Chapter 367

If Lu Xiangsheng only had more than a thousand Tianxiong Army infantry in his hands, plus six or seven thousand miscellaneous troops, in the face of so many Jiannu cavalry attacks, even if he was reborn in vain and the overlord was resurrected, he would be powerless.

But the problem is that the three thousand cavalry of the Tianxiong Army under the command of Lei Shisheng fell into his hands by mistake, especially the three thousand cavalry were strengthened by Cheng Shijie's equipment, they were wearing the stainless steel armor of the Ning Navy, and the light arrows shot by the Jiannu cavalry could basically be ignored.

And the bows and crossbows in their hands, a round of volleys, the Qing army fell a piece, after the desperate killing of the thunder Shisheng's department, finally left Lu Xiangsheng time to sort out the army.

The grain carts formed the strongest line of defense on the perimeter, and the crossbowmen stood inside the grain and fired at the Jiannu cavalry approaching outside.

A staff general was both angry and surprised when he saw the last batch of Ming army deserters and minfu being devoured by Jiannu's iron cavalry: "Why didn't Jiannu capture these minfu and deserters, or drive them to attack our army's formation?" This is not like the style of Jiannu! ”

Lu Xiangsheng's face turned pale, gritted his teeth and said, "Because their goal is me!" ”

This time he guessed correctly, the target of this Qing army's iron cavalry was Lu Xiangsheng. Huang Taiji knew very well the real food situation of the Ming army, and he didn't have to spend any effort to go to the grain route of the Ming army in the extreme Northern Expedition, because they would cut it off by themselves.

Huang Taiji knows Lu Xiangsheng's prestige in the Ming army better, no matter how Emperor Chongzhen rejects it and how Zhu Chunchen suppresses it, he is always the god of war of the Ming Dynasty.

Once Lu Xiangsheng took over the command, it would be a nightmare for the Qing army. The tenacity and stickiness of the Tianxiong army that can't be killed and can't be broken and won't let go, and the fierce Huang Taiji, who will never stop without biting the opponent into a river of blood, has already learned too much, so his task for this cavalry is to behead at all costs, even if all of them are killed in front of the Ming army, Lu Xiangsheng must be killed!

The rolling iron hooves left behind large swaths of inhuman-like corpses, sprinting towards the dead line marked by crossbow arrows. The Jurchen knights on horseback were all wearing the armor worn by their fathers, with a recognition flag on their backs, an arrow in their mouths, and one in their hands, which had already been wounded, completely ignoring the Ming army array.

They let out a terrible howl in their throats, kicked the horses in the belly with their spurs, and crashed straight into the Ming army's formation! They seem to have no tomorrow, they have given up all hope, and they are desperate to smash the Ming army formation, even if they are crushed!

As the baggage unit of the Ming army, the escorted Ming army was not elite, but the problem was that after watching the Qing army, there were no prisoners at all, even if the Ming soldiers or people who surrendered on their knees were killed by the Qing army, and the Ming army was also forced to a dead end.

The two sides carried out bloody tears and slaughters within the range of more than ten miles of Sunit, arrows rained down, explosions sounded like thunder, and the soldiers of the Tianxiong Army with the help of grenades could finally force and stabilize the front, and with the increase in casualties of the Ming army, those young and strong men also consciously took up arms, and they fought for themselves.

There were casualties on both sides, and in the battle of just half an hour, the Ming army and the people suffered six or seven thousand casualties, and the Jiannu cavalry also suffered casualties as high as two or three thousand. But the problem is that the Jiannu cavalry actually ignored such heavy casualties and rushed forward regardless of the horses.

In the face of the Manchu iron cavalry, the Ming army could not escape, and in a desperate situation, it broke out with tenacious combat effectiveness, and actually relied on the rudimentary defense line to fight with the Manchu iron cavalry.

Of course, Lu Xiangsheng's contribution is indispensable, as the so-called incompetence of one general, exhausting the three armies, an excellent general, the combat effectiveness exerted, can be more courageous than tens of thousands of troops.

Just when the heavy troops in the rear of the Ming army were attacked by the Qing army at Sunit, on the Mobei front, the Ming army was still advancing and chasing fiercely. Under their fierce attack, the Qing army almost lost its armor and was defeated.

Since Nurhachi, the five words "defeated like a mountain" are the patent of the Ming army, and only the Qing army has been chasing them, and Cheng Shijie's perversion against the sky has made the Jiannu army taste the taste of being pressed and flattened, and now this scene is repeated, the Ming army has almost gone crazy, like a hungry wolf biting an injured reindeer desperately chasing, completely forgetting the rear, and the army is completely chaotic.

Qin Yiming, the main general of the Sichuan army who had just followed, including Zuo Liangyu of the Changping Army, Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong, and others were all worried about this, they had fought with Jiannu to some extent, and now Jiannu's performance was not normal at all, and it was too obvious to lure the enemy deeper.

Qin Yiming reminded Zhu Chunchen that he should slow down and reorganize his team to avoid the disconnection of the various troops.

However, Zhu Chunchen couldn't listen at all: "Are you teaching Ben Shuai how to fight?" ”

This sentence choked Qin Yiming.

At this time, Zhu Chunchen only had the imperial flag fluttering in the wind in his eyes, as long as he cut down this imperial flag and presented it to Emperor Chongzhen, he would be able to make immortal achievements, Cheng Shijie and Lu Xiangsheng had to stand aside, as for Wen Tiren, he didn't even look at it!

As long as he can cut down that flag, he Zhu Chunchen will be able to go down in history and be crowned king like the ancestor Zhu Neng. Becoming the king of the Ming Dynasty with a different surname, hereditary replacement, can at least protect the third generation of the Zhu family.

Before you know it, a tall mountain appears in front of you.

Zhu Chunchen asked, "What kind of place is this?" ”

"Hui Guogong, this is Sanshen Mountain (Kent Mountain), which is said to be the holy land of the Mongols!"

Wu Sangui explained: "Legend has it that Genghis Khan himself was assisted by this mountain many times and escaped catastrophes, and he worshiped this mountain all his life, and whenever there was a major event, he would enter the mountain to worship the immortal heaven, gain inner peace, and at the same time get the best ideas to solve the problem......

"Is Hou Huo, the champion of the Han Dynasty, sick and the wolf Juxu, here?"

"This ...... Seems to be, right? ”

While reporting to Emperor Chongzhen, Zhu Chunchen asked people to prepare for the sealing of the Sanshen Mountain.

Just at the foot of Sanshen Mountain, the problems encountered by the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Ming Dynasty also followed.

"Marshal Qiqi, there is not much food left in our army!"

"Urge the future generations, ask Lu Xiangsheng what he is going to eat, this little thing will not bother Ben Shuai!"

As a military general, Feng Wolf Juxu is the pinnacle of military generals, however, just when Zhu Chunchen was dreaming, Emperor Chongzhen's imperial car also arrived at the foot of the mountain.

Emperor Chongzhen also realized at this time that it was not easy to eliminate Jiannu in a war, after all, the rear was bitter, and the military food was becoming more and more difficult, and even his soldiers in the Beijing camp were so hungry that they scolded their mothers every day.

In the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, as long as the wolf Juxu, you can also comfort the ancestors, give an explanation to the people of the world, he has decided to seal the Zen, immediately return to Beijing, and now there are 10,000 beheadings, although there are not many real slaves, there are six or seven thousand Mongolian Tartars, you can also give an explanation to the people of the world.

Didn't Lu Xiangsheng think that this battle would be lost? Wait until you return to the capital and humiliate Lu Xiangsheng.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the ministers and said: "I am ready to officially seal the Three Divine Mountains on the first day of the eighth month, and Le Shi Xuanwu!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen was very happy, although the price was very high this time, but since Chengzu and below, which emperor of the Ming Dynasty has been to the hinterland of the Mongols?

"My Emperor Shengming!"

The generals also breathed a sigh of relief.

It was night, and the soldiers who had been tired all day found that there was less food, and each person only had half a catty of food, which was only one-sixth of the usual.

"Damn, Lao Tzu was beaten to death, so let Lao Tzu eat this ......"

"What you say, you can eat it if you want to, and you don't want to pull it!"

No matter how little food there is, it is better than not having food at all.

Entering the night, the nightmare of the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty finally came, just after dark, it began to change the sky, the weather that was barely bearable, getting colder and colder, snowflakes actually drifted in the sky, and the snow was getting bigger and bigger.

Looking at the snowflakes in the sky and looking at the thin soldiers on their bodies, all the Ming army generals cast a shadow in their hearts, and in the middle of the night, the sound of horses' hooves sounded.

Zhu Chunchen was woken up from his sleep: "Tell the marshal, the south found the Jiannu Iron Horseman, and the number of people is too many!" ”

didn't wait for Zhu Chunchen to issue a response order.

"Report ...... Ten miles to the northeast, a large number of enemy troops were discovered, and they were rushing forward! ”

In fact, the sound of horses' hooves was like thunder, and Zhu Chunchen didn't need to see it with his eyes, even if he heard it with his ears, he knew that something was wrong.

But the problem is that these Jiannu cavalry did not attack, but only surrounded the Ming army camp, and the Ming soldiers in the Ming army camp were nervous, cold and hungry, and many people died silently in this cold night.

Jiannu did not attack, and when it was dawn, the sleepy, tired and hungry soldiers of the Ming army suddenly found that their surroundings had become a world full of wind and snow, and many weak soldiers had frozen to death at night. In one night alone, tens of thousands of soldiers froze to death, looking at the corpses that were blackened and purple.

There was no way, so the Ming army had no choice but to take off the clothes on the corpse, put them on his body, and put everything that could keep out the cold, such as blankets, bedding, and even pasture grass into his clothes to keep out the cold.

"It's over!"

As the vanguard, Wu Sangui of the Guanning Army led more than 3,000 cavalry of the Wu Army and swept towards the Chinese army camp.

The unsuspecting Chinese army camp encountered the charge under Wu Sangui's command and was killed in pieces, and the Guanning army actually took thousands of cavalry as the lead, rushed rampantly, killed the Chinese army, slashed the horse's hooves all the way, cut a bloody alley, and rushed straight to Chongzhen's fierce drive!

God, the Guan Ning Army, as the main force, did not fight the Qing army, but instead killed its own people!

The Ming army was dumbfounded, and he didn't react until the saber swung over.

The cold light flashed, and the heads flew into the air with extreme horror, bringing a rain of blood, and their eyes widened to death, full of astonishment and incomprehension. Caught off guard, the Ming army could not organize effective resistance, and was easily killed by the Guan Ning army layer by layer, Wu Sangui rushed to the front first, the saber was like a windmill, and more than ten people were slashed one after another, rushing to a Ming army general.

And until now, the general hadn't reacted, pointed at Wu Sangui with a knife, and scolded angrily in disbelief: "Wu Sangui, you!" ”

The cold light flashed, blood splattered, and the big head flew out with a whirl. Wu Sangui didn't look at the corpse that had not fallen to death, brandished his saber and roared: "Don't fight!" Let's take Zhu Youzhen down first! ”

The cavalry behind him roared in response, charging even harder. At the same time, the Qing army's Zhenghuang flag was also rolled upside down, but their target was a little later, the Ming army's artillery. The men and soldiers in charge of transporting the cannons were already tired of dogs, and in the face of the surging Manchurian cavalry, they could only let out a desperate scream, and they were harvested in clumps like mowing grass, and the screams and cries shook the heavens and the earth, and the blood flowed like rivers.

The Ming army was defeated.

Thanks to the equipment that the Tianxiong Army obtained from the Ning Navy, as well as grenades, they could barely hold on in the cavalry field battle, when they were weak and strong. The two sides fought a real fire, the Ming army paid nearly 10,000 casualties, and Jiannu also lost at least seven or eight Niu Lu, more than 4,000 men and horses.

"Jiannu will definitely not be able to hold on, how many people can they fight with us!"

Before the words of the thunder fell, the horn sounded, gloomy and desolate, and the cavalry of the Qing army quickly regrouped and assembled.

The generals of the Ming Army were shocked: "Still coming?" Are these Jiannu all crazy? So many people have died, and you have to continue to fight? ”

Lu Xiangsheng said coldly: "Their target is me, I won't die, even if there is only one person left, they will continue to charge!" But it doesn't matter, thunder! ”

"The last general!"

"Tired or not?"

Lei Shisheng trembled his hands and smiled reluctantly: "Master Hou, I have never had such a good time killing!" ”

"Ben Shuai will take a thousand cavalry away, Jiannu will definitely pursue Ben Shuai, you have to be responsible for taking these men and horses, gather them, see how much grain there is, and bring them to Ering Dabu Sannaoer ......"

"North, not south?"

"Going south is definitely a dead end, we can't go back!"

Lu Xiangsheng sighed and said: "What we can do is to persist as much as possible, this mess, only Cheng Shuai has the ability to clean up!" ”

At this moment, the sound of hurried horses' hooves came, and several horses foamed at the mouth, and shouted wildly from afar: "Champion Hou! Champion Hou!

Lei Shisheng saw the other party's banner and clothing clearly, frowned and said, "It's the cavalry of the Guanning Army, what are they doing here?"

"I'm afraid it's not a good thing!"

Lu Xiangsheng felt his eyelids jump, but he still greeted them, and bowed his hand to these Guanning army cavalry, before he could speak, those Guanning army cavalry had already rolled the saddle and dismounted, bowing to the ground, one of them took off his helmet and shouted: "Champion Hou, do you remember the last general?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng looked at this person carefully, and saw that he was tall, and his face was always a little unruly, very familiar, and he quickly remembered: "You are...... General Zu, Ben Hou has seen you in the big tent of the Chinese army. ”

Zu Kuan said happily, "It turns out that Master Hou still remembers the last general, it's really good!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng asked, "General Zu, why are you here in a hurry?" What's going on ahead? ”

A Guan Ning military officer who came with Zu Kuan said: "The situation has changed! ”

Lu Xiangsheng's heart tightened: "What's wrong?" ”

The general said quickly: "Zhu Dashuai Shengjing encountered the main force of Jiannu, a big battle, Jiannu was defeated, our army chased and fought fiercely, and it was about to win, who knew that in the trap of Jiannu, Jiannu had set up an ambush in Sanshen Mountain early, and when our army chased after people and horses, the ambush soldiers were everywhere, and the main force of our army was surrounded!" ”

Everyone's faces changed drastically.

Lu Xiangsheng looked bitter: "I knew it would be like this!" ”

The general said: "The situation is critical, and the saint has no idea, so he sent the last general and others to invite the Hou Ye over and entrust him with the important task of commander-in-chief of the three armies!" ”

At this moment, Lei Shi looked at this Guan Ning general. Although in later generations, the Manchus and the Han people could no longer see the difference, but in the Ming Dynasty, the difference between the faces of the Manchus and the Han people was still very obvious, especially the face shape, their faces were longer, commonly known as horse faces. The second is that their eyes are smaller, their sockets are shallower, and their faces look flat.

In particular, the eyes are the biggest difference, their eyes are almost black, the eye color is yellow or brown, and there are more precious gray eyes, that is, the color of the pupils is blue-gray, which will be more obvious when illuminated by lights at night.

Lei Shisheng became vigilant: "Where is the appointment clerk?"

"The appointment clerk and the seal are here."

The general took out a brocade box made of fine agarwood and slowly opened it.

However, when the general opened the brocade box, it was not a paperwork, but a beautifully shaped handcuff, and it was not an ordinary handcuff, it was actually a double-barreled handcuff.

The general picked up the handcuff and aimed it directly at Lu Xiangsheng.

It was too late, it was too late, and one of the guards beside Lu Xiangsheng directly pounced on the general of the Guanning Army, and Zu Kuan on the side suddenly jumped up, pulled out his waist knife and slashed at Lu Xiangsheng!

"Bang ......"

Zu Kuan seemed to feel like he had been kicked by a rhinoceros, and three blood flowers splattered on his body.

The revolver in Lu Xiangsheng's sleeve went off, and at a distance of less than three meters, Lu Xiangsheng had no chance of missing.

Zu Kuan felt the strength in his body, as if like a deflated ball, and quickly evacuated: "You ......"

Lu Xiangsheng looked at Yang Shigu, the guard who had been shot and slowly closed his eyes, Yang Shigu's face was covered with blood and he was speechless.

It can be seen that Yang Shigu did not regret it on his face, but looked calm.

Lu Xiangsheng shot again and hit the arm of the Guan Ning army general: "Who are you?" ”

"Garai according to Banturush!"

Kalayi according to the class Chinese means forward commander, which is a general of the rank of Jiala's Ezhen.

"Why did you assassinate Lu?"

The assassin sneered and said nothing.

Lu Xiangsheng felt that this sentence was very redundant, why did Jiannu assassinate him, and did he still need a reason? If Jiannu has the opportunity, he will kill Cheng Shijie a hundred times, and he will have the heart ten thousand times.

Lei Shisheng's heart was on fire, he pulled out his dagger and stepped forward to stab Turush, a warrior of Jiannu Baturu, with a knife in the thigh, and shouted angrily: "Say! Not to mention Lao Tzu, he will tear off the flesh on your thighs piece by piece, or strip your clothes naked and hang them on the flagpole, so that you can't survive or save your life! ”

Turushh twitched in pain, but he didn't even snort, but sneered and said, "Just be prestigious, hurry up, because your time is running out, and you will soon be dead!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng asked, "What do you mean?"

"Champion Hou, you probably don't know yet, right? You have fallen into our trap from the very beginning of this Northern Expedition! You, and your army, will soon be buried in the sand, even the stupid pig of heaven! ”

"What do you say? Say it again!?"

Turushh laughed wildly: "I said you were all fooled! From the very beginning, I was led by the nose, honestly obeyed the command, came to the chopping board that people had prepared for you a long time ago, and stretched my neck! Don't go back alive, don't even think about it! After destroying you, there will be no more incapable divisions in the entire Beizhili, and at that time, my Qing army will enter the customs in a big way and sweep the entire Beizhili, which is as easy as a hand! Guan Ningjun followed them into the customs, at least they could ......"

Turush's words came to this because Lu Xiangsheng was so excited that he accidentally broke Turush's ribs, which were inserted into his heart.

At this time, the only Tianxiong Army soldiers around Lu Xiangsheng were about 100 people, and they all looked at one of them, who was more than half of the age.

This Bai is always a member of the Huang clan of Daimyo Prefecture, and he is also one of the clan elders.

He looked at the crowd and said, "Now draw the lot of life and death!" According to the convention, the lottery is the winner, responsible for collecting the corpse, taking care of the orphans and widows, and winning the death lot, then fight to the death! ”

Clan and ancestral hall culture is an important part of traditional Chinese culture, and it is a folk activity with ancestor worship as the core. The ancestral hall is the spiritual symbol and source of cohesion of the family, as well as the carrier of family history and culture.

A life and death signature refers to a contract in which the young and middle-aged men of the clan voluntarily draw lots to decide whether to go to war or not when the family is facing foreign invasion or other crises. Life and death signatures are usually written on two slips of paper, one with "life" and one with "death". Those who are drawn "alive" can stay at home to protect the elderly, weak women and children, while those who are drawn "dead" must pick up weapons and fight the enemy to the end.

The Tianxiong Army is different from the Ning Navy, which is a modern professional army established by relying on military discipline, while the Tianxiong Army is a typical clan as a bond and an army composed of blood relations.

In history, in the last battle of the Tianxiong Army, the 5,000 Tianxiong Army will face the 110,000 Qing army, and the whole army will be killed, fighting to the end, and only a few dozen people remain.

Now that the Tianxiong Army is in danger, Lu Xiangsheng has not yet given an order, and the clans have begun to draw life and death lots, once they draw death lots, they will either fight for the clan, enter the ancestral genealogy, or fight for the country, and never die.

Once the draw of life and death lots, it means that the Tianxiong Army will be desperate.

This is clan culture, which has been engraved in the bone marrow of every Chinese descendant for two thousand years. Maybe they don't know much, but they all know that they can't be coaxed.

But when the country is in danger, when the whole nation is facing a crisis of life and death, they will not hesitate to stand up to the enemy, and tell them that this way is not the way! Die? Isn't it just death, what's there to be afraid of? Even if we die, we're ghosts!

"Batch iron armor, carry a long knife. The battle with the son is long. Fight with the enemy, die and live together. Fight with your son, and your heart will not be slack. Step on the swallow and chase the beard ......"

As the draw of the life and death lots, Ma Ta Yanran's singing sounded. Since ancient Yan Zhao Duoyi, when the building was about to fall, these ordinary Ming soldiers stood up without hesitation, repeatedly reciting this sad and heroic verse, and launched a desperate battle with the rolling Manchurian iron cavalry!

Lu Xiangsheng knew that he might never see these soldiers again. Without his orders, these soldiers will fight Jiannu to the end, to the last man.

"Master Hou, Yuancheng Ma Sanxi leads Yuancheng Ma's family, one hundred and sixty-three athletes, go first!"

"Master Hou, Huang Fugui of Daming County, lead the ninety-two Jian'er of the Huang family, go first!"

"Master Hou, Nanle Liu Rong ......"

"Master Hou, Dongming King Jingchun......"

"Master Hou, Nanle Guohu!"

"Master Hou, Yuancheng Ma Hongjian ......"

(End of chapter)