Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 450
"Mother! It's really cold in this damn place, it freezes even after peeing."

"The group of Jian prisoners will really break out from this direction? I'm afraid they will freeze to death on the way."

On March 11th of the [-]th year of Tianqi, when the Ming army in charge of Liting in the south kept shelling and did not attack the city, in the dense forest south of the Duoerbi River in the north, the official words of the Ming Dynasty suddenly sounded.

A Ming soldier wearing a cloth face armor came out cursing while wearing a belt.

When he walked out of the woods, Dang even was scolded by the small flag officer who led the team:

"It doesn't matter if you have a lot of shit, you talk a lot of bullshit."

"Hey, am I afraid that I won't get the head?" The soldier smiled and got on his horse, and the laughing and cursing of the two of them seemed to brighten up the surrounding environment.

I saw a total of 12 of them standing on the narrow animal path, surrounded by snow-covered cedar trees, kicking on the tree trunks might shake off a lot of snow.

There was still three or four inches of snow on the roads, and their horses had leather and down-covered leggings to protect them from frostbite.

Both the horses and the human breath brought hot white mist, and the surroundings were still cedar trees except for the snow-covered cedar trees.

Seeing Officer Li Xiaoqi coming, the leading veteran rode over immediately and said:

But right now, no matter what he said, he couldn't undo what he said just now.

The helpless Cao Wenzhao could only mobilize cavalry from all ministries except Tang cavalry, gather up [-] cavalry and hand them over to Cao Bianjiao, who will be responsible for supporting all ministries.

"Go back first!"

"That is to say, they only need less than five days to complete our ten-day journey."

This is naturally much warmer than ten days ago, but for Shangzhi who lives in Beizhili all year round, this climate is still too tortured.

A group of people chatted and laughed, and the little flag officer looked down at the pocket watch in his hand from time to time.

"Tomorrow, march north."

Of the few people left, the two immediately raised their crossbows and shot arrows into the air.

The two roads in front of him are not easy to walk, but he can only choose one that is slightly easier to walk from the two difficult roads.

However, the Jurchens are not Mongols, and the Mongols can't do anything to abandon their families, otherwise they wouldn't have been wiped out by Sapphire in one fell swoop.

Moreover, the mountain road of Tuluting Mountain is too narrow. If the three of them, 10,000+ people, take this road, it may stretch the team to sixty or seventy miles.

Otherwise, their idea of ​​breaking out will be completely shattered, and the history of Jin Kingdom will end in March of the 11th year of Tianqi...

It's just a pity scene, almost all the nobles' faces are not very good at the moment, obviously they are very disgusted with Mang Gurtai's behavior of abandoning women and children.

But in this way, the strength of the Ming army was dispersed.

"Bang bang" sounded twice, and the sound of arrows sounded in the sky several miles behind them.

After discussing with Cao Bianjiao's uncle and nephew, Cao Wenzhao asked people to build a camp on the south side of the Duo'erbi River to prevent the Jin army from breaking through.

The scale of Hara Mountain City is not large. It is a stone castle left by the Jurchen Sauron tribe in Beishan. Its circumference is only one mile and it can only accommodate thousands of people.

The little flag officer picked up a jug of wine, took a sip, and warmed himself up.

According to the information told Li Xiaoqi and them above, Jianlu estimated that there are [-] to [-] soldiers and horses. With such a scale of soldiers and horses, it is not enough to form a team by sending sentry cavalry at least a hundred miles away.

Three or four degrees may not seem like much, but for soldiers and horses in the army, it is very critical.

Officer Li Xiaoqi heard the words and looked around, then decided to return to the camp first.

"Afterwards, fewer people walked, and the old slave massacred many Beishan Jurchens, which led to the narrowing of the road with no one walking."

Thirty miles was not a long journey for them, and in just four quarters of an hour, they saw the camp on the south bank of the Duo'erbi River.

At the critical moment of breaking through, Mangurtai's determination to break out westward made everyone feel a little bit excited.

One, rushed across the Doerbi River.

Similarly, because Duoerbihe has not thawed so far, the Jin army has the possibility of directly breaking through.

Abandoning the old, weak, women and children, how many people are willing to break through with them?

"Let's not mention whether there are soldiers and horses in Taining Prefecture. Even if there is no horses, the cavalry of the Ming army in Shangjing and Ala Mountain will rush to complete the outflank of our army."

"Is Jianlu here?!"

The sound of the arrows was heard one by one, and finally reached the camp, but the distant water could not save the nearby fire. Seeing the dead army horse hit by the arrow, Officer Li Xiaoqi felt extremely heartbroken.

"Hissing!!!"

Among them, the ones who feared the most were actually the Han generals Fan Wencheng, Fan Wencai, and Li Yongfang.

"I am determined to break out from Duo'erbi River!"

He opened his mouth to curse, but at the same time, there were dense gunshots in the dense forest.

"The group of Beishan Jurchens all submit to me, Daming. They like hunting and primitiveness. Your Highness is so benevolent. I don't think they will be moved."

With two choices, Huang Taiji ordered to go to Duo'erbihe without thinking, because he didn't know if there was a Beishan Jurchen mountain city and stone castle in the north of Beishan.

Sure enough, the simple-minded Mang Gurtai followed Fan Wencheng's words and said what Huang Taiji wanted to hear most.

However, no matter which route they took, the Ming army was fully prepared.

They were not sure whether Huang Taiji would take the mountain path of Tuluting Mountain in the north, or the plains of the Duoerbi River and Wude River Basin.

Especially the silence of the two blue flag generals behind him fully expressed their dissatisfaction with him.

Officer Li Xiaoqi commanded while reloading his blunderbuss, then pulled out the Yanling Saber from his waist, and rushed into the forest with the two of them.

It's a pity that Beishan was too cold, and he couldn't make it back to the headquarters, so he died on the way.

He was digging a hole for someone, and the man quickly jumped into it.

The first sentence he said was to Li Bi, and the second sentence was to the meritorious officers in the army.

"After dawn, send the news to the camps along the river, and then send the news to the north to Uncle and Guo Sangdai!"

"boom--"

With the bark he wrote, the rest of the Golden Army sentries quickly brought the news back to the camp of the Golden Army headquarters, and at this moment they had arrived at the southern foot of Tuluting Mountain.

They are well aware of the fate of betraying the master and seeking glory, and betraying the country and seeking glory, so when they are in the tent, their faces are very ugly.

Huang Taiji has always wanted to abandon the old and weak, women and children, but he is not sure whether the nobles will accept him after he has done such a thing.

The camp was built on a hillock, with the frozen Dolby River behind it, and a cleared field in front of it, with only tree stumps for shelter.

After writing a line, the two lieutenants nodded their heads one after another.

"The three of you will report back, and the rest will follow me!"

His mountain city is very important, and he cannot move easily, and they are currently unable to determine where Huang Taiji's headquarters are.

"Fortunately, the horse turned its head sideways, otherwise I would have been shot."

There is no way to clean these tree stumps, because the soil in Beishan in winter is too hard and it is too difficult to clean.

The engineers of the supply battalion also dug a fire path with all their strength, put all the tents on the fire path, and then covered them with wooden boards and spread frozen soil, which could make each tent slightly warmer by three or four degrees.

"Who knows? Maybe there really are iron cows."

"I heard that the southern railway has been repaired to Duoyan County. I don't know where it can be repaired after we finish this battle, and whether we can get on it."

One person got off his horse and stood up with the help of Officer Li Xiaoqi. The five Tang cavalry deduced the location of the attacker based on the position of the arrow hit by the horse, and rode their horses into the forest.

"Clap clap-"

[I will find a way to lead troops to become the rear army]

Mangurtai glanced at the generals in the tent, and then said loudly:
"Since the Ming army also has soldiers in Beishan and Shangjing, it means that the soldiers and horses of Taining Mansion have almost been transferred away."

As soon as he stood up, Gushan Ezhen and Jiala Ezhen of the two blue flags expressed their opposition.

However, it is impossible for Huang Taiji to say such a thing, because he is a profuse sweat, and Fan Wencheng and others' words like this are not enough.

Immediately afterwards, the hundred household officials passed the news to the rear, a city that was once left by Beishan Jurchen, Hara Mountain City.

He didn't believe that the Ming army could build many stone fortresses in such a short period of time after learning of his northern hunting.

"It's good to have a road." The little flag officer looked around: "This road should be two feet wide after clearing the bushes."

Tangqi accelerated at a speed of [-] miles, and before it was dark, he passed the information to Hala Mountain City [-] miles behind, and Cao Bianjiao was sitting here.

At this time, Mang Gurtai, the No. [-] person in Dajin's eyes, said what Huang Taiji wanted to hear most, and Huang Taiji also used this to observe the expressions of the nobles in the tent.

The tall cedar trees make it easy to lose one's own direction, so even the upright Tangqi dare not move separately.

After making sure that no one was there, he dipped a pen in water and wrote a line on the table.

At this moment, he only hoped that the Ming army would not have many camps and soldiers.

One, take the southern foot of Tuluting Mountain, pass through the North Mountain, and arrive in East Siberia.

"Head Li!"

"Is the railway really pulled by an iron ox?"

"This place is too cold, will His Highness build towns and government roads here?" Some soldiers were curious.

In the team, some people also relaxed after hearing this, and one of them couldn't help looking at the beast path under his feet, and sighed:
"This beast path used to be a road, too. When I was in Yaksa City, I heard from the local Beishan Jurchen that before the Zhengde year, the various ministries of Beishan had the imperial court's grain trade, and many roads came out at that time. .”

The staff quickly responded, but Cao Bianjiao didn't plan to send troops.

They buried the horse's body with snow on the spot, then Officer Li Xiaoqi rode on a horse with others, and then retreated to the rear.

When Tang Qi and his party withdrew into the camp, the Baihu officer who was in charge of guarding the place quickly asked Officer Li Xiaoqi, who also nodded, and then took out the arrow that was broken earlier:
"In this land, only Jianlu can use this kind of iron armor-piercing arrow."

They were on Zhu Youjian's must-kill list, except for breaking through, there was no chance or possibility for them to survive.

As soon as he said this, the faces of many nobles looked a little better, and Mangurtai also realized that he had played a role of taking the blame for Huang Taiji just now, so his face was very ugly.

As soon as Huang Taiji finished speaking, someone stood up and sang the opposite tune, and this person was Mangurtai who had always been dissatisfied.

The thermometer Cao Bianjiao carried with the army let the people here know the cruelty of Beishan.

The Tangqi team patrolled the camp for thirty miles. The little flag officer looked at the pocket watch in his hand. When he looked at the direction of the engraving and minute hands and realized that there were still two quarters of an hour to arrive at Shen time, he also relaxed a little. :
"It is estimated that Jianlu will not be able to reach this place today."

"It's Jianlu's sentry cavalry. He rode away after being shot. There was only one person. It is estimated that Jianlu's headquarters is still some distance from us. Otherwise, Jianlu's sentry cavalry should be in a team of three."

If so, the Ming army cavalry can still catch up with them.

"coming!"

His war horse has disappeared, and he probably went to find a place to escape the cold.

Although it was not the first time he fought, it was the first time he commanded a large-scale cavalry battle.

Anyone can see that the Ming army's encirclement this time can be called an iron wall, and even the bitter cold place like Beishan has been deployed with soldiers and horses.

Before that, he was just under Zhu Youjian's command as the guard commander of the Xiao cavalry guards. Now the number of people in command has quadrupled, and even he has some doubts about his ability.

Walking along the Duoerbi River, although Pingyuan will fight the Ming army, and the Ming army in front may have set up stone fortresses to hinder them, but they only need to bury their heads to break through, even if more than half of them are killed or injured, it is worthwhile to break through successfully.

It was built on the top of a mountain with an altitude difference of hundreds of meters. The city wall was only one foot high, eight feet wide, and very narrow.

From the current point of view, it will take at least one or two days before they will reach the south bank of the Duoerbi River and contact the Ming army camp along the way.

"The terrain there, Dahan, you should have seen it. You only need to set up a stone fort on the mountain pass, and you can guard it by one man. Even if our army has [-] to [-] troops, we can't take it there in a short time." .”

Scattered sentry cavalry means that the explored terrain is too wide, the sentry cavalry is too far away, and the sentry cavalry is not enough.

"I object!"

The sound of gunfire disturbed the entire forest, and some hibernating birds were frightened and screamed. For a while, the surrounding area was filled with chirping sounds, making people sweat profusely.

Huang Taiji issued an order to evict guests, and the nobles and generals of the Kingdom of Jin in the tent left one after another, and none of them discussed leaving the main force.

Needless to say, what is the representative of the rear army? If the Jin army really joins the battle with the Ming army, then the turmoil of the rear army at the critical moment will completely crush an army.

"Go to the west to break through!"

Not surprisingly, this corpse was the Golden Army sentry cavalry who was shot by Li Bi and others.

"It's probably not our side." The soldier who released the water in the field in front also echoed.

Thinking of this, Cao Bianjiao became a lot nervous.

"Head Li!"

"We support Mangul Tabele!"

He also didn't believe that these stone fortresses alone could block the [-] to [-] troops under his command.

"Although the servants have no specific information on the total number of cavalry in Shangzhi, it will probably not be less than [-] cavalry."

In the dark night, Cao Bianjiao, who had just finished dinner, learned that Jianlu was found in the south of Duoerbi River.

Of course, they would not be reluctant to bear the old and the weak, women and children, but the problem is that the people below them are reluctant.

"There is no cold winter, no bunkers, how long can we stand in a stalemate with the Ming army on the Horqin Grassland where the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming?"

"If we are entangled by [-] cavalry, then the soldiers and horses of Kaiping Mansion on the west side of Harawen Mountain will be able to reinforce the Harawen Mountain Road in time."

"Go, go back..."

Thinking of this, he looked at Fan Wencheng among the Han generals, and upon seeing this, Fan Wencheng immediately got up and said:
"If you want to break out to the west, you have to cross the Harawin Mountains, but there is only one road in the Harawin Mountains for so many of us to go, and that is the Harawin Mountain Road cleared by Zhu Youjian."

Without craftsmen and enough soldiers and horses, even if they break through successfully, they will be eaten by wolves on the grassland.

It would be much easier if they wanted to.

"You should walk through the southern mansion road. If this road is repaired and expanded, it is estimated that a four-zhang mansion road can be created."

Even Huang Taiji is actually very excited at the moment, but the premise is that there are really no soldiers in Taining Mansion.

"Both north and northwest are wrong routes!"

Hearing this, the military meritorious officer immediately took out the file and used a red pen to record a meritorious service for Li Bi and his team.

"Fire the arrows!"

Fan Wencheng's sentence actually explained one thing, that is, the Jin army with the old, weak, women and children could not go fast.

"If you kill a few more Jianlu Tartars, won't you have money?"

"Now we should not go north, nor should we head northwest, but we should cross the Blackwater River and break out towards the west!"

Seeing that the pocket watch in his hand was about to run out, Xiao Banner also put it away, and turned his head with a smile:

With that ugly expression on their faces, they all returned to their barracks.

"Since this is the case, then abandon the old and weak women and children, and the army will attack lightly. As long as the men are there, the big gold will be there!"

Returning to the Fourth Han camp with them was Liu Aita, who also had the same "ugly face".

When walking on the snow-covered animal path, everyone looked around vigilantly, but this kind of concentration usually only lasted for three hours, because the plain of Tuomu River was only suitable for walking from Sishi to Shenshi, and people would die easily if it was later .

Even though it was already March [-]th, the night in Beishan was still white at seven or eight degrees below zero.

When the news reached Hara Mountain City, it was completely dark.

When Huang Taiji got the bark, there were two paths before him.

If a small group of soldiers and horses break through, I am afraid that they will not even see the Horqin Grassland, and they will be chased to death by the iron cavalry of the Ming army.

"That's right!"

"Is such that!"

Because of this, the little flag officer used jokes and curses to ease the tension in the team.

If no one is willing to break out with them, then what can they do after breaking out?

Speaking of this, Officer Li Xiaoqi felt lingering fear, and Officer Baihu also patted him on the shoulder: "Good job, I will credit the entire team of Officer Li Bi!"

"These days, our marching speed is only 150 miles at most, and the marching speed of the Ming army, especially the speed of the cavalry attack, judging from Zhu Youjian's raids on Hetao and Horqin, at least [-] miles a day."

If you don't want to, the army is likely to collapse before fighting the Ming army.

Just as the little banner officer turned his head, an arrow shot out from the dense forest. The horse hit the arrow and fell down with a neighing sound, even knocking the little banner officer to the ground.

What Mangurtai could think of, Nurhachi, Huang Taiji, and Daishan could think of.

"We cannot abandon women and children."

His face was pale, as if injured and bleeding profusely.

If the army breaks through, if nothing can be done at that time, they can still lead their personal guards to throw off the large army and break out of the encirclement by taking advantage of the chaotic battle between the two sides.

In the end, Huang Taiji still failed to choose the path he wanted to take the most, which was also the helplessness of the superior.

What he has to do now is to lead the army to cross the Duoerbi River before it thaws out. Otherwise, once the Duoerbi River thaws, the three of them, 10,000+, will all die south of the Duoerbi River.

Before he got up, the little flag officer yelled and straightened his helmet, pulled out the riding gun hanging upside down from his waist, and subconsciously shot towards the forest.

He chose to lead people forward on foot, and followed the traces in the snow, leading people to chase carefully.

For a time, everyone's mood was very low.

"Go back."

Looking at the expressions of the nobles, Huang Taiji felt very helpless, but in order to appease people's hearts, he could only bite the bullet and refute Mangurtai's proposal.

"alert!"

While he was worried, Jianlu's sentry cavalry also found a corpse lying in the snow.

It's just that in such a cold weather, laughing and cursing can't make people warm up, so after a brief laughing and cursing, the group continued to patrol according to the original route.

He pulled out the arrow, and the thick arrow looked like Jianlu's arrow. Officer Li Xiaoqi looked at the blood-stained arrow, and immediately broke the arrow shaft:
"Damn! Find out that damned prisoner for me, I'm going to kill him alive!"

When Gao Xianzhi of the Anxi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty went to Shiguo and fought against the Arab Empire in Talas, it was because the Geluolu people of the rear army turned against the water at a critical moment and attacked the Tang army's central army formation from the rear army, which led to The Tang army was defeated.

The body was frozen, the wound in his arms had frozen, and he had written the message in his own blood on a piece of bark.

Soon, they saw the five Tang riders who set out first, but there was no trace of Jianlu around them.

"Now we should not walk the Duoerbi River, nor Tuluting Mountain."

Of course, they formed a team because according to the time calculation, Huang Taiji's Beishun team was about to meet them.

At that time, if the team is attacked, it will be annihilated.

Judging from the scouting report of the Tangqi in front, Huang Taiji's sentinel was placed far away.

Because it could not accommodate the army and horses, Cao Bianjiao led people to build an outer camp at the foot of the mountain early.

"Yes!"

Thinking of this, Huang Taiji raised his head and looked at the general of the Jin army who had lost a lot of weight in the tent:

"Wouldn't riding an iron bull be expensive?"

However, when he walked into his tent and saw two lieutenants sitting in the tent and wearing the armor of the Fourth Han Battalion, he slowly rubbed his face, and after recovering his blood, he listened vigilantly. In order to listen to the voice outside the account.

The [-] Tang troops did not die in battle on the frontal battlefield. On the contrary, after the Chinese army wavered, the whole army fell into disarray. They were hacked and killed and captured thousands of people during the retreat. .

The most elite Anxi Army in Tianbao Ten Towns can't bear the result of the rear army's rebellion, let alone the Jin Army who is like a bereaved dog right now?
Thinking of this, the three of them had smiles on their faces...

　Sorry for the late update due to busy work.

　　There will be a map of Beishan's situation in the Easter Egg Chapter, and if the Easter Egg Chapter cannot be released, it will be posted in the book review area.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)