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Chapter 339 Excessive Appetite
He spared no effort to kill a good horse, and the soldiers sent by Nurhachi finally caught up with Amin's Xianglan Banner army at the south of Xingshan Mountain and less than ten miles away from Bijia Mountain, and sent a message to Amin. Reposted the order given by Nurhachi—and at this time, it was less than a quarter of an hour before the fourth watch in the middle of the night on the eighth day of October!After listening to Nurhachi's order, Amin jumped up immediately, and shouted angrily: "What are you kidding? In more than three hours, we rushed for nearly a hundred miles without hesitation, and we were about to arrive The destination is here, and we want to go back to Xiaolinghe to meet Mangurtai and Duoduo? You dog slaves really think that our soldiers with the blue flag are made of iron? Will you not be tired, hungry or thirsty?"

"Yes, yes, even if people can barely hold on, the horses can't bear it." Nao Dai echoed: "Our inlaid blue flag is no better than the yellow flag and the red flag. Most of the cavalry have spare horses, which can be used in rotation. Cheng, each soldier has only one war horse. This night, he carried fully armed soldiers back and forth for more than 100 miles, and when he arrived at the battlefield, let alone continue to charge and fight, even if he was tired, he might die of exhaustion. Most of the horses are gone."

The words of the two Amin brothers are of course dodging and playing tricks. Running back and forth for more than 100 miles in one night without hesitating their horsepower, although many thin and weak horses will be exhausted, it is not impossible to do it. There are quite a few elite troops marching in history. The speed far exceeds this record.But having said that, Brother Amin's words are not completely unreasonable. It is also a lie to say that such a high-intensity march at night will not greatly affect the combat effectiveness of the Jiannu cavalry.Therefore, the messengers sent by Nuerhachi did not dare to pretend to be aggressive, and could only say in a low voice: "Erbeile, this is the order of the Great Khan. The Great Khan also said, if Erbeile, you rescued Sanbeile and Brother Fifteen, then Da Khan will reward you with ten Niu Lu. If you can’t be rescued, Da Khan..."

"If I can't be rescued, what will Dahan do to me?" Amin asked in a gloomy tone.The soldier hesitated for a moment, then replied in a low voice, "The Great Khan said, bring your head up to see him."

Hearing this, the anger in Amin's chest, who was already extremely dissatisfied with Nuerhachi, was instantly ignited. The anger in his heart said that you, Nuerhachi, made a mistake in using troops and fell into Zhang Haogu's trap Forget it, why drag Lao Tzu into the water?Do you think Zhang Haogu's little savage is so easy to deal with, and Laozi's inlaid blue flag will definitely rescue Mangurtai and Duoduo as soon as he returns?Besides, Zhang Haogu, that little savage, has always been relentless and never misses. Can he guard against my army that has already crossed the Xiaoling River?I hurried back to rescue now, can I not suffer a big loss?
Anger turned to anger in his heart, but Amin had to bow his head under the eaves, and dared not say anything. While he was nervously planning a countermeasure, Azig and Wu Dahai, who were sent by Nurhachi to mix sand, came.After hearing the retelling by Nuerhachi's personal soldiers, Azig and Wu Dahai immediately shouted, "Erbeile, don't hesitate anymore, we have to return to help Xiaolinghe immediately, otherwise, we will suffer a lot !"

"Yes!" Amin's eyeballs rolled, his heart suddenly moved, and he said hastily: "Of course we should return for help, but we are less than ten miles away from Bijia Mountain. If we rush back to the teacher, the barbarian defenders of Bijia Mountain will inevitably come back." Send troops to pursue, we will definitely suffer a big loss. How about this, Azig, Wu Dahai, you two lead the headquarters to open the way immediately, and do your best to rescue the battlefield of Xiaolinghe. Come, I will resist, you don't have to turn back to rescue."

"If that's the case, then please leave Erbaile!" Azige and Wu Dahai didn't know what to do, they clasped their fists together and hurriedly mounted their horses to organize an army to help Xiaolinghe. The soldiers sent by Nuerhachi breathed a sigh of relief , Hurry to accept Amin's second order - that is to lead the way for Azige and Wudahai, and also get on the horse and follow Azige and Wudahai.Taking this opportunity, Amin's two younger brothers, Tulun and Naodai, hurried up and asked in a low voice, "Second brother, why did you agree? In fact, we can use the excuse that we are tired, and we don't have to worry about Mangurtai and Duodai. Those idiots of Duo." "Yeah, if we march so fast back and forth, we will definitely not have much strength left when we get to the battlefield, and we will only suffer a lot."

"Two idiots." Amin laughed and cursed, and said in a low voice: "You two idiots think Zhang Haogu is so easy to provoke? Can you prevent us from going back to rescue Xiaolinghe battlefield? I bet we On the way back to the army, there must be barbarians ambushing! Wouldn’t it be better to let Azig and Wu Dahai go to die? After they are all dead, Nuerhachi, don’t we just say what we want?”

"Second brother is brilliant!" Tu Lun and Nao Dai suddenly realized, and quickly flattered them. A Min was also elated, knowing that he would be invincible in everything he said this time.But it didn't take long for Amin to regret it - because the defenders of Bijia Mountain really chased them up, and this pursuer was the Ji cavalry team of the Jiannu army who would tremble when they heard their names!What made A Min even more unexpected was that, in fact, there was no Ming army ambushing on the way his army returned to Xiaolinghe—Master Zhang, who had a limited force, planned to use the time difference to defeat each of them. The plan was to concentrate first. The troops killed the Jiannu who were trapped in the south of the Xiaoling River, and then freed up their hands to deal with the enemies coming from the south, so Azige and Wu Dahai, who made Amin hate it so much, went north to rescue smoothly. Min volunteered to lead the rear army of Xianglan Banner, but was targeted by the slave slaughter army.

"Mad Dog Army! It's Mad Dog Army! Run!" Seeing the goshawk flag specially used by the Ji Cavalry of the Slavery Army, the rear team of slavery was in chaos, and Tu Lun, who was in charge of the rear team, couldn't hold it back.On the side of the slaughtering slave army, there were muskets bang bang, and a slave cavalry fell to the ground with almost three or two shots. Kill Jiannu ruthlessly! I will slaughter the slave——!"

"There are no slaves in the world!" Amidst the majestic slogan, the Ji cavalry team, which was waiting for work with extra strength, was chasing closer and closer, and the rifled muskets shot faster and faster. He couldn't run fast, and he couldn't block it. Even if he used a bow and arrow to fight back, the range was half that of a non-rifled musket.Seeing this situation, Amin had no other choice. In order to keep his family property, Amin had to bite the bullet and lead twenty or thirty confidant soldiers to the rear team, ordered to fly a white flag, and demanded to start negotiations with Zhao Shuilun.Fortunately, Zhao Shuilun belongs to the kind of generals who use their brains to fight more cautiously. Seeing Jiannu flying the white flag, he quickly ordered to temporarily stop the pursuit, raised his shield to the front of the formation, and shouted: "Dog Jiannu, what are you doing with the white flag?" ? Do you want to surrender? Zhang Shaobao has an order, surrender, and you can avoid death!"

"I surrendered a long time ago!" Amin smiled wryly in his heart, not caring that there might be Nurhachi's eyeliner hidden in the rear team, so he untied his waist knife in the firelight to show that he was not hostile, and then held up With both hands, he came to Zhao Shuilun to talk alone on horseback.As soon as we met, Amin immediately introduced himself: "This general, Amin, is the owner of the big gold inlaid blue flag. I have something to discuss with you. May I ask the general's name."

"Amin?" Zhao Shilun, who never dreamed that there would be a slave-building flag owner coming to negotiate, was overjoyed, subconsciously waved his hand, and shouted: "Take it!" They dragged Amin off the horse and pressed him to the ground.Amin was angry and funny, so he had to say quickly: "General, I misunderstood! I misunderstood! I am not your enemy, but your ally. Your Master Zhang Haogu is actually my son-in-law!"

"What? Zhang Shaobao is your son-in-law? What are you joking about?" Zhao Suilun suspected that his ears had misheard.Amin smiled bitterly and said: "I'm not joking, you Master Zhang is really my son-in-law, but this matter is extremely confidential, so few people in this world know about it. Also, I have secretly reached a covenant with you Master Zhang, and we are going to join hands to defeat Nuerhachi and his son, if you don’t believe me, you can ask your Master Zhang for proof in secret. By the way, Master Song Song Xiance can also testify for me.”

"There is still this matter?" Zhao Shuilun was skeptical, and after a little calculation, Zhao Shulun said: "Well, I will not kill you now, but ask your army to surrender. When I ask Zhang Shaobao for instructions, if he proves this If you say to let you go, I will let you go immediately. Don't worry, I will absolutely guarantee your safety with me."

"General Han, what are you kidding?" Amin cried bitterly, and said with a wry smile, "I'm your Da Ming's insider at Jiannu, you arrested me and then let me go, old Jiannu can't afford it." Suspicion? I took the risk of negotiating with you today to tell you my true identity, please don’t hunt down my army, don’t fight your own people, this army will be of great use to you Zhang Shaobao on the battlefield.”

"But what you say is unsubstantiated. How can you prove that your words did not lie to me?" Zhao Shilun was also in great difficulty, and said again: "Well, if you can produce evidence to prove that you are indeed our Zhang Shaobao secretly planted in Jiannu The inside line over there is an ally of our Ming army, so I will trust you and let you and your army go."

"Now, where do I go to find evidence?" Amin almost didn't cry, and said with a sad face: "Your Master Zhang gave me a few letters, and even a letter of appointment for the commander of Jianzhou Capital conferred by the Ming Dynasty. , but those things are so important, how dare I carry them with me? If they are exposed, my head will be gone!"

"Then I have no choice but to wrong Erbeile and you go with us." Zhao Shuilun waved his hands helplessly, and shouted: "Take it! Bind it up!"

"Wait!" At this point, the self-defeating Amin can't care about his original plan of balancing left and right, so he can only bite the bullet and say: "This Han general, let me tell you a secret about Jiannu, You should believe that I am really an ally of your Ming army, right?"

"What secret?" Zhao Shuelun became interested, nodded and said, "If this secret is enough, I can trust you."

"The portion is definitely enough!" Amin said darkly: "To tell you the truth, after more than an hour, when the tide rises at Zhengbijia Mountain, the navy of the Ningyuan Rebel Army will carry the elite of the Zhengbai Banner to attack your penholder Mountain granary! This is the fatal blow carefully arranged by the old Nuerhachi Jiannu. He has already prepared himself for a disastrous defeat in the land battle, in order to cover his naval offensive! Because of the urgent time, I have not had time to send This news has been notified to you, Mr. Zhang, and it is estimated that you will not have time to take precautions—now, you can always trust me, right?"

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At the same time, on the Xiaolinghe battlefield, Young Master Zhang, who had successfully cut Jiannu into two pieces, had commanded the Ming army to launch the most violent general attack on Jiannu on the south bank. Jiannu's old opponents, Man Gui and Ma Dengyun, each led an army, like three dragons, rampaging on the fiery battlefield. , A mess, flames, sounds of fighting, screams for fleeing, screams, countless fighting sounds converged into a torrent, and the noise went straight to the sky.

Seeing that the outcome has been determined, Young Master Zhang began to gather the slave slaughtering army gradually, and rested and replenished ammunition to prepare for the battle on the southern front.On the north bank of the Xiaoling River, Nuerhachi, who had repeatedly failed in crossing the river, had a gloomy and ferocious face, and his eyes were extremely fierce. Du Du, the eldest grandson of Xiangbai Banner, ran to the front, wiped the tears and ashes from his face, and said with tears in his eyes, "Grandfather, grandson is incompetent. Xiangbai Banner detoured to cross the Songshanbao Ferry. After burning the pontoon bridge we had built earlier, Sun'er assaulted to cross the river, but suffered another failure, losing 400 people. Sun'er couldn't make it across, so he had to retreat."

"Little barbarian, you really set up this trap carefully for me to take advantage of!" Nuerhachi punched himself on the thigh with great remorse, feeling extremely heartbroken.Du Du hurriedly said again: "Grandfather, why don't you take a detour to Jinzhou Ferry and try again? The water there is shallow and gentle, even if there is no pontoon bridge, you can still walk across the river."

"It's useless." Nuerhachi shook his head in pain, and said helplessly: "The Black Cloud Dragon Barbarian has seized the upper reaches of the Xiaoling River, and he will definitely stop you there. It will be useless if you go." Du Du, who had suffered enough, finally shut up, and could no longer find words to comfort his grandfather.At this time, another messenger sent the sad news, "Reporting to the Great Khan, Dabeile wanted to send troops to rescue the Xiaolinghe battlefield, but just as the red flag army left the camp, the barbarian Zhu Mei led the barbarian Qingqi to attack our rear camp." , The strength of the army is between 4000 and [-] people, and Dabeile feared that the camp would be lost, so he had to retreat again."

"You little savage!" Nuerhachi cursed a dirty word, but after swearing, Nuerhachi suddenly moved in his heart and counted: "The main force of Zhang Haogu's little barbarian is only 1, of which About [-] people are in Bijia Mountain, and the remaining [-] will not only ambush our army crossing the river, but also send out three groups of troops to block the crossings of the Xiaoling River. In this way, how many reserves can Zhang Haogu have in his hands? Also, how many troops can he use to block my Xianglan flag?"

"Understood!" At this point, Nuerhachi suddenly came to his senses, and blurted out: "The little barbarian didn't even pay attention to my false soldier with the blue flag on the road, and used the trick I used in Sarhu back then. I plan to concentrate the superior forces to eat my river-crossing army first, and then turn around and fight my Xianglan Banner army, defeating them one by one! Grab this weakness of the barbarians, and there is still hope for a comeback in this battle!"

"Quick!" Nuerhachi grabbed another unlucky soldier and shouted at him, "You, can you swim?" The soldier didn't know that disaster was imminent, so he just nodded honestly, Erhachi was overjoyed, and pointed at the south bank and shouted: "Okay, I will give you a task now! Swim across the river from the sea of ​​fire and find Mangurtai or Duoduo, so that they don't have to break through and gather the defeated soldiers to seize Stand firm on the earthy mountain on the west side of the barbarian camp! As long as you hold on for three hours, I will have reinforcements for them! After that, I will make you Niu Lu Ezhen, and I will reward you with a thousand taels of silver!"

The soldier timidly glanced at the surface of the Xiaoling River where the fire rafts were densely packed, but he couldn't stand the temptation of Nuerhachi's heavy reward, so he finally gritted his teeth and replied: "Zha!" Nuerhachi was not at ease, They also found ten slave soldiers who could swim, and offered them a heavy reward, and asked them to break up into pieces and fight to cross the river to deliver orders. The dozen or so slave soldiers also showed great courage and fighting spirit, and they clasped their fists together and agreed quickly. Scattered and jumped into the river, braved the risk of being burned to death at any time and swam across the river to find the surviving Jiannu generals to convey orders.Nu'erhachi caught another messenger and shouted at him: "Go and send an order to Daishan, let him leave the second-line army to guard the camp, the elite of the red flag, and kill them all to the Songshanbao Ferry for me to cross. Cross the river at all costs!"

The purpose of Nurhachi's two orders is very simple, that is to force Young Master Zhang, who is understrength, to divide his troops, weaken Young Master Zhang's main attack force, buy time for his trapped army, and at the same time divert the attention of the Ming army, and prepare for his first attack. The three waves of troops, that is, the Zhengbai Banner army carried by the Ningyuan Navy, attacked Bijia Mountain to create an opportunity.Although these two moves are not very clever, they can almost be said to be dying, but for Young Master Zhang, they are very difficult to crack.In particular, Young Master Zhang's luck on the battlefield has always been bad. One of the soldiers sent by Nuerhachi actually found Duduo, and conveyed the message to Duduo, who was lucky enough not to be killed by Ming army snipers. The order, almost already desperate, the defeated soldiers who established slaves immediately had a plan of action.Doduo immediately gathered the four or five hundred defeated Jiannu soldiers around him, and led them to move to the west. Gathering the stragglers all the way, it rolled like a snowball, and gradually rolled towards the earthy hill on the west side of the Ming army camp that was convenient for guarding.And at this time, it was already the dawn of the ninth day of October, and it was less than a quarter of an hour before Jiannu launched the third wave of attacks!

"Strange? How did Jiannu break through upstream?" Looking at the movement of Jiannu's defeated soldiers with binoculars on the city viewing car, Young Master Zhang was very puzzled—the upper reaches of the Xiaoling River were blocked by fire rafts, and the Naughty River blocked it. Jiannu's most unfavorable direction to break through, but Jiannu's defeated soldiers did the opposite, which was far beyond Young Master Zhang's expectations.Yuan Keli next to him said relaxedly: "Probably Jiannu has lost his head. Although the Naughty River over there is not wide, the current is deep and fast. Jiannu going there is simply asking for death."

"No!" Young Master Zhang shook his head resolutely, and said seriously: "You can despise the enemy strategically, but you must not underestimate the enemy tactically. Most of the slaves can fight well, and it is impossible for them to get out of such a stupid game. If they do this, they must There is a purpose!" As he said, Young Master Zhang raised his binoculars to look west again, and when the low earth mountain to the west of the camp fell into the sight of Young Master Zhang, Young Master Zhang suddenly realized, "Damn it, I have been working on it for a long time. I want to seize the mountain and wait for help!"

"Master Song, which army do we still have that can go to the battlefield?" Young Master Zhang asked without looking back.Song Xiance from behind replied with a wry smile: "Boss, in order to deal with the remnants of the Xiaolinghe battlefield as soon as possible, an hour ago when you rotated the slave slaughter army and came back to rest, you had already put the last reserve team into the battlefield. Now we only keep The Liehu and Tianxiong teams of the slave-slaughtering army who defended against the enemy from the south and came back to aid the enemy could no longer find a well-organized reserve team."

"Damn it! The troops are not strong enough!" Young Master Zhang cursed in a low voice, and faintly began to regret that his appetite was too big-in this war, Young Master Zhang's 3000 troops had 3000 in Bijia Mountain, and another 6000 or so. The troops were divided into three groups, responsible for blocking the Songshan Ferry, Jinzhou Ferry and Frontal Ferry. There was also a route of [-] people to contain the defenders of the Jiannu camp. Only about [-] people could actually go to the battlefield. The [-] soldiers of the slave army are resting to block the enemy from the south of Jiannu. The remaining [-] troops want to wipe out the remnants of Jiannu who number at least [-] on the battlefield. It is absolutely no problem if there is enough time, but time is so tight now , the difficulty is simply too high.

After regretting that he had a big appetite and wanted to eat a fat Jiannu, when Young Master Zhang looked up at the battlefield again, he saw that his elite army was completely entangled with the remnants of Jiannu soldiers, and the entire battlefield was full of troops from both sides Charge back and forth, gallop vertically and horizontally, desperately kill the enemy or resist desperately. At the same time, the darkness before dawn also greatly restrained the hands and feet of the main force of the Ming army.Seeing this scene, Young Master Zhang seldom broke out in a cold sweat. He knew that time was extremely important to him. If he could not quickly annihilate the Jiannu remnants surrounded by his own army, then once the army to the south of Jiannu came back to help, the cooked bird in the encirclement would be destroyed. The duck, too, will regrow its wings and fly away.

"Wu Liuqi listen to the order!" After a little calculation, Young Master Zhang made up his mind, and called Wu Liuqi, pointing to the west mound and shouting: "You lead the tiger hunting team to seize the west mound, and you must not let Jiannu grab the highest point!"

"Of order." Wu Liuqi agreed with clasped fists, and quickly led the troops away.Song Xiance quickly reminded: "Master, south! There are also many enemies in the south!"

"Where is Jin Guofeng?" Young Master Zhang ignored Song Xiance's advice, and called Jin Guofeng, the acting captain of the Tianxiong Squad of the Slaughter Army, pointing at Jin Guofeng and shouting: "General Jin, among the eight chief and deputy captains of the Slaughter Army, you are the only one with senior qualifications." The most shallow, but when Lu Xiangsheng recommended you as the acting captain of the Tianxiong team, he once said that you would never disappoint his expectations! Now, the time has come to prove that Lu Xiangsheng has no problem with his vision. Take the Tianxiong team to Xingshan for me. At all costs, stop the returning Jiannu army! Buy time for the main force of our army to wipe out the remnants of Jiannu!"

"The final general will never disappoint Lu Zhongcheng's recommendation!" Jin Guofeng clasped his fists and said solemnly: "The final general vows to stop the Jiannu reinforcements to buy time for my main force to wipe out the remnants of the Jiannu tribe!"

(End of this chapter)