"Keep it for now. Once you've passed Leigong Mountain, go to an unsuspecting village and capture a few men and women to force him to confess! If he doesn't confess, you'll be humiliated in front of him!"
Chaohua was still unwilling to give up the opportunity to interrogate the Ming semaphore code through Wen Dong, so he said this.
But as soon as Chaohua and others came out of Leigong Mountain, they saw a large number of vehicles, artillery and infantry formations on the other side of the Yu River outside the mountain pass. They just waited for them to cross the river and then attacked them halfway across the river.
Wen Dong, who was suffering from high fever, laughed when he saw this.
Seeing this scene, the rabbit was so shocked that he lost all his courage. He looked at Chaohua and said, "This should be the Ming Dynasty's frontier army!"
"You can see it! They're so damn rich, there are so many people wearing cloth masks."
"There are so many vehicles and cannons!"
"No wonder the emperor of the Ming Dynasty dared to create a new ritual of respecting Han and disparaging barbarians!"
Chaohua said: "Ask the sentry knight to go back first and see if the circuit has been blocked!"
He ordered the rabbit to go down.
Not long after, the sentry rider came back and informed the rabbit of the situation.
The rabbit said to Chaohua with a stern face: "The circuit is blocked, and there are a large number of Ming troops all over the mountains and plains. There are more than here. It seems that they have been hiding around for a long time."
After hearing this, Chaohua drew his sword: "Since there is no way to survive, then fight and die on the way forward! I only regret that Ming people are cunning, so we failed to bring many prairie warriors here, or maybe we can kill them with our indomitable momentum." Find a way out!"
After saying that, Chaohua held a knife and shouted: "Kill!"
Then, Chaohua rode his horse across the river and went to the other side to kill.
The rabbits and others also shouted: "Kill!" and headed towards the other side to kill.
Snapped!
Snapped!
Snapped!
A large amount of white smoke suddenly sprayed out from the wall of Ming army sidecars on the other side.
A large number of captives such as Chao Hua and Bao Er were shot and fell into the water, like dumplings in soup.
Chaohua had also fallen into the water because his mount had been shot down. Then, he had to grab the body of a captured soldier to block the front and waded across the river. However, the Ming army's artillery and heavy muskets There was no intention of ceasefire at all, and they continuously knocked these captives to the shore.
Not long after, there were piles of corpses outside the car wall, and the water and grass along the bank were dripping with blood.
Chaohua himself was also injured and fell outside the car wall. Although Rabbit was lucky enough to break into the car wall, he was rushed up by the cavalry from behind and shot with a three-eyed blunderbuss until his face was covered in blood, and he was eventually captured alive. , together with Chaohua and others, were taken to Gudian, a market town along the Yuhe River.
Gudian is now Li Rusong's temporary headquarters.
He was standing on a small hill here, accompanied by a red sun on the mountainside in the distance. At the same time, he was holding a monocular telescope and looking at the increasingly red Yuhe water in the distance, and smiled. Cherished from ear to ear:
"What a stupid thing. Do you think that my soldiers didn't cross the river because they were afraid of you coming to attack?"
As he spoke, Li Rusong stood with his hands on his hips and said, "These people are obviously coming from Fort Weilu. Mr. Wang, you should lead the front army to Fort Weilu first!"
The commander-in-chief Wang Sheng asked at this time: "What do you mean by the admiral, is there someone in Fort Weilu who will collaborate with the enemy?"
"It's always good to go check it out."
Li Rusong replied.
Not long after, as soon as Li Rusong came back, guard Ma Shilong came up to Li Rusong, pointed to Wen Dong, who was already accompanying the military medical officer to rescue him, and said:
"His name is Wen Dong. He is from the translation class of Xingming Academy. He was originally the interpreter next to Ji Fengyi in Weilu Castle. According to what he said, because Ji Fengyi was acquainted with barbarians, he was secretly controlled and handed over to these barbarians. These barbarians tortured him and asked him to hand over the secrets of the flag report, but he did not tell them."
After hearing this, Li Rusong came over and asked the medical officer immediately: "Is there any hope?"
"Back to Admiral, the wound is too big and has knotted close to the heart. Let's see if the fever can be reduced!"
"I have already used the allicin medicine made by Concubine Yang in the palace."
the medical officer replied.
Li Rusong nodded, then looked at Wen Dong: "Why did Ji Fengyi go to Yi?"
"All he said was that someone was nurturing to him."
Wen Dong replied weakly.
After hearing this, Li Rusong said: "It seems that the adopted son of someone's family has pretended to be a battalion officer!"
"Admiral, Fuyuan has arrived!"
At this time, General Chen Ce drove his horse to speak.
After hearing this, Li Rusong had to go to meet Hu Laigong, the governor of Datong.
Ma Shilong and Chen Ce also followed.
As Li Rusong walked, he asked Ma Shilong: "How many Tatars were captured alive?"
"There are more than twenty, among them are the chieftain Chaohua and the rabbit."
Ma Shilong said.
"very good!"
"In this case, when we leave the border and sweep across the grassland, we will know who the enemy is."
When Li Rusong said this, he saw that Hu Laigong had already gotten off the sedan chair and was walking towards him, accompanied by Datong Commander-in-Chief Gui Jin, so he shut up and only bowed his hands in a salute.
At this time, Hu Laigong also walked towards Li Rusong with a smile, cupped his hands and said, "You are indeed good at using soldiers!"
"ah!"
And just when Li Rusong was about to show his modesty.
Datong border general Ruan Jing and others suddenly rode towards Chaohua and other captured chiefs, and immediately shot Chaohua and others with bows and arrows.
The rabbit screamed first, then vomited blood and died soon after, but with a smile on his face.
However, Chaohua was thrown to the ground in time by the sentry officer Zhong Changdong who was guarding him.
Li Rusong's face darkened at this time.
"stop!"
"What are you doing?!"
Gui Jin also shouted at this time, and immediately came over and gave Ruan Jing a whip.
Ruan Jing knelt down in frustration and said: "Commander, calm down! I hate the Tatars to the core of my humble position, so when I see this, I can't help but want to kill them!"
Gui Jin snorted and said, "Tie him up! Let Fu Yuan handle it!"
Hu Laigong also looked at Li Rusong at this time: "Look at this?"
After saying that, Hu Laigong had an idea and ordered: "You are killing the people captured by Admiral Li. Let Admiral Li deal with it."
Li Rusong pretended to sigh helplessly and said: "What can we do! Originally, I wanted to ask them which tribe they belonged to, and even forced them to be guides. Then, after integrating them with the reports of the bandits' invasion battles received from various places, I found that the real A large and honest tribe, and I want to catch them all in one fell swoop. Now, how can I go out to punish the captives according to the order? I can't go directly to Guihua City, not far away, to settle accounts with Sanniangzi? Let alone ask questions to reveal the secret behind it. They are barbarians."
"They have no guts to communicate with the barbarians! However, what the admiral said is that this Ruan Jinghe should be punished severely, but he has ruined a big thing!"
Hu Laigong said.
Li Rusong chuckled: "But he is from Fuyuan, so he should be handled by Fuyuan."
"That's fine! This court will definitely give the Admiral an explanation!"
Hu Laigong said.
Li Rusong's eyes became colder and harsher, and he just cupped his hands and said, "I have something important to do, so excuse me!"
Hu Laigong asked hurriedly: "What's the important matter?"
"I was ordered to be the admiral to suppress the barbarians. I acted expeditiously and did not obey the governor's restraints. I directly received orders from the Privy Council, so the governor has no right to interfere!"
After Li Rusong returned, he ordered: "Break camp and go north!"
Hu Laigong's face became cold when he saw this.
"Fuyuan, what should we do now? He will definitely tell the emperor secretly."
Gui Jin said at this time.
Hu Laigong said sternly: "What else can we do? Take Ruan Jing into custody and interrogate him strictly! Even if his surname is Li doesn't tell you about this, I still have to report it to your majesty. There is no reason to hate the Tatars." The reason for taking prisoners without permission!"
(End of chapter)
