Chapter 010 Mulhaqi
Since Yuan Shizhong could think of using the snow to ambush and block this group of Jurchens, Chen Cao also thought of a strategy on how to block or even kill half of this group of people.
Then he turned to stare at Zhao Xin and said: "Zhao Xin, go back in person and ask General Li Rubai to mobilize troops for rescue. This place is not far from Shenyang. The cavalry will come quickly. In one and a half hours at most, tell General Li that the opportunity has come to make up for the enemy's mistakes. There are less than a thousand cavalry, and the leader is...is..."
I really don’t know who it is. If it is known that the leader is a general, Li Rubai will take this opportunity to make amends even if he is a coward. Yuan Shizhong then said: "Tell General Li that the enemy leader Mulhaqi personally leads the army and has Zhenglan Banner to build the captives." More than eight hundred people.”
Xin Zhao clasped his fists, got on his horse, raised his whip and left quickly.
Most of the Jurchens' war horses come from Mongolia. Mongolian horses have strong explosive power and good perseverance. The war horses Chen Cao and his companions ride are basically from Bazhou, Hebei Province. If they really start running, they will be overtaken by the Jurchens in half a second. Sometimes others are shooting arrows from behind, and the horse runners in front are living targets. The Jurchens boast that they came from the white mountains and black waters. They are unparalleled in riding and shooting, even better than the Mongols. This is why Chen Cao is unwilling to run. Instead of It is better to take the initiative than to be chased and massacred.
Chen Cao turned to look at Yuan Shizhong and said: "Yuan Baihu, if we can win this time, Chen and Yuan Baihu will have a good drink. The place in front of us will be left to Yuan Baihu to resist. I will take the brothers of Jin Yiwei and take a detour on horseback." Behind them, when the time comes to attack from behind with the reinforcements, we will definitely win."
Yuan Shizhong nodded, and then handed over several scout cavalrymen of his team to Chen Cao. They could also serve as guides for additional assistance: "I leave everything to you, Mr. Chen Qi."
Chen Cao got on his horse and shouted: "Jinyiwei, follow me."
Except for the two who were left to take care of Liu Lei, the remaining more than a hundred Jinyi guards mounted their horses one after another, and followed Chen Cao and detoured away with several scout cavalry.
The leader of the call was Abu Cai, who personally led a Jurchen cavalry from Niulu to kill him. However, as Yuan Shizhong expected, when Abu Cai was only about ten steps away from the slope, his horse was already running, and he could only hold on to it. Bows and arrows exchanged fire with the Ming army on the slope. The Jurchen cavalry were outnumbered, and Yuan Shizhong's men were not at a disadvantage. Each of the twenty-odd musketeers fired perfectly. Although it took a minute to fire one lead bullet, every time As soon as the shot was fired, more than ten people fell off their horses. Abu suddenly felt something bad and shouted loudly in Manchu for Dohara to attack from the left side of the slope.
Yuan Shizhong was only a member of a thousand households at that time. Although he was in Liaodong, he only knew a little bit about Jianzhou dialect. Unlike the Li family, most of them knew Manchu. That's why when Abu ordered Dohara to attack in a detour, he only understood the two words of attacking. But he also knew that the majestic Abu Cai on the war horse was the commander of Niu Lu. He immediately took the matchlock gun, lit the match and pointed it at Abu Cai condescendingly.
When Abu Cai's soldiers saw that their master was about to be attacked by a black gun, they immediately rushed over and blocked Yuan Shizhong's fatal shot for Abu Cai at the same time. When Abu Cai saw this, he was shocked and immediately put down his horse and retreated, at least with the The muskets were kept at a distance.
Mulhaqi frowned at the battle in the distance and said to the people next to him: "I remember that when we were in Sarhu, there were many musketry battalions in the Ming army. Where are the ones we captured?"
"Ama, it's all in the hands of the second brother."
The importance the Manchus attach to firearms should be calculated from Dorgon, because in the early days this group of people captured the firearms of the Ming army, but they could not use them. Even if they could use them, they thought the matchlock guns of the Ming army were too troublesome to use on the battlefield. Jurchen cavalry can accurately shoot two arrows in one shot, and elite riders can even shoot three arrows. Therefore, matchlocks were useless compared to artillery in the early Qing Dynasty.
"These Minggou are really useless. They will only stay there. If they come out to fight in the field, I will definitely kill them all." A really strong man cursed angrily.
"Shuo Biji, bring a Niulu warrior to support Dohara from the left and let him attack." Mulhaqi said solemnly.
After Mulhaqi's third son Shuo Biji responded loudly, he waved his saber and led his men on horseback towards Yuan Shizhong's left side.
There were six hundred people at once, but the slope was not big. Yuan Shizhong's team had occupied a favorable terrain by staying on it with more than a hundred people. With the help of the snow, Shuo Biji and Dohara were blocked by bows and arrows on the left. The two sides started shooting, and the Ming army's side was alternately covered with shields, but was not damaged at all. However, Shuo Biji's side was stunned by the condescending Ming army archers and a small number of musketeers, and in a short time, forty or fifty people were killed or injured.
These are the elites of Zhenglan Banner, and everyone is a seed. Shuo Biji was furious and shouted to Abu in Manchu to attack with him.
At this time, Yuan Shizhong was somewhat powerless, and at one time, the casualties had reached more than 30 people.
"Brothers, prepare your shields and engage them in battle..."
When Mulhaqi arrived at Baitapu, he killed all the remaining people in the town and then looted wantonly. For the sake of safety, he specially left 150 cavalry behind, and the leader was his sixth son. When Gebala and Chen Cao arrived at Baitapu via a detour, Gebala was raping and humiliating a captured woman.
"General Chen Banner, there are Tatar cavalry inside, about a hundred people in number." A scout cautiously ran behind the snowdrift where Chen Cao was hiding.
Chen Cao looked back behind him. If the Yishui Jinyiwei were to fight alone or in a group fight, these people would really not be afraid. However, the group of Tatars in front of him were using battle skills. However, in Chen Cao's eyes, Whether it is a battle formation or a solo fight, as long as it is not a duel between enemies, the war is a life and death fight between the two sides. The difference lies in the number of people and how many people die.
"Brothers, since the slave chief Nurhaci rebelled against the Ming Dynasty, the Manchus under his command have never regarded us Han people as human beings. Now they only have more than a hundred people, and we also have more than a hundred people. The Tatars themselves are small, so they are fighting one by one. , even if we die, we will not suffer any loss. Today I, Chen Cao, will lead you to make great achievements. If you are not afraid of death, draw your sword and follow me."
He immediately stepped on the horse, drew out the Xiuchun knife, slapped the horse with the blade, and walked away in the snow. The Jin Yiwei behind him were deeply affected, and they also got on their horses, and followed with the knife drawn.
"Minggu sneak attack, everyone, be careful, Lord Zhen, be careful..."
A Jurchen soldier who was on guard duty shouted loudly before he died. Although Chen Cao could not understand what the man who had lost his head said, he could guess from his loud shout that he was reporting to others.
"Get on your horse, get on your horse quickly." A bearded golden soldier ran out of a thatched hut and urged the soldiers of his team to get on their horses while straddling his sword.
(Note: The Manchu Qing Dynasty originated from Baishan Heishui and belonged to the Jurchen group. After Nurhachi established the Jin Kingdom in Manchuria, they are generally called "Tatars", "Manchurians", "Jiannu", "Jurchens", etc. In this book, except for specific Outside of special occasions, they are collectively referred to as 'Golden Soldiers'. Hereby explained)
There were only seven or eight people who hurriedly mounted their horses. Chen Cao was not weak in physical strength and he knew how to fight on horseback. He led more than forty of his men to ride at horse speed. When the opponent was overwhelmed, they quickly dispersed. He captured this group of golden soldiers and then rushed towards the village.
The Jin Yiwei who followed behind were greatly encouraged, and while setting fire, they swung their swords to pick up the fallen objects. They were eager to kill. For a moment, these people felt that the Jin soldiers were not so ferocious, and the Jurchens were not devils.
"The Chief Banner is right, the Tatars are just raised by their parents, hahaha..." Gao Chong, another confidant of Chen Cao's subordinates, raised his sword and laughed. At this moment, Zhao Xin was not here, so he led the team and followed Beside Chen Cao.
Chen Cao did not dare to slow down his horse. Once the speed of mounting the horse in the battle formation slowed down, it would be no different from standing infantry, and it was still a high target. At this moment, he had arrived at the center of the village with Gao Chong and other fast horses. After receiving the news, Gebala didn't even have time to put on his armor. He only wore a cotton-padded armor and got on his horse with a scimitar. He happened to bump into Chen Cao and others who rushed to his side.
"It's clear that the dog will accept his fate." Gebala is short but strong, with a money rat tail hanging behind his smooth head, and there are many pockmarks on his dark face. Even though he was far away, Chen Cao felt that this person was in front of him. Really disgusting.
But one thing is easy to observe. Chen Cao knew that the man in front of him must be a general of the Jin Army. Nurhachi was originally a general of Li Chengliang and belonged to the Ming Dynasty's frontier army. The Manchu and Qing armors were modified versions of the Ming Dynasty's frontier army, and the changes were not too dramatic. There is a big difference in the lightning rod on the armor of the two sides. At least the Manchus have a tassel on the lightning rod. The golden soldier in front of him not only has a breast shield on the cotton armor, but also his plump and fat armor. Ordinary gold soldiers can wear it.
Chen Cao is not afraid of these people. The only thing he is worried about is the Xiuchun Dao in his hand. After the previous slashing, the blade has been broken in several places. He doesn't know when it will break completely. After all, the original intention of making Xiuchun Dao is not to use it. Fighting.
Gebala was brave and brave, and with his figure, ordinary Ming soldiers would have been a little scared if they saw this formation. But Chen Cao didn't care about this, and swung his incomplete Xiuchundao to quickly hit him, and the two horses were killed. When the handover was about to take place, Chen Cao suddenly took out a small Jin Yiwei crossbow arrow from his left hand and aimed an arrow at Ge Bala. The two sides were too close. Ge Bala was so brave that the arrow was deflected by him. Ge Bala reacted quickly, and Chen Cao's movements were also slow. At this critical moment, Chen Cao's embroidered spring knife in his right hand slashed outward from the lower left, hitting Ge Bala's head in the middle. Half of his head was seen to be covered by Chen Cao's head. The embroidered spring knife in Cao's hand was cut off, and red and white spurted out.
The embroidered spring knife in Chen Cao's hand also broke at the sound, "Hu..." Chen Cao immediately reined in his horse, jumped up, landed next to Gebala's horse, and pulled out the hanging sword from the side of his horse. The Ming army there drew long swords, then quickly mounted their horses and retreated.
Ge Bala suddenly fell down, and the soldiers behind him turned pale when they saw this, roaring and charging towards Chen Cao.
But Chen Cao's first thought was that he must learn Manchu well in the future, otherwise he would not be able to hear clearly what the other party said.
"kill..."
After the battle ended with a stick of incense, Ge Bala died. This team of golden soldiers was leaderless. Coupled with Chen Cao's bravery, they dispersed like birds and beasts for a while, but they were killed by the Jin Yiwei. More than forty people, and high Chong also led a man to capture a golden soldier.
"Gao Chong, what are our casualties?" Chen Cao shook off the blood on Yan Ling's knife, then found a scabbard and put the knife in it.
"Twenty-three are dead and sixteen are injured and can move."
'It's still high. It's basically proportional. The Tatars are really powerful in combat,' Chen Cao thought to himself. He couldn't help but shake his head. He had the advantage, and it was a sneak attack. His casualties were almost the same as those of the Tatars.
"Mr. Chen Qi, the one you just killed was Gebala, the sixth son of Mulhaqi, or Jia La Ezhen of Zhenglan Banner. The heads were cut off. The Tatar prisoner just now has identified them. , it must be Gebala." A scout ran over and said excitedly.
'What a general. ' Chen Cao nodded in his mind, then mounted his horse: "Ignore the dead brothers for now, let's go to support Yuan Baihu first."
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Yuan Shizhong was in a bad situation. At this moment, the number of Jin soldiers besieging him had reached 700. Mulhaqi only had more than a hundred people by his side. He frowned and looked at the slope that he had not been able to attack. He sincerely said that the Ming army should still be there. There are sighs from powerful people.
"Master Beile...Master Beile..."
Mulhaqi turned around and saw more than twenty cavalrymen behind him running towards this side. The leading cavalry was shouting for Mulhaqi.
"Sir Ge, why are you here? Where is Ge Bala?" Mulhaqi asked doubtfully.
The golden soldier named Ge Xian dismounted and knelt down and said: "Master Beile, please spare your life. Our army was resting in the village outside Baitapu. Suddenly, we were attacked by a bright dog. The leading general killed Lord Ezhen."
Mulhaqi felt depressed. Gebala was the bravest among his sons, but he was killed by the Ming army. What's more, Gebala's men were all elites in the Zhenglan Banner: "How many people are there in the Ming army?" ?”
Ge Xian paused and said: "There were about two to three hundred people. That general killed Lord Ezhen in just one round. We can't resist. Please punish Lord Beile."
"Your master is dead, and you still have the nerve to come back and come and chop off Ge Xian's head as a memorial to my son." Mulhaqi said coldly.
"Master Baylor, please spare my life..."
"Master Beile, we have fallen into Ming Gou's trick," a soldier whispered: "Luring us to attack Baitapu, knowing that our army will continue to attack, but cutting off our retreat."
Mulhaqi also understood in an instant that Li Rubai was accused and wanted to make amends with me, which is why he did so many tricks. That's it.
Mulhaqi nodded, as if he had some understanding, and shouted: "Retreat the entire army, quickly."
The horn sounded, and Shuo Biji and others who had been attacking just now heard the sound and did not understand why, but the military order was like a mountain, so they shouted to each other at the foot of the slope and retreated for a while.
Yuan Shizhong only had twenty or thirty men left, and all of them were injured. He himself was hit by two arrows and was bleeding. The slope was about to be breached, but the Jin soldiers retreated?
"Kill..."
Chen Cao took the lead and chased after him. Behind him were the remaining sixty or so imperial guards. Their morale was high. Yuan Shizhong could see clearly from the slope, so he pulled out the arrows on his body, raised his sword and shouted: "Reinforcements are coming, brothers, kill them."
"Kill..."
The art of war goes like this: one can make great efforts, then weaken again, and then be exhausted. If a general with some intelligence, what he has to do at this moment is to resist and retreat in an orderly manner. However, Mulhaqi saw cavalry rushing out from behind, and Geba After La's death, he suddenly felt that the cavalry behind him must be small in number and eager for revenge, so he drew his sword and slapped the horse, leading the team to charge towards Chen Cao.
As soon as the two sides fought, the victory or defeat was immediately apparent. Chen Cao had a small number of soldiers, all of them were Jinyi guards. Compared with the Jin soldiers, their cavalry fighting skills were completely inferior to those of the Jin soldiers. If it were not for his own bravery, I am afraid that those behind him would have been beaten. The crowd had already dispersed.
At this time, a large number of cavalry emerged from behind the slope, led by a young man and a woman. Xin Zhao was following behind them. Behind them were more than 500 cavalry, and a large group of infantry were coming. The distance is at most one stick of incense.
Chen Cao turned around and saw that it was Li Shaokuan and Li Waner. Damn it, Li Waner?
That's right, Li Waner was dressed in armor, waving a long sword in her hand, and she was full of energy. Together with Li Shaokuan who was holding a long spear, she rushed into Shuo Biji's formation, and the two sides immediately started fighting.
Women are not allowed to be inferior to men. Chen Cao believed that Li Waner was at most seventeen or eighteen years old, probably because her ancestors were born as military commanders.
"Sir, my brothers can't hold on any longer." Gao Chong was covered in blood, and he didn't know how badly he was injured.
When Chen Cao saw it, he saw a middle-aged bearded bald man charging towards him under the protection of several golden soldiers. The person who came was none other than Mulhaqi. Who knew Chen Cao from him? He became angry, and then There were fewer and fewer Jin Yiwei following him, and their murderous intent was detonated. They waved their long swords with wild goose feathers and slapped their horses to kill Mulhaqi.
The fighting on the battlefield was unstructured. As long as it could kill the opponent, any kung fu from any school could be used together. In Chen Cao's eyes, Mulhaqi was just a rookie.
The Mulhaqi in front of him is over fifty years old. In terms of physical strength, he is definitely not as good as Chen Cao. When he was young, he followed Nurhaci in the east and west. His bravery is no longer what it used to be. But after all, he is a nation that made a fortune on horseback. One style is also quite organized.
Mulhaqi slashed at Chen Cao with his sword. This move was powerful enough to split Huashan. Chen Cao was so frightened that he quickly put away the sword, rotated the blade and quickly blocked it with the back of the sword. There was a "crack" sound, and Chen Cao only felt that he was holding the sword. The hand holding the long knife felt numb, and the Yanling knife almost fell out of his hand.
'If it is caught with the blade of a sword, it will definitely be broken. ' Chen Cao secretly thought that he had quick reactions, but Mulhaqi couldn't make a single move, so he immediately raised his knife and swung it towards the horse's neck on his side.
If the war horse was injured and Chen Cao fell off the horse, the only way out would be to be hacked to death by the guards around Mulhaqi. In desperation, Chen Cao also risked his life by kicking the stirrup and flying away. He collided towards Mulhaqi, and the war horse beneath him was hit by Mulhaqi. He used the inertia to knock Mulhaqi on the horse away, and the two of them fell into the snow together.
Chen Cao did not dare to rely on others at this time. The reinforcements of Li Shaokuan and Li Waner were still fighting with them in the distance. If they wanted to support them, they would have to disrupt Shuo Biji's golden cavalry formation. Therefore, after falling into the snow, Chen Cao Being young, he punched Mulhaqi directly in the face regardless of the pain.
The suddenly injured Mulhaqi was knocked dizzy from the beating, and blood immediately flowed out from his nose. He was unable to resist. Chen Cao immediately picked up the long knife that fell on the snow, and swung the knife fiercely at Mulhaqi.
'laugh...'
Mulhaqi's slaves not far away shouted, but Chen Cao couldn't understand Manchu at all. He picked up Mulhaqi's head and rolled it twice quickly, away from the attack range of the guards, and then stood on the high ground. With Chong's help, he jumped on a war horse and galloped towards Li Shaokuan.
Li Wan'er and Li Shaokuan have never seen Mulhaqi, but they recognize the doudou. The doudou of the Zhenglan Banner is different from everyone else. The lightning rod is a little higher than everyone else's, and the armor is made of gold plating. , you can tell at a glance that the identity of the owner is not simple.
"Ama..." Shuo Biji watched Chen Cao carrying Mulhaqi's head towards him in the cavalry formation. He couldn't help but feel sad. He shouted loudly and led the people towards Chen Cao. The killing will pass.
Chen Cao was running away for his life when he suddenly saw another Jinbing general coming towards him. He was so bold that he also got angry. He picked up the incomplete Yanling Sword and viciously killed Shuo Biji. go.
In the battle between the two sides, Shuo Biji was no match for Chen Cao. Even his brother Gebala, a recognized warrior of the Zhenglan Banner, was beheaded by Chen Cao, let alone himself. Because of his anger, Although the sword coming from the horse cut off the Yan Ling Dao in Chen Cao's hand, Chen Cao was also weak, so he used Mulhaqi's head with his backhand to hit Shuo Biji on the cheek. Shuo Biji fell straight away. Fall down.
When Abu Cai saw that his master was dead, he also fought with his life to kill Chen Cao. At this moment, Chen Cao had no strength and could only hide. At the critical moment, Li Shaokuan shot Abu Cai from behind with a gun. They passed through each other and dismounted with guns. The Jin soldiers lost their generals one after another. They were in chaos and ran in all directions. In addition, the infantry reinforcements led by Li Shaokuan and others had arrived. The only remaining Jin soldiers, led by Dohara, Lian Mu Erhaqi's body had no time to collect and fled in a hurry.
Shuo Biji couldn't run away, so his old father Mulhaqi's head beat him half to death. After falling into the snow, he fainted and was captured alive by Gao Chong.
Li Waner looked at Chen Cao who was covered in blood with an embarrassed look, and then looked at the human head in his hand. She was not afraid at all: "Are you... okay?"
Chen Cao didn't want to say anything else, he just nodded weakly, and then sat on the body of a Jin soldier to catch his breath.
"General Chen Qi, you have made a great contribution this time." Li Shaokuan came to Chen Cao excitedly: "The captured Tatars identified that the Tatar general you killed was the younger brother of Jiannu, the enemy's leader. The leader of the Blue Banner, Mulhaqi, brought the head of his son Gebala, who was known as the best warrior of the Zhenglan Banner. The general you defeated was also Mulhaqi’s son Shuobi. Ji, in this battle, more than 400 Tatars were killed and 34 were captured. This was the first great victory for our Ming Dynasty since Sarhu, and Mr. Chen Qi was indispensable."
Li Waner looked at the weak Chen Cao, and regardless of where Li Shaokuan was mumbling excitedly, she stepped forward to support Chen Cao and whispered: "You have got your revenge. I heard from my father that Mulhaqi was in Sarhu The team that ambushed General Du's team, presumably your father was also a soldier there. Now that I am killed by you, it can be regarded as a great revenge."
Chen Cao looked up at Li Waner, let out a long breath, and fell into Li Waner's arms without any strength.
