Six, five, seven, unintentionally inserted willow poplar Xuezhong, the bamboo basket can't get water
(First of all, I want to apologize.,There were some problems when the six-five-five chapters were uploaded.,Caused some errors in the order of the chapters.,So the same for all the brothers.,Pear sincerely apologizes here.γ I'm really sorry, I promise it won't happen again in the future. οΌ
In addition to the three armies that stayed in Zhenyuanfu, the other nine armies of more than 100,000 troops left the large school field in turn under the leadership of their respective officers, according to their respective sequences, from small to large. They transformed from a phalanx into a long snake formation, with ten people in a row, winding forward. The team spread for dozens of miles, and when the front team had already left the West City Gate and arrived at the Songhua River, the team behind had not yet left the Daxiao field.
This is nothing, when the Great Sui Emperor Yang Guang sent 1,133,800 troops, known as 2 million troops, the army took 24 days to exhaust, the army "head to tail, drums and horns heard each other, the banner is 960 miles."
For example, the front has arrived at Shanhaiguan, and the back has not yet left Jinan Mansion!
This kind of formation is naturally not successful, and after crossing the Songhua River, it will naturally be reorganized into a large marching array, widening the clean surface, and reducing the length.
Lian Zining and the others also got off the parade platform, Du Binglin and Xia Zikai were next to him, one left and one right, and Lian Zining whispered orders to the two.
Xia Zikai's tenth guard is an outlier in the Wuyi army, on the one hand, this guard, which has more than 90,000 Jurchen slave soldiers, is the largest military unit in the entire Wuyi army, but at the same time, it has to be mentioned that their combat effectiveness is really quite limited. So much so that now even Zining doesn't count the tenth guard when calculating combat power.
These Jurchen slave soldiers are afraid that they will not succeed in field battles and tough battles, but there is still no problem in defending the city. The original attack and defense of the White Eagle Gorge. It has already proven their strength. So this time the 10th guard also stayed, but there were 20,000 Jurchen slave soldiers with them - they were coolies. The duty is to follow behind the army and build the cement road all the way.
As long as the road is repaired. Wu Yijun completely held that land in his hands.
As for Du Binglin, Lian Zining is still very relieved about this veteran who is second only to Chen Dakang in the middle age of the senior general of the Wuyi Army.
"The defense of the city will be handed over to you, or in the same sentence, it's okay if other territories are lost, but Zhenyuan Mansion will definitely not allow loss." Lian Zining advised: "Our spies are everywhere, once they attack Zhenyuan Mansion, as long as you hold on for two or three days." Reinforcements arrived immediately. β
The two hurriedly responded.
Lian Zining said again: "Tenth Guard, keep an eye on it, if it is not my race, its heart will be different, and after all, it can't be so reassuring." β
Xia Zikai grinned: "Don't worry, my lord, those rabbit cubs are honest and honest in letting the standard be reclassified, and they will never dare to have any dissent." β
Lian Zining nodded, he knew that although Xia Zikai was young, he had always been calm, and his words should be unfalse.
"Also." Lian Zining glanced at them: "Over there in the manor." Take care of it. β
The two nodded: "It's marked." β
In fact, there is nothing to explain about the defense of Zhenyuan Mansion, not to mention whether the enemy can surprise Zhenyuan Mansion under Lian Zining's nose, that is, Zhenyuan Mansion with enough troops to garrison it is an iron hedgehog. If you want to gnaw down, you have to see if you have this good tooth.
Looking at the vast but orderly, countless soldiers who were leaving the city. Lian Zining sighed and greeted Ye Nai on the side: "Let's go too!" β
Going on the expedition. Amber had already been told early in the morning, this morning. I also said goodbye.
When the last armies marched out of the West Gate, the West Gate slammed shut.
The army is gone.
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This is a valley, and it would be better to call it a valley than a river valley.
On both sides are low hills, that is, thirty or fifty meters high, and the gentle slopes are covered with tall pines, birches and other trees, and a river flows through the middle, which is not wide, and the flow is also gentle.
At this time, the sun was rising, and a golden scattered sunlight was sprinkled down, shining on the river.
A cool morning wind blew, the leaves rattled, and from time to time birds and beasts roared in the forest.
It's peaceful, it's quiet, it's a virgin land that has never been set foot in by humans.
A sharp sound of horses' hooves broke the eternal silence here,
A fast horse came from a distance, and the horse was a very good horse, with a pitch-black body and a white hair on its forehead, in the shape of a 'V'. If you get closer, you can find that there is a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy soon, although he is a boy, but it refers to the physiognomy, maybe the nutrition can keep up, and the maturity is early, his body shape is not much different from that of an adult, and even a green beard has grown on his chin. If it weren't for the sharp voice and slightly childish face, I am afraid that he would be seventeen or eighteen.
His eyeballs are rolling slightly, looking very shrewd, and a pair of eyebrows converge in the middle, and the corners of the eyebrows are obliquely raised, which is the face of the grassland people, but the complexion is a rare whiteness of the grassland people, which makes the whole person look a little feminine.
This young man is the second son of Ulan Bari, known as the 'Red Tiger', and Fuyu Weiha.
At this moment, his lips were tightly pursed, his face was full of resentment and resentment, and his chest rose and fell from time to time, obviously in a rather bad mood.
Suddenly, his ears moved, as if he had heard something, and he took his bow and arrows from the saddle, and with them he drew them and shot them into the forest.
A human scream suddenly came from the dense forest.
Someone?
Ulaanbari was also startled, and hurriedly beat his horse forward, and then saw that in a grass nest at the edge of the forest, there was a person who was constantly neighing and screaming. This is a man in his thirties, ragged, but he has his hair tied, his eyebrows are clear, and the style of the clothes on his body is like a long shirt, and the skin and flesh exposed by the tears of the clothes are also quite fair, obviously not a banker.
Ulan Bari's arrow hit him squarely in the thigh, which was not a fatal injury, but this man obviously did not suffer much. Looking at the arrow at a loss, he cried while screaming while covering his wound.
"Is it a man?"
Ulaanbari saw the man's face clearly. His brows furrowed slightly, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes.
As a Mongolian prince. He naturally looked down on the Han people in his bones, and Su Rili respected Liang Yanqiu so much, just because he liked that the other party could speak in front of his father Khan.
That's all.
The man also saw Ulaanbari's outfit clearly, exclaimed, endured the pain in his body, and limped towards the forest.
"Still want to run?"
With a cruel and bloodthirsty smile on his face, Ulaanbari drew his bow and arrows, arrow after arrow, and shot at the man.
First, an arrow hit the knee socket. The man screamed, only to feel that his legs were weak, he could no longer hold on, he fell heavily to the ground, his jaw hit the ground, even his teeth were broken, and he lay on the ground and howled.
Then two more arrows pierced his palm, and nailed him to the ground.
Then there are the thighs. Then there are the arms, hips......
Ulaanbari is obviously very good at archery, and the arrows are not missed, and he shoots in places that are not critical. In the blink of an eye, this man has been shot with more than a dozen arrows, and his body is nailed like a hedgehog. Still not dead.
Looking at this posture, Ulaanbari actually wanted to torture him to death!
"Ulaanba Ri ......"
"Ulaanba Ri ......"
A shout came from behind accompanied by the sound of horses' hooves. Ulan Bari's heart moved, and an arrow was shot. Hit the back of the man's neck, the man twitched for a while, and finally stopped moving.
A squad of knights galloped in.
There were about twenty of them, all of them were wearing black heavy steel armor, extremely heavy, the corners of the exposed armor were the thickness of a palm, and their weapons were heavy weapons such as axes and bronze sledgehammers, some of them had taken off their helmets and put them in the crook of their left arm, and some of them were still wearing them on their heads. The helmet was also made of fine iron, with a visor on the front, and two sharp iron horns on the top of the head, which shimmered with sharp light. When necessary, it's also a pretty formidable killing weapon.
The war horses they rode under their crotches were the best Mongolian horses, with long endurance, strong tenacity in everything, and a large man rarely seen among Mongolian horses.
Even the body of the war horse is also covered with war armor, but it is leather armor, but the outside is covered with a thick layer of iron leaves, and the protection is also amazingly strong.
The leader of this group was none other than Qinggeltai, who were Ulan Bari's personal guards.
Just now I heard the screams from a distance, they were all anxious, and they hurried over, seeing that Ulaanbari was safe and sound, this was the relief of their hearts.
"Dear Ulaanbari, it's great that you're okay."
Qinggeltai stepped forward and saluted, smiling.
"Don't worry, Qinggeltai, I'm just in a bad mood, and I came out to take a walk, but I made you worry."
The corners of Ulan Bari's mouth twitched, and he squeezed out a smile and said.
Qing Getai couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he saw it, His Royal Highness Ulan Bari was smart and wise, the city government was deep, and he was kind to others, maybe he was a better candidate for the heir to the throne than His Royal Highness Hairi Chagai. It's a pity that these things, whether you say it yourself, are a foregone conclusion.
Galu already shouted, "But Your Highness is too much. β
It has been two days since the Fuyuwei army set out, and last night they camped thirty miles away from the Vultures' guards, hoping to capture the Vultures in one go today. This morning, Ulan Bari was about to lead Qinggeltai and a group of others out hunting and playing, but was stopped by Hairi Chagai at the gate of the camp, and found a few leaders to reprimand and humiliate them fiercely. After all, Ulan Bari is getting younger, but how much can you endure it if you have a city government? In a hurry, he wiped his tears and ran away, leaving Hairi Chagai laughing in the back.
Before Galu finished speaking, Qinggeltai was already glaring at him: "Is this kind of thing we can say?" Beware of the misfortune that comes out of the mouth. β
"yes!" Ulan Bari also waved his hand and said: "Garuanda, don't say this kind of thing in the future, Hairi Chagai is my brother after all, and it is natural for him to reprimand me, and it is also for my good." I'm not going to take it to heart. β
When Galu and the others heard this, they were not only unhappy in their hearts, but they all praised His Royal Highness the Second Prince for his benevolence, righteousness and loyalty.
Qinggeltai sighed in his heart and thought thoughtfully.
A smile appeared at the corner of Ulan Bari's mouth: "By the way, there is a Han dog there." You see, I've already shot you. β
"Han dog?" Fang Caiqing Geldtai and others patronized Ulaanba Ri. But I haven't seen the Han man who has been shot to death, so I look at it now. Only a large hedgehog that was still bleeding was seen.
But none of them were surprised or angry - in the eyes of the Han Chinese, they were cannibalistic beasts, and in their eyes, the Han were nothing more than two-legged cattle and sheep. How many of you here have never tortured or killed Han Chinese?
Qinggeltai dismounted, stepped forward and turned over the corpse to examine it carefully, and wondered: "How can there be Han people here?" β
He picked up the corpse and threw it into a secret place in the forest, turned back to Ulan Bari and said, "Respected His Highness Ulan Bari, Lord Liang has given an order. Han Chinese must not be killed at will. β
A Han man, still riding on my head to give orders? Ulan Bari was dissatisfied in his heart, nodded and said, "I know." β
Instinctively a good hunter, he looked around again, following the bloody footprints back, and sure enough, he found a line of shallow footprints where the grass nest led to the other end of the valley. If it weren't for the rainy spring in the Northeast, I am afraid that I would not have been able to leave even this little footprint.
"It doesn't look like it's inhabited, how did this guy come here?" He immediately rolled over and got on his horse. He beckoned, "Let's go, let's go and have a look." β
The crowd hurried up and galloped towards the valley mouth on the other side.
Out of the valley mouth, it is an open grassland. The water and grass are abundant, and there are large and small water bubbles everywhere, without the shelter of the low hills and dense forests. The line of sight suddenly cleared.
But there was no one in front of him.
Qinggeltai ran back and forth twice on his horse, and suddenly pointed to a place and said, "It's there." β
Everyone rushed over to take a look. I saw that the grass there was trampled on, and a large number of chaotic footprints were heading southeast.
"There. It's the direction of the vultures, and there must be a large number of Han dogs. Qing Getai pointed to the ground: "And you see, there are rut marks here, which are very deep, indicating that those Han dogs have big carts, maybe there are a lot of belongings, go, let's chase!" β
When everyone heard that there was money, they were all excited.
According to the Mongols' tradition of plundering for hundreds of years, all the property plundered by soldiers only needs to be taken out and handed over to the public, and the rest is all owned by individuals. Therefore, these steppe cavalry are not afraid of death - because the more you rob, the better the life of your wife and children, and the better chance you have to survive the terrible white and black disasters.
After chasing forward for about a mile, everyone saw that there was a team not far ahead.
There were about 300 people, of which the outermost was more than 100 Ming soldiers with swords and guns unsheathed, holding sharp blades, wearing big red fat jackets, and about 200 men surrounded in the middle, all of whom were between seventeen and eighteen to forty years old, with strong bodies, and they walked forward under the drive of the Ming army. Most of the strong men tied their hands and strung them together with ropes, and a few of them were pushing several carts forward with difficulty. The cart was piled high on it, and it was evident that if it were possessions, the trip would have been very fruitful.
Suddenly, a group of Mongols had red eyes, and their mouths let out excited screams, although the Ming army on the opposite side was five times larger than them, but they were not afraid, and they beat their horses with their legs vigorously, and rushed towards those Ming troops.
The Ming army of a hundred households naturally discovered their whereabouts, and they were immediately shocked, obviously several times the enemy, but they shouted and ran away.
How can a two-legged one outrun a four-legged one?
Qing Ge Tai and the others saw that these Han people did not dare to fight at all but fled in the wilderness, they all laughed proudly, they didn't care about the strong men who were already scared stupid and couldn't even escape, but drove those Ming soldiers to chase after them. Soon, they had already chased to a distance of about thirty meters, which was also within the range of Qinggeltai.
As the Great Khan's guards, they made them all strong bows and arrows, but the heavier the arrows, the more they could not reach far.
They opened their bows and arrows one after another, up to one meter, and the heavy arrows with the thickness of the little finger nailed straight past like locusts with a fierce wind sound, giving the Ming officers and soldiers who were shot all screaming bitterly. This arrow is extremely powerful, and at this distance, an arrow can be nailed through the thigh. Shoot to the chest and head, it is hard to push in, if you shoot to the point, then you will not live immediately.
After shooting three rounds, these Ming soldiers were killed and wounded, and then came closer. The people of Qinggeltai rushed forward again with their weapons brandished.
Those Ming troops also resisted angrily in despair, but it was a pity that they only had a waist knife. It's just a fat jacket, and Qinggeltai and the others are wearing extremely heavy steel armor. To put it mildly, even if their knives can be hit, they can't do much damage to the people inside. And the big axes and bronze giant hammers in the hands of Qing Getai and others smashed down with a single blow, which would immediately burst the brains of these Ming soldiers, and there would be no corpses.
The battle came fiercely and went quickly, but the time of a cup of tea was the difference between victory and defeat.
Except for two or three Ming troops who fled into the dense forest, the rest were killed, and none of them were stocked. And here, none of Qinggeltai and the others died in battle, only Galu accidentally slashed his thigh, and it was no big deal.
The crowd was already happily rushing towards the carts.
When the strong men saw them, they quickly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy loudly, kowtowing again and again.
Everyone else went to rummage through the belongings on the cart, but Qinggeltai was moved, got off his horse, and walked to these strong men for interrogation. Ulan Bari was a student of Liang Yanqiu and served as his chief of guard. Qinggeltai also learned a little, but the basic communication is no problem.
"Please, come and see! A lot of possessions. Galu cried out excitedly as he stood in a big car. With a kick, he kicked down a chest, which fell to the ground and broke off, and inside it was filled with silver with white flowers. At a glance, there are at least hundreds of taels!
This time they did hit the big luck. The harvest was extremely abundant, and there were as many as a thousand taels of silver alone. In addition, these carts were filled with grain, satin cloth, tea bricks, salt and ironware, etc., with this batch of seizures, they each had a point, and they could immediately become rich for ten years!
That's the benefit of looting, it's normal to get rich overnight.
Unexpectedly, instead of being happy, Qinggeltai's face was gloomy, and everyone was chuckling in their hearts, not knowing what was going on.
"Something is wrong, these Han dogs already know that we are coming, and now they are starting to move their belongings and recruit strong men." Qinggeltai said loudly: "Galu, you take people to guard here, Your Highness, let's go back and reply to the Great Khan!" β
He seems to be rude, but in fact he is quite scheming, he can be called both civil and military, and he naturally does this to let his master show his face in front of the Great Khan.
At noon, when he led a large army to the Vulture's rearguard, he found that this place had indeed become an empty city.
Of course, it is not appropriate to say that it is an empty city, after all, most of the people here are still there, the houses are still there, and the mess is also there.
But the problem is that all the gold, silver, jewelry, silk and satin, grain, rice, flour, even firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, war horses, mules, donkeys, chickens, ducks, cattle, sheep, livestock, in a word, all the things that are a little worth of money have all been removed. And all these possessions disappeared, and there were a large number of strong men, and many women who were a little beautiful.
As far as the eye can see, the city is full of crying, like mourning. All the rest are either old and young, sick and disabled, or ugly women with really unacceptable faces.
Wealth, strong men, women, these are the three things that the Mongols value most every time they plunder!
Silk silk and satin is a first-class luxury, a large amount of silver can be exchanged with Han merchants for a large number of daily necessities and luxury enjoyment, tea bricks and salt are indispensable things in life, not to mention ironware, an iron pot on the grassland can even be exchanged for a yellow flower girl. And because Fuyuwei has a large number of Han people, the demand for iron tools is greater.
Strong men can be used as slaves to do rough work, while women are snatched back to be used as girls to warm the bed to vent their animal desires.
And now, there's nothing.
The command of the vultures and guards made the yamen lobby, and the atmosphere was dull.
Ha Bu sat behind the big case, his face was expressionless, and none of the generals under his command were pulled, all of them were here, and all of them were not good-looking.
After entering the city just now, they immediately divided their troops and plundered them, but the result was of course very unsatisfactory.
It can't be said that there is no gain, but it is in great contrast with their psychological expectations, not even half of the usual looting gains, let alone this time they came with the intention of making a fortune.
A man was reporting loudly, but it was Qinggeltai.
"After you gave the order, I took a hundred of the most valiant knights to pursue those Han people, and pursued them until there were still thirty miles away from the right guard of the vultures, and a total of five teams were intercepted, and about three thousand taels of silver were harvested, and the wealth was not counted."
When Liang Yanqiu, a military advisor, was present, everyone would call Han people Han people, so as not to make him unhappy. Of course, this kind of deliberate provocation does not count. (To be continued.) )