Chapter 140: Capture Khan
Eleng Mountains
This mountain is the tail end of the remaining vein, not high, not too long, no more than a few miles in circumference, but a small mountain.
At this time, a strong wall was erected on the Eleng Mountain, and a deep ditch was dug. Using this hill as a strong fortress, countless Jurchen soldiers and horses prepared rolling wood and stones, and shot down with strong bows and crossbows!
I saw that hundreds of Warat soldiers with round cards around the hillside were constantly shot by arrows, and screams sounded one after another where the rolling wood and stones passed, and after a while, this group of Warat pioneers who robbed the mountain could not withstand the fierce counterattack of the Jurchens, and threw down dozens of corpses and withdrew down the mountain.
The Jurchens couldn't help but celebrate when they saw that the attack of Warat was once again defeated, and secretly said to themselves that this Warat people were so afraid of death, it seemed that it was not a problem to hold this mountain.
But standing in the camp, Kuo Zhu's face was gloomy, and he was not tired of the harassment and tentative attacks of the Warats. This kind of harassment and tentative attack has not stopped since last night.
Dozens of tentative attacks, large and small, were all repulsed, but they also gave their soldiers and horses no chance to rest, and the entire army was tense from top to bottom, not daring to slack off in the slightest.
He knew very well that for such an attack, even if he repelled a hundred times, he would not be able to solve his current situation. He looked at the Buyan army that surrounded the mountain with three layers and three layers outside, and he was a person who had been fighting for a long time, so he naturally understood that Buyan did not have the heart of attacking the mountain with the whole army, but surrounded himself with a numerical advantage, and then deliberately used a small force to continuously fatigue his army.
As soon as the Mahamu army in the rear arrived, his troops were exhausted and the rolling logs, stones, arrows and other materials were also exhausted, and tens of thousands of people would attack the mountain together, even if they occupied the commanding heights, it would be useless.
Boiling frogs in warm water, what a ruthless means!
"If there are no reinforcements, I am afraid that in two or three days, we will definitely be defeated." frowned, but was at a loss.
According to this, the Halana Sea Yating is thousands of miles away, I'm afraid... It's really the end of the road.
At this time, Yelu Hongying wiped the blood stains on the tip of the spear, her armor was splashed with blood, and her expression was tired, obviously she had not stopped all night.
"Father, the Warats have just retreated and started to stop the men and horses, and it is estimated that they will come again to grab the mountain soon." Yelu Hongying's expression was solemn and said, "The Yating court is too far away according to this, if we let our daughter rush to kill again, if we can break through a gap, we still have a chance of survival."
Yesterday, she and Wuyunbao rushed to kill from the east and west, but unfortunately the west is the place where Buyan is heavily armed, although Wuyunbao killed out, she failed to break out of the encirclement, and had to return to Elen Mountain.
Kuo looked at the tired soldiers around him, and knew that the current defense of the mourning soldiers was acceptable, and if he charged, he was afraid... It's the end of the crossbow.
He shook his head and vetoed Yelu Hongying's words, but asked one of the generals beside her, Sauron, "Ushkada, how are the war horses?"
This time, the Jurchen army held the mountain and drove all the horses into the col of the camp, but the amount of grain and grass required by the war horses was extremely large, and what he was asking about now was the rations of the war horses.
Ushkada was eight feet long and had a strong body. He said respectfully, "Back to the prince, after a night of inventory, there are still more than 2,700 war horses. At the end of this morning, the only remaining rations will be fed to them, and if they can't break through within two days, I'm afraid that even the horses... I can't do it anymore."
His words couldn't be clearer, if he couldn't break through within two days, then the only thing waiting was the annihilation of the whole army.
Ushihada repeatedly advised, persuading Kuo to take the last opportunity to organize a concentrated charge of soldiers and horses, although it is impossible to retreat with his whole body, but at least it can ensure that King Kuo and other important figures can break out of the encirclement.
Kuo nodded and said, "Even if you want to break through, you have to take advantage of the night, and now it is really the best strategy to break through during the day."
"Hey, they all complain about Naharazhang's incompetence. Half of the cowardly military power in his hands can be cut off, and it is really a mistake to conspire with him!"
Benjamin on the side trembled and said, "Hate only hates the envoy of the Ming Kingdom, if there is no other King of Qi, he will not lose, how can there be today's disaster!"
Yelu Hongying snorted coldly, "It's not that you and that waste Harazhang can't hold their breath, and they have repeatedly sent people to make him unsafe. If the two don't forgive, then Mahamu will die long ago! But this man has made a name for himself, and he has left the trouble to us!"
She looked at Benjamin and thought of Bao Yuanqian inexplicably, and secretly said in her heart how could there be two people who were so similar, and now she vented her anger against Bao Yuanqian to Benjamin.
And what she said was naturally Bao Yuanqian. At this time, she didn't know Bao Yuanqian's identity, let alone Bao Yuanqian, who was on the way non-stop at this time.
Benjamin was speechless, and now he has only been a great sweater for half a day and has died in the world, if he can't break through and be caught by Mahamu, it will be troublesome!
"Report! The Warats are starting to grab the mountain again!"
Just when he was about to make peace with him, the Jurchen soldiers came to the tent to report the news. When Kuo Zhu and the others looked, they could only hear the sound of golden drums in all directions, and the Warat people began to send a small force to start groping!
With a round card on their heads, these Warat soldiers carefully stepped on the corpse and slowly walked up, for fear that boulders and arrows would roll out of the Jurchen camp. Since their harassment last night, they have become well aware of the power of these Jurchen bows, if they shoot at the medallion, they can penetrate the shield three inches, and if they shoot at a single layer of armor, they will be killed immediately.
They gradually moved upward, but wondered why they didn't greet them with stones and arrows like Fang Cai this time, could it be that they had run out of equipment to defend the city?
Thinking of this, they couldn't help but speed up their pace, and soon walked more than half of the distance.
"Kill!!"
Just when they were snickering in their hearts, they could only hear a coquettish sound on the hillside, and then countless horses neighing!
These Warats removed the cards and looked up, only to see countless Jurchen cavalry rushing out of the Jurchen camp, swooping down from above and below!
The first person is Yelu Hongying! This time was a big surprise to the Warat people, they never thought that the Jurchens would dare to go out of the camp to fight back, and Yelu Hongying was from top to bottom, and it was extremely fast!
In an instant, countless Jurchen cavalry had already rushed into the Warat people attacking the mountain, and the cavalry came with a huge momentum, directly knocking over dozens of Warat soldiers, and they slashed left and right stabbing countless Warat foot soldiers along the way.
The failure of the infantry to form a formation against the onslaught of the cavalry was a complete massacre, and there was no way to fight back!
In a matter of moments, the Warats wailed and left behind the corpses, and retreated down the mountain in defeat.
Yelu Hongying took advantage of the victory to chase and kill, and the Jurchen cavalry slashed all the way from the hillside to the foot of the mountain with extraordinary horsepower, and the blood of the direct kill splashed in the air, and the limbs flew sideways.
The Warats suffered more than 200 casualties, more than they had in the morning.
"Straight to their main camp!!"
Yelu Hongying snapped, she saw the rout of the Warat people, and wondered if she could attack Buyan's main camp in one go, so as to open the gap.
But he didn't expect that a group of more than 300 cavalry had just rushed to the bottom of the mountain, and the rain of arrows rushed from the Warat camp, when even the first few people fell off their horses and died, and the war horses also fell to the ground with several arrows neighing.
Yelu Hongying dodged left and right, and his left arm suddenly felt a pain, only to see an arrow piercing into his left arm. She saw that she couldn't do anything, and the casualties were not small, and she led people back to the camp.
"General, this time the Jurchens counterattacked our army with a lot of casualties. If we were, we would suffer too many casualties on our backs." A Min Han came into the account to complain.
"You only know one thing but you don't know the other, and if they dare to risk their lives, they will be at the end of the road." Bu Yan in the main camp watched the Jurchen cavalry being shot back by the rain of arrows, and said thoughtfully: "When the arrows and stones are finally exhausted, I am afraid that I will not be able to wait for the arrival of the Taishi, and the first merit of capturing the king will be the general."
Indeed, this day and night of attack and defense, his sparrow tactics have achieved results. In order to save arrows and stones, the arrows of the King of Qi camp will be used to save arrows and stones, so they have to attack from all sides.
In this way, Warat harassed the Jurchens in the cottage for a whole day, and finally eased down in the dark night.
The night was as dark as water, but the Jurchens in the camp were extremely quiet. At this time, the Jurchen camp did not light a single torch, and it was pitch black.
After a while, the horses could be heard panting and neighing, and the Jurchens at this time were already bright with swords and guns, turning over and getting ready for battle.
King Qi was out, Yelu Hongying and the others were also fully armed, and they decided to take advantage of the opportunity to recover their horsepower tonight and rush down the mountain to attack unprepared, as much as they could!
They are all human titles, the horses wrapped their hooves and quietly opened the camp without making a sound, and Yelu Hongying ordered the Jurchen cavalry to gather in a place in Dongzhai and rush down the mountain together!
The night can always cover many horses, so the best time to break through at night is the best time, as long as they rush into the Warat camp, their army will be disorganized!
They galloped down the hill, and at the foot of the hill they were only two hundred paces from the camp, and they thought they had succeeded.
Suddenly, there was a fire all around, and the shouts of killing were deafening! The rumbling sound of golden drums smashed into their ears like dense raindrops, shocking the Jurchens' hearts with horror!
"Not good! They're prepared!!" Ushihada snapped, "Don't care about others, you're rushing to the camp!!"
I saw that the firelight that covered the sky and the sun around me was lit up, and countless cavalry came over, obviously surrounded by Bu Yan!
The rain of arrows roared like locusts in the sky, one after another the Jurchen cavalry fell from their horses, the horses were frightened and scurried, they were already in a mess, and it was already difficult to go back to the mountain, so they had to rush out of the camp!
It's just that it's not easy to break through head-on, only to see that the barricades in the camp are numerous, the deep ditches are strong, and thousands of layers of tile crossbowmen are shooting here!
"Ahh
"The rain of arrows is too dense to rush through!!"
"Tribulus terrestris all around!! Be careful!"
Ushihada led the vanguard to storm the camp, but he didn't expect that they not only rained arrows intensively, but also arranged thistles in front of the camp gate and around the encirclement!
The war horses stepped on these thistles and suffered pain, and they all rolled to the ground and threw the Jurchen cavalry off their horses!
The cavalry led by Ushada fell from their horses one after another, and their corpses were scattered on the ground.
"Agang!" He let out a sad cry, and saw that his deputy, a Sauron general, accidentally stepped on an iron thistle in order to break into the camp and was thrown off his horse, and before he could get up, he was pierced into a hedgehog by dozens of arrows, and he fell to the ground weakly!
The surroundings were already closed, and these thistles were like locks on the door, making it impossible for them to break out. The dense rain of arrows was like a scythe mowing grass, constantly reaping the lives of the Jurchen cavalry.
Yelu Hongying led people to protect Kuo Zhu and others in it, but the arrow rain was too dense, and his broad shoulders were also hit by an arrow. Benjamin was even more frightened, and simply got under the horse's belly, and he didn't care about the majesty of the aristocratic sweat, so he urinated on the crotch of his pants.
"Father, I'm afraid it's hard for us to rush out if we get struck!" Yelu Hongying watched the cavalry that broke through around him before he was shot to the ground by the people and horses, and felt compassion in his heart.
Kuo Yang Tian sighed, "Father is incompetent, and he has affected you!"
She shook her head and said nothing, listening to the painful cries of her brothers' robes around her, the sound of sorrow, and the sound of angry scolding, and her heart was full of grief and indignation.
"Hmph, as a person of the Yating, he deserves to die in the border field, so why should he be shrouded in horse leather. Instead of sitting back and waiting to die, it is better to give up your life! Brothers and uncles, follow me to kill Buyan's main formation!" Yelu Hongying looked at the robed brothers around her, and wanted to ride away with a sigh!
"Okay, kill!!"
"Die in battle with the princess and princess, and die as you deserve!"
The Jurchens burst out with a momentum that looked at death as if they were at home, and they wanted to charge to death, but suddenly one of them hurriedly said, "Look! What's that!!"
Yelu Hongying restrained the momentum, and saw that the place where the man said was indeed dense and bright approaching from the outer layer of the encirclement, and the light of those torches was from far and near, from the beginning of the sparks, it gradually became a prairie fire!
After a while, I saw that in the night on the east side, tens of thousands of firelights lit up, like a fire phoenix in the plain, and they came straight here, and the number of people seemed to be more than 10,000 people!!
"Is the army of Mahamu coming?!"
"No, how could Maham come so quickly!?"
"This fire looks like there are more than 10,000 people at most, and it can't be the people of Mahamu from the east!"
"Whose is that!?"
The people and horses around Yelu Hongying were surprised, there were more than 10,000 people coming from the east, could it really be the reinforcements of the Yating? Thousands of miles away, is this dark cloud Bao going by the clouds?
Just when everyone was shocked, they saw a signal in the night sky pierce the night sky, and the sky flashed with dazzling Yating imprints.
The besieged Jurchen soldiers and horses were originally mourning soldiers, but at this moment, when they saw their own imprints, their hearts were indeed the arrival of reinforcements, and they were full of morale and wanted to cooperate with each other!
Yelu Hongying waved his long lance, and the bone flute on his mouth sounded, and he said in a loud voice: "The reinforcements of the Yating have arrived, rush out with me!!"
Although she knew that this group of people could not be reinforcements from the Yating, she still blurted out like this in order to boost morale!
"What!? Where's the reinforcements!?"
Bu Yan in the main camp was shocked and hurried out of the tent, looking at the fire in the distance, it seemed that there were tens of thousands of horses!
These cavalry were coming very fast, and before he could send men and horses to stop them, these cavalry had already rushed forward in an instant!
The Warat people who surrounded the Jurchen soldiers and horses were shocked to hear that tens of thousands of cavalry suddenly appeared in the dark night, and they rushed straight to themselves, and for a time the army's heart was shaken, and rumors spread.
Many of the shrewd-minded Warats have left the encirclement without permission and have begun to retreat!
Those reinforcements charged the encirclement on the east side, and the Warats who were surrounded on the east side were already scattered and fled before and after. The encirclement of more than 14,000 people suddenly collapsed at this time, and Huo Ran opened an opening in all directions!
In their chaos, the pressure of the Jurchen soldiers and horses plummeted, and Yelu Hongying and others led the Jurchen cavalry to rush into the camp and slash and disperse the Wara crossbowmen.
Looking at the dense firelight in front of them, Yelu Hongying and the others took out signal crossbows one after another and sounded the alarm to the sky, signaling their identities to beware of accidental injury. Countless marks exploded, and those red lights stopped in front of you!
"Get out!!" At this time, the haze was also swept away, and the vitality exploded in front of him, and there was a great desire to survive.
The Jurchen cavalry took advantage of the gap that was rushed by the reinforcements and rode straight out!
"Bastard!! Chase!!" Bu Yan was angry, he calculated that he had a wide range of war horse rations, and if he wanted to break through, he could only take advantage of tonight!
He set up a pocket formation early, ambushed the thistle terrestris, and waited for the troops and horses to enter the country, and he would definitely be able to annihilate them all in one fell swoop!
But what he didn't understand was where the more than 10,000 cavalry came from on this grassland, and they actually rushed away from the sky to surround him!
He hated and was about to call the soldiers, but was stopped by the generals and said, "General, the other party has been killed by surprise, and our army's formation has fled in chaos. Let's gather our troops and horses first, it's impossible to pursue!"
Yelu Hongying took the lead in leading Sauron's iron cavalry to rush forward with the firelight, and she realized that this cavalry was indeed not a Yating reinforcement, but a group of Turkic tribesmen.
They were all holding two torches in one hand, and she secretly applauded in her heart, and the person who led the heart was quite good at using soldiers.
If a thousand people come, they will not alarm the Varats, but they will easily be eaten together. However, under the cover of night, he created the momentum of tens of thousands of people by holding two torches aloft in his thousands of people, and the dense appearance of suspicious soldiers directly frightened the Warat people.
"It's you!?" Yelu Hongying rode over, and was surprised to find that the first few people had a familiar face in addition to Wuyunbao, and it turned out to be the "Ming Envoy" Bao Yuanqian!
She was puzzled, she never expected that it would be this Bao Yuanqian who came to the rescue with the soldiers and horses of the Kereh Department.
Bao Yuanqian pulled the horse and said, "Why don't you go quickly?!" And he went straight to the horse.
She knew that this place was not suitable for her place, so she rode east with them!
I don't know how long I ran, until the people were sleepy and the horses were tired, they didn't stop.
Kuo and Yelu Hongying stepped forward to thank him, and only then did he understand the cause and effect.
Bao Yuanqian looked at Yelu Hongying and said, "I want to thank you, or thank you for your good sister Ah Yue." Without her, I wouldn't have been able to bring these soldiers and horses."
Yelu Hongying snorted softly, she had always been arrogant and ignored reckless heroes. But she didn't expect to be rescued twice in a row by Bao Yuanqian, who was not amazing in her eyes and was not up to the grade, and she couldn't hold her face and had to snort coldly.
Kuo said: "Thank you for saving me, Kuo is inexplicably grateful."
Bao Yuanqian got up and waved his hand and said, "I'm not a messenger, if the prince wants to be grateful, he doesn't need anything else, I just need to ask you for one!"
"Who?"
Bao Yuanqian smiled strangely: "Great Khan, Benjamin!"
He made a special trip this time, except for Ying Saren Yazhi
The invitation was also for one purpose, that is, to hear that Benjamin was here with Kudout. For this "good brother", he naturally came to meet him in person.
"This... Dare to ask the hero what enmity he has against him?" When Kuo saw Bao Yuanqian, he naturally understood that the two of them had such similar appearances, and they should have a lot of origins.
Before Bao Yuanqian could answer, he listened to the sound of horses, only to see Jiang coming to ride a horse and throw a person from the horse.
Jiang Wei said in disgust: "Mother's straw bag wants to escape, and she peed her pants and was a sass!"
Everyone saw that it was Benjamin, who had peed his pants.
Benjamin was thrown to the ground, embarrassed and frightened as he looked around at the people who were watching Yuanqian.
"My good brother, Benjamin. We've got our estimates, right?" Bao Yuanqian stared at him with a weird sneer!