"Sigh the law ......"

On the north bank of the Songhua River Valley, when a team of thousands of people appeared, many of them were women, children, and the elderly, and only a few were riding on horseback, and men in animal skin armor were guarding the four directions.

Leading the procession down the river was Xiyangha's second son, Shuerha, who stood on the side of the road, watching the men and horses leave, while looking at the mountains and forests to the north.

While he was looking, there were also several sturdy leather armor ponds in the mountains and forests to the north.

"How?" Shuerha asked, and Nabutang also replied truthfully: "Master, don't worry, there is no trace of anyone in the three miles to the north." ”

After the explanation of Nabutang, an ironclad soldier who was also stationed next to the horse also spoke: "Master, every time the Ming army attacks, it takes the waterway, and it should not take the land route, and there is no trace of anyone crossing the river beach." ”

"It's always right to be careful, and even if you don't guard against the Ming army, the Udiha (savages) in the east must be vigilant." Shurha explained, and then began to follow the group eastward.

A quarter of an hour after they left, a searched meadow in the Great Black Mountain was suddenly lifted up in a square, revealing a tunnel one foot long and wide.

Subsequently, I saw a Ming army wearing cuirass coming out of it, and staged a drama of changing people in this mountain forest.

patting the dirt on his body, one of them was proud: "This method taught us by His Highness is really God, and these Eastern Captives can't find it." ”

He was proud, but the little flag officer who led the team climbed to the edge of the hill and looked down.

Looking at the valley road where there were only traces of cars and horses' hooves, the little flag officer breathed a sigh of relief, and then turned his head and beckoned: "Go to two people to inform Your Highness, and the rest and I will continue to guard." ”

"Yes," the two breastplate-clad soldiers whispered, and then trotted out into the forest.

In just a quarter of an hour, Zhu Gaoxu saw the two people who came to deliver the message.

"Continue to investigate, and after Commander Fu engages with the previous men, don't care about the Tang cavalry who went to Buyan Zhaibao to ask for help, and come back to tell me immediately after Xiyang Ha leads the troops out."

"Yes!" The two soldiers responded and turned around and ran all the way back to the Great Black Mountain Ridge.

Seeing them leaving, Yisha also said, "Your Highness, are you going to prepare for a fight?" ”

"No!" Zhu Gaoxu shook his head: "There is still three and a half miles from here to the river valley, and I can't pass through the armor and horseback, and when Xiyang Ha sends troops to fight Fu Rang, then we will rush to the river valley and block his back road with armor!" ”

He made a decision here, but Fu Rang and the others, who had gone downstream in advance, were already wearing armor, and all of them were lying in ambush in the mountains and forests, waiting for the group of old and weak women and children in Buyan Zhaibao.

"Calculate the time, it's almost ......"

Wearing armor and holding a long knife in his hand, Fu Rang, who was sitting in the forest, only felt very excited.

Compared with him, many soldiers who have never been on the battlefield are constantly sweating in their hands, and they don't know whether they are excited or afraid.

"Block the road with a little formation, and fight them head-on, the river beach road in this valley is only about a hundred paces, a hundred cavalry before and after, five hundred foot soldiers to form a three-layer base, block them!"

Fu Rang knew Zhu Gaoxu's thoughts, after all, Zhu Gaochu studied under his father, so what Zhu Gaoxu had to do was for them to block the river beach road head-on and attract Xiyangha to send troops to rescue.

There will be a lot of casualties in this way, but if you want to get the most out of the battle, you can only do this.

Thinking of this, Fu Rang turned his head to look at the brothers of the Bohai Navy who were wearing armor behind him and waiting for the order to charge.

Feeling his gaze, the brothers of the Bohai Navy also threw their eyes and smiles at him.

"After this battle, I don't know how many familiar faces I can see......"

Fu Rang's mood sank, and his mind remembered Zhu Gaoxu's emotionless appearance when he gave the order just now.

"I'm not wrong, he's getting more and more like the one in the palace......"

After the evaluation, he sorted out his mood and prepared for the next fight.

Time passed little by little, and as Xiyang Habe's team emerged at the river bay, all the Bohai Navy in the mountains and forests clenched the spears in their hands.

It's only three miles away, but at this moment, it seems so far away, but it's so close.

"Let's go to the pond!"

Zhang Chun, who was sitting next to Fu Rang, watched the Xiyang Habu team release more than ten people into the mountains and forests, and he subconsciously looked at Fu Rang and reminded him.

"Tell the brothers to get ready, and immediately form a formation when you get off the river bay!"

Fu Rang changed his hand from the long knife at his waist to the Zhangsi spear next to him, not only him, but everyone in the Bohai Navy held the spear, and the cavalrymen's movements to pacify the lying horses were also much slower.

As if sensing that a fight was coming, even those war horses lying on their stomachs reduced their breathing.

"Someone!"

"Rush!"

With the Jurchen language sounding in the mountains and forests, Fu Rang pulled up the reins of the horse on the side, and the war horse began to stand up.

The Bohai Navy people instantly rushed to the Jurchen Butang who found them, and the man was so frightened that he turned around and ran.

At the critical moment, Fu Rang opened his bow and set up an arrow, aiming at his back of the heart is a series of shots.

A series of three arrows hit the back of the Jurchen, although he was wearing leather armor, only wounded the flesh, but the momentum of the arrow made him stagger.

It's just that at this time, Zhang Chun in the rear led the team to kill, and slashed at his neck with a knife in his hand, and then came three or five spears, piercing him into a hole.

"There are enemies!"

Just killing a Jurchen Butang couldn't stop the transmission of the news, but Fu Rang never thought of stopping it.

Their task is to make this team a frightened bird, and then attract reinforcements from Xiyangha.

"Stop chasing, get on the road!"

Fu Rang put away his longbow and rode his horse past Zhang Chun and them, and then more than a hundred cavalry rushed out with him and went straight to Shuerha's team.

"It's the Ming Army!"

Shulha had just heard the news of the enemy, and before he could give the order, he saw dozens or hundreds of cavalry of the Ming army dressed in bright armor rushing towards them, and the distance between the two sides was only half a mile.

The heavy cavalry of the Ming army is not like the mounted cavalry of the Sui and Tang dynasties, although there is a vest, but the vest is only available in the front, and there is no vest on the hips.

This may be to reduce weight, but more likely they don't think it's necessary.

"Hurry up and notify Amma to come to help!" Shulha instructed the centurion beside him, turned his head and ordered the men who had gathered: "Stop them! ”

As the men of Xiyang Habe, who are no different from robbers, they only know how to raise their spears when forming a formation, and they do not know how to be flexible.

Looking at the heavy cavalry of the Ming army, many Xiyang Habe men with simple spears trembled and almost wanted to escape.

"Beep-"

Fu Rang's whistle sounded, and for a while, the well-trained cavalry of the Bohai Navy hung their spears on the wooden hooks next to the saddle, took their bows and arrows, and completed them in one go.

The lighter vest brought more speed, and the half-mile distance was quickly crossed by Fu and successfully stepped fifty steps in front of Shurha.

In a few words, the Bohai Navy had already rushed to Shuerha and their formation, and Shuerha and they had barely gathered half of their soldiers and horses.

Two hundred archers drew their arrows at a distance of fifty paces, and then returned to the three hundred pikemen as if they had fled, and together they picked up their spears and prepared to defend them against the enemy.

"Beep-beep-"

The whistle was melodious, and three waves of arrows rained down without causing any damage to the Bohai Heavy Cavalry, but they rushed into a distance of twenty paces.

Under Fu Rang's whistle, hundreds of Bohai heavy riders flexibly circled, and before the spearmen of Xiyang Habu could react, the galloping bow of the Bohai heavy riders began to aim at their cheeks and fire arrows at a distance of more than ten paces......

"Uhh

The arrows flew like locusts, striking dozens of pikemen in the face in the blink of an eye, some through their heads and others bruised.

The heavy armored cavalry was abrupt, which was a skill learned from the Mongolian cavalry when the Ming army fought against the Mongolian cavalry all year round.

The mobility gained by giving up half of the vest was enough for them to complete the detour in front of the formation, and this skill lasted for almost the entire Ming Dynasty, and was later used by Nurhachi to deal with the Ming army.

But at the moment, only the Ming army himself can master this skill.

As for the Mongols, since the Battle of Yu'er Hai, they have lost their skilled craftsmen who can forge horse armor, and only the light cavalry that looks like thieves remains.

"Catch up!"

Shulha had obviously experienced the heavy cavalry of the Ming army, so he knew very well what the shortcomings of the Ming heavy cavalry were.

The armor of the Ming army is indestructible in frontal combat, but once they begin to prepare for a second fray, their backs will become the most fatal flaw.

Without the slightest hesitation, Shuerha personally led the more than 100 cavalry that had just been assembled from the rear to rush towards the Bohai cavalry, ready to attack from behind.

"Hit the ......"

Listening to the sound of horses' hooves behind him, Fu Rang's mouth hidden under the neck guard couldn't help but pick up, and his eyes were also put forward.

"Stop!"

Shuerha and the others saw that they were about to catch up with Fu Rang, but they saw that Fu let them scatter in three or five, and they were greeted by hundreds of Bohai heavy armor soldiers armed with four spears.

He tried to stop, but the horse was rushing too fast, so he gritted his teeth and signaled a detour.

"Roundabout retreat!"

There were still more than ten paces between the two sides, and this distance was enough for Shulha to turn their horses and retreat, which was the best way to face the heavy infantry formation.

It's just that at this moment, he is not facing the previous Ming army, but the spear heavy infantry trained by Zhu Gaoxu.

"Rush me!"

Suddenly, Zhang Chun's voice thundered like a flat ground, making a scene that Shuerha had never imagined in his life.

The pikemen and heavy infantry in the formation abandoned the formation, advanced the spears of the four zhangsi, and began to run on their legs.

They ran very rhythmically, and even when they ran, the formation was not messy, but they could barely maintain the formation.

It's a pity that Shulha can't appreciate such a spear heavy infantry charge at the moment, and he only sees the bright spearhead piercing towards them like a wall.

"Bang bang bang-"

Flesh and blood collided, horses wailed, some people wailed as they were knocked off by horses, but more often than not, horses pierced by spears and Jurchens on horseback.

More than 100 cavalry just fell down in an instant, as if they had rushed into a black hole, and they could no longer rush out of a single person......

Shurha died on the front lines, at the hands of a nameless soldier.

"Beep-"

The whistle sounded again, and the Bohai heavy cavalry that made a detour and made a detour again charged from the rear, and Zhang Chun and the others did not make up for the Jurchens who stood up, but skillfully gathered in small flags and gave Fu them the passage.

"Drive!"

Before many of the Jurchens who stood up could react, they were knocked down, trampled, and died suddenly by the high-speed Bohai heavy horsemen.

"Array"

A round of charge almost exhausted the strength of Zhang Chun and most of the pikemen and heavy armor soldiers, they gasped for breath, but they still dragged their tired bodies and began to line up, slowly advancing towards the Shulha infantry who had lost their cavalry.

"Run!"

Seeing that more than 100 cavalry were wiped out in an instant, the spearmen of Xiyangha, who had no Shuerha to supervise the battle, began to collapse, they had never experienced a battle in which the cavalry was wiped out in less than a quarter of an hour after the start of the battle.

Even though there were more than 300 people on their side, they had collapsed.

"Get on your horse and run to the city!"

"Get on board!"

"Uhh

The more than 300 men who were scattered kept shouting at their people to retreat, and some of the cavalry who had just arrived at the front line from the rear did not know what was happening, and they were shot on the spot by Fu Rang, who was chasing them.

The Jurchens are a good source of soldiers, but they are limited to soldiers.

When they weren't led by people like Wanyan Aguta and Nurhachi, they were just hunters disguised as soldiers.

They will be vulnerable when they encounter real soldiers......

It was only a hundred Bohai heavy horses, but they chased more than 8,000 Jurchens for several miles, until the war horses could not bear it, and Fu Rang ordered to stop the pursuit.

They began to clean up the battlefield and capture the Jurchen men who were wounded and unable to run.

Fu Rang and Zhang Chun wanted to end them, but before the war, Zhu Gaoxu had confessed that they wanted to be captured, so they pressed the heart to kill the prisoner.

They began to rest and prepare for Xiyangha's counterattack, because it was impossible for Xiyangha to leave so much baggage and not save it.

"It's over, it's over!"

"Looks like we've lost the battle!"

"Good! I'll just say that this group of captives is vulnerable! ”

On the mountain ridge of the Great Black Mountain, a rising pond soldier greeted the other pond soldiers hiding in the tunnel, and the others also cheered in the tunnel after hearing this.

Although it was applause, they tried to keep their voices as low as possible to avoid being discovered by the Jurchens who seemed to be fleeing.

On the Hewan Road, thousands of scattered Jurchen old and weak women and children continued to flee towards Buyan Fort, and such a scene was discovered by the outer guard tower of Buyan Zhai Fort a quarter of an hour later, and wolf smoke was quickly released.

"Bell, bell!"

A piece of iron was struck by the Jurchens on the city wall, and all the Jurchens who were playing in the city scattered and ran back to their homes to take out their bows and arrows and weapons, and put on the leather armor that they thought was strong.

Not long after, Xiyangha appeared in front of the assembled thousands of men wearing the armor issued to him by Daming that year, and at this time, several cavalry from Shuerha, who had fled and returned, were also brought to Xiyangha.

"Great Khan, there is a Ming army!"

"There are thousands!"

"Shul Hataiji was killed by the Ming army......"

"Shut up!" Looking at the gossip of the cavalry, Xiyang Ha irritably told them to shut up.

After they closed their mouths, Xiyang Ha reacted.

"You mean the army is coming? Where did it come from? ”

He didn't ask about his son's death, because he had enough sons, and Shulha wasn't the best one.

What he is more concerned about now is the sudden Ming army, as well as his own baggage.

"In the third bay of the Great Black Mountain, there were several thousands, they came down from the mountains, and by the time we assembled, Shulhataiji and the men in front of them were already dead, and they had hundreds of cavalry chasing and killing us......"

Because they did not know the battle situation, these cavalrymen exaggerated the number of Zhu Gaoxu and them by several times, and such a number of Ming troops made Xiyang Ha Hanmao stand upside down.

"Mutaha!" Xiyangha hurriedly shouted to one of his sons: "Quick, let's take a detour from the north to Kulawin!" ”

"But we still have thousands of troops and food to the east." Mutaha didn't expect his father to want to abandon his clan directly.

"Thousands of Ming troops are over there, they can't survive, retreat!"

Xiyang Ha, who was familiar with the strength of the Ming army, did not hesitate at all, even if they had nearly two thousand men and thousands of women and children here, but he did not choose to gamble on all this.

Under his arrangement, the soldiers and horses, women and children in the city began to withdraw to the West Fort Gate.

During this period, many soldiers, old and weak women and children who escaped from the south with horses were collected by Xiyangha, and the organization began to retreat.

Such a situation also quickly attracted Zhu Gaoxu's attention.

"Something is wrong......"

Standing on the mountain ridge of the Great Black Mountain, Zhu Gaoxu, who had already put on his armor, squatted in the grass and frowned.

"How long has it been?" He turned his head and asked, and he looked at the sky, and said, "It's been almost a quarter of an hour." ”

"Two quarters of an hour, it is impossible for Xiyangha to be without action." Zhu Gaoxu sensed that something was wrong, and immediately stood up and commanded backwards:

"Send someone to tell Fu Rang and let him lead the troops to attack Buyan Zhaibao!"

"Your Highness, what about us?" Yisha was a little stunned, he didn't understand that Buyan Zhaibao was handed over to Fu Rang, so what should their more than 300 cavalry do.

"Take off your armor, let's go west through the Great Black Mountain."

Zhu Gaoxu took off his armor as he spoke, and when he saw this, he also took off his armor and reacted: "Your Highness, are you saying that Xiyang Ha can run?" ”

"This old slave has not escaped once or twice, and every time the officers and soldiers go out of the fortress, it is not that they can't win him, but they can't catch him fighting at all." Zhu Gaoxu explained, and Yisha also reacted and beckoned everyone: "Take off your armor!" ”

The orders of the two made all the Bohai naval cavalry who were preparing for battle confused, but they still obediently took off the armor on their bodies, and only kept the cuirass to prevent sudden battles.

Zhu Gaoxu saw that everyone had taken off their armor, and immediately ordered Yi Chuan to say: "Send someone to tell Fu Rang again, if the old slave doesn't leave, I will naturally wrap up the Buyan Fortress with him from the west, and if the old slave leaves, immediately catch up!" ”

"Yes!" He also responded and ordered a cavalryman to carry the message, while he led the horse and Zhu Gaoxu across the Great Black Mountain.

Time was ticking, and Fu Rang, who had been instructed, no longer rested, but rushed to Buyan Fortress with a large number of captured livestock and thousands of prisoners.

"This old slave thief really ran away!"

When Fu Rang arrived at Buyan Fortress with soldiers and horses, as Zhu Gaoxu expected, there was nothing else here except for the hundreds of Jurchens who did not leave with the large army.

Fu Rang left 200 foot soldiers to guard the Buyan Fortress and the wounded and prisoners, while he rode the newly captured horse and began to pursue along the footsteps of the Xiyang Ha team with less than 300 men.

Night began to fall, and Zhu Gaoxu and Fu Rang had a clear division of labor, trying to intercept Xiyangha before he escaped.

The dark Black Mountain cooperates with the night, and the Rao is Bohai Navy has experienced more than half a year of training, but it still can't stop some people from falling behind.

Eight consecutive days of climbing mountains and mountains, a distance of nearly 700 miles, made everyone in the Bohai Navy very tired.

Since the torches and oil they carried with them had been burned out, many people had to lead their horses and drive in the dark.

In this way, the march has fallen behind again.

Cui Jun, who went north from Nanjing, is a flat-footed board, and has walked on flat land and water all his life, and has never walked such a long mountain road, let alone climbed the mountains in the northeast.

In the past few days, his feet have already hurt his heart, and on this dark mountain road, he has to "snap" and fall on his heel every few steps.

Like this time, he didn't step on it steadily, and almost followed him again, but fortunately, a pair of big hands grabbed him at this time: "Hold steady!" ”

Cui Jun listened to the voice, hurriedly looked up, and sure enough, he saw Zhu Gaoxu holding a torch in one hand and holding him in one hand.

"Your Highness! I ......" Cui Jun wanted to explain something, but Zhu Gaoxu didn't say anything, but put his spear on the saddle of the red horse and encouraged him: "Go out soon, come on." ”

"Hmm!" Cui Jun didn't know what refueling was, but he thought it should be a word of encouragement, so he continued to hurry despite the pain in the soles of his feet.

It's just that his legs seem to be getting heavier and heavier, and he himself is walking slower and slower, farther and farther away from the group.

In this big black mountain, Cui Jun was afraid that he would be left behind, so he was so anxious that he almost cried.

He is not very old, but seventeen years old, although he is two years older than Zhu Gaoxu, he is still a doll compared to other soldiers.

"If you can't walk, get on the horse."

Zhu Gaoxu's voice came again, Cui Jun subconsciously turned around, and sure enough, he saw Zhu Gaoxu holding the red horse.

Only then did he react, since just now, Zhu Gaoxu Nursing Home has not left, so his road is lit by firelight.

"Your Highness, I ......"

Cui Jun knew very well that riding a horse on such a mountain road was easy to break the horse, but Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but lift his collar and lift him to the back of the horse he was leading.

"It's true that the war horse is expensive, but you can buy it again if the war horse is gone, and if you don't have it, it's really gone."

After comforting Cui Jun, Zhu Gaoxu handed him the torch in his hand: "Shine on the road......

"Yes!" Cui Jun couldn't say what he felt in his heart, he only felt a sour nose.

Military households like them, even when they were in the city of Nanjing, if they dared to break a horse, they would have to have ten rods, to say the least.

The words that a person like Zhu Gaoxu is more important than a horse are the first time he has heard it in his life except for his father and mother.

He clenched the artillery in his hand and tried his best to illuminate the way forward for Zhu Gaoxu.

Time passed little by little, and Cui Jun also saw Zhu Gaoxu helping the soldiers who fell down one by one on the horse, or throwing them directly.

But no matter how rough his behavior is, his good heart for them is real......

(End of chapter)