Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 26
Dark as ink.

The last bonfire in the Dashun barracks was also extinguished, and the entire barracks fell into darkness in an instant, and became as silent as death.

However, when they got close, they realized that the Dashun Barracks was not peaceful at all.

I saw the Dashun cavalrymen in full gear coming out of the felt bag one by one, leading the horses one by one, and these horses were all saddled.

There was tension in the air.

But not too loudly.

Only the horse snorted occasionally.

"Brother." Li Mou walked up to Li Yan and asked, "Guan Ningjun won't play tricks on us, will he?"

"No." Li Yan was fastening the leather belt on his horse, and said without raising his head, "Tricking us will not do any good to Guan Ning's army, and it will not cause any loss to us."

While speaking, Li Nian came over on his horse and said, "Brother, the soldiers are all ready."

Li Yan hummed, then got on his horse, and took out two binoculars from the leather pouch.

Almost at the moment when Li Yan took out the telescope, the west bank of the Baihe River next to the Ming army camp suddenly became noisy, and then a large number of torches were lit and thrown to the opposite bank.

"Brother, the Guan Ning army is attacking!"

Li Mou and Li Nian lifted their spirits and looked up to the east bank of the Baihe River at the same time.

Li Yan also raised his binoculars to the east bank of the Baihe River, and adjusted the focus. Soon, a slightly dim battlefield scene came into Li Yan's eyes, which he could barely see clearly.

With the torches that the Ming army kept throwing to the other side of the river,

It can be seen that the two teams of Yi Ding have rushed into Baihe. They were fast at first, but the speed slowed down quickly.

Li Yan moved his field of view slightly to the left again, aiming at the Ming army camp on the west bank, and at this moment, clusters of dazzling flames burst into the field of vision of the telescope.

Accompanied by the incomparably dazzling flames, there was a huge roar coming from afar.

Obviously, the musketeers of the Ming army's firearms battalion had already started firing their guns.

The firearms of the Ming army are still very powerful, and the Dashun army has also suffered a big loss!
Li Yan turned his sights back to the east bank again, and saw that the Guan Ning cavalry who had just rushed into the river not far away had turned their backs on their backs, and some cavalrymen fell off their horses.

There were even war horses overturned in the river.

What followed was a huge hissing sound.

Seeing this, Li Yan couldn't help but secretly feel lucky.

Fortunately, it was not the Dashun Army that stormed the Ming army's camp, otherwise it would have been a big loss.

Li Mou also felt a little scared: "The thief of the mother, the firearms of the Ming army are really not for bragging."

Li Niandao: "The main reason is that Guan Ning's army didn't bring scull shields. Otherwise, the loss would not be so great. Didn't our Dashun army destroy Sun Chuanting's firearms battalion by relying on scull shields and bows in the Battle of Tongguan?"

The battle continued, and the Ming army continued to fire guns in turn.

I saw the dazzling flames blooming row by row, and the Guan Ning cavalry who waded in the water fell off their horses row by row.

In just a moment, there were only a few hundred Guan Ning iron cavalry who had invested in the first wave of attack.

However, the Guanning army was indeed fierce. Seeing that the first wave of wading and sneak attacks failed, they immediately sent more cavalry to launch a strong attack.

Less than a moment after the start of the war, the battle quickly entered a fierce stage.

Li Nian said solemnly: "I didn't expect that the old Chongzhen would have been prepared for a long time."

"It's not surprising." Li Yan said, "From the breakout of Chaoyangmen to the surprise attack on Changping in the north, to the crossing of Yanshan Mountain and then to the Chahar Grassland unexpectedly, it shows that Chongzhen is very good at using troops. It was only because he didn't use it in the deep palace before. Opportunity, this time being driven out of Beijing by our Dashun Army has a place to use."

"That's useless, he's still the defeated general of my Dashun army."

Li Mou already looked eager to try: "Brother, let's do it too!"

"What are we going to do?" Li Yan was unmoved at all, "Be honest and don't move."

"Ah?" Li Mou was stunned, and said with a puzzled expression, "Brother, we promised Guan Ningjun."

"That's right, I promised that the Guan Ning Army would attack the Mongols." Li Yan nodded, "But I didn't say when to attack, I only said that the attack would be after the Guan Ning Army, right?"

"Ah this?" Even Li Nian was stunned at this moment, okay?
Li Mou said: "Brother, since we have signed a gentleman's agreement, we should abide by it."

But Li Yan shook his head and said: "There is no gentleman's agreement on the battlefield, some of them are just intrigues. If you don't want to be losers, you have to learn to fight without being tired of deceit."

Li Mou and Li Nian were silent.

……

"General!"

In the dark, Wu Batan and several other households came to Hu Xinshui with arms folded in salute.

It's just that these Yiding generals just got up from the icy river, and even their hair is wet, just like drowned rats.

Hu Xinshui said: "You guys are not injured, are they?"

"No." Wu Tan shook his head and said, "You are all well, no one is injured."

"That's good." Hu Xinshui breathed a sigh of relief, and then said, "Let the sons take off the wet shirts and dry them quickly, and wrap them in blankets to warm up first, so as not to freeze."

Wu Tan agreed, turned and left.

Hu Xinshui turned her eyes to the "battlefield" by the river again.

I saw that after half an hour of tragic "rushing", Guan Ning's iron cavalry finally came ashore, and "hunted" the Ming army musketeers and spearmen on the river bank.

The battle has come to an end, and the resistance of the Ming army is gradually weakening.

This can be felt from the gradually smaller battlefield noise.

"Your Majesty, your plan to lead the war seems to have failed." Hu Xinshui glanced at the Rogue Barracks in the northwest corner, then turned to Chongzhen and said, "The Rogue Cavalry didn't attack the Gongtu Department, they wanted to wait for the Rogue Army to attack." The Rabbit Tribe attacked the Guan Ning Army first, and then they were the last to join the battle, so they could obtain the greatest benefit at the lowest cost. However, the Gongtu Tribe is not stupid, and they are not in a hurry. Keep watching."

"Sure enough, soldiers never tire of cheating." Chongzhen said, "But it's not a big problem."

Hu Xinshui frowned, what's the point of being stubborn at this time?

Chongzhen didn't explain much, he turned his head and waved: "Gao Daban, come here."

Gao Qiqian suddenly felt his bones become lighter, and immediately came to Chongzhen: "Long Live Lord, I don't know if there is anything I can do for this old slave?"

"Didn't you just say you wanted to die for me?"

Chongzhen said lightly: "Now the opportunity has come."

"Ah?" Gao Qiqian was immediately dumbfounded, what did you say?

I just said that I would die for you just to show my attitude, I didn't really want to die for you.

"Why, you don't want to?" Chongzhen's expression turned cold, and he said coldly, "Repent?"

Gao Qiqian knelt down on the ground again with a puff, and kowtowed like pounding garlic: "Long live Lord, please forgive me, please forgive me, this old servant wants to serve Long live Lord for another hundred years, and this old servant still doesn't want to die now!"

"It's late, you should know that you are not joking!"

Chongzhen shouted coldly: "Wang Daban, put on the armor for Eunuch Gao!"

Wang Chengen immediately brought several eunuchs forward and forced Gao Qi to put on the upper mountain armor.

Chongzhen took off the pocket from his head and put it on for Gao Qiqian himself, and pulled down the visor.

"Listen up, Gao Daban." Chongzhen said, "If you do what I say later, after you die, I will posthumously make you the eunuch king, and make your nephew the Duke of the state!"

"But if you dare to do bad things, I will definitely kill the ten clans of your Gao family!"

Chongzhen's voice seemed to come out from between his teeth, with a bone-chilling chill.

Standing by the side, Hu Xinshui could feel the biting coldness.

Gao Qiqian was already so frightened that his teeth chattered: "Old slave, Nununu..."

Chongzhen didn't want to hear Gao Qiqian's reply anymore, so he waved his hand and shouted in a low voice: "Help Eunuch Gao get on the horse!"

Wang Chengen immediately took the young eunuch to help Gao Qiqian onto the horse's back. In order to prevent Gao Qiqian from falling from the horseback, Wang Chengen simply fixed Gao Qiqian on the saddle with a hemp rope.

……

In the northwest corner of the Ming army camp.

Li Mou said: "Brother, the Ming army is almost overwhelmed."

Li Niandao: "Guan Ning's army is really strong, and they were able to storm the Ming army's camp across the river."

"Yes, the Guan Ning army is indeed very strong, but there are not many left." Li Yan looked at the Ming army camp that was gradually calming down, and said, "After all, they are just making wedding clothes for people!"

Li Mou said: "Brother, are we going to attack now?"

"No hurry." Li Yan waved his hand, "Let the Gongtu tribe go first."

Li Niandao: "This is called the mantis catching the cicada and the oriole. In the end, it is our Dashun army who will benefit."

Li Mou said: "What if the Gongtu tribe doesn't move? After all, they also know that our Dashun army is nearby, right?"

Li Yan said: "It's impossible for the Gongtu tribe to be silent. They won't just watch the Guan Ning army capture Chongzhen. If Chongzhen returns to the pass, nothing will happen to them, haha."

While the three brothers were talking, a gong suddenly sounded not far in front of them.

"Ming Di!" Li Mou's face changed, and he shouted, "Brother, it's our night not to accept!"

As soon as the words fell, several clusters of flames burst into flames on the grassland to the west of the Ming army camp, but it was Liu Zeibububu, who was lurking there, who lit the torch and threw it towards the target.

By the light of the fire, a dozen or so cavalry could be clearly seen rushing out of the camp of the Ming army.

It seems that they want to pass between the camps of the Dashun Army and the Gongtu Division.

"Shanwenjia!" Li Nian yelled, "Chongzhen! It must be Chongzhen!"

"We can't let Chongzhen run away!" Li Mou roared, and charged up on his horse.

Li Yan only hesitated a little, and Li Nian and Li Mou had already rushed forward with their troops.

Almost at the same time, horses neighed and people roared in the opposite Gongtu tribe's camp.

(End of this chapter)