Han ride

Chapter 77

Different from Jiannu and Dalinghe City, Li Xin at this moment is full of fighting spirit. Although there are many casualties in the attack on Jiannu camp, he has also gained a lot of benefits, which are enough to make up for his losses .After a preliminary calculation, he finally had more than two thousand soldiers available. Among the remaining infantry, he selected several hundred soldiers, and together with the horses captured from Jiannu, his number of cavalry reached [-]. Thousands of people.He was in charge of the cavalry himself. Gao Meng, Yang Xiong, Jutu and others were appointed as lieutenants, while Jiang Yi was in charge of the infantry to guard the food and grass.

"My lord, it's a pity that Azig's head was not brought back, which is also a battle achievement!" Ju Tu shouted loudly while drinking strong wine.

"Azig's head is probably cheaper than Wu Sangui and others." Li Xin said disdainfully: "It doesn't matter whether I want this thing, what I want is soldiers and horses, elite soldiers and strong generals, then Wu Sangui won Azige's head." So what about the head? Being appointed as a lieutenant general? Or the chief soldier? So what? The best thing is to control your strength in your own hands."

"Hmph, if Wu Sangui really made his fortune by relying on Azig, who was beheaded by the lord, I, Gao Meng, would be the first to spare him. What is he? If the lord hadn't appeared, his father and son would have lost their troops at this time. , I'm afraid even my life is in danger." Gao Meng said viciously.

"My lord, if this Wu Sangui has a chance, kill him! This person, this person is really hateful." Yang Xiong glanced at everyone, and suddenly said through gritted teeth.

"What? How did Wu Sangui offend you?" Li Xin asked curiously.

"My lord, it's nothing to offend Yang Xiong, the key is that he offended the lord." Yang Xiong's eyes were red, he stood up, and said loudly: "That kid Wu Sangui tried to molested his wife."

"Ma'am?" Li Xin's complexion changed, as if he had thought of something, he said, "Xiao Wan?"

"That's right." Yang Xiong said coldly, "Among those stragglers just now, someone told his subordinates that when Zhao Guang escorted his wife back to the south of the Yangtze River and passed through Shanhaiguan, Wu Sangui was greedy for his wife's beauty and tried to entangle him, but was caught by Zhao Guang. Repel, hum, this Wu Sangui really deserves to die."

"Wu Sangui." Li Xin's eyes were gloomy. Originally, he didn't have a good impression of Wu Sangui, but he didn't want to kill Wu Sangui like today.

"Wu Sangui should be killed, but not now. What my subordinates are worried about now is Dalinghe City." At this time, Shi Yuanzhi was secretly startled, and quickly persuaded: "My lord, at this moment, Huang Taiji is in the hands of my lord." Suffering a big loss, I'm afraid his strategy will be adjusted, the lord better deal with it carefully."

"Adjust? How to adjust?" Li Xin asked curiously.

"I am afraid that the court's soldiers and horses will not be able to gather in a short period of time. This can be seen from the number of reinforcements that the court has used twice. The court does not have many soldiers available for the time being. I don't know when the next time the army will be assembled. Therefore, at this time, Huang Taiji's main enemies are the lord and Zu Dashou. The Guan Ning iron cavalry in Zu Dashou's hands is brave and powerful. Take action against Zu Dashou. We need to destroy his soldiers and horses first, and then concentrate our forces to besiege Xishan and deal with the lord." Shi Yuanzhi analyzed loudly.

"Mr. Yuanzhi, Dalinghe City has been besieged for so long, and the food and grass inside may have been used up long ago. If it is not possible, at this time, those Guanning cavalry are killing horses to live. They are already hungry. It's almost there, it's good to be alive, how can I have the strength to fight?" Yang Xiong said disdainfully.

"The food is gone, but people are still there." Shi Yuanzhi's face was gloomy, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes in a hurry.

Li Xin's face moved, as if he had thought of something, his face changed.The rest of the people obviously thought of this too.

"Cannibalism?" Gao Meng's black face paled for a while, and he ran outside and vomited in one breath. Others' faces were not very good-looking, but He Bin's little face was even more distressed. After all, his father was still in the city. .

"The city of Daling River is full of Guanning iron cavalry, and they are the elite of the imperial court. How can such an elite be starved to death. But they can't kill war horses, that's what so-called iron cavalry are. They will kill war horses only when it is absolutely necessary. Right now, there are still many peasants left behind from the construction of Dalinghe City in the city, although this person is strong and strong, but also, these people are unarmed people, if they don't die, who will it be?" Shi Yuanzhi was cold and cold Said.As soon as his words fell, everyone in the big tent gasped. Some of them were people who were swept over by Li Xinqiang. It's the food in his mouth.

"Hey!" Li Xin sighed. He knew that Dalinghe City was under siege, and the final result was like this. And food is not uncommon. In history, Cao Cao ordered people to kill people to make military rations. Now in Dalinghe City, it is understandable for Zu Dashou to feed on civilian husbands in order to maintain the combat effectiveness of Guanning's iron cavalry.

"It's a pity, these people didn't die on the battlefield, but they died at the hands of their own people." Jiang Yi looked cold, and sneered: "The so-called one general is incompetent, and the three armies are exhausted. Zu Dashou is incompetent. I think I am a Ming general. To protect the family and defend the country, but now he has become the chief culprit who harmed his own people. Hehe, there are such Guanning iron cavalry, what a joke."

"My lord, can't we just watch them die trapped in the city?" It was He Bin who spoke. These days, following Li Xin, he has also experienced many times of fighting, and now he has gradually grown up. Also lost the original immature color.

"Young General He, we have nothing to do now." Shi Yuan shook his head and said, "At the moment we have very few soldiers and horses, and we are no match for Jiannu. We can't use the power of Jiannu. On the contrary, Jiannu didn't take us seriously. Otherwise, if Huang Taiji's army came, we would be trapped in Xishan like your father. Now let's save Daji Linghe City, even if we count all of us in it, there is nothing we can do about it."

"Now I can only hope that for the sake of this great war, Sun Chengzong will have some courage and go northward as soon as possible. Only by cooperating with him can we win." Li Xin also shook his head. Feel a little sad.I am afraid that this is the only way to go because my own troops are scarce.

"The subordinates think that Sun Chengzong will soon organize his troops and go north to attack Jiannu. Hehe, not only Sun Chengzong will do this, but also the imperial court will soon order to attack Jiannu. After all, Azig was killed. After Khan Hachi's death, the imperial court has won the greatest victory, and the emperor will not let this opportunity go." Shi Yuanzhi said proudly.

"Okay, since that's the case, let's practice soldiers and horses from today. We're ready to meet Sun Chengzong." Li Xin's eyes lit up, he glanced at Yang Xiong, and said, "Yang Xiong, you can order that you don't accept them at night, and monitor every move of Jinzhou and Jiannu day and night. move."

"Your subordinate obeys." Yang Xiong stood up and said loudly.

Just when Li Xin was preparing to welcome Sun Chengzong, but at this moment in Jinzhou City, Jinzhou City was beating gongs and drums, and Sun Chengzong, the governor of Liaodong, came out to meet him in person. All the officials in Jinzhou stood under the Jinzhou City, watching Wu Xiang and others win return.

Even though Wu Xiang and others attacked the slave camp and lost more than half of their soldiers and horses, the results they achieved were extraordinary. Even if he brought back the head of Azig, it was enough to make all the officials in Liaodong follow behind to get promoted and make a fortune. In the Ming Dynasty, the laborers went on an expedition to protect Ningjin. I don’t know how much money and food they spent. The general taxes of the court are probably placed in Liaodong, but the results achieved in Liaodong make people shake their heads. The cannon killed the old chieftain, Hachi, and there was no major achievement. Instead, Jiannu went south from time to time to harass Gyeonggi.But today is different. The younger brother of Emperor Jiannu, Azig, was decapitated by Wu Sangui. The spread of this kind of thing is enough to shock the entire court.In this way, those Donglin party members and eunuch groups who were dissatisfied with Liaodong all day long may have nothing to say this time, and Sun Chengzong, who was under pressure, also breathed a sigh of relief.That's why when he was happy, he personally led Liaodong Wenwu to welcome him out.

"Jing Hegong, if the court knows that Azige was not killed by Wu Sangui, I don't know what kind of reaction it will have!" Qiu Hejia also fluttered his sleeves, standing in the crowd, and beside him was the prisoner. Jundao Zhang Chun.

"Master Qiu, is there any inside story here?" Zhang Chun couldn't help asking softly as his beard moved.

"There are tens of thousands of slaves. Could it be that Wu Sangui is so brave that he can take the head of a general among thousands of troops? He lost more than half of his soldiers and horses, but he was able to take the head of Azig, which means he returned with a big victory. Hehe , but you can tell by looking at the faces of the soldiers behind you." Qiu Hejia is not good at fighting, but he is a figure in the old officialdom, and he is still very accurate in judging people. Seeing the complacency on the faces of Wu Sangui and his son, he felt extremely dissatisfied. Hi, that's why I speak.

"Well, it is natural to be elated after winning a battle. This is the normal state of soldiers and horses in Liaodong. However, although the Jinzhou soldiers today have some joy on their faces, they are more fearful. It is surprising that they are actually fearful after winning a battle. Ah!" Zhang Chun also saw the strangeness of the soldiers behind Wu Sangui, and couldn't help but nodded.

"Hmph, I don't know, who killed this Azig, and finally fulfilled Wu Sangui?" A thought suddenly flashed in Qiu Hejia's mind, and finally shook his head, he could only sigh.

"Lord Qiu, what are you thinking?" Zhang Chun asked curiously.

"I'm thinking of someone." Qiu Hejia shook his head and said, "Let's go! Whether it was killed by Wu Sangui or not, it's a great feat to kill a slave figure. Let's meet him too!" Zhang Chun's expression changed, I don't know what to think of, and I also greeted him.

"I've seen Mr. Qiu." Wu Xiang's face was red, his eyes were full of satisfaction, and when he saw Qiu Hejia coming, he also stepped forward and said.The relationship between Qiu Hejia and the generals of Liaodong is not good, and it is inevitable that these generals will be hindered in some aspects. This makes the generals of Liaodong dislike Qiu Hejia. At this time, Wu Xiang took Azig's head. I am a little proud of myself, and when I am proud, I don't take Qiu Hejia seriously.

(End of this chapter)