Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Jianshi County, located in the south of Fengjie and Wushan, has a very long history. In ancient times, it was the territory of Linjun of Ba State. Since ancient times, it has been the only way from Shizhou to Wushan. Looking at the densely packed camps of the guards outside the city, the guard general Xingping Hou Dang Shousu looked heavy-hearted. He was a veteran of many battles and could tell at a glance that the number of enemies was about 60,000, while his own men were only 8,000. Fortunately, the city of Jianshi was strong, and the guards were not in a hurry to attack the city. Instead, they slowly filled up the moat and took steady steps, giving him time to ask for help from Li Laiheng, King of Jiangling.

During this period, Li Laiheng had been building fortifications along the line of Fengjie, Baidicheng, and Wushan, intending to rely on the danger of Qutang Gorge to confront the Wei army. Baidi Mountain, where Baidicheng is located, and Jigong Mountain in the north were all Ming army camps. Now that the Wei army was attacking Jianshi, should he send troops to rescue or abandon Jianshi and lure the Wei army to Wushan for a decisive battle? After receiving Dang Shousu's letter for help, the King of Jiangling was very hesitant, but finally decided to send troops to rescue. Although Wushan was dangerous and deep, it was narrow. It would be better to fight a battle outside first to seize the initiative.

After making the decision, Li Laiheng led 55,000 troops from Ta Tianbao, Ma Tengyun, Feng Qifeng, Liu Yingchang, Wu Zhiqi, and Suo Yanlong to come to the rescue. After joining forces with Dang Shousu, the number of troops reached 63,000, which was very powerful. To prevent any unexpected events, he ordered General Suo Yanlong to lead 3,000 troops to set up an ambush in Baiyan Mountain across the river from Baidi City, and prepared a large number of boats and rafts on the bank of the Yangtze River, so that if the battle went badly, they could retreat from the south bank of the river to the north bank at any time.

On August 1667, , Ming troops and Wei troops fought a great battle in Jianshi. Jianshi is a land of mountains, rivers and farmlands, and there is a saying that "eight mountains, half water and half farmland". The reason why Li Laiheng dared to fight the Wei troops here was that he felt that such a terrain could restrain the advantage of the Wei cavalry to the greatest extent.

Indeed, the invincible David cavalry could hardly gallop in such a terrain, so Melas had to order the cavalry to dismount and fight on foot. Fortunately, the local soldiers from Baojing and Yongshun under his command grew up in the mountains and were very good at mountain warfare, becoming the main force of the guards to attack the mountains.

Peng Ding, the envoy of Baojing, attacked particularly hard because he had a grudge against the Kuidong army and was grateful for having received the Maogang land from David. He pointed to Taiping Peak where Li Laiheng's flag was and said, "Pass the order down. The first person to reach the top will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins and ten beautiful women."

A big reward will attract brave men! As soon as the reward was given, the soldiers rushed up with a roar. Bashe Peng Xiang Zhen saw another Bashe Peng Lun running ahead of him, so he quickly led his swordsmen to speed up their pace.

"Bang~" A bullet shot his stomach and his intestines flowed out.

"Ugh~" Peng Xiangzhen fell to the ground, holding his stomach in pain. After a few wails, he died.

Bashe Penglun became the first person to reach the top of the mountain. Before he could be happy, the brave Ming army general Ma Tengyun, Marquis of Tongcheng, rushed to him.

"Die!" The spear in the hand of the Marquis of Tongcheng was as fast as lightning and hit Peng Lun's forehead hard.

The local soldiers retreated like the tide, and Taiping Peak was still in the hands of the Ming army.

"Your Highness can lead the army to go around the vicinity of Xisha Village to the side and rear of Taiping Peak," Chen Hongzhu suggested to Mai Las. Compared with the 2090-zhang (-meter) high Taiping Peak, the terrain near Xisha Village is relatively low, less than zhang high.

"I would like to select warriors who are good at riding and shooting to ride up the hill," Asu Husaihan asked for a fight. Although the area around Xisha Village is also a slope, the terrain is not as steep as Taiping Peak, and those with good riding skills can ride their horses up the hill.

"Yes!" Melas nodded in agreement.

Saihan selected 700 brave warriors with excellent riding skills and rushed to Xisha Village, followed by 5,000 infantrymen under General Zhong Jida.

"Shoot! Shoot for me!" Seeing that the Wei cavalry could actually gallop in the mountains, Liu Yingchang, the general of the Ming army, was shocked and ordered his subordinates to shoot arrows at the enemy cavalry.

"Swoosh~Swoosh~Swoosh~" Arrows rained down. The knights on horseback were all warriors who had survived hundreds of battles. When they heard the sound of arrows, they lowered their bodies and rushed forward in the rain of arrows.

With a fierce neigh from his horse, Saihan rushed to the top of the hill, spear in left hand and knife in right hand. Suddenly he looked at an enemy general and chopped him down fiercely with the Mongolian scimitar in his hand.

"Ah~" Half of Liu Yingchang's face was chopped off and he fell down screaming.

After taking the slope of Xisha Village, the guards attacked along the plains in the mountains where horses could run. Qiliping, Maocaoba, Guanglongba, Wangping, Sangyuanba, Sanliba and other places were successively captured. The Ming army's defense line was torn into holes and leaked everywhere.

"Order all troops to retreat to Baiyan Mountain immediately, then cross the river and retreat to Baidi City!" On Taiping Peak, Li Laiheng saw this scene with his eyes like a tiger spitting fire, and gave the order in a deep voice. Although the Ming army had already prepared to retreat to Jiangbei after the defeat, it was not easy for 60,000 troops to retreat without losses? Under the fierce pursuit and attack of the guards, the losses were great.

Ma Tengyun, the Marquis of Tongcheng, led more than 500 remnants of his army and was surrounded at Xuanlongba. Seeing that he was surrounded by densely packed enemies, he could not help but sigh, "I never thought that after a lifetime of success, I would die here today!"

"Marquis of Tongcheng, how are you? Don't shoot, it's me." A familiar face suddenly appeared in the enemy army. It was Ma Jinyu, a former subordinate of Hao Yongzhong.

Ma Tengyun and Ma Jinyu were old friends, and when he saw him, he snorted coldly, "Are you here to persuade us to surrender?"

"That's right. Your Highness the Prince of Qi is broad-minded and eager for talent. A mediocre person like me can be promoted to the rank of general after surrendering to the Wei Dynasty. If you are willing to surrender, your rank will definitely not be lower than mine."

Ma Tengyun did not comment. Seeing this, Ma Jinyu said again: "David has the momentum to sweep the world. You are always wise. How can you go against the trend? Besides, the Wei State does not prohibit wearing clothes or shaving hair. It is not a disgrace to the ancestors to surrender to the Wei State!"

Hearing this, Ma Tengyun finally nodded, and suddenly he raised his head and shouted to the sky, "Lord Jiangling, I have tried my best, but today's situation is helpless!"

On August 23, the main force of the Ming army retreated to Baiyan Mountain. Seeing that King Jiangling was defeated, the Ming general Suo Yanlong, who had set up an ambush at Baiyan Mountain, hurried to meet them.

"The pursuers will be here soon. I will lead my troops to cross the river. You will set up an ambush here. After killing the pursuers, you will immediately cross the river to meet me." Li Laiheng didn't say much. He gave the order hurriedly and left.

Suo Yanlong led three thousand soldiers and horses to lie in ambush on Baiyan Mountain. Suddenly, they saw smoke and dust rolling up. It turned out to be the brave general of the Wei army, Asu Husseinhan, who was chasing them with hundreds of cavalry.

If it were an ordinary person, with only a few hundred people chasing tens of thousands of defeated troops, he would never dare to go deep into the enemy. When Kesaihan was young, he followed the Great Khan of Lotus to fight. He had been through life and death countless times. How could he have ever been afraid? He actually broke away from the army and chased into the White Salt Mountain.

Seeing the enemy pursuers entering the valley, Suo Yanlong shouted, "Shoot!"

Countless bullets and arrows fell, knocking Saihan's men off their horses.

Saihan led his troops to retreat, but found that the entrance to the valley had been blocked by rolling logs and boulders thrown by the Ming army.

"Damn it!" The battle-hardened Asu Hou was furious. He dismounted his horse, took up his sword, and climbed up the mountain with all his might.

When they reached the mountainside, a huge rock fell on their heads. Even a tiger is ferocious, but it is still made of flesh and blood. It fell to the bottom of the valley, and its flesh and blood were blurred.

The death of Asu Hussein Khan dampened the morale of the pursuing guards and slowed down their pursuit.

When the news reached Great Khan Lianhua, the Oirats' god of war, who was used to seeing life and death, actually shed tears, "Saihan followed me in my battles, how could he forget the principle of not pursuing a desperate enemy? A star general has fallen in the White Salt Mountain, how sad! " He immediately ordered a grand burial and made Saihan's son Sachuri inherit his father's title.

(End of this chapter)