I am Emperor Wanli

Chapter 101: Great Victory at Liuhe
Xin Ai Huang Taiji is dreaming.

He dreamed that his father, Altan Khan, who had served as the Khan of the Right Wing of Mongolia for more than thirty years and was already sixty years old, had finally passed away.

With the support of the people, he sat on the throne of the Great Khan and commanded 30,000 households of the Ordos, Tumed and Yongshebu tribes on the right wing of Eastern Mongolia. His heroic reputation was praised by people on the grassland.

Then he happily married his father's daughter Zhong Jinhatun.

She was only eighteen years old, but her fame as a beauty had already spread throughout the grassland.

He held her naked body in his arms, looked at her watery eyes, and was about to do something big when he suddenly heard a noise, as if the whole earth had collapsed.

Xin Ai woke up suddenly and found herself lying in a pile of furs, with her personal guards trying desperately to shake her.

I couldn't help but get furious.

I could finally get the long-coveted Zhong Jinhatun under me, but it was ruined by you bastards. Where's my whip?

I'm going to beat you to death.

"Huang Taiji, it's bad! The Ming army is coming!"

When the personal guard saw Xin Ai wake up, he hurriedly reported it.

"What! Aren't the Ming troops hiding in their turtle shells? Why are they attacking us?" Xin Ai's brain didn't react for a moment.

"No, Huang Taiji, it's a large group of cavalry. The Ming cavalry are charging in." The personal guard shouted in panic.

"What!" Xin Ai sat up suddenly.

At this moment, he heard terrifying shouts and screams coming from outside the tent, from all directions.

There were also people shouting and horses neighing, a chaotic sound, as if the sky was falling and the earth was splitting apart.

Through the tent curtains, you can see flames jumping between the gaps, as if there was fire everywhere outside.

With the help of his attendants, Xin Ai hurriedly put on his clothes and boots, picked up his scimitar, and hurried out.

After pulling back the curtain, Xin Ai was almost forced to go back into the tent because of the heat and noise.

The chaos outside was beyond Xin Ai's imagination.

There were fires everywhere, just like the big fires on the grassland in autumn; there were horses neighing, people shouting, crying, shouting, cursing, and panic everywhere.

The head was shaking, and his troops were like a group of frightened sheep, running east, now west, and everywhere, becoming more and more chaotic.

In the distance, groups of cavalry would occasionally rush out in the darkness, brandishing sabers and reaping lives. They would travel through the firelight and darkness, appearing and disappearing again, like demons emerging from hell.

"How many enemies are there?" Xin Ai grabbed an attendant beside him and asked hysterically.

"Huang Taiji, I don't know. We were sleeping soundly when they suddenly came in, set fire everywhere, and drove us out of the tent.

They were everywhere, riding horses everywhere, chasing us at will. Captain Zhang Han, Captain Li Buzhi, and many others were hacked to death by them. "

The attendant replied tremblingly.

Another attendant was a little calmer, "Huang Taiji, the captain of the Hubuli army was the first to notice the Ming army's attack. He told his subordinates that the Ming army came from the south and east."

"Where is Hubuli?" Xin Ai asked loudly.

Hubuli was his most trusted subordinate and was in charge of his personal guard.

"Huang Taiji, on our way to the big tent, we encountered a group of Ming cavalry and we were scattered."

"Damn it! The southern barbarians are so cunning! They actually sent out 6,000 people as bait, and then took advantage of our exhaustion to attack us at night.

These cunning and shameless southern barbarians! Damn it, I will kill them all! "

Xin Ai cursed loudly, and at this moment he finally realized that he had fallen into a trap.

The attendant next to him advised: "Huang Taiji, everything is in chaos now. There are Ming cavalry everywhere, and we don't know how many there are. We should retreat to the north of Liuhe River first, then gather the remaining soldiers and fight the Ming army."

"Hiss!"

Dozens of frightened war horses ran out from nowhere, rushing forward, knocking down a dozen people who were fleeing, and then disappeared into the night.

On the other side, a group of soldiers, armed with swords and spears, were running hurriedly towards the central camp. Unexpectedly, dozens of Ming cavalrymen emerged from the darkness, shooting arrows, spears, swords and axes, and quickly killed Xin Ai's group of soldiers. Then they turned around and disappeared into the night.

Xin Ai shuddered, fearing that a group of Ming cavalry would emerge from the darkness nearby. At this moment, he was like a lamb to be slaughtered, and he had no power to resist the wolf-like and tiger-like Ming cavalry.

"Let's go! Let's go to the stables, find some horses, and escape quickly." Xin Ai said repeatedly. Five followers protected Xin Ai, passed through the panicked and fleeing crowd, bypassed the burning tents, avoided the elusive Ming cavalry, and finally got to the stables in the middle camp.

Seeing the messy and empty fence, Xin Ai and his five followers were dumbfounded.

Where's my horse? Where's my horse?
Dong Fox's camp is located to the north of Xin'ai's camp, next to Liu River.

When Ma Fang and Li Chengliang led the Ming cavalry to attack Xin'ai camp from the south and east, Dong Huli was awakened immediately.

He put on his clothes, crawled out of the tent, climbed onto a high-wheeled cart, and looked towards the Xin'ai camp.

There were fires everywhere, and everywhere were chasing cavalrymen and people fleeing. The Xinai camp was like an ant nest of fire and was in chaos.

After watching for a while, the experienced Dong Huli judged that judging from the momentum, the Ming army's cavalry was no less than 15,000, and possibly more than 20,000.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but shudder.

Xin Ai brought 25,000 cavalrymen. They fought three bloody battles yesterday, with more than 7,000 casualties. There were only over 20,000 wounded and wounded left in the camp. After another day of hard fighting, they were exhausted and went to bed early. It was now the fourth watch, the time when everyone could sleep the best.

Fifteen thousand Ming cavalry suddenly rushed in, and Xin Ai had no way to escape.

"Have all the troops gathered?" Dong Fox jumped off the high-wheeler, put on his clothes, and asked loudly.

"Master leader, assemble now."

"Go! Go quickly, leave everything behind that you can't take with you, saving your life is the most important thing."

"Yes! Chief, which way are we going? North?"

"Go east, cross the Liu River first, then turn around and go east."

"Ah, Lord Chief, to the east is the pasture of the Chahar tribe."

"We need to borrow the road to escape, and even borrow the territory of the King of Hell." Dong Huli urged, "Go, go, go quickly! Don't delay. The Ming army has swept Xin Ai's camp and moved here. We can't escape. Go!"

Qi Jiguang was also awakened by the flames and shouts of killing in the distance. He climbed onto a van and looked around.

Unfortunately, we were so far away that we couldn’t see anything except the firelight.

The shouting and screaming carried by the wind made the soldiers who heard the sound stand up and listen behind the chariot formation startled and confused.

Reinforcements are coming?

"General, do you want to send troops to take a look?"

"No need! It's dark and the enemy situation is unclear. We can't help at all if we go up. It's better to guard the convoy and wait until daybreak. The reinforcements will naturally send someone to contact us after a great victory.

All generals, listen up, the whole army is on alert, ready to fight at any time! "

"Yes!"

The sun rose slowly, adding a touch of bright orange to the dark blue sky and earth.

The sky gradually brightened and in the distance, a group of cavalrymen galloped towards them.

"Report! It's General Zhao Qian!"

Qi Jiguang and Zhang Yuanxun looked at each other with delight on their faces.

Zhao Guoguang, the captain of the new army camp, should have been a guide for the reinforcements, and now he came to report to me.

Soon, Zhao Guoguang was brought to Qi Jiguang.

"General," Zhao Guoguang panted, half-knelt in front of Qi Jiguang with joy and excitement, "Your subordinate, your subordinate is here."

"Okay, what reinforcements are coming?"

"General Ma of Xuanda led 7,000 Xuanda cavalrymen, and Lieutenant General Li of Liaodong led 9,000 Liaodong cavalrymen. They broke into Xin Ai's camp at 4 a.m. and captured numerous people. Xin Ai was captured alive.

Dong Huli led his troops to flee eastward, and Lieutenant General Li led his troops to pursue. Xin Ai's remaining troops crossed the Liu River and fled northward. Lieutenant General Zhou of Liaodong led 7,000 cavalry to ambush them in front and captured countless people.

Qi Jiguang breathed a sigh of relief.

A great victory!
He looked towards the east and saw a red sun rising slowly, illuminating the entire world, grasslands and mountains with endless golden light.

(End of this chapter)