Chapter 30: The Mysterious Black Iron Strip
The Ming army was full of momentum, all of them fought bravely to be the first, pouring out the grievances of recent years, and rushing into the enemy camp like a hungry tiger.
After only a few moments of the two armies taking place, the Qiang and Mongolian coalition forces were already discordant, and now they were even more on the verge of collapse, scattering and fleeing one after another, and the formation collapsed.
The Mongolian people of Nahan Dongwei and Andingwei ran the fastest, and when they saw that the situation was not good, they ran away.
Pity the Qiang army with mixed foot and horse, chased and killed by the wolf-like Ming army, crying for his father and mother.
The Ming army can't control so much, the Shangguan has an order not to take prisoners, so they let go and kill, regardless of whether you surrender or not, grab your hair and pull it, cut your neck, and report to the head to record the function.
The battlefield that was purged for a time became a Shura slaughterhouse, and headless corpses were placed horizontally.
The Qiang people with horses are better, looking for an opportunity to slip away, the Qiang people without horses are miserable, and the pursuit in the wilderness is the live target of the Ming army.
Some of them wanted to flee to the cliff pass, but when they ran to the cliff pass, they found that the garrison troops stationed at the cliff mouth ran out.
The cliff mouth immediately rushed to countless fierce and vicious Ming troops, this group of Ming troops is more ruthless than the mountain, skilled, and the moves are all fatal killing moves.
Not long, from the Qiang people to the east of the cliff mouth of the east village, all the way the corpses are all over the field, the blood flows like a river, and the corpses of the Qiang people and the Mongolian people are everywhere.
In this battle, the Ming army won a complete victory, swept away the haze of the years, and was a battle of annihilation that had never been seen in three years.
Those who want to defeat their troops must first demoralize them.
After the massacre of the Ming army, there were almost no living Qiang and Mongols on the battlefield as far as the eye could see.
The Ming army was rough and cleaned the battlefield, Bao Yuanqian and Luo Guanzhong rode their horses to Deng Pingyu and other officers, only to see that there were several high-ranking Black Tiger Qiang here, and even one of them was the leader of Black Tiger Qiang.
Although the Shangguan ordered not to take prisoners, the sergeants were still merciful to the enemy's top ranks.
Jiang Wei pointed to the middle-aged man in a short shirt who was the leader: "This person is the leader of the Black Tiger Qiang, and if he wants to escape, he will be caught up and captured by me." β
Bao Yuanqian gave Jiang Wei a thumbs up, this time out of the customs battle, he was the first time to discover this Jiang Wei's martial arts, it was really not covered, immediately danced the gun and made a lance, talking and laughing to take the enemy's head like a bag.
Deng Pingyu was covered in blood, but he waved his hand and said: "Bring the rebels back to the Acropolis to sacrifice prisoners and repay their merits, choose the day to abandon the city, and hang the city gate to demonstrate, so that the Qiang and Mengfan people in the past can open their eyes and see, who else dares to offend my Suzhou Wei and despise the prestige of the Ming Dynasty!" β
This time, they smuggled the trail, but found that although the Qiang people were familiar with the terrain, they sent Mongolian people to guard the trail pass.
These Mongolian people were obviously discordant, and they were extremely lax in guarding the matter, and they were successfully led by their own troops to seize the pass, and went around to the rear of the hundred households at the cliff mouth, and they were caught off guard and drove in.
Yao Tingxuan also arrived on this battlefield at this time, and he vomited out when he looked at the tragic battlefield.
However, he quickly stabilized his mind and reluctantly said: "This time... Soldiers fight hard, work together to kill thieves, although the official has no power to kill thieves, but also with you to go to the difficulties, I will go back to the text of Counselor Huang Daren for the generals to ask for credit. β
The first half of this sentence is true, but the second half of the sentence is extremely hypocritical, and everyone understands that this Yao Tingxuan is probably asking for credit for himself.
In the past, when he lost the battle, he always pointed out the country in front of everyone and reprimanded the military attachΓ©s.
Now that the soldiers have returned victorious, his arrogance has fallen, and all the military schools here have scoffed at his words. If I had listened to this Yao Tingxuan last night, I am afraid it would have been difficult to have today's great victory.
Deng Pingyu heard Guo Xiong whispering in his ear, his expression was a little surprised, and he asked out loud: "Which one is Bao Yuanqian?" β
Bao Yuanqian hurriedly dismounted, pushed Jin Shan and bowed: "Mark the sentry and ride the camp horse archer Bao Yuanqian." β
Deng Pingyu wiped the blood on his hands, walked over to look at him and said, "I seem... Somewhat familiar with your name. β
Bao Yuanqian saw that Yao Tingxuan was present, so he only said: "Under the mark is the person who was beaten with a military stick in Jiayuguan." β
Jiang Wei smiled when he heard this, and secretly said that this Bao Yuanqian's words were not shocking.
When Deng Pingyu heard this, he seemed to remember something, his expression was a little strange, and he said: "You and Jiang Wei fought before the battle this time, and cheered up the morale of the army, and I will reward you according to the rules when you return to the guard, but.... Don't make any more trouble for me. β
Deng Pingyu had something to say, and Bao Yuanqian naturally heard it, and saluted: "Don't dare to mark it!" β
Deng Pingyu nodded, although this Bao Yuanqian caused a big mess for himself some time ago, but he couldn't remember the names of the vast number of sergeants, he was in a high position and held a guard of soldiers and horses, it was impossible to remember the name of a little sergeant.
Similarly, even if this Bao Yuanqian has made great contributions, no matter how brave he is, it is not worth remembering this name in his eyes, he will only remember that he commanded well, led the crowd to annihilate 2,000 people of the Qiang-Mongolian coalition army, captured more than a dozen slave chieftains, and beheaded most of them.
As for the lowest soldiers..... Dapeng spreads its wings for 90,000 miles, and it can't see the ants under it.
After the Ming army cleaned up the battlefield and returned to the camp, the grain and grass transported from Jiayuguan would enter the camp.
When the soldiers looked at it, they couldn't help laughing, and they themselves didn't expect that the war would end in less than a day, and even the grain and grass would be saved.
The records of the Ming army shogunate will also be reported statistically, the Ming army killed no more than 100 people in this battle, beheaded 827 Black Tiger Qiang, beheaded 215 Weimeng people, and captured the head of the Black Tiger Qiang thief A Bobo.
Bao Yuanqian listened to the report of this account, and secretly said that the army of this cold weapon era was opposed, once one side collapsed, it would be a bloody and naked massacre, and he had to think of the battle of Salhu in the future.
Juniper's 30,000-strong Western Route Army was almost completely annihilated, while the Qing army lost no more than 1,000. It's hard to imagine how the one-to-thirty exchange ratio came about, and the later generations of themselves just naively thought that the two armies were fighting, and even if the enemy killed me a thousand, I should also kill the enemy eight hundred.
But this is not the case, once the battle situation is unfavorable and there are many casualties, the morale of the army will be greatly collapsed, and there will be chaos in all directions, and then others will not have to pay a price of 1,000 to kill you 10,000.
On the way back to the division, the sergeants were elated, and there were a lot of first-class people on the horses, and even the old man Luo Guanzhongluo, who was not in battle, held his booklet and read it again and again with satisfaction.
It seems that this battle, this old man Luo can also be regarded as fulfilling the dream of writing in this life.
Bao Yuanqian rode on horseback and thought about his own merits this time, he should have been a little flag officer, right? If Uncle Bao and his younger brother knew that they were the little flag officer, would they be surprised? Ha ha....
Jiang Wei also made a great contribution to this unpopular little official, Deng Pingyu said that the reward was thirty taels of silver, and the official was promoted to three levels, how could he start with eight or nine grades, then when he met Jiang Wei, he would not be an old Jiang, but a Jiang?
"Dabao, if you know Mongolian, I'll give you something."
Bao Yuanqian was thinking about it, Jiang Wei approached and gave Bao Yuanqian a piece of something.
Bao Yuanqian took it and played with it, to be precise, it was a black iron strip more than a foot long.
The iron bars are slightly rough and uneven, looking old and rusty, as if they were not of much value.
Jiang Wei whispered: "This is what I found when I captured the head of the black tiger thief, and he seemed to be some kind of treasure in his heart." β
Bao Yuanqian pondered the black iron strip after hearing this, but found a few Mongolian characters at the bottom of one end.
'Gulen Legu'
He looked at these words, they were small and a little worn, but what did this Gulian Legu mean?
Although he recognized the Mongolian language, he did not understand its meaning.
But since it was given by Lao Jiang, no matter whether it is worth it or not, it is better to accept it.
After entering the Acropolis, he said goodbye to Old Man Luo and wanted to go back to the tent to rest, but was stopped by Luo Guanzhong and said: "Little Housheng, there is another question if you can help me refer to it?" β
Bao Yuanqian was puzzled, it stands to reason that the whole book that has been completed, what are the unsatisfactory?
The old man Na Luo smiled and said: "Little Housheng, this popular romance of the Three Kingdoms is ready, but there is still a lack of an opening inscription, and the title is the whole book. β
As soon as Bao Yuanqian heard this, his confused brain, which had been fighting for a day and a night, suddenly sobered up, and he couldn't help laughing and said: "Mr. Luo, the inscription is not too much, you only need two sentences of poetry to summarize the full text." β
"Oh? But what about Tang poems and Song lyrics? β
Bao Yuanqian shook his head, and said arrogantly: "The rolling Yangtze River is passing away, and the waves are sweeping away the heroes...... How many things in ancient and modern times are laughing and talking. These two sentences, not a word is changed, not a word is changed, I think Mr. Luo's book will be able to resound throughout the ages. β
As soon as Bao Yuanqian's voice fell, he had already turned around and left, turned his back to Luo Guanzhong, raised his hands and bowed, leaving a figure and entering the sentry camp.
"Rolling Yangtze River East Passing Water.... It's a good offspring, but it's amazing. Luo Guanzhong repeated it over and over again in his mouth, and the look of admiration for Bao Yuanqian in his heart spontaneously appeared.
This is the opening inscription of the Three Kingdoms of Maoben in the Qing Dynasty, and it is also the opening inscription of the Three Kingdoms version seen by contemporary people. Compared with the inscription at the beginning of the limerick poem of the Three Kingdoms, I don't know how many grades it is higher.
This sentence is excerpted from the Linjiang Immortal of Yang Shen in the Ming Dynasty, which has been popular for hundreds of years, and with this divine stroke, it is naturally a fish leaping over the dragon gate, the icing on the cake.