Chapter 521: Raiding Ulan Town
The rumbling artillery fire blasted towards the running Houjin cavalry. The sound of artillery stopped for a while, and the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, which was ready to go, finally let out an earth-shattering shout, like a dark cloud in the flat ground, and rushed towards the Houjin cavalry, which was already in chaos.
Xu Liang was dumbfounded and put down the binoculars in a dejected manner. Needless to say, although He Huchen did not see Xu Liang as clearly, he also saw Sun Chengzong's combat method from the shouts of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry.
He Huchen's face turned pale, his eyes bulged out in disbelief, and he muttered, "It's the Great General's Cannon!" Master Sun has brought in the general's cannon! ”
Xu Liang is silent, the general artillery Xu Liang is no stranger, and in the artillery battalion of the Liang army, five guns have also been prepared. However, just those five generals' cannons, Xu Liang searched almost the entire Pingliang Mansion.
And in front of him, among the officers and soldiers, there were actually more than 50 general cannons! You must know that due to the high cost, heavy cannon body, and inconvenient carrying, the entire Ming Dynasty will not exceed 100 guns, and more than 50 guns were transported by Sun Chengzong at once!
Xu Liang suddenly remembered that when the court officials and soldiers passed through Yutian City, among the infantry, it seemed that they were transporting something in a carriage driven by three horses, but at that time, Xu Liang and the others fell into a negative mood of disappointment, and did not pay much attention to what was pulled on the carriage!
At this moment, Xu Liang finally knew the secret of Sun Chengzong's recovery of Luancheng and relocation within one day. Those two are also small county towns, with Sun Chengzong's ruthlessness, as long as these dozens of powerful general cannons are placed outside the city gate and bombarded on the city wall twice, the Houjin defenders in the city will be defeated in despair!
There is basically no suspense in the battle of Zunhua. The more than 6,000 Jin soldiers and cavalry who were about to fight the Ming army outside the city were first dazed by dozens of generals' cannons, and then they came into contact with the Liaodong iron cavalry who rushed in front of them. The Liaodong Iron Cavalry made up another round of three-eyed eye-pin guns, and the Houjin Cavalry had completely stopped cooking.
Lose your armor. Panic retreated into the city. Although there were still nearly 1,000 cavalry outside the city to block the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, the situation of the rout was not reversed. The two armies fought for a while by the city gate, and the Liaodong iron cavalry successfully rushed into Zunhua City.
In the distance, the battle in Zunhua City was hot, and He Huchen looked at it for a while on the mountainside, but he was depressed. Chao Xu Liang said bitterly: "My lord, the last general finally understands that it is not that Lord Sun looks down on our soldiers in Shaanxi, but that people have already won the battle at all, and they don't need us at all." It's ridiculous that we still have self-righteous door-to-door petitions! As he spoke, he sat down on the ground. He looked extremely depressed.
Xu Liang glanced at He Huchen sympathetically, and the performance of the Ming army outside Zunhua City completely broke He Huchen's idea of reinstating the official by virtue of his military merits, and He Huchen couldn't help but feel frustrated.
Xu Liang was no longer interested in the sweeping battle by the city gate, and once again raised his self-made binoculars and glanced at the Ming infantry who had entered the city, Xu Liang turned his gaze to the direction of the other gate of Zunhua City. There, countless Houjin cavalry swarmed away from Zunhua City and headed north.
This also once again exposed a big weakness of the Houjin soldiers. The battle to defend the city is extremely ungood, and once the city is broken, there is only the fate of fleeing in panic.
Obviously, Sun Chengzong didn't care about the escape of the Houjin soldiers. All he needed was to take back Zunhua City, as for pursuing the enemy soldiers. Master Sun was not interested. Therefore, such a strange scene appeared in Zunhua City. In the direction of the south gate, 50,000 or 60,000 Ming troops organized into the city in an orderly manner to take over Zunhua City. In the direction of the North City Gate, the Houjin soldiers fled in panic, but there was not even a single Ming army around. It was as if the commanders of the two armies had discussed it in advance.
Xu Liang looked at the direction of the North City Gate through the telescope, and admired with interest that the Houjin cavalry was driven out of Zunhua City by the Ming army like a lost dog, and ran to the north in a panic, and some Houjin soldiers also threw down big bags of things while running.
Obviously, in order to escape for their lives, the Houjin soldiers didn't even care about the looted treasures. Xu Liang looked at it and said it was a pity.
It's a pity that he only brought out more than 100 Tsing Yi guards on his side, if Xu Liang had tens of thousands of Liang troops around him at this moment, then he would rush up to rob and make some windfalls.
Seeing that soldiers were constantly dropping things off their horses, Xu Liang's face ached. Suddenly, Xu Liang's expression moved, and through the self-made telescope, Xu Liang saw that a Houjin cavalry did not go north with the large army, but broke away from the large army and turned to the northwest.
The self-made telescope was a little blurry due to the lenses, and the scene in the distance was also blurry, Xu Liang could only confirm that there was such a team that turned in the northwest direction, and the number of people was not very large, only one hundred and ten people.
The Ming army pressed the border, and the Houjin soldiers did not take the opportunity to escape, but sent a small detachment of 100 people to the northwest, what is the purpose?
It's weird, it's weird!
Thinking back to the size of that cavalry squad, Xu Liang looked back at the more than 100 Tsing Yi guards behind him, and his mind became lively. Put away the binoculars and shouted to the people behind him: "Get on the horse!" Lord Ben is taking you to do a big vote. ”
All the Tsing Yi guards responded loudly, ran down the mountainside one after another, and turned over on their horses. Following Xu Liang closely, the two warring armies that bypassed Zunhua City from afar, turned to the northwest.
He Huchen and Tietou followed Xu Liang side by side, and He Huchen asked in surprise, "My lord, what are we going to do here?" ”
Xu Liang smiled and said in a solemn tone: "Robbery!" ”
He Huchen was startled, and looked left and right: "Robbery? Rob whom? ”
Xu Liang said: "There are soldiers everywhere here, whoever has money will rob him!" ”
He Huchen listened to it and thought about it. However, when Tietou heard that he was going to rob, he couldn't help but blush with excitement, followed closely behind Xu Liang, scratched his head with one hand, and said shyly: "Young master, the people of this Shuntian Mansion have almost been robbed by the Houjin soldiers, let's go again at this time, I'm afraid there is no oil and water." ”
Xu Liang almost fell off the horse when he heard this, and scolded angrily: "Fool! When did I say I was going to rob the common people? ”
"Huh?" Tietou was very surprised, and even He Huchen was very surprised, not robbing the people? So who else in the neighborhood is worth robbing?
Xu Liang snorted and said in a deep voice: "Don't talk nonsense, just follow me." ”
Following the path outside Zunhua City that turned northwest, Xu Liang ran for a long time with more than a hundred Tsing Yi guards and stopped at a fork in the road.
These two divergent paths. One turns in the direction of Jingshi, and the other turns to the foot of the Great Wall. Xu Liang raised his head towards the iron head. Said: "Ah Tie, you go and take a look." Look where the horseshoe prints on the ground are turning. ”
Wait for the iron head to dismount and go to check the footprints. Xu Liang turned around again and beckoned to one of the Tsing Yi guards: "Duolong, come here." ”
Doron was dressed slightly differently from the other Tsing Yi Wei, in addition to wearing the dress of the Tsing Yi Wei, he also wore a cloak on his head, and rarely spoke along the way.
When Doron approached, he dismounted, revealing a face under his cloak. He Huchen exclaimed in surprise: "Houjin people?!" ”
Xu Liang ignored He Huchen's fuss, and said to Duolong: "When you meet the Houjin cavalry, what do I want you to shout, you will do what I say!" ”
Duolong nodded, looked at Xu Liang, and said in a humming voice: "Lord Xu, I will do what you say, but you also have to keep your promise." ”
Xu Liang said solemnly: "You can rest assured." I promise the most important promise. When this battle is over, I will let you go. ”
Doron nodded. glanced at Xu Liang deeply, bowed his hand slightly, and retreated back to the Tsing Yi Guard.
When he came out this time, Xu Liang considered that he might have to deal with the Houjin cavalry. There is no way to communicate without a translator around, and Duolong, who happens to be closed, is a post-Jin soldier who can speak Chinese, so he made a promise. After the war, Duolong was released to return to his hometown, and Duolong followed Xu Liang out.
A moment of effort. Tietou returned to Xu Liang and pointed at one of the forks. said: "Young master, the group of people we are chasing are going to that road." ”
Xu Liang asked in a deep voice: "Where is that road going?" ”
Tietou took out a map, looked at it for a while, and said, "From that road, it seems to be a small town called Ulan." Well, if you go over a mountain, you will be at the border of the Great Wall. ”
Xu Liang grinned and said, "Wulan Town? Interesting! It seems that the official expected it well, and the Houjin soldiers went to Wulan Town, and they were really tired. ”
At this time, Doron exclaimed, "What? We're going to Ulan Town? ”
Xu Liang turned his head violently, stared at Duolong, and asked, "What?" Do you know the town of Ulan? ”
Duolong hesitated for a moment, and Xu Liang threatened: "Duolong, I have promised to let you go back, if you still have something to hide from me, then don't blame me for not fulfilling my promise!" ”
Duolong's face changed when he heard this, and he sighed and said: "Lord Xu, before Duolong was promoted to commander of a thousand soldiers, he was the captain of the guard in front of the Great Belle Amin's tent. After conquering Zunhua City, Gu Erxin was settled in Ulan Town by Da Beile! ”
After Xu Liang heard this, his expression became excited, Amin's youngest son Gulsin? Speaking of which, it is also the little Baylor of Houjin, whose identity must be extraordinary! If...... Such a person fell into the hands of Xu Liang?
Xu Liang was so excited when he thought about it. When I turned around, I was also very excited to see He Huchen and Tietou.
Xu Liang said: "Go, catch up!" ”
Everyone was in good spirits and ran along the path for a while, and they saw a small town in front of them in the distance. Xu Liang raised his hand, causing the people behind him to slowly stop.
Only then did Xu Liang remember an important question that he forgot to ask. He called Doron over again and asked, "Is it difficult to deal with Amin's youngest son, Gulhin?" How many people are there around him? ”
There are only a hundred people around Xu Liang, if there are a thousand people around Na Gurxin, then Xu Liang should go back to Yutian City as soon as possible to wash and sleep.
Duolong's expression became strange, and he blinked his eyes and said, "Lord Xu, Gurhin is the youngest son of Big Belle, and he is extremely loved. But he himself was only a ten-year-old child. He didn't have many guards around him, no more than a hundred. ”
Xu Liang nodded, if there were only more than 100 people around Gurxin, then even if the more than 100 people who rushed over from Zunhua City were added, it would only add up to more than 200 people, and Xu Liang and the hundred Tsing Yi guards behind him would still be able to eat this person.
He Huchen listened to Duolong's words, but sneered and questioned: "You, the Houjin soldier, are also dishonest, surrendered to our Lord Xu, but you still want to deceive your lord." ”
When Doron heard this, his eyes puffed out, his face was full of grievances, and he shouted: "Everything Doron said is the truth! ”
He Huchen snorted coldly, pointed to Wulan Town in front of him, and said, "Since that Gurhin is the youngest son of Great Bel Amin, how can Amin rest assured that his youngest son is in this remote town, and he only sent more than a hundred guards to follow?" Don't forget, this is the realm of Daming Shuntianfu! Amin is not worried that his youngest son will be arrested by the Ming official army? ”
As soon as He Huchen analyzed this, Xu Liang and Tietou couldn't help but stare at Duolong, and obviously began to question the credibility of what Duolong said.
Duolong's face turned red, and he waved his hand again and again in panic and explained: "General He doesn't know, the reason why Da Beile dares to put his youngest son in Wulan Town is because he sees that Ulan Town is located in a remote area, and it is not far from Zunhua City. Even if something happens, it's easy to escape. Looking at Xu Liang again, he said earnestly: "Lord Xu, what Duolong said is the truth. At least that's how it was when Doron left Zunhua City. ”
Xu Liang listened, pondered for a while, nodded slowly, and said, "I think what Duolong said, most of it is true. With that, he ordered the Tsing Yi Guard to prepare for battle. He took Tietou and He Huchen closer cautiously, Xu Liang took out his binoculars and carefully looked at Wulan Town.
Wulan Town is not big, and has long been occupied by the Houjin soldiers, the town is almost invisible to the ordinary people, three or four Houjin soldiers are guarding the intersection of the town, responsible for guarding, and in the town, at the end of a straight street, the middle door of a large mansion is wide open, two rows of Houjin soldiers guarded, one after another a carriage full of big boxes rushed out of the house, under the escort of the soldiers, towards the north.
At the end of the street, there is a lush mountain.
Xu Liang soon understood: the Houjin soldiers were carrying things, as long as they crossed the mountain behind the town, they were at the foot of the Great Wall, and after crossing the Great Wall, they were out of the Ming Dynasty's sphere of influence.
Xu Liang carefully looked at the number of Houjin soldiers in the town again, in addition to the dozens of Houjin soldiers in the big mansion, another group of Houjin soldiers was escorting about thirty young Han women, also walking towards the mountain.
Xu Liang was furious, those Han women, needless to say, were captured in the territory of Shuntianfu when the Houjin soldiers occupied Zunhua City.
Tightening the telescope in his hand, Xu Liang was about to put it down, when he suddenly saw several Houjin soldiers escorting a richly dressed little boy out of the house, and an old servant helped the boy to board a yellow carriage parked at the door.
This must be Gulkhin, the youngest son of the great Bel Amin!
Xu Liang took back the binoculars, beckoned He Huchen and Tietou to return to the Tsing Yi Guard, and shouted murderously: "There are not many Houjin soldiers in Wulan Town, Tie Tou, He Huchen, you each bring fifty Tsing Yi Guards to kill directly!" General He is responsible for rescuing the women who were captured, Ah Tie, you are responsible for intercepting the yellow carriage, and you must arrest the little boy in the carriage! (To be continued......)