"Oh?" Erji was stunned when he heard this, and then smiled and said: "My lord, you are doing the right thing, there is no need to let every sheep in the flock know everything, this will only bring trouble, as long as the head sheep knows it in his heart!" ”

"Well said!" A smile appeared on Liu Cheng's face: "Since the Dongyu may appear at any time, then we should attack the left wing units first and strike first; Or hold Daning City and prepare for the rear team to unfold. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoIn either case, the front team should be reinforced as soon as possible. General, I plan for you to lead your headquarters, as well as 2,000 Tumut cavalry, 2,000 mercenaries, and another 1,000 ironclad cavalry from Minmin's Hanluduo to you, a total of 5,000 people rushed to Daningwei overnight to join Du Guoying, so that you will have a total of 9,000 people, and you will not be afraid of anything. ”

"Good! I'll go right away! Erji stood up and suddenly asked: "One army does not allow two masters, who is in charge between me and Du Guoying?" ”

"He's in charge!" Liu Cheng replied: "You are controlled by him!" ”

"Good!" Erji turned and walked out of the tent.

In this way, at the same time as the banquet was held, Liu Cheng dispatched the various armies in accordance with the arrangements formulated in advance, and when it was time to finish the work, it was already the time of the first shift. Chesang said with a smile: "The four greater armies are about to set out of camp, my lord, it's not too early, can you hurry up and go to bed to rest?" ”

"No need!" Liu Cheng stood up: "On the eve of the war, where can I sleep." ”

"The more you fight, the more you have to rest!" Chesang smiled: "My lord, you can lie down, I will pray for you, and you will fall asleep in a short time!" ”

"Does that work too?" Liu Cheng looked at Chesang, lying on the bed suspiciously, and there was a low chanting voice from Chesang's ears, which was strange to say, and unconsciously he really fell asleep, and in his dreams he only felt that there were people around him, but they were all unfamiliar faces, shouting Hao Shaoqi and Ah Gui but no one responded, only feeling scared and worried.

But it was said that Erji got Liu Cheng's order, immediately returned to his camp, summoned the troops to line up, and then left the camp all the way to the east, and at dawn the next day, he already felt the Laoha River south of Daningwei, at this time the snow had stopped, and under the blowing of the north wind, the earth was as hard as iron, which was suitable for the galloping of horses and horses. He stood on top of the mound and watched as the cavalry lined up on the flat flats on the banks of the river, the water vapor spit out by men and horses was like white smoke, shining in the light of the rising sun. The quiet Laoha River was at their feet, most of the river had dried up, and where there was water, it was already white river ice, like a few shining thin bands, intertwining with each other and stretching eastward.

Erji looked at the other side of the river, not far from the north of the river is Daningwei, he can see a few wisps of smoke rising, but it is not too high to be torn apart by the north wind, the scout said: "There were still dozens of families in this Daningwei, but now they have long since fled, and Lord Du's camp is in the old site of the Daning Acropolis." ”

Erji's gaze turned to the east, where the slightly raised Nuru Hu'er Mountain blocked his view, and the Laoha River cut a gap in this mountain range and headed east. The left flank should be on the other side of the mountain, and to the east along the Laoha River should be the fertile Liaohe Loop, along which the Jurchen army should have come. How far is the enemy from here, and how many troops are there? He didn't know.

Erji led the troops across the Laoha River and joined Du Guoying in Daningwei, and the two had breakfast together while discussing the military situation. Du Guoying said that yesterday the scouts had discovered that the left wing units were at a ferry port 50 miles southeast of Daningwei. Hearing this, Erji asked, "Then why don't you cross the river and flee east as soon as possible?" They've already spotted you, right? ”

"General, you don't know!" Du Guoying said with a smile: "The left-wing thieves have a lot of vehicles and livestock, unlike us who are all elite knights, the river ice over there is of different thickness, and the vehicles will fall into the ice and be unable to move if they are not careful." They had to lay cowhides and branches on the ice and cross the river, and because they had so many men and horses, that they would have at least two or three days to finish! I have always wanted to attack, but I didn't dare to do it because of too few troops, but now that your reinforcements have arrived, I am not afraid! ”

"I see!" Erji smiled: "God help me!" ”

"Yes! Adults respond to the sky, and everything goes smoothly! Du Guoying said: "The order will go down, and the whole army will eat immediately and set off in an hour!" ”

After Erji and Du Guoying finished eating, they walked out of the camp, only to see the soldiers on their horses in armor, spears and bows, and the armor leaves collided with each other, making the sound of gold and stone, which was extremely majestic. The lamas accompanying the army chanted sutras and chanted Buddha loudly, and the soldiers also sang Amitabha Buddha one after another, making vows and praying for their victory and peace. Due to the narrow terrain of the valley where the Laoha River passes through the Nuru Huer Mountain, the Du Guoying Department is in the front, the Eruts are in the center, the Uzbek cavalry, the Tumut cavalry, and the ironclad cavalry are in the rear.

The army reached its destination in the afternoon, and had a meal on the way. The south side of the battlefield is a frozen river, and the north side is a slowly rising hill, which is also the throat area of Daningwei, and you can still see the remains of the fortress left by the Ming army in the past on the mound. Near the banks of the river are withered shrubs and miscellaneous trees. About a third of the troops on the left flank had been crossed, and the ice was crushed and trampled by vehicles and cattle, and they had already discovered the enemy's approach, so they lined up with their backs, and in the center the caravan was joined in tandem, with the old and weak and some of the young men holding out their bows behind the chariots, and the cavalry on both flanks.

As the horn sounded, the cavalry on the left flank rushed over, and although a third of them had already crossed the river, the remaining force was at least twice as large as Liu Cheng's pursuers. About 100 paces between the two sides, Liu Chengjun sounded the drums, followed by a burst of arquebus, this is the Cossacks are shooting, those Uzbek cavalry also have many people equipped with firearms, they have fired, many cavalry on the left flank were shot and fell off their horses, but the cavalry behind is still rushing forward, so that the forward quickly approached Liu Chengjun's line and put arrows. Liu Chengjun heard the popping sound of raindrops, and the arrows flew over like flying locusts, many of them were hit by arrows, and the armor was densely inserted with arrows, like hedgehogs. Liu Chengjun also fought back. Arrows and lead bullets from both sides flew through the air. The two sides shot at each other for a while, and the left flank army was like a reed that had been cut down by the river, and a large number of them fell, many of them had no armor on them, and even if they had armor, it was very simple leather armor, not to mention that it was not as good as Liu Chengjun's iron armor and cotton armor, and even the armor on those Uzbeks and Junggers was inferior. Du Guoying saw that the other party's formation was a little scattered, nodded to the leader of the ironclad knights on the side, and ordered: "Blow the trumpet!" ”

With the sound of whining horns, the ironclad cavalry rushed out from Liu Chengjun's right flank and hit the enemy's left rib. These ironclad knights were all in armor, with only two eyes exposed on their bodies, arrows that could not be wounded, and they held twelve-foot-long spears, like monsters with human heads and horses, and they were all invincible. Those Tumut cavalry cooperated with them for a long time, and hurriedly followed behind the ironclad knights, and galloped left and right in the conflict with the enemy formation, and the enemy troops fell down one after another with arrows, and the formation was suddenly chaotic. Seeing this, Du Guoying hurriedly rushed over with Erji and led the troops from the front. Although there were many people on the left, they could not resist it, and they were forced to trample on each other and flee to the river, but they did not want the ice by the river to be trampled loosely by the carriages and horses. Some people tried to flee back, but they were forced back by spears, and the pursuers aimed their bows at the people who fell into the water on the bank of the river and shot them, and suddenly the river was drenched in blood and red.

Hazar had several heads cut off and tied them to the saddle of his mount, full of pride. Suddenly, I saw dozens of enemy soldiers jumping off their horses, leading their horses outside as a wall, forming a small phalanx to resist the impact of the enemy army, and hurriedly shouted to the subordinates behind him: "What's the point of beating these water dogs, there must be nobles in the formation over there, I will go and get their heads as soon as possible, in order to ask for a big reward!" He led dozens of horsemen to kill them, and before they could dodge, they were immediately stepped under the horse's hooves and turned into pulp. The enemy army was quite in good formation, and although Hazar was brave, he could not kill it for a while, so he could only take turns to charge and besiege, shooting arrows and spears. Several times in this way, the enemy army suffered heavy casualties, and the phalanx finally broke up.

Borzigit. Chahan is Borzigit, the lord of Korqin. Buhe's second son, the later Empress Dowager of Xiaozhuang, Borzigit. Bumu Butai was his sister. This time, he led thousands of people to cover the eastward movement of the left flank, just in front of the impact of Liu Chengjun's ironclad heavy cavalry, and the Horqin disciples led by him were extremely seriously wounded. He looked around, only his entourage of the lama and his personal retinue Arhan, Arhan had no horses, holding a spear from nowhere, no matter how close he would stab the horse, like a mad tiger, forcing the enemy to dare not approach, and Chahan himself opened his bow to shoot the enemy, he was extremely good at archery, and used a two-stone strong bow, within dozens of steps, even the armor was also the middle one would die. It's just that the besieging enemy army is countless and there are a number of arrows in the bag, the enemy army saw that Chahan was exhausted of arrows, and rushed up, Chahan cut down a person, and then was pierced by more than ten spears, just like a blood gourd, and Arhan was also wounded by more than ten wounds at this time, covered in blood red, and his right eye was shot by arrows, and the blood flowed all over his face to block his vision, and he couldn't see anything. As he shouted, he swung his spear and stabbed around, and the crowd did not dare to approach, so they could only gather around and wait for him to die, as if he were holding his spear in his hand. Seeing this, Hazar sighed: "Sure enough, we are the warriors of the Mongols, but unfortunately we are on the side of the traitors, so don't take the heads of the two of them, and keep the whole corpses, this teacher, come and clean up the corpses for them, and recite a scripture, so that they can be overtaken and blessed in the future!" ”

The accompanying lama was already frightened like mud, perhaps blessed by the gods and Buddhas, and the arrows rained down, and the horse's hooves splashed without hurting a single hair. Hearing Hazar's shout, he crawled over and knelt beside Chahan, stroked the corpse and wept bitterly: "Taiji led a thousand people to the battle, but now they are all dead, leaving me alone, let me explain to the Great Khan when I go back!" After weeping bitterly for a moment, he lay down the bodies of Arkhan and Chahan side by side, took off his monk's robe to wipe the blood from their faces, sat down cross-legged beside the corpses, and chanted sutras with his hands folded for the two of them.

On the central front of the left flank, women, children, old and weak cried as they watched their sons and husbands crumble under the onslaught of the enemy and be slaughtered like lambs. Suddenly, someone shouted, "The thief killed our father and brother, and he is about to kill us, if you don't want to be a slave, you better cross the river and flee quickly!" ”

This shout was like a fuse, detonating the panic, the old and weak women and children held their children, took a little household goods, drove the livestock, fled to the riverbank, were squeezed to the ground, trampled to death countless, the ice has long been loosened, where can bear the trampling of everyone, suddenly a piece is broken, people who fell into the ice cave shouted for help, straight into the sky, like a hell. Seeing this, the men and horses who had already crossed the river fled eastward.

It was only when it was about dawn that calm returned to the battlefield. Liu Chengjun cleaned up the battlefield and tied up the more than 27,000 people who had surrendered in battle with leather ropes, imprisoned them by the river, and the detachment would guard them. The prisoners were all put to death if they were seriously wounded and refractory, and about 7,000 of them were beheaded by the sergeants, all of whom were piled up by the river, and the black pressure was like a hill. More than 40,000 horses were captured, and countless cattle, sheep and miscellaneous animals were captured.

Du Guoying summoned all the armies and said loudly: "The thieves have broken their guts, their women and children are scattered, if it is cold today, they will not be able to run far, everyone should go out to search, tie their necks with ropes, bring them back, graze and farm for us, milk and cook tea!" All the generals said yes, so they divided their cavalry and went dozens of miles east to collect the fleeing cattle and sheep and the left-wing people.

However, it is said that Dolgon and Abatai led Zhengbai, and more than 13,000 horsemen of the two banners of Baibai and Mongolia came all the way to the east, and after passing through the Liaohe River Loop, they contained the fleeing left wing troops, indicating that the army was very sharp, and caught up not far east of Nuru Huer Mountain, and defeated the left wing of the divisions, and now the divisions have been dispersed, and only a small part continues to come eastward. Dorgon and Abatai were shocked when they heard this, but they couldn't believe it. , hurriedly led the contemporary, encountered more and more scattered troops along the way, and all of them said that the army had won a great victory, and the left wing departments had been dispersed. The two became more and more anxious, urging the soldiers to hurry without mentioning it.

Finally Dolgon and Abatai met the remnants of the left wing on the banks of the Laoha River, and the remnants of the noble chieftains of the Bahrain, Naiman, Aohan, and Karaqin tribes knelt in tents, all of them yellow-skinned and embarrassed. After inquiring about the battle, Dorgon asked, "What about the Nezi of the Zarut tribe?" Borzigit of the Korqin Division. What about Chahantaiji? Both of them were killed in battle? (To be continued.) )