The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 184
After Wanyanchi realized that attacking the camp in this way would only increase casualties, he simply ordered the whole army to abandon their horses and fight on foot.But he didn't want to think about it. The Jurchens who came this time were all cavalry, and they didn't have any siege equipment at all. They could only choose to attack with fire, or rush to the wooden wall of the camp and build a ladder to attack.

Mu Xu was prepared for the enemy's attack with fire. He ordered people to dismantle all the tents outside the camp, and poured water on the wooden walls several times.Therefore, the Jurchen's use of rockets did not have any effect, so they had to brave arrows to fill up the trenches and pull out the horse-repelling posts. When they finally attacked Dazhai, many people were killed and injured, and nearly two hours passed.

In addition to observing the battle situation, Mu Xu was still counting the time in his heart. He estimated that Li Hu's reinforcements should be arriving soon. He immediately ordered the messenger to pay close attention to the movement of the reinforcements in the watchtower, while he went down to prepare for the battle.

About a quarter of an hour later, there was a sound of horns and horseshoes from the north, and the messenger waved the command flag. Mu Xu was overjoyed and shouted, "Open the gate of the village and charge with me. Anyone who cuts down Wanyan Chi Those who take the head will be promoted to three ranks, and will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver." Hearing this, the more than two thousand soldiers behind him cheered, and then followed him out of the camp like a tide.

At this time, the Jurchens outside the camp were completely in disarray, and they wanted to grow wings and fly to the horses, but their legs naturally couldn't run the horses, and some of them were chopped down like wheat by the Mu's army who were chasing up. Many more people were hit by galloping horses with their bones broken and trampled to death.

As soon as Mu Xu came out of the camp, he locked his eyes on Wanyan Chi, but saw that the old guy was in a bad situation, and he had already led more than [-] soldiers and galloped towards the east.Of course, Mu Xu didn't want to let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and immediately sent someone to send a message to Li Hu, asking him to cooperate with the defenders of the camp to wipe out the enemy's army, and he took a thousand light cavalry to chase Wanyan Chi away.

While Wanyanchi desperately beat the horse under his crotch with a whip, he looked back and found that the pursuers were getting closer.He knew that none of them would be able to escape if this continued. After all, they were exhausted after tossing for several hours, and it was eighty miles from here to Shangjing City, enough to be overtaken by the enemy.There was a stern look in his eyes, and he turned his head to his guard, Balta, and ordered, "Balta, you lead a hundred warriors to stop the pursuers. If you die, your son will be Ben Khan's adopted son in the future."

Balta knew that accepting this order was close to death, but he had no choice but to obey, and led the hundred Jurchen soldiers he picked out, to meet the pursuers without hesitation, but his actions were destined to be useless, before he rushed forward , was shot into a hedgehog by the oncoming arrow rain.

Mu Xu put down the Lingbao Bow, leaving a hundred cavalry to deal with the enemy in front of him. He led the men around in a small circle, and continued to chase in the direction where Wanyan Chi fled.After chasing for more than ten miles like this, they were only a hundred meters away from the fleeing enemy, and saw another group of Jurchens rushing towards them, Mu Xu repeated his old trick, and pursued Wanyan Chi closely.

Wanyanchi looked at the less than a hundred clansmen around him, and couldn't help feeling sad, he just felt that this day was like having a nightmare, yesterday he was still so complacent, as if the whole land of Liaodong couldn't accommodate him His ambition, but in the blink of an eye everything is in vain.

He prayed in a low voice, "Supreme Tengger, please bless your loyal people to escape, and I will definitely..." Before he finished speaking, he felt that the war horse under his crotch was down. He leaned forward and threw him out. Fortunately, the soldiers behind him were a few meters away from him and could control the horse, so that he did not follow in his son's footsteps.

"Khan, are you alright?" Several guards helped Wanyan Chi, who was dizzy, to his feet. He took a few breaths, and then he saw clearly that his horse's front legs had fallen into a deep hole the size of a bowl. It was dug out by field mice.

"Khan, get on your horse quickly, the enemy has already caught up." Seeing Wanyan Chi staring at the ground in a daze, the guard said anxiously.Wanyanchi collected himself, looked into the distance, and found that the pursuers were close at hand, and there were only a dozen of his own soldiers around him, and the rest were either left behind, or just abandoned him.

"Forget it, the sky is going to kill me, so what can I do." Wanyan Chi sighed with a wry smile, "This place is at least forty miles away from Shangjing, and our horses can't run anymore. Since we will be caught up sooner or later, Then it's better to die vigorously and let the enemy see the courage of our Jurchens." After speaking, he drew out the scimitar and raised it high, roaring loudly, and more than a dozen soldiers around him made the same movement and moved towards the Jurchens together. The pursuers howled.

Looking at the Jurchens surrounded by groups, Mu Xu galloped up to them, looked down at Wanyan Chi, and asked expressionlessly, "Would you like to surrender?"

Wanyanchi spat on the ground, and sneered, "Boy from the Mu family, there is a saying in the Central Plains that a scholar can be killed but not humiliated. Why do you lie to me? You will die anyway. I am Wanyanchi. The head is here, don't you want to come and get it, come!"

"Yes, even if you surrender, I will not only behead you, but also think you are a coward." While speaking, Mu Xu got off his horse, pulled out a long knife from his waist, and walked towards Wanyan Chi .

"My lord, don't..."

Mu Xu waved his hand to stop the guard's persuasion, and looked at Wanyan Chi, "Come on, let me personally send you on your way."

Wanyan Chi nodded to the rest of the tribe, and under their watchful eyes, he walked up to Mu Xu, without saying a word, he swung his machete and slashed three times in a row. Mu Xu was caught off guard.Unexpectedly, the knife fell to the ground, and before he could catch his breath, he was kicked a few meters away.

"Cough...cough." Wanyanchi lay on the ground, never thought that the sun would be so dazzling, a burning sensation came from his chest, which made him understand how many ribs he had broken, and he had no strength in his body, struggling to get up , but nothing can be done.Immediately, he realized that the sunlight was covered, and he squinted his eyes to see that it was the young and outrageous opponent. He exhausted his last bit of strength and asked, "Ben Khan doesn't know your name yet..."

"My surname is Mu and Mingxu, you remember!" After Mu Xu finished speaking, he chopped off with a single knife, and then couldn't finish watching Yan Chi's head rolled to the side, pointed at the remaining Jurchen, and popped out a The word, "Kill!" As soon as the voice fell, a rain of arrows flew out, nailing all these people to the ground in an instant.

After letting everyone rest in place for half an hour, Mu Xu ordered people to put away Wanyan Chi's head, and led the team back slowly to the camp.When they walked halfway, they met Li Hu who came to meet him worriedly.

When Li Hu saw Mu Xu, he was overjoyed and ordered the army to wait in place. He himself rode up to Mu Xu and knelt down on one knee, and replied, "Your Majesty, the last general did not disgrace his fate. He has wiped out the Jurchens and did not let go." A fish that slipped through the net."

"Very good, General Li please hurry up." Mu Xu praised.

Li Hu stood up and touched the back of his head, grinning and said, "Hey, it's all thanks to the son, and I, Lao Li, have followed suit."

"General Li gets on the horse first, let's talk as we walk."

The two armies met, and on the way back to the camp together, Mu Xu asked Li Hu who was half a body behind him, "How about the casualties of our army?"

Li Hu showed excitement, "There are less than [-] people. Although those Jurchens fought back fiercely when they were dying, they will be scattered without anyone commanding them. There is nothing to fear."

"Well, that's good." Mu Xu heaved a sigh of relief. In addition to the more than [-] people who died in the previous battle, that is to say, he lost about [-] people in this expedition.

Seeing that Mu Xu didn't speak for a long time, Li Hu hesitated, and then asked, "Your Majesty, I finally heard from that Da Nan Yun that your Majesty will hand over the capital city to them, is it true?"

Mu Xu did not deny it, "There is such a thing, do you have a different opinion?"

Li Hu replied, "The general feels that the Mohe people are just following us this time to pick up the cheap, and they don't contribute much. Why give them such a big advantage?"

"Don't worry about this, I will negotiate with Da Nanyun later, and I can give it to them when I go to the capital, but all the property in the city belongs to the brothers." Mu Xu didn't want to tell Li Hu about his plan, so he just replied like this .After he finished speaking, he remembered something again, and told Li Hu in a low voice, "Remember, we will only be responsible for holding the battle when we attack Shangjing later."

"Yes, I will understand later."

(End of this chapter)