In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 153 Your Majesty was just deceived
Obai was indeed worthy of being the first warrior of the Qing Dynasty who was personally named by Huang Taiji. After jumping over the earth wall, he knocked down three or four longbowmen in an instant.

Then he chopped down several people who gathered around him in one breath. His tall figure and ferocious face were like evil ghosts jumping out of hell, and for a moment he calmed down the longbowmen who were about to charge forward.

Obai did not break out directly, but took the opportunity to shout anxiously into the ditch under the wall: "Your Highness, get up quickly, I will pull you up..."

Perhaps after resting for a while and regaining some strength, Hauge actually struggled to get up and handed his hand to Obai.

The several Jurchen warriors lying next to him also moved over with force, and worked together to lift Hauge up.

"what…"

At this time, the young archers also took the opportunity to rush forward again. Since they were not equipped with weapons, they all raised their longbows and smashed them at Obai.

Obai held a knife in one hand, waved it desperately to block, and held Hauge with one hand. With a loud shout, he used force again and pulled Hauge up.

After coming up, the two of them waved their long swords and wanted to rush forward, but more longbowmen had already surrounded them. Many of them directly removed the bow strings and used the longbows in their hands as sticks, and some used arrow clusters. As a weapon.

"My lord..."

Hauge had no armor and fell to the ground again after being hit on the head a few times with sticks. Obai was anxious and wanted to pull him up, but in the end he fell down among the young soldiers' sticks due to exhaustion of his physical strength.

Hauge and Obai were both top-notch generals in the Qing Dynasty. If they had been in their heyday, relying on the sharp blades of armor in their hands, they might have been able to fight their way out of the siege.

It's a pity that such a fierce general died in the hands of a group of teenagers armed with long sticks and without any experience in hand-to-hand combat.

However, compared to other Jurchens, who were either shot to death on the road or lying in the trench waiting to die, the two finally died in the battle, and even took a few people with them.

The movement here did not affect the spears, spears and sword and shield soldiers who were defending in front. The only impact was that the feather arrows shot from this place were weakened a lot.

At this moment, Lin Rui and Ha Bei'er had also arrived at the top of the east city wall. Both of them could clearly see the scene where Obai broke through the defense line just now.

Hubbell opened her mouth in disbelief and stammered: "Husband, that man is so powerful. He was able to rush over and kill several people..."

"This man is indeed very brave and has extraordinary perseverance. It's a pity that no matter how brave a tiger is, he will turn into a sick cat after being hungry for several days!"

Lin Rui's heart was equally shaken, and he was secretly talking.

He had scientifically calculated the defense line outside the city. It was impossible for a person who had been hungry for three days and three nights to rush through. At most, he would fall in the trench. Who would have thought that there would be people who could rush through.

As the movement here stopped, and the sky darkened at a speed visible to the naked eye, Dorgon finally gave the order to withdraw, and then rumbled away with his cavalry.

This time, Dorgon and his 30 cavalry were traveling lightly. If the army simply spent the night in the fields outside the city, it would be without any protection, so they retreated more than [-] miles eastward before choosing to camp and rest.

Not long after the Jiannu army left, Namuzhong also returned to the camp in the west of the city to spend the night with [-] cavalry.

Since the war horses ate a lot of grass in the wild during the day, each horse was fed one or two pounds of beans and some wheat husks at night, which greatly saved food.

All the slaves at the top of the city were gone, so there was no need for fortifications outside the city. Lin Rui withdrew all the people back to the city that night.

As for the corpses of the slaves, they pulled off the weapons and armor, threw them into the trench, pushed down the earth wall, and buried them directly, and that was it.

The next day, Dorgon still sent Sony to check early in the morning. He was relieved to learn that the troops outside the East City had withdrawn into the city.

On the surface, he and Duduo pretended to be in grief.

In the next few days, the cavalry from both sides were constantly clashing.

Duduo and Namuzhong each brought [-] cavalry, chasing each other around Guihua City, and no one could do anything to the other.

"Rui Lang, something is wrong. The reinforcements from the slave establishment obviously know that they can't do anything to us. There are no signs of building siege equipment in the past few days, but they refuse to leave. They continue to linger here. In addition to wasting food, , what else can it be used for?”

Jian Nu did not carry any carriage and baggage this time. Even if he could graze, he would not be able to last long.

"It's indeed a bit strange. Could it be that they have follow-up troops coming?"

Lin Rui also realized that something was wrong, because Guihua City had been occupied by them, all the slaves in the city were dead, and the Tumut people had chosen neutrality. At this time, the Jurchen reinforcements should choose to retreat.

After all, staying here is not only dangerous, but also easy to be attacked by them, so it doesn't make any sense.

"It's impossible. Then Huang Taiji didn't know our strength and the situation in the Hetao before. It's outrageous to be able to send [-] cavalry in advance for reinforcements. Is it possible that he still has the ability to predict the future? Knowing that we will be here after the spring. Will it grow rapidly and be able to kill all Hauge’s [-] cavalry?”

Na Muzhong said with some disbelief.

"I don't believe that Huang Taiji has the ability to predict the future, but the biggest problem is that the opponent's reinforcements are not leaving. Let's increase the reconnaissance distance to the east!"

After thinking about it, Lin Rui could only decide to strengthen the investigation.

Now being watched by [-] cavalry, although they have taken advantage of the naturalization, they can't do anything. If Jiannu really has a follow-up army, it will be in trouble.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng, who was far away in Yanghe, also received news that the Lin family army had captured Guihua City and wiped out the defenders.

"Good! Great."

"It's a pity that such a great victory was not achieved by our officers and soldiers, alas!"

After Lu Xiangsheng exclaimed excitedly, he was filled with regrets and didn't even know how to report it to His Majesty. "Sir, now that the Lin family's army has captured Guihua City and wiped out all the defenders, Jiannu's [-] reinforcements are no longer a threat. Should our army continue to attack?" Zhang Han asked carefully.

Because at this time, all the border troops from the three towns of Xuanda Mountain had gathered outside Yanghe City, a total of [-] troops. The emperor's imperial edict had just arrived yesterday, agreeing to Lu Xiangsheng's plan to attack the grasslands to attack Jiannu.

"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so naturally we have to take action!"

Lu Xiangsheng said without any doubt.

Although the [-] reinforcements couldn't do anything to the Lin family's army, the Lin family's army probably couldn't do anything to the [-] Jiannu cavalry either.

He is sending troops now. If Jiannu's cavalry does not leave, the two armies can attack and defeat Jiannu under Guihua City. If Jiannu chooses to retreat, he can intercept him.

At that time, as long as the Lin family's cavalry is willing to help, it is not impossible to rebuild the [-] cavalry of the founding slaves.

"It's just that the students are worried that Lin Rui will misunderstand him!"

Zhang Han said with some worry, after all, the pincer attack agreed upon earlier was based on the premise that the Lin family army could not break through Guihua City.

But now the Lin family army is obviously in an invincible position, and the slave reinforcements will retreat sooner or later. At this time, one hundred thousand Ming troops will attack the grassland, I am afraid anyone will have other ideas.

When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he also frowned.

Although his purpose was only to kill Jiannu and had no intention of seizing the Hetao, because he knew that the Ming army would not be able to station a large army in the Hetao for a long time, he was indeed suspected of picking peaches. After thinking about it, he could only say:

"Then send someone to explain to Lin Rui that the governor will lead his troops directly north to intercept the Jiannu reinforcements. If he is willing, he can send cavalry to join the battle. If he is not willing, forget it!"

"That's feasible." Zhang Han thought for a while and nodded. This can indeed avoid misunderstandings.

Immediately, Lu Xiangsheng began to beat the drums to gather the generals, summoned all the generals to the big tent, and read out the edict of Emperor Chongzhen on the expedition.

In the whole tent, although Lu Xiangsheng was the supervisor, the two factions were clearly divided. Yang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu, and Hu Dawei, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Province, naturally only Lu Xiangsheng followed them.

However, Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong, and the eight guerrilla generals were all at odds with Lu Xiangsheng, especially Wang Pu.

"Superintendent, the expedition is about to begin. Our army has been in arrears for food and grass for half a year. So far, not one tael of silver or a grain of food has been allocated. Is it time to pay it now?"

"Yes, Inspector, how can we fight without military pay and food?"

"Yes, the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers. May I ask, Superintendent, where did the military pay for me go?"

These eight guerrilla generals were all newly conferred by Emperor Chongzhen last year. All eight of them were the eldest sons of various guards commanders in the Datong area. The reason was naturally that their fathers had received Jurchen heads from Wang Pu.

I'm afraid Lin Rui himself didn't even realize that the more than 4000 leaders he sold not only gave Datong an extra earl, but also gave rise to so many guerrilla generals.

Naturally, Lu Xiangsheng was very disgusted and disdainful of these guerrilla generals who obtained official positions by trading their heads with the Lin family army and lying about their military exploits.

Now seeing them clamoring for military pay, he snorted coldly: "The governor has prepared enough food and grass. When the time comes, I will allocate it on a per capita basis every day. I won't starve you!"

"What about military pay?" Wang Pu stared at him.

"The imperial court is in a difficult situation now. His Majesty is frugal in food and clothing every day, and cannot pay military salaries for a while. General Wang is deeply blessed, can't you understand His Majesty's difficulties?"

"This uncle's loyalty to Your Majesty is a lesson to be learned from heaven and earth. Governor Lu doesn't need to say more about this, but I am afraid that some people will corrupt the imperial court's military pay and put the military pay that should be allocated to us into their own pockets. .”

Wang Pu first raised his hands in the direction of Beijing, then stared at Lu Xiangsheng with evil eyes and sneered.

"Yes, if the imperial court really has no money to allocate military salaries, then why are General Yang and General Tiger's military salaries paid on time every month? There has never been any arrears?"

"I see clearly that the military salary has been embezzled."

"Damn it, the military salary has been stolen, how can we still fight this war?"

"Isn't this asking everyone to die?"

The eight guerrilla generals, relying on Wang Pu's support, also started shouting.

After all, they are also guerrilla generals personally appointed by His Majesty. This is not something Lu Xiangsheng can just do.

"Since you don't want to worry about His Majesty and are afraid of death and war, then just stay in Datong." Lu Xiangsheng didn't bother to talk to them at all, and directly waved his hand.

This kind of army that is not united will only cause chaos when brought to the grassland. If His Majesty had not named Wang Pu as his deputy commander, he would not have invited Wang Pu to come at all.

"Why, Governor Lu wants to monopolize military power? Disobey His Majesty's will?"

Wang Pu naturally didn't dare not go. After all, His Majesty had named him as the deputy commander of the army for this expedition. If he stayed in Datong, no matter what the reason, His Majesty's impression of him would be greatly reduced.

So even if Lu Xiangsheng doesn't provide them with food and grass, everyone will have to go there if they bring their own food and grass.

"Since when did I disobey His Majesty's will? It's just you who are arguing about not going. What does it have to do with me?"

Lu Xiangsheng was actually very dissatisfied with Emperor Chongzhen's appointment, but he also knew that His Majesty could not be blamed for this. His Majesty was just deceived. If he was to blame, it was Wang Pu who was too shameless.

(End of this chapter)