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Chapter 67 Entering the Bright Realm

In this battle last night, two Niulu Jurchen soldiers, 500 Mongolian soldiers and more than 2,000 Ming army surrendered soldiers in Da'ankou City, a total of more than 3,000 Jin soldiers were all wiped out, and no one ran away. However, only one of the 300 people brought by Li Laoer himself was killed and two injured. This battle not only suffered extremely small casualties, but also incorporated more than 700 Ming army surrendered soldiers.

Although those people were soldiers and civilians, they were all strong men. They had recruited more than 700 people to help defend the city, which could ensure that when they brought their main force out, their Dadongyugouling city walled still had enough defensive power, and even if the Jin soldiers attacked, it would be difficult to break.

After seizing the food and grass in Da'ankou City, Li Laoer had enough food and grass to support the newly recruited Ming army surrendered soldiers and captured Mongolians.

The only drawback was that Mangourtai's head was trampled by a war horse, his eyes and nose were rotten, and only half of his head was left. The jade waist card he carried was also stomped by the horse's hooves. He could not prove his identity even if he cut off his head. However, Li Laoer still ordered that half of the remaining head of Mangourtai be cut off, and the broken waist card was searched, and then took away Mangourtai's golden scabbard. He hoped that with these items, he could prove that he had killed a Beile of the Later Jin Dynasty, hoping that he could use this as military merit to obtain the amnesty of the Ming court.

The Jin army's heads collected had more than 600, and with the great achievements in killing Mangurtai, Li Laoer thought that he could be recruited by the court no matter what he said.

I heard that there were 213 Tumotes among the captured Mongols. Li Laoer had a plan in his mind. He called Li Hong: "Take all these Tumotes back to our city, don't torture them! It's useful to keep these people for me. In addition, take the Ming army surrendered soldiers back to the castle. After you go back, you will immediately bring us 600 brothers back. Now you have armor again, and you can form a cavalry of 900 people."

Originally, there were only 300 sets of armor and after seizing another 600 sets of armor, we can now form an elite cavalry of 900 people.

Among the seized weapons, there were two hundred bird guns and five hundred three-eyed guns. The three-eyed guns used by military guards were of poor quality. Li Laoer planned to use the three-eyed guns as scrap iron to refuel. The captured bird guns were pretty good, and with the 100 bird guns that were originally seized, a bird gun team could be formed.

However, the Bird Gun Team still kept guarding the city and wanted to enter the pass and follow the Jin army to harass it. It would be better to find an opportunity to rescue a group of Han people.

Da'ankou is very close to Li Laoer's own Dadongyugouling hamlet, only seven miles away. Li Hong took the surrendered army and took the prisoners back, and it only took more than half an hour to go back and forth. The communications back then were extremely underdeveloped. In such a short time, it was impossible for Huang Taiji's army to learn about the loss of Da'ankou. Li Laoer still had enough time to prepare.

About three quarters of an hour, which is about one and a half hours in later generations, Li Hong returned with the six hundred brothers brought out of the city wall.

"We enter the pass and rescue the people from the Tartars!" Li Laoer gave the order.

Nine hundred cavalrymen entered the inner gate from Da'ankou. After entering the inner gate, they walked not far away and saw a village burned to the point of ruins. When they walked into the village, they saw a few bodies of the Ming people, and there was no one in the village. The roads in the village were messy with horse hoof prints. I didn't see a living person. I don't know if the people started running away or were kidnapped by the Jin army. Most of the frozen corpses were old and weak.

After passing by several villages, they were all empty. Apart from finding the bodies of some old, weak and children and women, they did not even see a living person.

Seeing the naked female corpses, Li Lao Er could imagine how torture they suffered during their lifetime. He found a female corpse with her clothes stripped naked by a well. The unweaned baby was thrown aside. Her tender body was frozen as hard as a stone. The baby's small head was completely broken, and horseshoe marks were left on the side. The woman was covered in bruises, her chest was covered with teeth marks, and her body was covered with blood. A thick wooden stick was stuffed into her lower body. A corpse of an old man was cut off and placed aside. The body was burned to black and deformed.

"This is as cruel as the Japanese devils in later generations!" Seeing this scene, Li Laoer said hatefully.

"Brother, are we going to Zunhua now?" Han Dashan asked.

"Go to Zunhua?" Li Laoer shook his head, "Go to Zunhua and go to the trap? The Tartars are definitely siegeing the city! We go, and the defenders in the city will not be able to open the door for us. Let's go to die? It's better to follow the Tartars and find opportunities to save some people and enrich our parody."

After following the horseshoe marks on the avenue and tracking a distance, Li Laoer asked 800 brothers to lead the horses up the hillside and enter the woods to hide. He personally led a hundred elite soldiers to continue tracking along the Jin army's horseshoe marks.

"There are traces of Tartars in front!" With the equestrian and smell that he has practiced on the grassland for many years, Li Laoer felt that there must be Jin army scouts and whistle cavalry nearby.

Whether it is riding, judgment, martial arts, or smell and keenness, Li Laoer and his hundred brothers who have lived on the grassland for a long time are far better than the Ming army's no-reception. Liaodong's no-reception martial arts and riding skills are very powerful. They are special forces of the Ming Dynasty, but so what? Not to mention comparing with the Bayala scout cavalry of the Jin army, even Gebushxian Chaoha scout cavalry, which is at best only equivalent to the scout cavalry of the Alihachao camp.

Bayala is equivalent to the special forces of the Later Jin Dynasty, Gebushxian Chaoha is equivalent to the vanguard of the Later Jin Dynasty, and Aliha Chaoha is equivalent to the light armored troops of the Later Jin Dynasty, which is equivalent to the light armored cavalry, and Wuzhen Chaoha is the artillery of the Later Jin Dynasty.

However, Li Laoer, who has been leading for hundreds of years and has lived in the grassland for a long time, has practiced martial arts, riding horses and archery since childhood, has a skill that is more than ordinary Bayala soldiers. Although the 100 old horse thieves under his command are not as good as Bayala soldiers, they are also equivalent to the elite of Gebushxian Chaoha.

Li Hong knew very well about Li Lao Er. In fact, Li Hong was an orphan of the Tumotes, whose original name was Subud, and his parents both died at the hands of the Chahars. Li Lao Er's father passed by the Tumote tribe destroyed by the Chahars. When he discovered Subud, he took him back and gave him a Chinese name named Li Hong.

Since Li Hong became sensible, he has found that his elder brother Li Laoer is different from ordinary people. He has been practicing martial arts since childhood, practicing combat techniques such as archery, horse riding, tracking and counter-tracking, often in order to prevent himself from reaching his goal and not even having to eat. It is precisely because Li Laoer has started preparing since childhood that his ability is different from that of ordinary people.
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