Chapter Twenty-Three: The Finale
In the early morning, Huang Taiji led the other troops to leave, pretending to lie to Oba that he was going to attack Luanzhou and encircle the point to send reinforcements.
In order to show his sincerity, Huang Taiji also specially left all the cattle, horses, alpacas, and livestock belonging to the Eight Banners that he plundered before, saying that his son Haoge would take care of them temporarily.
When parting from Hauge, Huang Taiji said solemnly, "Hauge, although the burden on your shoulders is heavy, as long as you do what Amma says, there will be no danger. ”
Haorge nodded heavily, "Amma, Erchen will definitely not let you down. ”
Huang Taiji looked into the distance, his eyes deep. "I won't let you down, today you have made this great achievement, the rewards are all small things, the key is to make you stand out in a few little Belleries."
Haoge waved goodbye to Huang Taiji and everyone, although he was alone, he had some vague expectations in his heart.
Across from him, Inspector Yuan was holding a telescope, or a basket, newly invented by the missionaries, and watching the movements of the Eight Banners.
He handed the telescope to He Kegang beside him. "These eight calves are gone, leaving only a cavalry wearing yellow tassels."
He Kegang took it and looked at it. "Yes! Could it be that they escaped? ”
Yuan Chonghuan shook his head, "You didn't see those Mongolian soldiers, who were still making tea as usual." Although they have already bowed down to Jianzhou, they will not be willing to die for them. ”
"Besides, those who wear yellow tassels should be from the two yellow flags, which are the Great Khan's personal guards, and Huang Taiji's most intimate armed force. Can it be given to us under this Zunhua City? ”
He Kegang wondered, "Then what's going on?" Are they going to turn back and fight the capital? ”
Yuan Chonghuan continued to shake his head and said, "It's also unlikely. ”
"Since they came here, they want to flee the same way. Now that the troops are divided, it is more likely that they will attack Luanzhou and want to shake us in this way. ”
He Kegang worried, "Then do we need to increase our troops to support?" ”
"Not even more!"
Yuan Chonghuan shook his head into a rattle, "This is Jiannu's strategy to play rotten, ostensibly to fight Luanzhou, but in fact, the target is still our reinforcements." ”
"As long as the reinforcements from Zunhua City leave the city, they will definitely reveal the ambush and eat the reinforcements completely!"
"But I've already seen through this kind of strategy, and I don't know what they're up to."
"Inspector Gaojian!" He Kegang said admiringly, "With the ancestor Dashou here, Luanzhou will definitely not be easy to capture." ”
Yuan Chonghuan nodded, "Yes, and if their main force of the Eight Banners has not returned for a long time, we can still send scouts to investigate, if the enemy is really attacking with all its might, it is not too late to send reinforcements,"
"Play with him!" Yuan Chonghuan yawned, his eyes were bloodshot, he didn't defend the city in the past few days, and it was a great drain on his energy.
"Inspector, you can rest first, and I'll help you keep an eye on it." He Kegang was empathetic and took the initiative to ask.
"It's good!" Yuan Chonghuan nodded.
It's just that he felt that he hadn't slept with a stick of incense, and he was woken up by He Kegang.
"What's going on? How long has it been? Yuan Chonghuan rubbed his eyes.
"Overseer, you've been asleep for three hours! During the day, the Mongol soldiers outside the city were only attacking the city with weak strength, so I didn't wake you up. ”
"So what's happening now?"
"Now there is a commotion among the Mongolian soldiers outside the city, as if there is a chaos, there are a lot of cattle, horses and alpacas that have been released outside the city, and many Mongolian soldiers do not listen to the call of the leader and go around to trap these livestock."
When Yuan Chonghuan heard this, he suddenly shouted, "It's not good, the Jianzhou soldiers who wore yellow tassels are still under the city?" ”
"If it's too late today, I can't see clearly."
Yuan Chonghuan grabbed He Kegang's arm and got up.
He trotted to the head of the city.
Raising the binoculars, I saw that many Mongolian leaders were scolding the disobedient Mongolian soldiers, and some even lit torches.
By the light of the fire, Yuan Chonghuan glanced through, and sure enough, he didn't see the Jianzhou soldiers wearing yellow tassels that he saw during the day, and his heart sank even more.
The Ming army next to them was also a little tired from defending the city for several days, watching the fun of catching cattle and sheep under the city, some laughed, some shot arrows indiscriminately, and some deliberately fired guns to frighten those livestock.
He Kegang asked cautiously, "Inspector, what's wrong?" ”
"This is the Jianzhou Army's golden cicada shell plan!" Yuan Chonghuan's face sank like water.
"Those preyed livestock can't have escaped on their own."
He looked at He Kegang, "Have you heard of Ding Fei?" ”
"Ding Fei?" He Kegang scratched his head, "Is it from our Liao Town?" ”
"What Liaozhen!" Yuan Chonghuan sighed, "Ding Fei is an ancient, and he turned out to be a lieutenant under Cao Cao. ”
"When Cao Cao was forced by Ma Teng to cut his robe and abandon his beard, a Weinan County Commander Ding Fei rushed to the cattle and horses, so that Ma Chaojun automatically became a mess in order to compete for these livestock."
"I see." He Kegang woke up, "Is Jianzhou using this strategy to drag our army from pursuing?" ”
Yuan Chonghuan nodded, "Not only that, but it also wrapped up the Horqin people, so that they had to stop in place and become the target of our army." ”
"Shoot the artillery, and the whole army will attack!" Yuan Chonghuan decisively ordered.
"Inspector, are we going to pursue Jianzhou, or are we going to surround the Horqin Department first?"
Yuan Chonghuan lowered his head and hesitated for a moment, but in the end, it was the factor of seeking stability in his personality that prevailed.
"Ten birds in the forest is better than one bird in hand."
Yuan Chonghuan estimated the distance, and it was difficult to say how many results they could have if they pursued Jianzhou at this point in time, not to mention that they might still set up an ambush in front of the mountain pass.
"If you don't care about these tens of thousands of Mongolian soldiers, something will go wrong." He Kegang added.
"First restrain and surround the Horqin Department. Then send fast horses to find out the enemy situation in the mountain pass, and at the same time fly to Luanzhou, so that Zu Dashou will organize the army, and if the enemy army is trapped in the mountains, try to pursue. Yuan Chonghuan finally clarified the order.
He Kegang had to be ordered to go.
Three cannons rang out, and the Liaozhen army, which had been suppressed and beaten for several days in Zunhua City, swarmed out.
The most elite cavalry unit of the Ming Dynasty began to attack in a combined manner, quickly cutting and surrounding the Horqin people who were in chaos because of cattle and sheep.
In the night sky, the muffled sound of the three-eyed gun and the smoke of gunpowder melted together, turning the ground into a dark blood color.
"He Kegang!" Yuan Chonghuan, who was in armor, shouted.
"In!"
"Some of them have already broken west, you alone lead three thousand horsemen to break through to Xuanfu, be sure to block their way back to the grassland!"
"Order!"
Yuan Chonghuan himself led his own troops and broke into the camp that was already unattended.
The iron rider circled and dropped the torch in his hand.
In an instant, the camp of the Jianzhou Mongolian coalition army, which stretched like a pack of wolves in the night outside the city, turned into a sea of fire.
The Horqin Division, which was already unable to take care of each other, fell into further chaos.
The sky was as bright as day by the firelight, looking down on the battle on the ground.