Chapter 87
: Conquering Naturalization
When Wang Pu led a large group of cavalry to this settlement, it was already dark.
More than a dozen yurts have been completely torn apart, and Mongolian living utensils are scattered on the grass, as well as Mongolian corpses, old men, women, and children who are just walking. Even the shepherds raised by the Mongolians have not escaped the death disaster. They are truly killing them all without leaving any chickens and dogs.
The two hundred cavalrymen led by Mr. Zhang had already left. Their mission was to sweep away all the eyeliners on the road ahead, so they always kept a distance of five to ten miles.
Wang Pu looked at the sky and turned around and shouted, "Send the order, the army will camp here tonight."
"yes."
Xiaoqi responded with a loud bang and galloped away.
Wang Pu's military orders were issued one after another. The soldiers dismounted one after another. After tied the horses, they gathered in groups of three or five. More than a dozen yurts and carriages left by the Mongolians, ox carriages and other wooden tools were quickly dismantled, and piles of bonfires ignited under the night sky. The soldiers set up wooden racks on the fire, and fat sheep were peeled and washed away on the fire. In less than half an hour, the fragrance of mutton began to float on the grassland...
The weather outside the border is very cold, and riding a horse against the wind can almost freeze people. Even if they are wearing thick sheepskin coats, they can't stop the cold wind from rushing in. After a day of marching, they are already trapped and exhausted. But the morale of the soldiers is pretty good, at least they don't have to chew dry food tonight!
Zhen Youcai curled his thin body into a ball, minimized the front of the cold wind, and then squeezed the fire as much as possible without being scorched by the bonfire. But even so, he was still trembling with coldness, and cursed hatefully: "This place is really cold. If there is a bowl of burning knives, it would be great..."
"Yes." Xiao Qi next to him nodded and echoed, "The burning knife in Liaodong is really like a fire. If you make a fuss, you won't feel cold anymore. We can't make such a strong wine in Datong. Hey, Mr. Zhen, will you brew a burning knife? If you can go back, you will brew several big jars for your brothers, which will be used to keep the cold in winter."
"Of course this will." Zhen Youcai said proudly, "The winter in Liaodong is cold and the ground is frozen. It is impossible to survive without a knife burning, so every household can make wine. Our old Zhen family lives in Liaodong for the sake of selling ginseng. We often have to go to the deep mountains and forests. Once we enter, it takes ten days and half a month. How can we not have a knife burning?"
"Tsk." Xiaoqi smacked his lips and said, "I really want to make a fuss of hot and burning knives now."
Lu Liu, who was sitting next to him, suddenly took off a sheepskin bag from his waist and handed it to Xiaoqi, and said, "Brother Qi, the little man has half a pound of Fenjiu here. Do you want to drink it?"
"Okay, Liuzi." Xiao Qi slapped Lu Liu on the forehead and cursed, "Why didn't you say it earlier if you have wine?"
Lu Liu scratched his head and smiled silly, "Brother Qi, you didn't say it, how did the villain know you want to drink?"
Xiao Qi raised the sheepskin bag and was about to drink it. Suddenly he remembered something and put it down. Then he said to Wang Pu: "General, do you want to have a few troubles first?"
"No need, you drink it." Wang Pu just finished gnawing a fat lamb leg with his belt and meat, and lay down by the fire. He pulled the tiger skin cloak and covered himself with his body, and said without raising his head, "Tell me brothers, when you are full, take a break and start on time tomorrow at the fifth day of tomorrow."
Naturalization.
The predecessor of Guihua City was Dabansheng City, built by Altan Khan of Mongolia and named by Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty. It is recorded that there are seven levels of court halls and bedroom halls in the city. The warehouses are built in the southeast, and the fifth level of water is raised from the city, which shows the magnificent scale of the building at that time. However, during the Chongzhen period, Guihua City suffered several war disasters, and the magnificent buildings in the past have long disappeared.
Even the outer wall was repaired in disrepair and collapsed in many places.
The night was dim, and the yurts stretched out in the city were brightly lit. The firelight cast the slim figure of the Mongolian woman on the wall of the yurt. It was twisting lightly with the melodious sound of the piano, and the unrestrained laughter of the Mongolian man came from the bitter cold wind. There was also the giggling sound of the Mongolian woman like a silver bell in the middle.
Although it was cold outside the tent, it was as warm as spring. The powerful people of the Tumote tribe hid in their tents, drank horse milk wine, and watched their women sing and dancing. The good relationship with the Ming Dynasty during Altan Khan brought abundant living supplies to the Mongolians and also brought the luxurious lifestyle of the powerful and wealthy Ming Dynasty to the grassland.
Since the rise of Jiannu in the Wanli period, the Ming Dynasty has been suffocated by the Liao incident. It has not been used to fight against the desert for decades. In addition, today is the most important New Year's Day holiday in the Han tradition. As Wang Pu and Zhen Youcai thought, the Tumotes did not expect the Ming army to send troops at this time.
Like all Mongolian tribes in the area, they lived by water and grass, and were a completely nomadic people. Although Altan Khan built many Bansheng cities in the Tumot River when he ruled Mongolia, it was only used to settle the powerful people of the Tumot tribe. The Tumot herders still had to nomadic people around the grasslands of Guangmao.
The nomadic people have always been soldiers. Usually, these herdsmen are scattered on the vast grassland. Only when they are about to go to expedition will the tribe leaders send orders to gather these scattered herdsmen, and then they will transform from herdsmen into brave and warlike Mongolian cavalry.
The Tumotes did not expect that the Ming army would come to attack, and of course they could not send orders in advance to gather the herdsmen scattered on the grasslands. There were only 400 Mongolian cavalry stationed in Guihua City. These 400 Mongolian cavalry were Tumote Khan's personal guards. After Huang Taiji conquered Mongolia, he had clear regulations on the scale of the personal guards of the leaders of various Mongolian tribes.
It was late at night and the north wind was blowing violently.
The four hundred cyclists of Tumot Khan got into the warm yurt early, and had already entered a deep dream at this time. There were only the Tumots on the four arrow towers to guard against them, but that was also symbolically. The only purpose of the Tumots setting up posts on the arrow tower was to prevent the invasion of wild animals.
The clear moon is like a hook, hanging alone in the sky, and the fields are pitch black.
The shadow of death was slowly approaching the city of Naihua in the dark moonlight. The Tumot sentry on the arrow tower was still unaware of it. The bitter cold wind covered all the subtle sounds.
"instigate!"
A sharp wolf-toothed arrow suddenly shot out from the dark void, accurately shooting through the throat of the Tumot Sentinel. The Tumot Sentinel's body shook violently, and then slowly raised his hands to pull out the arrow from his throat. Sadly, his hands fell down halfway.
The Tumot sentry tried desperately to shout, but only an inaudible hissing sound came from his broken throat.
In the fierce cold wind, the strong body of the Tumot Sentinel shook and finally fell to pieces. Almost as he fell to the ground, two black shadows climbed up to the dove and fell to him lightly. The Tumot Sentinel suddenly turned his eyes widened like a flash of light, and an incredible look appeared in his eyes.
It turned out to be the Qing army!
Why did the Qing soldiers come to attack Naturalization?
Endless darkness came, completely devouring the soul of the Tumot sentry. He did not understand until his death why the Qing soldiers came to attack Guihua City?
Outside the city of Guihua.
Wang Pu stood solemnly in the cold wind. Behind him were more than two thousand Ming cavalrymen. The night sky was dark and all the war horses were already covered with mouths. Silently, the soldiers had already carried out sharp sabers, just like the sharp teeth exposed by wild beasts when they smelled the smell of prey, flashing a cold and cold light under the night sky.
Maybe the Tumotes were too careless, maybe Wang Pu was lucky. No matter what, Wang Pu’s army had already touched outside Guihua City without knowing it. At this time, it was just midnight.
Wang Pu decided to launch an attack overnight!
It is said that people's energy and physical strength are limited, but when people fall into a state of excitement, humans will cross the limits of their spirit and physical strength. Wang Pu believes that the four thousand soldiers under his command are excited enough, because the naturalized city ahead has what they want, including women, cattle, sheep, livestock, and a large amount of land, gold, silver and jewelry!
In order to inspire the enthusiasm of this group of veterans and gangsters to march, Wang Pu promised that after they entered Guihua City, they had one night to do whatever they wanted.
Suddenly, the closed east gate of Guihua City slowly opened. Monk Zhang, Cheng Huo, leaned out of the city gate and waved it vigorously with a torch in his hand.
Facing the cold wind, Wang Pu shouted sternly: "Xiao Qi!"
Xiaoqi rushed forward and shouted loudly: "Here."
Wang Pu shouted: "Immediately send a command from the bearded man, Scarface and Tang Sheng to set up a firearm team to guard the three gates in the north, west and south, and no one is allowed to escape!"
"yes!"
Xiao Qi responded with a loud promise and turned around and sent a messenger.
In an instant, the nine personal soldiers of the cavalry had galloped in three different directions. Wang Pukeng pulled out his waist knife, raised it high and shouted sternly: "Break the naturalization, no chicken or dog will be left!"
"Break naturalization. No chicken or dog left!"
"Break naturalization, no chicken or dog will be left behind!"
"Break naturalization, no chicken or dog will be left behind!"
The more than two thousand cavalry behind Wang Pu responded with a loud bang. The fierce sound instantly shattered the dead silence of Dong Ye. The next moment, Wang Pu gently waved the knife in his hand. More than two thousand cavalrymen and Ming soldiers were already waiting impatiently, and immediately rushed forward like a flood that broke the dike, sweeping towards the gate of Guihua City.
Sweat teeth.
Tumot Khan and several nobles were enjoying the Mongolian girl's singing and dancing to the fullest. He suddenly heard deafening shouts outside the tent, and then a rumbling sound of hooves came to the ground. Tumot Khan and the nobles in the tent changed their faces. It was obvious that there were thousands of cavalrymen coming to the naturalization!
"What's going on? What's wrong?"
Tumot Khan stood up and lifted the tent. More than a dozen warriors outside the tent looked at each other. They didn't know what had happened. Tumot Khan was furious and said, "Go ahead and see, what happened?"
"yes."
The two Mongolian warriors responded, and when they were about to set off, dense torches appeared on the long street ahead. The torches were like a long fire dragon surging in from the east gate of Guihua. With the red flames, Tumot Khan and the nobles behind him were horrified to find that they were a large group of Ming cavalry!
"Damn it, it's Ming Jun!"
"This is impossible. How dare the Ming army attack naturalized??"
"Damn it, nothing is impossible, everyone has already entered the city!"
"I want to kill those lazy rangers, and the Ming army god unknowingly touched into Guihua City!"
The Tumot nobles were shocked. After all, Tumot Khan had been through a long battle formation. Although he was in danger, he was not confused yet. He hurriedly shouted to the captain of the guard outside the tent: "Why are you still standing there? Summon the guards and summon the guards! Stop these damn Ming troops, you must not let them rush over, and you must not let them get close to the Khan tent!"
"yes!"
The captain of the guard agreed and flew away.
Tumot Khan turned around and shouted to the Tumot nobles beside him: "Don't stay here, you guys should go back to the big tent to pack up the gold, silver and fine materials, and quickly leave the city from the west gate to break through!"
The Tumote nobles shouted, and the birds and beasts scattered.
At this time, the Ming cavalry who rushed into the city from the east gate had already entered the central urban area of Guihua City. Many Mongolians and Jurchens who were doing business in Naturalization, and even the Han people didn't know what was going on. They rushed out of their respective tents and small dirt houses to find out what was going on, but they were all ruthlessly slaughtered by the Ming cavalry!
There are naturalized residents running and wailing everywhere, there are Ming army cavalry galloping everywhere, and bloody killings everywhere!
Wang Pu Youling, breaking the naturalization, no matter how many people and dogs are left behind!
It’s not that Wang Pu is cruel, because he knows the dangers of nomadic peoples. If you let go of these herdsmen, you will pick up bows and arrows and sabers when you turn around, and they will become the most brave and warlike Mongolian warriors, and they will make the Ming soldiers pay the price of bleeding.
Chapter completed!