Chapter 35: Shock
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Thick smoke billowed from the direction of Gule Village, and on the other side, more than 20 miles away from Gule Village in the northwest direction, two teams of men and horses were in a tense confrontation.
The two sides of the confrontation were the 15,000 Liaodong Army led by Wu Huan, the general soldier of Liaodong, and the opposite side was the 20,000 allied troops of Qing Ganu and Menggelu's Yehe and Hada Divisions, who rushed to rescue and loot by the way.
When Wang Gao learned that Li Rusong led the army to kill, he was cautious, and immediately sent fast horses to ask for help from Yehe and Hada. Ji Lu planned to annihilate Li Rusong's troops with the inside and outside, and if it was successful, even if Li Rusong could escape, the dangerous mountain army would be greatly injured.
Originally, Qing Jianu and Meng Gelu received a letter from Wang Gao asking for help, and they also planned to send troops to attack, and the shame of two dangerous mountain defeats in one snow and two dangerous mountains would get rid of Li Rusong's henchman, and by the way, they would get some cheap. Just as the two leaders were preparing to set out together, they received a letter and a batch of gold, silver and jewelry:
"Take the benefits, squat in the honest old nest for me! Otherwise, in the coming day, I will raze your tribes to the ground and slaughter all the people!" ββLi Rusong of the Dangerous Mountain"
A few words, but the two leaders were scared into a cold sweat, and the scene of last year's dangerous defeat is vivid. At that time, the dangerous mountain army was only a few thousand people, but now it has expanded to the scale of 10,000 people, and if you desperately want to destroy the Yehe or Hada tribes......
"If the dangerous mountain army fights to the death, even if our tribe survives, it will be greatly damaged, and it will be cheaper for the neighbors around me!" Thinking of this, the two leaders couldn't help but hesitate, and when they looked at the few words on the paper, they were even more frightened.
The name of the king of Yama is not called in vain, there are two dangerous mountain battles before and after, each time it is more with less, and each time the Jurchens are losing their troops. Moreover, all the captives were skinned and lit after the war, and the cruelty of the methods made many Jurchens who were known for their ferocity shudder. If you really anger Li Rusong, the king of Yama, what will be the consequences?
No one dared to think about it, the two leaders discussed for a long time in fear, and finally decided to send troops: wait and see for a few days near Gule Village, if Li Rusong wins, he will immediately send someone to give gifts and say good things to show his submission, and by the way, beat Wang Gao's water dog to get some cheap; If Wang Gao has the upper hand, he will not hesitate to stab Li Rusong in the back and completely eliminate their henchmen!
With such a goal, the 20,000 allied troops of the Yehe and Hada divisions could almost race with a snail. Usually the fast horses are less than half a day's journey, and they walked for two days before they arrived at a plain in the northwest direction more than 20 miles away from Gule Village.
Fortunately, Li Rusong's "threatening letter" worked, and by the time the Jurchen coalition army arrived, Wu Huan, the general soldier of Liaoda, had already led his troops to occupy a prominent position here, arranged defenses, and firmly contained the Jurchen coalition army here, and could not move a single bit.
Qing Jianu and Meng Gelu, who didn't really plan to rescue Wang Gao, were happy to spend time here with Wu Huan. The two sides kept their doors closed all day, constantly sending sentinels to spy on each other's every move, and at the same time entertaining themselves in the camp. As if they were not enemies, but neighbors.
But today Qing Jianu and Meng Gelu can't wait any longer, last night the sentry came to report that Wang Gao's main force was annihilated, and Wang Gao himself was angry to death by Li Rusong, and his body was snatched away. Gule Village will be captured by Li Rusong today, so the two brothers have a new idea: the snipe and the clam compete for the fisherman's profit!
Wu Huan's troops are indeed quite a lot in terms of number, but their combat effectiveness is not half a star worse than that of the combined forces of Qing Ganu and Meng Gelu. Moreover, the food and salaries have been in arrears for a long time, and the morale of the soldiers is low, if it is okay to retreat in the city to defend and pull out to fight the fierce Jurchen cavalry in the field, I am afraid that the whole army will be broken up in less than an hour.
"Qing Belle, give the order to attack! Gule Village is already smoking, we take the opportunity to kill the past, we will definitely be able to attack it unprepared, take advantage of the opportunity of Li Rusong Xiao'er busy occupying Gule Village, and annihilate the dangerous mountain army! Meng Gelu patted his horse and came to Qingganu's side, urging in a low voice.
The plan of the two was to kill Wu Huanbu, who was in the way, and take advantage of the opportunity that Li Rusong had just entered Gule Village to launch a sneak attack from behind. Take the opportunity to destroy the main force of the dangerous mountain army, and occupy Gule Village by the way, so as to kill two birds with one stone.
Sure enough, as soon as the Jurchen army was dispatched, Wu Huan's troops showed strong fear, and the soldiers shrank in the camp with trembling and closed the gates. Trembling with his weapon, he climbed the mountain wall, ready to resist. Except for some officers and pro-soldiers, almost no Ming soldiers dared to face the Jurchen cavalry.
"Herald!" Qing Jianu was about to attack, and suddenly a horse in the distance was rapidly approaching, and the Ming army and the Jurchens were on both sides:
The knight was dressed in pitch-black willow-leaf chain armor, a phoenix-winged demon devouring helmet, and a group of pitch-black horses without a single stray hair under his crotch, and a horse-chopping knife in his hand. The whole body was covered with blood and ash stains, and even a lot of blood was splashed on the face, and a wisp of blood dripped down the corner of the mouth and along the chin, as if he had just eaten someone, and the whole person was full of murderous energy, as if he was a demon from the Shura Dao.
"The two leaders of Qingganu and Mengglu! My son-in-law invited the two chiefs to see something, and the two of you come with me! The horse galloped to the front of the two armies, and the knight didn't seem to see the tense situation in front of him, raised his eyes and glanced at Qing Ganu and Meng Gelu, and said contemptuously.
"In the Ten Blades of the Lower Danger Mountain Army, the first ten blades of the Blade of Death Cheng Yi visited Wu Huan and Wu General Soldiers, and performed military affairs in the lower armor, and he could not dismount to salute the general and go to General Wu Haihan. Gongzi told General Wu that Gule Village had fallen, and the rest of the 80,000 Jurchens had been killed except for dozens of people such as Atai who had escaped! The general can prepare to receive and count the heads of the tartars" Turning the horse's head, the knight made a deep bow to Wu Huan, who was standing on the city wall, and shouted loudly.
"Shhh Hearing this, whether it was the Jurchens on Qing Jianu, Menggellu's side, or the Ming army on Wu Huan's side, they all gasped, and Gule Village was captured so quickly? That's a fortified city that tens of thousands of Ming troops have fought before and after, and they haven't captured it many times! It was captured in less than half a day, and the Jurchens in the whole city have been cut down!
"Could it be that Li Rusong is really the reincarnation of King Yama? Are the soldiers under his command really Yin soldiers and ghost generals? It's impossible to capture Gule Village so quickly! Meng Beile, immediately prepare a generous gift, and the two of us will personally go to express our surrender! Qingganu's face turned pale and said to Meng Gelu.
"Alas...... Are all the shamanic gods on Li Rusong's side? Meng Gelu's whole person seemed to be fifty years old, listless, and his whole body trembled involuntarily.
This time they lost completely, not only was their ally Wang Gao wiped out by the Dangerous Mountain Army, but their plan to sneak attack and annihilate the Dangerous Mountain Army also failed. Although they still have an army of 20,000 now, they are not sure to defeat the fierce Liaodong Iron Cavalry and the Red Flame Legion, and once they completely tear their faces, their tribe will face annihilation!
Feeling lost and uneasy, the two tribal leaders brought only thirty guards and carried generous gifts to the walled city of Gul. Here they saw a terrifying tower: the Tower of the Human Head.
A triangular "tower" about 20 meters high and 7 or 8 meters wide: tens of thousands of human heads that have just been cut down and are still bleeding are neatly stacked layer by layer. The strong smell of blood, which can be smelled from afar, makes people feel sick and nauseated.
Every human head is facing outward, and you can clearly see the expression on each human head from afar: fear, horror, despair, etc., but there is no bravery!
"Oh my God! Such a brutal thing, even the army of the Yuan Dynasty slaughtered the city back then, but never did it! Li Rusong is a living evil ghost at all! Smelling the disgusting smell of blood, and seeing such a terrifying scene, even if the two leaders were accustomed to seeing the sea of corpses and blood, they couldn't help but be so frightened that their legs were weak and their bodies were covered with cold sweat.
"Hehe, I kindly sent a letter to the two of you, wanting to make less killing, it seems that the two big leaders don't intend to understand Rusong's kindness!" Li Rusong's voice was like the impermanence of the underworld, and it came suddenly, which frightened Qing Ganu and Meng Gelu, and their whole bodies shivered, and their faces turned pale.
"Minions are ignorant! Offend the general Huwei! I beg the general to bypass the Yehbu (Hadabu), and we are willing to follow the general to the death and be the general's most loyal servant! Don't dare to have the slightest dissent, beg the general to bypass us this time! The two leaders, who were usually high in the sky, did not think about it, and without hesitation, they rolled the saddle and dismounted, knelt on the ground soaked in blood, and said tremblingly and nervously.
"Hehe, Atai also told me so, but it's a pity that General Ben knew about your wolf ambitions and didn't agree. Say, what price do you pay to keep it all down, and don't blame this son for being ruthless! With a cold smile, Li Rusong broke through the evil intentions hidden by the two of them, and said bluntly.
Don't look at the two guys Ganu and Menglu, who were extremely respectful just now, as if they wanted to follow them loyally. In fact, if you listen carefully, you can find that these two old slippery heads have been talking for a long time, and there is nothing substantive except surrender. I just have two more thugs who harbor evil intentions and are ready to rebel against them at any time, so it's a matter of whether they can use them for themselves. Do you really think you're a fool?
Before Qing Ganu and Meng Gelu could open their mouths to argue, a sound of neat footsteps and horses' hooves came, and the blood-covered Liaodong Iron Cavalry and Chiyan Legion lined up in a neat queue and slowly walked out of the Gule Village.
Each soldier of the dangerous mountain army either had a few Jurchen heads on his waist or a few Jurchen heads on his horseback, and the 5,000-strong army walked out of Gule Village with nearly 10,000 bloody heads. Behind him were countless Jurchen headless corpses, densely packed everywhere.
Afterwards, dozens of townsmen with hundreds of auxiliaries stepped forward, carefully and quickly counted the merits and number of heads of each soldier, and then piled up these heads......
"There's no chance!" The two leaders moved in their hearts, glanced at each other, and both knew that if they didn't pay the price today, the tribe would be finished:
"I am willing to take out five million taels of silver, as well as 30,000 slaves, and ask the general to let my Yehebu tribe live" Qing Jianu said bitterly, now it is a situation where people are swordsmen and I am fish and meat, and he did not hesitate to choose "pay money to save my life".
"The Hada tribe is small and has few people, so I can only take out 300,000 taels of silver and 10,000 slaves, otherwise I will have to fight to the death," Meng Gelu rolled his eyes and said with a slight threat.
Meng Gelu believes that although Li Rusong won a complete victory in this battle, the dangerous mountain army under his command must have suffered a lot of losses, and his inability to continue fighting is just to intimidate himself and Qingjianu to gain some benefits, and the weaker he is, the more passive he is. And he himself was very stingy and reluctant to pay too much price, so he planned to threaten Li Rusong.
"Hehe, the leader of Meng Da is really old and strong! Good! Then please go back, go back to the Hada Department and fight the horses, and in seven days I will personally lead the dangerous mountain army to crusade! This time to defeat Wang Gao Tukou, the dangerous mountain army did have casualties, but there are still 4,000 troops, plus the 5,000 troops left behind in my dangerous mountain, you will definitely be razed to the ground and killed! Li Rusong's face turned cold, and then a sneer hung on the corner of his mouth, and he said faintly, without even looking at Meng Gelu.
"Boom! Brother is there another battle to fight? I'm worried that there is no one to kill, who will I hit this time! Meng Gelu's face changed, and he was about to defend himself, when a general flashed on the side, holding an overlord gun, wearing a phoenix-winged wolf-devouring helmet, wearing a willow leaf chain mail, covered in blood, with a bloodthirsty smile on the corner of his mouth, it was Li Ning.
"Jie Ji, the old miscellaneous hair is your threatened my brother, why do you dare not fight you with the heavy losses of the dangerous mountain army? Lao Tzu is the fifth blade of the ten blades of the dangerous mountain army, and the crazy blade Li Ning! Believe it or not, Lao Tzu will personally lead the cavalry now and wipe out all your troops here! Li Ning glanced at Meng Gelu, who was kneeling next to him with an ugly face, and immediately understood what was going on, grabbed Meng Gelu's clothes, and said with a cruel smile.
"General! You have a lot of adults, spare me this time! I am willing to pay 5,000,000 taels of silver and 30,000 slaves, please disturb my Hada tribe for a way of life! Meng Gelu's face writhed palely, and he shouted hoarsely, he was really afraid, but he didn't expect that Li Rusong was not afraid of his threat at all, but he was angry and wanted to start a war with the Hada Ministry, which was a result he couldn't bear.
"Want to buy your Hada Ministry's security, this money? Your style of play is called Hanako! The tribe of Yeh and Hada, each tribe produced two thousand horses, eight million taels of silver, and fifty thousand slaves. Slaves must be the people of the Ming Dynasty who have been taken captive by you, and if you dare to mix up some private goods, labor and management will destroy you! With a cold smile, Li Rusong said his conditions, anyway, these two bastards will rebel sooner or later, so it is better to take a few bites of fat now.
Now, the situation is stronger than people, what else can be said? Qingganu and Meng Gelu swallowed this bitter fruit with difficulty, and now they can only hurry up and deliver the completion conditions, and first keep the tribe. Recharge your batteries for revenge in the future.
After this battle, the Jurchens' power in Liaodong was greatly damaged and collapsed, and Liaodong temporarily ushered in stability and peace.