As the old saying goes, the soft are afraid of the hard, and the hard are afraid of the stunned. Ngetu and Buyandai, who had always been obedient in front of the Manchurians, suddenly hardened, which made Azig a little overwhelmed.

It's not that Azig wasn't ruthless enough, but that the relationship between the Manchus and the Mongols was really delicate. Although today's Mongols are no longer the brave warriors of Genghis Khan, after all, more than a million people are there, and there are only 6 or 700,000 people in the Manchurian Dynasty, and it took Nurhachi and Huang Taiji decades to subdue the Mongol tribes on the steppe one by one through a series of means such as war, marriage, and intimidation, making the former powerful Mongols their vassals.

In order to consolidate the relationship with the Mongols, in the past few decades, the Manchus alone have married dozens of Gege to the Mongol tribes, it can be seen that in order to tie the Mongols to their chariots, Nurhachi and Huang Taiji have spent blood, if once the Mongols are forced to their opposite side again, the consequences will be too strict, and if the time comes, if the responsibility is investigated, Azig will be deposed and imprisoned even if his head is not cut off.

Now, the scene froze for a moment, and the group of goshkha next to Azig glared angrily at Ngtu and Buyandai, and drew their scimitars from their waists, waiting for Azig to give an order to chop the two daring fellows into meat sauce. It was still the veteran Yanguli who was more tactful, and he quickly stood up to save the scene.

"The two banner lords are angry, the king of Shicai Duoluo just said an angry word, my Qing Dynasty and the Mongolian people have always been friendly, how can it be unfavorable to the two. Besides, you two are the banner owners of the red flag and the red flag, how can the king of Doro County dispose of you at will, he is also in a hurry when he sees that the war is unfavorable, you two must not take it to heart. ”

As the saying goes, a sedan chair carries people, whether it is an official or a person, since Yanguli has given both sides a step down. Naturally, they won't be uninteresting.

The two of them were only forced to be anxious when they were angry just now, and now when they saw Yanguli coming out to play a round, they naturally couldn't help but carry it. The two glanced at each other and said to Azig at the same time: "The super public words are serious, I and the other two are loyal to the Great Khan, and Shicai is only in a hurry to speak out, hoping that the prince will forgive the sin." ”

Things have come to this point, what else can Azig say?

Snorting lightly, Azig pinched his nose and said, "That's it, I read that you are a first-time offender, and this king will go around you once." ”

Speaking of which. Azig waved his hand, and the two of them knew that today's level was passed, and they consciously stood aside, anyway, they didn't want to fight with the Ming army in front of them anymore today, it was terrible, just the artillery fire bombarded so many of them, and I don't know how many people would die if they really want to continue fighting, so leave such hard bones to others to gnaw.

Suddenly, one of the Goshkhas pointed ahead and shouted, "Master." Look, the Ming army is moving again! ”

Azig and the others looked at it, but no, the Ming army in front of them actually moved towards them at this time. Look at this posture and attack them.

At this time, the faces of Azig and the others have also changed a little, since they invaded the south, they have been invincible all the way, and the Ming army has fled when they see them. Few people dared to fight with them, and today the cavalry of the Ming army came out to fight with the people of the Eight Banners, and now even the foot soldiers dared to take the initiative to attack them. What's wrong with this world? Has everything changed?

Thinking of this, Azig picked up the clairvoyant mirror again and carefully looked at the centaur in front of him, because of the distance from Taiyuan, and the clairvoyant mirror could not see very clearly, so he could only see some vague shadows.

Azig turned his head and asked the two behind him, "Buyandai, have you noticed the difference between the Ming army that shelled you with artillery and other Ming troops?" ”

Buyandai thought for a while and said: "Back to the prince, if you want to say that there is still a difference between this Ming army and the ordinary Ming army, the general Ming army wears red armor, and the morale of the Ming army is not high, let alone such sharp firearms." But this group of Ming troops is different, they are dressed in black helmets and black armor, they are neatly lined up, and their firearms are sharp, and the firing speed of those guns is simply amazing. Shot after shot, our warriors were knocked down by them before they could rush to them, and we really fought too much in this battle. ”

"Black helmets and black armor, sharp firearms, and neat queues?"

Azig muttered a few words, a trace of doubt appeared on his face, and suddenly his face changed, and he turned his head to look to the side, but saw that Yanguli and Abatai on the side had changed their faces, and the three of them looked at each other and said almost in unison: "It's Yingzhou Army!" ”

Everyone's faces changed a little at this moment.

Yanguli lost his voice and said: "It turns out that the Yingzhou army, who made Dolgon, Duoduo and Yueyang suffer a big loss last time, is also here!" ”

Azig muttered: "I should have thought a long time ago, with such a sharp army with firearms, there is only one Yingzhou army in the entire Ming Kingdom. ”

Abatai also said solemnly: "Twelfth brother, since the front is the Yingzhou army, then we should deal with it carefully, otherwise we will suffer a big loss if we don't do it well!" ”

As the saying goes, the shadow of the famous tree of people, Yue Yang and his Yingzhou army have long been famous among the Manchu high-level people, and once the target is confirmed, Azig and the others immediately begin to pay attention to it.

A trace of hideousness appeared on Abatai's face, and he said viciously: "Old Twelve, since it has been determined that it is the Yingzhou army, then we can't let them go, and since we have this opportunity today, let's just get rid of them here!" ”

Azig didn't answer immediately, but turned to Yanguli and said, "Do you think so too? ”

Yanguli nodded solemnly: "Lord Wang, although the slave has not fought with Yue Yang, but even Dorobelle and the Fourteenth Master have suffered losses in his hands in a row, it can be seen that this person is by no means an idle person, since our army has the advantage of strength at the moment, then we should take this opportunity to annihilate it in one fell swoop and sweep away a disaster for me!" ”

"Well, that's right!" Azig nodded, "Yueyang is indeed a disaster for my Great Qing Dynasty, the Great Khan once said that if anyone can capture Yueyang, the title below the county king will be promoted to one level, and the county king and above will be rewarded with 300 carved saddle horses, 300 pairs of armor, 500 empty horses, and 200,000 silver." If Yueyang can be captured alive, the Great Khan will even reward the Danshu Iron Scroll! ”

As soon as the Danshu Iron Scroll was mentioned, a glimmer of light appeared in everyone's eyes. Since the end of last year, Huang Taiji changed the name of the country to the Qing Dynasty and called the emperor. He also learned a lot of etiquette and systems from the Ming Dynasty, and this Danshu iron scroll is one of them.

The so-called Danshu Iron Scroll is a certificate given by the ancient emperors to the meritorious heroes to enjoy preferential treatment or exemption from crime for generations. The diploma is written on an iron plate with Dan, hence the name Danshu. In order to gain trust and prevent counterfeiting, the iron scroll was cut open from it, and half of it was kept by the court and the princes.

This Danshu Iron Scroll is a good thing, no one in the Manchu Qing Dynasty has ever been able to get this kind of glory so far, everyone wants good things, so when Azig said the name of the Danshu Iron Scroll, everyone's eyes began to glow green.

Soon, Abatai stood up and said loudly, "Twelfth brother." Give me the credit for this time, and let me take the warrior to capture that Yueyang and present it to the Great Khan. ”

Azig looked at Abatai and said with a smile: "Okay, since Seventh Brother has this heart, it is the best, but that Yue Yang is not an ordinary person, Seventh Brother is sure?" ”

Abatai said nonchalantly: "Twelfth brother, don't worry, if you are that Yue Yang honestly hiding in this formation, after all, tens of thousands of Ming troops are not so easy to defeat, but now he dares to attack without authorization, then don't blame me for being polite." As long as I lead my headquarters to attack, I have a seventy percent chance of defeating his small phalanx! ”

"Good!" Azig slapped his palms and let out a snapping laugh: "Since Seventh Brother has such pride, then I will wait for your good news here!" ”

"Good! Then I'm going! "Seeing that Azig agreed to his request to fight. Abatai arched his hand at him, and hurried away.

Seeing the look of joy on Abatai's face, Yanguli felt a trace of unease in his heart. He said to Azig with some apprehension: "Lord Wang, even the Fourteenth Master and Yue Tuo have all planted their heads in the hands of Yue Yang, which shows that Yue Yang is not so easy to deal with. Is it too thin to spare Baylor's troops? ”

A smile appeared on Azig's face, as if he was very reluctant, and said, "Of course this king knows that if Yue Yang is so easy to fight. The Great Khan would not have made a special decree to give the name of the Danshu Iron Scroll. But this brother of this king insists on going, if this king does not allow it, won't it chill the hearts of the soldiers? ”

Looking at Azig's seemingly helpless expression, Yanguli couldn't help but sigh in his heart, as an old man who has followed Nurhachi to raise troops until now, there are few things that can be hidden from him.

Although Abatai was also the son of Nurhachi, and he was also considered to have made great achievements in war, because he was born to a side concubine, his status among his brothers was relatively low, and he was often not treated fairly in terms of meritorious deeds, and he was often full of complaints. After Huang Taiji became the Great Khan, he was humiliated and punished many times.

For example, after Huang Taiji ascended the throne and became emperor this year, he began to designate the prince of the clan, and the youngest of the brothers, Dolgon, Duoduo, and his nephews Haoge and Yue Zhi were all promoted to princes, and Azig was also promoted to the prince of the county. But only Abatai was still named the Lord of Baylor, but the beautiful name of "Rao Yu" (Manchu meaning wealthy) was added in front of Baylor to show the difference. Compared with the prince, Baylor's title is two levels lower.

Every time the Aixin Jueluo family held a family banquet, because he was only a Baylor, the seats were lined up below Zhuhe Shuo Baylor. Seeing his younger brother and nephews mingling and drinking, he felt his face darkened.

This kind of humiliation is intolerable for the arrogant Abatai, because Abatai's greatest wish is to be able to raise his title by two levels, and it is because after seeing Yueyang and Yingzhou's army this time that he insists on sending troops regardless of Qiqi.

Soon, the sound of the vast horn sounded, and the cavalry broke away from their own formation and rushed towards the phalanx of the Yingzhou army......

Just when the Qing soldiers attacked the Yingzhou army in a big way, Wang Pu also led the Datong army back to the main position. At this time, Wang Pu had already lived up to the chic posture of the bright armor before the battle, his armor was stained with blood for a long time, and there were many scars caused by knives and arrows on the armor, and the red cloak behind him had long been gone, and after returning to the formation, he immediately knelt down on one knee towards Lu Xiangsheng and said with a ashamed face.

"Governor, the last general is incompetent and has failed to repel the Tartars, please punish the governor!"

Lu Xiangsheng did not blame Wang Pu, but helped him up and comforted: "General Wang doesn't have to blame himself, you can defeat the tens of thousands of Tartar troops with 3,000 troops without falling behind, this is already rare, it's too late for the official to be happy, where will you be punished!" ”

"Yes, Mr. Wang, you have already fought very well, and you should report to the court for commendation, how can you be punished?"

"Yes. Brother Wang played very well, so he should be praised! ”

Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei and others on the side also came over to comfort him, they saw the battle situation just now very clearly, Wang Pu's Datong army fought very well, if it weren't for the Mongolian cavalry taking advantage of the large number of people, they would have been defeated long ago.

Not to mention the generals, Lu Xiangsheng, as the commander, naturally sees it like a mirror, if Wang Pu's soldiers and horses did not have Yue Yang to help him stop the pursuing soldiers, I am afraid that they would have collapsed long ago. However, although Wang Pu suffered a loss, he was able to take the initiative to meet the enemy. And with inferior forces to fight with the other side for so long, it is already rare. Although the other party is not only the Mongolian Eight Banners, this point was automatically ignored by everyone.

After everyone comforted Wang Pu for a few words, Hu Dawei pointed ahead and said, "Governor, the Tartars are out again, this time they are going to Brother Yue, what should we do, do you want to go up and help him?" Brother Yue, most of them are foot soldiers, if they are entangled by the Tartars, I am afraid they will not be able to retreat! ”

"yes!" Wang Pu also said: "Governor." You better hurry up and order Brother Yue to withdraw, otherwise they will be in danger as soon as the Tartar army rushes up!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng shook his head, pointed to the front and said with a solemn expression: "I can't retreat anymore, if Yue Yang retreats at this moment." Then the previous Qing army would take the opportunity to come forward and pursue. Yueyang's Yingzhou army is not all cavalry like you, do you think those four-legged war horses with foot soldiers? ”

"Then let's send someone to pick up Yue Yang immediately!" Hu Dawei stepped forward and volunteered: "Governor, the last general is not talented, I am willing to lead the troops and horses of the headquarters to meet the Yingzhou army!" ”

"Don't rush yet!" Lu Xiangsheng still shook his head: "The enemy's situation is unknown. Let's not act rashly, besides, at this time, the Tartars are only sending tens of thousands of troops to fight. Yue Yang should be able to handle it! However, we can't be completely unprepared, General Hu, General Wu, General He, most of your army are cavalry, and the action is the most rapid, this official ordered you to quickly order the soldiers and horses of the headquarters, ready to reinforce Yueyang at any time, there must be no mistake! ”

"The last general obeys!"

The three of them all bowed their hands to Lu Xiangsheng, even Wu Sangui, who wished that Yue Yang would die in the hands of the Tartars, did not dare to say a word. This is a battlefield, the world is big, the commander's order is the biggest, if he dares to disobey the military order, Lu Xiangsheng will definitely ask Shang Fang's sword to cut off his head without blinking.

Just when Lu Xiangsheng ordered Hu Dawei and the three of them to gather troops and horses to prepare to rescue Yueyang, Abatai and others also led the cavalry to a place one mile away from the Yingzhou army's big array.

Looking at the infantry phalanx still standing neatly in the distance, a Jialazhangjing approached Abatai's side and asked, "Lord Belle, let the minions take the people from the headquarters to rush over directly, the minions are guaranteed to be able to crush their large array in one go." ”

Looking at this confident subordinate, Abatai scolded angrily: "Idiot, haven't you seen the fate of the Mongolian Red Flag and the Red Flag?" Although the Ming Dogs are cowardly, their firearms are really powerful, and we can't let the lives of our warriors die in vain. ”

"Firearms? The minions thought that Minggou was just a bit more powerful than those artillery, and as long as we quickened up and rushed to them, they would be gone! This Jia Lazhangjing pouted disdainfully, in his opinion, the Ming army could also hide behind the artillery to fight artillery, as long as he could hurry up and rush to the Ming army, those artillery would become decorations.

"You know what!" Abatai glared at him, as a high-ranking man of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Abatai naturally knew more than ordinary people. Yueyang's most powerful firearms are firearms, not artillery, and these news have long been transmitted to the Manchu high-level through the mouths of Guò Dolgon, Duoduo and Yue Tuo, but in order to ensure morale, the Manchu high-level did not leak the news, because in the hearts of the general Qing army, the firearms of the Ming army are still as bad as ever, as long as they can withstand the first few attacks, the rest will be left to them to kill.

Abatai squinted his eyes and observed, pointed to the front and said to the general beside him: "Zarqi, after the attack is launched, you lead the cavalry of your headquarters to attack the right flank of the Ming army and defeat the cavalry there. ”

After a pause, Abatai said to a Meler Zhangjing beside him: "Baotai, you lead the infantry to attack head-on, you must eat this Ming army, and I will capture that guy named Yue Yang alive!" ”

"Lord Belle, you just wait and see, the minion is sure to catch that guy named Yue Yang in front of you and let you dispose of it!" Several Manchu officers laughed and remembered, in their opinion, more than 10,000 Qing troops besieged them, it was a matter of three fingers to take a snail and nine out of ten.

"Good!" Abatai nodded, "Whoever can catch Yue Yang, Benbeile will reward him with ten Han female slaves, twenty good horses and five thousand taels of silver, and promote him to the next level!" ”

"Lord Shabel's reward!" The three of them were overjoyed, and after thanking Abatai, they glanced at each other again, and a look called greed appeared in the eyes of all three.

A quarter of an hour later, when the foot soldiers arrived, the three of them each let out a shout, and commanded their respective men and horses to kill the Yingzhou army formation.

Yue Yang put down the binoculars in his hand, a sneer appeared in his eyes, and he turned to the herald and said, "Tell Zhao Yongxin, once the Tartar enters the firing range, give me a hard beating, and you must beat the Tartar's bezoar dog treasure out!" Also, tell Wu Chengfeng, let him be optimistic about the two wings, if he lets the Tartar break through the two wings, then he will ask! ”

"Yes!" (To be continued......)