Jingnan Strategy

Chapter 191 Sixteen-character formula
"rush!!"

In the night, looking at the chaos in Wu Liangha's formation, Zhu Gaoxu knew that he had hit the target, so he immediately blew the wooden whistle and took the lead.

Thousands of figures followed him, killing the retreating Hu soldiers.

At this moment, the Hu soldiers saw the Bohai Navy and even saw the flag in their hands.

The red background and black border of the Suzaku flag made people's hair stand on end at this moment, and the hair on the hair of many Hu soldiers who had participated in the Battle of Jilin stood on end.

"It's the southern soldiers from Bohai!!"

The shouts had just started, and the Bohai Navy was seen rushing into the formation, fighting from left to right.

Without Azashili as the backbone, even though there were still Wanhu and Qianhu under their command, the news that the leader was dead still caused many Hu soldiers to flee.

A member of Wanhu organized more than 2000 soldiers to attack the Bohai Navy. The two sides fought back and forth. Many Hu soldiers fell from their horses, and it was rare for Bohai soldiers to fall from their horses.

"It's the southern soldiers from Bohai!"

Almost when the Bohai navy entered the battle, Haragu and Tolu Huchaer said it in unison.

Without him, there are few night blind soldiers in the Ming army in Sandu, and the only ones who can join the entire army are the Yanfu cavalry and the Bohai cavalry.

At present, the Yanfu cavalry has been taken to Kaiping by Zhu Di. The only one who can appear here and come from the northeast is Zhu Gaoxu of Bohai.

"rush!"

Halagu shook the reins of his horse without a moment's hesitation.

Not only him, many nobles and armored soldiers shook their horse reins and went to the Bohai Sea to kill.

Enemies are extremely jealous when they meet. The Battle of Jilin was a thorn in the hearts of the Ulliangha tribes. Even not counting Zhu Di, Zhu Gaoxu's Bohai Navy killed thousands of them.

This grudge must be repaid with blood today!
Although he is not good at night fighting, Haragu can't control so much at the moment.

The Ming army under Zhu Gaoxu is different from the Ming army in other capitals. If his spirit is not dampened immediately, the Bohai navy will fight them to death like a mad dog.

Zhu Gaoxu must be driven back before Zhu Quan's 3000 men react, otherwise they will not be able to save their thousands of acres of millet fields!

"Zhang Chun!!"

In the chaos of the army, Zhu Gaoxu acted as if there was no one around him. Under the protection of his bodyguards, he could kill the enemy as much as he wanted, but even so, he was still observing the battle situation.

When he saw Haragu leaving the millet field and charging toward them, he decisively called Zhang Chun back.

Zhang Chunxin understood this and left the battlefield with more than a hundred cavalry, retreating to the rear.

Haragu didn't notice Zhang Chun's hundreds of people. He kept his eyes on the Bohai Navy's banner.

Wherever Zhu Gaoxu is, there is Dahu.

To deal with the Bohai Navy, they have to kill their generals, seize the flag, and destroy their backbone.

The general is not afraid of life and death, let alone the soldiers who have received his kindness?
For a time, tens of thousands of Hu soldiers were stirred up and chased by the Bohai Navy of less than [-], shouting to kill Zhentian...

"What's going on? Doesn't this look like an act?"

At the Ningfu camp, even Liu Zhen was a little unsure.

Because the distance was too far, he could not see the Bohai Navy rushing into the formation, and the same was true for Zhu Quan and others.

But before they could think about it, Tang Qi, who was preparing for a night attack in the Ning Mansion, galloped to the front of the camp, got off his horse and bowed to Zhu Quan: "Your Highness, His Royal Highness the King of Bohai sent Tang Qi to ask for help."

"Right now, His Royal Highness the King of Bohai is leading his troops to fight with the Hu soldiers. The former rebel commander of the Taining Guards, Azashili, was killed by King Bohai with his bow. The Hu soldiers are in chaos. Please send troops!"

"Gao Xu is here?!" Although he already knew that the person coming was probably Zhu Gao Xu, when Zhu Quan actually heard the news, he was still inevitably surprised.

Of course, what surprised him even more was that Zhu Gaoxu could actually draw his bow and kill Azashili among the thousands of troops.

"Commander Liu!" Zhu Quan looked back at Liu Zhen, but Liu Zhen already understood without him having to say anything.

"The last general will lead his troops out of the camp immediately!" Liu Zhenzuo bowed and said, Zhu Quan nodded and asked someone to find his mount.

Although most of the Ningfu soldiers were night-blind, as long as they were sure that Hu Bing was not cheating, they could use Hu Bing's advantage in the light and theirs in the dark to harass Hu Bing face-to-face.

Zhu Quan was ready to lead troops to support, but Haragu and others had already led seven thousand armored soldiers and galloped to attack.

"The Khan is coming, don't panic! Hold your ground!"

At the camp, watching Haragu lead his troops, as the ten thousand households with the highest official position after Azashili's death, Akbartu began to organize the Tanma Red Army, which was retreating steadily, to start a counterattack.

However, their counterattack was too weak. Although the Tanma Red Army was already the most elite troops in Wuliangha, they were unable to resist the fat and strong Bohai Navy.

During the hand-to-hand combat, many of the Red Army explorers inevitably began to fall off their horses when facing the Bohai Navy whose number was equal to their own, and were trampled to death by thousands of troops.

Especially the horse-tanking Red Army who faced Zhu Gaoxu directly. They were often as immature as children. When faced with the iron gun in Zhu Gaoxu's hand, they were either knocked down or smashed to death on horseback.

"withdraw!"

The three thousand probing horse Red Army at the camp had been defeated, but Zhu Gaoxu was not greedy for the victory. Instead, he immediately retreated when he found that Haragu was preparing to attack with his troops.

Under the continuous sound of wooden whistles, all the Bohai navy followed the whistles and large banners and began to retreat, disappearing into the night.

Haragu led his troops to the camp. Although he failed to achieve his goal of attacking the Bohai Navy, he was not angry. Instead, he asked Tulu Huchaer to find Azashili and reorganize the three thousand horses that had been disrupted. Red Army and [-] light cavalry.

During this period, arrows were always shot at night. Although they could not penetrate the armor of the armored soldiers, such a situation of being passively beaten inevitably led to a decline in their own morale.

"Zhu Quan left the camp..."

"I saw it, don't worry about it, just stabilize your position first!"

Haisa Nan replied that Xice immediately stepped forward to remind Harawu, but Harawu was very steady. He knew that what he had to do at this time was to stabilize the army. Once the army's position became loose, Zhu Gaoxu would never miss the opportunity to attack.

He was waiting for Tulu Huchaer to come to Azashili, but he didn't expect that he could not come to Azashili. Instead, he waited for Tuluhuqar and Wanhu Akbartu with gloomy faces.

"Where's Azashili?" Haragu had a bad premonition.

"His chest was pierced by an arrow. It should have been the arrow shot by Zhu Gaoxu."

Tulu Huchaer did not hesitate to put the matter of shooting Azashili on Zhu Gaoxu. After all, in Sandusi, only Ping'an and Zhu Gaoxu could shoot through Mingjia with armor-piercing arrows.

It is impossible for Ping An to appear here, then Zhu Gaoxu is the only one.

As Tolu Huchaer said this, Harawu's face gradually became ugly.

He thought of many people, but he did not expect that Zhu Gaoxu would dare to come.

In his subconscious mind, Jilin City did not have many soldiers and horses, and there were many casualties last year. Now he should just go to Jilin to lick his wounds.

But something he didn't expect finally happened. Zhu Gaoxu was still as brave as he was in the Battle of Jilin.

But the difference is that last time he only had [-] cavalry, but this time he has thousands.

Although these thousands of people are not armored cavalry, fighting on the grassland makes Mingjia Qingqi even more difficult to deal with.

"Are we going to do this until daybreak?"

Haisanan answered Xi and asked Harawu. Harawu wanted to answer, but suddenly he saw a fire suddenly burning in the millet fields to the north.

"Boy! Put out the fire!"

Seeing the mill fields being set on fire, Haragu knew without much thought that this was Zhu Gaoxu's doing.

He didn't have time to think too much and quickly turned around and ordered everyone to go put out the fire.

As Zhu Quan went north, Halagu asked his tribe to retreat north with their cattle and sheep, so their rations were only left with this harvestable millet field.

If the millet fields were burned down, they would have to escape hungry.

"drive!!"

Under Haragu's command, the nearly [-] Hu soldiers who had just stabilized their position began to ride towards the millet fields outside Ulianghatu City.

Not long after they moved, another dull and dense sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded in the night.

In an instant, thousands of Bohai navy troops rushed into the firelight from the darkness and began to intercept the middle of Harauna's long team.

The army was cut off in the middle, and the armored soldiers and light cavalry were divided into two parts.

Unlike the elite armored soldiers, the conscripted light cavalry Hu soldiers immediately became disorganized and began to flee in all directions after encountering the attack of the Bohai Navy.

"Fell into a trap!" When he heard the sound of horse hooves, Harawu quickly turned around, and sure enough he saw the team being cut off at the waist.

He immediately mobilized more than [-] surviving armored soldiers to return to the division for rescue. However, as soon as the Bohai Navy saw that they began to change the direction of the team, they rushed into the night again without hesitation.

Just one word later, when Harawu returned to rescue, the Bohai Navy had disappeared, and only the faint sound of horse hooves could be heard to prove their existence.

"Have you seen how many of them there are?!"

Haragu questioned the people around him, but everyone looked at each other and could not see how many people there were in the Bohai Navy.

"It should be four or five thousand, or five or six thousand."

Tolu Huchaer has been observing, but the firelight at night is too chaotic, and even he cannot judge clearly.

This situation made Harawu hold a breath in his chest and he could not release it.

"Continue to put out the fire, and the Red Army will defend the light troops!"

Haragu decided to use the Tanma Red Army separately. For a time, the mile-long team was defended by the Tanma Red Army. They held short soldiers and were ready to fight with the Bohai Navy at any time.

However, in the night, Zhu Gaoxu was no longer eager to launch a third attack.

"It's strange, these people really can't see us?"

In the night, Zhang Chun led more than a hundred riders back to the team, talking and laughing.

He led more than a hundred cavalry to set fire to the millet fields. This was the tactic Zhu Gaoxu had explained before the battle.

As long as they attack the camp, Haragu will definitely return to rescue them. At this time, they will set fire to divide the Hu soldiers again.

After two rounds of attacks, many Hu soldiers were killed by the Bohai Navy formation. Although the Hu soldiers had many troops, they were not as elite as the Bohai Navy and the Ming Army.

Zhu Gaoxu and the others dismounted and regained their power under the cover of night, knowing that Harawu would not dare to go deep.

In fact, the best way now is for Halagu to extinguish the torch and hide in the city of Ulianghatu.

However, Wuliangha Tucheng cannot accommodate so many people, not to mention the discipline of the Hu soldiers. Once the torches are extinguished, they are likely to collapse when encountering an impact.

As long as Haragu and the others still hold the torch, Zhu Gaoxu and the others will know where to attack.Although they were not night-blind, without the guidance of fire, they would not know which direction to attack Harawu and the others.

What Zhu Gaoxu expected was that Haragu did not dare to extinguish the torch.

In terms of discipline, the Uliang Hahu soldiers were far worse than the Ming army, let alone the Bohai navy.

"Do you want to continue to attack?"

Next to him, Fu Rang asked Zhu Gaoxu, but Zhu Gaoxu took out the hourglass in the cloth bag on the side of his saddle and looked at it.

"No, let's dismount and rest."

"Dismount and rest?"

Listening to Zhu Gaoxu's words, Fu Rang was stunned for a moment, and then he reacted: "You want to wait for work in leisure?"

"Well!" Zhu Gaoxu's voice sounded, and he explained: "We have enough horsepower, but Hu Bing's horsepower has not been used yet."

"You, Lin Su, and Zhang Chun each bring a thousand brothers to harass them back and forth, consuming their arrows and horse power."

"Once they run out of arrows, they'll have to fight us hand-to-hand."

"We are not good at riding and shooting, but we are their ancestors in hand-to-hand combat!"

"Understood!" Fu Rang nodded, and then began to ask the guards to dismount and walk, informing the entire army how to fight.

Soon, the Bohai navy began to harass Wu Liangha's Hu soldiers. Wu Liangha did not order a counterattack when he saw this. Instead, he asked the soldiers to stand firm and all the light soldiers dismounted to put out the fire and harvest corn.

"It seems that this old thief is not prepared to fight and is preparing to retreat at dawn."

Seeing that Wu Liangha's troops were motionless, Zhu Gaoxu was not disappointed that his plan had failed.

After all, Halagu was also a respectable general in the Northern Yuan Dynasty. He was able to survive Hongwu's Thirteen Northern Expeditions and control the various tribes of Uliangha. It would have been impossible without two brushes.

"Your Highness, if this old thief really retreats, what will we do?"

Lin Su asked, and Fu Rang also looked at Zhu Gaoxu. Although he couldn't see his facial features clearly, Fu Rang could feel that Zhu Gaoxu had something up his sleeve.

"Sixteen words..." Zhu Gaoxu spoke softly, and before the two of them could react, he continued: "When the enemy advances, I retreat; when the enemy is stationed, I harass; when the enemy is tired, I attack; when the enemy retreats, I pursue!"

After Zhu Gaoxu finished speaking, he continued to make arrangements: "If Haragu can calm down until dawn, then we will not attack for the time being and harass them as much as possible."

"They want to go north, so let them go. We have plenty of food anyway."

He was very confident when he said this. Because he had conquered the Wuliangha Mountain Village and harvested tens of thousands of stones of local grain, Zhu Gaoxu had the capital to fight.

In the past four days, Jilin's ten [-]-ton horse boats have transported the grain from Wuliang Hashan to the mouth of the Sachakhe River, and handed it over to the [-]-ton horse boats that cannot enter the Wen River basin.

Zhao Mu should still be busy transporting cattle and sheep, but it doesn't matter. All the food in Wuliang Hashan has not been transported yet, so Zhu Gaoxu told Zhao Mu to leave two thousand stones.

At present, there are 7000 people in his own army and Zhu Quan's. The two thousand stones of food are enough for them to eat for half a month. With the ten days of military rations carried by the army, it will not be a problem to last for a month.

The only shortcoming is the horse feed, but the horse feed can also be replaced with corn. At most, the supply will be shortened to about 20 days.

20 days is long enough, I won’t take that long.

"Your Highness, His Highness Prince Ning is here."

Fu Rang's voice reminded Zhu Gaoxu. He looked back and saw a team holding hundreds of torches for lighting.

"Come on, come with me and take a look." Zhu Gaoxu told Fu Rang, and then said to Lin Su beside him: "Don't stop harassing Wu Liangha."

"Yes!" Lin Su bowed in agreement, and Zhu Gaoxu also took Fu Rang and dozens of riders and galloped towards Zhu Quan.

They lit torches so the Ningfu cavalry could see their armor and banners.

Without any obstruction, Zhu Gaoxu led Fu Rang to the front of the Ningfu cavalry formation. Zhu Quan and Liu Zhen also rode forward.

This is the first meeting between uncle and nephew, but this meeting is a bit awkward.

Although Zhu Quan is not as good as Zhu Di, he is at least a middle-class figure. In addition, the mount under his crotch is also an Arabian war horse, so he still looks quite tall on horseback.

However, when Zhu Gaoxu rode Chi Huan over, Zhu Quan was almost half shorter than Zhu Gaoxu.

"Uncle Seventeen!"

Zhu Gaoxu held the reins of the horse and bowed, while Zhu Quan was stunned after seeing Zhu Gaoxu's true appearance, and then responded: "Gao Xuqian is tall, and I don't dare to recognize him for a while."

"I just have some strength." Zhu Gaoxu said modestly, but Liu Zhen glanced at the dozens of horses Zhu Gaoxu brought.

When he saw Fu Rang, he was stunned for a moment, nodded as a greeting, and then continued to look at him.

Not to mention anything else, these dozens of cavalrymen alone, although they vary in height, are all very strong, like solid wooden pillars.

In comparison, Ning Mansion's cavalry looked a little thin.

Not only that, Zhu Gaoxu's dozens of riders had sharp eyes and glanced left and right from time to time, which showed that they did not suffer from night blindness, which also confirmed Liu Zhen's suspicion that there were very few night blind people in the Bohai Navy.

After all, Liu Zhen had cooperated with Song Sheng in the northwest, and had also trained with Feng Sheng, Fu Youde, and Li Jinglong. He knew that soldiers like Bohai Palace must have spent a lot of money and effort to train them.

With this alone, Zhu Gaoxu is not a reckless man with no strength, not to mention his performance in catching Haragu off guard tonight.

"Are we going to fight again?"

Zhu Quan looked at the Wuliangha Hu soldiers who were waiting in full formation, and then looked back at Zhu Gaoxu.

In response, Zhu Gaoxu shook his head: "Now that Haragu is on guard, it will be difficult for him to charge into the formation."

"Next, we just need to keep harassing him and shoot his soldiers who want to get water or who are alone."

"This..." After hearing Zhu Gaoxu's words, Zhu Quan hesitated a little. When Liu Zhen saw this, he continued: "Our army has less than ten days of food and grass. If we continue to drive north, we may be in danger of running out of food."

"There is no need to worry about this." Zhu Gaoxu comforted him: "My Bohai Navy has stockpiled two thousand dan of corn in the Wenwen River in the east. Our headquarters still has ten days of military rations, which is enough for us to drive north for another ten days."

"Okay!" Hearing what Zhu Gaoxu said, Zhu Quan was relieved. When Zhu Gaoxu saw this, he also told him about his sneak attack on Wuliang Hashan Mountain and his journey south to hit the grass valley.

Hearing that Zhu Gaoxu had taken out Wuliang Hashan, Zhu Quan and the others finally understood why Zhu Gaoxu dared to continue their drive north.

He has taken away all the cattle, sheep and food in Wuliangha Mountain. This year, the food rations of Wuliangha tribes will definitely be insufficient.

When the news about Wu Liang Hashan spreads, the morale of Wu soldiers under Hal Wu will definitely be shaken.

However, Zhu Quan still didn't understand one thing, and that was why Zhu Gaoxu was so persistent in launching troops against Wu Liangha.

"If it is true as you say, then even if we do not need to take action, when the white disaster comes in winter, I am afraid that the people and horses of the Ulangha tribe will die of hunger and cold."

"It seems unreasonable to fight them again..."

Zhu Quan asked Zhu Gaoxu, but Zhu Gaoxu said: "Uncle Seventeen, what you said is easy to say, but my nephew's Zhaozhou City is only [-] miles away from Wuliang Hashan Mountain. If these Hu soldiers go south to my side, my nephew will But it’s a disaster.”

"Because of this, my nephew can only make them stay in Modong by severely injuring them."

"Okay..." Zhu Quan felt that what Zhu Gaoxu said was a bit far-fetched, but he didn't think about it. After all, Zhu Gaoxu was offering food, so there was no need for him to refuse.

"Everyone, please dismount and rest. Wait until dawn before fighting this old slave."

"In addition, order the remaining six thousand civilians in the southern camp to retreat, so as not to slow down the march tomorrow."

Zhu Quan ordered Liu Zhen, and Liu Zhen bowed in response, and then ordered the entire army to extinguish their torches, dismount their horses, and rest.

With Zhu Gaoxu providing rations and the headquarters' food and grass shortage, Zhu Quan naturally asked the civilians to retreat.

Anyway, it is very safe all the way south for [-] miles now, so they don't have to worry about retreating.

After making all arrangements, Zhu Quan and Zhu Gaoxu dismounted and sat on the grass.

They were chatting about some things, and some of the soldiers in the Ning Mansion who had not yet had enough sleep began to lie down and rest.

Zhu Gaoxu held the hourglass in his hand and waited for the sky to start to lighten.

Compared with their ease, Haragu's side was racing against time.

When harvesting corn in the millet, they need to be constantly vigilant, because the Bohai Navy may shoot rockets from which direction.

Because the corn fields were so large, the Bohai navy could set fire to them at will and burn down the fertile fields.

It only took one action for them to set the fire, but it took a lot of effort for Wu Liangha's light soldiers to put out the fire.

Time passed, and at four quarters from Yin Shi to Mao Shi, the dark clouds in the sky finally began to dissipate, and a touch of fish belly white began to appear on the distant horizon.

The surrounding grasslands are a bit brighter, and the Bohai Navy and Ningfu Cavalry are ready.

"Extinguishing!"

Haragu opened his eyes all night and was finally able to see clearly the size of the Ming army.

When he saw that the two Ming armies totaled no less than six or seven thousand troops, his heart sank.

He looked back at the millet fields that were being harvested. It was obviously unrealistic to harvest them all.

"Do you want to wait until the food is harvested before leaving? We can go to Wuliangha Tu City to take a rest."

Tulu Huchaer came to Harawu and suggested, but Harawu shook his head: "It is easy to enter this city, but it is difficult to get out."

"Their armored soldiers are not much less than ours. If they want to besiege the city, we won't be able to last long with the food in our hands."

"But they don't necessarily have much food." Tolu Huchaer frowned, but Harawu raised his head and asked him: "Are you sure?"

"I..." Tuolu Huchaer was silent. He was not sure. After all, Zhu Gaoxu came to the northeast, which was the direction in which the Ulliangha tribe retreated.

Whenever he intercepts one or two tribes that are grazing and retreating north, the cattle and sheep will be enough to feed them for a month or two.

Tulu Huchaer was still silent, but Haragu stood up.

He looked at the flag of the Bohai Navy with calm eyes, and then gave the difficult order:
"We will set out at noon. The unfinished harvest of the millet fields will be burned on the spot. Don't leave a grain of rice to Zhu Gaoxu!"

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　　I don’t understand why I got gout because I don’t smoke, drink, or eat offal. The pain is very depressing.

　　I prescribed some medicine to try to see if it can relieve the pain. If it doesn't work, I'll probably spend the next two days doing voice coding, which may last for a few days as a single chapter, and then resume double updates when the gout passes.

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