Daming wolf ride

Updated: 2012-11-11

When the drums of the Jin army sounded, the white-haired Zhang Chun sat on the chariot and shouted three times to the other side of the river: "Cross the river! Cross the river! Cross the river!" Regardless of the obstruction of the soldiers, he resolutely snatched the horsewhip from the driver. , Yi Huigui drove the chariot towards the Xiaoling River.

One of the coaches of the two sides ignored the danger and personally led the chariot to supervise the formation, while the other personally beat the war drums for his subordinates.

Both Huang Taiji and Zhang Chun knew that the battle had reached its most critical moment, and whoever couldn't hold on would lose.

Although there were heavy casualties, the Ming army basically maintained its organizational system. There are still more than 1000 chariots left, the vitality of the army has not been damaged, and there are still more than 3 troops. The chariot formation of the Ming army will continue to play a role, so if you persist, you may not lose. [

Under the urging of generals at all levels, the ministries of the Ming army crossed the river one after another. On the other side of the river, the cavalry of the Jin army had roared.

One wanted to cross, and the other was not allowed to cross, and a fierce battle broke out in the river.

"Fire!"

The sound of "bang bang" sounded, and the dense crossbow arrows shot at the Jin army in black. After paying a huge loss, the inlaid red flag once again hit the Ming army's chariot formation.

After destroying dozens of chariots in front of him, Azig led his red-armored fangyala soldiers into the Ming army formation in one go. Immediately, flesh and blood were scattered, and the Ming and Jin sides fought fiercely in the chariot formation stand up.

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At this time, the top of the Dalinghe city was already full of Liaodong army generals. When Tong Yangxing's artillery battalion opened fire, the Ming army at the top of the city heard it and rushed down to report to Zu Dashou.

When Zu Dashou heard the news, he couldn't tell the truth from the fake, because he had already been fooled by Mrs. Hong once, so he was really not sure whether the sound of the artillery meant that the reinforcements had really come.

Just in case, he climbed to the top of the city with He Kegang, Zhang Cunren, Liu Tianlu and others. After listening for a while, he felt that the sound of the artillery this time was different from the previous ones. Look, it is true that the reinforcements cannot be prepared this time, otherwise there is no need for the Jin army to deploy heavy troops under the city.

"Shuai Zu, it looks like the reinforcements have really arrived, let's go out of the city to meet them!"

He Kegang, who was so hungry that his face was swollen, couldn't restrain his excitement, finally the wait came, finally the wait came!The emperor and the supervisor did not abandon them!

Excited, my first thought was to immediately organize troops out of the city to meet the reinforcements, attack from inside and outside, and beat Jiannu by surprise!

But Zu Dashou said hesitantly: "In case this reinforcement is still fake, we are afraid that we will not even have the strength to defend the city. Why don't we wait until the reinforcements arrive and see clearly."

Seeing that Zu Dashou was unwilling to go out of the city to meet the reinforcements, He Kegang said anxiously: "Shuai Zu, how can there be so many red barbarian cannons in Jiannu? This reinforcement must be real! We should rush out of the city immediately to join the reinforcements, otherwise, it will be a real disaster." It's all over!"

The reinforcements were real, He Kegang expected it, but he didn't expect that the red cannon was not his family's, but an imitation made by Jiannu.But right now, no one knew that the Jin army could build artillery, so He Kegang's statement was echoed by Liu Tianlu, Gao Guanghui and other generals, who all said that the reinforcements must be true.

Zu Dashou still hesitated, thought for a while, finally shook his head, and said to the generals: "Why don't I want to rush out, but can we rush out? It doesn't take much, Jiannu only need 1000 people to go there , we will never even think about rushing over, not to mention there are still four trenches.”

"Marshal Zu, don't miss this opportunity, let's fight with our backs. If you win, the siege will be over; if you lose, you will die at most. It is better to die in battle than starve to death!"

He Kegang no longer had the strength to speak anymore, hunger made it difficult for him to stand up now, if he hadn't supported the wall, he might have fallen to the ground already.

Most of the generals were unwilling to starve to death in the city, and He Kegang's call for battle was supported by most of the generals, even Zu Dashou's two younger brothers agreed to leave the city.The eldest son Zu Zerun also advised Zu Dashou to send a team out of the city to find out whether it was true or not.Everyone knows what's going on in the city. If you have a chance to survive, you always have to try. You just miss the chance to survive, and everyone is really not reconciled. [

Zu Dashou did not nod for a long time.

"Marshal Zu, let's send troops. It's not too late. If you hesitate, you will miss the opportunity!"

He Kegang gritted his teeth and said the last sentence, his legs and feet went limp, and he collapsed to the ground.Seeing this, Liu Tianlu and others rushed to help him, but he waved his hand to stop him, and looked at Zu Dashou motionlessly, with indescribable determination in his eyes.

"This…"

Zu Dashou was distressed. He was afraid that the reinforcements were real, but also that the reinforcements were fake. The last time he went out of the city, he lost more than 3000 elite soldiers. It really hurts his heart to see a veteran of hundreds of battles just folded outside the city like this.Right now, my direct descendants in the city are less than four thousand, and the rest are subordinates of He Kegang, Zhang Cunren and others. If Mrs. Hong is still playing tricks this time, then the soldiers and horses leaving the city must be meat buns beating dogs and never returning.

With no soldiers under his command, will the generals still obey their orders?Even if they really can't hold on in the future, if they want to go that way, will He Kegang and the others listen to him?If I don't listen, wouldn't I be burdened by them, and die here to be loyal to the country?

No, you can't send troops, you can't send troops!

If it is really reinforcements, the supervisor must mobilize heavy troops to come, not necessarily the few people in the city to support them, and it will not be too late to leave the city after the reinforcements arrive at the city.

After making up his mind, Zu Dashou wanted to completely reject the suggestion of going out of the city to receive reinforcements, but after seeing He Kegang's eyes, he couldn't help hesitating again.

This He Kegang, like his ancestor Dashou, is a general promoted by Dutang Yuan Chonghuan after he came to Liaodong. He participated in both the Ningyuan City Defense Battle and the Ningjin War. , He Kegang was also promoted to lieutenant general.It can be said that in the hearts of the generals in Dalinghe City, his ancestor Dashou and He Kegang are actually respected equally. In name, one is the chief soldier and the other is the deputy general, but in fact the status of the two is equal.Therefore, he had to pay attention to He Kegang's opinion. What's more, his younger brother and son were also in favor of going out of the city, so he had to think carefully.

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In the early years, Yuan Chonghuan eliminated all the generals outside the pass, leaving only three people, namely He Kegang, Zu Dashou, and Zhao Lediao. He Kegang defended Ningyuan with the title of deputy general, which shows Yuan Chonghuan's trust in him.Yuan Chonghuan even said that He Kegang was "benevolent and courageous, honest and diligent, good at doing things, and his talents are not in the subordinates. The ministers set up the establishment, which can really be the strength of the guide".

However, since Yuan Chonghuan was imprisoned and killed, He Kegang's situation gradually became more difficult.He made a lot of contributions in the battle to recover the four cities of Yongping and the battle to aid Jinzhou, but he has not been promoted.With his ability, he can obviously be alone, but he can only be Zu Dashou's deputy in charge of Yuan Chonghuan's old department for a long time, while Wu Xiang, Huang Long and others who are inferior in ability have been promoted to the general army.

Although both are Yuan Chonghuan's favorite generals, the relationship between Zu Dashou and He Kegang is actually very ordinary.From the incident of Wu Xiang being promoted to Jinzhou General Soldier, it can be seen that Zu Dashou does not believe in any truth in his heart and wants to exclude him.

Wu Xiang was Zu Dashou's brother-in-law, and he didn't have any outstanding military achievements, but he jumped over He Kegang to become Liaodong General under Zu Dashou's leadership, which shows that Zu Dashou couldn't tolerate He Kegang.

One of the evil consequences of He Kegang's long-term residence as the lieutenant general was that after the construction of the Daling River city began, he and Zu Dashou were sent to guard together.After the Jin army besieged the city, two good generals were trapped in the city together, so that Sun Chengzong and Qiu Hejia had to use mediocre talents like Wu Xiang to command the Ming army to rescue Dalinghe.

If He Kegang and Zu Dashou can support each other one mile and one outside, one defends the city and the other supports, then the battle of Daling River may not be without the possibility of victory.

But the fact is that both Zu He and Zu He are now trapped in Dalinghe City. Jinzhou really has no good generals to use. Although Song Wei is capable, after all, there are not many troops under his command, so he can't command Wu Xiang, who is also the commander in chief. .Moreover, the relationship with Wu Xiang was not in harmony. He had repeatedly scolded Wu Xiang in public as a villain, greedy for life and afraid of death, which meant that Wu Xiang would not fully support him. No shadows were seen, so he abandoned Song Wei and fled back to Jinzhou with others in embarrassment.Song Wei was so angry that he went back and complained to Qiu Hejia and Sun Chengzong, but the former couldn't cure Wu Xiang, but the latter insisted on protecting Wu Xiang's affairs for the sake of Zu Dashou. In the prison van going south, where will they go out with the army to help.

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The worries in his heart cannot be put on the table, and it is not easy to communicate with his brother and son in front of so many people. Zu Dashou weighed for a long time, and finally made up his mind, and said to He Kegang: "Since everyone wants to go out of the city to have a look, then You will lead [-] troops out of the city, and if they are really reinforcements, you will lead your army to join them and lead them to the city, so that I can respond. If it is not reinforcements, you will return quickly, and you must not fight Jiannu."

Hearing this, He Kegang didn't know where the strength came from, so he stood up immediately, nodded resolutely and said: "Don't worry, Zu Shuai, the general will definitely kill a bloody way!"

"Brother, can General He lead the troops like this? Why don't we go?" Seeing that He Kegang was so hungry that he couldn't stand, the elder brother asked him to lead the army out of the city. He was very surprised, thinking that the elder brother didn't notice He Kegang's hungry appearance , hurriedly proposed that he should lead the army out of the city. [

No, Zu Dashou glanced at him, but said: "You have always been reckless, how can you lead the army?" After finishing speaking, he looked at He Kegang with concern, "Ke Gang, your body can bear it, if you can't bear it, I will order you Others go."

"No, I can take it with my body." After finally talking about Zu Dashou sending troops out of the city to meet the reinforcements, coupled with the excitement of the arrival of the reinforcements, He Kegang looked back like a dying person, forgetting the hunger in his stomach, forgetting I have no strength at all.

On the side, Lieutenant General Liu Yuying, Dou Mingde, Counselor Hu Hongxian, Xiao Yongzuo and other other generals all looked at Zu Dashou strangely, even Zhang Cunren, Liu Tianlu and others felt that Zu Shuai's arrangement was inappropriate.But He Kegang himself said that he could go out of the city, and they couldn't object, otherwise General He would think they looked down on him.

After He Kegang responded, Zu Dashou breathed a sigh of relief, fearing that there would be more persuasion, he hurriedly ordered his confidant Han Daxun: "You immediately gather [-] elite soldiers at the gate of the city, and General He will lead them out of the city to meet the reinforcements."

Three thousand elite soldiers?

Han Daxun was startled, looked up to see Zu Dashou's eyes, immediately understood, he hurriedly responded and went to dispatch troops.

After half a stick of incense, Han Daxun adjusted the people, and He Kegang went to the city to see, but he was disappointed. There were no elite soldiers, they were clearly a group of old, weak, sick and disabled, and even half of them were civilian craftsmen. Drowsy, swaying here and there, soldiers are not like soldiers, and civilians are not like civilians.

Looking at these soldiers, Dou Mingde was furious, glanced at the top of the city, and said to He Kegang in a low voice: "General, Commander Zu clearly doesn't want you to leave the city! What he gave us is not elite soldiers at all. With these people , we can't even get through the trenches!"

"What does Zu Shuai mean? He just doesn't send his own people, so let's take our own soldiers to the head office?" Hu Hongxian said angrily, and then went to send his own soldiers.

But He Kegang grabbed him and smiled wryly: "Forget it, help me go back, we can't leave this city." After speaking, his eyes darkened and he passed out.

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In the city, Zu Dacheng and Zu Daming looked at He Kegang who was being carried away by his subordinates, and looked at the eldest brother hesitantly. After a while, Zu Daming murmured softly: "Brother, did you do too much?"

"Ok?"

Zu Dashou glanced sideways at his younger brother, snorted angrily, and said, "What do you know, if all the soldiers are wiped out, what will happen in the future?"

Zu Daming curled his lips, and blurted out: "What to do, the worst is to die here, and the imperial court will not treat our ancestors badly!"

Hearing this, Zu Dashou was so angry that he raised his hand and slapped Zu Daming, cursing: "Death, death! You know death! If the eldest brother is like you, how can our ancestor's family have Today's foundation! If you don't plan for yourself, you have to plan for our family! If everyone is like you, our ancestors would have fallen!"

"Brother!..." Zu Daming covered his face, looking at Zu Dashou indignantly, not understanding why the elder brother beat him.

Zu Zerun was afraid that his third uncle would jump up with his father, so he was busy holding him gently, and also looked at his father in confusion.

Zu Daming seemed to understand something, sighed, and did not speak.

"Go back and stay for me, watch out for your subordinates, no one can leave the city without my order!"

After saying these words, Zu Dashou went down the wall without looking back.

"Second uncle, what's wrong with father?" After Zu Dashou left, Zu Zerun asked Zu Daming in confusion.

Zu Daming didn't answer him, but asked him suddenly: "Zerun, the second uncle asked you, do you have someone you know there?"

"Over there? Which side?" Zu Zerun was confused.

Zu Daming curled his lips towards the north, and Zu Zerun couldn't help being surprised when he saw him, his face was cloudy and uncertain, and he was speechless for a long time.When Zu Dacheng heard this, he was also stunned.

Seeing this, Zu Daming sighed, looked around, saw no one, and said to Zu Zerun and Zu Dacheng in a low voice: "This is also the worst plan, didn't you send Fan Wencheng to send a letter earlier?" , it seems that Jiannu wants us to surrender. So it is necessary to communicate in advance, otherwise, when Jiannu breaks the city, we will be unpopular if we surrender again."

"Didn't the reinforcements come? Why are they about to surrender?" Daming Zu was a little puzzled.

"You can wait for the reinforcements to reach the base of the city before talking about it. You have to think about the worst in everything, and it will be better if things are about to happen." If you really want to surrender Jiannu, Zu Daming is not willing, but if you really get to that point, He can only follow his elder brother on this path.

Zu Zerun nodded and said: "If father really intends to do so, I have some old staff over there."

"You find two reliable people. If the reinforcements are fake or you can't fight them, you will hang them from the city that night. You have to be careful about this, and you must not let He Kegang's people know, understand? "

"Second uncle, don't worry, I know how to do this."

"Well, I'll go find your father, and you and third uncle stay here to listen to the news. If it's really reinforcements, you hurry up and call someone to report."