Let's say that since the Southern Route Army left Phoenix, it has made a big show and marched south all the way. After entering the boundary of Jingzhou, Chen Wenqi ordered the troops to stop their flags and drums, roll their armor and ranks, and continue to move south quietly.

On this day, the troops marched to a place about fifty miles away from Lingzhou City, and Chen Wenqi consulted with He Anguo:

"This place is not far from Lingzhou City, and if you go further, you will inevitably be discovered by enemy spies, so it is better to find an ambush here, what does General He think?"

He Anguo naturally had no objections. So Chen Wenqi sent a message to Qin Sen and Lu Wan on the one hand, asking them to start a feint attack on Jingzhou City, and on the other hand, he sent scouts to reconnoitre, and finally chose a pass forty miles away from Lingzhou City as an ambush place. Chen Wenqi and He Anguo commanded the soldiers and horses to quietly enter the ambush site, and ordered the generals with the troops to restrain the troops, only to feed the dry food they brought, strictly prohibit cooking by fire, and prepare for battle at any time without disarming their armor and horses.

"Boom—"

The faint sound of artillery broke the darkness and silence before dawn, and the feint attack on Jingzhou City had begun. Not long after, a black wolf smoke rose in the northeast direction, which was a signal for Abahai to send reinforcements.

Chen Wenqi and He Anguo gathered the generals of the various departments and the 1,000 commanders of the Shenji Battalion and once again clarified the offensive and defensive routes and offensive and defensive essentials of each battalion: After the reinforcements from Lingzhou entered our army's ambush point, the Shenji Battalion blocked its head and tail with three "fire dragon cars" to prevent the enemy from escaping the ambush circle; divided the 2,000 infantry of the Shenji Battalion into three groups and used firearms such as muskets, muskets, arquebuses, and Dalian bead guns to use "platoon guns" Take turns to shoot (these firearms cannot be fired in bursts, and three groups of firearms can cover each other and load ammunition), carry out the first wave of long-distance attacks, and quickly retreat when the enemy rushes to the ground of ten zhang (the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion are not high in martial arts, so they are not suitable for close combat); As a result of the first wave of attacks, the enemy's reinforcements should be reduced by two to three percent, and the disparity between the enemy's and our forces will be great, and the various units must fight and resolve their affairs quickly. For the enemy who abandoned his weapons and surrendered, he was handed over to the infantry of the Shenji Battalion who had retreated before and took care of them, and they were never allowed to kill or beat or curse them indiscriminately; for the enemy who broke through and fled, the battalions were not allowed to fight, and the cavalry of the Shenji Battalion made the last wave of pursuit.

Just after the arrangement was completed, I found a group of people in the southwest, moving rapidly in the northeast direction, less than ten miles away from here.

"It's a good time," Chen Wenqi said with a little excitement: "Hurry back and implement the tactics and prepare for the war." ”

After a short time when the generals dispersed, the men and horses rushed towards the pass at great speed.

"Who's coming? ”

In the Ming army, someone shouted loudly. The purpose of this was to slow down the advance of the advance army and squeeze the density of the enemy's troops, so as to give full play to the power of the "platoon gun."

"Blind your dog's eyes, don't you know that this is the head of a thousand households in Hasen's Erdun? The left and right guards are geographically connected, and the other party thinks that on the "own territory", it must be the scout horses sent by their own side, so they reprimand viciously.

"That's right, what Lao Tzu is looking for is the head of a thousand households in this Ha He Dun. The first group of the Shenji Battalion, prepare - put. ”

"Bang-" The loud sound was in unison.

"The second group of the Shenji Battalion, prepare - put. ”

"Bang-"

Before the enemy could understand what was going on, there were already a lot of soldiers in the front row who had fallen.

"It's the army of the Southern Barbarians. Don't panic, everyone, although their firearms are powerful, they need time to load ammunition, everyone rush me-" A Mongolian general in armor in the formation immediately understood that he was being attacked by the Ming army, quickly drew the sword in his waist, and together with Abrig, he commanded his soldiers to rush towards the position of the Shenji battalion. Undoubtedly, he was the enemy chief of the reinforcements - the head of a thousand households, Hasen Erdun.

This Hasen Erdun also has some insight, he knows that the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion are only relying on the strength of firearms, and their kung fu is not very good, so he urged his subordinates to attack fiercely, and immediately forced the infantry of the Shenji Battalion to be less than ten feet.

"Withdraw!"

"Up!"

Just when Hasen Erdun thought that the victory was in his hands, two loud shouts rang out almost at the same time, and the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion with flat-ended firearms were obviously close at hand, and they disappeared in a blink of an eye; a large number of Ming soldiers armed with swords, guns, swords, and halberds swarmed up one and the other with so many people that most of their own soldiers were one against two and one against three. Seeing that the general trend had gone, Hasen Erdun did not dare to fight, shouted "retreat", turned the horse's head, and rushed towards the way he came.

Suddenly, his eyes darkened, and Chen Wenqi held a sword in his hand, blocking the way of Hasen Erdun.

In the midst of the chaos, Hasen Erdun raised a spear in his hand and slammed it towards Chen Wenqi's front door.

"It is said that the Tatars are barbaric and rude, and today is considered to be insightful. Don't you want to know who made you lose your troops?" Chen Wenqi was not busy, seeing that the spear was less than a foot away in front of him, he turned to the side and let go of the spear.

Hasen Erdun missed the stab, pocketed the horse, and stabbed the spear again, and said with hatred: "It doesn't matter if you are the king of Hades or a little ghost, I will let you go up the bridge first." ”

"Hmph, when death is on the verge of death, you have to blow the conch. Chen Wenqi didn't want to talk to him anymore, so he knocked his heel on the horse's belly, did not retreat but advanced, and the shadow sword moved forward along the shaft of the spear, stabbing Hasen Erdun's right hand into the tiger's mouth, blood gushed out, and the spear fell to the ground in response.

Before Hasen-Erdun had a chance to breathe, Chen Wenqi jumped up from his horse, kicked Hasen-Erdun's shoulder with a flicked leg, and kicked Hasen-Erdun off the horse.

Chen Wenqi shouted: "Tie him up." ”

More than a dozen Ming soldiers swarmed up, took out ropes and put them around Hasen's neck.

Hasenerdun pulled out a scimitar in his waist, stabbed his abdomen with a backhand, and died of exhaustion.

Chen Wenqi didn't expect this person to be so strong, and it was too late to stop him, so he stood on the spot for a while.

Seeing that the other party could not get along, Abrige knocked Hasenerdun to the ground, where did he dare to fight? The remnants of the Tatar soldiers, seeing that the two commanders were dead and fleeing, had no fighting spirit, threw down their weapons one after another, and ran away with their heads in their hands.

The cavalry of the Shenji Battalion chased for a while, and only then did they turn around when they heard the sound of "Mingjin".

In a short time, the battlefield was cleaned up. After counting, more than 3,000 enemies were killed and more than 300 were captured, and the Ming army suffered nearly 1,000 casualties. With his own relatively few casualties, he annihilated more than 3,000 enemies, and it should be said that he fought a beautiful victory, but Chen Wenqi had never seen such a tragic scene of corpses strewn everywhere in his life, and he could not help but feel sorry for the soldiers who died on both sides.

"General Chen, what are we going to do next?" He Anguo came to his side at some point, waking him up from his contemplation.

Chen Wenqi looked at He Anguo in a daze, obviously, his mood had not returned to normal.

He Anguo knew that he was uncomfortable, and he didn't know how to persuade him, so he had to make up his mind for him:

"The reinforced enemy has been completely annihilated by our army, and the Zuotun guard is insufficient, so it is better to take Lingzhou City in one go. General Chen, what do you think?"

"Ah, well, okay, just do it according to General He's advice. Chen Wenqi replied mechanically.

Lingzhou City, Zuotun guards the station of thousands of households. Previously, there were 5,000 Mongol troops stationed in the city and 3,000 "new annex troops" who surrendered to the enemy. In the morning, 4,000 Mongol troops were sent to the aid of Youtunwei, leaving only 3,000 "new annexed troops" and 1,000 Mongol troops to defend the city.

Chen Wenqi stationed a large army five miles outside the city, and sent He Anguo to lead 500 cavalry to the city to fight, demanding that only defeat be allowed, not victory.

The Mongolian army who stayed in Lingzhou, Bashawati, was simple-minded, brave and strategic, and couldn't help He Anguo scolding and fighting in every possible way under the city, and seeing that the Ming army was outnumbered and demoralized, he ignored the dissuasion of Xiahou Shuang, the commander of the "new annexed army", counted the remaining 1,000 Mongolian troops, and asked Xiahou Shuang to allocate 1,000 "new annex troops" to go out of the city with him to meet the enemy.

When he came to the front of the battle, Bashawati pointed at the mace in his hand and hissed: "Whoever comes, report the name, and the head of this thousand households will not kill the nameless." ”

He Anguo rode out of the battle and said contemptuously: "You Hu man is full of tricks and words, if you can go through fifty moves under my grandfather and me today, grandpa, I will tell you what grandpa's surname is." ”

Bashi Awati is not very proficient in Chinese, and was surrounded by He Anguo's "grandfather, grandfather", and he didn't know how to mean it for a long time, until he understood that the other party was taking advantage of him, he screamed angrily, and then his legs clamped his crotch off the horse, and the mace in his hand swept towards He Anguo's waist.

He Anguo swung his long knife, and with a "dang" sound, he swung away the powerful mace.

"Come and don't be rude, let you also eat grandpa's knife. He Anguo turned his horse's head, raised his long knife diagonally, and looked at Bashawati's right shoulder.

Bashawati did not dare to slack off, and rushed towards the diagonal spur, avoiding the edge of the long knife.

After more than a dozen rounds of fighting, Bashawati relied on his large number of people and shouted: "Give it to me." ”

When the Mongol army and the "new annex army" heard the order, they immediately swarmed up.

"Ahh He Anguo exclaimed, led five hundred cavalry to turn around and run.

"It's not that easy, chase me. Bashawati laughed loudly and led his troops to follow after He Anguo.

Turning a mountain pass, He Anguo and his 500 cavalry suddenly disappeared. Bashawati was surprised, and suddenly realized that the enemy was using a strategy to lure troops, and there must be an ambush ahead, so he hurriedly ordered the troops to retreat. But it was too late: thousands of Ming sabers and guns were like a forest, blocking the way.

"Bashawati, dismount and surrender now, or spare your life. He Anguo came out of nowhere and said behind Bashawati.

The Ming army was flanked back and forth, and he was isolated, and Bashi Awati regretted not listening to Xiahou Shuang's advice, and in a hurry, he turned around and pointed at He Anguo and scolded: "You shameless man, what do you Han people say on weekdays, I think it's just a bunch of sneaky villains." If we have the ability, we can distinguish victory and defeat with a clear knife and a gun, and use this kind of indiscriminate means to deceive people, I really disdain for you. ”

"'Soldiers, treacherous. Therefore, it can be shown but cannot be used, it is not used to show it, it is near and it is far away, and it is far away and it is shown to be near. ...... The victory of this soldier cannot be passed on first'. Your Excellency does not read poetry and books, does not learn Tao strategy, but falsely accuses others of stealing and cheating, I am really sorry for Your Excellency. Someone behind him imitated Bashawati's tone and said.

Bashawati turned to see a white-faced scholar sitting calmly on his horse, without any weapon in his hand.

"Who are you who dare to argue here?"

"In Xia Chen Wenqi, what the right person said, every sentence is reasonable, how can Your Excellency say it with strong words?"

Bashi Awati was shocked when he heard this, this person is Chen Wenqi, whom Lord Abahai hated to the bone? It is said that this person is both humanistic and military, and today they met on a narrow road, and I don't know whether it is a blessing or a curse. But seeing that Chen Wenqi was young and weak, his tone was calm, and he didn't look like he had a stunt, I thought that he might just be a little bit of a trick of moving and moving three arrows, and he didn't necessarily have the kung fu to fight immediately. Thinking of this, Bashawati was both afraid and happy: if Chen Wenqi is captured or defeated with his own hands, even if we can't earn the title of the first warrior in Mongolia, we can at least be among the top ten warriors. Thinking of this, he didn't answer, and with a pocket of mace, he smashed down on Chen Wenqi's face.

It's a pity that Bashawati is too ignorant of current affairs, and the catastrophe is coming, so he doesn't think about how to save his life, but instead makes a warrior's spring dream. The mace held high in his hand had not yet fallen, and He Anguo's long knife had already stretched out from the oblique stab, and the mace was knocked out, forcing the Bashawati people and horses to retreat.

"Kill-" The sound of killing in front of the mountain and behind the mountain shook the sky, and countless Ming troops covered up and killed.

In the midst of the killing, only one person shouted loudly: "Brothers of the 'New Annexed Army', you are also the people of the Ming Dynasty and the sons of the Han family, but you have been held hostage by traitors and have been in a foreign land for a long time, but I believe that you will never be willing to be willing to rebel against the foreign race and shed tears." For many years, the parents, wives and children at home have leaned on the door day and night, thinking of their relatives and returning. I hope that the brothers who do not want to be rebels, thieves, and unscrupulous descendants will put down their weapons and stand on the side of the imperial army. Listen to the Ming soldiers, all the brothers of the 'new annexed army' who lay down their arms must be treated and protected with kindness, and must not kill, beat, and scold. ”

Most of the people in the "New Attached Army" were originally unwilling to rebel, and they had dreamed of returning to their hometown for many years, but they were held hostage by Xiahoushuang and others, and they didn't dare to show it, let alone speak lightly. Now some people raised their arms and shouted, as if they heard the sound of heaven, and responded violently at the moment, throwing away their swords and guns one after another, and running towards the Ming army with their legs.

Seeing this, Bashawati took out his waist knife and cut down a few soldiers of the "new annexed army" who threw away their weapons, intending to restrain his own soldiers from letting go of the Ming army. However, this action brought death to himself, and more than a dozen soldiers of the "new annex" picked up their weapons from the ground, rushed forward, overturned his mount, and hacked him to death.

As soon as Bashawati died, the dragons were leaderless, and several lower-level generals of the Mongol army who were still struggling to resist saw that the general trend was gone, so they had to put down their swords and tie their hands.

At this point, most of the Zuotun guards have been wiped out, and only the 2,000 "new annex troops" who defend the city remain, and Lingzhou City is at your fingertips.

"General Chen, destroy the enemy's two main forces in a row, the soldiers are in high spirits, it is better to strike while the iron is hot, push the 'Huwei Cannon' to the city of Lingzhou, directly bombard the defenders on the city tower, and after the remnants of the enemy are dizzy, then blast open the city gate, kill into the city to clear the remnants of the enemy, and recover the Zuotun Guard in one fell swoop, do you think it's good?" He Anguo excitedly suggested to Chen Wenqi.

Chen Wenqi thought for a while, and a bold idea popped up. He asked He Anguo to find a flag officer named Le Yufu for questioning in the "new attached army" where he laid down his arms. After understanding what Chen Wenqi meant, Le Yufu tearfully recounted how Xiahou Shuang led them to surrender to Tatar.

That year, Batu Mengke led the army to attack the city of Lingzhou, and the soldiers of the Ming army defending the city asked Xiahou Shuang for battle, and urged him to report the enemy situation to Xia Daren, the general soldier of Ningxia, but Xiahou Shuang always ignored it. Due to the excitement of the crowd, Xiahou Shuang executed several promotion officers and Qianzong who insisted on going out of the city to meet the enemy, and finally managed to suppress the situation. It is strange to say that Xiahou Shuang did not open the city gate to face the enemy, and the Tatar army outside the city did not attack the city, but stood still outside the city, and the two sides seemed to have formed a tacit understanding, and they were waiting for something. Two days later, Xiahou Shuang gathered the officers above the general under his command (my position at that time was the general officer, and later because I was dissatisfied with what Xiahou Shuang did, I was demoted to a banner officer), declaring that there was a huge disparity between the enemy and our forces, and the Ming army was isolated, and in order to preserve the strength and protect the lives of all the soldiers, it was decided to surrender in Kaesong. When everyone heard this, they immediately exploded, saying that they would rather sacrifice their lives for the country than defect to the enemy. Several generals drew their swords on the spot and wanted to take down Xiahou Shuang to apologize to the imperial court. Xiahou Shuang was careful and had already taken precautions. At that time, there was a loud shout, and dozens of cronies immediately poured out of the surroundings, killing six officers who took the lead in making trouble, and two others killed themselves on the spot in order to save their reputations. In this way, Xiahou Shuang ordered the city gate to be opened and the Tatar army was welcomed into the city.

Speaking of which, Le Yufu is already sobbing and grieving. The generals present were even more furious, if words could kill, Xiahou Shuang was only afraid of dying a thousand times.

"Since you are all unwilling to rebel, will no one resist again in the past twenty years?" Chen Wenqi asked.

Le Yufu shook his head and said, "Xiahou Shuang has threatened many times that if anyone dares to make trouble, he will destroy his nine clans. We have already caused great shame on our family and ancestors, and if we cause them to lose their lives again, will it not be a crime on top of a crime? ”

"Destroy the Nine Clans? Hmph, don't be ashamed. He Anguo laughed disdainfully, "He is a traitor who betrays the country to seek glory and is attached to foreign races, and he dares to sneak back to the Central Plains to destroy the nine clans such as Er? ”

Le Yufu was a little embarrassed when he heard this, and only after a long time did he say in a loud voice: "He...... said that there were their people in the Jinyi Guard, and as long as someone made trouble, the Jinyi Guard would exterminate the family on the charge of collaborating with the enemy. ”

He Anguo was angry and funny: "There are people in the brocade guards, and you even believe in such a deceitful little trick?"

"No, it's true. Le Yufu said fearfully: "It was one day in the fifth month after the surrender, and Xiahou Shuang summoned the officers above the small flag to the square, where dozens of wooden boxes the size of a fence bucket were placed. Xiahou Shuang pointed to the wooden boxes all over the ground and said that they were all loaded with human heads, and they were the clansmen of the thousand president Park Bijie who were killed that day, and their deaths were implicated in the troubles led by Pu Biejie. In order to prove the authenticity, Xiahoushuang specially asked Park Mingjie's fellow villager Jin Suozhu, who was also in the army, to identify him, and Jin Suozhu recognized Park Mingjie's father, brother and others at once. This shows that ......"

This shows that Xiahou Shuang and others had already planned to take refuge in Tatars, and secretly colluded with the imperial court, at least the people of Jinyiwei, and deliberately betrayed the country. Chen Wenqi took over the conversation and waved his hand to signal Le Yufu to retreat.

"Such a chaotic minister and thief, if you don't bombard him to death, it will be difficult to eliminate this hatred. General Chen, give the order to attack the city. He Anguo said angrily.

Chen Wenqi nodded and said that bold idea to He Anguo......

The west gate of Lingzhou City, the city gate is closed, and the suspension bridge is hung high. Dozens of soldiers of the "new annexed army" on the city tower leaned sparsely on the battlements.

Suddenly, more than 100 soldiers in the distance wearing the costumes of the "new annexed army" rushed towards the city gate like crazy.

"Who's who? Stop!" said the guards on the tower shouted as he ran about a stone's throw from the city gate.

"I'm the flag official Le Yufu. Encountered a large number of ambushes by the Ming army in front, the head of a thousand households, Bashawati, and the soldiers he brought with him all sacrificed their lives, and we waited for death to break through the siege, so as to save our lives. Hurry up and let us into the city, if we are late, the Ming army will chase after us. ”

The guards on the tower looked ahead, saw dust in the distance, and hurriedly shouted, "Lower the drawbridge, open the city gate, and let them in." ”

"Wait. Suddenly, a vicious voice came from the city tower: "Whoever dares to open the city gate without authorization will be killed." ”

"General Shi, outside the city is Le Yufu and them, if they don't open the door, they will be killed by the chasing Ming army. The voice seemed to explain.

"It is a capital offense to flee and come back. It is better to let them die on the battlefield and leave a good name for sacrificing their lives for the country. The vicious voice said.

When Le Yufu heard this, he was immediately furious, jumped to his feet and scolded: "Shi Maiyu, I will fuck your eight generations of ancestors, 'sacrifice your life for the country, sacrifice your life for the country', which country do you let Lao Tzu sacrifice for? If you don't open the city gate, Lao Tzu wants you to die a good death." ”

Shi Maiyu propped his elbow on the battlement of the city wall, leaned out his upper body and looked down at the city, and said like a cat playing with a mouse: "Le Yufu, don't treat Lao Tzu's kindness as a donkey's liver and lungs. Let you go into the city, I promise you'll die faster when you get into the city. It's better to die on the battlefield, at least it won't affect your family......"

Before he finished speaking, he saw a black shadow flying towards him, and suddenly he had an unbearable pain in his chest, and his eyes were dark, and he fell to the city top-heavy.

A figure in the crowd on the other side of the suspension bridge jumped into the air, swiped his right hand, threw the flying grab tied to the rope on the suspension bridge and hooked it, and then wrapped it around one by one, tightly wrapped his arm around the end of the rope, swinging across the moat, fishing with his left hand, holding Shi Maiyu who was about to land, taking advantage of the castration of the rope wrapped in his right hand to decay, he toe a little to the city wall, and swung back to the place where he had stood by the rebound of the rope. These rabbits have risen and fallen in one go, and in the eyes of everyone, they are just a flower in their eyes.

Shi Maiyu was congratulating himself on not dying, but half of his body was numb, and he was caught by the man.

"Let them open the gates, or you will not be able to survive or die. ”

Shi Maiyu was also shocked and frightened, completely lacking the arrogance of the right talent, and shouted one after another: "Open the door, open the door." Pang Cheng, are you fucking deaf? Why don't you hurry up and open the city gate? ”

After a "squeak" sound, the hanging suspension bridge was finally lowered, and the city gate was slowly opened.

"Close the gates and pull up the drawbridge. Inside the city gates, there was a loud shout.