Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 255

"avalanche!"

"Get off your horses and surround the people! Hurry up..."

Wulangouzhong, Huoluochi and Baltu, as well as a large number of lords of the five major tribes, and Taiji were all shouting desperately, but their voices were insignificant compared to Xue Beng's.

The turbulent snowflakes rushed down, but it was a pity that there was too little snow. Although the heavy snow knocked people down, it did not completely engulf everyone.

After a large number of nobles who were overturned in the snow got up, their first reaction was not to organize the troops, but to pick up the fallen horses, get on the horses and rush towards the mountain pass.

Their behavior was immediately seen by Cao Wenzhao on the top of the mountain, and he was unambiguous, and immediately led five hundred cavalry to rush down the mountain.

The mountain pass in Wulangou was only [-] steps wide, and Cao Wenzhao and the others were condescending, so the moment Huoluochi and the others stood out of the mountain pass, Cao Wenzhao led his cavalry to attack them from the flanks.

"kill!"

The wind and snow made the ignition rate of the flintlock gun impressive, so Cao Wenzhao did not use cavalry and rifles, but chose to fight with short soldiers.

Five hundred cavalry raided the scattered formation of more than a thousand cavalry, instantly like a tiger descending the mountain, cutting off the team at the middle, and at the same time, the vanguard was turned on their backs.

Huo Luochi's hat was blown off by the hammer of the Ming army, and he was so frightened that he was sweating profusely. After realizing it, he immediately waved his horsewhip and fled towards the northwest.

"Abu!"

"Abu save me!"

Huo Luochi's many heirs cried for help, as well as the voices of many wives and daughters, but at this moment he was like a bereaved dog, and he didn't even have the thought of turning back to save his family.

He believed that the Ming army stationed a large number of soldiers and horses here, so he only wanted to escape.

Instead, his escape made the besieged Baltu, Meng Keshili, Sha Jinai and others react. They glanced at the Ming army around them. Although the sky was dark and blurry, they could still see that their numbers were not many .

"Calm down! This Ming army is small in number, everyone rush out with me!"

The three of Meng Keshili yelled and united the guards around them, and then began to gather scattered soldiers to fight against the Ming army.

Seeing this, the other tribes in Wulangou in the rear also drove their horses to break out of the siege. Only some people in the further back didn't know why, thinking that they were attacked in front, and kept pushing back.

"put!"

"Bang bang bang-"

The Yanshan General Cannon with the matchlock ignition device showed its power at this moment, and the scattered stones and iron nails loaded with five catties became a sharp weapon for harvesting the lives of the Inner Mongolians in the river ditch.

Stones and iron nails fell like a shower, and everyone who hit them was caught off guard and wailed everywhere.

But even though the central army was in chaos, the former army who knew they could break through frantically flocked towards the mountain pass.

The attack of thousands of soldiers and horses made it difficult for Cao Wenzhao's five hundred men to support them alone.

For a while, many captives rushed out of the mountain pass, and at the same time, a "fire dragon" also appeared on the south side of the mountain pass.

"drive!"

The sound of rumbling horseshoes kept ringing, and for a while even overshadowed the shouts of killing at the mountain pass, and after learning that Huoluochi and the others had chosen Wulangou, Zhu Youjian immediately led his troops to come.

In addition to the [-] soldiers and horses who stayed at the Hashangou mountain pass in Hargai to prevent Caritas and other rear troops from changing routes and breaking through, Zhu Youjian led [-] cavalry to help.

In the eyes of Wu Dabu at this moment, the long flame team was undoubtedly a crimson fire dragon attacking.

Everyone abandoned the Ming army in front of them, and even if they would rather be stabbed, they would ride their horses and flee to the northwest.

Their fleeing behavior seemed to be the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Seeing them run away, the people behind them also started to run away indiscriminately.

At the same time, in Wulangou, Caritas, as the rear army, saw the turmoil ahead, and immediately led his troops to retreat.

As soon as they withdrew, the Ming army hiding in the Zasak Banner immediately began to help each other, and Wu Lie also commanded the troops to retreat.

The Ming army retreated while putting on their armor, and at the end they all put on their armor, and simply shouted for Wu Lie to lead his people back, and retreated with Ming Ai's soldiers and horses.

Hearing this, Wu Lie led his followers and fled immediately following Caritas's followers, while more than [-] Ming troops blocked in the ravine, wantonly started to unite with the Ming troops at the mountain pass, squeezed and rushed to destroy the chaos The three major ministries.

"The descendants will not be killed! The descendants will not be killed! All squat down!"

Suddenly, Mongolian words of surrender and no killing came from all around, and the three major tribes immediately squatted down when they heard this.

More than [-] people were blocked in the ravine, and Huo Luochi led more than [-] people to successfully break through.

"Cao Wenzhao! I leave the matter here to you!"

Zhu Youjian on the battlefield saw the Mongols in the ravine surrender, and after roaring at Cao Wenzhao a dozen steps away, he immediately rode his horse and chased northwest.

Seeing this, the flag-bearer beside him also held up the banner and beat the drums to lead the army to the northwest.

Eight thousand straight cavalry followed him to the northwest, while Cao Wenzhao stayed behind to appease the surrendered Mongols.

Huo Luochi and the others fled too hastily, and many of them ran away with only one horse, while Zhu Youjian was well prepared, chasing him with four horses.

The two sides rushed out of the range of Wolf Mountain, and fled and chased towards the vast sea in the northwest.

Faced with some captives who were left alone due to lack of horsepower, the guards guarding Zhu Youjian often raised their hands and reaped them with one blow.

The army pursued along the horseshoe prints, even though the wind and snow covered the horseshoe prints, but on the way of pursuit, from time to time, some horse dung and seriously injured people who fell off the horse could be seen conspicuously in the snow.

Zhu Youjian didn't give any orders, but just blindly led his troops in pursuit.

While the army pursued to the northwest, the snowstorm began to get smaller and smaller with the distance, which also proved that the main scope of this snowstorm was still in Shaanxi and Hetao.

But right now, Zhu Youjian didn't have the heart to study the weather, because with the pursuit, he could see a dark shadow gradually appearing in front of him.

Some people with insufficient horsepower began to be singled out, and in response to this, the passing Ming army raised their swords and sent them to see Changshengtian.

The wind and snow were getting smaller, and gradually, the army rushed into the vast sea that was completely desert, and as they rushed in, Saihan, who was in the team, also rode his horse to catch up, and reminded Zhu Youjian loudly by:

"Your Highness! We have rushed into the desert sea. The desert sea in Xitao is [-] miles long from east to west, and our supplies and fresh water are only enough to support the pursuit of [-] miles."

The wind and snow's voice made Saihan's voice blurred, but Zhu Youjian heard it clearly, but he said:

"Huo Luochi and the others don't have enough horsepower to run for [-] miles, we can't get out, and they can't get out either."

"Order the entire army to pursue another three hundred miles, and discard everything except armor, food and fresh water!"

"Yes!" Saihan could only bite the bullet and respond, and then told the army to discard the heavy load.

Soon, some blankets were dropped by the army, and the supplies were scattered all over the place, but the Ming army was still chasing after them.

Whoever loses his horsepower will leave a hundred people to take care of the horses, and the others will change horses and move on.

Under such pursuit, more and more people fell ahead due to lack of horsepower, and Huo Luochi and the others had to stop to rest because of the horsepower problem.

Just when they stopped, there was a sound of dull horseshoes in the wind and snow behind them, urging them to continue fleeing to the northwest.

While chasing and fleeing, even the Ming army didn't know how many fallen captives they had picked up. They only knew that there must be corpses on the way back.

From dark to dawn, from dawn to dark, from dark to dawn, the intermittent raids day and night exhausted Huo Luochi and the others. Some war horses even vomited blood and died from exhaustion.

Not to mention them, even the Ming army couldn't bear such a swift and violent attack.

They had already replaced all four horses. Not to mention the exhaustion of the only horse beside them, the horse guards at the rear probably wouldn't be able to keep up for a while.

Therefore, when Huo Luochi and the others' horses slowed down, Zhu Youjian immediately raised his hand to signal the army to stop, and the guards on both sides also took out their horns and blew them decisively.

The horn of "Woo-woo" sounded, followed by the messengers one after another, and finally spread to the entire army.

The army began to let the horses slow down under the sound of the ox horns, and then everyone turned over and dismounted, and the horses were tired and breathed non-stop, and the white mist between the breaths was transpiring and spreading.

There was no chance to be hypocritical, Zhu Youjian sat down on the snow, took out the jerky and began to chew.

Others also skillfully began to feed water and beans to the war horse, and even helped wipe the sweat.

Zhu Youjian, who was eating jerky, took a short break, then picked up the binoculars and looked at Huoluochi and the others.

Although vague, it can be vaguely seen that they are also "resting", but this rest is after the people dismount, lead the horses to walk, and feed water while walking.

Most of them had only one horse left, and the others were left along the road with their horses exhausted.

If there is no accident, these horses will be included in the horse herd by the horse guards of the Ming army, and then come on foot.

After leaving behind a few horse guards, the number of the Ming army was also reduced to seven thousand and two, but compared to them, Huoluochi's side was even more miserable.

[-] people fled from the Red Salt Pond, and when they arrived at Langshan, there were still more than [-] people, and there were more than [-] riders on the protruding mountain pass, but now they only have [-] to [-] people left.

After a day and a night of pursuit, they ran more than [-] miles in one breath, from Langshan to the south of the Mongolian Plateau, northeast of the Badain Jaran Desert.

The nearest large water source to this place is at least the Juyan Sea, which is more than [-] miles away.

Fortunately, the wind and snow left a lot of snow on the desert. Although there was only a thin layer, Ming Jun and Huo Luochi still collected the snow in water bags and put them in their clothes, preparing to use their body temperature to wipe the snow away. They warm up.

But before the Ming army started to do anything, Zhu Youjian turned around and scolded:

"All stop!"

Zhu Youjian angrily snatched the cold water bag from a soldier's arms and threw it on the ground, berating all around:
"The enemy army is only more than ten miles away from our army. If you don't grab their water at this time, are you still wasting time here?"

"Pass my order, mount the whole army, and continue to pursue!"

"Yes..." Although some soldiers' faces were dull after being scolded, it was true after thinking about it.

The snow will not melt suddenly, and with the horsepower of the Ming army, it is enough to catch up with Huo Luochi and the others.

Thinking of this, under the command of Zhu Youjian, everyone got on their horses and continued to chase Huo Luochi and the others at night like a red dragon.

Huo Luochi and the others didn't go very far on foot, so less than a quarter of an hour after the Ming army set off, they heard the sound of horseshoes behind them, and then everyone got on their horses one after another without ordering them, driving the horses to continue fleeing to the northwest.

The two men and horses started the pursuit battle again, the horseshoes were marching on the sandy sea, and a gust of wind blew, all traces disappeared.

The Ming army also didn't care about ending it. Right now they only had one goal, and that was to catch up with the captives and capture Huo Luochi alive.

The continuous rush made the three fleeing soldiers and horses exhausted, but the sound of horseshoes behind them did not become smaller, but became louder and louder.

The companions around were constantly being left behind, harvested by the Ming army chasing from behind, and those who survived could only keep running with their heads buried.

The feeling of being chased like this is frightening, and at the same time, Zhu Youjian also realized that this kind of pursuit can't catch up at all, so he said to Saihan next to him: "Take a shortcut!"

"I know where to go, Your Highness will follow me." Saihan quickly responded, and then the more than [-] Ming troops were divided into two, one continued to pursue, and Zhu Youjian took a detour to the southern desert to try to intercept the fire Let them down.

At the same time as they divided their forces, Cao Wenzhao of Langshan successfully reconciled with Sun Chuanting.

Caritas, who was trying to break through through other mountain passes, was stabbed in the back by Zasak's troops, and then Cao Wenzhao and Sun Chuanting led the troops to arrive. Caritas, one of the five anti-Ming tyrants, was chopped down by Cao Wenzhao and fell behind the horse. , the entire Orok tribe completely surrendered.

It's just that after accepting the surrender of the Orok tribe, Cao Wenzhao and Sun Chuanting were not happy and happy. Instead, they hurriedly led four thousand straight cavalry, prepared sufficient fresh water and rations, and chased towards the northwest.

They searched for the obvious traces of corpses and horse manure all the way, but because they were carrying a baggage cart, they couldn't go fast at all.

It was not until a day and a night later that they finally caught up with Zhu Youjian's first team of horse guards.

"What about them, Your Highness?"

"Hui Zongbing, I haven't seen it, not only us, but also the horse guards in front have not seen it. It is estimated that His Highness has led troops into the depths of the desert sea."

Cao Wenzhao and Sun Chuanting looked a little unhappy when they heard the news about the hundreds of households of the horse guards.

"The desert sea is dangerous. If the army goes the wrong way and runs out of rations, it will be unimaginable."

Cao Wenzhao frowned and spoke to Sun Chuanting next to him, but Sun Chuanting was much calmer. He explained to Cao Wenzhao:
"Now that the wind and snow are getting weaker, His Highness's soldiers and horses will inevitably leave a lot of captive corpses in pursuit. Now all the horse guards have not lost it, but the distance we fell is too big."

"What we need to be careful of is that after entering the sand sea, the yellow sand covered up the corpse and made us lose track."

"The speed of the sand sea is very fast. When the wind is strong, one or two hours is enough to cover a corpse."

"What we need to do now is to increase the speed of the horse and continue to catch up with His Highness, and at the same time, we should pay attention not to get lost."

"Okay!" Hearing Sun Chuanting's words, Cao Wenzhao also understood that what the other party said was right, so he followed Sun Chuanting's suggestion very simply.

The army and the horse guards changed horses, and then continued to chase Zhu Youjian's whereabouts.

But until they caught up with the sixth horse guard team, the hundred households here still told them that there was no trace of His Highness ahead.

"Your Highness must have gone deep into the sea of ​​sand..."

Looking at the vast Gobi desert all around, Cao Wenzhao was a little impatient, but even so, Sun Chuanting was still calm, he knew that Zhu Youjian would not fight an uncertain battle.

The reason why they did not catch up was because they were cautious and only marched a hundred and twenty miles a day.

But if it's a close chase, I'm afraid Zhu Youjian and the others can't wait to run out of horsepower.

But no matter what, if they continue to chase, I'm afraid they will catch up to Ju Yanhai.

"Governor Mei, where have they arrived?"

Sun Chuanting turned around and asked the official Fumin beside him, and the official Fumin also showed embarrassment when he heard the words:

"Jinglue, we are considered to be deep into the vast sea, and the Tangqi behind may not be able to find us."

"The latest news is also three days ago. Three days ago, Governor Mei and Zongbing Li traveled [-] miles along Zhangye Hebei. Calculated by marching [-] miles a day, they are probably close to Juyanhai now."

"Ju Yanhai..." Sun Chuanting asked someone to take out the map, looked at it, calculated the distance, then pointed to the map and said to Cao Wenzhao:
"We should be about four hundred and sixty miles northeast of Juyanhai now. According to His Highness's military rations, we can last up to two hundred miles northeast of Juyanhai."

"If the Huoluochibu is wiped out, they can probably go to Juyanhai. Even if they can't wipe out the Huluochibu, there should be several oases nearby."

"His Royal Highness is following Saihan with the army, Cao Zongbing don't have to worry."

"According to Jinglue, we only need to search now, and then send troops to Juyanhai?" Cao Wenzhao also reacted belatedly.

"Exactly." Sun Chuanting nodded slightly, and Cao Wenzhao also said:

"I hope Your Highness will not go deep into the sea of ​​sand. I have heard people say that there is quicksand in the sea of ​​sand, and if it is swallowed up, it cannot be rescued."

"Of course not. Your Highness is born rich and honored. If you want to go to heaven, you won't let Your Highness be in danger." Sun Chuanting eased Cao Wenzhao's tension with a smile, and Cao Wenzhao calmed down quickly after being infected.

After a short rest, they changed horses with the sixth horse escort team, and after leaving a lot of supplies, they continued to explore northwest.

It's just that Zhu Youjian successfully bypassed the sand dunes under the guidance of Saihan, compared to what they thought was dangerous.

It's not that he didn't encounter quicksand on the way, but for Zhu Youjian, quicksand, a typical non-Newtonian fluid, is not scary, especially when there are thousands of people around him.

Compared with Huoluochi and the others who were cautious, his march was very bold, even Saihan, who was guiding the way, felt a little scared after seeing it.

However, when the time and distance passed a little bit, as he rushed to the last sand dune himself, the sky brightened again.

The sky lit up again, which also meant that they had been chasing Huo Luochi for three days and four nights.

For three days and four nights, the army flew six hundred and twenty miles, and arrived at a place that Sun Chuanting estimated was about the same.

The wind and snow were still howling, but it was much smaller than the Hetao, and when Zhu Youjian climbed the sand dunes, what he saw was a desolate Gobi Desert.

"Are you sure Huo Luochi and the others are going this way?" Zhu Youjian asked Tang Qi, and Tang Qi also replied:
"Last night at [-] o'clock at Yin time, according to the news sent by Liang Baihu, the prisoner should be less than [-] miles away from our army at this moment."

"Your Highness..." Saihan also came over after hearing the words and said:
"This is the only way to go to Hang'ai Mountain. Twenty miles to the north is a small oasis. Huo Luochi must go there to supply supplies, otherwise the army will collapse soon."

"Okay!" Hearing Saihan's affirmation, Zhu Youjian also nodded and said, "Then make a break with Huo Luochi here."

After all, Zhu Youjian sat on the sand dune, without the airs of a prince at all.

But it was his unassuming appearance that made the people around him feel an inexplicable closeness.

There is nothing superior, although Zhu Youjian will show his majesty at some times, but most of the time he is still close.

Everyone sat next to Zhu Youjian, and Zhu Youjian saw that the war was about to end, so he also thanked Saihan:

"Saihan, if I hadn't led the way in this rematch, I wouldn't have been able to defeat the Su Nang Department so easily, and skillfully interspersed to encircle the Ordos Department. After the battle, I will remember the first achievement."

"Your Highness is admirable. The last general is favored by His Highness. If you exchange for other rewards, no matter how familiar the last general is with the terrain, he will not be able to help His Highness achieve such feats." Saihan was modest, but Zhu Youjian Pat him on the back:
"I said the first merit is yours, it is yours, and you have to accept what I give you."

"This...is..." Saihan was a little speechless by Zhu Youjian's strength, and finally could only respond with a wry smile, but he was a little grateful in his heart.

In the past, there were not many Mongol generals who took refuge in Ming Dynasty, but he was probably the first to receive such love.

"Your Highness! Huoluo Chibu is here!"

While Zhu Youjian was chatting with Saihan, Tang Qi, who was observing the battlefield on the sand dunes, trotted over and bowed to Zhu Youjian to pass on information.

Hearing this, Zhu Youjian also took over the binocular clairvoyance, from which he saw Huoluochibu on the distant horizon, who was slowly marching towards this place.

Their number was less than when they escaped from the mountain pass, perhaps less than [-] people, and such a number gave Zhu Youjian the opportunity to wipe them out.

Seeing this scene, he turned his head and said to the Commander Xiaoqiguard:
"The whole army is ready to mount their horses. After hearing the sound of the horn, everyone will follow my banner and prepare to kill the captives and capture the three great auspicious men alive!"

"The last general takes orders!" The commander of Xiaoqiwei responded, and the Ming army also began to prepare for battle.

Everyone got on their horses and walked on the relatively plain sand dunes to ambush on the side of the Gobi Desert, while Zhu Youjian was sitting in front of the army and had his banner held high.

As time passed, the Ming army in the front row could clearly see that there were more and more captives on the horizon, but their marching team was scattered, and even Tangqi was no longer dispatched.

Apparently, they had been chased to the point of collapse, and the only thing that broke their nerves was a horn...

"Woooooo-"

The horn blew, and Huo Luochi, who was like a frightened bird, didn't even look in the direction, they buried their heads and continued to flee to the northwest.

However, when the Ming army rushed out from the dunes on one side of the Gobi Desert, everyone was in despair.

"How could it appear in the front? Aren't they in the back?"

In Huo Luochi's sunken eye sockets, there was only unbelievable despair left, his chapped lips and sand all over his body, telling of his distress.

Facing the Ming army's magical soldiers descending from the sky, he didn't even have the intention of running away, or in other words, he chose to give up...

"kill!"

Zhu Youjian, who was galloping on horseback, pulled out his long knife and pointed at the dark cloud-covered sky obliquely, and charged forward with the army.

The Ming army rushed over like an iron wall on the flat Gobi desert, leaving the last trace of memory for the three remnants of soldiers, which is suffocating despair...

"Bam—"

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