Chapter Forty-Four: The Barbarians Invade the Side
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"What?! Actually in trouble again? What a hard time you two have! ”
In the mansion of the general in the dangerous mountain, Li Chengliang and Li Rusong father and son were frowning, looking at the military newspaper in front of them:
The Mongolian barbarian Tumen Khan led 100,000 iron cavalry into the Kou, and the general soldier Wu Huan was killed in battle, and the Mongolian iron cavalry had been killed in the Liaoyang area of Hedong. Yang Zhao, the new commander-in-chief of Liaodong, hurriedly mobilized men and horses, intending to face the barbarians head-on.
Before that, the dangerous mountain army of the Li family father and son had repeatedly performed miraculous feats in many wars, and was valued by Yang Zhao and specially sent fast horses to dispatch the dangerous mountain army of the Li family and his son to fight.
In this large-scale invasion of the barbarian barbarians, Wu Huan, the chief soldier of the Ming army in Liaodong, personally led the troops to the battle, and as a result, the whole army was annihilated, more than 20,000 soldiers were killed, and more than 30 generals were killed in the battle. The barbarian army entered a no-man's land, ransacking several forts and villages in Liaodong, and the entire Liaodong rose again, and the Jurchens were also ready to move.
"Well, I estimate that the Mongols claim to be 100,000 iron horsemen, not that many at all, and the entire barbarian tribe of old and young people can't get together 100,000 iron horses. At most, there are more than 30,000 people, and it is easy to rely on the defense of the fortified city in the Liaoyang area, but it is very difficult to defeat it! Reaching out and knocking on the military newspaper in front of him, Li Rusong said with a calm face.
"We extorted a large amount of money from the Yehe and Hada tribes before, and these two tribes must hate me so much that they grit their teeth and are ready to seek revenge on our two at any time. If we bring the elite troops to fight the Mongols, our nest will be in danger in the dangerous mountains. But if we don't bring elite troops, we will either be slaughtered by the Mongols, or because we provoked Yang Zhao's general army to lose his official position" Li Chengliang frowned and said, This matter is very difficult to do, because there are too many enemies in the dangerous mountain at present.
At present, there are 5,000 cavalry and 6,000 infantry in the dangerous mountains, which is already the limit of the number that the dangerous mountains can bear. But fighting the Mongols, who outnumbered them and were well-armed and skilled, was a challenge for the Dangerous Mountain Army.
According to Yang Zhao's meaning, the responsibility of the dangerous mountain army was to roam around the Mongolian iron cavalry, constantly sneak attack to weaken the morale of the Mongols, and sneak attack the grain roads and camps of the Mongolian iron cavalry. Yang Zhao himself led the army to confront the Mongol iron cavalry head-on, consuming the vitality of the Mongols.
"Well, this Chief Yang is quite authentic, and he didn't use our two masters as cannon fodder. That's it, Dad, let's go on a trip in person and let Uncle Leopard and Uncle Xu take care of the house. 5,000 cavalry went out with the army, and the rest of the infantry all stayed to watch the house" After thinking about it, Li Rusong still decided to send troops, and by the way, compared with the world-famous Mongolian iron cavalry, the Liaodong iron cavalry is stronger and weaker.
"Well, 6,000 men and horses, if it's just defense, it's really more than enough. But Lao Xu and Leopard are not good, they are sexy and irritable, and they are easy to impulsively fall for the female tricks of the Jurchen Tartars. Let Cheng Yi and Han Bianwai take care of the house, these two little rabbit cubs are good and stable enough. Remember to bring a few of your younger brothers, those little rabbit cubs are old enough, it's time to go out of the gang to experience the experience" Twisting his beard, Li Chengliang thought for a long time and said.
On the Jurchen side:
The two leaders of the Yehe tribe and the Hada tribe are gathering together this time to discuss how to take advantage of the barbarian criminals and how to reap the benefits:
"Report to the Chief! Li Rusong, the king of the dangerous mountain Yama, sent someone to send a letter! Just then, a soldier ran into the tent and reported with a letter in his hands.
"What? What the hell is this guy going to do with King Yama! Meng Gelu wailed and said in a panic.
"Ahem, don't be impatient, wait for me to see what's going on" Qing Ganu also trembled, barely stabilized his mind and shouted.
It's no wonder that the two leaders are like this, the terrifying combat effectiveness of the dangerous mountain army in the first battle of Gulezhai, and the final tragic ending of the people of the Wang Gao tribe have left a lot of shadows in the hearts of the two. At that time, he was also blackmailed by Li Rusong, and the tribe suffered heavy losses, and the two of them felt numb when they mentioned Li Rusong's name.
tremblingly opened the envelope, and there were few words on it: Ye took the cavalry to fight the Mongolian Tartars, and if you want to go to the dangerous mountains to get cheap, you can go casually, anyway, my brother will come back soon. When the time comes, whoever dares to move the attention of the dangerous mountain, the lord will destroy his entire tribe.
The letter in the hand of "snap" fell directly to the ground, and Qing Ganu and Meng Gelu glanced at each other, and both saw the fear in each other's eyes. This Li Rusong is worthy of being the king of Yama!
Originally, the two met this time to discuss how to take advantage of the Mongolian iron cavalry, mainly to see if Li Rusong would lead the troops to resist the barbarian iron cavalry, so as to take the opportunity to capture the dangerous mountain and avenge the previous one-arrow revenge.
But the two never expected that they hadn't done anything, and Li Rusong had already sent the letter. Thinking of Li Rusong's bloody and brutal massacre in Gule Village before, as well as the elite and fierce men and horses under his command, both of them retreated.
"Leader Qing, I think we should not attack the idea of dangerous mountains. Li Rusong is a scheming man, maybe he deliberately lied to us and said that he left the dangerous mountain, but in fact he wanted to find an excuse to provoke a war and destroy the Hada and Yehe tribes! Meng Gelu spoke first, and the whole person was trembling, and he had no courage to fight against the dangerous mountain army.
"Yes! We can't be fooled easily, we can go elsewhere if we don't go to dangerous mountains! I, the Jurchen brave warriors, should go and kill and loot the defenseless and defenseless people, as well as the Ming army, which is weaker than us. A Mongol army like the one should be dealt with by the Mongols," Qingganu said as he dismounted from the slope, completely oblivious to the deep fear in his words.
As the two most powerful forces of the Jurchen tribe in Liaodong, the Yehe and Hada tribes actually gave up their actions against the dangerous mountains at the same time, and turned to find other Ming strongholds to plunder. Soon it spread to all the Jurchen tribes in Liaodong, causing an uproar: the dangerous mountain army is terrible, and it cannot be easily provoked, and the farther away the better.
Li Rusong didn't expect that his mere letter would not only deter the Yehe and Hada tribes who were about to move, but also make all the Jurchen tribes near the dangerous mountain either move out of this place, or unite and wait for the crusade of the king of Yama in trembling.
"Well, it's better to have four legs! This Mongolian war horse is really good, it is not in vain that the master has secretly done so many quarrels and annihilations in North Korea" At this time, Li Rusong was following his father Li Chengliang, leading five thousand iron horsemen, and rushed towards Liaoyang.
The Korean Shilin Party was wiped out, and Li Rusong immediately secretly sent the falcons under Chen Cheng's command to sneak into the mansions of those Shilin officials and transport the money and jewels in the mansions while the army and the emperor were busy arresting people. They looted eight well-known scholars' mansions in Wang Jing, and gained a lot of money.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Liaodong Iron Cavalry comprehensively replaced the war horses, from the original one inferior horse per person to two Mongolian high-grade war horses per person, and the combat effectiveness and long-range running ability were greatly enhanced.
This time, Li Rusong did not forget to carry grain, grass and ammunition, and the 5,000 cavalry troops kept running at a uniform speed, marching 40 miles a day, and taking care of the baggage troops behind him. At the same time, the cavalry was divided into two parts, the main force was 3,000 men at the head, 1,000 men guarded the two wings, and 1,000 men were broken behind. The entire army marched towards Liaoyang in an orderly manner, and at the same time constantly sent sentry spies to find out if there were any enemy troops in the fifteen miles around the army.
At this time, Liaodong had become a pot of porridge because of the large-scale invasion of the barbarians, and there were countless Jurchens and horse bandits, as well as Mongolian iron cavalry who were good at sneak attacks, all of which made Li Rusong have to be cautious.
Fortunately, there was no incident along the way, and seven days later, the Li family finally arrived in Liaoyang and stationed in the military village.
"Hehe, who is stronger than the Mongolian Iron Horse and my Liaodong Iron Horse? Let's wait and see! ”