Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 718 The battle between the two armies injured the envoy

In the north of Guihua City, in the Qing army camp, Anbei General Bahana was sitting on a tiger-skin chair in the tent, processing official documents. I just got good news that another batch of grain and grass has been shipped from the Xilin Gol Grassland, which is enough for the army for three months. Well, three months is enough to break through Guihua City by myself. I heard that all kinds of materials are piled up in Guihua City, and then you no longer have to worry about military supplies. But why do I always feel uneasy in my heart and my right eyelid keeps twitching? It is said that veteran warriors who have experienced hundreds of battles will have a warning sign before danger arrives. At this moment, Bahana had this unique intuition of veteran warriors. However, it didn't show on his face at all. As the commander-in-chief of the entire army, every move he makes will affect the morale of the army, so in front of everyone, he still looks confident.

The more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became. He summoned the leader of the Xilin Gol League and Prince Dorji of Ujimqin Right Wing Banner, who was in charge of intelligence collection, and asked: "Your Majesty, have the spies you sent returned? Can they detect any movement nearby?" "

"Commander, except for the ones sent to the north bank of the Heihe River, today's sentinels have all returned. There is nothing unusual," Dorji reported respectfully.

"Are you saying that the sentinel we sent to the north bank of the Black River has lost contact? Why didn't you report it earlier?" Bahana was really angry.

"It has been snowing heavily these days, especially on the north bank of the Heihe River. Maybe they were blocked by the snow and delayed their return to camp. I wanted to wait until noon tomorrow, and if there was no news, I would report to you." Dorji He hurriedly explained.

"Nonsense! There is nothing trivial about the military situation. It will be too late to report it until noon tomorrow!" Bahana jumped up from the tiger leather chair and stared at the map hanging on the wall, watching carefully. Years of combat experience made him suspect that the sentinel sent to the north bank of the Heihe River might have been attacked by someone. This also meant that enemy troops appeared in the southeast of his own army. If so, which enemy is coming? A few days ago, there was news that Prince Wu Keshan of Zhuoliketu was defeated by the guards of Tucheng. Could it be that the defenders of Tucheng came? If this is the case, it is not terrible. There are not many defenders in Tucheng, and even if reinforcements come, they will only be a few thousand soldiers and horses at most. But what if the soldiers and horses from Tucheng are not here? If Lianhua Khan returns with his army, there will be big trouble!

"My military order is that the soldiers are not allowed to take off their armor when they are resting tonight. Only one thousand-man team will be left in the east, south, and west directions each. The rest of the army will gather at the Beicheng camp." The old general issued the military order.

The military orders were overwhelming, and the Qing troops surrounding the east, south, and west sides of Guihua City had no choice but to follow the orders. They kept tossing until it got dark and the main force of the army gathered in the North City camp, and Bahana just settled in and rested.

In the early morning of the next day, the soldiers were busy making fires for cooking, and wisps of smoke rose from the camp. As soon as Bahana woke up from his nap, Admiral Darhan, the deputy general of Anbei, rushed into the tent and said, "Commander, it's not good, the guards have surrounded us!"

"what!"

Bahana hurriedly put on his clothes to take a look, and saw that outside the camp were densely packed with guard tents. The camps were ferocious and terrifying, and the enemy had obviously set up camp overnight.

"How is that possible? Why didn't anyone report it last night?" Bahana yelled angrily.

"Commander, it has been snowing for the past few days and the visibility is not good. Moreover, the enemy set up camp at night, so the soldiers were not aware of it," Darhan explained.

"Boom~Boom~Boom~"

Suddenly, rumbles of cannons rang out from the east, south and west of Guihua City. Bahana, who was experienced on the battlefield, immediately understood that the enemy was attacking the three thousand-man troops he had left in those three directions. Sure enough, the shelling and shouts of killing quickly subsided, and a guard messenger came to the camp gate holding a wooden box. Although Bahana was suspicious, he still received the envoy calmly. "Who are you? What is the wooden box carrying?" the old general asked majestically.

"I am Mijid, a soldier of the Lotus Khan of the Kingdom of David. The wooden box is riding on the head of Boluot, the king of the left wing banner of Haochit, your army. Just now, our army has defeated your army's positions in the east, south and west of the city. In the camp, this person does not know the destiny and is just resisting. The Great Khan ordered his head to be taken and sent to General Anbei as a warning. If you persist in your stubbornness, your head will be carried in the wooden box next time." Then The pawn showed great courage, threatening Bahana as if nothing had happened, as if he was not in the enemy's camp, but in his own camp.

"How brave!" "Damn it!" "Kill this guy"... All the generals in the tent were indignant in unison, and if they were friends with Boluot, they would draw their swords to kill the messenger.

"When the two armies are fighting, they will not kill the envoys. Moreover, the guards sent are only small soldiers. What's the use of killing them? It will make them laugh at our immeasurable army." Bahana waved his hand to stop everyone and said seriously: " You are so courageous. Just now you said that we are the pawns of Lotus Khan, could it be that it is Lotus Khan himself who is surrounding our army?"

"Yes, the old general really has some knowledge. The one who is surrounding you is the Great Khan Lotus of the Kingdom of David! Hearing that you invaded Guihua City, the Great Khan specially returned from Datong with an army of 200,000 people. With only a few troops in your hands, How can we defeat him? It is better to surrender to me, David, to avoid death." Midged sneered. The so-called 200,000 troops were just a cover-up trick of the Lotus Khan. He deliberately set up more military tents and planted more flags to make it look like there were 200,000 troops, but in fact there were only 60,000.

It is really arrogant for a small soldier to dare to utter arrogant words and persuade the Qing generals present to surrender. However, everyone was captured by the 200,000 troops mentioned by this little pawn, and not a single one said a word.

"Hahaha~" Bahana laughed suddenly, "How dare a mere soldier trick me? When Lianhua Khan went south, he had up to a hundred thousand troops. After going through many fierce battles in Monan and Datong, he had to divide his troops to stay in various places. How could that happen? A 200,000-strong army? In my opinion, the number of guards outside the camp is no more than 50,000 to 60,000."

After hearing this, the generals looked much better.

Bahana suddenly sneered and glanced sideways at Mijid, "Normally, when the two armies are fighting, the envoy will not be harmed. But you are so arrogant. If you don't teach me a lesson, you will still think that there is no one in the Qing Dynasty. Come on, take this man. Their ears and noses were cut off, and they were beaten out of the military camp with sticks."

"Hey!" The wolf-like guards standing on both sides immediately dragged the man out, and soon screams could be heard outside the tent.

Bahana ordered people to cut off the messenger's ears and nose, not to offend him, but to improve his morale. There are many guards and they surround our own army. It is inevitable that some people will feel fear and have low morale. By insulting the messenger, he demonstrated to the guards: I'm not afraid of you, just come and you can boost the morale of your own troops. Sure enough, when they saw the commander cutting off the madman's ears and nose, the generals in the tent couldn't help but cheer up.

Seeing that everyone's morale had improved, the old general nodded slightly and said solemnly: "Lianhua Khan has returned, and the enemy's strength is far greater than ours. The only solution now is to make a sneak attack when the enemy first arrives and is tired from afar. Everyone Let’s go back to camp and rest, and I will lead you all to break out of the encirclement in the evening. Life or death depends entirely on this battle, so please encourage me!”

"Don't worry, Commander, the last general will fight to the death!" Knowing that it was a critical moment of life and death, all the generals responded in unison.

(End of this chapter)