Chapter 27: Fire Wasteland (6)

"Can this happen really happen?" In the darkness of the candlelight, a voice seemed to be muttering to himself, and it seemed to be asking someone else.

"Your Highness, this matter cannot be done." A bald monk replied with a laugh. The two who spoke were neither others, but the Yan King Zhu Di who led the Yan army to the frontier and the chief adviser monk Daoyan.

The Yan army was fighting for Jibao for another three days, and the defenders in Daning City repeatedly asked for help, and the Yan army advanced to a place fifty miles away from the city and set up camp again.

Zhu Di sent scouts to the grassland three times a day to inquire about the news from the northern line, but he sent many people, but he still did not find out the exact news.

Hearing Daoyan say this, Zhu Di sat up from the chair and said, "Master is bullying the orphan! The master analyzed it at the beginning and was sure!"

Daoyan said: "Do your highness still remember? What was the purpose of inviting the battle?"

Zhu Di said: "I originally wanted to see the strength of the fifteenth brother."

Daoyan said: "But what Guangning spyed was that the King of Liao deliberately hid his strength, prepared for the war passively, and sent out a few inferior guards. My plan was just to force out the true strength of the King of Liao.

I have calculated a divination that the king of Liao should not be defeated.”

Zhu Di said: "Since that's the case, why bother to take this dangerous plan?"

Daoyan said: "Although the hexagram is said that, if the King of Liao makes a mistake, wouldn't it just happen to eliminate the great troubles of Your Highness? This plan will kill two birds with one stone, and Your Highness will be invincible no matter what.

Zhu Di nodded and said, "Justice Daning sent someone to ask for help just now, and I am preparing to set up the camp early tomorrow morning. No matter what, we should not miss the state affairs."

...

After Zhuang De led the Lalu Guards to part with the main force, he marched all afternoon to approach the foot of Hongyaozi Mountain. Instead of attacking immediately, he stationed several camps at the foot of the mountain and divided several small troops to pretend to be suspicious not far away.

The purpose was to make the Mongols think that the entire Liaodong army was attacking. The Lalugu Guards took a whole day to rest and finally launched an attack on the Red Yaozi Mountain Fort in the early morning of the third day.

The attack of the Lalu Guard was not smooth, although there were only 500 Mongols on the mountain fort. But they were prepared and resisted the Lalu Guard the most resolutely. The mountain fort possessed the terrain, and the cavalry of the Lalu Guard could not play to their advantage, so they had to dismount and attack.

Fortunately, the Jurchens in the Guard were brave and not afraid of death, and the Mongols were obviously not good at defending the city. After fighting for a whole morning, after hundreds of casualties, the Lalu Guard captured the Red Yaozi Mountain Fort.

The Mongols did not fight to the death. After the loss, the remnants retreated westward. Zhuangde did not chase after him, so he quickly ordered his subordinates to pack up bows and arrows, collect rolling wood and stones, and temporarily strengthen the Tucheng.

Since I don’t know how long I will last in the city, Zhuang Dehuan specially ordered the baggage battalion to fill all the containers in the fort with water.

Just at dusk that day, two days after Zhuang De and the main force separated, two teams of Mongolians came from the south. A neat formation. The Mongols, who were evenly horned by heaven and earth, surrounded the mountain fort.

That night, Zhuang De led 300 suicide squads to the Mongolian camp alone, believing that the Mongolian army, which had surrounded the Ming army, was unprepared.

Three hundred cavalrymen were like three hundred tigers who killed two in and out in the Mongolian camp, just like Zhang Liao's former power shook Xiaoyaojin. None of the three hundred warriors were casualties.

The Mongolian chief general, Mahamu, was furious and early the next morning, he drove five thousand-man teams to start a crazy attack from two relatively slow slopes, east and west.

Whether defending the city or siege, it was not the strength of the Mongols. Under the united defense of the Lalu Guards, the Mongols threw down hundreds of corpses on the first day and returned in disgrace.

The next morning, he tested that there were not many people in the fort, and he still didn't wait for the other two teams for a whole day. Mahamu knew that the situation had changed, so he quickly ordered a team of 10,000 to be the defender, be careful.

Another team of ten thousand people was sent to launch a more violent attack on the mountain fort.

From morning to noon, the continuous attacks left the mountain fort in danger. Zhuang De led his personal guards to put out the fire everywhere, and even the soldiers in the baggage camp were involved in the battle.

When the Shanbao war was at a critical moment, Mahamu pulled back two thousand-man teams from the defenders to join the attack ranks, and personally beat drums to cheer for the army. The inspired Mongols came forward regardless of the casualties and ants.

Nearly a thousand people were killed or killed in the Ming army in the mountain fort. Just as the war reached its most critical moment, bursts of cannons suddenly sounded in the north, and cavalry on the horizon slowly emerged and rushed towards the battlefield.

The reinforcements finally arrived! The officers and soldiers of the Lalu Guard in the mountain fort were all excited and attacked the Mongols again.

Maham didn't know this and knew that the other two teams were in addition to the situation. Although he didn't know the specific situation, he already vaguely felt that there was a lot of luck. At this time, there were only two options for him.

Or the whole army retreated west before the opponent's reinforcements arrived; or the last bit of strength was used to capture the mountain fort.

Mahamu, who was unwilling to accept the situation, finally chose to retreat wisely. In his opinion, it was obviously not wise to fight the trapped beasts without knowing the life or death of the other two armies.

Although the opportunity to annihilate the Liao kingdom was more important, it was more important to preserve the foundation of the Ola tribe. "Wuwu..." The trumpet of the Mongols sounded, and the troops heard the signal of withdrawal, so they had to withdraw from the battle reluctantly.

After rectifying the team at the foot of the mountain, go around the mountain fort and retreat to the west.

...

The Guangning Central Guard met with the Liao King. Qu Qing believed that the army was very fast, so he only gave Guangning Central Guard three hours of rest. After lunch, the army immediately set off and headed west.

According to the scouts, the Mongols on the west road were 100 miles north of Hongyaozi Mountain.

The army rushed to the road overnight and rushed for 120 miles overnight. The next morning, the vanguard 30,000 guards collided head-on with a Mongolian 10,000 team.

The Jurchens were always fierce and did not talk to each other. They rushed towards the Mongolian marching formation. After passing through the formation, they kept a distance from the brigade and only used bows and arrows to shoot at them.

The Mongolians came to their senses in the initial panic and the entire army came to chase, but the 30,000 Wei only kept a distance from their opponents. Since the 30,000 Wei horses were better than the Mongolians, the Mongolians just couldn't catch up.

When they were entangled, the Ming army brigade arrived. The Shenyang Central Guard was in the south and Guangning Central Guard was in the north. The two armies launched an attack at the same time, and the 30,000 guards also turned around to fight.

The Mongols were not the opponent of these 20,000 tiger and wolf troops. After only one hour, the formation collapsed and the entire army collapsed.

Zhu Zhi, who was standing in the distance watching the battle, sighed and shook his head gently. Who would have thought that the Mongolian cavalry in the past, now they were as unstoppable as tofu.

The entire grassland was full of fleeing Mongolians. Liaodong cavalry were chopping and slaughtering the defeated soldiers under the noon sun, just like driving a duck.

Qu Qing was worried about the safety of the Laluwei in Hongyaozi Mountain, and quickly stopped the pursuit of the Mongolian soldiers and set up a camp to rest.

The next morning, the energetic Liaodong Army set off again. The entire army marched for two hours to reach Hongyaki Mountain at noon that day. At this time, the five days agreed by both sides were one day earlier.

When the Ming army brigade rushed to the Red Yaozi Mountain Fort, the Mongolian brigade had withdrawn two miles away. Zhu Zhi led the generals up the mountain, and Zhuangde hurriedly went out to greet him.

Zhu Zhi looked at the exhausted village and felt extremely distressed, and pulled him and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Siren."

Zhuang Dedao: "Your Highness, the last general is incompetent and did not delay the Mongols, and he missed the big thing."

Zhu Zhi laughed and said, "It's okay, it's okay, our army has already won a great victory this time..." He briefly explained to Zhuang De how the main force of the Ming army swept 300 miles across the past two days and annihilated and defeated the two Mongolian 1000 teams.

Zhu Zhi led a large army to rest at Hongyaozi Mountain Fort for three days. The scouts sent to the south gave a reward. A day ago, the Yan army led by Zhu Di had already arrived in Daning and had lifted the siege of Daning.

Zhu Zhi felt disgusted as if he had eaten a bite of a fly, but he suppressed his anger and still sent a messenger to inform Zhu Di about the battle situation on the northern front. He knew that without any certificate, there was no way to deal with Zhu Di.

Although I was in danger this time, I was lucky to find it in time and rely on the decisiveness of the generals to turn defeat into victory.

The Liaodong Army rested on the northern line for several days. After receiving the echo of Zhu Di, Zhu Zhi decided to return to the court immediately, and there was no place for him to nostalgia for this bloody grassland.

The Liaodong Army was naturally extremely excited after winning a great victory, and more than a thousand Mongolian war horses were captured in these battles, which was a good harvest.

But Zhu Zhi didn't feel excited at all. Zhu Zhi was sitting in the carriage. On the way back, he had given up riding a horse. Maybe it was because of a sigh of relief, maybe it was because of his inner frustration.

As the carriage was shaking, listening to the folk songs roared by the Jurchens in front, Zhu Zhi poured a fierce bottle of white wine into his throat. In this battle with Zhu Di, he almost fell into the hell of the infinite.

Is it because people's hearts are too sinister or they are too kind?

Suddenly, Zhu Zhi had a ridiculous idea that when he died, he could go back to the future era and continue to hang out in a corner of the capital.

But now, do you like the life without goals but carefree life in the past, or do you like the life of today that you always use your brain and worry about your own safety?

Zhu Zhi himself didn't know that after coming to the Ming Dynasty, he fell drunk for the first time and fell asleep in the shaking carriage. When he woke up from his hangover, he was very unfortunate to remain in the Ming Dynasty again.

Outside the car window was the setting sun, and a few birds on the grassland followed the team, flying back and forth.

Zhu Zhi touched his cracked forehead and knocked on the car door with a wry smile. A personal soldier quickly opened the curtain, and Zhu Zhi asked, "Where are we?"

The personal soldiers replied: "On the Tuhe River, the place where the Tatars were wiped out that day."

Zhu Zhi said oh, leaned on the car window and looked outside. The burning ruins on the river beach were still pitch black. A huge landblock was next to the ruins, where nearly ten thousand corpses were buried.
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