Jingming

Chapter 390 I have only done extraordinary things in my life
"The governor asked you to send more sentries to Qinghai, just obey the order!"

In Guyuan City, Tang Shunzhi firmly gave the order.

The imperial chariot is coming, the news has spread, and the emperor is on his way.

Tang Shunzhi knew the strategy decided at this military affairs meeting, but the people under him did not.

"Gansu has a long and narrow terrain. Suzhou Guards, Ganzhou Five Guards, and Zhenyi Stations are mobilized according to the governor's deployment." Tang Shunzhi then looked at the governors and generals of Ningxia and Yansui towns, "Don't ask other questions from this governor. Your Majesty will start the battle as soon as your Majesty arrives, send more sentries and cavalry to detect the enemy's situation, and prepare the army according to the deployment!"

"Dutai, Xuanda has already attacked Zhang Bei!" The people below are not stupid. "Your Majesty has arrived in Taiyuan. Is it just to suppress the captives and prevent them from going to rescue? Then the three of us... "

Tang Shunzhi shouted to stop them: "If I am here, I will always have merit! Now it is a big chess game against the northern captives, and all armies must act according to orders. If it ruins the overall situation, it will be a crime but no merit! Send the sentry cavalry first Go out, make the captives suspicious, and divide your troops to defend. You will not be able to live in peace for the whole spring and summer, and it will be easier to fight back!"

After spending three years here, Tang Shunzhi also gained some prestige.

However, Yu Dayou recaptured a small Tucheng and granted him the title of Bo. Now that the generals on the three sides heard that the Tumote tribe had migrated to the northeast, the captives were in an isolated and helpless state, and they could not restrain their desire to make contributions. ?

First, His Majesty wanted to drive to the northwest. They thought he was going to repeat his trap.

Later I heard that Xuanda had already broken out of the border wall and the formation was huge.In addition, Tang Shunzhi's deployment did not look like he was going to attack Hetao as soon as possible, which made them even more anxious.

Exactly when and how to fight is a bit confusing now.

Seeing that they were still hesitant to speak, Tang Shunzhi said solemnly: "The Tao captives cannot be defeated in one fell swoop! The Tao captives must not be eliminated. Those who escaped will join the Ora tribes. From now on, we will face three enemies." There are more tribes, and there are no border walls to defend. It is located in the northwest, and it is even more difficult to transport food, grass and military supplies. If it is gained and lost again, wouldn’t it be a useless effort? This cannot be ignored!"

The generals can only consider the immediate military exploits, but Tang Shunzhi has to consider the issues after recapturing the Hetao.

The current border defense line basically follows the mountainous terrain.If the Hetao is recaptured and the Tumut tribe has migrated away, it will not be easy to hold the Hetao in the future.Except for the Yinshan Mountains in the north of Hetao, there are Gobi, desert and wasteland to the west and north.

Therefore, the most difficult thing is how to eliminate as many Taoists as possible in one battle, making it easier to defend the core Hetao area from behind.

To do this, some should be diverted away and as much as possible should be blocked.

The east side is naturally easy to talk about, and the west side can also find a way, but what about the north side?
Therefore, Tang Shunzhi wanted to buy time to attract Gunbilik's attention.

At this moment, Datong was adding troops to Tucheng, and someone was peeking into Liangcheng from the direction of Shahukou, which had been taken by Gunbilik.

In Xuanfu and the north of Jizhou, the main force of Xuanda and the Duoyan tribe were launching an operation to wipe out many tribes under Yongxie Buwanhu.

Among these armies, there is also a special unit, their number is less than a thousand.

In the darkness, the troops reached the top of a mountain and were scattered sparsely on the ridgeline, silently looking at the bonfire and tents in the distance.

"This is the Karaqin tribe, right?"

"You can't be wrong." A man from the Duoyan tribe looked at the people next to him in awe and replied in a low voice.

"That's easy to handle." In the dark night, the man grinned, and the Duoyan tribe man thought his teeth looked chilling.

"Eat something, take a nap, and wait until midnight."

As the order was issued, the men from the Duoyan tribe saw that the elite Ming soldiers from the top of the mountain to both sides simply took out some dried meat and cold biscuits from the bags they carried and ate them silently.

Their movements were not much louder than the mountain wind.

Then he saw some people take out a roll of blankets tied to the side of the bag and open it.It's called a blanket, but it's sewn like a leather bag. Some people use such a bag to put themselves in, and then fall asleep on the spot.

This must be the most terrifying army in the Ming Dynasty. Along the way, as a guide, he felt more and more suffocated.

He had no idea how he could keep up with their marching speed.One day he was so tired that he fainted. When he woke up, he found that he was being carried by a man. After being called awake to get his bearings, he realized that he had gone more than twenty miles.

The person carrying him seemed to be fine, which made him wonder if he was being carried by him all the way, or if he changed people along the way - it shouldn't be possible, right?Otherwise, you will wake up.

So... is this the one who killed Bodi with one arrow under Amber's command in Daming Town?

Yan Chunsheng also sat on the ground, back to back with the other two soldiers, and closed his eyes.

The men in Duoyan Department soon heard his even breathing, which meant that Yan Chunsheng had fallen asleep.

How could they sleep?Won't we have to fight at night like before?

But the Haraqin tribe in front of them was not comparable to some of the small tribes they had passed before.

As one of the large tribes under the Yongxiebu Wanhu, the Haraqin Tribe is not much smaller than the Duoyan Tribe. What's more, there is a roaring wind on the grassland at this time, and they are also very vigilant.

Just wondering like this, he couldn't bear it for a while, so he huddled up and hid behind the rocks and fell asleep in a daze.

After a long time, he woke up only when he heard the sound of cannon.

When he opened his eyes, the Zhen Anbo and other generals were no longer around him. There was only one man standing on the top of the mountain, holding a cylinder in his hand and looking into the distance.On the other two sides, there were two teams of people guarding the stacked backpacks.

Hearing the noise, he looked back and said, "The fight is about to start. You won't be in the way. Come over."

The man from the Duoyan tribe walked over in confusion and stared into the distance, then slowly opened his mouth.

He had never seen the seemingly chaotic figures moving around here more than half an hour ago, nor had he seen that the riots in the Kalaqin tribe started from various places at almost the same time.

But now, he could only see a fire burning in the center of the Karaqin tribe's tent.

Where are the sentinels from the Karaqin tribe?Where are their cavalry and war horses?
Following the man who stayed to "look after" him, the man from the Duoyan tribe walked forward, his heart trembling with excitement: "Did you win?"

"That's natural. When we get there, I'll give you a horse and go back quickly to bring the rest of your tribe over. My uncle wants nothing less!"

"Okay!" His voice was full of joy, "Why did you win so quickly?"

There was only a disdainful chuckle in response to him, but he didn't explain anything.

Naturally, the things done by the special operations battalion cannot be judged by common sense.

Although this tribe is not small, the water plants are beginning to become lush and there are not many tribesmen who go to the surrounding areas to graze.

Those who stay here may be several thousand, perhaps more than ten thousand?But apart from the bodyguards of the lord of the Kalaqin tribe, who is said to be Anda's younger brother, most of them are women, children and the elderly.

The special operations battalion travels day and night, and their speed is far beyond that of ordinary troops.Attacking when people are most tired, and everyone has been working hard to practice their skills on weekdays.He moves quickly, avoids light and hides in shadows, has excellent archery skills, and is dressed in pieces.

Anyone who was touched into the outer cordon, even if it could not reach the deepest point, was still incomparable to the enemy who could not conduct effective command in the turmoil after the initial round of attacks.

The terrible thing is that since it is a special operations camp, foreign languages ​​also need to be learned.The biggest enemy was the Beilu, so in the initial commotion, they also understood who the leaders were who were called and approached by others.

Then, arrows with terrifyingly high accuracy, one to ten combat power per person, specially made muskets, grenades, oil rockets...

If the command system is in chaos, no matter how many people there are, they are still headless.

In such "street fighting" at night in camps, the people in the special operations battalion can be called the gods of death.

Once the casualties reach [-]% or [-]%, it will enter the collapse time.

When the man from the Duoyan tribe walked to the camp area where the main members of the Kalaqin tribe were currently stationed as herders, he only saw two to three hundred Ming generals seizing the horses they had just captured and tamed, showing that they were not inferior to The elite prairie soldiers patrolled around.

You can see horse hoof prints scattered to the north, west and east. Of course, many people still escaped.

But at the moment, there are still densely packed women and children captives surrounded by more than 300 people in an open space. The atmosphere is so frightened that they are trembling with suppressed cries. Yan Chunsheng sits calmly on a table covered with tiger skins. He was eating cake on a chair, with a young head with eyes still closed beneath his feet.

The man from the Duoyan tribe recognized him, who was Gunbilik and Ada's biological brother, the new lord of the Kalaqin tribe, Bayas Harle?

He didn't see the old man among the prisoners, so of course they couldn't all have escaped. They were probably... all killed.

How many women and children are left now?The Haraqin tribe is basically finished.

"There are a lot of people. Go and report the news quickly." Yan Chunsheng waved two fingers, "Give him two horses. The three of you will protect him and go together."

The men in the Duoyan tribe looked at him like a demon.

There are only less than a thousand of them!If we keep fighting like this, won't we be invincible?
Of course, fighting is not what he, an inexperienced person, thought, and the special operations battalion cannot continue to fight like this.

After he and three men from the special operations battalion rode to report the news, Yan Chunsheng ordered: "Keep half of the treasure found and return it to the brothers who were killed and injured last night. A hundred of you, take the rest first." A thousand more prisoners will go to Tucheng, and then come back with supplies to join us."

"General, is it enough for the remaining brothers to stay here?"

"What's not enough? Don't be nagging."

After a fierce battle, the special operations battalion killed 26 people here, and more than 200 others were killed.

Now it was necessary to separate 100 men and leave with some horses, but Yan Chunsheng was not afraid that the escaped people would bring news, which would attract Yongxie Buwanhu to counterattack.

Under the arrows and muskets of the special operations battalion, there were soon endless cries, and howls of children holding their arms and refusing to be separated.

Yan Chunsheng stood up and shouted in his awkward "bird language": "I have rescued more than 600 Han people in your tribe! In the past, you killed my people from the Ming Dynasty and took them as slaves. Now, I, We are back. If you want to live, just accept your fate! From today on, this place will return to the Ming Dynasty! Back then, I killed Bodi with one arrow. Last night, I also killed him with one arrow! Since I didn’t kill you last night , I won’t prepare to kill you again. But if you cry and refuse to accept your fate again, I will be unhappy and I might kill you!"

After that, he stopped looking at them and turned around to walk to the other side.

Over there, there were more than 100 people surrounding more than 600 people.

Yan Chunsheng arrived there, but he hadn't finished eating the cake in his hand.

His eyes scanned these people, including men and women, and no one was older.

He finished the last mouthful, drank some more water, and then said: "This general is Yan Chunsheng, An Bo of Daming Town. Maybe you have heard about the battle more than four years ago. This general shot an arrow outside Zhen'an Fort. Kill Bodi, and thus become the uncle. Now, I will kill him to the north of the Great Wall."

There was a bit of a commotion in the crowd, and now they were all kneeling.

Yan Chunsheng continued: "Many of you were kidnapped. But I also know that some of you also surrendered on your own initiative. Some of you who surrendered are unable to survive in the border town, and some have evil intentions!"

His eyes turned cold and he said coldly: "Now that I have come to kill you, there is no need to be afraid of those who were kidnapped or those who had no choice but to throw themselves here alive. As for those thieves with evil intentions who surrendered to the enemy, now I Come forward and I will give you a good reward. If you are identified, I will have my own means to give you a taste of purgatory first."

"I forgot to mention that the powerful force that I am leading now is affiliated with the Jin Yiwei. They are all proficient in the methods of jailing!"

The sound spread in the wind, and several people in the crowd suddenly turned pale.

Yan Chunsheng was too lazy to care too carefully whether they would take the opportunity to take revenge for their daily grudges.

No matter what, both sides need to give people a head start.

Next, Yan Chunsheng will have to wait here for a while.His purpose of appearing on the battlefield here has been achieved, and there is still a more difficult task that needs to be completed.

To this end, he needed some trustworthy new hands, and these Han people who were taken captive on the grasslands were naturally the best helpers.

After beheading thirteen Han Chinese who were unanimously identified as members of the White Lotus sect, Yan Chunsheng assigned a new task to some young men among them: each of them was to divide the family of women and children from the Karaqin tribe who were still staying here. In this case, more than a thousand people can be digested.After dividing, re-crowd the tents that have not been burned, and then repair the outer fortifications.

During this process, the special operations battalion sent out more than ten teams of sentries to the north, west, and northeast.

Now, there are only more than 200 Han women.

"You have all suffered." Yan Chunsheng looked at them, "I have already asked you. You were taken captive, and other Han slaves have no right to touch you. You are all working as cattle and horses in the tents of the big and small captive chiefs. Now, I can’t send you back first, and you won’t have any good way to make a living if you are sent back.”

Among the sobs, some were happy and some were terrified.

It was a dark day in the past, and we don’t know what will happen in the future.

The captive men were already familiar with life on the grassland.In the future, they can take some Mongolian women and children to live in Tucheng.There may still be some short and middle-aged men who remember hatred, but in the face of the future general trend and the relationship between Han Dynasty, those will not be a big problem.Yan Chunsheng doesn't need to worry about these things.

Yan Chunsheng had other plans for these abducted women.

"This general and his generals will stay here for a while. When the border troops arrive, you may wish to take a look. Later, the border troops will be stationed here again, and some new cities will be built. Some brothers will also Since I don’t have a family, I might just let you be my concubine, which will give me a backbone in the future. Now that Your Majesty doesn’t owe wages, life is easy. During this period, you first take care of your injured brother and do some Hot meals and dishes. If my subordinates fall in love with you, I will be able to make the decision and send you back to the capital first."

Yan Chunsheng said it bluntly, but when these women heard it, they all seemed to see a glimmer of light.

The life of an ordinary soldier is just like grass and grass, and there is not much elegance to say about it.And they can no longer pay attention to it.

Maybe, someone will treat them well?
What's more, if he is favored by this uncle's soldiers, as a member of the Jin Yiwei, he can go to live in the capital. From now on, at least he will not have to worry about losing his life on the grassland.

After spending some time arranging these things, Yan Chunsheng found a tent and slept.

As for his lieutenant also choosing two pretty girls to serve him at his request, that is a story for another day.

After the war, the special operations battalion temporarily relaxed, but they also remembered the lessons learned in daily life and did not dare to be careless.They are very clear about such things as indulgence, because everyone knows that now is just an appetizer. They are out of the way, and there are more serious tasks to complete.

In the words of Yan Chunsheng: I have only done extraordinary things in my life!

The same is naturally true for the special operations battalion.

(End of this chapter)