Chapter 217: The Beacon Burns Gyeonggi
In the early morning of October 17 in the second year of Chongzhen, the Great Wall of Jizhen, the city gate of the winter night was closed, and only a few lanterns fluttered and struggled in the northwest wind, and several more than ten Ming soldiers in the enemy tower had already fallen asleep, and they slept very peacefully. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
How many years has there been no war in Longjing Pass, don't look at Xuanda in the west, Shanhaiguan in the east is in turmoil, but the Jizhen adjacent to them is extremely stable, how many years have not experienced a major war, at most there are some small groups of northern captives harassment, Jizhen is extremely lax.
Itaia, who had taken off his iron armor and was dressed in cotton armor, rose and fell with a thousand other soldiers in the dark night only a hundred steps away from Longjing Pass.
Under the leadership of the main white banner of Belle Azig and Belle Abatai, the white flag, the inlaid white flag, and the blue flag each sent out two Niulu to attack Longjing Pass, and the three Belle Mang Gurtai and Belle Dolgon and Belle Doozhe commanded 20,000 troops in the rear.
Niu Lu, who was holding a white flag, first held ten ladders and slowly approached the city wall.
Itaia nervously looked at the white flag armor soldiers who had boarded the halfway way, he looked up at the city wall, there was still no trace, Itaia prayed in his heart that the sneak attack was successful, otherwise it was the beginning of their bannermen attacking the city, this is an easy errand to kill, Itaia would rather lead dozens of armor soldiers to attack hundreds of Ming troops than attack the city.
In his thoughts, more than 200 people quietly climbed up to the top of the city, and there was still no sound in the city, the Ming army in the pass was really careless, completely unalert, no wonder there were successive defeats, Itaia thought disdainfully.
Finally, the sound of weapons colliding and screaming sounded in the city, and this was a fight, and the various cattle were really shouting loudly. Urging the armor soldiers to get up and rush to the city gate. Itaea got up and trotted with the others to the city gates. They waited under the city for a while, and the city gate was opened from the inside by the soldiers of the white flag, and the Jurchen soldiers rushed into the city with shouts.
At this moment, the enemy tower in the south of Longjing Pass lit a beacon fire, and the Ming army called the police, although the fire was not as high as the wolf smoke rising, but in the dark night, the red fire head was still too obvious. The beacon towers in the distance were lit one after another, warning the interior of the Ming Dynasty and building slaves.
Itaia led dozens of his subordinate soldiers deep into the city, he kept seeing the Ming army Ming people and Jurchen people fighting, many Ming people were in a hurry with waist knives, wooden sticks and other weapons, and there was no one in armor, and there were even those who were desperate with kitchen knives, but the combat power was not worth mentioning.
Itaia led the people to approach a mule and horse shop, only to see that the door was closed, and the faint light inside indicated that there were people in the shop. I just didn't dare to open the door and come out.
With a wave of his hand, Itaia slammed the four armor soldiers into the gate. The door of the store was shattered instantly, Itaia led people to rush into the front yard of the store, only to see more than 30 Ming people holding swords in the courtyard array, Itaia knew that this was a caravan that met the Ming people, these were Ming people guards, he was not surprised, the caravan was good, not only there was money but also goods, this was a worthwhile trip.
There was no unnecessary hesitation, the two sides immediately fought, and the Ming people also understood that Jiannu was here to rob, and he would not spare the lives of everyone in the caravan.
Soon the Ming people suffered a big loss, they only had short weapons as guards, and many of the Jurchens were long-handled broadswords, spears, maces and other heavy weapons, and more than a dozen Ming people fell to the ground in a moment, rolling on the ground continuously.
Itaia and the other bannermen continued to shout and fight, and several more Ming people were killed, and at this moment, Itaia found that a stout Ming man had snatched the mace of a Jurchen, and then this person waved the mace like a fly and instantly knocked down three Jurchens, one of whom was hit on the head and shattered, and blood and flesh were splashed.
Itaea did not come forward, and he did not have the courage to resist, he took his longbow and drew a heavy arrow, aiming at Akito.
Just when this Ming man knocked a spear to the ground, Itaia's hand was released, and the heavy arrow hissed, and the entire front of the heavy arrow sank into the chest of the Ming man, and the Ming man snorted, and the mace staggered unsteadily, at this time, two long-handled sabers swung and split the Ming man into two parts.
After the death of this Ming man, the other Ming people lost all their morale, and even two Ming people knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, but they were all killed on the spot by the Jurchen armor soldiers.
The store was quiet, dozens of corpses were lying on the spot, and the stench of blood filled the courtyard, and Itaia walked to the upper body of the brave warrior Mingren, only to see that this Mingren's eyes were wide with anger, and his face was deformed from pain.
Itaia looked at him and admired in his heart, Ming people still have such brave people, but unfortunately there are too few.
There was a chaotic sound of footsteps outside the door, and a group of white-flag-inlaid armor soldiers swarmed in, the first one was a Bayara, who looked at the blue flag soldiers in the courtyard who looked at them with hostile eyes, and led the white-flag armor soldiers to turn around and leave with a wave of his hand.
Just kidding, he was thinking of taking advantage of the fire to rob, but this was the soldiers of the Zhenglan Banner, and the commanders of the Zhenglan Banner, the three major Beyler Mang Gurtai, were in the army, grabbing food in their hands, Mang Gurtai could spare them, even their banner owners Dolgon and Duoze couldn't intercede, so let's go.
Itaea pouted, if these stupid people robbed it, the calf-guarding Sambele could trample such a bastard to death with a horse, and it would be cheaper for them.
The armor soldiers and auxiliaries under Itaia rushed to the store, directly slashed and killed a few shopkeepers, and began to rummage through the boxes and cabinets to find money, food, jewelry, etc., and the backyard sounded a woman's cry, Itaia didn't care, after the hard battle, it was a common thing for Jurchen warriors to find a few Ming women to be happy.
Itaia's coat led the other three coats to collect gold and silver everywhere, Itaia took off his helmet boredly, and began to wipe his big gun, just now it also stabbed a Ming man to death, Itaia patiently wiped the blood stains on the head of the gun, if not disposed of in time, rust stains will corrode weapons, and weapons are life-saving guys.
The Ming people of Longjing Guan were almost slaughtered, which made Mang Gurtai who entered the pass behind him furious, Ding Kou means wealth, and Sanbeile now knows this common sense, so Mang Gurtai scolded Azig, who commanded the army.
On 17 October, beacon flames were ignited from the border walls of Da'ankou, Hongshankou, Longjingguan, Xifengkou, etc., which were nearly 100 miles away, and the news of Jiannu's entry into the Kou spread throughout Santunying, Hanerzhuang, Zunhua, and other important border towns.
Zhu Guoyan, the chief soldier of Jizhen in the Santun camp, immediately reported to Zunhua.
Wang Yuanya, the governor of Zunhua, received an emergency from all directions, and from his point of view, the Tang newspapers sent from Da'ankou, Hongshankou, Longjingguan and other places all said that tens of thousands of Jiannu's main forces broke through the pass, making Wang Yuanya's head as big as a fight.
In the end, how much is the main force of Jiannu, where to enter the Kou from Da'ankou, Hongshankou, Longjing Pass, etc., whether to harass the border wall, or to enter Kou Ji Town, which makes Wang Yuanya, who has never experienced a battle array, at a loss, but he finally immediately sent a Tang Ma Prayer to the Jingshi to inform Jiannu to enter the Kou.
Yue Tuo and Zierharang commanded more than 10,000 troops to fall into Da'ankou, and the Ming army of Da'ankou had almost no resistance, and the two red flags and blue flag soldiers led by Yue Tuo and others only lost dozens of soldiers, of which there were only six bannermen, and the others were Mongolian soldiers and clothed minions from foreign domains.
Yue Tuo, Jierharang did not stay long in Da'ankou just stayed for a day and then drove directly to Ma Lanyu along the official road to the south, the key to the success or failure of their right wing is Ma Lanyu, there are more than 2,000 soldiers here, is the backing of Da'ankou, but also the left wing barrier of Zunhua, and the right wing army is to arrive at Zunhua City and the left wing army to join the division, so the two armies must have a battle.
However, they only traveled more than ten miles south before they met the soldiers of the Malan battalion on the way.
"My lord, Tanma did not find out the number of the main force of Jiannu, Jiannu scouts were dense, robbing and killing our army Tanma, and the sentinel only reported more than 10,000 Jiannu troops, just five miles in front of our army." Garrison Liu Cong reported.
"More than 10,000 troops," Ma Lanyu's general Huo Ming laughed miserably, "More than 10,000 Jiannu, we can only serve the country desperately." ”
He was ordered to counterattack Da'ankou, he didn't expect that there were so many Jiannu in Da'ankou anyway, there had never been a large number of Jiannu in Jizhen before, he thought that only 1,800 Jiannu came here to loot.
"My lord, Jiannu is fierce, even Liaozhen is defeated and won less, and most of Liaodong is lost, we can't fight hard." The guerrilla Fang Tan was in a hurry.
"There is no way, the governor Wang sent his staff to order us to counterattack Daankou immediately, if we can't take Daankou, come and see you." Huo Ming gritted his teeth and said.
"My lord, no, not to mention the combat strength, but the number of our army is also outnumbered." Liu Cong hurriedly stopped.
"If he retreats without a fight, Lord Wang will use our heads to hold his official position, and my family members will have to be official slaves and prostitutes, which is a big deal and it is better than the humiliation of my family." Huo Ming shouted with a twisted face.
Liu Cong and Fang Tan bowed their heads and were silent, of course they knew that Wang Yuanya, as a civil governor and admiral Zunhua, could cut them first and then play, blaming them for being the soldiers closest to Jiannu.
The two armies met after a meal, Yue Tuo and Zierharang were surprised to find that the soldiers of the Daming Malan battalion, which had a small number of soldiers, took the lead in attacking them, and they attacked twice, although the number was not large, only hundreds of soldiers came out of the battle, but it was also seen that this Ming army was not incompetent, and there was also the heart to fight.
Yue Tuo led two red flags to meet the enemy head-on, Zilharang led a roundabout attack on the right side of the blue flag, the Ming army resisted desperately, and in half an hour, more than 1,000 Ming troops were killed under the attack of Jurchens' bows and arrows and heavy soldiers, but only killed and wounded less than 100 Jiannu, most of whom were Mongolian soldiers from the outer domain.
At this time, the two red flags, the blue flag, and the Mongolian soldiers surrounded the Ming army on three sides, and soon surrounded the Malan camp on all sides.
At meal time, Liu Cong's whole army was exhausted, Fang Tan was seriously injured, and Huo Ming only had more than 20 families left to break out of the encirclement.
At the same time, the left wing army Mang Gurtai, Abatai, Dolgon, and Doze led more than 20,000 soldiers to surround Hanerzhuang, and the garrison Guan Zhicheng was shocked by the Jiannu army with bright armor all over the mountains outside the fort, and in order to save his own life, he surrendered out of the city and shaved his will to surrender to the slaves. (To be continued.) )