Hundreds of households in Liaodong, covering the light with one hand

Chapter 13 Goshawk turns into a vulture

The Jianzhou army suddenly fled far away, and after more than a thousand Ming army cavalry fought hard, only about 600 people were left sitting on their horses, or standing on the ground with their swords among the corpses without falling.

In the snow, corpses were everywhere, there were flames and smoke, and blood accumulated in streams.

At some point, the heavy snow stopped, the cold wind also subsided slightly, and the sun, which had not been seen for a long time, slightly emerged from the mountains in the east. The warm winter sun poured down, giving some warmth to everyone who had been fighting fiercely all night.

"Did we survive?" Liu Qu, the Chinese guerrilla general, looked at the corpses and suddenly felt a little dazed. He couldn't believe that they survived Jianzhou.

No, they defeated the army led by Huang Taiji head-on and made them flee far away.

The Ming army won a big victory!

"Long live Daming!"

"Long live Lord Baihu!!"

I don't know who started shouting, one, two or three. Slowly, all the surviving Ming soldiers began to shout long live and Wang Qi's name. After a night of fierce fighting, everyone was tired, but there was that kind of look in their eyes. The perseverance and excitement are unprecedented in the past few years.

For a time, the whole valley was filled with shouts.

From the beginning of Gaohuai's rebellion against the Liao Dynasty, to Li Chengliang's self-respect to support the invaders, and then to Nurhaci's rebellion against the Ming Dynasty, there have been many bloody battles and desperate defeats in the past few decades.

The Ming army in Liaodong had almost forgotten the appearance of victory. Today, under the leadership of Wang Qi, they used more than a thousand cavalry to fight against ten thousand people in Jiannu. They went straight to the enemy's Chinese army camp and cut off the dragon flag of Huang Taiji, the fourth beile of Jianzhou. Beheading hundreds of people and killing the rebel general Sun Degong, this was a rare victory after thirty years of Wanli.

Long live?

Wang Qi smiled. Fortunately, there were no civilian supervisors here. Otherwise, even if his uncle Wang Huazhen interceded for him when he got to the court, he would have been jailed.

The horse was pacing back and forth on the hillside where Huang Taiji was yesterday, watching the cavalry he commanded last night shouting his name. For a moment, Wang Qi also felt a sense of excitement and glory in his chest.

Ambition to eat Hulu meat, laugh at the thirst to drink Xiongnu blood!

The man should be so!

Perhaps traveling from modern society to the troubled times of the Ming Dynasty is not a bad thing.

"Sir, what are we going to do next?" After the battle, Liu Qu changed his title.

"There is no need to go to Zhenwu Fort," Wang Qi looked back. The Zhenwu Fort, which was originally hidden in the dark red, is now under the sunlight. The low city walls and the black smoke are vaguely visible. Huang Taiji appeared here last night. It seems that Zhenwu Fort has been captured by Jianzhou long ago, and all useful things in the city such as population, livestock, and grain have been transported to Liaoyang by Jianzhou.

There is nothing left to see except ruins.

"Go back to Siping Fort!" Wang Qi put the long sword into the scabbard at his waist: "The main goal of this state-building is Siping Fort. Now that Zhenwu and Xixing Fort have fallen, Siping will bear the brunt!"

"Pass my military order!" Wang Qi looked at Liu Qu: "Send all the soldiers out to guard the surrounding areas. The rest of the army will rest for a quarter of an hour and collect the battlefield horses and enemy heads! In a quarter of an hour, the whole army will set off!"

"Er Bao!" After giving the order to Liu Qu, Wang Qi looked at his personal followers: "Go and arrange for three teams of scouts to scout on the way to see if Bao Chengxian's troops have been defeated and captured by Jian Nu! Yes! Please report back with the news!" "The general will get the order!" Liu Qu and Qin Erbao bowed to Wang Qi, turned around and left.

"It's no pity that Bao Chengxian died, but those infantry troops should not be captured by Jianzhou and become the vanguard of our attack on Siping Fort." Wang Qi's worries were not unfounded. During the decades of war between the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty at the end of the Ming Dynasty, this This kind of thing has not happened before.

On the battlefield, it is never unusual for a counter-attack to be carried out with the blade of the knife facing inwards.

"Sir, in this battle, more than 300 Jiannu slaves were beheaded, more than 500 war horses were confiscated, countless armors and swords were collected, and there were also five Jianzhou dragon flags. The head of the rebel general Sun Degong has been collected and filled with plant ash. The rest of the heads were used as sacks and carried on horses." Not long after, Liu Qu came to report the situation of the battle to Wang Qi.

Seeing that Wang Qi was just silently looking at the mountains in the distance, with no superfluous expressions about the outcome of the battle, Liu Qu paused and added: "Sir, this is a rare victory for Ming Dynasty against Jiannu after Sarhu in Liaodong. A big victory, and a small victory over a large number! You should be happy, the court will also give you a large reward when the time comes."

"It's a pity that Huang Taiji and Li Yongfang were not left behind." Wang Qi said in a calm tone: "What is the name of that mountain?"

Wang Qi pointed to the mountains in the distance, which was the direction where the sun rose, and the direction where Huang Taiji and others escaped last night.

"That place was originally Guying Mountain, so it got its name because goshawks often flew over it. In recent years, wars have been frequent, and the land in Liaodong has been starved to death. There have been more vultures eating human corpses, but the goshawks have disappeared. So Guying Mountain, It also became Vulture Mountain," Liu Qu raised his head and looked at the mountains in the distance, and then replied.

In troubled times, there are many man-eating beasts! Maybe it’s not that the goshawk is gone, but that the goshawk has become a vulture!
  Not long after, the scouts sent out to investigate the news returned.

Qin Erbao came to Wang Qi with his scouts.

"Sir, there is indeed something going on with Bao Chengxian!" Qin Erbao brought people to Wang Qi: "If you find any news, report it to your lord!"

"Sir," the scout said with cupped hands, "we have been traveling west for more than fifty miles, and a large number of Ming troops have appeared. After asking, we learned that most of them were led by Bao Chengxian, who stayed behind after our cavalry army left last night. The infantry team was raided by Jianzhou that night. At that time, Bao Chengxian led the guard battalion to surrender, and most of the soldiers took advantage of the darkness to escape and are now heading towards Siping."

"Sir, is it really Huang Taiji who sent people to attack our rear infantry?" Liu Qu frowned, a little confused.

"It's not Huang Taiji. He definitely doesn't have that many soldiers and horses in his hands!" Wang Qi shook his head.

If it was Huang Taiji's handiwork, then he wouldn't have escaped to the east last night. Wouldn't it be better to go directly to the west to join his army?
  "Daishan and Amin are going to Xixing Fort, Huang Taiji is attacking Zhenwu Fort, and in the direction of Siping." As soon as Wang Qi spoke, Liu Qu on the side had already reacted.

"It's the chief slave!" Liu Qu almost shouted in shock: "The chief slave has really moved the tiger away from the mountain. He wants to take advantage of me to support Zhenwu and suddenly send troops to seize Siping Fort."

"Luo Yiguan has more than 10,000 troops in his hands. We should be able to hold it overnight." After saying that, Wang Qi suddenly stood up: "Pass my military order and the entire army will set off immediately. The target is Siping Fort!"

"Send your order!"

"The whole army sets off immediately!"

"All troops set off!"

Wang Qi's military order was issued, and the army that was resting on the spot a second ago had all stood up. For a moment, there was the sound of getting on their horses and gathering their weapons.

Hope I can catch up.
  (End of this chapter)