Chapter Eighty-Nine: Difficult to Stand
However, these things are not what Chen Renxi can know now. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
In his opinion, the more angry the Karaqin people were, the more it showed that the two envoys of the Horqin and Ao Han tribes were noble, and at the same time, the more it showed that what he did on the spot was extremely correct.
After all, the more the relationship between the Karaqin Ministry and the Horqin and Ao Han tribes deteriorated, the more impossible it was to follow the Horqin and Ao Han tribes to join the Jianyu Houjin. Wasn't that what he had come to Karaqin for? Now that we have achieved this goal without spending a penny and giving a grain of rice, what could be better than this?
Chen Renxi was secretly happy in his heart, only to hear Wang Zhenyuan say: "Burhatu Taiji, Bileg Nayan, now is not the time to think about this matter, the envoys of the Ao Han Department and Horqin have died, and the enmity between Karaqin and the Ao Han Department and Horqin has been settled. The most important thing to do now is to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, block the news, and let Ao Han and Horqin know as late as possible. Otherwise, the Karaqin tribe will immediately face a catastrophe. ”
Bilegg looked at Burhatu, and then muttered a lot of things in Mongolian, and then saw Burhatu get down from the tiger skin couch with an unkind face, stood up and said fiercely: "In this case, if you don't do anything, just kill them all, and hide them for as long as you can." ”
After saying this, Burhatu suddenly stared at Chen Renxi and said, "Lord Chen, Gunchuk and Wu Keshan are here just to bring us down, and they don't know that the Ming envoy has arrived. Now that they have been killed, there is no reason for them to let go of the Ao Han Department and Horqin retinue they brought. ”
After Burhatu finished speaking, he looked at Chen Renxi with red eyes. Chen Renxi, Wang Zhenyuan and others also agreed in their hearts, and soon finished the discussion in the account.
Delige and Wang Zhenyuan immediately went out of the account and called Qinggeltai and Cao Wenzhao respectively to explain the plans of the two sides in the account.
Cao Wenzhao, Wang Zhenyuan, Cao Bianjiao, and Ying Shisheng immediately led the cavalry of their subordinates, followed behind Delig and Qinggeltai, and quickly rushed to the west of the camp. And Cao Wenyao continued to lead his subordinates to stay outside the tent. Burhatu, Chen Renxi and others continued to wait in the tent for the whole thing to settle.
At this time, Wu Keshan and Gonchuk's entourage did not know what was happening in the Burhatu tent, including more than 500 elite cavalry and more than 1,000 herdsmen. Of course, the cavalry was the entourage guard, and so many herdsmen were coolies who transported gold, silver, baggage and other goods.
The leaders of the Ao Han Department and the Naiman Department first betrayed Lin Dan Khan, became a traitor and led the party, and led the Houjin army to attack Lin Dan Khan's station, which has made great contributions to the Houjin. But in the process of Houjin's defeat of Lin Dan Khan, the resourceful Gunchuk also saw Houjin's strong strength, and wanted to follow Korqin to hug the Jurchens' thighs.
Because Horqin had the strongest relationship with the Later Jin among the Eastern Mongolian tribes, after the Later Jin army withdrew to Liaodong, Gunchuk soon went north to Horqin and offered a strategy to persuade Karaqin to surrender. When Korqin Taiji Zaisang heard that it was feasible, he also wanted his somewhat mediocre son Wu Keshan to follow him and make some contributions, so he reported this plan to Huang Taiji, and soon received strong support from Huang Taiji, and also took out a part of the property looted by Azig from Lin Dan Khan as a reward to win over Karaqin.
In this way, Gunchuk's plan began to enter the stage of preparation and implementation. Jaisang and Gunchuk originally wanted to take Houjin to Karaqin together, but Chen Renxi's unexpected expedition broke Gunchuk's plan. At that time, it was also fortunate that Chen Renxi and the others ran fast, otherwise they might have folded in the Ao Han Department.
The visit of Chen Renxi and others played a role in startling the grass and snakes, and when Gonchuk saw that the Ming Dynasty was also preparing to give relief and win over the Eastern Mongolian tribes, he stepped up the implementation of his plan, and hurried south to Karaqin with the Horqin people, wanting to persuade Karaqin to surrender before the Ming envoys.
But what Gon Chuck didn't expect was that Chen Renxi and the others didn't bring anything except for the 600 horsemen who accompanied them, and the money, food, and baggage that were scheduled to reward the Eastern Mongolian tribes, although when they fled from the Ao Han tribe, they first went east, then south, and then west, and made a big circle, but the speed was still much faster than them.
Moreover, the muddy grassland in early spring also caused great trouble to the Ao Han and Horqin teams with a large number of reward materials, although they were closer to the Karaqin department, but they arrived half a day late.
Before arriving, he also specially sent cavalry to search the east and south of the Karaqin camp, and found no rut marks at all, so he entered the Karaqin camp with confidence.
The people of Ao Han and Horqin, who came with a large number of reward materials, were naturally welcomed more warmly by Burhatu. Burhatu, who wanted to step on two boats and eat it twice, naturally could not tell Gunchuk and Wu Keshan that the Ming envoys had arrived, so under Burhatu's deliberate concealment, Gunchuk and Wu Keshan thought that the trip would be successful, so they were defenseless.
More than 500 cavalrymen of the personal guards of Gonchuk and Wu Keshan were also arranged in a valley in the west of the Karaqin Taiji camp, where the cavalrymen lived in felt tents and enjoyed the wine, food and beauty of Karaqin, while the herdsmen stayed in the fields and guarded the baggage.
At night, the light and laughter from the Taiji tent in the center of the camp reassured the soldiers of Gonchuk and Wu Keshan.
I have to say that Burhatu is a person who only cares about the present and has no foresight. The envoy of the Ming Dynasty was nearby, and he brought six hundred elite cavalry, and he seemed to have forgotten about this, and he drank and had fun with Gunchuk and Wu Keshan in every possible way, and did everything possible to please these two people. Bilegg fidgeted in his tent, but could not do anything.
Perhaps Burhatu just wanted to coax away Gonchuk and the others the next day, and then he could accept the reward from Daming again. Perhaps he was trying to negotiate terms with Gunchuk and the others, so he asked them to send troops to destroy the envoys of the Ming Dynasty. In this regard, Bilegh could not be sure, and therefore could not admonish.
But what neither Burhatu nor Bilegh expected was that this messenger of the Ming Dynasty, completely different from those waste snacks that came before, actually had such great courage to dare to lead hundreds of cavalry to directly attack the big tent of the guilty Karaqin Taiji.
When Burhatu and Bilege were still annoyed in the big tent, Delig, Qinggeltai, and Cao Wenzhao and others had already led their troops to the entrance of the small valley where the cavalry and herdsmen of the Ao Han and Horqin tribes and herdsmen were stationed, which was a small valley in the shape of a dustpan, with a hill behind it, and two times it was also a hill, and due south was a wide entrance and exit.
Cao Wenzhao gave an order and took the lead in rushing into the valley, followed by more than 500 Han cavalry in front and more than 2,000 Karaqin cavalry behind, roaring into the valley.
The shepherd slaves who were sleeping outside were very vigilant, and when they heard the sound of horses' hooves and shouts, many of them turned over and sat up, looked around in panic, and some simply fled in all directions.
Of course, there were also people who screamed loudly, intending to summon the cavalry guarding the baggage, and there were others who resisted, unwilling to sit still or be captured, and so on. In a moment, the originally calm valley suddenly turned into a pot of porridge.
The Ao Han and Horqin cavalry, who lived in dozens of felt tents in the middle of the valley, had been running around for several days in a row, and they were extremely tired, and they were all asleep in the middle of the night. Some heard the screams of the crowd outside and the neighing of horses, and went out to check. Others are still asleep.
Cao Wenzhao's subordinates, who rushed in, naturally targeted the enemy's cavalry, while Delig and Qinggeltai's subordinates targeted the shepherd slaves who were sleeping in the valley.
Cao Wenzhao and others first used rockets to set fire to the valley, burning most of the felt tents, and then drove horses to gallop back and forth in the valley and shot the people who rushed out of the felt tents. This killing did not stop until the light of the east brightened.
The valley was littered with corpses, and not only more than 500 elite cavalrymen from the Ao Han and Horqin tribes were killed, but also more than 1,000 herdsmen who were transporting heavy baggage.
Although they are both members of Eastern Mongolia and can be regarded as compatriots of the same culture, the Karaqin people killed the cavalry or herdsmen of the Ao Han and Horqin tribes, and they were not merciful at all, with more than 1,500 people, leaving no one alive.
Chen Renxi, who learned the news, was naturally completely relieved, thinking that from now on, Burhatu would have to go with Daming, because Horqin and Ao Hanbu would definitely be inseparable from him.