sarhu.

On the second day of the first month of March, the two sides launched a fierce battle, the Ming army broke through the Jin number of villages, the city of the world was in an emergency, the Jin army poured out to meet Juniper, the Great Khan personally led the main force of the Jin army of 45,000 people under six banners to attack Juniper's Salhu camp, and the Great Belle Daishan led more than 10,000 people to rescue Jilin Cliff and contain the elite of Juniper. The experienced Juniper did not expect to suddenly face the main force of the Jin army, but he had no time to reunite the troops on both sides of the Hunhe River, and Juniper, who had always won in danger, actually attacked with attack after attack, and dragged the main force of the Jin army with the Salhu battalion, and attacked the defenders of the Jin Kingdom at Jilin Ya with 10,000 Yansui elites, striving to seize the fortress here to gain the first opportunity, and for more than 10,000 people with two red flags, he believed that the Yansui children he brought could fight and win as countless times in the past when facing desperate situations.

The main force of the Ming army and the Jin army has actually fought a decisive battle in advance, Juniper is not afraid, the strength of the Ming army is stronger than the Jin army, if the main force of the west road is contained by the other party, then the other three roads will have the opportunity to kill Hetuala, especially Li Rubai from the Qinghe is the son of Li Chengliang, the former general soldier of Liaodong, and his troops are the local Ming army in Liaodong, familiar with the terrain and roads, the road leading from Qinghe to Hetuala is also relatively easy to walk, and the Liaodong army has a better chance to kill Hetuala, who is almost only a woman and a child, and it is the Ming army that locks the victory.

The Jin army encountered their most ferocious enemy, those miscellaneous soldiers and auxiliaries of the Salhu Ming army battalion bravely resisted the absolute superiority of the enemy under the leadership of the Yansui soldiers, and the guns in the battalion beat the Jin army again and again. These Yansui people don't seem to know what death is, and people are constantly being shot down by sharp arrows, but those who survive still rush into the enemy group and cut down the enemy with knives and axes, and the fallen Zhushen will immediately be pounced by a group of Ming troops and cut off their heads. In the face of the fierce Zhushen, the absolutely inferior Ming army actually held the camp, blocked the Jin army from the camp and ambushed corpses everywhere.

In Jilin Cliff, Juniper used cavalry to forcibly impact Daishan's reinforcements, his cavalry stormed the two wings of the Jin army, and the Zhenbiao Iron Cavalry rushed directly into the center of the Jin Army from the middle road, the iron cavalry of the two red flags was also dwarfed in front of this group of Northwest men, Zhushen's dense arrows could not stop their footsteps, the Ming Army's Zhenbiao guerrillas rampaged in the formation of the Jin Army, the spears provoked the Zhushen warriors from their horses and smashed them fiercely against the enemy group, the Northwest people let out a terrifying roar, and the iron cavalry ravaged the Zhushen with the two red flags over and over again, Bayala and Aha were constantly knocked off their horses, and the infantry of the Ming army cut off their heads mercilessly. When the ferocious town standard guerrilla roared and killed, Bayara and Aha beside Big Belle could no longer stand it anymore, so they could only flee for their lives in the crowd of Big Belle. The brave Zhushen were repulsed by the fierce Northwesterners, and the Ming army slaughtered them with fire guns on their backs, and the fallen Zhushen saved their companions, and the Ming army stopped - the enemy's head attracted them, and the pursuing Ming army scrambled to grab and dismount and cut off the heads of the dead, not dead Zhushen. Taking advantage of the Ming army to snatch the head, Da Beile finally organized a defense line on the Jilin Cliff, but he didn't know how long this defense line could stop this fierce Ming army, all he could do was to hold on until his father Khan came to the rescue.

At this time, the sound of killing on both sides of the Hunhe River shook the sky, the two sides fought with their lives, the Great Khan of the Jin State and the general army of the Ming State were rushing to attack the weak enemy, the old Khan first captured the Sarhu Jin Army to occupy the initiative, and the Ming Army first captured the Jilin Cliff then the Jin Army was passive, Juniper was not even afraid of the Jin Army occupying the initiative, as long as Li Rubai on his flank could move a little faster to approach Hetuala, the Jin Army could only retreat, and the Ming Army would be invincible. As for Liu Wei on the South Road and Ma Lin on the North Road, Juniper even hoped that they would slow down and not compete with their main force on the West Road.

In the afternoon, the Jin army finally ushered in the opportunity given to them by God, the sky suddenly darkened, and then the fog rose again, the Ming army camp in Salhu was close to no one, the disaster of the Ming army came, the king of the Great Jin Khan took the opportunity to launch a fierce attack, for Zhushen, who is familiar with the grass and trees in this area, is there a better opportunity than this? The cavalry of the Jin army rushed down the wooden fence and entered the camp of the Ming army, so that their frightened guns can now only shoot aimlessly, which is no longer a threat to them, and the Ming army can not organize effective resistance, the miscellaneous forces and auxiliaries of the Ming army collapsed, they lost their command and ran around, and the brave northwest border army could only fight with their own flesh and blood, and they did not die, and the brave generals Wang Xuan and Zhao Menglin fell one after another, and the Salhu camp was finally conquered by the Jin army. The lucky Jin army immediately launched an attack on Juniper on the other side of the Hunhe River.

Juniper failed to capture Jilin Cliff in time, and the Ming army, who were unfamiliar with the terrain, lit torches, which gave the Great Baylor an opportunity, and the Jin army condescendingly fired at the Ming army holding torches with dense sharp arrows, and Juniper's offensive was repulsed. As a result of the stalemate, he couldn't wait for his own reinforcements, but when he waited for the reinforcements from the Jin State, the Ming army was already facing a desperate situation. At this time, when the Ming army, which was at an absolute disadvantage, wanted to use the darkness to cover itself, the heavens helped Dajin again and re-brightened, the Ming army was completely exposed in front of the Jin army, and all the eight banners of the Jin country pressed towards him, a lone army.

At this time, this Ming army actually did not collapse, but launched a fierce attack on the Jin army, this is the elite division from the northwest, their ancestors have lived in the barren land of the northwest for generations, and the fierce Mongolian iron cavalry fought for more than two hundred years, hard life, perennial conquest honed their strong and unyielding character, the Ming army god-like Juniper Marshal led his northwest iron cavalry to pounce on the enemy, the dense arrow rain could not stop their charge, they were not afraid of being surrounded by fierce strong enemies, Their commanders had led them hundreds of miles beyond the Great Wall countless times to destroy the lair of the Mongol chiefs with their own troops, and they had not been defeated in more than a hundred battles, even though they were in a desperate situation in the strange land of Liaodong, they still dared to defy the enemy.

The Northwest cavalry and the Zhushen cavalry collided together, and immediately the heads rolled and blood splashed, both sides had strong characters, strong bodies and excellent horsemanship, the Northwest people used their good swords and spears to stab and kill their opponents, while Zhushen used accurate archery skills to shoot down the enemy, and people kept falling, but no one was willing to retreat. The advantages of the Jin army are becoming more and more obvious, the main force of the two red flags and the defenders on the Jilin cliff have been killed, and their main force has attacked this lonely army, and the sharp arrows like raindrops have covered the Ming army, and the defeat of the Ming army has appeared at this time.

Marshal Juniper led his Zhenbiao Iron Cavalry to kill the Jin army that surrounded him over and over again, and was even able to break through the gap in the enemy group, but they could not get rid of the enemy at all, and the Northwest people had no way to retreat in this strange land.

No miracle happened, the iron cavalry of the Jin army had divided and surrounded the Ming army, and methodically killed the surrounded Ming army, the Ming army was getting fewer and fewer, and there was little left of the strong Zhenbiao iron cavalry, and the Ming army had not held out until dark. The marshal Juniper was desperate, and like a madman, he led the Yulin disciples around him to rampage through the enemy group, killing any enemy in front of him. The soldiers of the Ming army followed their banners one after another, and the guerrilla of the town had already been shot off his horse, and he walked towards the rain of arrows with a cruel smile, dragging the pigtails of three heads in one hand, and throwing the spear in the other hand at the enemy, nailing a Zhushen archer to the ground, and then being covered by the rain of arrows.

Juniper's handsome banner is the target of the Jin army's attack, Juniper and his hometown disciples brought out from Yulin can no longer fight, they stick to the Shuai flag to make the last struggle, the Shuai flag does not fall Du Jiajun has not been eliminated, and the Ming army will continue to fight. It was dark, and the exhausted juniper ushered in his last moments, he could no longer leave the battlefield alive, but as soon as it was dark, there would always be a chance for the children of his hometown to get out. Juniper, the god of war of the Ming Kingdom, rushed to the enemy with the last few soldiers around him - under the dense rain of arrows, the handsome flag finally fell, and the Jin army won the final victory in this battle of life and death.

As soon as Juniper was defeated, the Ming army lost everything. Marin put up a stubborn resistance at Shangjian Cliff, but his weak forces were unable to resist the strong enemy, and the officers and soldiers he led were killed in battle with his two sons, and he himself led the family back to the town to defend it. Subsequently, the main force of the Jin army went south, Liu Wei died in an ambush battle in Abu Dali Gang, the headquarters was destroyed, and the Korean soldiers surrendered; And Li Rubai, who had been crawling in the turtle, was lucky to wait for Yang Hao's withdrawal order when the Jin army didn't have time to beat him, and fled and retreated.

Sanbeile said excitedly to everyone: "After cleaning up Juniper, we will sweep away thousands of troops, and completely annihilate the Ma Lin Department of the Ming Army on the North Road at Shangjian Cliff, and then set up an ambush for Abu Dali Gang and then annihilate the Liu Ling Department on the South Road, while Li Rubai's Department fled from the wind, and we won a complete victory." With this victory, we really stood on our feet. He paused, pointed his right hand to the sky, and said: "But this battle is too dangerous, if Da Beile does not block the Ming army, if there is no fog and let the Ming army drag the battle down, and if that Li Rubai speeds up the march a little - we have played an empty city plan in his direction, everything is difficult to say." Eighth, you tell me the truth, you have won this kind of victory a few times. ”

Sibeile had to nod and said: "But this kind of battle the Ming Kingdom can afford to lose, but we can't afford to win, the cost is too great, we can't hold it if we fight twice, and the Ming army from the northwest can really fight." ”

Mang Gurtai sneered: "The Ming country has soldiers and money, he can still fight such a battle, a general like Juniper, he has what he wants to find." It's not that we are lucky, it's Juniper who is looking for death, this place in Liaodong is not something he can come, this is the world of the Li family, the Li family can give Liaodong to us, but it will never be given to other people in the Ming Kingdom. Old Khan said that the way to play in the first battle of Sarhu was 'let him come as many ways, I will only go all the way'. But how can it be so simple to fight, Li Rubai is a wreck, why don't we fight; Liu Wei's Sichuan soldiers did not arrive, so they could only bring some miscellaneous soldiers into battle, why didn't we fight; Marin is even weaker, why don't we fight. We hit the strongest juniper first, isn't it risky? Let me tell you, because Juniper should be damned, what did he do in Liaodong as a Yulin man, and he wanted to steal business! We have a lot of friends in Liaodong, and before the Ming army went out, we knew their troops, weapons, and marching routes, do you know how many miles Li Rubai walked every day out of the Qinghe? Let me tell you, it's only ten miles away, is this out to fight? So don't push people too much, we can't force our friends to have no way out, they can't stay in Liaodong and retreat to Liaoxi, they are already very worthy of us, we have to let them mix, they have a chance to make money, we can also get clean, if these Liao generals are finished, the emperor of the Ming Kingdom will change to a group of generals from elsewhere, do you know how many people like Juniper are playing with us like Juniper? Old eight, you have to teach them how to make friends, don't let them think nonsense, Mingguo is not something we can gnaw on. After saying that, Mang Gurtai turned around and left, and as soon as he left, Abatai also said hello and left.

Mang Gurtai swept everyone's interest, and the people in the tent couldn't stay any longer, so they all said goodbye and left, leaving only Sibeile and Li Yu who was guarding the door.

Sibeile scratched his head, smiled self-deprecatingly, and then said solemnly to Li Yu, who was looking at him stupidly: "Erlu, I'll teach you another trick, and you have to be good at making friends in war." ”