25. Clan extermination

Mingyi is the younger brother of Shu Xuan, one of the three prime ministers of the Nu Fang Ministry, the Nu Ya Department imitates the official system of the Uighurs, and sets up official positions such as prime ministers, governors, and generals in the tribe, the prime minister is a high-ranking official who assists the leader, can manage civil affairs, and can also lead the army, not only has an official office, but also has personal soldiers, Mingyi, the prime minister is the prime minister in charge of the army, and the people and horses of the Nu Ya are the most heroic and good iron cavalry, so Shu Sui handed him the heavy responsibility of ambushing the big branch,

Mingyi carefully selected seven hundred elite cavalry, ambushed on the top of the mountain on the road that the big branch must pass, and hid in the black pine forest, the big branch came as promised, but the department was not as expected by Shu Xuan, but there were as many as a thousand people (actually eight hundred, under the banner of a thousand people),

Mingyi panicked for a while, thinking that 700 people against 1,000 people, if you don't sneak attack, you can't win, if you want to sneak attack, wait for the enemy to go to the foot of the mountain, condescending, and rush down unexpectedly, his head is full of sneak attack on the enemy, completely forget what his brother told him before leaving, Uncle Sui said to him: If the enemy is only two or three hundred, you will rush down and kill it, if there are more than five hundred horses, you will drive them towards our department, I will lead the army to meet the attack, front and back, one drum can be captured,

Mingyi hurriedly led the army to rush down from the top of the mountain, and the big branch was suddenly attacked, not to quickly lead the troops to evacuate the dangerous place, but to command the headquarters to meet the attack on the spot.

One was prepared, the other was defenseless, and this encounter was not large-scale, but it quickly became a war of annihilation.

Da Zhi Er was extremely brave, seeing that the troops were rushed to pieces, the defeat was decided, he still refused to retreat, he did not retreat, and killed two captains who persuaded him to retreat, Mingyi saw Da Zhi Er wielding a long knife, killing more than a dozen of his own people, and was surprised and happy and hateful, surprised that there was such a good man in the Khitan army, happy that he could kill a good man today, hated that this good man killed too many of his brothers, and this martial arts is too high, and he may not be his opponent alone,

After a little hesitation, Mingyi made a decision: he organized a team of five people, shouting and rushing towards the big branch, where the soldiers went, invincible, the big branch saw that the general trend had gone, had no intention of fighting, turned the horse and left, and rushed out of the encirclement alone, Mingyi chased after him, the more he fought, the more courageous he became, and fired five arrows in a row on the way to the pursuit, all of which hit the back of the big branch, and the strange thing is that the big branch still can gallop on the horse with five arrows on his back, and the speed is not reduced at all,

This made the always superstitious Shatuo people beat a drum in their hearts, thinking that this person in front of them was under the protection of the immortal heaven, and he couldn't kill himself, so he didn't dare to shoot arrows again.

After chasing for about three or five miles, the front was dusty, and a team of men and horses were killed with a bang, and it turned out that the long Shi Dulong of the big branch led his troops to answer, and Mingyi had no choice but to hate and leave,

Da Zhi Er was hit by five arrows in his body, blood stained his battle robe, and after a while, he was afraid that he would not be able to hold on and fall off the horse, the medical officer cut off the arrow shaft for him and stopped the bleeding, Da Zhi Er saw Du Long's face was dark, his hair was scattered, and the battle robe was stained with blood, and he already understood something, Du Long reported that soon after Da Zhi Er left, the five divisions that had already surrendered suddenly gathered men and horses to storm the right camp Dazhai,

"They suddenly killed, and used sulfur fire to burn the camp downwind, and we couldn't resist it, so we had to abandon the village." With tears in his eyes, Duron said, "The brothers have lost most of their lives, and they have collapsed. ”

Dazhi Yang Tian sighed, couldn't help but burst into tears, he said: "The fault is all mine, please the general tie me up and send me to the Grand Commander to confess." ”

When Dulong heard this, he fell to the ground and wept, and the generals wept together, and the great branch struggled to his feet, disarmed, put his hands behind his back, and said, "Come, I can't affect the whole right battalion because I am alone." ”

Du Long escorted the big branch to see Yang Hao on the way to meet Zheng Huatai, because of the poor mobility of the left battalion, this time the package is a fixed fortress, walking around the big stone city of the lonely city, the fortress large and small there are more than 20, there are eight in the climate, Zheng Huatai gnawed down one bite at a time, each bite is a mouthful of blood, fortunately, although the mouth is full of blood, in the end there is no injury to the muscles and bones, and gnaw and gnaw out the skills, gnaw out the feeling, gnaw out a mouth full of steel teeth,

When Da Zhier saw Zheng Huatai, the left battalion had just captured a giant fort, this fortress was built near the river, the main fort was about thirty zhang high, the base was made of huge stones, the rammed earth used on it, the wall was very solid, the grain and grass in the castle were sufficient, and there was a river at the bottom as a water source, and the defenders of the city had already made a lasting plan.

Of course, this is a good idea, those riders on the steppe, the possibility of defeating them head-on is almost zero, fortunately, although the horses run fast but not good at climbing the wall, as long as they guard the city and spend it patiently with them, a year and a half, the final victory must be the defenders of the city,

Zheng Huatai led the big branch around the city with great interest, explaining how to break through the tricks of the fortified city and the giant fortress, never mentioning the defeat of the right camp, and when the circle was over, Zheng Huatai wanted to take him to visit the city, the big branch finally couldn't help but say: "General, if I didn't meet you, I won't say anything, when I met you, why are you so cold to me, you teach me how to besiege the city, how can I have this thought." ”

Zheng Huatai laughed and said, "It seems that you haven't given in." ”

Da Zhi said: "Immortality is above, if I suffer this setback, I will admit defeat, how can I be worthy of being the descendant of the steppe wolf, not even a sheep." ”

Zheng Huatai said in surprise: "Then why is the general here, why don't you gather the remnants after the defeat, find an opportunity to fight again, and redeem the defeat, shouldn't the descendants of the steppe wolf do it." ”

Hearing this, Da Zhi'er opened his mouth and stammered, his face was red, and he was speechless for a long time, and Du Long on the side said: "The left battalion has been scattered, and there is no ordnance, grain and grass, how to fight again." ”

Zheng Huatai said: "This is not a problem, as a friendly army, it should be helped." He pointed to the giant fort standing on the bank of the river and said: "There is plenty of grain and grass here, and there are many weapons, and the left army is about to set off for the north, so let two of them be stationed here." ”

When Dazhi heard this, he was moved to tears, and said to Du Long: "Is the general willing to follow me to collect the remnants and make a comeback?" Du Long said: "Why did the general say this, I was the commander of the right battalion, the right battalion was defeated, and I had no face, and I was willing to follow the general to the death." When all the sergeants heard this, they said in unison: "I am willing to follow the general to regroup and make a comeback." ”

Zheng Huatai also allocated most of the only 300 cavalry in the left battalion to the big branch, escorted him back to the dangerous place, erected the battle flag, collected the old department, three or five days, the old department that was scattered has returned, although the army is not in order, the morale is still high, the big branch gathered the generals, and said: "This battle, because of my fault, led to a great defeat, almost the entire army was wiped out, and countless good brothers were lost, I should have killed myself with a sword to thank the soldiers who died in battle, however, if I died, it would only be cheaper for the mongrels who rebelled, Today, I want to regain my strength and avenge my brother who died in vain, do you brothers want to follow me? ”

The crowd responded in unison: "Will follow, will follow." ”

The army is strong and loud, resounding in the sky,

Da Zhi Er struck while the iron was hot, led the troops to attack the five Nuya Departments overnight, although Shu Xuan used a plan to break the right camp, but failed to kill the big branch, he was very annoyed in his heart, there was no head of the big branch, he didn't know whether the big stone city was willing to open the city to accept, but he knew that this place could not stay for a long time, and the Wuhuai Department that suffered a big loss would definitely retaliate, and he would not give them too much time to prepare,

Therefore, on the night after breaking through the right camp of Dazhai, Shu Xuan notified the five departments to immediately pull out the camp and go to Dashicheng, and the angry teeth could set off on the road, but the remaining five departments were busy distributing the spoils, and the ordnance and food in the right camp Dazhai were piled up, and the leaders of the five departments who saw it were dizzy, their hands trembled, and their hearts trembled.

It wasn't until the big branch led the army to kill that the five departments remembered that it was not suitable to stay here for a long time, and they should quickly pull out the camp and go to Dashicheng to take refuge, but, the time was lost, and it was difficult to go to the sky, and the red-faced and red-eared five departments who were noisy because of the spoils had to join hands again, but unfortunately everything was late, the mourning soldiers were victorious, although the soldiers of the right battalion who had suffered great insults were inferior in numbers, and the ordnance and horses were not superior, but the morale was strong and fearful.

Although the number of the five divisions is large, in the end they belong to the five tribes, the order is really difficult to unify, the five leaders have their own thoughts, this battle is simply impossible to fight, after half an hour of fierce fighting, the five divisions of the Nasi tribe took the lead in escaping the battlefield, the gap opened, the momentum of the embankment followed, the five allied forces were defeated, the leaders of the three divisions were killed, the group of dragons was leaderless, and they were suddenly dispersed, and the remaining two, the Bai Ye department fled to the southwest, and the Nasi tribe ran to Dashicheng,

Du Long led his troops to chase after Bai Ye's department, and the big branch led the main force to pursue the Nasi department, the leader of the Bai Ye department saw that the situation was not good, discarded the subordinates who couldn't run, and led more than 100 personal soldiers to flee alone, and the Nasi department soon joined with the Nuya department, and the two combined troops still couldn't resist the big branch, and the leader of the Bai Ye department abandoned the old and weak women and children, fled lightly, and was shot by the general of the big branch,

Seeing that the general trend had gone, he ordered his soldiers to abandon their weapons and surrender alone, and Mingyi persuaded: "The eldest husband stands up to the sky and the earth, and dies left and right, why suffer humiliation, and fight to the death with him." ”

Uncle said: "As long as I can save my clansmen, I will admit it when I die, and I will admit it if I am humiliated." Uncle Xuan came out with a scimitar in his hand, and the big branch asked him, "I trust you so much, why did you betray me?" ”

Shu Sui said: "The general can use the trick, I can't use the trick, since the uncle was the leader, he has been deceived by the Uighurs, deceived by the Shatuo people, deceived by miscellaneous people, deceived by many people, who dares to guarantee that he will not be deceived by the Khitans this time, in order not to be deceived by the general, Shu Sui had to deceive the general." ”

Dazhi said: "You deceive me, but you can know the sin." ”

Shu Sui said: "Uncle Sui is willing to take the death, but I beg the general to kill my tribe less." ”

Da Zhi said: "You are the only one who deceived me, I will only kill your three clans, and the rest can not be killed." He pointed his whip at the tribe of the Angry Tooth and said, "Give your relatives within the three clans, and I will spare you from death." ”

Called three times in a row, no one paid attention, and Da Zhier sneered: "Are you behind your ears, don't you understand my words, why don't you answer." One of the elders of the angry fangs came out of the crowd tremblingly, pointed his staff to the ground, looked up at the big branch on his horse, and said, "The leader did not hesitate to give his life for the survival of his people, and how could we betray his people, and if the general was defeated, would you want your men to betray you?" ”

Da Zhi said: "Lao Er is unreasonable, if you don't hand over his people, aren't you afraid that I will kill you, you are old, it is not a pity to die, what about your son and grandson, I will kill them all." ”

The elder said: "Sure enough, Changshengtian is disgusted with us, and I will die without regrets." ”

A sneer appeared at the corner of Da Zhier's mouth, and said: "You old man can be seen to be cunning, obviously defeated, there is no way out, if you fight to the death, I recognize you as a hero, if you sincerely kneel down and ask for peace, I may also let you live, but you want to use benevolence and righteousness to trap me, so that I can't do it, it can be seen that you miscellaneous people are really hypocritical and cunning." He then announced: "Kill all the angry fangs, and leave not one behind." ”

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