On the first night of October, to the west of Jiyun River (Jiyun River is a tributary of the Haihe River that flows under the city of Shunyi), a gunshot sound like fried beans suddenly sounded, breaking the originally peaceful night.
Zhu Youjian quickly tightened the reins, stopped the Persian horse under his crotch, and listened for a while. The sound of the gun was very dense, and it sounded a bit muffled. It was not fired by Rumi's gun, but by the three-eyed fire gun.
"Long live my Lord, I am my servant..." Zukefa, who was following Zhu Youjian, had already spoken and said nervously, "Listen to this sound, it should be by the Ji River. Encountered a slave thief!"
The three-eyed musket was a favorite firearm of the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty. When encountering an enemy, they first fired a burst of muskets, and then they didn't need to change to a long spear. They just used the three-eyed gun as a hammer. However, Zhu Youjian did not allow his soldiers in front of the tent to fight like this... His soldiers in front of the tent would either use Rumi guns to kill people, or use traditional horseback shooting, or they would charge in formation with guns, or they would dismount and form a formation. Fight on foot. It is basically not allowed to fight hand-to-hand with people on horseback, and it is not allowed to shoot three-eyed fire cannons on horseback. This thing can't hit, and it also affects the tactical movement of the charge.
But as an emperor, he cannot control other people's servants - the servants of my ministers are not my servants! Therefore, Zukefa's servants still like to first use the three-eyed gun to scare people, and then round up the fire gun and go up to charge for melee combat.
Of course, this style of play of the Zu Family Army will not work against the Eight Banners' white-armored soldiers and red-armored soldiers. The iron sand fired by the three-eyed gun is not very lethal to the heavily armored Eight Banners soldiers, and it may not be able to hit them. As for hand-to-hand combat... Zukefa's servants would definitely not be able to defeat the white-armored and red-armored soldiers of the Eight Banners.
But against the Mongols, this method is still very effective!
The servants of Liao Town were created by fighting the Mongols, and their tactics would certainly defeat the Mongols. Their armor is better than the Mongols, their weapons are better than the Mongols, they also have firearms that the Mongols don't have, and they also have generous pay that the Mongols don't even dare to think about. Moreover, the Mongols now have returned to the tribal system. If they are not good at reincarnation, they will basically not be able to get ahead. The only way to live a good life is to work as a servant for the Ming army's generals. Therefore, the Mongol warriors who were able to fight and came from humble backgrounds became the aces among the servants - Yiding Tuqi!
Zukefa took the lead this time with Zhu Youjian. Of course he took the risk and directly sent the strongest Yiding assault cavalry, and also offered the highest reward. But he was still a little nervous when he really got angry.
Zhu Youjian glanced at the long-legged general, smiled and said: "Don't be too embarrassed in the ancestral town. The white-armored soldiers of the slave thieves have been frightened by me, so they don't dare to go out easily... When your servants meet They are all weak soldiers of the Karaqin Mongols, and they will win without a doubt."
What? Are you afraid of the white-armored soldiers? Isn't that too much for you to say?
Of course Zukefa didn't believe it, but he still had to follow the emperor's words!
"Your Majesty is so powerful that I admire you..."
Zhu Youjian smiled: "Let's go to the edge of Ji River to have a look!"
As he spoke, he ignored Zuke and urged his horse to move forward like the wind. The cavalry who followed him and protected him also accelerated under the command of the officers, and all followed Zhu Youjian towards the Ji Canal.
Zuk Kefa, Zhu Chunchen and other nobles had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow. If the little emperor was really in danger...then they were not afraid. They were just afraid that the little emperor, who was the most brave among the three armies, would be safe and sound. Come back to punish them for escaping from battle!
However, they followed Zhu Youjian all the way to the west bank of Ji Canal and found that Zukefa's Yiding cavalry had driven Huang Taiji's Mongolian light cavalry across Ji Canal. On the opposite side of the canal is the camp of Huang Taiji's army.
Huang Taiji's army still set up camp in the Ming Dynasty, the lights were bright, and it looked like a sea of stars on the ground, very impressive.
On the east bank of the canal, close to Huang Taiji's camp, there was already a group of thousands of Eight Banners soldiers in white armor spread out, and large pillars were set up. Fa's servants confronted him.
The distance between the two sides was not close, and there was a river across the street. Bows, arrows and three-eyed muskets were out of reach, so both sides were swearing, no, they were swearing at the river. They didn't use Chinese, they just spoke in Mongolian.
Seeing the large group of people coming immediately, Zu Dashou's head servant, a bearded man named Zu Kuan, came up with several servants with torches to greet him. When he saw Zu Dashou, he shouted: "Chief Town Master, my brother is here today." Lucky for us, all we met were northern captives, and more than thirty heads were cut off, so we can have fun for a while!"
I really haven’t met a slave thief yet! Zu Dashouxin said: Did the little emperor really kill a bunch of other people's white-armored soldiers? Isn't this too fierce?
"You are Zu Kuan, right?" Zhu Youjian knew Zu Kuan. In his previous life, this guy was sent to Shanhaiguan by Zu Dashou to help in the war. Although he was brave, his military discipline and popularity were very poor. So in the twelfth year of Chongzhen's reign, when the Qing troops invaded Jinan, they were accused of trapping the vassal and executed. It feels unfair to think about it now...
"Haha, I am Zu Kuan, who are you?" Zu Kuan replied with a smile.
"I am the Emperor of Ming Dynasty!"
"Hahaha," Zu Kuan laughed so hard, "If you kid were the emperor, you and I would be the Jade Emperor!"
"Don't be rude!" Zukefa heard Zu Kuan talking nonsense again and quickly shouted to stop, "Don't get off your horse and kowtow when you see the Long Live Lord!"
"ah!"
Zu Kuan was stunned, and before he could react, Zhu Youjian waved his hand and said, "Kowtow for what? They are all wearing armor! No need to... Zu Kuan, can you find some people who can speak Mongolian?" Let’s go to the opposite side of the slave bandit camp to call for formation!”
"What's the formation called?" Zu Kuan was stunned, "What's the formation called?"
Zhu Youjian said: "Just ask Huang Taiji to come out and fight me alone!" He said with a smile, "The world is in chaos, it's just me and Huang Taiji fighting... I don't think there is any need to let you guys The soldiers are fighting to the death, so let me and Huang Taiji fight alone!"
Zu Kuan became anxious when he heard this, "No, you two are fighting alone, what about us servants?"
yes!
Zhu Youjian and Huang Taiji went to duel, why would they need a servant like Zu Kuan? He must not lose his job?
Zhu Youjian was amused by Zu Kuan's words, waved his hand and said: "Go, go, go...you will always be rich!"
Seeing Zu Kuanren leave, Zhu Youjian smiled and said to Zu Dashou, "Zong Zong, your servant is pretty good, how about letting him be my servant?"
Zu Dashou smiled quickly and said: "He is just a rough guy. He is lucky to be able to follow His Majesty."
Zhu Youjian laughed and said: "Let your servants follow you to scold the formation... It doesn't matter if you are angry with Huang Taiji!"
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"Huang Taiji, you thief, listen, the emperor of tomorrow wants to fight you alone. If you want to have eggs, don't hide and dare not see people..."
Huang Taiji had just fallen asleep, but before he fell asleep, he vaguely heard someone scolding the formation in Mongolian - and they were also making nonsense about whether the emperor wanted to challenge him to a duel?
What's going on?
The Emperor of Ming Dynasty had a duel with himself, the Great Khan?
Huang Taiji could no longer sleep soundly, so he got up immediately, put on his clothes and cotton armor, then left the camp, led a group of white-armored soldiers on their horses, and followed the sound to watch. As soon as he left the camp gate, he met Dorgon who had just returned from the Ji Canal.
Dorgon saw Huang Taiji and saluted quickly, "Great Khan, why are you out?"
"Don't I hear that someone wants to fight me alone?"
Dorgon was stunned and thought to himself: Is the Kingdom of Jin going to change its Khan again?
Dorgon did not dare to say this, but advised Huang Taiji: "Great Khan, do you really want to fight the Southern Emperor alone? I heard that the Southern Emperor was very skilled in martial arts and once killed the first warrior of Mongolia... ..."
"What are you talking about?" Huang Taiji smiled, "How can this Khan fight alone with a child... This Khan does not fight with courage, only with wits! Old Fourteenth, let your people go and fight the Southern Dynasty on the other side of the canal. Little emperor, don’t lose your prestige.”
"嗻!"
Dorgon responded and left. After a while, he heard Dorgon's men yelling in Mongolian: "Tiancong Khan is extremely smart. He doesn't fight with courage, but only with wits! Fighting with wits, your little emperor can do it." Dare you?"
Not long after they roared, the person on the opposite side changed their words: "The slave chief has listened, and the emperor of tomorrow has agreed to a battle of wits... Geometry, physics, arithmetic, Buddhism, Christian theology, Western Neo-Confucianism, Latin, French...anything will do for a battle of wits!"
