549 Good snow knows the season

(8,000 words chapter, I'm exhausted.) Well, to paraphrase a sentence: the curtain of war is about to open again, and look at the battle of Wu Yi's army to conquer the north, how! οΌ‰

This is the dignified array, the righteous teacher, the way of the king, I have made it clear now that I want to eat you, what can you do?

This is the quality that an excellent commander needs to have, when to do treachery, when to do the royal way, when to act domineering, must be clear, so that they can give full play to their own advantages, and try their best to avoid disadvantages.

Now Wanyan Yeping's strength advantage is too great, so the tactics she adopts are also very simple, outflanking, annihilating them in groups, to put it bluntly, it is a group beating!

I'll make it clear that I'm bullying you, what can you do?

Seeing that the kidnapping horse had rushed out of a distance of about 100 zhang, her hand fell down heavily, and ordered: "Order the left and right wings, attack!" ”

"Yes!"

The herald went as ordered, and in a few moments, the left and right wings of the Jurchen army pressed heavily towards the front!

And at this time, the five thousand armored cavalry led by Nalan Ruojiang and Wan Yanlie did not run away, turned around, made a big circle, and outflanked the Cossack cavalry!

Hit its front sharp, flank the wings, and outflank the back!

It's all around!

It's like a person being punched hard in the front, and another person has made a double peak piercing ear, smashing into both of his temples, and there is a person behind him holding a spear waiting to burst the chrysanthemum.

It's just that in an instant, a huge encirclement was formed, but because I thought that the formation was going to be changed, the five thousand armored cavalry who outflanked the rear road had not yet been completely in place, leaving a big opening!

Yelnik was also quite decisive, and immediately understood that today was a complete death.

If you fight head-on, you will definitely not be able to defeat it, but I am afraid that the whole army will be annihilated here, and if you want to escape, I am afraid that you must release some blood today!

It's not too late for a poisonous snake to devour his hands and a strong man to break his wrist!

Yelnik was not a strong man, but he understood this truth very well, so he immediately ordered loudly: "Bletche, you lead three thousand men to break off, and the others, follow me to break through!" ”

Bletche was a general in his army, but the two were at odds with each other, and it was a matter of course that the Cossacks were not a legion, nor a clan, but the Cossacks, specifically the nomads who lived in the vast region of Don Ukraine, which was a society. It is similar to Mongolia and Jurchen, this kind of concept, in such a social structure, it is impossible for one person to control everything, just like the Jurchen Great Khan Wanyan Chen monk, who can only suppress everyone, not make everyone happy.

This Bletche is from another large Cossack tribe, and he has always been unconvinced by Yelnik, and he also has a very strong force under his hands!

As soon as he was about to open his mouth, Yelnik glared at him fiercely and shouted, "Bletche, when is this, you are still thinking about your little selfishness here?" Do you want all the Cossacks to die here today? Bletche, for the continuation of the Cossack clan, for the preservation of the glory of the Cossacks, in the name of the Cossack commander, I order you - break off! ”

At these words, many of the Cossack generals stared at Brecche with hostility, and when he dared to say half a word, they immediately rushed up and killed him! It's hard to find such a broken substitute ghost, but you must force him to comply.

Yelnik's words came down, the righteousness was awe-inspiring, Brecche was pressed by the righteousness, he gritted a mouthful of steel teeth, but he couldn't say anything against it, and then looked at the looks of the generals around him, that is, he knew that today, as a scapegoat, he had to be appropriate if he wanted to, and he had to be appropriate if he didn't want to!

Brecche gritted his teeth fiercely and sneered: "Okay, I'll break it!" ”

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"Good!" As soon as he finished speaking, Yelnik applauded loudly, and then ordered ten of his own guards, and admonished: "Stay by Lord Brecche, and if you see that the situation is critical, protect him at once to break through!" ”

"Yes!" Ten guards replied in unison.

Brecche looked even more miserable, but he didn't expect that Yelnik would be so scheming, and this kind of appearance would be even more exterminating! How did those ten guards come to protect themselves? It's clear that they're here to spy on themselves, and once they have the idea of not resisting and fleeing, I'm afraid that they will be hacked to death immediately! And in Breccher's heart, he did have the idea of escaping!

Ten guards have already surrounded Brecche, they are all dead soldiers under Yelnik, they are from the same tribe as him, and they can die for him at a critical moment!

Yelnik took a deep look at Brecche, suddenly turned around, and shouted: "Cossacks, break through!" ”

In other words, he led people to go around in a circle, and broke through frantically to the south from the gap that had not yet been encircled by Nalan Ruojiang!

Here, Wan Yan Yeping also made a great mistake - in her impression, the Cossacks never knew how to retreat, let alone escape, although they were enemies, but they could also be called warriors, so she didn't expect that these Cossacks were invincible at first sight, and they chose to break through immediately!

If Yelnik had hesitated for a little longer, this encirclement would have been formed.

Seeing that the Cossacks showed signs of breaking through, she immediately commanded Nalan Ruojiang and the armies on both wings to speed up, and these three armies, like three vicious snakes, frantically bit Yelnik's ass.

It's just that the Cossacks are also elite divisions that come and go like the wind and are very fast, and the timing of the pursuit of these three cavalry is already slow, although they bite the tail, Yelnik is a lizard with a broken tail, and Yelnik led about seven or eight thousand Cossacks to break through!

Wanyan Yeping was very unhappy in her heart, such a good ambush and annihilation battle, but she was escaped by almost half of the opponent's troops, which was really a little imperfect, but her face did not show it at all, but she ordered in a deep voice: "Order Nalan Ruojiang, chase and kill, but don't be too anxious, chase out five miles and collect the troops back!" Command the rest of the troops to launch a general attack at once, and annihilate the encircled Cossacks in a single cup of tea! ”

When Yelnik pulled out the encirclement, and at this time, the broken rear troops led by Breche were already fiercely and the more than 1,000 kidnappers and horses who were rushing down head-on, and they collided head-on!

Chisel through, see chisel through!

Thousands of kidnappers created the momentum of an army of 100,000, like an incomparably sharp steel spear, stabbing towards the Cossacks, and with the momentum of rushing down from the gentle slope, it was even more fierce!

Crashed into the ranks of the Cossack cavalry.

The crutch horses with big axes in front of the rush and the Cossacks holding sabers on the opposite side collided fiercely, but the eyes of the crutch horses were full of bloodthirsty light, and the Cossacks were a little pale, faintly showing despair, they should be desperate.

The big axe and the saber collided together, and the saber flew out without a doubt, and then the big axe slashed heavily on the Cossack's body, and the steel giant axe weighing sixty pounds slashed down fiercely, and in the Cossack's screams, he was cut in two from the shoulder to the ribs! Blood and internal organs splashed out, and a terrible rain of blood fell in the air, and the big axe was still undiminished, and it was cut down fiercely, and the war horse neighed fiercely, and it was also cut off by the giant axe, and the spine was cut off, and the chest and abdomen were cut off, like its owner, and it was also split in two!

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Under the axe, everyone is shattered!

This is not an isolated case, in fact, due to the huge disparity in equipment and strength between the light cavalry and the heavy cavalry, it is usually necessary to die two or three Cossacks to kill a kidnapping horse - and this is on the premise that the kidnapping horses do not have a cluster advantage, once the number of the kidnapping horses is sufficient, and the flanks are protected by light cavalry, then it is almost indestructible, and it is even more difficult to resist.

And what made the Cossacks most resentful and powerless was that these damned black-armored grim reapers, their armor was so thick that the invincible sharp saber that cut off the heads of Poles and Jewish haciendas on the banks of the Don River in the steppes of Eastern Europe could only bring a spark, or a shallow rift. But if you are hit by them, you will definitely lose your combat effectiveness.

The kidnapping horses quickly burst into the array of Cossack cavalry.

It was like a red-hot knife that was hard inside a piece of solidified butter, which was not only extremely smooth, but also cleared out a rather large passage.

At least a hundred Cossacks died in just one face.

And after dozens of breaths, 1,600 kidnappers and horses, under their hands, although you only have 3,000 soldiers and horses, under the leadership of the leader of the forbidden army, have already fiercely chiseled through the Cossack formation.

One of the more tragic news is that Brecche was also killed in this round of charge!

As soon as the commander died, the Cossacks were suddenly in turmoil.

In this round of charge, more than 500 Cossack cavalry died under the mace and axe of the Jurchens, and the kidnapping horses were not without casualties, and fifteen of the kidnapping horses on the edge were desperately pounced on by the Cossacks and pulled down hard. As long as the horse is pulled off, although the abducted horse is still a difficult steel can to deal with, it can't climb up, and it will naturally be quickly overwhelmed by the crowd.

The battle loss ratio between the two sides reached 1 to 30! Of course, this does not mean that the difference in strength between the two sides is so huge, and the reason why the disparity is so great is that the kidnappers and horses are more difficult to resist by the momentum of the charge, and the Cossack soldiers are too scattered to resist.

And after the kidnappers had rushed out of a distance, they turned around in the same place, turned in the direction of the Cossacks, and reorganized the ranks to form a sharp arrow.

The murderous aura re-condensed.

Another shock!

Another piercing!

Then he rode his horse again, turned around, and raised his axe high again.

Third Shock!

At this moment, they were like their ancestors four hundred years ago, wearing heavy armor and holding heavy blades, constantly chiseling, assembling, chiseling, assembling, chiseling, and assembling again, again and again, until the Liao army or Song army on the opposite side was exhausted, and there was no longer the slightest strength to resist. Then, it's time to kill and reap as much as you want.

Lian Zining should be glad that he fought with the Jurchens several times, either relying on the benefits of the city, or going to the rear to sneak attack, and did not have a head-on duel with the enemy's strongest field troops, I have to say that it was a bit tricky, and if it was a head-on battle, it would be a great test for the Wuyi army!

After three charges, the Cossacks had almost collapsed, both mentally and physically, and were so tired that they had no mind to fight.

At this time, the cavalry on both wings also covered up.

The end is already doomed.

On the fifth day of October in the 52nd year of Zhengde, Wanyan Yeping, the general of the Jurchen expedition to the north, attacked the Russian army's grain transport team with 5,000 cavalry, disguised as a Russian grain transport team and mixed into the Russian battalion. Zakhrev was furious, and led 15,000 Cossacks to attack with Yelnik, and then Wanyan Yeping set up an ambush in the thirteen miles north of the hategu River, and besieged it with tens of thousands of troops.

…,

The five guns carried by the Cossack cavalry were captured by Wanyan Yeping.

In this battle, the Cossack cavalry suffered heavy losses, and the strong mobile forces of the Russian army, which were almost completely lost, and after Yelnik fled back to the Russian camp, Zakhrev could not blame it for his own mistakes.

After this battle, the gap between the Jurchen army and the Russian army was further reduced, and Zakhrev adopted Kutuzov's suggestion, advancing slowly step by step, and shelling with artillery when encountering Jurchen resistance, although slowly, but still, step by step.

At this point, the battle on the northern front was at a stalemate.

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North of the Songhua River, the vast land, at a glance, boundless.

Tens of thousands of troops were walking on this vast land, far away, pulling out a vast army of ten miles in the field, countless banners, covering the sky and the sun, and the soldiers wearing red fat jackets or cotton armor, striding forward.

At the back of the team, there was a huge convoy composed of thousands of giant carts, more than 20,000 pack horses and more than 2,000 war horses, and Ye Feinan led a thousand Jurchen cavalry to escort around the convoy.

This is the second expedition with Lian Zining to the army of the Wuyi Army of Peking University.

Among them, the first guard, the second guard, the third guard, the fifth guard, the eighth guard, the ninth guard, the twelfth guard, and the thirteenth guard were in the middle, lined up in a neat formation, while the sixth and seventh guards, the two Jurchen heavy cavalry guards, were patrolling on both sides. And Lian Zining's guards dragoons were released dozens of miles away, and the wind and grass within dozens of miles around were always rewarded.

Lian Zining has always paid attention to intelligence alarm work, and under such strict vigilance, it is almost unrealistic for the enemy to come and sneak attack.

This is also not because Lian Zining is not cautious, this time he brought out a full ten guards of soldiers, these soldiers, almost all of the entire Wu Yi Army, if there is anything wrong, then this huge army that he has spent so much effort to build will collapse almost overnight!

Fortunately, there was nothing to do all the way, some horse thieves ran far away when they saw the banner of Wu Yijun from afar, and there were many ethnic minority tribes who had been educated by the Ming Dynasty and were unwilling to accept the rule of the Jurchens.

The Northeast has been lost to the hands of the Jurchens for thirty years, and it is rare that these people who have turned into outsiders still remember the Ming Dynasty, and Lian Zining also treated them with great kindness and courtesy, and every time he personally received them and rewarded them with things - of course, for their tribute, Lian Zining also smiled. And Lian Zi would rather be very shrewd, naturally he is not willing to do a loss-making business like the Ming court, and the things he rewarded to those people who were not very valuable in the Central Plains but these minority tribes were the rarest, and regarded them as treasures of cloth, porcelain and other things, and those that were collected were all good things such as sand gold, ginseng, precious medicinal materials, etc.

Lian Zining calculated, doing business like this, the money is not much more than robbery.

In the front of the army, hundreds of dragoons crowded around a cart.

This cart is two zhang long, one zhang wide, one zhang high, not only large, but also very strong, in some parts, even nailed iron plates, it can be seen that the weight is also extremely heavy, so it is pulled by sixteen horses. The cart has a small door on the right to get in and out. The interior decoration of the cart is also very gorgeous, the four walls of the floor are made of rosewood, and there are tables fixed on the ground, a few small.

There is a bedroom in the car, a living room, and a boudoir of Ye Na, the whole thing is a house, and now it has been changed by Lian Zining to command the car by himself.

This is simply similar to Emperor Zhengde's wishful fasting.

Lian Zining sat behind a table, with a tea cup in front of him, and the huge wheels of this cart, which were almost six feet in diameter, were wrapped in rubber invented by Quan Yang, so the speed was fast, and it was very stable, and even the water in the tea cup did not shake out a few drops. Ye Nai sat behind a small table on Lian Zining's right hand, holding his head with his hand, staring at Lian Zining without blinking, and a sweet smile was hooked on the corner of his mouth.

…,

There was also a person sitting opposite Lian Zining, a person who made people think of the word 'savage' at first glance.

This is an old man, who looks to be in his fifties, his hair and beard are gray, but the whole person is very energetic, his eyes are aggressive, and he has a tiger's back and a bear's waist, although he is not tall, but he is a whole circle bigger than Lian Zining, very strong and strong, without the slightest old intention.

A thick beard almost hung down to his chest, and at the end of the gray beard, there was a gold ring the size of a bowl, his hair was tied into small braids, and each pigtail was tied with a string of huge Dongzhu, and he wore an animal skin coat - this is a real animal skin, almost made of a complete tiger skin, only slightly cut, mottled patterns, black and yellow stripes one by one, this old man sits here, giving people a strong visual impact, Squatting like a tiger.

Lian Zining has only seen this kind of dress in some bullshit historical dramas in later generations, but he didn't expect to encounter it today.

This old man was the patriarch of the Sumalahlian tribe, and his name was Helian Leopard.

There is a fire in the corner of the living room, a small red clay stove, and a copper kettle is placed on it, and there is a faint rich fruity fragrance.

The fruity aroma is getting stronger and stronger, and the mixed wine aroma makes the gluttony in people's hearts hooked. Ye Nai got up, carefully lifted the wine jug with mahogany as the handle, cautiously walked to Lian Zining's side, and filled each of the silver cups in front of the two. ”

His voice was thick and rough, like the vast wilderness of the Northeast.

Nona smiled slightly, put the flask down, retreated, closed the door carefully, and went to stay in her own room.

Lian Zining picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "Patriarch Helian, please!" ”

"Please!" Helian Leopard quickly raised his butt again.

Helian Leopard took a sip lightly, squinted his eyes and felt a long sound, and said in surprise: "Uncle, this wine tastes so weird, this is ......"

"Coconut wine!" Lian Zining smiled and said: "The so-called coconut is a kind of big tree that grows in the extreme south, and we only have it in Yazhou. It is several zhang high, and its fruit is called coconut, which is as big as a human head, and the skin is very thick on the outside, but there is a very fat coconut flesh and coconut water inside, which can be eaten directly, and the taste is excellent. The locals don't work or farm, they just wait under the coconut trees all day long, wait for the coconut to fall and eat it – a good little life. How about this wine, which is coconut wine? ”

Helian Leopard took another sip, sighed, and said with a smile: "Good wine, good wine, sweet, sweet, only the Great Tomorrow Dynasty can have such a delicious taste." But ......"

He changed his words and said with a smile: "It's a pity that it's not enough." ”

But he is cheerful and not pretentious.

"Refreshing!" Lian Zining said with a smile: "The men outside the customs need spirits." However, there are a lot of spirits here, and when the Helian patriarch leaves, he will bring some of them. ”

Helian Leopard hurriedly said: "Thank you, uncle!" ”

Lian Zining could only take a sip of wine, pondered for a moment, and said: "The Helian patriarch speaks not like ordinary outsiders, but like the people in the Ming Dynasty. ”

"But let the uncle say." Helian Leopard sighed, with a reminiscing expression on his face, and said, "Speaking of which, I also went to school. At the beginning, the Ming Dynasty set up a county school in the south of the Demu River, popularized the Ming education, and selected the sons and nephews of the patriarchs of various tribes to study, so that I could also feel the grace of heaven and understand the classics, which was really a great good governance! From thirteen to sixteen, three years were spent in the county school. ”

Lian Zining nodded: "No wonder so." ”

"What a pity! Later, he took off the wood of Henan Wei and let the Jurchen brutes abuse ......" Helian Leopard's face was a little embarrassed, and then he arched his hand to Lian Zining, and said with a straight face: "Thank you Uncle for leading the heavenly soldiers to level the Jurchens and get rid of this violence for us!" ”

…,

Lian Zining just smiled and said nothing.

He came all the way to the north, and the patriarchs of various tribes continued to come to visit, and after a comprehensive understanding, he had a general judgment on the current situation, the rule of the Haixi Jurchens in this land was actually quite unstable, and they basically only got the support of the mature women, relying on elite armor and strong and strong troops to subdue the tribes. Not to mention the other ministries, even the wild maidens are not really surrendering, but are forced to be helpless. The Haixi Jurchens wantonly oppressed the other tribes, forced them to pay tribute to all kinds of curiosities, and often resisted the exploitation, which also caused the tribes to be very dissatisfied.

Now that the Haixi Jurchens have fallen, and the Ming Dynasty has become the master of this land again, they are also worried in their hearts, and they don't know what will happen.

Helian Leopard opened his mouth and was about to speak, Lian Zining waved his hand and said with a smile: "Helian Patriarch, this official knows what you want to say, but this matter, this official can't say it now, and this official will ask you a few questions." ”

"Uncle, please speak!" Helian Leopard said.

"Where is your tribe located, and how far is it from here?"

"Our Sumalakh company is at the eastern foot of Muluhan Mountain, one hundred and thirty miles away from here."

"Hmm." Lian Zining nodded, and asked again: "How many people are there, how many adult men?" ”

"This?" Helian Leopard was a little groaning, in this land, revealing the number of adult men in his tribe to others, undoubtedly telling others how many troops he can contribute. But he thought about it, what can Wu Yibo do for himself? He said: "There are 6,300 people, and there are more than 1,800 strong men. ”

"How many tribes are there within a hundred miles of your tribe? How many people are there? ”

"In addition to our Sumalach company, there are still three tribes, with a large population of more than 2,000 and a small number of no more than 700."

"Well, that's about it." Lian Zining smiled faintly: "Helian Patriarch, after you go back, you will inform those tribes, and then you will go to the Wuyi Army camp at the north entrance of Baiying Gorge ten days later, and after ten days, the official will wait for you there, and when the time comes, let's talk about it in detail." ”

When Helian Leopard heard this, he hurriedly responded, but he was still thinking.

After finishing the business, he said a few more polite words, Helian Leopard just said goodbye, and even Zining didn't keep him, nodded, and sent it off.

Before Helian Leopard left, he took out a string of big beads from his arms, there were dozens of them, all round and crystalline, under the illumination of the light, exuding dazzling light, as big as a dragon's eye, and what was even more rare was the general size, completely unique, it was really a rare treasure.

Helian Leopard said with a smile: "I see that my uncle's little star is like a flower like jade, like a person in the sky, but he doesn't apply fat powder, and he doesn't even have jewelry. ”

People are kind-hearted, Lian Zining can't say that Ye Nai is just afraid of beating you like playing, killing enemies on the battlefield, how can you wear jewelry? I had to do it.

Helian Leopard arched his hand, got out of the car, and ran away with the elite of his clan.

Looking at the smoke and dust in his distance, Lian Zining thought thoughtfully, this Helian Leopard has eyes, knows how to advance and retreat, and is a capable person.

These days, many patriarchs have come to visit, and even Zining asked them these three questions, and what he said was average, but he was the only one who answered the most decently.

Lian Zining raised his voice and said, "Ye Na, come, give you a good thing." ”

"Good stuff, what good stuff?" Hearing this, Ye Na hurriedly pushed the door out, full of anticipation.

Lian Zining shook the pearl in his hand and said with a smile: "Patriarch Helian gave it to you, do you want it." ”

Ye Nai heard this, but he stood there and watched without moving, and Lian Zining said, "What's wrong?" ”

Ye Nai smiled lightly, suddenly blushed, lowered his head and whispered: "If he sent it, I don't want it, if you send it to you, I want it." ”

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The beauty is coquettish, and the beauty is like a spring flower, which is extraordinarily amazing!

When Lian Zining heard this, he was stunned at first, and then laughed heartily, where did he find such a well-informed and interesting woman, but Zhong Lingyuxiu?

"Of course I sent it to you! How can other men give you things? ”

The meaning of the words made Ye Nai very happy, she suddenly smiled, quickly stepped forward to take it, and said crisply: "Thank you, uncle!" ”

After a pause, suddenly the probe kissed Lian Zining on the face, his face suddenly turned red, and as soon as he turned around, he went back to his room.

Lian Zining touched the kiss marks on his face and lost his mind.

At this time, Shi Dazhu's rough voice came from outside: "My lord, there are still ten miles away from the south entrance of Baiying Gorge, and Yang Husheng and Xia Zikai have already led people to meet them there." ”

"Huh? And here it is? Lian Zining looked out of the window, and sure enough, he saw the undulating silhouette of the distant mountain.

Before I knew it, I had been marching for more than ten days, and I was finally about to reach the White Eagle Gorge.

At this time, the sky was cloudy and lead, almost black and overwhelming, as if the clouds were rolling, as if something was brewing. The cold wind howled between heaven and earth, hitting his face, only feeling like a small knife, cutting his face painfully, the temperature at this time is afraid that it has reached below zero, if it weren't for the soldiers wearing cotton armor and fat jackets, I'm afraid that I can't stand it at this time.

Suddenly, Lian Zining felt a chill on his face, and when he reached out to touch it, it was a cold snowflake.

The snowflakes melted shallowly in the hands and turned into a touch of crystal.

Lian Zining squinted his eyes and looked up, only to see that the heavens and the earth seemed to have become whiter, and the boundless snowflakes were falling down in a dazzling way.

And above the ground, it was soon shrouded in a layer of white.

Lian Zining couldn't help but feel a little lucky, fortunately, the army was still ten miles away from the White Eagle Gorge, and it would be there in an instant, if the snow had fallen a day earlier, he was afraid that he would be trapped on the road.

Heavy snow in the Northeast, with several feet of snow on the ground, makes it impossible for men and horses to move at all, and once winter comes, military operations are almost at a standstill - of course, not absolutely. For some people, the worse and more unfavorable the weather, the more they are at home, and they can maximize the power of the weather and make it the most beneficial for themselves!

For example, Lian Zining.

Lian Zining looked up at the sky and smiled slightly: "Good snow knows the season!" ”

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