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

Chapter 712

On the ninth day of September in the 15th year of Chongzhen, it was on Daqing Mountain.
About forty to fifty miles from Guihua City to the north, there is a section of the Baidaoling Great Wall built during the Qin and Han Dynasties. The Great Wall has been eroded by wind and sand for thousands of years, and the beacon has become pointed or steamed. It may have been built during the period of King Zhao Wuling.
Along the Great Wall of the First Emperor of Qin, or the Great Wall of Han Dynasty, or the beacon towers of various ruins left by the Jurchens of the Jin Dynasty, and then go to the northern foot of Daqing Mountain, there is Shierdenkou Qinhan Great Wall, which is a must pass from north to south The road controls the traffic arteries between the Tumo River in front of the mountain and the grassland behind the mountain.
The two mountains face each other here, and the terrain is dangerous. After the Han army of all dynasties took control of Daqing Mountain, they built castles and garrisoned soldiers here. However, like the Great Wall of all dynasties, these castles were abandoned in the end, leaving only ruins and a few broken walls.
It was the Double Ninth Festival on the ninth day of September, and it was a good time to go out in autumn and climb high and look far away. However, it was already quite cold in the northern part of the city, and there was still some snow on the mountain road. They were all dressed up as Mongolians, and some people kept bending their bows and shooting arrows to the rear.
Behind them are more than a hundred people dressed as Ming soldiers, but among them there are also some people dressed as grassland herdsmen, who only hold a hard crossbow in their hands and keep shooting forward. The hard crossbow is somewhat similar to the god-arm bow of the Song Dynasty. Although it is not easy to string, the bow is powerful. You can see the Mongolian riders in front of you, and people are constantly being shot off their horses.
Among the chasing Ming army, there were also some Mongolian cavalry warriors holding Sulu ingots. These people were more skilled in riding. Seeing that the Mongolian sentry cavalry in front of them was about to rush out of Shirden Pass, some people suddenly jumped on the empty horses beside them. They changed the horses for a while, and then they accelerated their speed and slanted up the hillsides on both sides, just like that overtaking Meng Qi who was running ahead.
In an instant, the sound of the bowstring was incessant, and the Mengqi of the Ming army rushing up the two slopes rained arrows like beads, shooting the Mongolian sentry cavalry on the road. None of the desperate Mongolian cavalry was spared, and all of them died here.
A short and stout Mongolian soldier of the Ming army jumped off his horse, pulled out his scimitar, and ignored the Yimeng cavalry who was still struggling, and just cut off his head, hanging bloody on his waist.
"Tabu Nang, you have done a good job again."
A Ming army Mengqi chased up from behind, shouting with joy.
The man raised his red face and said, "Galede, yes, it is no problem for us to become barbarians, but this is not enough. I want meritorious service. I will exchange it for a big manor in the future and become a grand master. Let Ah Both Wa and Erji live in! I also want to exchange for a small manor and give it to A Du as a dowry. Although I have chopped off the heads of a few Tumet barbarians, it is not enough. I want more military achievements, more barbarian head!"
Galed shouted: "Don't worry about Ulun Zhurige, I already have meritorious service, and it's no problem to exchange it for a small manor in the future. If she marries me, she will definitely be able to enjoy the rich life of a young mistress..."
The two Mongolian soldiers exchanged happily, and they have been with the army for a long time, and they are familiar with the popular meritorious deeds in the Jingbian army.
Just listening to it, I feel that this feat is really a good thing. It can be exchanged for money, food, weapons, horses, land, and even finished manors. You don’t need to build it yourself. Once you enter, you will have a stable income and annual profit The rate is enough to make people feel at ease, it is really a must-have weapon for lazy people.
Of course, the exchange of finished manors requires more meritorious service. However, many soldiers are impatient to manage by themselves, so they choose finished manors one after another. Once they are exchanged, they will have a stable income, which is better than taking a large piece of wasteland.
Merit is so good?The Mongolian soldiers in the new attached battalion didn't have any doubts in their hearts, but seeing that all the descendants of the Marquis of Yongning talked like this, their doubts were naturally eliminated. People are like this, and they all have the mentality of following the crowd.
Moreover, these are all real rewards, unlike the original tribe, who robbed the Central Plains with the army and grabbed some good things, but after returning to the grassland, the tribe leaders have a lot of ways to keep you poor, so this time the battle outside the Great Wall, The new affiliated troops were all enthusiastic, fighting as if they were desperate, and Tabu Nang and Galed were representatives of them.
I heard that the two of them have attracted the attention of the battalion general Zeng Yiyi, and they may be received by the general Wang Dou as advanced representatives after the war.
Like Galed and Tabu Nang, a large group of naturalized Mongolian soldiers happily stroked their heads hanging on their waists. Their achievements are far inferior to these Mongolians who grew up on horseback.
After joining the Loyalty Camp, Xiong Xianbin, former general of Shoudao South Road Counselor Xiong Tingrui's relative Xiong Xianbin, yelled at his subordinates: "What a disgrace, it's been a while since you came out to fight the Tartars. Less than half... When you came out, all the adults had great expectations for you, but now that you think about it, you can't even compare with some naturalized Tartar soldiers. I am really shameless and heartbroken, old bear. ..."
Hearing his roar, the faces of some of the subordinates beside him also turned blue and white for a while, and they were all speechless.
After the Conquest of Fortress, as a follow-up to supporting the Qinglong Battalion, after the Han Dynasty arrived in Guihua City, a part of the Zhongyi Battalion, about a thousand cavalry, also arrived in Guihua City, but because of the characteristics of the Mongolian Cavalry, they were not the main force on the battlefield. Mostly appear as skirmishers on the wings, or sentry cavalry, search teams, and hunting teams.
In this kind of battle, they are often no match for the Mongols in the new affiliated camp. Take this small battle that echoed the night of the sharp sentinel camp as an example. The people participating in them were once again at a disadvantage. Is there light?
Seeing that his subordinates were speechless and the Mongolian soldiers beside him were all complacent, Xiong Xianbin shook his head helplessly. He only hoped that his subordinates would perform well when they fought against most of the Tartars.
Fortunately, this battle also paid off. After the urgent information came from Yebushou, he and Lemege and other subordinates who were searching ahead immediately attacked and cooperated. Eliminating all the cavalry and preventing them from sending information to most of the Tartars on the other side of the Little Yellow River is also considered a great achievement.
After tidying up carefully again, Xiong Xianbin said to one of his subordinates: "Go, send a report to Captain Shang, my division has wiped out all the sentry cavalry of the Tartars, and most of the whereabouts will not be revealed!"
The subordinate gave a loud shout, and immediately pulled his horse back. He ran along the mountain road, passed through the colorful shallow grass hills, passed through the towering high mountains covered with snow, and passed through the bleak maple forest. Under their support, they ran up to a verdant peak.
He looked down and saw that the mountain road was full of galloping horses, densely flashing cold lights of weapons, and layer upon layer of sun, moon, wave flags and king character flags, shaking rhythmically. At the same time, there was a wave of Mengqi from the new attached battalion followed behind.
The cavalry team could not see the head and the tail. The dense knights of the Ming Dynasty were rushing to the northern foot of the Daqing Mountain. The dense spear forest pointed directly at the sky.
Looking at the Han family's cavalry, this subordinate's heart was filled with heat, he shouted loudly, and rode his horse straight down.
"Shang Duwei, Wang Zongzhen, this is the battle report ahead!"
"Ah."
Han Chao returned a salute and said lightly, "Thank you for your hard work, let's keep up with the team."
"Follow your orders!"
The knight gave a loud shout and ran back to his team.
Wang Pu beside him stroked his mustache and snorted coldly: "If you want to run away, you will never be able to!"
He looked at the army in front of him, and exclaimed: "Strong, my Han cavalry, strong, I... I... We will be able to wipe out all the Tartars on the side of the Little Yellow River and raise our army's strength, of course. To be on the safe side, it's better to delay until the main force of the Marquis of Yongning arrives."
Han Chao beside him said: "What Wang Shuai said is very true."
Looking at the cavalrymen passing close by, he was also full of emotions. As early as that day when the "actor" and others sent back the information, he decided to send troops. The Tartars who migrated to the north were all dragged to the south of the desert, and none of them should be allowed to escape.
Hearing the drumming sound of the horse's hooves on the ground, he shouted again: "Accelerate!"
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On the edge of the Little Yellow River.
It is located at the outer end of the northern foot of Daqing Mountain. The territory is rich in water and grass, and there are many lakes. It can be said that the sky is blue, the wild is vast, and cattle and sheep can be seen under the wind and grass.
Looking back at Daqing Mountain, there is a beautiful landscape of mountains and rivers, from the flat grassland to the vast coniferous forest on the mountain, and the forest extends to the snow-capped mountains at the top of the mountain. Under the sunshine, it exudes layers of charming colors.
"Ah, I'm about to lose this beautiful pearl. Losing my Qilian Mountains will make my animals invincible. Losing my Yanzhi Mountains will make my married woman colorless. The Huns lamented this way back then, but now my tribe of Tumet , Do you want to lose your home in the same way?"
In the dense line of cattle and sheep in front of him, Guluge suddenly let out a sigh as he watched the grief-stricken faces of the tribe, and the people around him also looked dejected.
Gu Luge, Hang Gao and the others had already returned to the hiding place of the tribe, but after a few days passed, they hadn't traveled dozens of miles. There were so many cattle, sheep, carts and horses, and their movements were slow. It is whipped, but it won't be much faster. Reluctance to leave Monan is an important reason for most of the slow movements.
When Gu Luge lamented, Hang Gao remained silent. He seemed to be much older than before. In the past, he and Gu Luge did not deal with each other. Ge: "Let's go, don't be sad, right now we are leaving temporarily, but the world is unpredictable, who knows when we will call back?"
Guruge looked at him: "Can you come back?"
Hang Gao's expression was gloomy and cold: "Who can tell clearly about the things on the grassland? The Central Plains always prospers and declines. When they were in prosperity, their troops stretched across the grassland, but when they were in decline, they had to retreat to the hinterland of the Great Wall. For thousands of years, Isn't it all like this?"
He said: "If the Central Plains has always been strong, nothing will matter, but is there a China that has always been strong? When they are strong, we will avoid it. We can't stay in Monan. We go to Mobei. We can't stay in Mobei. We wander west The tribe has been nomadic to the west for a hundred years, and then back to the east for a hundred years. The Central Plains have often declined, and it is the world of our grassland warriors. We Tumet will come back. Even if we are old and cannot see that day, ours Children and grandchildren, there will always be that day!"
Guluge sighed, afraid that the Tumed tribe would leave, and later the rising tribe took advantage of the decline of the Central Plains and took the opportunity to occupy the land and grassland.
The Central Plains prospers and the other declines, but the grasslands are not the same?Can there be a tribe that has always ruled?After the Xiongnu there was Xianbei, after Xianbei there was Rouran, after Rouran there was Turkic, after Turkic there was Khitan, and then Jurchen, they Mongols, who can always be a powerful master?
Thinking about all of this, it was all because of the Manchurians who sent them troops, which finally provoked Wang Dou's revenge. He said bitterly, "It's all because of the damned Huang Taiji. It doesn't matter if he dies, but it hurts the descendants of Genghis Khan. I think I can see through these guys." Also... Also, Jierhalang and Dudu have been standing still and watching me, Tumed, regardless of my life, so the descendants of Nurhachi, are they also courageous?"
Hang Gao looked at him and shook his head speechlessly. Earlier, he wanted to surrender and it was Gu Luge who tried his best to make Wang Dou an enemy. Now he doesn’t care that Yue Tuo is his nephew. on their heads.
He said: "You can't blame the Qing Dynasty entirely. Wang Dou's main force gathered at Xinghe Station and other places. If they come to support, Jierhalang and the others will be surrounded. To Liaodong? Besides, they also went to the edge of the desert to meet them, and they will definitely be able to bring my tribe safely to Mobei. Maybe they will give us a piece of land in Liaodong afterwards..."
Guruge snorted, still full of resentment and dissatisfaction: "Responsive...responsible fart!"
Just when he was full of complaints, sentry riders came rolling in, bringing news that drove Gu Luge and others out of their wits.
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A few days later, the disheveled Guluge was full of resignation, and the coalition army headed by the Jingbian army was in formation again. Although they had only ten thousand cavalry and their own had nearly [-] young and strong cavalry, all the leaders were ashen-colored and did not dare to line up. battle.
The feathered cavalry of the Han Dynasty are terrible, more than 3000 cavalry are like a high wall, and no one can stand up to the heroes on the grassland.
Moreover, there are cavalry from Wang Pu's main battalion, Mongolian soldiers from the new attached battalion to protect the two wings, and all the shortcomings of the feather cavalry have also made up for it. How can we fight?
Hang Gao is very anxious. After these days, he has seen the strategy of Han and North Korea. He does not intend to destroy himself now, but he bites his side like a hyena, and at the same time, there are dense sentry cavalry, constantly cruising around, intercepting and killing scouts. This is waiting for the arrival of the large army, Wang Dou is coming!
You must abandon all the tribes, all the cattle and sheep, and run away on Qingqi. No matter how reluctant Guluge is to part with these belongings, he must give up!
Moreover, after being overtaken by Han and North Korea, news came that Jierhalang had already run away with thousands of Manchurian elite riders, and ran back directly to Liaodong.
Perhaps, they didn't come to rescue at all, but came to pick up cheap ones afterwards, and even had the idea of ​​taking advantage of the fire. After the rise of Wang Dou, they gave up the Tumote Department thousands of miles away. Huang Taiji painstakingly managed it and spread from Liaodong The semi-circular encirclement of Daming to Qinghai has been easily given up by Shunzhi Emperor Dorgon.
Also, the Mongols in Hetao also ran away a long time ago, and no longer paid attention to the guarantee of heavy rewards from their own people, and the Mongols from the outer vassal clan of the Khalkha Tribe also showed hesitation. Perhaps, they also had the idea of ​​​​retiring , want to retire.
Seeing Guluge's crazy appearance, still reluctant to part with the tribe's population, cattle and sheep, Hang Gao gritted his teeth, and wanted to persuade him one last time. If Guluge didn't leave, he would take the Tumed right-wing flag and go by himself.
At this moment, on the eastern horizon, hooves sounded like thunder, cavalry cavalry piled up like locusts rushed, one after another sun, moon, waves and banners spread across the sky, and Wang Dou led the main force to arrive.
Hang Gao's face was ashen, and he murmured: "It's over!"

(End of this chapter)