Chapter 002 Don't Let Jian Slave Escape
Liu Zhaosun took the strongest hundred servants and walked away on the snow. The Ming army saw the vicious and evil servants along the way, and quickly made way for the road.
Snowflakes fell on the weapons and armor of the family, shining with a faint cold light.
"Look at my wink later! Don't let anyone go!"
The servants agreed with a loud voice, and each of them had a bloodthirsty look in their eyes.
General Liu's command of 1,500 elite servants, who followed him for many years to conquer Korea and Dingbozhou, all of which were rewarded by these servants.
This time, when he came to Liaodong to eliminate slave thieves, Liu Zhen only brought 700 clans.
Not only Liu Jing, but also the generals who came with him were like this. They unanimously believed that compared to the Mongolian divisions, the Jianzhou women were just scabies. The army divided the troops and attacked them together, and it could be easily solved through a motion, just like when dealing with Nurhaci's grandfather and prince decades ago.
As Dusongtang horses got closer and closer, Liu Zhaosun held the hilt tightly and glanced at the position where the arrow was inserted. He was skillful in archery skills and was also excellent in melee combat.
Other servants also slowed down and were ready to fight.
Liu Zhaosun Chao's servants winked, and each of them occupied a favorable position and blocked the retreat of the Ming army on the opposite side.
More than a dozen people opposite were wearing Mingjun fat jackets, cotton armor was covered with on their faces, and Ming helmets were worn. Liu Zhaosun glanced at them a few times, but could not see clearly the braided style under the Ming helmet.
The head pond took a step forward, holding the general's command arrow in his hand, and shouted to Liu Zhaosun:
"Who is here? Let's talk to General Liu! Why is General Liu not yet?!"
Liu Zhaosun looked around and noticed that behind the pond horse, someone had stretched his fingers to the scabbard. Seeing that the knife-holding action was obviously not Ming Jun.
"The general is busy with military affairs! I am the general commander Liu Zhaosun! Who are you? What should you do to stop the army from marching!"
Natangma quickly shook his hand: "We are the personal follower of General Du. General Du defeated Jiannu in Sarhu, destroyed the Yellow Banner of Enneagram, and more than 5,000 people in Zhengbai Banner, captured Daishan alive, killed Emperor Taiji in the formation, and Nurhaci fled. General Du led the elite troops to chase Hetuala,"
"General Du has an order to ask you to advance immediately. Be sure to rush to Hetuala before sunset tomorrow to attack Jiannu, so as not to let the slave thieves escape alone!"
After saying this, Tang Ma stopped talking, looked around nervously, and vaguely noticed that the atmosphere was not right.
The servants had a gloomy face. They were all rebellious. The people in front of them dared to shout at General Liu with just a command arrow, and they were all generals. Why did General Liu be inferior to others?
Liu Zhaosun signaled everyone to calm down a little, urged the horses to come to the pond horses:
"Well said, don't let a Jiannu go! I didn't expect that the slave thief was so vulnerable. General Du was mighty! My Ming army was mighty! But my southern army was not a vegetarian! I will report to my adoptive father and ask him to advance immediately, join forces with General Du, conquer Hetuara, sweep the cave and plow the courtyard! Kill Nurhaci!"
When Tangma heard this, his face showed a relief. He was about to thank the President Liu when he suddenly heard a voice:
"A few brothers came from Jiefan to deliver military merits to our Nanjian. It's snowy and ice. It's so hard to get back and forth. I'll let my servants have a good time to treat you! To be honest, I killed a few wild boars yesterday, and took them off. I'll give you barbecue! I can't help it."
After hearing this, the Tangma's expression froze on his face and his lips twitched, looking very uneasy.
He was originally a Baoyi under Zhenghuang Banner. His master was Li Yongfang, the famous Fushun prince-in-law. This time he was sent to Kuandian by his master to tempt Liu Jing's army to advance rashly, so that Amin, the master of the Inlaid Blue Banner, would wipe him out in one fell swoop. The journey was quite smooth, and the Ming army's snoops were sparse, and they were killed by them even if they didn't take him away. Just when he thought his achievements were about to be completed, he broke out from the Liu Zheng halfway.
"President Liu is kind to the heart of the young man, but his military situation is urgent. He has to rush back to Jiefan to report to General Du! It is too late to meet the slave thief, and it is misleading the general's military situation. The young man can't afford to take care of it!"
As he said that, he winked at everyone around him, whipped his horse and was about to leave.
"Slowly! You come from the Realm, traveling a hundred miles, and are armed all over your body. In this cold weather, people can eat it, and horses should also be supplemented with fodder. Seeing that you are riding single horses, General Du cherishes horsepower. We don't know that you are like this, aren't you afraid of going back to get the general's army stick?!"
When Liu Zhaosun spoke, the servants drove forward and closed the retreat.
The Baoyun slave's face changed drastically. He looked up at Liu Zhaosun, feeling the other party looking straight at him, his eyes as if he was looking at a corpse.
"You! What do you want to do? You can tell that blocking the horses in the pond is a serious crime!"
Everyone around Baoyi pulled out their swords and pointed at the servants who were surrounding him, but they did not speak.
Liu Zhaosun waved his hand, and the servants opened the bow, and the black arrow pointed at the pond horse. The latter had a pale face and stood there without daring to move.
"You silly boys, one man and one horse, come from Jiefan, running around for hundreds of miles, the horse does not breathe, the armor is clear and unharmed, and the show is done like this! Are your master a fool or are you a fool in me, Liu Zhaosun?"
"Say! Which flag is it from?!"
A man on the other side turned his horse's head and was about to rush towards this side. As soon as he rushed a few steps away, Liu Zhaosun shouted:
"Go to die!"
The bowstring buzzed and vibrated, and a heavy arrow shot out quickly. Before everyone could react, it was shot into the chest of the pond horse. The arrow clusters were arbitrary from the back, leaving only the arrow feathers on the cotton armor.
The servants shot heavy arrows one after another, shooting the man into a hedgehog. The rider tilted to the side and fell heavily.
"Not moving! I will cut whoever moves!"
The servants surrounded the remaining dozen people in the center with their armoured guns. Liu Zhaosun shouted:
"Surrender to avoid death!"
After saying that, he rushed forward, lifted up a pond horse's helmet, and a bare head and pigtail braid were revealed underneath.
"Jiannu?!"
The servants exclaimed, but each of them showed a grim smile on their faces.
Seeing that Jiannu could not escape, he raised his weapons and prepared to make his last attempt.
"Leave a few living mouths, and kill the rest!"
Several sharp arrows slashed through the air, and Jiannu from the outside was shot to death on the spot. The Baoyun slave in the middle fell to the ground, raised his hands and gave up his resistance.
"Take it down, take it down and interrogate it!"
After saying that, Liu Zhaosun directed a few servants around him:
"You guys, go northwest and carefully spy on them. They find traces of Jiannu, and come back to report immediately!"
Several personal soldiers drove the horses, trampled on the snow, and disappeared on the mountain road ahead.
Half an hour later, Liu Zhaosun escorted the five surviving Baoyi and two Jiannu Zhenyi to the adoptive father Liu Jing and reported to him what had just happened.
"The adoptive father, the child has already interrogated and understood that these slave thieves pretended to be Du Song's personal soldiers and came to pass military orders to lure us into a rash and try to wipe out all of us!"
Liu Jing's eyes were like a sword, and his eyes swept over the several Jiannu scouts kneeling on the ground. Their helmets were taken off, revealing the slender whip behind them. The juniper arrows were placed aside, with blood stains on them.
Liu Yun's eyes wandered between several pigtail braids and arrows. The scar between his eyebrows twitched, and he turned over and took the iron sword off the horse's back and smashed it heavily into the snow:
"Crazy Du was actually dead! He was shot to death by an arrow?"
"Malin puts the muskets and cannons outwards, how can he be invincible!"
"How many soldiers and horses are there in the old slave? Where is the stationed? Where is General Du's body? Have you asked clearly?"
After all, Liu Jing licked blood from the knife and fought for the rest of his life. He had never seen any corpse and blood. After confirming that Du Song and Malin were defeated, he was shocked first, but after a moment, he returned to peace.
What the next step of Nurhaci is going to do is to him without asking him. He is very clear. Four armies and two armies were destroyed, and Li Rubai is unreliable. The next target of the slave thief is their Eastern Army.
"The adoptive father, Du Song underestimated the enemy and left Gong Nian on the other side of the Hun River. He crossed the river first. After crossing the river, he divided his troops again and attacked Jiefan with 10,000 troops. The other marched into Sarhu, and they were all surrounded by the Yellow Banner. After less than a day, the entire army was destroyed. Malin had a tight defense in advance, but the firearm could not stop Jiannu, and he was defeated faster than Du Song! According to the confession of Baoyi who was caught by us, after these two battles, the main force of Jiannu still existed, with only three thousand casualties..."
General Liu looked solemn and couldn't speak for a long time. It was not that he had never seen a defeat, but that more than 20,000 people were destroyed by slave thieves in one day, which was really frightening. If this is true, he needs to re-evaluate Nurhaci's strength.
If it weren't for Liu Zhaosun Ming's observation today, his 20,000 troops would have died without a place to die, just like Du Song and Malin.
At this time, five days have passed since departure from Kuandian, and it is impossible to return on the same route. Not to mention the fact that the army is alone and morale is the first, if you are not careful, the entire army will be defeated. Even if you return safely, Yang Hao, the thief, will not let him go.
If he continues to march towards Hetuala, he will probably not be a match for Nurhaci based on his more than 10,000 troops alone.
"Du Song was defeated and Malin fled. Our Eastern Army was the weakest among the four routes. We were in a dilemma. What do you think of Xiao Shisan?"
Before Liu Jing could finish his words, Liu Zhaosun expressed his strategy:
"The adoptive father, the military strategy is clouded, and then he will die! Our army should camp on the spot, boost morale, choose a dangerous place to camp, build camps, dig trenches, set up horse-resisting troops, and let the army form formations, Zhejiang soldiers are in front and musketeers are behind, use heavy arrows, and send beams and horses to stop the slave thieves from spying! The slave thieves broke through two large armies in three days and ran a hundred miles. If they were really strong soldiers, they would definitely be trapped. We should wait for our best efforts and attack with all our strength. As long as the morale is not lost, it may not be a death! Immediately send someone to ask Li Rubai for help and let the Liao soldiers attack the west side of Jiannu. As long as we stick to it for a few days, the slave thieves will naturally be defeated!"
Liu Jing looked at Liu Zhaosun carefully. The adopted son had just killed someone and had blood on his body. He was so murderous that he heard him say the solution to the countermeasures, he couldn't help but nod and was quite pleased that this son still knew how to use military force.
“How to boost morale?”
Liu Zhaosun decisively:
"For the sake of the present, we must first make up the food and salary for the soldiers, and then explain the righteousness of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism..."
Liu Jing showed a look of embarrassment on his face. He could be loyal to the emperor and patriotism. As for military pay, the court had been owed for a long time. Not only their southern troops, but also their important towns on the nine sides, and none of them did not owed them.
He was silent for a long time and finally spoke:
"Du Song, Malin was defeated. In addition to being attacked, his own firearm deployment also had flaws. Although Malin was good at using troops, he set up cannon guns on the periphery of the camp and did not send anyone to protect him. If he wanted to defeat the slave thieves by relying solely on firearms, there was no reason to be invincible,"
Liu Dong turned his eyes to the distant hills and continued:
"Xiao Shisan, what you said just now is quite well-organized, and it's not in vain to be with me for so many years. But you don't know what Li Rubai is! I'll tell you in detail for my father. In short, we can't ask Li Rubai to find two reliable servants. I immediately went back to Shenyang and asked Yang Jingluo for help. There were still five thousand cavalry in Chenyang, Du Song was dead, and Malin escaped. Yang Jingluo should take out the things he had been in the box!"
"If the court does not send it, we will take out some silver and pay the soldiers. If we don't bring this yellow and white thing in life, we won't take it away if we die, we will send it!"
Liu Zhaosun was overjoyed when he heard this. He did not expect his adoptive father to give up money, which made him respect the warriors in the late Ming Dynasty.
As a time traveler, he was not very clear about the relationship between Liao Town and Jiannu. He was obviously quite dissatisfied with Li Rubai when he heard his adoptive father's tone, but now it is not the time to discuss this.
"Enjoyed father, the Korean soldiers are not a good-for-nothing lamp. If they are not dealt with early, when Jiannu attacks, they will inevitably cause chaos!"
Liu Jing nodded slightly, his eyes constantly changing. As an important general of Wanli aiding Korea, he knew very well what Korean soldiers were doing.
These Korean soldiers fought mediocre battles and were very good at dragging their feet on the battlefield. This time, the reason why they marched from Kuandian was so slow that the journey was not only because they were delaying on the road, sometimes making excuses for lack of food and sometimes complaining that it was difficult to move.
"What should you do, according to your opinion?"
A chill suddenly flashed in Liu Shi's eyes, and his palm stroked his neck.
Liu Zhaosun shook his head quickly. There were more than 10,000 Korean soldiers, so it was of course unrealistic to kill them all.
Chapter completed!