In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 99: Killing Tatars is not good, but killing your own people is good

Hauge originally thought that Wang Pu would not dare to march, but he did not expect that the valley was only five or six miles wide, with mountains on one side, a river on the other, and the Great Wall behind it. With this kind of terrain, even the stupidest general knew the advantages of infantry. , much larger than the cavalry.

Coupled with Liang Tingdong's encouraging promises, all the soldiers knew that Jiannu was besieged in the valley and could not escape. The opportunity to be rewarded for his meritorious service was right in front of him.

After all, a head of Jiannu was worth dozens of taels of silver, and military merits were not included. Liang Tingdong, the governor of Xuanda, personally guaranteed that he would not embezzle anyone's military merits and reward them with silver, so their morale suddenly rose.

After breakfast, the [-]-strong army, under the command of Wang Pu and Liang Tingdong, hugged each other tightly and moved forward. Although the march was slow, it was better than solid.

Faced with this steady and steady tactic, the cavalry sent by Haug could not stop the advance of the army.

They neither dared to plunge headlong into the infantry group full of spearheads, nor could they attack from the left and right. The only thing they could do was to fire arrows, but arrows alone could not stop the infantry, not to mention that the Ming army also had archers. .

The Jiannu cavalry also tried to charge directly, hoping to scare off the Ming army. Although looking at the cavalry rushing towards them, the leading Ming army was so frightened that their legs became weak and they wanted to escape, but found that there was no place to escape.

There was a river on the left, a hillside on the right, and there were crowds of people behind, and there were also servants guarding the formation. I could only hold on to my spear tightly and move forward bravely.

"My lord, we can't delay any longer. The Ming army is not good at field fighting, but it is very good at this kind of tortoise fighting. Let's go quickly!"

At noon, although the Ming army only advanced seven or eight miles, it still greatly reduced the space for the Jiannu cavalry, and Sony suddenly became anxious.

"Bring the food and drive all the slaves towards the mouth of the valley. The army will cross the river in two batches!"

Hauge also knew that there could be no further delay, so he gritted his teeth and finally issued the order to retreat across the river.

We also did not forget to drive more than 1 Han slaves towards the mouth of the valley to prevent the gang of horse bandits from making a sudden attack when the army was crossing the river. By then, these Han slaves would be able to stop them.

As for the 20 Ming troops in the south, Hauge was not worried. For more than [-] miles, even if all the Ming troops spread their legs, they would have already crossed the river by the time they got here.

But the cavalry is different. They can kill them almost instantly after more than 20 miles, so Haug asked [-] Mongolian cavalry to stay on the shore to guard, while [-] Jurchen cavalry crossed the river first.

The section of the river that Hauge and the others chose was indeed very wide, more than thirty feet long. With an order, all 5000 war horses clattered towards the water, and more than [-] Jurchen Tatars died. Lying dead on the horse's back.

For a time, the five or six miles long river bank was full of war horses wading in the water. The water in this part of the river was indeed the shallowest, and the middle section was submerged up to the necks of the war horses, so it was not difficult for the war horses to wade across.

With such a big movement, the Ming army in the south and Lin Rui at the mouth of the valley learned that the Jiannu cavalry was wading across the river almost at the same time.

However, Lin Rui did not choose to attack, but just asked Huang Ben to prepare to receive those Han people.

There is no other way. If he chooses to attack, first of all, the more than 1 Han people will be trampled to death by them. Secondly, if they cannot kill the [-] cavalry on guard on the shore in one fell swoop, and the two sides are in a stalemate, they will definitely be rushed up. The Ming army fought hard.

By then, those Ming troops would definitely not be able to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy, and they would probably chop and poke anyone on horseback.

So it is better to accept it as soon as possible. He will accept the Han people captured by the slaves, and the Ming army will accept the discarded materials and vehicles. Both parties are happy.

As for Jiannu's escape, there was nothing that could be done about it. The Ming army was incompetent and its troops were too few.

Lin Rui wanted to give it up and even distribute the spoils of war, but Wang Pu and Liang Tingdong didn't think so, and the Ming army was also best at fighting such smooth battles.

Hearing that the Tatars were forced to wade across the river, Wang Pu became more energetic and immediately ordered his men to beat drums and charge to kill them.

"Brothers, Jiannu has escaped, kill me..."

"Kill it!"

"Come on..."

As the drums beat, all the Ming soldiers started to run forward as if they had been beaten to death.

Liang Tingdong slapped his forehead and finally reacted.

"Oh, I forgot to send a team of troops to the west bank to intercept them, otherwise I will definitely defeat the Jiannu!"

After saying that, I lamented again and again, but I also knew that it was too late to say anything at this time.

"Superintendent, isn't this a great victory? If we really send a team of troops to intercept on the west bank and force the slaves to jump over the wall, I'm afraid I will be the one who loses!"

Wang Pu on the side said nonchalantly.

But he rolled his eyes in his heart, secretly scolding this guy for being naive and really trying to recreate a slave. If a real slave is desperate, will he stand there and let you kill him?
He was sure that when Jiannu fought for his life, his side would definitely be defeated. As for the cavalry outside the valley, he had never counted on it.

"The Tatars were forced to flee through the water in this battle. Although it was a great victory, they couldn't lose everything, right?"

Liang Tingdong still looked unwilling and regretful.

Obviously they also knew that by the time they reached the place where Jian Nu crossed the river, they would all have already crossed the river.

As for the group of unidentified cavalry outside the valley, I am afraid they will not fight to the death to intercept Jiannu.

"Haha, this governor doesn't have to worry. How can there be no gains in such a huge victory? Only a part of Jiannu escaped. Aren't there more than 1 people who are breaking through to the entrance of the valley?
After the cavalry on the shore enters the water, the general will personally lead the elite to chase him up. He will definitely kill him without leaving any trace behind! "Wang Pu chuckled.

Liang Tingdong's expression changed, and he naturally understood what he meant, but for this gain and his own official career, he also nodded: "Then I wish Commander Wang a successful victory. At that time, I will definitely report to His Majesty and ask for Commander Wang. achievement!"

"Thank you very much, Inspector!"

Wang Pu held his fist and said, but in his heart he despised these hypocrite civil servants.

Not long after, news came from the front that all the cavalry of Jiannu had gone down the river. Wang Pu no longer had any worries, and immediately patted his horse and rushed forward with a thousand elite servants.

Along the way, they kept shouting and yelling at the infantrymen in front to make way, which scared the running infantrymen to avoid them.

Four legs are indeed no better than two legs. Even if the infantry rushed forward for a quarter of an hour, Wang Pu and his elite servants quickly surpassed them and rushed towards the mouth of the valley.

When passing by the materials and vehicles abandoned by the Tatars, only a hundred cavalry servants were left to guard them.

At this time, the captured Han people were still nearly ten miles away from the mouth of the valley. When they saw that the Tatars did not drive them away, both men and women collapsed on the ground in exhaustion, and then they knelt on the ground and cried loudly for the rest of their lives. .

But who would have thought that after resting for a while, when everyone was about to get up and prepare to escape back to the Ming Dynasty, there were actually cavalry running towards them.

For a moment, they were so frightened that they panicked and ran towards the mountain on the left.

"Han fellows, don't be afraid, we are not Tatars, we are also Han people, and we are here to rescue you..."

"The Jian slaves were beaten away by us, please don't run away anymore..."

Naturally, those coming from the north were a thousand Han soldiers led by Huang Ben and Zhou Meng. They started shouting loudly from a distance.

But Wang Pu and his servants in the south pounced directly on the Han people who were fleeing in all directions.

All men's heads were cut off with a knife from behind and rolled to the ground. In a short period of time, more than 2000 people running behind were beheaded mercilessly.

The other Han people were so frightened that they ran away crazily. Although the women were not beheaded, many were trampled and knocked down by the horses. They also screamed and ran away.

This scene shocked Huang Ben and a thousand Han people in the north, and they didn't know what to do for a while.

Because the group of cavalry rushing from the south was obviously the Ming army, Huang Ben originally thought that they were coming to snatch people from him. Who would have thought that these guys were actually coming to massacre the Han people who had been snatched away by the slaves.

"Battal Commander, these dog officers and soldiers are killing good people and taking credit for their merits."

An old man who was also captured by Jiannu reacted immediately and turned towards Huang Ben with red eyes.

"Damn, these beasts can't kill Jiannu, so they only know how to kill their own people." Huang Ben also said angrily, and immediately rushed forward with his cavalry, preparing to stop them.

Seeing the cavalry coming, Wang Pu asked his servants to stop killing. Just as he was about to negotiate with the unidentified cavalry, he noticed the rumble of horse hooves coming from the hillside further away, and countless war horses galloping towards him.

Wang Pu and all the servants' expressions suddenly changed.

"What do they want to do?"

"This is bad, Commander, these are Tatar cavalry, we have fallen into a trap!"

"Damn it! Hurry, retreat!" Wang Pu immediately turned his horse's head in a panic and ran back with his men, not caring about the heads he had just chopped off.

Obviously Lin Rui's sudden attack made Wang Pu mistakenly think that he had fallen into Jiannu's trick of luring the enemy. After all, that was what he thought at the beginning. After being preoccupied, now that he saw the opponent and rushed towards them desperately, he naturally sat down. Really.

In fact, what Wang Pu didn't know was that it was just after he and his servants killed the Han people indiscriminately that he ignited Lin Rui's anger and suddenly turned against him.

"Come on, kill all these Ming troops!"

At this moment, Lin Rui was extremely angry. Even when he saw the slaves ruthlessly ravaging Han women, he had never been as angry as he is now.

He did not expect that these Ming soldiers would be so heartless and inhumane. Even if they were slave-builders, they only wanted to capture people back to Liaodong to be slaves, and they would not massacre them indiscriminately like this.

What's more, he had already divided up the spoils of war, and these Han people were all his.

In fact, he also knew that he might not be able to kill many Jiannu this time. After all, neither they nor the Ming army dared to fight a tough battle, so the main reason why he came to block Jiannu this time was to rescue these captured Han people.

But now it's good to scare away the Jiannu. Instead, these Han people are facing massacre by their own country's army.

This is simply a great irony.

At this moment, Lin Rui no longer had any hope for the Ming Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)