Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

"Reporting to the Khan, the false emperor went to Huolu City after his defeat," the scouts of the guards brought news of the remnants of the Qing army.

"Ji Du fled to Huolu City? Haha, did he think he could escape?" Great Khan Lianhua sneered and said to the generals: "It is getting late today, so hold off the pursuit. Send out three times the number of scouts to keep an eye on the Qing army. I don't believe their infantry can outrun my cavalry. Hahaha~"

"Hahaha~" All the generals laughed along, and there was laughter in the guards' tent.

"Da~da~da~" Thirty thousand guards marched south from Lingshou County, crossed the ice on the Hutuo River and headed towards Tumen Pass.

The white-haired Tiger of Oirat, Duke of Liang, Barsi, leisurely rode his warhorse to Baili Duke Suhe, who was half a head behind him, and joked: "Suhe, I heard that your axe can split mountains. I wonder if you can split Tumen Pass with one axe?"

"Haha, although I cannot split Tumen Pass open with one axe, I will be the first one to climb the city wall of Tumen Pass!" Su He subconsciously touched the axe handle and said proudly.

The guards of Tumen Pass were Badala, the commander of the Bordered White Banner Mongolian Army of the Qing Dynasty, and his two thousand Bordered White Banner soldiers. Looking at the huge enemy below the city, Badala was horrified and ordered his men to light a signal fire to ask for help from Jingxing Pass and Huolu City. However, the signal fire was not extinguished and the city was already broken. Some Bordered White Banner Mongolian soldiers in the Qing army, seeing the huge disparity in numbers and the same language and ethnicity as the Kingdom of David established by the Mongols, were unwilling to fight and quietly opened the city gates.

"Drive~drive~drive~"

As soon as the city gate was opened, Su He rushed in with a big axe in hand. Badala went down the city to escape, and just as he mounted his warhorse, a big axe came down on his head, splitting him in half with wild force like firewood.

"Hmph!" Suhe didn't even look at Badala who fell to the ground, and continued to kill the enemy who refused to surrender.

The billowing smoke alarmed the nearby Qing army. The first-class guard Suo Etu led 3,000 soldiers from Huolu City to help, but was defeated by the superior guards. Baer Si took advantage of the victory to attack Huolu City fiercely. Suo Etu could not resist and had to abandon the city and leave.

The tiger of Oirats showed his might and captured Tumen Pass and Huolu City in just one day. He ordered his subordinates to speed up the construction of fortifications to cut off the Qing army's escape route to Jingxing in the west.

Soon, another Qing minister, Dasu, saw the beacon fire at Tumen Pass and sounded the alarm. He led 5,000 troops to Jingxing Pass for support, but was defeated by Suhe's 10,000 cavalry and retreated to Jingxing Pass in embarrassment.

"Huolu City and Tumen Pass have been lost. I am guilty of death, please punish me, Your Majesty~" When Soetu knelt down and cried in front of Jidu, the Zhenwu Emperor couldn't help but feel dizzy. This meant that his retreat route back to Jingxing was cut off by the guards. What should he do?

After all, he was the emperor on horseback, so he quickly calmed down from his panic, looked at Suo Etu and shouted: "Suo Etu, do you admit your guilt?"

"I failed to defend Huolu City and Tumen Pass, and put the army in danger. I beg the emperor to grant me death!" Soetu burst into tears.

"You deserve to be beheaded for your crime, but considering that the country needs people, I order you and Ji Yongling to lead the rear guard to buy time for our army," Ji Du stared coldly at Suo Etu and his deputy Ji Yongling. Suo Etu was ordered to lead the rear guard because he wanted to make meritorious contributions while serving his sentence. Ji Yongling was originally a general under Tan Hong and had just surrendered, so he naturally became a discarded pawn in a critical moment.

"Hmm~" Generals Suo Etu and Ji Yongling responded in unison. The difference was that Suo Etu was willing to die, but Ji Yongling had no choice. His family members were all sent to Xi'an, and he had no choice but to be loyal to the Qing Dynasty.

"Pass on my military order. After resting for half an hour, the entire army will immediately head south to Luancheng, pass through Yuanshi, Gaoyi, Lincheng, Neiqiu to Huangyu Pass, cross the Taihang Mountains and return to Shanxi," Ji Du issued the second military order.

"Yes~" All the generals accepted the order in unison.

Driven by the instinct of survival, the Qing army marched very fast. In order to save as many troops as possible, Jidu ordered Gushan Ezhen Suohong, the commander of the guards Lai Da, and the commander Dumin to lead 20,000 Eight Banners cavalry to escort him first, and ordered the Red Banner Mongolian commander Cheerbu to lead more than 20,000 infantry on foot. The reason why he ordered Cheerbu to lead the infantry was actually because he was annoyed that he advised him to go deep into Zhili.

The Qing cavalry ran faster, but how could the infantry escape the pursuit of the guards? In order to catch up with the Qing army, the Great Khan Lianhua ordered to abandon the infantry and heavy equipment and only take 80,000 light cavalry to pursue. They quickly caught up with the 7,000 troops of Suo Etu and Ji Yongling behind the palace in the north of Luancheng.

At this time, Soetu had already made up his mind to fight to the death, and only wanted to buy more time for Emperor Zhenwu with his own sacrifice, so he ordered all the army's gunners to be concentrated in front of the battle.

"Attack!" With the order from the Great Khan, the eager-to-make-a-deed guard commander Baghabandi led 4,000 Junggar warriors to rush to the enemy first. "Gunners, get ready, fire!" Suo-etu calmly issued the order.

"Bang~bang~bang~" the sound of gunfire was like rain.

"Be careful, Captain-General," Deputy Captain-General Tere rode his horse over the head of Bagabandi's horse and stood in front of Bagabandi. He was hit by a musket and fell off his horse.

"Terre~" Bagabandi cried out in grief, lowered his body, urged the horse's horse, and rushed to the Qing army's formation, hacking and killing fiercely. Soon he killed in front of Soetu's general's flag. Soetu blocked it with his sword, but Bagabandi, eager for revenge, slid down along Soetu's sword, cut off his four fingers, and then slashed into his chest with his sword.

As Suo Etu fell, the will of the Qing army to resist collapsed, and they knelt down to surrender. Ji Yongling did not want to die after all, so he led his men to throw down their weapons and kneel down to surrender. However, Bagabandi was so angry that he rushed to Ji Yongling and cut off his head with a knife. "Kill all the Qing dogs and avenge Te Lei!" With this cruel military order, more than a thousand Qing soldiers who surrendered soon fell in a pool of blood.

"What's going on? Didn't I order that those who surrender should not be killed? Who dares to disobey my military order!" Seeing this scene, Lotus Khan was furious.

Soon, the imperial guards tied Bagabandi to the emperor. "My people were killed by the Qing army. I was angry and violated the military law. Please punish me!" Bagabandi had recovered from his anger and trembled when he thought of the strict military law.

"Bagabandi, you have always been brave and have made many military achievements. But military orders are as heavy as mountains, and I cannot save you. Drag him out and behead him!" Sultan shouted loudly, but glanced at the generals around him.

Erke, the Duke of Lu and a senior official of the Davidic State who accompanied the expedition, was the most clever. He was the first to speak: "He who violated military law deserves death, but Bagabandi risked his life to break into the battle line and made meritorious contributions. Please, Khan, spare his life for his contribution."

"Now is the time to use people, please show mercy, Great Khan!" "Yes, please show mercy, Great Khan" ... The generals pleaded for Bagabandi one after another.

"Since the generals have pleaded for you, your death sentence will be temporarily pardoned. After you leave, you will receive twenty military sticks and be demoted from the second-class Weilumu Hou to the third-class Weilumu Hou," Sultan took the opportunity to give the order.

"Thank you, Great Khan!" Having luckily escaped with his life, Bagabandi hurriedly thanked him and went out of the tent to receive the military stick. Unconsciously, his back was already wet.

The Qing infantry commander Che Erbu had tried his best, but he could never outrun the horses of the guards. Every time he was caught up, he had to send some troops to guard the rear. After the rear guard was eliminated, he was caught up again. In Yuanshi County, Ajida, the Jiala Zhangjing, was killed. In Lincheng, Bojiwula, the Jiala Zhangjing, was killed. Finally, he was caught up by the guards in Neiqiu.

"Form a battle array!" Looking at the endless Weiguo cavalry, Cherbu gave the order with a trembling voice. However, his men had completely lost their fighting spirit and actually fled in panic, leaving their backs to be hacked and killed by the Weiguo cavalry.

As a last resort, Cheerbu had to abandon his army and flee. However, he was targeted by the famous archer in the guards, Alu Korchin Bochuyi, who shot him in the back of the neck with an arrow. In the end, only more than 3,000 Qing infantrymen escaped back to Shanxi.

"What a pity! Ji Du finally escaped!" After hearing the news that Ji Du escaped to Liaozhou, Shanxi via Huangyu Pass and then fled back to Taiyuan from Liaozhou, Lianhua Khan sighed. He wrote at Huangyu Pass:

Chasing the Enemy for Thousands of Miles and Looking out from the Huangyu Pass

He personally led 100,000 cavalrymen,
Sweep away the corner and clear it up.

Corpses were scattered all over the mountains.
Leaving behind a reputation of cruelty.

The mountains and rivers are covered with silver makeup,
The majestic scenery of Taihang Mountains.

Climb high and look far away,
Who knows the heart of a warrior? (End of this chapter)