Chapter 137
The street was already under control, and Li Lao Er shouted to the roof: "Take us to the stable!"
Cao Lei and his Yebusuo team stopped shooting archery after seeing the cavalry coming. Hearing someone shouting below, Cao Lei asked Yebusuo to take Li Laoer and the others to the stable, and took the rest of Yebusuo, to cooperate with Han Dashan, who had just come down from the city gate tower, Li Hong and his group of people fought with the Later Jin army in the city.
"Let's go, take us to the stable!" Li Laoer asked someone to give Ye Bu a horse.
Five hundred cavalrymen with torches whipped their horses and rushed towards the stable like fire dragons. Before they arrived at the stable, the Ming army saw that many Mongolians were already preparing to rush into the stables, trying to escape on horseback.
"Submit!" Li Laoer shouted.
The cavalry threw torches and threw them into the wooden fence. The burning torches were thrown all over the ground, and continued to burn on the ground, illuminating the Mongolians who were running for their lives.
"Let me go!" Li Laoer shouted.
Five hundred cavalrymen took down their bows and arrows, put light arrows on the bow, and pulled the bowstrings.
The sound of the bowstring trembling sounded one after another, and arrows fell in the dark sky like locusts, and the personal soldiers around Zhuoliktu fell down.
Several personal soldiers picked up their shields and helped Zhuoliktu block the rain of arrows. The arrows in the air pierced like raindrops, and the Mongolians with almost no protective power fell one after another.
"Kill!" Li Lao Er pointed forward in his horse spear in his hand.
Five hundred cavalrymen put away their bows and arrows, pulled out their sabers and killed them at the Mongolians. Before they could get on their horses, the Mongolian soldiers stepped on their two crocodile legs and rushed into the stables, trying to lead the horses.
Li Laoer would not let the Mongols succeed. He rushed into the stable first, picked up three Mongolians in his hand, and swept over five people with the spear pole, knocked the horses away, and stomped the four people to death. The cavalry behind rushed in with him, and the sabers shining with cold light were harvesting their heads in rows, and the headless corpses fell to the ground one after another.
Zhuoliktu couldn't escape either. Li Laoer had already rode his horse to him, stabbed out his horse spear, and stabbed heavily on the shield held by his personal soldiers. Only a sound of wood shattering was heard, and the shield was split into pieces. Two personal soldiers holding shields to protect Zhuoliktu were strung into human candied haws.
Li Lao Er pulled out the horse spear, and the two corpses fell softly. The horsepower did not decrease. Li Lao Er rushed to Zhuoliktu and rode his horse directly into it, knocking Zhuoliktu backwards and falling heavily to the ground.
The war horse rushed past Zhuoliktu who was lying on the ground. The horse spear in Li Lao Er gently pointed to the ground and plunged into Zhuoliktu who was struggling to get up.
Besides, after Li Hong came down from the city gate, he was like a cheetah hunting in the dark, shooting everywhere at the Mongolians and Ming army surrendered soldiers who rushed out of the house. Li Hong suddenly found that the gate of a large courtyard was opened, and there was a man who looked like a thousand-house officer in the Ming army. The Ming army officer did not wear a helmet, his forehead was bare in front and a braid was dragging behind him.
This must be the officer who surrendered to the enemy. Li Hong thought in his heart that a long arrow had been placed on the bow. Li Hong aimed at the man who looked like a Ming army officer, let go of his fingers, and shot out a sharp arrow weighing one or two halves.
The sharp arrow pierced Han Dai's throat, and only a scream was heard. Han Dai covered the arrow shaft, shook it twice before falling to the ground.
The Mongolians and Ming army surrendered soldiers in the city were almost wiped out, and a very small number of survivors hid in some private houses and hid to avoid the Ming army's search.
The stable was right next to the warehouse. After Li Laoer and his brothers killed all the Mongolians, they brought them into the warehouse and found that it was full of materials piled up like mountains of supplies. Except for the one hundred large trucks he took out as bait and robbed by the Mongolians, the rest of the food and items were all property stolen by the Mongolians from surrounding villages.
After Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao and others cleared the Later Jin army in the city, they began to shout from house to house: "We are the Ming army, and we are here to rescue all the villagers!"
There were shouts from the courtyard where the people were imprisoned. Cao Bianjiao sent him to open the gate and released the Ming people who were imprisoned by the Later Jin army.
Teams of people walked out of the yard one after another and gathered in front of the warehouse. The rescued people were talking about it. They were very curious about where the Ming army came from. They actually dared to attack the cities occupied by the Tartars, defeat the Tartars and rescue themselves. It was incredible just for the Ming army's performance.
Cao Wenzhao, wearing a phoenix-winged helmet and wearing a bright light armor, walked forward. When the rescued people saw a person who looked like a Ming army general, they knelt down and bowed and thanked: "We Cao people thank the general for their great kindness to save their lives! The general is very righteous, and he is willing to risk his chance to capture Gu'an and rescue our people. Cao people are very grateful."
Cao Wenzhao turned around, stepped forward a few steps, and personally helped up a few people: "Get up! You neighbors don't have to be polite. As the Ming Dynasty official army, we are the ones who are suffering, how can we not help? What's more, the plan to attack Gu'an was not decided by our official. If you want to thank him, thank General Li." As he said that, Cao Wenzhao pulled Li Lao Er over.
"Thank you, the young general! The young general is very kind to save his life. We will never forget the people." The rescued people knelt down one after another.
Li Laoer stepped forward and helped up a few people: "We are officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. In trouble, if we soldiers stand by and watch, will we watch the people of the Ming Dynasty suffer? Dear fellow villagers, you don't have to be too polite. This is my duty!"
These words attracted a lot of praise from Cao Wenzhao's officers and soldiers, but also made Han Dashan, Cao Lei and others feel sad and angry: We follow General Li to live and die, and we are dedicated to serving the country, but the court cannot tolerate us and don't even give us a place to live. After the war is over, we will drive us back outside the pass.
The rescued people did not think that Li Laoer and the others were just outside the imperial army, but regarded them as real Ming officers and soldiers, and their eyes were filled with gratitude.
"General Cao, this Gu'an is a small city, and it is not a place to stay for a long time. Let's take the people to Xianghe as soon as possible. Also, all the food and property robbed by the Tartars here were taken away." Li Laoer bowed to Cao Wenzhao and said.
Cao Wenzhao nodded and turned to the people and said, "Dear fellow villagers, the Tartars may come back at any time. We must rush back to Xianghe overnight. The city of Xianghe is strong and can keep you safe."
Then the Ming army drove the rescued people to Xianghe with the seized supplies overnight, and left the Gu'an City Branch, and all the rescued people were arranged to board the sled cart. The Ming soldiers walked on foot and drove the cart to escort the people.
In this battle, the Ming army annihilated more than 1,500 Mongolians, more than 1,700 Ming army who surrendered to the enemy, and nearly 3,000 heads were captured, more than 100 Mongolians were captured, more than 300 surrendered Ming army soldiers were captured, more than 5,000 stones of captured food, more than 1,000 cattle, sheep and animals were regained, and countless gold, silver and treasures were regained.
On the way home, Li Laoer heard that he might have saved the people and cried, so he stepped forward to ask.
I saw many strong men crying loudly, and the accused women also started crying.
Chapter completed!