Chapter 10: Killing Slaves!
Tulai seemed to have forgotten who he was as the commander-in-chief, and rushed to the front surrounded by a large crowd of Goshkha. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Since the beginning of this year, except for a few battles with Li Zicheng's Dashun Army in Tongguan, he has not enjoyed the thrill of galloping on the battlefield for too long. With such a good opportunity today, how could he let it go?
Suddenly, Turai noticed that the formation of the Ming army had changed, and the whole army turned to the left, as if to copy his right flank.
"Humph! Such tricks dare to be played in front of me! Growing up on horseback, Turai was clearly dismissive of this tactic. However, just as he was about to give the order to change formation, something unexpected happened.
"Click!" There was a crisp sound in the ranks of the Jiannu cavalry without warning, which may have been almost negligible in the sound of thousands of cavalry advancing, but what happened next was something that most people could see. A galloping war horse suddenly lowered its body and let out a miserable wail, and the Jiannu cavalry on its back was thrown far away because of inertia, and it was turned into meat sauce before it could even scream.
One, two, three...... The scene just now was repeated among the Jiannu cavalry, and even Goshha beside Tulai was hit by two horses, and the originally strict and orderly Jiannu cavalry formation suddenly became chaotic, and the momentum of the attack was also stagnant.
Of course, Tulai, who has been riding a horse and cutting down for half his life, will not know what the Ming military envoy's trick is, he has already seen it, that is the horse hole! This kind of trap hole has a thick bowl mouth and is knee-deep, which is very easy to dig and not easy to find. It was of little use against the infantry, but it worked wonders against the cavalry at a rapid pace. A horse running from above may not necessarily be hit, as was the case with Turai's mount, but as soon as it is sitting, the horse's leg will most likely be broken due to inertia. After a ride is hit, it will inevitably affect the surroundings, which will bring a lot of trouble to the entire formation.
Originally, even if the trap hole dug by the Ming army was skillfully covered with dry grass, Yi Tulai's many years of experience in the war should not fail to see the clues. It was only because of the previous long-term depression and the joy of suddenly finding a person to vent that Turai had long since neglected to think about this, which caused this fateful mistake.
A moment later, the Ming cavalry had reached less than sixty paces from Jiannu, where the whole army had completed a great detour, galloping in front of Jiannu, and the soldiers with mounted bows in the queue took the opportunity to send a rain of arrows from Jiannu.
"Ahh What's even worse is that Jiannu, who was lucky enough to escape after encountering the plot of the horse cave just now, was pulled into the ghost gate again before he could fully taste the joy of the rest of his life after the catastrophe.
After the Ming army shot this rain of arrows, they no longer entangled with Jiannu, and after completing the turn, they drove backwards, and some of them even whistled arrogantly.
After dodging two arrows with his skill, Turai was already trembling with anger. After so many years of fighting against the wind, he is used to seeing the cowardice and incompetence of the Ming army, when did he suffer such a great humiliation? In a fit of rage, he wanted to pursue single-handedly, but was desperately stopped by Goshha beside him.
"Master, as the main general, you can't be in danger, and if you want to chase it, you have to wait until the whole team is ready to chase it!" Seeing that Turai was angry like this, a Goshha hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him.
"The whole team! Chase again! I'm going to chop up these shameless and nasty dogs! Thurai shouted hysterically, "What are you doing!" Don't give the order yet!"
Of course, the Ming army would not stay where it was and wait for Turai to take revenge. After Jiannu reorganized his team and bypassed the dense trapping caves, the Ming army had already gone, leaving only a piece of rising dust. …,
Although Thurai was so angry that his old face had turned the color of pig's liver, he had not completely lost his mind, and when he saw that it was getting late, he suppressed the anger in his heart and ordered him to set up camp and send a horse back to Nikan.
But for Turai and Liu Liangzuo, the matter of blocking their hearts is far from over.
After nightfall, the disappeared Ming army actually quietly appeared again, divided into countless groups and came to the camp of Jiannu to harass, from time to time to fire a burst of cold arrows, and when the whole team of Jiannu cavalry caught up, they ran away without a trace through the night. Later, Turai sent people to count the losses, only to find that four tents had been burned by rockets fired by the Ming army, and that there were as many as sixty or seventy soldiers killed and wounded in the Jiannu and traitor army.
That's not all, when Turai ordered to increase the number of men and horses serving as guards several times and wanted to rest well, the Ming army still did not let him get his wish. Although they did not come close to release cold arrows, the Ming army changed a new trick, beating gongs and drums around Jiannu's camp and shouting various slogans. The glorious history of Wild Boar Skin's recognition of Li Chengliang as a godfather, the love history of Dolgon and his Mongolian sister-in-law, etc., were all shaken out. Of course, most of these materials were provided by Pang Yue.
Listening to these explosive "secret histories", the traitor soldiers are nothing, after all, they are not scolding themselves, and even some of them hide in the dark and laugh wildly with their stomachs covered. Ordinary Jiannu soldiers didn't have much at first, after all, they couldn't understand Chinese. The middle-level Jiannu officers who had a certain foundation in Chinese were furious one by one, and when a certain heartless Jiannu officer translated the content of these words to the soldiers, the Jiannu soldiers were also indignant.
There was a Niu Lu Zhangjing, who regarded Huang Taiji as his lifelong idol, and without getting any approval, he led dozens of his subordinates who were also angry and blushing and thick-necked out of the camp to pursue, but they plunged into the ambush circle of the Ming army in the dark, and only a few horses escaped by luck.
After this series of events, Thurai calmed down a lot. In order to prevent such incidents from happening again, he beheaded all the Jiannu who had escaped and ordered that unauthorized attacks were strictly prohibited. So, in the earth-shattering sound of gongs and drums, Jiannu and the traitor army spent a sleepless night.
"One day, I'm going to catch the master of this bright dog and skin him alive!! - "For the first time, Baga Lajun Zhangjing and the third-class duke Turai let out such an angry and helpless roar.
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The next morning, Nikan's main force of Jiannu finally joined up with Turai. The two Jiannu teams, one of them pulled out of the camp overnight and drove the road for most of the night after receiving the news of the call for help, and the other team listened to the gongs and drums and wonderful stories all night, and they were all exhausted. Therefore, Nikan did not immediately order an army towards Wuhu, but asked his men and horses to seize the time to rest and recuperate.
Surprisingly, the Ming army that attacked Turai and Liu Liangzuo last night did not leave, and although they did not come forward to sneak attack, they were still watching the tens of thousands of Jiannu troops from a distance.
"Lord Belle, this group of Ming dogs is despicable and shameless, and they don't know how thick the sky is. Yesterday, I saw that it was getting late, so I didn't bother with them because I was afraid of tricks, but I didn't expect them to be so arrogant! Now let me take the Yellow Flag Baturu Gate to teach this gang of Ming Dogs a lesson! Thurai felt that he had run out of patience.
Nikan smiled: "Tujunmen, you did a good job last night!" However, why is it a little unbearable today? Now that my army has arrived, no matter how arrogant this group of dogs is, they can only be regarded as a group of clowns who jump off the beam! Our army can be annihilated in one fell swoop, so why rush at this time? Rest for a while, there is always a chance to take revenge and kill the enemy. ”
Seeing that coach Nikan said this, Tulai could only give up for the time being.
At noon, after a rare hot meal for the whole army, Nikan felt that he had almost rested, so he gave the order to march towards Wuhu at full speed. Of course, this time it was still unsurprising that more than 10,000 men led by Liu Liangzuo and Zhang Tianlu took the lead, and the vengeful Turai was not willing to be left behind, and after getting Nikan's consent, he led his headquarters to follow Liu and Zhang. …,
After discovering the new movement of Jiannu, the cavalry of the Ming army, who had been watching from a distance, also began to turn their horses and move in the direction of Wuhu.
"This mission is basically completed, but the moment of decisive battle is also coming!" In the ranks of the Ming army, Pang Yue secretly sighed, "This can be said to be an important turning point in the history of the Southern Ming Dynasty, according to the original trajectory, Huang Degong's army was almost wiped out, Hongguang was captured, and the Hongguang Dynasty of the Southern Ming Dynasty collapsed." Hehe, God seems to be joking with me and making me go back to before this tragedy, but only arranged such an insignificant identity for me, did you just let me be a spectator? That's it, don't think about it so much, no matter whether I can turn history around or not, I will not be ashamed of my conscience! ”
Pang Yue took one last look at the Jiannu army that almost stretched to the sky, turned his horse's head and ran towards Wuhu with the team.
Seeing that the Ming army began to "escape", Liu Liangzuo and Zhang Tianlu began to pursue under the supervision of their masters. Tulai, who had been tossed to the ground last night, roared and chased forward, as if he would not be willing to swallow the Ming army alive.
Liu Liangzuo and Zhang Tianlu were originally apprehensive, but they soon discovered that the performance of the Ming army today was very different from last night, not to mention turning around and fighting back, they almost didn't even dare to look back, they just rushed forward, as if they regarded the Jiannu and traitor army behind them as hell.
The timidity of the Ming army greatly encouraged Liu Liangzuo and Zhang Tianlu, and aroused the self-confidence in their hearts little by little. Considering that the high-ranking officials in the future were generous, they did not need to be urged by their masters, and they also consciously increased the speed of the pursuit.
In this way, the two armies began a fierce race, one after the other......
On May 19 of the first year of Hongguang, Liu Liangzuo, Zhang Tianlu's subordinates and some Manchurian Jiannu led by Turai were ambushed by the main force of Huang Degong's troops at Zheshan outside Wuhu City, and suffered heavy losses. After that, the two sides withdrew their troops and formed a confrontation situation outside Wuhu City.