Borrow the day to change the day

The land of Liaodong has just melted from the ice and snow, but the temperature feels much lower than before the snow melted. When the spring breeze blows, it is extraordinarily cold.

In the newly built fortress of Jianlu near the estuary of the Liaohe River, there was already a person patrolling various places early in the morning, which seemed to be particularly dedicated.

This person is a veteran of Jianlu, Erdenbu who was deafened by the gunpowder explosion caused by the explosion of the artillery in front of Shanhaiguan.Originally, he had retired from the army because of his deafness, and since then he has never had anything to do with military exploits.

Unexpectedly, in just one year, the Ming army defeated Jianlu's army several times, and the Denglaiming army became extremely active, and their combat effectiveness was not bad.This made Jianlu's military strength begin to become stretched, especially the construction of fortresses everywhere, the deployment of mobile troops and other measures, which made the slave chieftains feel that there were not enough troops in their hands.

Therefore, retired veterans like Erdengbu were reactivated and appointed as one of the chiefs of the newly built fort.

While Erdenbu was thankful that he was able to earn military merits, he worked extra hard in order to gain praise from his superiors, so that he could make further progress, because he was short of money.

Standing on the highest point of the fortress, Erdengbu scanned the spacious Liao River, but there was nothing on the river.He is so diligent, not because he thinks that the Ming army can fight in this kind of ghost weather, but because it is a habit.

He stood there, facing the cold wind, thinking about his own affairs.

Originally, Erdenbu's wealth was enough for his retirement, and there were many Han people in his family, living the life of a landlord, how comfortable he was.

But I didn't expect that the Ming army would attack the hinterland of Dajin. Fortunately, I was still experienced, so I didn't see the opportunity, so I escaped early and was not caught by the Ming army.Afterwards, he knew that those companions were all beheaded by his Han slaves under the city of Shengjing, and secretly thanked himself for escaping quickly. At the same time, he hated the Denglaiming army and the new army of Naming country to the bone.

Therefore, since he became the captain of the fortress, he tossed his men hard and trained them to use catapults.

It is also because of the lack of people in Jianlu, so half of the fortresses are middle-aged Han people who are willing to shave their hair and wear clothes easily, and the other half are middle-aged and young people in Jianlu.

The purpose of Erdengbu is that once the Ming army ships appear on the Liaohe River, they must be required to hit the Ming army ships so that they can earn a share of military exploits.

Just as his thoughts were drifting back and forth, he suddenly saw something moving out of the corner of his eyes.

So, he quickly turned his head to look, and it turned out that a cavalry army was coming from the direction of Haizhou, heading for the fort.

Erdengbu quickly changed direction and looked intently at the cavalry.

He is a veteran, and if you look closer, you can see that the cavalry team has about a hundred people, and they are all men and horses with white flags.

So, he hurriedly walked down to the platform at the door.

The people inside the fortress also heard the sound of horseshoes, and those who were curious looked out, and more people huddled in a place sheltered from the wind, not caring who came to inspect.

I saw that team of cavalry approaching the fort ostentatiously, not afraid of rolling logs and stones, greeted them with bows, arrows and muskets, and went straight to the gate of the fort before reining in their horses.Then he looked up at the people on the platform of the fortress, and shouted loudly in Jurchen words: "Why don't you open the door soon, why are you standing there?"

Erdengbu couldn't hear what the man said, so he looked at one of his subordinates.His Jurchen subordinate asked those cavalry soldiers, "Excuse me..."

"Damn it, I want to freeze you to death if you don't open the door!" The leader seemed very arrogant, and he didn't even give the Jurchens in the fort a chance to question him.

The Jianlu guarding the fort shrank his head from being scolded, thinking he must have come from Haizhou.He hurriedly gestured to Erdenbu, meaning that if he didn't open the door, the regular army outside the door would go mad.

Erdengbu didn't dare to offend the inspectors, seeing that many of the cavalry below were staring at him with dissatisfaction, he quickly ordered the door to be opened.

As soon as the door opened, the cavalry outside walked inside.Jianlu, who was talking to him just now, accompanied Erdengbu down the platform, greeted the cavalry with respect, and explained: "When our fortress fought with the Ming army before, our ears were deafened, so we were neglected. Please forgive me, my lord."

A hundred or so cavalrymen entered the fort and began to dismount.After hearing the explanation, the leader glanced at Erdenbu and asked, "Where the beacon tower is, I want to check it out."

Jianlu was a little surprised, why didn't the inspectors know where the beacon tower was.However, seeing the ferocious look of this man, he didn't dare to neglect, and quickly pointed sideways to a spot on the top of the fort, and replied to the man, "It's right there."

The man shook his head when he heard this, and five or six of his men rushed towards the beacon tower.

Because Erdengbu couldn't hear the words, he kept watching in silence. He felt more and more that something was wrong with the cavalry.

Although this group of cavalrymen were all wearing military uniforms with white flags, and their bald foreheads could be seen on the helmets, why did he feel that it didn't look like this, it was a bit strange.

So, he gestured a few times to the man who spoke, asking him to ask about the situation of the cavalry.

But at this time, one of the cavalry soldiers who rushed to the beacon tower walked out of the beacon tower, gestured to the leader below, and conveyed some information.

Just as the questioning Jianlu had a smile on his face and was about to open his mouth, the leader pulled out his knife and slashed at him.

The Jianlu's expression changed from laughter to shock, and he maintained that shock until his death.He didn't know why this person would kill him. Could it be that his previous negligence angered him, but there was no need to kill himself!

Erdengbu saw the accident happen, and the cavalry began to attack the people in the fort one after another. He didn't know what was going on, but at least he had to resist.

But he just had this idea, and he was greeted by several knives and guns, and he had no choice but to report to the Hall of Yama.

These people's fighting skills are superb, they did it deliberately, and they attacked first, so many people in the castle didn't even realize it, and they were already decapitated.

In the end, some clever Baoyi immediately knelt down and surrendered, shouting for mercy in Chinese, showing that they were Han Chinese.

Even so, there were not many coated coats that survived in the end, and they were killed too fast.

A few lucky ones were escorted to the leader, but the leader had no time to pay attention to them at first.After confirming all control in the fort, he said to one of his subordinates: "Go and report to Lord Hou, saying that the Thunderbolt brigade has captured the first fort."

"Yes, captain." The man also agreed in Chinese, then got on his horse and went away.

As soon as those Han slaves heard this, they knew that these must be the Ming army, and it seemed that their lives should be saved.

The leader only came to ask them at this time, they knew everything, and they confessed everything they knew about Jianlu's situation.

When they were imprisoned again, one of the Hannu sighed in a low voice: "When will the Ming army pretend to be a prisoner, and shave their hair like this pig whip like us!"

No one responded to him, but there was an expression of approval on their faces. No one expected that the Ming army would do this.