Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

"Your Highness, according to your order, the food, supplies and weapons needed by the army have been secretly transported to Gucheng. The soldiers have also disguised themselves as civilians and caravans and entered the mountainous areas near Gucheng in batches to hide. They are waiting for your order to attack!" Asu Husaihan excitedly reported to Qi Wang Meilas. As a brave general who followed the Great Khan of Lotus to fight very early, he had been ordered to garrison Lhasa, the Western Capital of David Kingdom, for a long time. In recent years, he has had the opportunity to go to the battlefield. He cherishes it very much and always takes the lead in every battle. This time, he followed the King of Qi to the south, and he was very excited to fight a big battle.

"Well, tell Alinbao to lead the army from Gucheng along Zhushui to attack Fangxian immediately, and make sure to control the pseudo-Ming royal family members such as the King of Han, the King of Dong'an, and the King of Tongshan. You and I will lead 5,000 cavalry to attack Baokang and meet up with Alinbao in Fangxian. Order Hu Maozhen and Yang Laijia to prevent the Ming army in Jiangling from going north, and then order the King of Qin to lead the army to capture Yuezhou and the Duke of Turpan to lead the army to seize the northeastern counties of Chongqing and Kuizhou. Tell the generals that the key to this battle is speed. Anyone who dares to delay military opportunities will be subject to military law!" Melas changed his amiable expression in the past few days and put on a stern expression. Perhaps this is his nature.

"Your Highness, the envoy sent by the Khan is still in Jiangling. If we start a war now, it may endanger the envoy's life," said Chen Hongzhu, a trusted adviser.

"Haha, Mr. Chen, why do you think my father Khan sent two surrendered officials to Jiangling to persuade us to surrender? They are just two discarded pawns. As long as we fight well, my father Khan will not care about the lives of these two surrendered officials," Melas smiled contemptuously.

On August 1666, , the rd year of the Qianyuan period, the Wei army, which had been planning for a long time, suddenly showed its fangs towards the small Ming court in Kuidong, which is known in history as the "Battle of Kuidong."
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"Da~Da~Da~" the sound of horse hooves. Outside Changping Fort in Baokang County, Yunyang Prefecture, General Wu Ziqiang, a general under the command of Hao Yongzhong, Duke of Yiguo of the Ming Dynasty, was hunting with his followers. The followers chased out a deer. General Wu took out the longbow behind him and shot an arrow, hitting the deer's neck. The deer cried and fell to the ground, apparently dying. Afterwards, General Wu saw a rabbit, but ignored the dead deer and chased after it...

Baokang County is the front line facing the Weiguo occupied area. Hao Yongzhong stationed 5,000 soldiers here. He ordered General Wuzhong Luo Maotong to lead 3,000 soldiers to garrison Baokang County, and General Jianwei Wu Ziqiang to lead 2,000 soldiers to guard Changpingbao, a fortress southwest of the county. At first, the Ming army was quite vigilant, but after the Ming Dynasty and David signed a joint anti-Qing alliance, the area around Baokang and Changpingbao has been very peaceful. The armies of both sides followed the rules and never crossed the border, and the number of merchants and travelers gradually increased. Over time, the two generals relaxed their vigilance. Luo Maotong was better, and Wu Ziqiang would leave the barracks from time to time to hunt in the nearby mountains.

Wu Ziqiang was having so much fun that he didn't realize that he had also become someone else's prey. The 5,000 cavalry of the King of Qi, Melas, were hiding nearby. After issuing the attack order, Melas immediately led 5,000 light cavalry from Xiangyang to Baokang, and arrived at Nanzhang County, east of Changping Fort, in just one day and one night. Hearing from the Nanzhang garrison that the Changping Fort garrison commander liked to go out of the fort to hunt, His Royal Highness the King of Qi was happy, "Since this General Jianwei likes hunting, I will hunt him in the wild."

"Blow the horn and gather, prepare to return to the fort." Wu Ziqiang finally got tired of playing and ordered to return. The followers gathered from all over with prey. After all, they were an army, and they began to line up outside the tent.

"Swoosh~Swoosh~Swoosh~" Waves of arrows rained down, and half of the more than a hundred followers fell down in an instant.

"Da~Da~Da~" The guards' cavalry galloped out of the woods and quickly surrounded the small force.

"Are you the commander of Changping Fort? If you surrender, you can be spared from death and retained in your original position," Melas smiled as he looked at the prey in front of him.

"Bah! Dog Tartar!" Wu Ziqiang was tough and spat fiercely.

"How dare you! Kill!" Hearing the words "dog Tartar", Melas was furious. As soon as he said the word "kill", the captain of the guards, Ada, slashed down with his sword, and the head fell to the ground.

After killing Wu Ziqiang, Melas selected more than a hundred warriors and returned to the fort with Wu Ziqiang's flag. It was dark, and the defenders could not see clearly. They thought it was their general who returned to the fort and opened the gate. The guards captured Changping Fort without any effort. The next morning, they headed towards Baokang County. Baokang defender Luo Maotong was not prepared at all. When the guards quietly climbed the city wall, killed the defenders and opened the city gate, the general was still asleep.

"Kill~kill~kill~"

Luo Maotong was awakened by the shouting and screaming, and hurriedly gathered his guards to resist, but found that the door of the general's mansion had been knocked open by the guards, and teams of guards with bows and arrows drew their bows and surrounded him.

"If you are willing to surrender, you can still be the general of the Davidic Kingdom. Otherwise, this will be your end," Melas looked at him coldly and ordered his men to throw Wu Ziqiang's head over.

"Wu~Brother Wu~" Seeing Wu Ziqiang's head, Luo Maotong was terrified.

"This man does not know the will of heaven and has brought about his own destruction. When you think about the Ming Dynasty's lack of justice, you were forced to become bandits. Why should you die for it? Good birds choose trees to roost in. If you are willing to surrender, I will treat you well. What do you think?" Melas stared at Luo Maotong calmly and asked. Seeing that he did not say anything, he could not help but say angrily: "I am a dignified prince, how could I defile the general?"

After hearing this and seeing the dense longbows of the surrounding Mongolian cavalry, Luo Maotong finally made up his mind, dismounted, knelt and said: "I am willing to surrender!"

"Good! A man who knows the current situation is a hero", Melas was overjoyed. The Kuidong bandits have always been brave and fierce. If he can recruit them for his own use, he will be able to greatly enhance his strength. So he patted Luo Maotong's shoulder heavily and said with a smile: "Lead the way to Bomoping".
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Following the order of Mailas, Chahar Admiral Alinbao led 45,000 cavalry and infantry from Gucheng to attack Fang County. He first defeated the Ming general Ma Jinyu in Hengshui, killing him and forcing him to flee to Fang County with only 500 remnants.

Hearing that the Wei army had betrayed the alliance and launched a sneak attack on him, Hao Yongzhong, the Duke of Mingyi, who was stationed in Fang County, was not panicked. Among the leaders of Kuidong, he had 50,000 soldiers, second only to Li Laiheng in strength. He also took in the royal family members such as Zhu Jingli, the King of Han, Zhu Shengqian, the King of Dong'an, and Zhu Yunqian, the King of Tongshan, and used the emperor to command the princes. Even Li Laiheng had to respect him. Relying on the large number of people, he gathered people at Yangzi Mountain to resist the Wei army. In the fierce battle, this famous general in the former Dashun Army ordered his general Bai Liangfu to sneak out of Yangzi Mountain and attack the rear of the Wei army. However, he did not know that while Alinbao was hiding with his army, he had ordered people to find out the terrain of Fang County clearly and set up an ambush on the flank of Yangzi Mountain. Bai Liangfu was ambushed as soon as he left Yangzi Mountain, and his head was cut off by Zheng Guoyin, the deputy general of Datong of the Wei army. After the defeat in the first battle, Hao Yongzhong was not discouraged. He regrouped and fought again with the Wei army at Zhanglao River. Alinbao ordered the Tuo Tuo Artillery Battalion to fire to cover his cavalry crossing the river from the shallow water. The deputy commander of the Wei army, Chang'an Bahai, led 3,000 cavalry to bravely fight for the crossing, rushed into the Ming army formation, and disrupted the Ming army formation. Alinbao took the opportunity to order the infantry to cross the river and kill Zhang Dasheng, the general of the Ming army and the general of Jingyi. Hao Yongzhong could not resist and led the remnants to flee back to Fang County. As soon as he entered the city, he said to his son Hao Yingxi: "You quickly take the troops to escort the King of Han, the King of Dong'an, and the King of Tongshan out of the city." Don't look at his rough appearance, but he has a good vision and knows the importance of status. Although these Ming royal family members have no soldiers and power, as long as they are with them, they will have a righteous status.

"Yes," Hao Yingxi followed the order and left. Soon, Hao and his son led the defeated army and took Han Wang Zhu Jingli and other Ming Dynasty royal family members out of the city to escape.

Alinbao was eager to make a contribution, so he led 5,000 light cavalry to pursue. In order to escape smoothly, Hao Yongzhong ordered General Zhangwei Wang Zhibing and General Kejie Ma Jinyu to lead 5,000 soldiers to block the enemy, while he himself fled desperately towards Jingzhou.

At this time, the Ming army was already a frightened bird. How could they resist the Wei army's cavalry? With just one charge, the subordinates of Generals Wang and Ma were killed and defeated. Wang Zhibing died in the chaos, and the frightened General Ma Jinyu made up his mind and led his defeated troops to surrender to the Kingdom of David.
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"Father, ahead is Bomoping. After leaving Bomoping and crossing Fenshui, we will be in Xingshan. After joining the troops of the Duke of Wan and the mighty general, we will be safe," Hao Yingxi said to Hao Yongzhong, panting. Xingshan and Maolushan have always been the strongholds of Li Laiheng. Li Laiheng once built a headquarters in Jiulianping, and only moved the headquarters to Jiangling after he captured the land of Jingyue. However, the King of Jiangling still attached great importance to his old base, and ordered the mighty general Liu Rukui to lead 10,000 troops to stay. Liu Rukui was a powerful general under Li Zicheng, and was known for his courage and strategy. Badong, southwest of Xingshan, was the territory of Liu Tichun, the Duke of Wan in the Ming Dynasty. Liu Tichun was older than Liu Rukui. He was a general of the right camp under Li Zicheng, and was named Guangshan Bo, with more than 10,000 soldiers.

"Well, you immediately lead the light cavalry to escort the three princes and their families," Hao Yongzhong said worriedly.

"Boom~Boom~Boom~" As soon as the words fell, the sound of cannons was heard, and King Melas of Qi led thousands of cavalry and Ma Jinyu's surrendered troops out of the woods of Bomoping.

"This~this~this~" Hao Yingxi was so frightened that his face turned pale.

"Why are you panicking? Follow your father and fight!" Hao Yongzhong gritted his teeth and took the big flag from his subordinates. This was his old habit. When he was in Li Zicheng's army, he liked to charge with a big flag and was invincible. He killed countless enemy generals and was nicknamed "Hao Yaoqi". This time it was time to fight to the death again, so he naturally had to carry the big flag. Seeing Yiguogong carrying the flag, the morale of the Ming army was immediately boosted.

"Kill~" Hao Yaoqi roared like a tiger and rushed towards the royal flag of Melas. As a veteran of many battles, he could tell the position of the commander-in-chief of the guards at a glance.

"Kill~ Kill~ Kill~" The Kuidong bandits in desperate situation burst into blood and followed their leader to rush towards the guards fearlessly.

"There are so many brave generals in Kuidong!" Seeing that the enemy not only did not flee but launched a counterattack against him, Melas could not help but admire him and led the cavalry to meet Hao Yaoqi who was coming to kill him.

"Bang~bang~bang~" The guards cavalry took the three-barreled guns on the war horses and fired first. After installing the flintlock device, the firing speed of this gun was much faster, giving the cavalry time to fire all the guns. With the sound of gunfire, the Ming army in front fell to the ground one after another, while those behind were still charging.

At the same time that Hao Yongzhong aimed at Melas, Asu Hussehan of the Kingdom of David also aimed at him. This first-class marquis was known for his archery skills in the army. He quietly took down the bow behind him and took out the armor-piercing arrow from the quiver to aim. "Chiu~" The armor-piercing arrow pierced Hao Yaoqi's chest with a fierce wind, right where his heart was.

"Ugh~" Hao Yongzhong shook a few times on his warhorse, and with a "thump", his iron tower-like body fell to the ground, dead.

"Father~" Hao Yingxi cried and rode his horse to save him, but he became Saihan's next target. The second arrow was as fast as a meteor and hit Hao Yingxi's forehead.

With the death of Hao's father and son, the Kuidong bandits, who had been so vigorous just now, lost their fighting spirit and fled in all directions. Under the pursuit of the Wei cavalry, corpses were scattered all over the ground and blood flowed like a river.

"Your Highness, the Pseudo-Ming's King of Dong'an and King of Tongshan have both been captured, but King Han~" Captain Ada reported to King Qi.

"How is the King of Han?" Melas asked in shock.

"The King of Han of the pseudo-Ming Dynasty was a man of courage. He did not want to be captured and humiliated, so he hanged himself under a tree," said Ada. King of Han Zhu Jingli was the tenth-generation grandson of Emperor Gaozu of the Ming Dynasty. When the anti-Qing movement in Shanxi was surging in the fifth year of Shunzhi, he was recommended as the "King of Han" by Yu Yin and Han Zhaoxuan. After the defeat in Shanxi, he fled to Hao Yongzhong's camp in Huguang, and since then he has been representing the Yongli court to contact the restoration forces in the north.

"As expected of the Ming Dynasty's regent, he still has integrity. It's a pity that with his death, my plan to use his name to persuade the Kuidong Ming army to surrender has failed." Melas sighed and ordered, "Bury the King of Han with honor." (End of this chapter)