Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

"Hoo~Hoo~" The mountain wind was very strong at night. Ba Xi and three hundred soldiers lit torches and walked listlessly along the mountain road.

"Ghost~Mountain ghost~" Suddenly one of the subordinates pointed at the cliff and howled.

Baxi looked along the cliff, but saw ghost lights and vaguely visible ghosts climbing up. After realizing it, he shouted: "They are not mountain ghosts, but enemies! Stop them from climbing the mountain quickly, and ring the gong to inform the village that the enemy is coming!"

The man who was striking the gong was about to raise the hammer to strike when he suddenly saw a series of dark shadows approaching. One of them raised his knife and chopped him down.

The murderer was Qi Xingzhou's son Qi Jingpu, who, following his father's orders, led two hundred assassins to the top of the mountain and hid in the bushes. When they saw the enemy patrol coming, they attacked unexpectedly.

Qi Jingpu was extremely agile. After killing the local soldier who was beating the gong, he rushed straight towards the Eight Seals.

"Ah~" Ba Xi was unable to block and fell to the ground with a scream.

After killing the enemy patrol, Qi Jingpu, who was fearless and brave, ignored the large group of people who were still climbing up and headed straight for the main camp where Bajizong lived under the guidance of the guide. Adu Tusi Ajiaziku, who came up the mountain later, heard that the front group had already gone to the main camp, so he also led his own soldiers to follow closely.

Poor Bajizong was sleeping soundly with his female slave in his arms. He was awakened by the deafening shouts of killing while he was still dazed. He went out of the house and saw flames shooting into the sky and shouts of killing everywhere.

He suddenly realized that he had nothing in his hands and shouted in panic, "Where's my knife?"

The knife came, not his own, but the enemy's. Qi Jingpu's knife was so fast that the chieftain was cut in half from head to chest just as he felt the sharp pain.

After conquering Dagu Mountain, Jin Wang Ergalang only ordered his men to rest for a while before leading the army to continue to Xiaoxianggongling Pass. Xiaoxianggongling is called "Oerzh'e" in Yi language, which means the snowy peak where the dragon appears. Although there is no dragon lurking here, the mountain is steep, with exposed rocks, glaciers and lakes scattered all over the place, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.

The guarding general Dong Chongmin was a brave man who could not be stopped by thousands of men. He was originally a personal guard of Wu Sangui. I don't know how many swords he had blocked for the Emperor Zhaowu of the Great Zhou Dynasty. After Wu Sangui became emperor, he appreciated his bravery and named him "General Xuanwei". His 5,000 men were all veterans of the Wu army who had experienced hundreds of battles and were very powerful. In addition to this group of people, there were also 2,000 soldiers led by Lu A'ge, a hundred households of the guard.

Wu Zhimao was very confident about the terrain of Xiaoxianggongling and Dong Chongmin's bravery. He thought that with this place as a barrier, Jianchang would be impregnable. Unlike Wu Yingqi, the commander of the Wu army in Jianchang, who was bold and aggressive, Wu Zhimao used the word "stable" in his military operations. Wu Sangui was fighting with the Wei army in Huguang, and ordered the Wu army in other directions to hold on to their jurisdiction. Since His Majesty the Emperor Zhaowu asked him to hold on, he only needed to hold on steadily, and there was no need to take the initiative to attack. After receiving the military order, the commander of the Jianchang army ordered his subordinates to guard the dangerous places in Jianchang, but not to attack. Although this decision made it more difficult for the Wei army to capture Jianchang, it also lost the initiative in military affairs.

The Wei army marched so secretly that Dong Chongmin, like Bajizong, did not notice until the Wei army entered the stronghold. Fortunately, he, who had experienced many battles, deployed 2,000 local troops of Lu Age, a hundred households of Zhebaotu, to camp outside the pass, and he himself led 5,000 troops to station inside Xiaoxianggongling Pass. The Wei army's sneak attack only defeated the local troops outside the pass, and the pass was still in his hands.

"General, the military camp is on fire!" The confidant came to report in panic.

"I know. The fire is so big that anyone with enough knowledge can see it. Do I need you to tell me?" Dong Chongmin glared at his confidant in anger. "What are you standing there for? Hurry up and get me my crescent-shaped sword!" As the personal bodyguard of the King of Pingxi, no, the Emperor Zhaowu for many years, the person Dong Chongmin admired most in his life was the Emperor Zhaowu. The Emperor loved to use the crescent-shaped sword, and he also ordered a craftsman to make one for him. It is said that the swordsmanship was also taught by the Emperor himself.

Strangely enough, after being glared at and scolded by his own general, the confidant was no longer afraid and hurriedly looked for a heavy crescent-shaped sword. Dong Chongmin picked up the sword arrogantly. The heavy sword in the hands of his subordinates was as light as a feather in his hand. Everyone said that Wu Sangui was the bravest among the three armies, but Dong Chongmin knew in his heart that his master's crescent-shaped sword was only more than ten pounds. But his own sword weighed more than forty pounds.

"Open the city gate and follow me to kill the enemy!" Holding a knife in his hand and jumping onto his horse, the fierce general's momentum suddenly changed. The sharp murderous aura condensed on the knife. He left 4,500 men and horses to guard the city and rushed out of the city with 500 cavalry.

Outside the city, the guards were killing people wantonly in the camp of the Tu army. When they saw the enemy inside the city open the city to fight, Li Mao, the lieutenant general of Haizhou, rode his horse and took a spear to fight. He was killed by Dong Chongmin in just one round. Bai Yunming, the lieutenant general of Gaizhou, saw this and led his troops to fight. He was defeated after a short battle and fled. After killing the two guards, Dong Chongmin found the father and son of Lu Age and Lu Jingyao, the centurion of Zhebaotu, who were surrounded by the guards.

"Thank you, General, for saving us!" The two of them hurriedly expressed their gratitude.

"Don't be so polite, just follow me!" Dong Chongmin cleared the way with a big knife in his hand, unstoppable, and rescued hundreds of local soldiers from the clutches of the guards.

"Who is this guy? What a hero!" Ergalang asked when he saw his bravery.

"This man is General Dong Chongmin of the Wu army. I heard that he was Wu Sangui's personal bodyguard. He is very fierce. We have suffered a lot from him before!" Sichuan Governor Jiancun Jiangqu said angrily.

"With this person here, it will not be easy to descend from Xiaoxianggong Ridge!" Ergalang sighed.

"Your Highness, you are worrying too much. Our army has more than ten times the strength of the defenders. We can fill this small city even at the cost of human lives," said Shaanxi Governor Sandan unconvinced.

"Unless it is absolutely necessary, I am unwilling to exchange the lives of the warriors!" Ergalang said with a frown. What he was most reluctant to fight was this kind of tough battle.

"Mountain cities often lack water. Cut off the water source in the city and let them die of thirst," the deputy head of the ten thousand households, Omuzhuomu, suddenly shouted. This man was the elder brother of Taogusi, the favorite concubine of the Great Khan Lianhua. He was also a famous warrior of the Junggar tribe. He was brave, but his brain was a little bit stupid.

"Hahaha~" As soon as these words came out, generals including Bayar, Sebuteng, Balbaci, Ramadash, and Gellutu all laughed out loud.

The head of the ten thousand households, Bayar, suppressed his laughter and asked, "This place is called Liangshan because of the high mountains and cold weather. Not to mention the many lakes, there are also glaciers on the ridges one after another, and there is snow from time to time. How can the enemy die of thirst?"

"This~" Omuzhuomu kept scratching his head, his face flushed with shame.

Seeing his father being humiliated, Omuzhuomu's eldest son Sonomchuiji stepped forward to rescue him and said: "This ridge is more than a thousand feet high and the terrain is steep. It is strenuous for people to climb all the way, let alone transporting military rations. There must not be much food stored in the pass. We only need to dig deep trenches and barriers to trap the city, and it won't be long before they run out of food and collapse."

"That makes sense. I heard from the old people that Xiaoxianggong Ridge is more than 4500 feet ( meters) high and is the highest peak in Liangshan. Horses can only carry light loads up the mountain, and food has to be carried on the backs of soldiers and civilians, which makes transportation difficult. In the past, the garrison here was no more than a thousand, so transportation could still be supported. Now the garrison has increased several times, and supplies must be insufficient," An Weiwei, the Liangshan envoy, also agreed with this view.

"Well, in that case, Bayar, Batu Mengke, Xidi Xili Batur, and An Weiwei will lead an army of 20,000 to besiege Xiaoxianggongling, and I will lead the army to Jianchang," Ergalang readily accepted his subordinates' opinions.

Because the guards paid great attention to secrecy and moved very quickly, and Wu Zhimao had previously divided his troops to guard various strategic locations, it was difficult to concentrate his forces to resist the enemy. The guards quickly captured Mianshanqiaohou, Lugu, and Lizhou, killed the local garrisons, and marched straight to Jianchang City. In a hurry, Wu Zhimao could only gather 10,000 combat troops and 6,000 guards. Fortunately, Jianchang City was strong, and relying on the strong city to fight desperately, the guards were unable to conquer the city for a while.

Seeing that he was blocked by the strong city, Ergalang was neither impatient nor impatient. He first attacked the Tusi forces that were attached to the Wu army. He ordered the head of the ten thousand households, Sebuteng, the Horqin prince Dushihuoer, and the Qiong tribe envoy Lingfengqi to lead troops to capture Yanjing Dachonghe, beheaded the Tuqian households Lamafei and Lama Gao, father and son, and then attacked Yanjingwei. The Tuqian household Lashuzu in Yanjingwei did not dare to resist and led his troops to surrender. (End of this chapter)