A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 695 Faith
Gu Luge, Hang Gao and others in the rear saw the battle ahead, all of them looked livid and gritted their teeth, especially when Hang Gao glanced at Gu Luge, a trace of resentment flashed in his eyes.

After Chongzhen’s 11th year of abolishing the title, the Qing government appointed Gu Luge as the Zumote left-wing banner Zasak, and Hanggao as the right-wing banner Zasak. Ninghaizi and other places are Tumed left-wing banners, and westward to Montenegro and other places are Tumed right-wing banners.

In fact, after Wang Dou issued the proclamation, Hang Gao was inclined to surrender and surrender. In his opinion, after the Liaodong War, the Qing Dynasty had been severely injured and was unable to govern the area of ​​Guihua City. The newly rising forces of the Jingbian Army.

Those who know the current affairs are heroes, and it is a matter of course for Hang Gao to replace the new master to avoid the disaster of swords and soldiers, and it is the only rule for the survival of the grassland nation.

It's just that Guluge tried his best to be the king and the enemy, and persuaded Hetao Mongolia, Waizasak Mongolia and many other tribes to send troops together, trying to resist to the end.

Hang Gao knew that Guluge had a very close relationship with Manchuria, and that Yu Yuetuo had a cousin, so he wholeheartedly wanted to work for the Qing court.

Just how did it turn out?The already lost troops and lost generals, Ji Erhalang, Du Du and others supported tens of thousands of troops, but they have been standing still at Hongyazi Mountain. The messengers from our own side who asked for help came back in vain, and the Qing Dynasty simply ignored them. life and death.

From the beginning of the war to the present, all the tribes have lost a lot. Hang Gao thinks that the Jingbian army is powerful and invincible, so he should move away quickly, moving west to Hetao or north to Mobei. Figure it out slowly.

It was Gu Luge who strongly opposed it, insisting on cutting off food and cutting off roads. The main force came to attack "Yuanyang Village". Is Tumed's family property all wiped out?

Beside the two, the princes and ministers of the Mongolian princes and ministers in the outer vassals also looked unhappy.

At this time, the Outer Fan Mongolia was basically dominated by the three Khans of Khalkha, Tuxietu Khan, Chechen Khan, and Zhasaktu Khan. According to the order of Tuxietu Khan King Gonbu, these Zhasak's assistants Taiji and Tabu Nang, Guan Qi Zhang Jing, etc., led some soldiers and horses from the tribe to help, and together with Tumed, Guihua City, resisted Wang Dou.

Gu Luge said it well, his lips were dead and his teeth were cold. After Wang Dou captured Monan, will the many kings in Mobei be able to escape in the future?

It was also these words that moved Gonpo and the others.

Although they paid tribute to the Qing Dynasty, in fact, the three tribes of Khalkha only need to donate one white camel and eight white horses each year, which is called the tribute of nine whites. Their immediate interests are what they care about.

So they decided to support, and Xitao Mongolia, and even Qinghai Mongolia came to support, and all Mongolians united to resist Wangdou.

It was only after the war broke out that everyone realized that it was not unreasonable for the Jingbian army to defeat the Qing in Liaodong. They did not achieve any goals when they came here, and they just lost their troops in vain. This made them look sad and feel like a knife piercing their hearts.

For Gu Luge, he is riding a tiger at this time, if he retreats, all the previous sacrifices will be in vain, and if he settles the account in the future, he must have committed the wrath of the public.

Fortunately, the enemy is outnumbered at the moment, as long as the stockade is captured and the food and grass of the Jingbian army are destroyed, there is still a possibility of victory. After all, in the past dynasties, there are countless examples of the Han army winning first and then losing.

Guluge persisted stubbornly, and the rest of the Mongols Zhasak and Taiji also thought that if they retreated at this time, the previous warriors would die in vain. Even Hang Gao admitted that he could not give up halfway, so he could only grit his teeth and endure.

From the beginning of the attack on the village in the morning until Shenshi in the afternoon, the Mongolian army launched dozens of attacks on "Yuanyang Village". However, the defenders resisted very tenaciously. The tortuous structure of the army village also made the attacker very tired. .

This is not only the firepower from the front, but also the firepower from the left and right. It always makes people feel that no place is safe, and it is useless to hide behind the shield.

In particular, the Mongolian army attacking the south and north gates of the village had to face the triangular fence of Baibu in front of the gate. If this point is not removed, there will be birds and thousands of enemies coming from behind, which is extremely miserable. It can be said that the gate of the village and the sentry towers erected at the four corners are shot from time to time, which is also hard to guard against.

The saddest thing was the Mongolian army attacking Zhaidong. The wooden house and the fence together formed three layers of firepower. There were bird guns above and below the head, and there were also bird guns and ten thousand enemies on the left and right sides. The Mongolian army suffered heavy casualties and was exhausted.

At the right time, the east, south, and north sides of "Yuanyang Village" were already covered with corpses. The grass was stained red with blood by the corpses of the Mongolian army. The blood they bleed was like a stream. Scattered all over the place.

Gu Luge and others roughly estimated that at least more than 1000 warriors and more than 200 horses were killed.

This is a very astonishing number. Although the total strength of this side is more than 2, for the tribes outside the Great Wall, this loss is already quite heavy. After all, they have a small population and it is not easy to train soldiers.

On the other hand, how much did they lose in the army village?

The fence is strong, and their bows and arrows are helpless to them. They hide behind the perforation and shoot calmly. What kind of archery skills are needed for the arrow to pass through the perforation?Even if they pass through, they all have excellent armor, can they cause harm to those Jingbian soldiers?
If it is diffused, there is a wooden shed behind the fence, although weeds fall one after another, can it also cause damage to the defenders?
Especially when the army was filling the trenches, it was impossible to cover them with wooden shields, and the casualty rate was even more astonishing. One by one, the warriors fell under their firearms, or were blown to death by tens of thousands of their enemies, or were bombarded to death by artillery shells. .

In order to hide the whereabouts of most of them, Gu Luge and others have killed all the Han people inside and outside Guihua City, and they can't find cannon fodder in the trenches. Unlike the hinterland of the Central Plains, there are no Han people in the grasslands to threaten.

In the end, the army attacking the village even used some Mongolian women or children to fill the trench with soil, hoping to arouse the compassion of the defenders, but they showed no mercy until they were ruthlessly killed in the trench by firecrackers and artillery.

In the near future, the Mongolian army attacking the east once filled the trenches and pulled out more than a dozen fence timbers. There are rolling cavalry ready to charge.

However, the defenders not only have sharp firearms, but also the spearmen are equally brave. They bravely blocked the assault armored soldiers, and the dense spears prevented them from advancing an inch. , has finally retreated...

His subordinates were exhausted, and Guruge and others were also anxious. The difficulty of attacking the army camp and the casualties of his subordinates caused the leaders to start a fierce quarrel and complain to each other. The Mongolian princes and ministers also complained about it.

The desperate Guluge finally admitted that this village cannot be attacked by himself, and the main force cannot gather here for a long time. He must leave tonight, otherwise the cavalry of the Jingbian Army will come over, or the main force gathered at Sandcastle and other places will arrive. , I can't leave when I wait for others.

When he was leaving, he was riding on a horse and couldn't help looking back at the army camp that was slowly falling into the night.

One day of hard fighting, more than 2 people besieged a small village, but the result was that his side was defeated, the soldiers were lost, and the casualties were heavy. He murmured, "Didn't you say that there will be a cycle of 300 years? military?"

He left restlessly, leaving behind a heart full of resentment and uncertainty.

They were not reconciled, and in the next few days, they attacked several other military strongholds with lightning speed. Willing to work as hard as "Yuanyang Village".

At this time, Guluge finally had the intention to retire, and the Mongolians from the outer vassals of the Khalkha Tribe also warmly invited him to go to their tribe.

Knowing that it was impossible to surrender at this time, Hang Gao also decided to join Guluge to seek refuge in Tuxietu, a foreign domain of Mongolia.

They were planning to go to Mobei, and the news about the Mongolian cavalry army continued to flow to Wang Dou.

Although they moved quickly and stayed for only one day every time they attacked a village, they still left many traces. Based on the collection of information from various sources, it was only a matter of time before they deduced where their old nest was.

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On the 15th day of September in the [-]th year of Chongzhen, a group of Jingbian soldiers walked through the Guanshan mountain range at night. The leader was the "player" officer of the Jianshao Battalion. His name was Kong Shijue.

After the Battle of Jinzhou, many people in Jianshaoying were promoted, and Kong Shijue did the same. On the second day of the first day, he set off from Jining Village and was ordered to search most of the Tartars. According to some traces, he had trekked in Guanshan for several days.

This place already belongs to the offshoot of the eastern foot of Daqing Mountain, and beyond the mountain, there are continuous hills and plateaus.

To the south of the mountain and to the north, Daming once set up Guanshan, Shibaochi, Wuhuacheng, Wuluhunu, Yanzhi, Wengjila and other guards and thousands of households. However, as the Mongolian forces gradually went south, these thousand households Husuo soon disappeared.

At this time, the "operator" was dressed in the same way as the brothers beside him. They were herdsmen of the local tribe, with sheepskin coats in tatters and leather hats.

However, he still carried his own flintlock Lumi on his back. There were several flintlock pistols stuck in the saddle, and the other brothers were equipped with different equipment. The ten members of this group were outstanding in riding and shooting, and five of them used step bows. Horse bows, and a few people use stepping crossbows, and each of them has at least three war horses.

They rode their horses and walked, climbing the hills and looking high, there was no one around, and the wind was bleak. This mountain is often bare of trees, with many stone walls, and small stones are covered with big stones. But it is a common sight near the desert wasteland.

Every time I ascend, the strong wind blows from the north, and it is quite chilly. Maybe it will snow soon.

"Actor" looked at the mountain, thinking that he would be able to walk out of this mountain in the near future.

In the afternoon, a group of people entered a valley with overlapping mountains and rocky tops. There was a spring at the foot of the mountain and a ditch that was very clear. There were plenty of grass beside the spring and the deer horns were all over the ground. Everyone got off their horses to rest and drink by the spring of the horses. The actor checked some traces. Sneered: "Did you see that this is the trace of most of the cavalry?"

A chill appeared on his handsome face: "Finally, we will find the Tartars' lair, let's see how they die then!"

All the brothers were also excited. They rested for a quarter of an hour and continued to mount their horses and go northward. After traveling for more than ten miles, the mountains turned deep and deep. When they climbed up again, they saw a vast plateau with endless pastures. The "operator" pointed down the mountain: " Go down the mountain, follow the trail, and then turn to the northwest."

The party rode on without stopping at night, turned around a foothill, and saw a valley below, the slope was quite gentle, and there were still gurgling springs.

At this moment, smoke and dust billowed from the northwest direction, and there was faint shouting and cursing, as if some horses were rushing this way.

"Actor" immediately ordered to hide. He took out the binoculars to observe the movement. After a long time, he put down the binoculars: "It's the brother of the intelligence department. Five Tartars are chasing... They are coming this way... ambush!"

Immediately, a group of people hid quietly, each of them held a strong bow, or took out a stepped crossbow, took out a poisonous arrow from the crossbow box, and wound it without making a sound, just watching the movement.

The sound of trampling horseshoes was getting closer and closer, "Actor" and others could easily see that a rider in front was running desperately, he was lying on the horse tightly, as if he was injured, and there were five riders chasing after him. After chasing, he continued to bend his bow and set up an arrow, shooting at the person in front.

As they got closer, these people entered the valley. When the person in front rushed past, "Actor" yelled, "Shoot!"

After a few swishes, the two Tartars in front screamed and fell off their horses, but were shot in the body by the crossbow.

The three people in the rear reacted very quickly, and they were about to pull out their horses and turn around immediately, but there was another swishing sound of arrows, and a strong rain of arrows came, and two more people yelled to be carried off their horses, and the last one was hit by an arrow, and he quickly jumped away. He got up and ran two steps when a sharp arrow shot him obliquely to the ground.

"Actor" and the others arrived below, most of the tartars were convulsing and struggling, two of them even struggled to stand up, the two night fighters pulled out their waist knives with a clang, and stabbed them straight through their hearts.

A Tartar soldier under his feet was shot with an arrow in the chest by a crossbow. He looked at the "opera" with a lax look, showing a pleading expression. Throat stabbed down, pulled out again, a bloody arrow spurted out, and the tartar died beyond death.

"Actor" kept his expression unchanged, he didn't accept him all night, and said in a low voice: "Master Kong, come here..."

Kong Shijue nodded, and came to a rock. The man had been helped off the horse before, and he was leaning on it just panting.

Looking at his injuries, everyone was secretly shocked. Not only was an arrow shot in the back of his heart, but there were also many wounds on his body, and he lost a lot of blood. It seemed that he would not survive.

I don't know what belief made him persist.

Seeing Zhong Yebu gathered around him, and seeing their concerned expressions, the man had tears streaming down his eyes.

He reached into his bosom with difficulty, took out a wax pill and handed it to Kong Shijue, and said intermittently: "Guo, the sentry sergeant of Beilu Branch of the Intelligence Department...Guo Fusheng, was ordered to ambush the sentry... There is a lair of Tartars inside... Must, must..."

He grabbed Kong Shijue's hand violently: "...It must be sent back..."

Kong Shijue's eyes turned red, and he held his hand vigorously: "Brother Guo, don't worry, I will pass the information back."

Guo Fusheng murmured: "That's good...that's good..."

Seeing that he was dying, Kong Shijue tentatively said, "Brother Guo...do you have anything else to say?"

Guo Fusheng lowered his voice: "Yes, I have a lot to say..."

Kong Shijue quietly waited for him to speak, but at some point, Guo Fusheng had died.

(End of this chapter)