When Wang Pu led a large group of cavalry to this settlement, it was already dark.

More than a dozen yurts have been completely torn apart, the grass is littered with Mongolian living utensils, as well as Mongolian corpses, there are old people, women, and children who can just walk, and even the shepherd dogs raised by the Mongolians have not escaped death.

Monk Zhang led his two hundred cavalry long since he left, and their task was to sweep away all the eyelines in the path of the brigade, so they always maintained a distance of five to ten miles.

Wang Pu looked at the sky, turned around and shouted, "Pass the order, the army will camp here tonight." ”

"Yes."

Xiao Qi responded violently and galloped away.

Wang Pu's military orders were issued one after another, the soldiers dismounted one after another, after tying the horses, they gathered together in groups of three or five, more than a dozen yurts and the carriages and ox carts left by the Mongols were quickly dismantled, piles of bonfires were lit under the night sky, the soldiers set up wooden frames on the fire, and the fat sheep were skinned and washed and put on the fire, and in less than half an hour, the fragrance of mutton began to waft on the grassland...... The weather outside the plug is very cold, riding a horse against the wind can almost freeze people, even if they are wearing a thick sheepskin jacket, they can't stop the cold wind from swishing in, after a day of rapid marching, people are already sleepy and tired, but the morale of the soldiers is not bad, at least they don't have to gnaw dry food tonight!

Zhen Youcai curled up his thin body in a ball, minimizing the front of the cold wind, and then squeezed as much as possible to the fire on the premise of ensuring that it would not be scorched by the bonfire, but even if he was still shivering with cold, he cursed hatefully: "This fucking cold place is so fucking, if only there was a bowl of burning knives to drink......"

"Hmm." Xiao Qi next to him nodded and agreed, "Liaodong's burning knives are indeed like fire, you won't feel cold after two mouthfuls, we Datong can't brew such spirits, hey, Mr. Zhen, will you brew burning knives?" If he could, he would go back and brew several large altars for the brothers, just in time for the winter to keep out the cold. ”

"Of course it will." Zhen Youcai said proudly, "The winter in Liaodong is cold and freezing, and you can't survive without burning knives, so every household will make wine, our old Zhen family lives in Liaodong to sell ginseng as a business, and often has to go in and out of the deep mountains and old forests, and it is ten days and half a month to go in, how can you do without burning knives?" ”

"Tsk." Xiao Qi smacked his lips and said, "I really want to make two hot knives now." ”

Lu Liu, who was sitting next to him, suddenly untied a sheepskin bag from his waist and handed it to Xiao Qi, and said, "Seventh brother, the villain has half a catty of Fenjiu here, do you want to drink it?" ”

"Okay, you're a six-son." Xiao Qiyi slapped Lu Liu's head and scolded, "Why didn't you say it earlier if you had wine?" ”

Lu Liu scratched his head and smiled innocently: "Seventh brother, you didn't say it, how did the villain know that you want to drink." ”

Xiao Qi raised the sheepskin bag and was about to drink it, when he suddenly remembered something and put the sheepskin bag down again, and then said to Wang Pu: "General, do you want to make a fuss first?" ”

"No need, you can drink." Wang Pu had just finished nibbling on a fat leg of lamb with the belt meat, lay down by the fire, and pulled the tiger skin over himself, and said without raising his head, "Tell the brothers, when you are full, you will work tightly and rest, and you will start on time on the fifth watch tomorrow." ”

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Naturalization.

The predecessor of the naturalization city is the big plate sheng city, built by the Mongolian Altan Khan, given the name by the Jiajing Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, it is reported that the palace and the dormitory in the city are sevenfold, the southeast warehouse is built where the three are three, the city is dripping water fivefold, it shows the grandeur of the building scale at that time, but in the Chongzhen period, the naturalization city suffered several military disasters, and the magnificent buildings of the past have long been gone.

Even the outer walls of the city have fallen into disrepair and collapsed in many places.

In the dark of night, the yurt in the city is brightly lit, and the firelight reflects the slender figure of the Mongolian woman on the wall of the yurt, which is writhing lightly with the melodious and pleasant sound of the piano, and the unbridled laughter of the Mongolian man is faintly heard in the cold wind, and there is also the laughter of the Mongolian woman like a silver bell in the middle.

Although it was cold outside the tent, but inside the tent was warm as spring, the magnates of the Tumut Department hid in their tents, drinking mare's milk wine, watching their women sing and dance, and the good relations with the Ming during the Altan Khan period brought rich living materials to the Mongols, and also brought the luxurious lifestyle of the Ming magnates to the grassland.

Since the rise of Jiannu in Liaodong during the Wanli period, the Ming Dynasty has been disturbed by the Liao affairs, and it has not been used against the desert for decades, plus today is the most important New Year's Day in the Han tradition, as Wang Pu and Zhen Youcai thought, the Tumut people did not expect that the Ming army would send troops at this time.

Like all the Mongol tribes, the Tumut tribe lived by water and grass, and was a complete nomadic people, although Altan Khan built many Bansheng cities in the Tumut River during his reign in Mongolia, but it was only for the Tumut magnates to settle down, and the Tumut herdsmen still had to wander around the grasslands of Guangmao.

The nomads were always soldiers, and they were scattered across the vast steppes, and it was only when it was time to go out on a campaign that the tribal leader would send an order to gather the scattered herdsmen, and then they would be transformed from herdsmen into brave and warlike Mongol cavalry.

The Tumuts did not expect that the Ming army would come to attack, and of course it was impossible to send an order in advance to gather the herdsmen scattered in the steppe, and the standing army stationed in the city of Guihua was only 400 Mongolian cavalry, which was the personal guard of Tumut Khan, and after the conquest of Mongolia, Huang Taiji had clear regulations on the size of the personal guards of the leaders of the Mongolian tribes.

It was late at night, and the north wind was blowing strongly.

The four hundred horsemen of Tumut Khan got into the warm yurt early, and at this time they had already fallen asleep, only the four arrow towers were still on guard by the Tumuts, but that was also a symbol of the surname, and the only purpose of the Tumuts to set up sentry posts on the arrow towers was only to prevent the invasion of wild beasts.

The clear moon is like a hook, hanging alone in the sky, and the four fields are pitch black.

The shadow of death was slowly approaching the city of Naturalization in the dark moonlight, and the Tumut sentinels on the arrow tower were still unaware, and the bitter cold wind drowned out all the subtle sounds.

"Instigation!"

A sharp wolf's tooth arrow suddenly shot out from the dark void, accurately piercing the throat of the Tumut sentry, the Tumert sentry's body was shocked, and then slowly raised his hands to pull out the arrow from his throat, but sadly his hands fell down only halfway up.

The Tumut sentinels tried desperately to shout, but only an inaudible hissing sound sounded in their cracked throats.

In the fierce cold wind, the sturdy body of the Tumut Sentinel shook and finally fell, and almost at the same time as he fell to the ground, two black shadows climbed up the battlement and landed lightly beside him, and the Tumert Sentinel's eyes suddenly widened like a return to the light, and there was a look of disbelief in his eyes.

It turned out to be a Qing soldier!

Why did the Qing soldiers come to attack and naturalize?

The endless darkness struck, completely devouring the soul of the Tumut sentinel, and he didn't figure it out until he died, why did the Qing soldiers come to attack the Naturalization City?

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Naturalized outside the city.

Wang Pu stood solemnly across his horse in the cold wind, behind him were more than 2,000 cavalry of the Ming Dynasty, the night sky was black and pressing, all the war horses had been muzzled, silent, the soldiers had already drawn out sharp swords, just like the sharp teeth of the beast when it smelled the smell of its prey, flashing under the night sky with a cold cold light.

Maybe the Tumut people were too careless, maybe Wang Pu's luck was too good, anyway, Wang Pu's army of 4,000 had already unknowingly touched the outside of the Naturalization City, and it was just past midnight at this time.

Wang Pu decided to attack overnight!

It is said that people's energy and physical strength are limited, but when people fall into a certain state of excitement, human beings will cross the limit of mental and physical strength, Wang Pu believes that the four thousand soldiers under his command are excited enough, because there are things they want in the front of the naturalized city, there are women, cattle, sheep and livestock, and a large number of gold, silver and jewelry!

In order to arouse the marching enthusiasm of this group of veteran ruffians, Wang Pu promised them that after they entered the city of Guihua, they would have one night to do whatever they wanted.

Suddenly, the closed east gate of the Naturalization City slowly opened, and Monk Zhang and Cheng Cheng leaned out of the city gate, holding torches and waving vigorously.

Facing the cold wind, Wang Pu shouted: "Xiao Qi! ”

Xiao Qi hurriedly stepped forward and said loudly: "Yes." ”

Wang Pu shouted: "Immediately order the bearded, scarface, and Tang Sheng to set up the musket team to guard the north, west, and south gates, and not to escape a single person!" ”

"Yes!"

Xiao Qi suddenly agreed, and turned around to dispatch heralds.

In an instant, the nine cavalry soldiers had already galloped away in three different directions, Wang Pu took out his waist knife, held it high above the top and shouted: "Break the naturalization, the chickens and dogs will not be left!" ”

"Break the naturalization, the chickens and dogs will not be left!"

"Break the naturalization, the chickens and dogs will not be left!"

"Break the naturalization, the chickens and dogs will not be left!"

More than 2,000 horsemen behind Wang Pu responded violently, and the fierce sound instantly shattered the dead silence of the winter night, and the next moment the waist knife in Wang Pu's hand was gently waved forward, and the more than 2,000 horsemen who had been waiting impatiently rushed forward like a flood that broke the embankment, and swept towards the gate of naturalization.

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Great sweat tent.

Tumut Khan and several nobles were enjoying the energetic singing and dancing of the Mongolian girls, and suddenly heard a deafening shout outside the tent, and then there was a rumbling hoof sound to the ground, Tumut Khan and the nobles in the tent changed their faces in an instant, listening to this momentum, it was clear that there were thousands of cavalry coming towards naturalization!

"What's going on? What's wrong? ”

Tumut Khan stood up and opened the tent, and a dozen warriors outside the tent looked at each other, they didn't know what was going on, Tumut Khan was furious: "Go to the front and see, what happened?" ”

"Yes."

The two Mongol warriors answered, and when they were about to leave, dense torches had appeared on the long street in front of them, and those torches were like a long dragon dancing from the east gate of naturalization, and through the red firelight, Tumut Khan and the nobles behind him were horrified to find that it was a large group of Ming cavalry!

"Damn, it's the Ming Army!"

"This is impossible, how dare the Ming army come to attack naturalization!?"

"Damn, what's impossible, people have already entered the city!"

"I'm going to kill those lazy rangers, and I actually let the Ming army unknowingly touch into Naturalization City!"

The Tumut nobles were shocked, after all, Tumut Khan had been in battle for a long time, although he was in danger, he had not yet messed up, and hurriedly shouted to the captain of the guard outside the tent: "What are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and gather the guards, gather the guards!" Stop these damn Ming troops, you can't let them rush over, you must not let them get close to the sweat tent! ”

"Yes!"

The captain of the guard said yes and flew on his horse.

Tumut Khan turned back to the Tumut nobles around him and shouted: "Don't stay here, you guys should hurry back to the big tent to pack up the gold and silver, and hurry out of the city from the west gate to break through!" ”

The nobles of Tumut shouted and scattered.

At this time, the cavalry of the Ming army who broke into the city from the east gate had already entered the central city of Guihua City, and many Mongols and Jurchens who were doing business in Guihua, and even Han people did not know what was going on, and they rushed out of their respective tents and small earthen houses to see what was going on, but they were all ruthlessly slaughtered by the Ming cavalry!

Everywhere there are naturalized residents running and wailing, everywhere there are iron horsemen of the Ming army galloping on horsemen, and there are bloody killings everywhere!

Wang Pu has an order, break naturalization, and the chickens and dogs will not be left!

Don't blame Wang Pu for being ruthless, because he knows the dangers of nomads, if you are merciful and let these herdsmen go, they will pick up bows and arrows and sabers, they will become the most brave and warlike Mongol warriors, and they will make the Ming soldiers pay the price of blood.

Kindness to the enemy is cruelty to oneself, and Wang Pu would never make such a stupid mistake!

(To be continued)