The battlefield is originally a hunting ground for murderers.
Weak women and children mixed in. Apart from death, Li Dingguo could not think of any better outcome.
Ji Jige’s offensive was neutralized, and as many as nineteen of Li Dingguo’s men were killed in the battle. As for the women and children who were held hostage... more than half of them were also killed or injured.
Some were killed by the slaves, and some died under artillery fire.
Zhang Guofeng rolled a cigarette, lit it, and stuffed it into Li Dingguo's mouth. He followed Li Dingguo's example and leaned back against the trench and whispered: "I agreed, so it has nothing to do with you."
As he spoke, he was about to drag the little body down from the top of the trench. Unexpectedly, the child was very small and his body was heavy.
With a strong push of both hands, two corpses fell from the top of the trench. The child's mother still held her son's waist firmly with her hands and did not let go until her death.
Li Dingguo helped Zhang Guofeng pack up the bodies of the mother and son and waved them away, then smiled and said: "Do you really want to farm?"
Zhang Guofeng sighed He said in a tone: "If possible..."
Li Dingguo said: "You have been following me for such a long time. Have you ever seen when I asked my subordinates to take the blame for me?"
Zhang Guofeng said: "No one would be so mean as to take the blame for others. The reason why I am willing to help you has nothing to do with the relationship between our brothers. It is a choice I made after comparing - you stay in the army than me. "It's useful."
Li Dingguo chuckled and said, "Don't rush to take the blame for me now. It won't be too late for you to take the blame after this battle is over. Jiannu held 90,000 Ming people hostage. What do you think? How many will be left after the battle?
The main force in the charge this time is the Mongolian cavalry. Do you think they will pity the Ming people like us?
No? It's possible that Yun Zhao has too many demands for this war, so it's destined to be impossible to achieve the best results."
Zhang Guofeng was stunned for a moment and said: "How to say?"
Li Dingguo chuckled and said: "Yun Zhao thinks that the power of the Mongols is too strong and has threatened the Lantian people to control Lantian City.
If Lantian City is an ordinary city, leaving the Mongols It doesn't matter, but Lantian City is a stronghold that Lantian County needs to hold on to for a long time.
It is the place where Yunzhao wants to set up his banner of "driving out the Tartars", no matter it is. Neither Yun Zhao nor Lantian County would allow this place to be lost.
In addition, Yun Zhao has never been at ease with any foreigners except the Ming people. Therefore, this battle will be difficult. It was also the battle where he reduced the strength of the Mongolian cavalry.
I heard that the caravan from Lantian County that went to Uzang for business actually brought back many Uzang "babies". He also deliberately recruited some Huihui in Gansu. What do you think he is going to do?"
Zhang Guofeng frowned and said, "Mixed with sand?"
Li Dingguo said with a smile: "That's right?, except for me, the Ming Dynasty, any race of people forming an army alone will arouse Yun Zhao's suspicion.
However, he coveted the fighting power of these aliens. In addition, he could not kill all the other races, so he wanted to sell them to these races and let them Put down your guard against him.
I have to say that his layout vision is unparalleled in the world, far surpassing that of Li Hongji and my former adoptive father Zhang Bingzhong.
It is not even comparable to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
His methods were so clever that he achieved his goal without anyone noticing.
This time, you see, the Mongolian soldiers must have suffered heavy casualties. When the time comes, Yun Zhao will shed tears and express his grief, and the reward given must be far beyond the expectations of the Mongols.
He killed a large number of Mongolians and wanted to make the remaining Mongolians loyal to him. Tsk tsk, with this method, the world will be his sooner or later.
However, such people are not a blessing to us.
It is best for us to go home with generous rewards after the war, farm the land, build a house, marry a wife and have children, and never get involved in state affairs again. Only in this way can we die in peace. "
Zhang Guofeng shook his head resolutely and said: "Impossible, the county magistrate is not Zhu Yuanzhang's kind of person. His mind is far broader than Zhu Yuanzhang's. "
Li Dingguo sneered: "The broader the emperor's mind, the greater his ambition, which means that you are still valuable in his eyes.
The cunning rabbit dies, the lackey is cooked, the flying birds are all gone, the twelve characters of "Liang Gongzang" are the truth of twelve characters, and they are not specifically used to describe a certain king.
As long as he, Yun Zhao, becomes the emperor, whether he likes it or not, he will act in accordance with the principles of these twelve words, and it is not up to him.
Okay, stop talking. It seems that Jijige will not attack us again today. He may want to get some Ming slaves to repeat his old tricks.
Before dawn, I am going to take the initiative to prevent us from falling into a passive situation again.
Zhang Guofeng nodded and said: "The war horses, weapons, and breakfast are ready. We will launch the attack at 10:10 tomorrow. It will be dawn at 2:00 pm. Qian Shaoshao's attack should be at 2:00 pm. Do you think we can attack at 2:00 pm?" Defeat Jizige in a quarter of an hour?
Will Qian Shao Shao’s raid plan be ruined by our early attack? "
Li Dingguo spat and said: "If Qian Shaoshao has less than a thousand people like us, our early attack may affect their raid on Jiannu.
Now there is a surprise attack by more than 10,000 cavalry. So many war horses are running like earth dragons, and they are still hidden.
Do you think Mr. Qian is really powerful enough to remove all the overt and secret sentinels of Jiannu’s subordinates?
Even if they pull it out, they will at least blow up the wall and open a dozen roads, right?
Don’t worry, we will launch an attack a moment in advance.It will cover them and not expose them. "
Zhang Guofeng nodded and said: "Okay, let's do it like this. I will arrange the harassment and sneak attack on Jijige tonight. You keep your spirits up, and we will charge into battle together tomorrow.
Li Dingguo closed his eyes and said, "Okay, remember to wear two more layers of armor. It's really dangerous this time." ”
Qian Shaoshao was not riding a horse, but was lying on a carriage. His eyes had not left the hourglass on the table since he set off.
This is In order to prevent Jiannu from discovering this advance in advance, the time requirements were extremely strict.
The army could not move faster than Jiannu's knights could retreat due to darkness, and they had to keep a relatively reasonable distance.
Jiannu's scout camp is twenty miles away from Jiannu's camp. This is their farthest warning range at night.
The Mongolian cavalry marched at night to the distance from Jiannu. Within five miles of the slave scout camp, hundreds of ten-man teams with the best riding and shooting skills will be selected to sneak into the rear of the scout camp, responsible for sniping and killing all the slave scouts, and preventing the slave scouts from lighting beacons towards the camp. Warning from the camp.
Of course, the above is the best situation. As for whether it can succeed, only God knows whether Yue Tuo or Du Du noticed in advance that the Mongolian cavalry attacked the slave camp. The action must be fully carried out.
When they arrived at the waiting area, tens of thousands of cavalrymen dismounted, fed their horses with concentrated feed, and drank some water to take a rest.
So many people. Standing in the darkness, only the snorting of the war horses could be heard far away in the dark night.
There is no limit to the number of people passing by, and there are nearly 20,000 war horses, under this starry night. It was like a high platform protruding from the plains.
Qian Shaoshao looked at Battelle and said: "In the past few years, you have worked hard on these cavalry. "
Battle said in his own unique hoarse voice: "It's all arranged by the master.
Qian Shaoshao smiled and said: "Congratulations, as long as you win this battle, the tribe I promised you will be honored. Wherever you want the pasture, I can prepare it for you in advance." "
Battle said: "Under Yinshan Mountain!
Qian Shaoshao smiled and said: "Chilechuan, at the foot of Yinshan Mountain... you have chosen a good place. Why, are you thinking about retirement now?" "
Battle said: "The Mongols are like eagles that cannot stop. Once they stop, they will die.
After I want to raise the cattle and sheep to be fat, I will go all the way north to see Mobei. I heard that there is a big lake there called Beihai. "
Qian Shaoshi sighed and said: "You are wrong. The North Sea you mentioned has been occupied by the Jungar Mongols. If you want it, you have to fight. "
Battle smiled and said: "My master, what will you reward Battle after this battle is over? "
Qian Shaoshao said: "Beauty and shepherd slave? "
Battle shook his head.
Qian Shaoshao said again: "Cattle, sheep and pasture? ”
Barter continued to shake his head.
Qian ShaoShao chuckled and said: "Bows and arrows, weapons?"
Battle pointed to the blunderbuss and grenades in Qian ShaoShao's carriage and said: "I want these two, like the stars in the sky. Generally more."
Qian Shaoshao thought for a moment and said: "One hundred thousand catties of gunpowder, fifty thousand catties of cannons, five thousand muskets, and ten thousand grenades?"
Battle? Hearing this, he was overjoyed, jumped off his horse, kissed Qian Shaoshao's boots respectfully, stood up and said: "I will lead these Mongolian eagles to crush Yue Tuo's alliance and strive for the greatest merit for my master. Please remember, my master, As long as you need him, Battle will be here. As long as your arrow leaves the bowstring, the direction in which the arrow flies is the direction where my Mongolian eagle will attack, no matter who the enemy is."
Qian Shaoshao laughed. Said: "I want Lantian City to become my city!"
Battle put his hand on his chest and bent down and said: "It will be as you wish."
Qian Shaoshi took a look. The hourglass on the table whispered: "Go, the time has come. No matter what we want, we must defeat the Qing Dynasty to have a future."
Battle jumped on the horse and looked at the horizon. With a wisp of fish belly white, he shouted at his own soldiers: "Eagles of the grassland, let's go!"
The cavalry brigade moved slowly, Qian Shaoshao, fully clothed, also jumped on the horse, Xu Wuxiang said to Xu Wuxiang beside him: "Can you help me watch those people kill Battle?"
Xu Wuxiang said calmly: "He will die bravely like a Mongolian eagle. Yes, after he dies in battle, can you control the army?
An army without a commander can easily collapse."
Qian Shaoshao chuckled: "He has never been able to do so. He is not the leader of this army."
Xu Wu thought: "I will let him be shot to death by the last arrow shot by Jiannu at the last moment before victory."
p>Qian Shaoshao slowly urged the war horse and said with a smile: "This is the way a hero should die!"