Blood from Daming

Chapter 408 Ambush
Xue Polu waited until one of the five sea dongqings flew low, and shouted "do it", and he took the lead in firing a fire command, and was ordered by the soldiers of the Xue family army, Man Gui and the Weisuo army to fire together. system, arrows.

"呯" "呯" "呯" "呯" "呯" "嗖" "嗖" "嗖" "嗖" "嗖"

The dense projectiles collided with the feathered arrows, and the five sea dongqings were caught off guard by fire, bows and arrows from the officers and soldiers of the Ming army. Inside the body, it fell down the cliff of Motianling. The other two sea dongqings, one of the sea dongqings had dropped many feathers and probably got injured, flew crookedly to the distance and escaped. There were also two feathered arrows inserted, and they thumped and fell to the lower part of Motianling.

Xue Polu ordered his soldiers: "Notify the officers and soldiers down the mountain to see if they can find a living Haidongqing, and bring back some feather arrows by the way."

Xue Polu's personal soldiers were ordered to leave, and the Mangui General Soldier at the side said: "Brother Polu, these flat-haired beasts have been suffering my Ming army for a long time. As long as these beasts stare at us, our Ming army will have nowhere to hide. No matter what method you use, you can't escape Jianlu's pursuit, so you've made my soldier angry."

Yu Anxing said: "Polu, when you shot Hai Dongqing, you also concealed your military skills. You can count on concentrating your superior forces and hitting them in one hit."

Xue Polu smiled and said, "My lord, this shooting and killing Jianlu Hai Dongqing is just an idea of ​​a lowly official acting on the spur of the moment, what kind of art of war is there?"

Yu Anxing said seriously: "Since ancient times, military strategists have acted in accordance with the art of war."

Xue Polu shook his head secretly, and didn't bother Yu Anxing about this issue, so he avoided Yu Anxing's topic and said, "My lord, brother Man, the Haidongqing that flew away was so frightened, I'm afraid I can't bear it anymore." It’s time to scout out the enemy’s situation.”

Man Gui said: "Haitongqing is the most spiritual. Haidongqing is small and strong, and its flying height is very high[3. It is an important helper in hunting. Qing is selected from thousands of falcons of this kind. It is not easy to cultivate a sea dongqing. Brother Polu, you get rid of Jianlu's four sea dongqing at once. This does not make Jianlu heartbroken to death. .”

At this time, Wang Ping and Tao Yaofu, who were serving as guards, sent news: Jianlu Xianghuang Banner joined Liaoyang North City. Left and right, judging from the flag that the leading Zuo Ling should be Wei Qi.

Xue Polu asked suspiciously, "Who is this Wei Qi?"

Man Gui said: "The ninth younger brother of Fei Yingdong, one of the five post-Gold Ministers of Wei Qi, can be regarded as a strong general in Xianghuang Banner. It is said that Oboi, the son of Wei Qi, was brave enough to build the Eight Banners at the age of 12. Most of the banner people called him Batulu. Several sons, but out of the need for balance, promoted Oboi's father Wei Qi to be the leader, and Fei Yingdong's sons Tulai, Na Gai, and Su Wanyan were very dissatisfied with Wei Qi."

Xue Polu said: "I don't know much about Jianlu's inside story at the end, but I heard from brother Man that Jianlu is not a monolithic one. Let's see if these people are united. Maybe it's an opportunity for our Eastern Route Army."

It was near noon that Jianlu's men and horses approached Motianling, but this man and horse was very careful and moved very slowly. It stopped about three miles away from the Motianling ambush circle set up by Xue Polu, and then Fifty or sixty Tartars were sent to search ahead.

Seeing this situation, Xue Polu could only concentrate and watch the changes, but the fifty or sixty Tatars wandered around after entering the encirclement of the Eastern Route Army, and returned along the road without finding anything, but it was unexpected. What's more, the Jianlu army stopped outside Motianling, neither advancing nor retreating, but wasting away secretly with the Eastern Route Army there.

The Eastern Route Army bosses who were hiding behind the ruins on the top of Motian Ridge were getting impatient. Yu Anxing comforted everyone and said, "The generals leading the army of Jianlu are cautious. It’s easy to risk yourself.”

Man Gui said: "Although Jianlu's vanguard did not find any traces of our Eastern Route Army, the enemy's leader did not advance or retreat, probably because he thought there was an ambush in Motianling."

Xue Polu said: "My lord, brother Man Jianlu, is he waiting for reinforcements?"

Man Gui said: "Brother Polu, didn't you know from Duoduo that Huang Taiji left Shengjing with Zhengbai Banner, Bordered Red Flag, and Zhenglan Banner? It is Da Beile Daishan who is leading Zhenghongqi's men to come."

Xue Polu said: "It should be waiting for the Zhenghong Banner troops led by Da Bei Le Daishan. Unexpectedly, we prepared a table of banquets, but two tables of guests came. Today's battle at Motianling is not easy."

When the time came to Shen Shi, the dust was rising in the direction of Tianshui Station. It should be that Jianlu's brigade had arrived, but Jianlu outside Motianling did not move at all. This made Xue Polu, who had always been calm, couldn't hold back. Generals such as Man Gui and Lu Yaojin were even more eager to catch their ears.

Xue Polu asked: "If you want gold, where are our supply battalion and Liao people's convoy?"

Lu Yaojin said: "Second Uncle, we have already passed the Lianshan Pass at noon. If everything goes well, we can reach Tongyuan Fort after dark."

Xue Polu nodded, Man Gui said: "Brother Polu, Jianlu's reinforcements have arrived, should we take the initiative to attack, otherwise we will have no chance."

Xue Polu said: "Brother Man, Jianlu's formation is stable. We may not take advantage of it if we attack rashly, and we may be held back by Jianlu. In addition, there will be reinforcements after Jianlu. This will be very unfavorable to our Eastern Route Army."

Man Gui said: "Brother Polu, this is our first battle to seize power from Mr. Mao. If we die like this, I don't know what Mr. Mao and his officers and soldiers will think of us."

Xue Polu said: "Brother Man, the use of troops is of great importance. If we are not careful, many soldiers will die in vain. We cannot rashly go to war just to fight Mr. Mao."

Man Gui said: "Brother Polu, this soldier is too impatient."

Xue Polu said: "Brother Man, let's wait for the dark. If there is really no chance, we will retreat quietly at night to catch up with Mr. Mao and the others."

At this time, I heard Lu Yaojin say: "It's moving, the Jianlu's men and horses are moving."

Xue Polu and Man Gui stood by the broken wall of the ruins, and saw that a group of people and horses were walking towards Motianling, but the people who dispatched were all people dressed in yellow flags, and almost only half of the people with yellow flags were moving. At this time, Yu Anxing, who was resting aside, also stood behind Xue Polu and Man Gui.

Man Gui counted the number of people and said: "Brother Polu, Jianlu has about a dozen Niulu men and horses. Should we eliminate them or wait and see."

Xue Polu looked at the more than 3000 Tartar soldiers coming from a distance, hesitated for a while and said: "At present, it seems that there are only these people, and the other Jianlu will not follow up. Brother Man has no banquet to eat." It seems that the more than 3000 Tartar soldiers are all soldiers with yellow banners, and this is the most intimate imperial army of the old slave Nurhachi."

Man Gui said: "Okay, it's no small feat to eat up these 3000 Tatar soldiers."

Xue Polu said: "My lord, please give the order."

Yu Anxing said: "Polu, you and General Man have already made a good arrangement, I don't need to superfluous, you can issue orders yourself."

Xue Polu saw that Yu Anxing asked him to issue orders, so he did not refuse to order Lu Yaojin: "If you want gold, once the attack starts, General Xue will go all out, don't worry about ammunition, grenades, and explosives, and defeat Jianlu as soon as possible. Soldiers with the Yellow Banner, strive to end the battle before Jianlu reinforcements arrive."

Lu Yaojin got the order and flew down the mountain. Xue Polu, Yu Anxing, and Man Gui waited quietly on the top of the mountain for the Jianlu Xianghuang Banner to completely enter the Ming army's ambush circle. It took a long time for Man Gui to turn around after Huang Qi's every move.

Man Gui said: "My lord, brother Polu, the men and horses with yellow banners at the foot of the mountain, guessed from some flags that they should be members of the Guerjia family. Considering that Wei Qi, the leader of the army, did not act, this should be Fei Yingdong's. The sons are acting rashly."

(End of this chapter)