Chapter 457: Borrowing a knife to kill
Among the several generals present, most of them were arranged to kill Tumut Khan, and only Yang Chengzu was assigned to burn the camp herdsmen in the scattered cavalry.
This made the arrogant Yang Chengzu unbearable no matter what, but this arrangement did not mean any discrimination, the soldiers and horses of the Jiaozhou battalion came here relatively early, and Chen Yongfu's troops were familiar with each other, and the troops brought by Yang Chengzu were much later.
The military discipline and standardization of Shandong's soldiers and horses allow them to easily cooperate with another unit, but Yang Chengzu's department, which is still an old-fashioned army, is not good, and it is easy to make trouble if they are rashly integrated together.
The reason is that Yang Chengzu is also polite and obedient on the surface, but in fact, he is very angry in his heart, the key to glory and wealth in the army is to look at the military general's martial arts and military merits, so he is despised like this, when can he be rich, so from the beginning of the night attack, Yang Chengzu pondered a good table
Although the iron cavalry phalanx walking on the middle avenue was a straight rush, they had to maintain their formation, and there were gathered Golden Horde guards in front of them, so they might not be as fast as the scattered horses.
In particular, Yang Chengzu led more than 100 guards to kill people and set fire to the front along the way, and the result really made him lucky.
When Yang Chengzu was about to arrive at the flank of the king's tent, he saw several richly dressed people being surrounded by a group of people who were also dressed decently and got on their horses, and ran directly towards the northeast.
Before all the generals and soldiers came to the Tumut Ministry, they were told what kind of attire the Tumut Khan was. What is the general appearance, Yang Chengzu listened impatiently at the time. Who would have thought that it could be used this time, as soon as he looked at the group of people in front of him, he could be sure that this was Tumut Khan and his cronies around him
Seeing that the target was in front of him and ran first, Yang Chengzu did not hit the horse to chase it. Instead, he ordered the soldiers to search for horses in the vicinity, and it was so easy to collect some horses in this golden tent, where the herdsmen gathered, and in an instant, Yang Chengzu and these people almost got a few horses each.
Stringing the horses together with ropes, Yang Chengzu began the pursuit. This way, when he was in Shaanxi and Henan, Luo Rucai's fine cavalry was often used, a cavalryman had two or three horses, and the horses could be changed halfway to ensure the degree of the horses, and they could also eat more wine. This is also the wisdom of the barbarian cavalry on the steppe, but Tumut Khan fled in a hurry, but he did not have time to do so.
On the contrary, it was Yang Chengzu and his party who made such preparations, and the soldiers were in chaos at that time. There is a lot of noise everywhere, and there are small changes in one corner. No one cares about making up for it.
Yang Chengzu just gave an order to his subordinates. So he rode in pursuit. Chase out the tent area where the Golden Tent is located. The sky-high fire just reflected the traces of the people of Tumut Khan. Yang Chengzu was extremely excited at this time. Urging the horses again and again. Shout at your subordinates. Chased after it.
If you pursue blindly. The grasslands are vast. It's night again. It's definitely like looking for a needle in a haystack. But there are traces of this. Top up to chase. That's a lot more convenient.
The distance between the two sides is always less than 100 steps. When I just ran out of the flame light range. There were a few warriors guarding the Tumut Khandi who turned back, trying to kill or break the pursuers.
These are the guards of the Tumut Khan. They are all first-class warriors of the Tumut Division. Confidence can defeat these intrusive enemies and bandits.
Under normal circumstances. Under Tumut Khan, these elite warriors formed a formation and charged into battle. The Earth can easily defeat enemies several times their size. Because they are all battle-hardened. And systematically trained officer leaders. But their opponents are not a rabble.
Today's comparison of strength is not more than 100 years ago. At that time, the Mongolian soldiers and horses on the grassland and the border soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were inseparable. And the Mongols are often still dominant. These elite warriors around the Khan king. It is often the decisive force that changes the tide of battle.
But in the past few decades, the soldiers and horses of the Mongolian departments and the border soldiers of the Ming Dynasty often have to fall behind, even if they dispatch the elite, it is barely a situation without losing, and when the border soldiers of the Ming Dynasty fight with the exile army, they do not make any advantage at all, and more often they are pressed and beaten.
It is conceivable that the fate of these so-called elites.
The distance between the two sides is so close, don't think about the so-called riding and archery, turn the horse's body, open the bow and arrows, after this series of actions is done, the other party should rush to the front.
The elite of these sweat tents did not expect that Yang Chengzu's gang who were pursuing were all ready to shoot arrows, and the Jiaozhou battalion originally proposed to match these things with firearms, but they didn't need this light cavalry raid, and it was difficult to shoot skillfully in a hurry.
But for the elite of Luo Rucai's subordinates who have been fighting for many years, it is not difficult to shoot arrows on horses, riding and shooting, riding and shooting, bumps on horseback, and accuracy is difficult to guarantee, but a group of black cavalry in front of them rushed up, as long as they pulled their bows and aimed at the general direction.
The quiver is hung on the edge of the saddle, and the bow is placed in front of him, if you want to shoot an arrow, pick up the bow and shoot it, and the space on the grassland is vast, Yang Chengzu's team of pursuers still marched forward with their horses, nearly a dozen people at the same time with their bows and arrows, swishing and swishing.
For so many years, the border soldiers and the exile army of the Ming Dynasty have been constantly learning the tactics and tactics on the grassland, but the Mongols on the grassland are becoming more and more degraded, and today, it is extremely obvious.
Chain mail and leather armor can't shoot at close range with low-grade opponents' bows and arrows, not to mention that these Golden Horde guards are generally wearing half-body armor for ease of movement, and the first three horsemen are immediately caught off guard and shot off their horses by arrows, and those Mongolian cavalry behind them are at this moment, although they know that they will die if they step forward.
But they still shouted and beat the horses, urging them to come forward, they are equivalent to the dead soldiers raised by Tumut Khan, and this is the time for them to go to the place of death.
Shooting at a horse is always faster than a horse rushing over the ground. What's more, it's the second and third arrows, and the arms don't feel tired yet.
After the two sides approached. The accuracy of this bow and arrow has improved a lot, but the bump on the horse's back does have a great impact, and this shot did not hurt people, but it hit the horse.
The horses that were hit by the arrows immediately jumped around. Throwing off the cavalry on his back, he also hindered the movement of those behind him, and it was a mess.
The degree on the opposite side was slow, but the cavalry of Yang Chengzu's pursuit was not slow, and several people in front shouted and whistled, and the horse team separated from it. The group of Tumut cavalry that rushed backward was carried in the center, and finally the situation of hand-to-hand contact was reversed, but there were many people on both sides and few Tumert in the middle, and they were confused by the startled horses.
By the time Yang Chengzu's cavalry passed by them, the elite guards of the Golden Horde on the horse had all been chopped off their horses.
At that time, the Tumut Khan fled for his life. More than 100 horsemen gathered outside and fled in a hurry, and when they came out, they beat their horses lifelessly, galloped wildly, and the horses had to be fed fodder in the middle of the night. With such a sudden gallop, the horses could not bear it. The degree has long been slowed down.
But Yang Chengzu changed horses halfway, and the horses were lightly loaded. After all, the burden is lighter, and the running strength is more sufficient. It's really getting closer and closer.
In fact, there were only two battles on the road of this pursuit, and after the second wave of the guards cavalry rushed back, and after being killed like the last cavalry, there was no more fighting.
When Yang Chengzu and they transferred to the third horse, the horses of the Tumut Khan Land that were galloping in front of them finally couldn't support it, and they fell to the ground suddenly, and the people on the horses were also thrown off, which seemed to be a signal, and these people who had escaped for a long time finally couldn't support it.
The horses of those people around him also foamed at the mouth and fell to the ground after rushing forward for more than a dozen steps, and some people saw Tumut Khan falling, hesitated, and then pulled out their weapons and jumped off the horse to protect Tumut Khan's side, and some people didn't care about it, and simply beat their horses away.
Who knows if it was a noble person who fled, Yang Chengzu was not ready to let go, his own cavalry around him followed him, but Yang Chengzu jumped off the horse with his own people.
The stars and the moon were in the sky, but it was quite bright, the soldiers behind Yang Chengzu got off their horses and lit torches, and they could vaguely see the Mongolian warriors over there holding weapons in their hands, and one of Yang Chengzu's cronies shouted loudly after dismounting:
"Be honest with me, don't kill yourself!"
It's really a coincidence, as soon as this sentence was finished, he heard the sound of breaking the sky, Yang Chengzu shouted, staggered back a few steps, and several guards around him were shocked, this kind of pursuit, everyone is one hundred and twenty percent careful, there are people over there who shoot arrows, and more than a dozen people behind Yang Chengzu are already holding bows and arrows, and they shoot back in the general direction mercilessly.
At this distance, it is dismounted again, and the accuracy is absolutely guaranteed, and the bowstring sound here is already four or five people down there.
"Straight lady thief, if it weren't for Lao Tzu to deduct the mask, he would really be plotted by these Tartars!!"
Yang Chengzu scolded viciously, only to hear the sound of strong wind, he just had time to turn his face sideways, an arrow hit his face armor, and then sliding
Although he couldn't shoot through the metal forging face armor, this heavy blow still knocked Yang Chengzu out of a tooth, and his mouth was full of blood, hearing Yang Chengzu's scolding, his subordinates were relieved, but they were merciless, and two rounds of bows and arrows were shot over, and there were screams and screams.
All the Mongols who were standing were shot down, and only a young man was heard shouting loudly, followed by a few sighs, and the weapons were thrown in front of them
Then I heard someone on the other side shouting in Chinese:
"I am the Khan of the Tumut Ministry, I am willing to exchange my own life for gold, silver, cattle and horses, as long as you let me go, you can be rich and invincible immediately, and it is also an official accent, Yang Chengzu spit the blood in his mouth on the ground, sneered and walked over, now there are two people in front of him with small shields to cover, and the people behind him are also holding weapons and waiting for them.
Yang Chengzu and his subordinates in Shaanxi and western Henan have extremely strong accents, but they didn't expect that the chief of the grassland could speak Chinese so fluently. It seems that he has been taught by a scholar of the Ming Dynasty, but he has read too many books. The barbarians were able to rely on the wildness of the land, which was exhausted, and became what it is today.
Since Yang Chengzu joined the exile army, almost every day has been in the midst of fighting, although the Tumut Khan in front of him knelt in front of him, he was more cautious.
The dozen or so soldiers who followed behind Yang Chengzu were all aiming there with bows and arrows. As Yang Chengzu walked in, the Mongols who were kneeling on the ground were also restless.
Kneeling there was no way to bend the bow and arrow, and someone burst out and tried to step forward, but immediately he was fired by a volley of bows and arrows, fell to the ground screaming, and walked to the front. Yang Chengzu's team of pursuers had already surrounded them with torches, and in such a situation, it was impossible to do anything crooked
The Tumut Mongols kneeling there were ordered to hand over the weapons in their hands, but Yang Chengzu did not lift his armor this time, and looked down coldly behind the iron mask, which added a little murderous aura.
Sure enough, one of the Mongols on earth fits the description of Tumut Khan. Seeing this appearance, Yang Chengzu sneered even more, where is this Mongolian, it is still possible to say that it is a rich and noble Han son who is pampered in the city. Yang Chengzu's condescending posture made Tumut Khan, who was kneeling there, even more panicked.
I couldn't help but say there again:
"If you let me go. I, the Tumut Khan, will surely make you rich princes. I can give you fifty thousand taels...... No, a hundred thousand taels of gold. As long as you let me go, everything is easy to say. ”
100,000 taels of gold, these people around Tumut Khan all gasped, 100,000 taels of gold is nearly a million taels of silver, this kind of money is really the savings of a second-class feudal king of the Ming Dynasty, if you can get this money, it will really be glorious and rich for a lifetime.
Looking at everyone's hesitant expressions, a trace of excitement flashed in Tumut Khan's expression, the wealth is moving, this sentence is really true, these Han people who don't know where they come from are facing such a large amount of money, how can they not be moved.
Everyone around the ground outside is looking at Yang Chengzu, he is the leader of everyone, of course he has to be the master of everything to count, but over there Yang Chengzu has already closed the mask again, no one knows what he is thinking now, and the scene was quiet for a while.
I saw Yang Chengzu take two steps forward, and suddenly raised his leg and kicked Tumut Khandi's stomach, the man was caught off guard, stretched out his hand to cover it, opened his mouth wide and lowered his head.
Yang Chengzu raised the knife in his hand, and the head fell in response, and the people around this Tumut Khan were all panicked and flashed to the side, Yang Chengzu leaned over and picked up the head, and waved a knife to the side, and said in a sullen voice:
"Kill them all, you want to be rich, we broke any feudal palace in Daming, and there is more silver than this, with the Duke of Qi, we are here to survive, for the glory of the ancestors!!"
After a pause, Yang Chengzu added:
"These Tartars are in such a hurry, how can they have gold and silver treasures in their hands, let alone such a large amount as 100,000 taels
After saying this, the cavalry of the border town surrounding this group of people did not hesitate anymore, and started killing people one after another, whether it was according to the rules there, nobles like Tumut Khan and these people around them were generally used to extort ransom, and even if they wanted to kill, they had to be captured and held for a ceremony.
Tumut Khan is also a side branch of the Golden Family, as long as it can delay time, then things will be very repeated, maybe there will be a turnaround, who would have thought that the other party would kill so simply.
Compared with the time spent on the pursuit, this killing was very short, Yang Chengzu ordered his subordinates to search the bodies of these people carefully, and they were all cut off.
Some marks were made here to mark those who had just chased them out, and the rest of the people returned directly to the golden tent on the shore of the Na Er Sea.
Even if this Tumut Khan can really take out 100,000 taels of gold here, Yang Chengzu will still cut off his head, and now he feels that joining Shandong is the right decision, and he has made the right bet, he must seize it, and he can't give up.
When Yang Chengzu took Tumut Khan's level back, Chen Yongfu and Zhang Kun and others were envious and jealous in their hearts, needless to say, but they were also relieved, this time the task was finally completed.
A few groups were left to guard the frightened captives, and the rest were given an urgent rest, for the cavalry from the defeated ground in Thornerzhuang should have returned here the next day. We must be mentally prepared for war.
By the morning of the next day, the team that had arrived first to the Golden Horde was not the defeated cavalry of the Tumut Division. Instead, the convoy that supplemented and transported supplies to Chen Yongfu's raiding cavalry was only thirty miles away from the Golden Tent, and it happened to be coming.
The convoy also carried some firearms, plus carts and carts of livestock. It was also a supplement to some extent, and the captives, who had been driven to work since last night, rose early in the morning and were forced by swords to build walls and fortifications outside this area.
However, the outside of the fortification was still sheltered by felt tents, and it looked like it was on the outside. I couldn't see the changes inside at all, the flags and various signs where the Golden Horde was located were all hung up, and from a distance, there was no abnormality, and there seemed to be no difference in the Golden Horde.
From near noon, there were three or three dejected cavalrymen returning here. Garris killed the rout of these Mongol cavalry. They had to run towards their own tribes, but most of them still had to go back to the Golden Tent and wait for the next order.
No one would believe that the officers and soldiers of Datong Border Town, who have always been mediocre and greedy for money, except for the design center that has blossomed and killed a large number of cavalry. He also dared to run long distances to attack the Golden Horde of Tumut Khan, this plan was too shocking. No one believed that the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty would have such courage and ability.
As soon as the cavalry entered the Golden Tent, they were immediately disarmed by the cavalry of the border towns who were waiting for them. There were very few people who resisted.
Yesterday's defeat was almost half a day and a night of running for my life. It has long made these people frightened, tired not to mention, the will to fight has disappeared, back to this golden tent, I thought I could take a breath, who would have thought, there are still heavily armed enemies waiting, after hearing the news that they will not be killed if they surrender their weapons and dismount, no one will fight desperately, and some people even fall to the ground when they dismount, and they have no strength at all.
As a result, for most of the day, it was not the officers and soldiers with swords and weapons who were most busy, but the women among the captives, who were ordered to look after the tired cavalry captives of their own tribe.
On this day, it was extremely easy for Chen Yongfu and his people who ran long distances yesterday, there was no battle, and three or four thousand cavalry returned here and there.
None of the cavalry that entered the tent area went out again, so none of the Mongol cavalry who came back could see that something was abnormal here.
When it comes to the evening, Auman. Garris's large convoy, almost 3,000 foot soldiers also came to the camp where the Golden Horde was located in a large car, with the addition of these 3,000 foot soldiers, as well as the firearms they brought, the defense here is more stable, and there is no need to worry about what chaos will happen to the captives who have the advantage in numbers.
In the three days here, a total of more than 9,000 cavalry returned, and then the number became very sparse, and it is estimated that the rest of the cavalry dispersed or returned to their own tribes.
In Auman. Under the joint supervision of Garris and Chen Yongfu, 500 escorts joined by men and horses of various lines, and 1,000 old and weak Tumut captives, began to set out on the return journey with a large amount of booty.
Pasture grass and grain, all kinds of daily necessities and the like are not moved, livestock is only used to pull carts, the booty brought back, are in the king's tent and the tents of various nobles looted out of the gold and silver treasures, Tumut is a large tribe on the grassland, the savings of the khan and the nobles below are also amazing, these gold and silver treasures, must be transported back, counted and handed over to the Duke of Qi for unified disposal.
When Yang Chengzu saw these spoils, he couldn't help but secretly promise that he had foresight, the gold and silver treasures were all on the side of the Golden Horde, even if Natumat Khan gave him 100,000 taels of gold, he could not take it.
With 150,000 taels of gold, millions of taels of silver, and many gold and silver vessels, as well as some exotic and precious objects, the savings of this Tumut Khan were indeed amazingly rich.
Compared with the savings of the khan and the nobles below, the property of these ordinary herdsmen and cavalrymen is also pitiful, the tent was burned last night, many herdsmen have that tent in their hands, and some people don't even have tents, according to a few guides who are familiar with the situation of the steppe, these herdsmen and cavalry are actually slaves of Tumut Khan and the nobles below, and they have no livestock property, relying on the land to graze the magnates above. Only by fighting can we barely maintain food and clothing.
I can have freely. That is, those who belonged directly to the Tumut Khan's personal guards, these people were barely considered freemen, and they could only be said to be barely.
Therefore, these herdsmen on the grassland are not loyal, but if they are alone and grazing on the grassland. It is impossible to cope with the horse bandits and the bad situation, and can only be attached to this authority, in other words, whoever has the big fist, the herdsmen will submit to whom.
On the fourth day, the magistrate Arslen returned to the Golden Tent of the Tumut Ministry with more than 100 of his cronies. During these three days, both the cavalry and the herdsmen were terrified, and the heads of Tumut Khan and his guards were hung on the flagpole in the center of the camp.
These ranks will not be fake, because these vicious invaders parade the entire captive camp with spears, and when Tumut Khan dies, no one will grieve for him, and there will be another Khan chosen anyway. But all those who were related to this Tumut Khan, who had the right to inherit the land, were captured and beheaded by these invaders, and everyone was afraid that these invaders would go on a killing spree.
A few days passed. Finally, it can be judged that these people are Han soldiers and horses from the Ming Dynasty, and those young shepherds who still want to relive the glory of their predecessors are afraid that the other party will carry out a massacre. After all, the two sides killed each other so tragically back then, and I am afraid that this time it will not be a good one.
Noon on the fourth day. These trembling captives all saw the judge Arslen walking around the prisoner camp with a compassionate face, this is the wise man of the Tumut Khan tribe. He must be the one who has the means.
The judge Alston is also of noble blood, legend has it that his ancestor was Genghis Khan's groom, a descendant of the old Genjiao's cronies, and a descendant of the great nobles of the prime minister in the Mengyuan Dynasty, and also has considerable strength in the Tumut tribe.
Coincidentally, the Han Chinese general and the magistrate, Lord Arslen, who were dressed in imposing armor, were talking outside the prisoner camp, and although they could not hear anything, they could indeed see the movements of both sides.
The Han general's gestures are extremely majestic, and the noble Lord Arslen is a compromise, low pleading, where the two sides must be bargaining for the treatment of the captives, the judge Lord Arslen is really a messenger sent by the Immortal Heaven, it is really our salvation
Although they couldn't hear it, all the captives who were watching all this were extremely moved, and in the end, it was obvious that they had entered a stalemate, and the Han general was talking louder and louder, pointing fingers, while Lord Arslene on this side took a step back and knelt down like that.
Lord Arslen, I have really done too much for the Tumut Ministry, buying salt and iron for everyone on weekdays, and now I am asking in such a low voice for everyone's survival.
The Arslen clansmen, cronies, and slaves were all loudly preaching the mercy and righteousness of the judges, and many of them were moved to tears.
The white bearded old judge knelt down, which really shocked the arrogant Han general, the general took a step back, politely helped the old judge up, raised his hand and made a gesture of invitation, the two sides were going to go to the tent to talk, the Mongolian captives were quite excited, it seemed that there should be a turnaround.
The conversation was long, and it didn't end until it was almost dark, and looking at the red-faced face of the judge, Lord Arslen, everyone knew that something must be good.
The Han Chinese drove the Mongol captives to build a wooden platform, and then several cronies of the old magistrate helped the magistrate to stand on the wooden platform, and Arslen raised his voice to explain all this to the captives below.
It turned out that the Ming Kingdom got a message, saying that the Jurchens in the northeast were going to unite Chahar and Horqin and Tumut to attack the Ming Dynasty, so the Ming soldiers and horses should attack the Ming Dynasty first, so they should attack first.
Hearing this news, the captives below all scolded, when Pingsuri robbed the Ming Dynasty, the Jurchens only worked with the Chahar and Horqin tribes, when it was the turn of the Tumut tribe to take advantage, but the unlucky only the Tumut tribe itself.
But they forgot, no matter what they say, it was the border town cavalry of the Ming Dynasty who rushed in to kill people and set fires, but the feud between the tribes is sometimes above all else, since the respected magistrates have said so, then the cause of this tragedy must be the damned Chahar and Korqin.
Of course, the Chahar tribe is the co-head of the Mongolian tribes and the descendant of the Golden Family, and no one thought of this at this time.
The judge Arslen said again, he had just sworn to the immortal heaven, and the Han general on the other side believed his explanation, knowing that the fault was not on the side of the Tumut department, and as soon as the old judge finished speaking, he heard a burst of cheers below, and the captives thought that they had been free.
Before the words were finished, the stupid Tumut Khan sent people to rob the salt goods of the Ming general, originally to kill all the people, but in view of the bitter plea of the old judge, now the other party demanded ten times the compensation according to the rules of the steppe.
In the case of such unruly looting among the Mongol tribes, the party who committed the crime would pay ten times the compensation to the losing party, and the rule did have this rule, but it was on the basis of the strength of the losing party, which had nothing to do with the rules of reason.
But now these Han soldiers and horses seem to have the qualifications to talk about the rules, how to compensate, Tumut's gold and silver treasures have been looted.
The old magistrate said that in addition to punishing the Tumut tribe, the army that came this time also had to deal a blow to the lawless Chahar and Horqin tribes, and the men in the tribe who could ride horses could compensate for this loss in the form of fighting for the Han people.
At present, the Golden Tent is actually a large prisoner camp, and there are almost 12,000 men who can go on horses to fight, and when they hear that they can be exempted from execution, they will go to war, and it is much better to fight against the hostile Mongol tribes than to fight these Han soldiers with iron and firearms.
"As long as they can fight bravely, after each battle, in addition to the share of the compensation, the spoils of war will be divided among each person, and after the battle, the meritorious soldiers will be turned into free people according to the merits of the battle, and they will be given a share of the livestock and the slaves who have been plundered......"
Before the words fell, Arslen's words were drowned out by the roar of the Tumut captives below, this condition was put forward earlier, what are we going to do with such a big trouble, we are willing to die!!
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