Chapter 13: Goshawk Becomes Vulture
The Jianzhou army suddenly fled, and the original more than 1,000 Ming cavalry fought until now, and only more than 600 people were left who could insist on sitting on horses, or standing among the corpses with knives without falling.
In the snow, corpses were everywhere, beacon fires and wolf smoke, and blood accumulated into streams.
At some point, the snow stopped, the cold wind stopped a little, and the sun that had not been seen for a long time rose slightly from the mountains in the east...... The warm winter sun poured down, giving some warmth to everyone who had fought fiercely all night.
"We survived?" Liu Qu, a guerrilla general of the Chinese army, looked at the corpses, and suddenly was a little stunned, unable to believe that they had survived from Jianzhou's men.
No, it was a head-on defeat of the army led by Huang Taiji and caused it to flee away.
The Ming army won a big victory!
"Long live Daming!"
"Long live Hyaknohe-sama!!"
I don't know who started shouting, one, two, three...... Slowly, all the surviving Ming soldiers began to chant long live and chant Wang Qi's name, and after a night of fierce fighting, everyone was tired, but the kind of perseverance and excitement in their eyes was unprecedented in the past few years.
For a while, in the entire valley, shouts shook the sky.
From the beginning of Gaohuai's rebellion in Liao, to Li Chengliang's self-respect, and then to Nurhachi's rebellion against the Ming, in the past few decades, there have been many bloody battles and many desperate defeats.
The Ming army in Liaodong has almost forgotten the appearance of victory, today under the leadership of Wang Qi, with more than 1,000 cavalry against Jiannu 10,000 people, directly take the enemy's Chinese army camp, cut off the dragon banner of Jianzhou Sibeile Huang Taiji, behead hundreds of people, and kill the rebel general Sun Degong, which is one of the few victories after 30 years of Wanli.
Banzai?
Wang Qi smiled at the corner of his mouth, fortunately there were no civil officials to supervise the army here, otherwise when he arrived at the imperial court, even if his uncle Wang Huazhen interceded for himself, he would inevitably go to prison and be punished.
The horse was pacing back and forth on the hillside where Huang Taiji was located yesterday, looking at the cavalry he commanded last night and chanting his name, for a while, Wang Qi also had a sense of agitation and glory in his chest.
Zhuang is hungry for Hulu meat, laughing and thirsty for Hun blood!
That's how it should be!
Maybe...... Traveling from modern society to the troubled times of the Ming Dynasty is not a bad thing.
"My lord, what are we going to do next?" After the war, Liu Qu changed his name, saying that he would be called an adult, and he would bow down.
"There's no need to go to Zhenwu Fort," Wang Qi looked back, the Zhenwu Fort, which was originally hidden in the dark red, was now under the sunlight, the low city wall, and the wolf smoke in the dark night were faintly visible...... Judging from Huang Taiji's appearance here last night, Zhenwu Fort has already been captured by Jianzhou, and all useful things in the city's population, livestock, and food have been transported to Liaoyang by Jianzhou.
All that remains is ruins, and there is nothing left to see.
"Go back to Siping Fort!" Wang Qi put the long knife into the scabbard at his waist: "The main goal of this state is Siping Fort, and now that Zhenwu and Xixing Fort have fallen, Siping is the first to bear the brunt!" ”
"Pass my military orders!" Wang Qi looked at Liu Qu: "If you don't collect it at night, let it all out to guard the surroundings, and the rest of the army will rest in place for a quarter of an hour, pack up the battlefield horses, and the enemy's head!" A quarter of an hour later, the whole army departed! ”
"Erbao!" After giving the order to Liu Qu, Wang Qi looked at his entourage again: "You go and arrange three teams of scouts, and probe on the road when you go back and forth to see if Bao Chengxian's troops have been defeated and captured by Jiannu!" Leave the news and report back! ”
"The last will be ordered!" Liu Qu and Qin Erbao bowed to Wang Qi, turned around and left.
"It's not a pity that Bao Chengxian died, but those infantry armies, don't be captured by Jianzhou and become the vanguard of the attack on my Siping Fort......" Wang Qi's worries are not groundless, this kind of thing has not happened in the decades between the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the late Ming Dynasty.
It is never uncommon to fight back on the battlefield with the knife inward.
"My lord, in this battle, a total of more than 300 Jiannu people were beheaded, more than 500 war horses were collected, countless armor and swords were collected, and there were five poles of Jianzhou Dragon Banner Daxu, and the head of the rebel general Sun Degong has been received, filled with grass and wood ash, and the rest of the heads are used as sacks to carry on horses," After a while, Liu Qu came to report to Wang Qi on the situation of the battle.
Seeing that Wang Qi was just silently looking at the mountains in the distance, and there was no superfluous expression for the results of this battle, Liu Qu paused and added: "My lord, this is a rare big victory for my Ming Dynasty against Jiannu after Sarhu in Liaodong, and it is more with less!" You should be happy, and the court will reward you generously when the time comes. ”
"It's a pity that Huang Taiji and Li Yongfang were ......not left behind," Wang Qi's tone was ancient: "What is that mountain called?" ”
Wang Qi pointed to the mountains in the distance, which was the direction in which the sun rose, and it was also the direction in which Huang Taiji and the others fled last night.
"That place was originally the Lone Eagle Mountain, because there are often goshawks flying and getting its name, in recent years, wars are still frequent, Liaodong is hungry everywhere, cannibal vultures have increased, but the goshawk has disappeared, so the Lone Eagle Mountain, has also become a vulture mountain," Liu Qu looked up at the mountains in the distance, and then replied.
In troubled times, there are mostly man-eating beasts! Maybe it's not that the goshawk is gone, but that the goshawk has become a vulture!
A short time later, the scouts who had been sent out to find out the news returned.
Qin Erbao came to Wang Qi with the scout.
"My lord, Bao Chengxian really has a situation there!" Qin Erbao brought people to Wang Qi's side: "Find out what news, report it to your lord!" ”
"My lord," the scout said, "I went west for more than 50 miles, and there were a large number of my Ming troops scattered bravely, and the inquiry learned that most of them were the infantry led by Bao Chengxian, who stayed in place after my cavalry army left last night, and was raided by Jianzhou that night, when Bao Chengxian led the personal guard battalion to surrender, and most of the soldiers took advantage of the night to scatter and escape, and now they are all going to Siping......"
"My lord, is it really Huang Taiji who sent people to attack my rear infantry?" Liu Qu frowned, a little puzzled.
"It's not Huang Taiji, he definitely doesn't have so many soldiers and horses in his hands!" Wang Qi shook his head.
If it was Huang Taiji's handiwork, then he wouldn't have fled to the east last night, and went directly to the west to join his army, wouldn't it?
"Daishan and Amin went to Xixingbao, Huang Taiji captured Zhenwu Fort, and Siping ......" As soon as Wang Qi's words came out, Liu Qu on the side had already reacted.
"It's the chief!" Liu Qu was almost shocked: "The chief slave really moved the tiger away from the mountain, and wanted to take advantage of me to support Zhenwu, and suddenly sent troops to seize Siping Fort." ”
"Luo has more than 10,000 troops in his hands, and he should be able to hold it in one night," after speaking, Wang Qi Huo Ran got up: "Pass on my military order, and the whole army will set off immediately, target: Siping Fort!" ”
"Deliver the Lord's Order!"
"The whole army is going now!"
"All the troops are leaving!"
Wang Qi's military order was issued, and the army that was resting in place a second ago had all gotten up, and for a while, it was all the sound of turning over and picking up the blades.
Hopefully we can catch up......