stubborn thief

Chapter 302
There is a specialization in martial arts, even if Huang Shengxiao hit the cannons shaking the sky at the mountain pass, once the Mongols run, he really doesn't want to chase after them.

But Gao Yingdeng thought.

Liu Chengzong remembers, Cao Yao said that there is a kind of person in this world who lives in anger and doesn’t know who to seek revenge. If no one shows him a clear way, he will fall into the grass and hang himself. If he points out a way out, he will be determined. Dry.

Liu Chengzong felt that Gao Yingdeng was this kind of person.

Since Liu Shizi's uprising, the low-level officers under his command have all dared to fight.

Some of these people were killed or injured, but there are not many people like Gao Yingdeng who always feel that they are related to Zhang Zhiyong.

This time was no exception. When Guyang Batu'er led the army to go north, Gao Yingdeng's cavalry army chased after him, running across Huashi Gorge, Drunken Horse Beach, Bitter Sea and Hot Spring.

Guyang Batu'er ran for three days, Gao Yingdeng chased him for three full days, the army behind was afraid that he might lose, so they had no choice but to follow him for three days.

Liu Chengzong chased them all the way to the grassland where five rivers meet, only to see Gao Yingdeng's horsemen set up a simple camp on the grassland, outside the camp there were boots, harnesses, machetes and other spoils of war piled up everywhere.

Gao Yingdeng greeted him outside the camp, Liu Chengzong led his army to arrive, and said to him from a distance: "You are smart, you know how to stop here."

Liu Chengzong was afraid that Gao Yingdeng would pass here and then chase him down. There was a mountain range of more than eighty miles to the east, and a winding road was formed along the foot of the mountain. Bypassing this mountain, the Heka grassland was in the northeast, where Guru Taiji used to go. the resident.

Gao Yingdeng laughed, patted his body and said, "Look, Commander, you're not injured, it's fine...as long as I chase them fast, they won't be able to regroup, and a rout is a rout."

Hundreds of captives in the camp were skinning and bleeding dead horses and smoking jerky under the supervision of horse soldiers. .

Gao Yingdeng reported to Liu Chengzong: "In the end, more than 300 people ran away, and the soldiers were divided into two groups. One part went east, and most of them fled to the Heka grassland, where Chuoke Tutaiji was; the other part fled to the northwest, and the captives said They have a big camp in Wulan Mountain, and the son of Chuoke Tutaiji is stationed there, and he is building a city."

Wulan Mountain, west of Chaka Salt Pond, Liu Chengzong saw that mountain from afar during his southern expedition.

But at this time Gao Yingdeng's expression was a bit weird, as if holding back a smile, Liu Chengzong asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, which side does the commander-in-chief plan to fight first?"

Gao Yingdeng inquired a piece of news from the captives, the eldest son of Chuoke Tutaiji had the same name as their commander, Arslan, and he was also a lion.

"Don't worry, I have been running for several days. There is enough water here, so let the army rest a little bit." Liu Chengzong said, raising his finger to the mountain to the east and saying, "The two ice eggs in Zuoying have already gone up the mountain. You can fight this battle." Good job, let the cavalry rest."

As Liu Chengzong spoke, he patted Gao Yingdeng on the shoulder.

Gao Yingdeng's pursuit showed that the three training battalions in Juerwan were not in vain, and Gao Yingdeng has made great progress.

The officers in the Lion Army basically all have the background of the Ming army, and there are only a few people above the general manager. Thanks to the large number of deserters in the Ming army, there are surprisingly many officers and chief executives under him, and there may even be people under the same establishment. Before and after the two officers.

Zhang Tianlin and Liu Chengzu are two generations of management teams under the same establishment.

They are able to become the management team and the hundred presidents, relying on their daring to fight and rush, so for these people, daring to fight and rush is not a skill, but knowing when to stop is a skill.

Dai Daozi was sent out from the northern mountain pass to investigate, and Basang's mountain people were sent to climb the mountain to investigate information. Liu Chengzong finally breathed a sigh of relief and set up several camps on the grassland.

This may be the most tiring long-distance march he has ever experienced in his life.

The quality of the soldiers in the three battalions is so different that it can even be said that they have three occupations. The middle battalion is professional soldiers, the left battalion is professional slaves, and the right battalion is professional nobles.

The issue of language barriers is involved, the enemy cannot be mixed at present, and the rations and rebellion problems in the south make him have to bring people to the north. The internal consumption of his energy is very serious along the way.

Gas brought the [-] heavy infantry from the west of the Changhe River. The equipment of those people was very good, even Liu Chengzong, who was used to Huluochi Mongolian soldiers, was impressed.

They are the best fighters in the hands of various local households under Muya's command. In order to be selected for conscription, Muya specially conducted competitions in shooting muskets, shooting heavy crossbows, throwing javelins, throwing stones, and fighting, and was selected after many hardships. , They are the pride of the chieftain, and all of them are good fighters.

But the farthest road everyone has traveled is from Dajianlu on the west side of the Dadu River to the east side of the Dadu River to find Lengbian Tusi to fight. Often for eight days, he would walk a hundred miles home after victory.

Now I am doing well. I eat fried noodles and tsampa every day when I am hungry, and boil a bowl of cow dung to boil snow when I am thirsty.

The gas riders who lead the team are all numb, so it's time for Xunsi to go, right?Finally, I mustered up the courage to ask Liu Shizi how far it was to Xining, and the commander waved his hand: "Very good, a quarter of the way has been completed."

From that day on, in order not to embarrass Master Mu Ya, in the Qian Corps marching with all their strength, a group of good men who could wear heavy armor and carry heavy soldiers, and trek across mountains and rivers like walking on flat ground, burst into tears as soon as they were stationed in the camp.

There are quite a few professional soldiers in Youying, but their morale is low. Many people don't want to participate in this battle at all. They all think that Liu Chengzong is not a good guy. If they are dragged out of their hometown, they definitely have no intention of letting them go back.

The aristocrats are all smart, counting Liu Chengzong's grain and grass reserves, each of them is like a little Zhuge, every day when he is stationed in the camp, he gathers together and mutters secretly: Look, this bad marshal didn't give him any food to go back.

If the people from Basang ran away, Liu Chengzong might not chase them, but there were no deserters in Basang, and everyone was loyal to Master Basang, but many people's attitudes towards "Master's Master's Master" can't be said Be loyal.

Pious, they are very pious to Liu Chengzong.

Over the years, I provided the temple with my own insignificant things, but I didn't see the Buddha's efficacy.

But the physical strength really can't keep up. If you can't keep up, you can only fall behind. If you fall behind, you have to keep people in front, not only to indicate the direction, but also to guard against wild animals... Most of the places you walk along the way are like no-man's land. Beasts I've been hungry all winter, and I'm in a hurry to find something to eat.

Even now, more than 200 people from Zuoying fell to the south of the Yellow River and just started to cross the river.

Ah Liu is just the opposite. The nobles wanted to run away, but most of them didn’t dare to run away. Anyone who ran away was worried that they would rebel, so Zhang Tianlin had to send someone to chase them back. return.

It wasn't until Huang Shengxiao and Gao Yingdeng won the battle across the river that the morale of Ah Liuyou Battalion improved a lot. They always thought that they would fight the first battle, and that the Northern Expedition was just an excuse for the bad marshal to kill them all.

Now it seems that the fighting power of the Lion Army is very strong. As long as they are not put in front as dead soldiers, they have a chance to survive.

Thinking about this, the spirits of the nobles improved a lot.

During the two days of repairing the garrison at Wudaohe, Zhang Tianlin, who was interrogating the captives, sat in Liu Chengzong's tent, shook her head and smiled and said, "Commander, the picture of this Chuoke rabbit is very big!"

"How to say?"

"Among the captives were some Fanbing who had lived in Wulan Mountain for generations. They said that Chuoke Tutaiji was like a fairy, and he brought them seven skills."

Liu Chengzong said with a smile: "I would like to hear the details."

Zhang Tianlin crossed her legs by the brazier and counted her fingers: "The first is Mongolian writing, the second is doing business, the third is making snuff, the fourth is building walls, the fifth is predicting rain and shine, and the sixth is mining. Guess what number seven is."

Hearing this, Liu Chengzong wondered: "Then Wulan Mountain used to be considered an ancient and auspicious territory. Why, can't you even know Mongolian?"

"What a fart, that Gu Rutaiji only knows to accept Timba from the Fanmin tribe, and doesn't care about anything else. On the contrary, this Chuoke rabbit looks like he wants to do something big in Qinghai."

As he said that, Zhang Tianlin smiled and said, "It's a good thing we came back early, he has just started these things, and he can only speak a few sentences in that Bingmeng language."

Liu Chengzong nodded slowly, and immediately asked: "What is the seventh you are talking about?"

Zhang Tianlin spread her hands together: "Make guns."

"The cannon you're talking about..."

Liu Chengzong looked strange: "Is it serious?"

Doubting the Mongols' ability to make guns is an instinct that doesn't require a brain.

Because this kind of thing is basically two separate words, Mongolian Liu Chengzong understands, artillery Liu Chengzong also understands, but the combination of the two words touches Liu Chengzong's knowledge blind spot.

Similarly, there are things like Tubo farmers and Mongolian navy. When two very serious words are put together, it will make people feel that they are not so serious.

"It's very serious. It should be an iron cannon. There are a lot of iron mines in the area. The cannon-making skills should not be learned from us. Juerwan doesn't make iron cannons."

After Zhang Tianlin finished speaking, she frowned and said, "It's hard to say about muskets. The soldiers said they made all kinds of muskets. There is a team of muskets at Wulan Mountain. Some are the same as bird guns, and some are bigger than bird guns. "

"It's bigger than a bird's gun... How big is it? Is it bigger than a gun?"

Liu Chengzong is very concerned about this issue. The ratio of the length of a firearm to its charge is related to its range and power. The firearm with the longest range in his hand is the lifting gun. If Chuck Rabbit’s garrison in the west has weapons with a longer range than the lifting gun, then He has to cast a batch of cannons here.

Zhang Tianlin obviously didn't think about this issue, and just thought his competitive spirit was aroused, and said with a smile: "No, no, it must be the commander's gun."

Hearing this, Liu Chengzong felt relieved, and simply decided: "If this is the case, I think we should wipe out the troops in Wulan Mountain first, and then turn around and go east, and cooperate with the troops in the north to encircle and wipe out Chuoke Rabbit. It will save them from running around and making it difficult to catch them."

He stationed troops here, on the one hand, to restore the soldiers and horses to their best condition, so as to deal with the next battle;

Otherwise, from the Qilian Mountains to the Kunlun Mountains, in this vast land, if the [-] Mongolian army played hide-and-seek with him, it would be very difficult.

"Oh, by the way, Commander, there is one more thing." Zhang Tianlin heard Liu Chengzong's plan, and hurriedly said: "La Zun's Xiaohetao has been lost."

"what?"

Liu Chengzong was very sorry to hear the news: "Oh, I thought I had gone fast enough."

But there was no trace of pain on his face, he was eager to try and even wanted to laugh: "Is Razun dead or not?"

Zhang Tianlin shook her head.

The disappointment on Liu Chengzong's face was indescribable: "That's quite disappointing...huh?"

He was already thinking about what kind of official position it would be appropriate to confer on Lazun, and he wasted a lot of time in quarrelling without dying.

I heard Zhang Tianlin say: "He didn't resist, he surrendered, and he couldn't say he surrendered. He took thousands of people and ran south. The prisoners heard that they were running fast. They couldn't catch up with the troops in the east. It's almost time to burn."

Liu Chengzong was so angry that his face turned red, and he plucked a handful of the tiger skin under his buttocks: "What the hell is he doing!"

He wasn't angry that Razun left his territory and ran away, but that he was angry at Luhuo's direction. He felt that this bastard Razun had met a strong enemy and wanted to play with him to change homes.

"It's all right now, the Kangning mansion is in chaos. Fortunately, I left Cao Yao in Kangning...waiting for me to write a letter." He turned around and wrote a letter on the table, and walked out of the tent after a while to call for guards : "Let the station send the bag full."

When he came back, Zhang Tianlin asked, "The commander-in-chief asked General Cao to guard against Razun?"

Liu Chengzong nodded, and then he laughed helplessly: "I guess I started fighting when I received the letter. How does this little thing have such a brain? Don't you dare to provoke Chuoketu and dare to provoke me?"

When he wrote the letter, he estimated the time. If Lazun wanted to attack the Kangning Mansion, it would definitely not be enough for him to take thousands of people away.

So in his letter, firstly, he told Cao Yao to deal with it carefully. It’s okay if he can’t fight. If he withdraws, he will attack Kangning Mansion again next year. matter, hurt him again.

If you really want to change homes, as long as you flatter Chuck Rabbit, he will not lose money.

Xiaohetao is a good place. There is more land suitable for reclamation and cultivation than the entire Kangning Mansion combined.

If it hadn't been for the newcomer at the beginning of the year, who hadn't established a firm foothold in Qinghai Lake, and was more knowledgeable about current affairs, that place would be a must.

It took Liu Chengzong a moment to calm down, and when his thoughts were clear, he couldn't help worrying about the Marshal's Mansion: "It's just that this Lazun ran away. With such a large defense zone empty, the pressure on my brother will be great."

Zhang Tianlin nodded slowly, and heard Liu Chengzong say: "Then we can only attack the main force of Chuoke Rabbit first."

At this moment, the guards outside the tent reported: "Commander, Ngawang of Zuoying and Mr. Bai are asking to see each other."

After Liu Chengzong's permission, the dumb Ngawang prepared his own paper and pen, and began to write after prostrating. Lao Qijia, who still had icicles on his eyebrows and beard, also bowed beside him.

Waiting for a while, I saw Awang holding a paper with both hands without saying a word, which said, Lao Qijia saw tens of thousands of Mongolian troops gathering on the other side of the snow mountain, and they were heading northwest, planning to go around the mountain range.

Liu Chengzong nodded. He felt that he had miscalculated. Zuoying Awang's translation efficiency was really not high.

"Then let's prepare for the battle. Let's fight them here while waiting for work. Pass the generals Basang and Ah Liu over."

Seeing that Awang finished writing that sentence, he wrote again: Lao Qijia explored the mountain road, and he could order a team to go through the mountain to block the back road, Zuoying, Zuoying can.

　good evening!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)