Blood from Daming

Chapter 188 Ambush
Harizhula's Mongolian army has been waiting in a leeward depression fifty miles south of the Mie'erliang tribe. The businessmen from Shanxi and Zhangjiakou in the Ming Dynasty left the Mie'erliang tribe at dawn, and a large convoy of 3000 people marched Moving southwest, it took almost two hours to get close to Harijula's army.

Harijula ​​was lying in a small Mongolian tent, where some important leaders such as Jiergele, Xidurigu, Aruhan, and Baoyin gathered. Jiergele reported to Harijula: "Princess, the caravan is leaving now." We still have about five miles to encircle, but those Han people have stopped, and it seems that they are going to rest for a while."

Harizhula thought for a while and said, "Haven't the Jianzhou tartars who stayed in the Mierliang tribe gone north?"

Gilgle: "There is no news about the Princess Ride yet, the Jianzhou caravan should not have left the Mie Erliang Tribe"

Harijula: "Will the caravans of the Ming Dynasty find us?"

Jillegler: "The caravan of the Ming Dynasty is five miles away from us, and their roaming sentries only set out about three miles away, so they probably won't find us."

Xidu Rigu: "His Royal Highness, the Jianzhou caravan has not left the Mierliang tribe. If we make gestures here, the Mierliang tribe will be alarmed. In that case, the Jianzhou caravan may hide in the Mierliang tribe. You can’t get out of the Liang tribe.” Xidu Rigu was the chief of a small tribe that Harizhula saved from the butcher knife of the Xuanfu Ming army.

Harijula ​​nodded: "Uncle Xiduzhigu is right, what do you think should be done."

Baoyin was a general under Namuzhong, and he said to Harizhula: "Now that the Jianzhou Tartar caravan has not left the Mie'erliang tribe, we may not be able to ambush General Xue if we attack here. .”

Harijula: "How is the defense of the Mierliang tribe?"

Jiergele, Xidurigu, Aruhan, Baoyin and others looked at each other, and finally the old man Xiduri who had been active in this area for a long time said, "Your Highness, the Mierliang tribe has given up. The traditional nomadic life, settled down mainly to trade goods from the north to the south. The Mierliang tribe has a big stream in the east and a rock in the north. The Mierliang tribe built a fort on it. The terrain in the south and west is flat. It is said that there are three For the protection of fortifications, many tribes or large groups of bandits have tried to destroy the Erliang tribe in recent years, but they have not succeeded in the end. Some tribes with weaker strength have been annexed or wiped out by the Mierliang tribe after failing to attack. .”

Harijula: "Uncle Xidu Rigu, is it really difficult to break through the Mierliang tribe?"

Xidu Rigu: "Your Highness, those who attack the Mierliang tribe are rangers from the grasslands. Most of them lack the tools to attack cities and plunder villages. If there is a general of the Ming army like General Xue, it is not difficult to attack with infantry. The key Looking at the determination of the Mie'erliang tribe to resist, if the Mie'erliang tribe fights to the death, I am afraid that the price of attacking them will be very high."

Harizhula sighed: "Now the Jianzhou Dabeile Daishan in the north is coming to meet the Jianzhou caravan of the Mie'erliang tribe. We don't have the ability to attack the Mierliang tribe at this time."

Baoyin: "Your Highness, if you are worried that the Mie'erliang tribe and the Jurchen caravan will discover our actions, why don't we let the Ming country's caravan wait for the Jurchen caravan to leave the Mie'erliang tribe and attack them from behind. You can temporarily stop our whereabouts."

Harizhula discussed with Gilgle, Xidu Rigu, Aruhan, and Baoyin repeatedly for a while, and finally decided to let the Ming Dynasty caravan continue to go south, and wait for Xue Yun to succeed or the Ming Dynasty caravan to go further Do it for thirty or forty miles.

Harijula ​​said to Aruhan: "Commander Aruhan, you lead a thousand Mongolian warriors from your headquarters and wait for the Ming Dynasty caravan to pass, then outflank the Ming Dynasty caravan to a place more than 30 miles in front to block the entrance of the Ming Dynasty caravan. On the way, we captured this Ming Dynasty caravan with two flanking attacks.” A Ruhan was the Mongolian Khalkha soldier who killed the Tartar Niulu in the Datong prison camp and received a reward of 1000 taels of silver. Commander-in-Chief is up.

At this time, someone came to report, and the Ming Dynasty caravan started to set off again.

Harizhula emphasized to his generals: "Everyone remember that our goal is property and the big profiteers of the Ming Dynasty. Those small fish and shrimps and the servants of the people don't embarrass them if they don't take property or resist, but they don't know how to be polite. Already." Gilge, Xidu Rigu, Aruhan, Baoyin and other subordinates agreed in unison, and then went down to make preparations separately.

Xue Yun, Li Xiaoyong, Yu Si, and Ji Tianen looked at the Jianzhou caravan crawling slowly like snails. Xue Yun felt his head hurt a little from seeing it. He turned around and asked Wang Erwa next to him, "Xiao Linghe is heading towards Tartar and Is there any movement from the Ming army?"

Wang Erwa replied: "No, even when the scouts arrived near Dafu Fort and Daxing Fort, no one from the Ming army rode out. Most of the way to Jinzhou, there was no one in the entire Liaoxi Corridor."

Xue Yun: "Well, the Ming army in Liaodong feared the enemy like a tiger and only knew how to hide in the castle. What is the difference between guarding such a territory and losing it? Since Daishan is willing to spend such a high price to fish, we are welcome to eat it. Take his bait and see what he does."

It took another half an hour for the 5000-horse convoy led by Gulbush, the son-in-law of Jianzhou, to enter Xue Yun's ambush circle. Xue Yun ordered the attack horn to be sounded. Gulbush’s consort’s caravan lived there, and the east side was full of rocky hills. It’s possible to escape in, but the supplies can’t be moved in. This is also the place Xue Yun left for the Liaodong folks to escape...

Xue Yun's firearms battalion was led by Li Xiaoyong, Yu Si, and Ji Tianen. Each of them led a thousand soldiers from the firearms battalion, a thousand cavalry soldiers, and a thousand civilians. A thousand Chinese cavalry and the five hundred soldiers he had just expanded were in the back.

Gulbush did not panic because of the appearance of the Ming army. Gulbush was originally a fisherman. Now that the fish was hooked, he couldn't help but feel a little joy in his heart. He immediately ordered the convoy to shrink and prepare for the Ming army's attack.

Foreboss Gulbush ordered the four Niulu to line up, and his five hundred family servants swept behind. The three thousand Liaodong Nikan who were in charge of transportation also took off their weapons from the cart and began to line up. Only Patriarch Wang, Fan The five hundred housekeepers and servants of the head of the family were a little confused, but they managed to stand up after a while.

Foreboss Gulbush still had doubts when he saw the Ming army coming up. According to the plan he discussed with Dabeile Daishan, he agreed that the Ming army was most likely to intercept and kill them halfway. The army of the Red Flag and the Red Banner will definitely arrive, and the annihilation of the Ming army is a sure thing. In fact, even if the Daishan army does not come to Gulbush, they are confident of defeating the Ming army within [-].

Gulbush soon gathered Mangol, Patriarch Wang, Patriarch Fan and his confidants Niu Lu, and the general in charge of Nikan in Liaodong also came to Gulbush.

Gulbush greeted the general: "Brother Li, it's time for you to show your skills."

The general said: "I have no relationship with the Ming Dynasty, and today I will use the blood of the Ming army to pay homage to the soul of my son, Gulbush forehead, you can tell me, Li Yongfang, to obey the order."

Forehead Consort Gulbusch: "Brother Li is too polite, we all help each other regardless of you and me, Brother Li needs more guidance."

It turned out that this Li Yongfang was the father of Li Shuitai who was tortured to death at Ying'en Gate in Datong City. Li Yongfang knew that his second son Li Shuitai had been captured. The Liaodong officials redeemed Li Sutai, but who knew that he hadn’t contacted him properly, and then it was reported that his son was nailed by the Datong Ming army under the wall of the Ying’en Gate in Datong City. He was cold, hungry and humiliated by the people of Datong. He died in Datong City within a few days.

The people sent by Li Yongfang to investigate the letter did not dare to search for Li Shuitai's bones, so they ran back directly to report to their master Li Yongfang. Jun and Xue Yun also hated the people of the Ming Dynasty. This time, Dabeile Daishan asked him to pretend to be Liaodong Nikan as an ambush. Li Yongfang readily agreed after Dabeile Daishan explained his purpose, and brought his own There were more than 1000 people under his confidants and his servants, and then he gathered more than 1000 Liaodong Han troops provided by Daishan, pretending to be Liaodong Nikan, and followed his father-in-law Gulbush to carry out this fishing operation.

Li Yongfang's [-] Jianzhou Han troops had already lined up, Patriarch Wang and Patriarch Fan murmured for a while, Patriarch Wang said, "Your Majesty, it seems that the opposite side is not the Liaodong Ming Army."

What Patriarch Wang said stunned everyone. Gulbush, Li Yongfang, and Mang Guoer all stared wide-eyed and observed the Ming army on the opposite side carefully. , and it is not easy to distinguish the uniforms of the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers, so everyone has to turn their attention to Li Yongfang, hoping that the former Ming army general will have a reasonable answer.

Li Yongfang carefully looked at the Ming army in the distance and did not see any difference, but Li Yongfang clearly felt that the pace of the Wanming army on the opposite side was neat and imposing, and the style of fighting a deadly battle with the Liaodong army was completely different. What's more, these Ming army's armor is bright, the weapons are neat, and the horse and infantry are well matched. It is another Ming army that has never met.

Only then did Li Yongfang say to Gulbush, "My son-in-law, these people are not from the Liaodong Ming army."

(End of this chapter)