"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
When everyone saw this, they suddenly screamed!
"I...I can't do it anymore!" Han Lin'er opened her eyes and said weakly.
Everyone knows that this is the flashback before death!
"Your Majesty is blessed with great blessings, and I will do my best. Don't worry, Your Majesty!" Liu Futong hurriedly knelt on the ground and said.
"Well, tell all the doctors in Kaifeng to help your majesty!" Liu Futong shouted.
"Prime Minister, I can't do it anymore. The world of the Song Dynasty will depend on you from now on," Han Lin'er weakly said her last words, "Emperor of the Song Dynasty, the Prime Minister will be in charge from now on."
Liu Futong and others were already in tears.
When Han Lin'er finished speaking the last sentence and exhaled his last breath, his head tilted and he no longer had any chance of breathing.
When Liu Futong and others saw this, they suddenly burst into mourning, and they all burst into tears!
Han Lin'er's sister Han Erni, who was on the side, came up crying, picked up Han Lin'er, and said to Liu Futong and the ministers:
"Your Majesty, Prime Minister, your Majesty has passed away, Your Majesty has passed away!"
"Woooo..."
"I will respectfully send you off to Your Majesty!"
"Long live your majesty!"
...
Everyone was distraught and knelt down and shouted.
Liu Futong and the other ministers were all in tears and did not dare to look up.
"Your Majesty is buried!"
Liu Futong raised his head, wiped the tears on his face, and gave instructions to everyone.
“If I don’t kill the Tatars, I swear I won’t be a human being!”
"Pass the order, the war is urgent, no mourning will be announced secretly!"
Liu Futong continued to issue one order after another.
...
On the Yuan Army tower outside Kaifeng City, Wang Baobao and a group of staff looked at Kaifeng City.
In the past two days, the situation of the Red Scarf Army in the city has been very strange. It seems that the morale of the defenders in the city has dropped to the extreme, which makes them very confused.
Is there really something fishy?
its not right!
Logically speaking, the army of red scarf thieves should not collapse so easily, right?
Could it be that the rebels in Kaifeng City have any major changes?
Just when Wang Baobao and others were speculating, someone escaped from the city of Kaifeng and was caught by the Yuan army, which happened to bring out important information.
"What!?"
"The red scarf thief leader Han Lin'er is dead?"
After hearing the prisoner's explanation, Wang Baobao was surprised and happy!
The concentrated fire of his heavy artillery actually achieved such a miraculous effect!
"Yes, sir! Your Majesty, oh no, Han Lin'er died of serious injuries. He died two days ago. Liu Futong didn't announce the funeral secretly because he was afraid that everyone would panic. However, this cannot be hidden. Almost everyone in the city knows it."
After hearing what the prisoner said, Wang Baobao was even more happy.
Liu Futong and others did not mourn in secret, which shows that they are afraid!
As long as the Red Turban Army is afraid, it will not be far from collapse.
"Haha, come here, get the pen and ink quickly, I want to report the victory to the Queen Mother and Your Majesty personally!" Wang Baobao ordered happily.
After hearing Wang Baobao's instructions, one of his subordinates immediately took the brush and inkstone from the side. Wang Baobao dipped the ink in it and began to splash the ink.
"Send the order, strengthen the defense tonight, don't let go of a red scarf thief!" Wang Baobao shouted in a deep voice while waving ink.
"According to the order!"
The subordinate took the order, turned around and walked out of the tent.
Wang Baobao was swaying his ink and thinking secretly:
"Once Han Lin'er dies, the Kaifeng red scarf thieves will definitely jump over the wall. Maybe they will abandon Kaifeng City and break out. Although Han Lin'er is the pseudo-Song Emperor, the real leader is Liu Futong, but he cannot let this leader go!"
"We must not let this traitor escape alive, otherwise, it would be meaningless to get a Kaifeng city."
Wang Baobao said fiercely in his heart.
...
At the same time, in Kaifeng City, Prime Minister Liu Futong was secretly discussing with his generals Guan Duo, Dong Da and others about abandoning Kaifeng City, breaking out of the siege, returning to Yingzhou, and entering Yingchuan County!
Guan Duo, Dong Da and others were all uneasy because they knew that if they really gave up Kaifeng City, their situation would be in danger!
After all, if we break out of the siege and return to Yingzhou, there are still more than 200,000 Yuan troops here in Kaifeng, and they will definitely follow us!
Once the Yuan army goes south to Yingzhou, what will they do to resist it?
Guan Duo, Dong Da and others are all worried. Abandoning the city and breaking out will definitely cause great losses!
"My lords, what do you think about abandoning the city and breaking out of the siege?" Liu Futong said while looking at everyone.
After hearing this, everyone looked at each other and fell silent.
They are also riding a tiger now!
Abandoning the city and breaking out of the siege, they suffered huge losses. Once the Yuan army pursued them, their retreat would be completely cut off.
But without abandoning the city to break through, now that Han Lin'er is dead, the morale of the Red Scarf Army has plummeted, and it is impossible to repel the Yuan Army under Kaifeng City!
Seeing that everyone was silent, Liu Futong felt slightly angry, but he still patiently continued to persuade:
"Everyone, you also know that we should continue to suffer the chaos! Now while our army still has the fighting spirit, we can break out of the encirclement in one go. Otherwise, when we are exhausted later, we will not be able to leave even if we want to!"
After hearing Liu Futong's words, all the generals and counselors began to think deeply.
What Liu Futong said is indeed the truth!
Now their morale is low. If the Yuan army continues to attack, their morale will definitely drop to the lowest point, and may even collapse!
If this is the case, then one can imagine their fate, they will definitely die without a burial place!
At this moment, suddenly, Guan Duo stood up.
He stepped forward, bowed to everyone and said:
"Everyone, I, Guan Duo, listen to the Prime Minister and abandon the city to break out of the siege!"
After hearing what Guan Duo said, the other generals looked at each other and finally agreed.
After all, now that even his own emperor has died in battle, why are he still guarding Kaifeng, which is destined to be undefendable? The best thing to do is to escape from this dead place as soon as possible.
Hearing that everyone had expressed their stance, Liu Futong breathed a sigh of relief and quickly ordered his men to prepare for a breakout!
Soon, everything is ready!
On the city wall, Liu Futong and several generals looked outside the city with complicated expressions and uneasiness in their hearts.
No matter what, Han Lin'er is the emperor they respect!
If Han Lin'er hadn't been killed by the Yuan army's artillery for no apparent reason this time, I'm afraid they wouldn't have abandoned the city to break out.
As night fell, the Red Scarf Army quietly opened the city gate.
Then as a burst of fire shot into the sky, the Red Scarf Army broke out from three directions: southeast, southeast and west!
The Red Scarf Army that broke out of Kaifeng City was as ferocious as a tiger. The Yuan army was frightened and did not know what kind of offensive the Red Scarf Army was going to launch. They all guarded their camps and did not dare to attack easily!
Liu Futong and others led the Red Scarf Army to take advantage of this opportunity, escorting Han Lin'er's coffin and finally fought a bloody path!
They broke through the encirclement of the Yuan army and ran towards Yingzhou.
When the sky got light and the Yuan army woke up, even though the Yuan army chased them all the way, they could only annihilate thousands of red scarf troops behind the palace.
Most of the Red Scarf troops in Kaifeng City fled in all directions, and finally did not fall into the stranglehold of the Yuan army.
The Yuan army captured Bianliang City and immediately won victory over Dadu.
Empress Dowager Qi and Emperor Aiyou of the Yuan Dynasty were extremely happy about this great victory.
For Cha Han, Wang Baobao and others, there were even more rewards for being promoted to higher positions. Especially Wang Baobao, because of his meritorious service in using artillery to kill the red scarf thief emperor Han Lin'er, he was granted the title of king together with Cha Han and others!
Originally, in terms of age and qualifications, Wang Baobao, who was only twenty years old, was not qualified, but he could not bear the excessive credit, and there was Empress Dowager Qi as his concubine to protect Wang Baobao, so he directly gave Wang Baobao the title of King Fanyang.
Wang Baobao's uncle Chahan also had the same title of King of Ruyang.
As Wang Baobao, Chahan and others defeated the Red Turban Army and conquered Bianliang, the Yuan army in the entire north ushered in a counterattack. Shandong Province Prime Minister Hama and Yan Shenggong Kong Kejian were already planning to join forces and go south to attack Xuzhou and take this city The important cities in the north and south were taken into the bag, and then Wang Baobao, Chahan and other large armies were brought to help in the battle to eliminate the Shandong Red Turban Army along the coast.
The news of Bianliang's defeat and Han Lin'er's death soon reached Jinling.
Suddenly, the entire Red Scarf Army was in an uproar.
However, among the exclamations, Zhu Han still noticed a hint of excitement.
"The Emperor of the Song Dynasty died in battle?"
"Isn't the emperor long live?"
"Of course the emperor is long live, but if he dies, it means he is not the right one, so of course he cannot live long!"
"Han Lin'er's real name is not Emperor, then who is?"
"I don't know who the real one is, but I only know that Jinling has dragon energy!"
"What is dragon energy?"
"Dragon Qi is the Qi of the Emperor, the Qi of the Emperor!"
Not long after, the entire Red Scarf Army in Jinling secretly discussed whether the commander-in-chief Zhu Yuanzhang was the right one.
Behind this, Zhu Han's encouragement is naturally indispensable.
In Jinling City, Prince Wu's Mansion.
Brother Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han sat together, discussing the information they had just received.
"The situation is not good. Peng Da and others from Xuzhou abandoned the city and ran away. The Yuan army has taken control of the front line of Bianliang and Xuzhou. The next step is to attack Yingzhou and Haozhou." Brother Zhu Yuanzhang said with a frown. .
As soon as Bianliang City was lost, all the Red Scarf Army reinforcements greased their feet and ran back to their hometowns. As the Yuan army took advantage of the victory and counterattacked, many cities were captured by the Yuan army, and most of the results of the previous years of battle were lost.
"Liu Futong has been running Yingzhou for many years. He should be able to hold it. He is afraid that if Xuzhou is lost, Shandong will be in chaos." Zhu Han said.
Today, large areas of salt fields have been opened up in Shandong, and their output is almost as important as the Yangzhou salt fields. It is a big source of wealth for the Zhu Han brothers. Moreover, the gold mine in Laizhou, Shandong has just begun to be explored. Shandong must not be lost!
"As soon as Xuzhou was lost, Hama and Kong Kejian became arrogant." Zhu Yuanzhang sneered. These two scum had the same temperament and took advantage of it. They got Xuzhou for nothing.
These two capricious traitors must be eradicated!
"Hama and Kong Kejian are two thieves. I have wanted to eradicate them a long time ago!" Zhu Han said angrily.
He now hates Hama and Kong Kejian, the two Mongolian lackeys, more and more!
"Qiwu, Hama and Kong Kejian are both small characters. In fact, in terms of strength, they are not enough to threaten us. But the main thing is that they have done a lot of bad things in recent years. They must be punished severely!" Zhu Yuanzhang shouted in a deep voice.
Hama and Kong Kejian jointly took control of Shandong, and they levied and extorted money in the territory under their jurisdiction. They also extorted and extorted the red scarf army who ran trading companies in Shandong, and even carried out many fair and just robberies. Zhu Yuanzhang had long been determined to deal with them.
"Brother, you are right!" Zhu Han nodded and said.
"Brother, we can't watch the Yuan army being arrogant. We must give them a head-on attack. At least we must capture Xuzhou so that they can take the opportunity to go south to the Huaihe River!" Zhu Han suggested.
The Huainan area is the home base of the Red Scarf Army, and a large number of Red Scarf Army officers and soldiers' hometowns are in the Huaihe River area.
And if the Yuan army is allowed to go south to Huainan, it will not be a good thing for the people of the Huaihe River!
"Well, the Huaihe River area can't be lost!" Zhu Yuanzhang also agreed with Zhu Han's suggestion, nodded and said, "Just go ahead and handle this matter."
Then he said, "By the way, on July 5, you can send a few people to Yizhou to see the situation there. I heard that a group of rebels has emerged in the local area. There seem to be tens of thousands of people. If they can be recruited, Just let them attack Qufu and Xuzhou!"
"good!"
Zhu Han nodded in agreement, and then said: "Brother, I have also heard about the Yizhou Rebel Army. I think they have great potential, and I want to go there in person!"
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he felt a little worried, "Yizhou has to take the land route. It may be very dangerous!"
Zhu Han was not too worried, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, brother, I will bring the new army with me for protection. It will definitely not be a problem."
"New army? We have only been training for three months. If there is a war, what use will it be?" Brother Zhu Yuanzhang said with a frown.
"Brother, don't worry, they are definitely not an ordinary army." Zhu Han said with a smile.
Seeing this, brother Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but look at Zhu Han doubtfully.
Zhu Han saw this and said quickly: "Brother, I will go to Yizhou this time and bring the new army with me. If we encounter the Tartars, they will just sweep them away and win. There will definitely be no danger."
With Zhu Han's repeated assurances of confidence, his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang reluctantly believed in the strength of the new army.
...
Shandong, Yizhou.
As a state capital surrounded by mountains, Yizhou has never been a prosperous place for merchants, but the local people are hardworking and hardworking. Once there is any injustice, they will often go to the mountains to work as bandits.
A few months ago, the people of Yizhou were suffering from exploitation by the Yuan Dynasty officials. They killed the local Mongolian officials and Semu people and directly rebelled.
They did not hold high the banner of the Red Turban Army, but fought on their own, scattered in various villages.
However, with the fall of Bianliang and the fall of Xuzhou, the Yuan army's arrogance greatly increased. In order to exterminate the Yizhou rebels and threaten the province's own Jining Prefecture, Yan Shenggong Kong Kejian personally led 10,000 Kongjia troops and troops borrowed from Wang Baobao. Three thousand Mongolian soldiers marched towards Yizhou in a mighty manner.
Wang Baobao's three thousand Mongolian soldiers were real Mongolians mobilized from the northwest. They fought with the elite Red Turban Army with real swords and real guns under Bianliang City. A group of rioting farmers in Yizhou originally lacked weapons, armor and training. Not to mention no match for the Kong family army and the Mongols.
After successive defeats, the rebel armies in Yizhou sought help from General Zhu Longxing of the Red Scarf Army in the south.
With the help of three thousand Mongolian princes, Duke Yansheng Kong Kejian quickly captured the city of Yizhou, and then used both soft and hard tactics to deal with the rebels in Yizhou one by one.
At this time, Zhu Han had also led 5,000 new troops to land in Haiqu County on warships and marched along the highway to Yizhou.
Yizhou is not far from Haiqu County.
It took less than ten days of marching to reach Yizhou.
Kong Kejian, who had just captured Yizhou, did not know that the Red Turban Army was coming from Haiqu. At this time, Kong Kejian was busy enjoying himself in Yizhou with the Mongolian general Chahu'er.
On top of the Yizhou City Tower, a large wooden shelf was erected, which was hung with the heads of rebels, all killed by the Mongols led by Kong Kejian.
Next to these wooden shelves, there was a huge wooden sign with the word "rebellion" written all over it in blood.
This was the method Kong Kejian used to frighten the local Han people.
"Master Kong, come on, have a drink!"
Zahu'er said drunkenly while holding a bowl of fine wine.
This Chahu'er is a Mongolian garrison in the northwest Hetao. He is a professional soldier who is not good at even herding except killing.
"Okay, General Tiger, let's drink!" Kong Kejian glanced at this Huer, "How are you thinking about the bandit suppression?"
This Chahu'er is a brave and skilled general who has never lost a battle against the Yizhou rebels. Now that he has occupied Yizhou, he is a little greedy for enjoyment and is unwilling to leave Yizhou city without having enough food and drink. Destroy the rebels on the mountain.
"Don't worry, Mr. Kong, we've almost rested. We'll go and wipe them out in two days!" Cha Hu'er said with a smile.
Kong Kejian nodded, these Mongolian princes were finally ready to get to work.
"General Tiger, do you need to prepare anything else for your army?" Kong Kejian asked.
"Don't worry, sir. We are all prepared. We will set off on time in two days. I will go and deliver the order right away!"
After saying that, the Huer left in a hurry.
"These Mongolians are really rude!" Kong Kejian said with a frown.
Kong Kejian didn't like these Mongols, who were always straightforward and barbaric, but Yan Shenggong's Kong family army was not very powerful, and it was always difficult to deal with the rebels.
The news that the Yizhou Yuan army was about to leave the city to suppress the bandits quickly spread.
The Yizhou rebels from all walks of life were panic-stricken. They were all ordinary farmers. There was nothing they could do to deal with these professional Mongolian cavalry.
Now that they heard that three thousand Mongolian cavalry were about to leave the city to attack them, many people were so frightened that they wanted to hide away.
Yizhou, Qianniugu.
The leader of the rebel army, Wang Shiji, was discussing with a group of brothers in the mountain stronghold, because several of the surrounding mountain stronghold rebels had fled, and they were the only mountain stronghold left within a radius of dozens of miles. If the Mongols came, they would definitely go straight to them. Come.
"Brother, let's run and hide for a while in Yishui in the north!" said a rebel brother.
Wang Shiji was stunned when he heard this, then shook his head and said: "No, a monk can't escape from the temple if he can escape. If we escape, the family fortune of this village will be completely destroyed!"
"What should we do?" Everyone was worried.
Wang Shiji said: "How about this, let's wait a little longer. I heard that Marshal Zhu Longxing in the south has promised to send troops to meet us. As long as we wait a little longer, maybe we can get reinforcements!"
When everyone heard this, they felt happy at first, and then worried again.
"Commander Zhu Longxing is famous all over the world. It is of course good that he can send people here."
"But, I heard that Jiangnan is thousands of miles away from here. Marshal Zhu's soldiers are coming. I'm afraid we're doomed too."
Everyone shook their heads and sighed helplessly, and the leader Wang Shiji was also in a dilemma.
At this moment, a little rebel brother suddenly ran in outside the door.
"The boss!"
"Master, someone is coming from the east!"
"Thousands of soldiers and horses!"
When everyone heard this, they were immediately shocked.
They all thought the Mongols were coming.
"Thousands of soldiers and horses have come, who are they?" Wang Shiji, worthy of being the master, kept his cool and asked eagerly.
"The boss is Zhu Longxing's troops!" the little brother said hurriedly.
"What!"
"Are they really Zhu Longxing's troops?"
Wang Shiji and the rebels around him changed their expressions and hurriedly ran out of the mountain gate.
I saw densely packed figures on the mountain road in the distance, and a continuous stream of flags that circled around the other side of the mountain road.
There are thousands of soldiers in this army!
The red flags fluttering in the wind are the flags of the Red Scarf Army!
"Quick, come with me and have a look."
When Wang Shiji saw the red flag, he immediately recognized that it was Zhu Longxing's army, and he was relieved!
Wang Shiji took a few of his cronies and hurried down the hillside. When he came to the bottom of the hillside, he saw rows of knights standing on a winding path on the mountainside, and war horses were leisurely eating fodder.
When several cavalrymen saw Wang Shiji and others coming down from the mountain, they immediately rode up to greet them for questioning.
"Who is coming!"
"Brother, I am Wang Shiji, the head of Qianniugu. May I ask if you are the commander-in-chief Zhu Longxing?" Wang Shiji quickly jumped off his horse and saluted with cupped fists.
"Exactly!"
"Excuse me, where is Commander Zhu Longxing?" Wang Shiji asked quickly.
"Haha, Brother Wang, our commander is right behind!" A knight said with a slight smile.
Wang Shiji was excited when he heard this, and quickly ordered everyone around him: "Everyone, please get out of the way and let our commander pass by!"
"Follow your orders, master!"
A group of rebels made way for Zhu Longxing's team.
After checking their identities, Wang Shiji and others were brought to Zhu Han.
"Wang Shiji, I have met Marshal Zhu." Wang Shiji quickly said with his fists clasped.
Zhu Han smiled, stretched out his arm to Wang Shiji, and said, "Wang Dashi, you're welcome."
"Shuai Zhu, you came just in time. Our Yizhou rebels were severely oppressed by the Tatars." Wang Shiji burst into tears of gratitude and said quickly.
Zhu Han nodded, "Don't worry, brothers, we are here to kill the Tatars this time!"
He said to a general beside him: "You guys, bring the food and clothing here first!"
"Here!" Several cavalrymen responded quickly, pushing the carriages filled with grain and the carts carrying grain into the mountain road.
Because of the Yuan army's counterattack in Yizhou, many rebels fled one after another. The group of rebels who originally wanted to lead Zhu Han's Red Scarf Army also disappeared. Now that Zhu Han encountered this group of rebels in Qianniugu, he naturally wanted to Bring them on board to act as guides.
Zhu Han led the Red Scarf Army into the Qianniugu Village. The entire village was very small and could not accommodate more than 5,000 Red Scarf Army members. Most of the Red Scarf Army camped on their own outside the mountain village, but Zhu Han led Chang Yuchun, Chen Baodao, Qi Xiang and other hundreds of rebel generals and personal guards lived in the middle of the village.
The main building of the village is located on the top of the mountain, and there are three or four buildings around it. These buildings look very simple, made of simple wood and thatch, and look like ordinary farmhouses.
Zhu Han and others stopped in front of a thatched house and then walked in.
Wang Shiji and other Yizhou rebel leaders followed closely behind, and soon everyone was seated in the main room.
"Wang Dagui, how many people are there in your village?" Zhu Han asked.
"About fifteen or six hundred people, including some women, children and children, all live in the back mountain." Wang Shiji quickly replied.
"Yes!" Zhu Han nodded and continued to ask: "There are quite a lot of people. You are the largest village within dozens of miles, right?"
"Exactly!" Wang Shiji nodded, and then asked: "By the way, I wonder how Marshal Zhu plans to fight the Tatars?"
"We plan to attack Yizhou directly and wipe out all the Tatars. I wonder if Wang Dakei is willing to join us?" Zhu Han said with a smile.
"Join the commander's command?"
Hearing this, Wang Shiji and others looked surprised.
Although they are all Yizhou rebels, they are still very familiar with the deeds of "Commander Zhu Longxing" who fought in the north and south.
What an honor it would be if I could become a subordinate of Commander-in-Chief Zhu Longxing of the Red Scarf Army!
"Wang Dagui, I wonder what you think?" Zhu Han looked at Wang Shiji with a smile.
Wang Shiji and others looked at each other with excitement in their eyes.
Wang Shiji and other rebels quickly stood up, bowed to Zhu Han, and said, "I am willing to follow the commander-in-chief!"
Zhu Han suddenly burst into laughter and said, "Hahaha, okay! Since Master Wang has said so, then I agree. We will be real brothers from now on."
"Thank you, Marshal!" Wang Shiji said with a smile.
Zhu Han then said, "I heard that there are many Mongolian cavalry in Yizhou?"
"Yes, there must be at least more than three thousand Mongolian cavalry. All of them are skilled in bow and horse. Our people are no match at all." Wang Shiji said worriedly.
"The strength of the Mongolian Tatars is only average. They can control the world only by relying on the strength of their armor and strong soldiers. When they encounter our Red Scarf Army, we will protect them so that they will never come back! When the time comes to fight, with us as our backing, you can just chase and kill them." The troops are defeated." Zhu Han smiled.
"The handsome and wise man!"
"Haha, this time our goal is Yizhou City. I hope to use your troops to put on a good show with the Tatars. By then you will be the hero of Yizhou, and I will let you be the marshal of Yizhou! Zhu Han said with a smile.
"Commander, just tell us, what do you want us to do? I have no objection!" Wang Shiji said happily.
"I plan to let you lure the Tatars out of the city and then destroy them in the field." Zhu Han said.
According to the information in hand, the area around Yizhou City was hard and rocky, which was not suitable for digging tunnels, and Zhu Han did not carry large-caliber artillery to attack the city.
Therefore, the best way is to lure the Yuan army out.
"Don't worry, Commander. The Tatars are about to leave the city to fight recently. It's not difficult to seduce them!" Wang Shiji said happily.
"That's great. It saves us the trouble of calculating." Zhu Han was also very happy.
Later, Wang Shiji offered advice to Zhu Han, united the remaining mountain strongholds to join forces, and released the wind to lure the Yuan army to take the initiative to attack.
In order to allow the Yuan army to come in larger numbers and facilitate centralized elimination, Zhu Han gave Wang Shiji and other copycat rebels a lot of new weapons and equipment, and also distributed some food and drinks to them.
Zhu Han's plan to lure the enemy was quickly implemented. Wang Shiji and other Yizhou rebels first attacked everywhere, destroying the Yuan army's strongholds outside Yizhou City, luring the Yuan army to take the bait, and then spread a lot of rumors that various copycats were going to gather. The soldiers led Niugu and joined forces to attack Yizhou.
Inside Yizhou City.
"Sir, how dare these little thieves from Qianniugu dare to provoke us?" Chahu'er was very angry after hearing the news about these rebels.
Kong Kejian was dismissive of these rebels in Qianniugu, but was happy to see them gathering together in one place, which would make it easier for the Yuan army to eliminate them.
"General Tiger, I have information. The rebels from all walks of life in Yizhou have gathered in Qianniugu. We are here to catch them all!" Kong Kejian said with a smile.
Since he captured Yizhou, Kong Kejian went to the Yuan Dynasty court and boasted about his achievements. Now he has been appointed by the Yuan Dynasty to judge the political affairs of Yizhou. From now on, Yizhou will also be the sphere of influence of his Kong family.
Since it was his own sphere of influence, Yanshenggong Kong Kejian was naturally more hostile to the various rebels in Yizhou.
"Master Kong is right, I think so too, tomorrow! Tomorrow we will send troops to attack Qianniugu!" Mongolian general Chao Hu'er said loudly.
"Okay, then I will leave a thousand men to guard Yizhou City, and all the rest of the troops will attack!" Kong Kejian said with a smile.
According to the information Kong Kejian had, there were quite a few rebels in Qianniugu, with a total of more than 10,000 people. He himself felt that it was better to deal with them carefully.
Soon, more than 10,000 troops left Yizhou and headed for Qianniu Gu in the east.
Chahu'er led 3,000 Mongolian cavalry as the vanguard, and Kong Kejian led more than 8,000 Kong family troops as the main force, slowly following behind the Mongolian vanguard.
After more than a day's march, the Yuan army led by Kong Kejian and Cha Hu'er finally arrived at the outskirts of Qianniu Gu.
A small flat field is the gateway to the Qianniugu Mountains.
The news of the Yuan army's arrival in Yizhou was quickly detected by the scouts sent by Zhu Han.
"Reporting to the deputy commander, the Yizhou Tartars are coming, with three thousand cavalry in the vanguard!"
When Zhu Han heard this, he knew that the Tatars had not realized that they had been tricked!
The Yuan army dispatched so many troops and horses, indicating that they really wanted to attack Qianniugu.
"Okay, great!"
"The Mongolian cavalry are here, so there's no need to worry about them escaping!"
Zhu Han said with a smile that various rebel ambushes had already been deployed on the surrounding mountains. As long as they gained an advantage on the frontal battlefield, they would cut off the Yuan army's retreat and annihilate all the Tatars in one fell swoop.
"Wang Shiji!" Zhu Han ordered.
"Marshal, the general is here!" Wang Shiji quickly stepped out of the queue.
"I order you to lead your troops to lure the enemy and let the Tartar troops go deeper and completely enter the ambush circle!" Zhu Han said loudly.
"Yes, Marshal!" Wang Shiji immediately accepted the order and led the local rebels out.
All the rebels were natives of Yizhou and were familiar with the roads and mountains. No matter how fiercely the Mongols chased them, they would basically run away once they got into the mountains and forests, so they were very relaxed about it.
After a while, Wang Shiji led his own rebel army and rushed out of the forest and started a fierce battle with the Mongolian cavalry.
The 8,000 rebels led by Wang Shiji soon attracted a large number of Tatar cavalry, leaving the cavalry with no time to care about anything else. They chased and killed the rebels.
"Send the order, retreat, retreat!"
Wang Shiji saw that the time was almost up and immediately shouted loudly.
"Swish swish..."
Several feather arrows flew out with a roar, instantly covering the heads of the rebels, shooting down a large number of unarmored rebel soldiers.
Thousands of rebels cheered and retreated quickly to the rear like a tide.
Seeing that the rebels were easily defeated, how could Chahuer and other Mongolian cavalry let them go so easily? They all waved their weapons and came forward, vowing to drive these rebels to death.
In this way, the two sides launched a fierce chase.
suddenly!
Just as Chahu'er was waiting for the Mongolian cavalry to pursue and kill him, he only heard a burst of horns and shouts of killing in the mountains and forests ahead!
"Kill, kill, kill!"
The New Army's musket phalanx soldiers, led by Zhu Han himself, quickly lined up on the road to meet the enemy.
When Chahu'er and other Mongolian cavalry saw the sudden appearance of a red scarf army, they were immediately surprised.
Many of them realized that they had fallen into a trap to lure the enemy, but the group of infantry in front of them didn't seem very strong.
"Kill me!"
Zahu'er became more ferocious, and started to charge with his mount.
Seeing the Mongolian cavalry attacking him, Zhu Han did not panic at all. He waved his hand, and the ordering soldiers next to him immediately sounded the horn.
Following the command of the trumpet, the spearmen of the Red Turban Army quickly formed an array and nailed themselves in the middle, while the musketeers retreated to both sides of the spearmen.
The muskets were pointed at the Mongolian cavalry rushing forward, while the spearmen of the Red Scarf Army behind began to adjust the tips of their spears and aimed at the Mongolian cavalry rushing over.
As Zhu Han's order was issued, rows of muskets were fired quickly.
"Bang bang bang..."
The horses of the Mongolian cavalry fell in a pool of blood one after another, and the Mongolian cavalry behind them were also blocked, and the horses had to slow down.
Seeing that the cavalry on his side were shot to death and wounded, Cha Hu'er was also shocked. He did not expect that the musketeers on Zhu Han's side were actually well-trained and far more powerful than he expected.
"Retreat!" Cha Hu'er reined in his mount and shouted loudly.
"What, General, are you really retreating?" the lieutenant asked.
"Retreat, retreat quickly! Don't charge forcefully."
Zahuer roared loudly.
Obviously, Zahu'er was not as reckless as he appeared. The fierce muskets and spears of the Red Scarf Army made Zahu'er lose the courage to even ride forward and fire back.
"How come these dog Tartars are so cowardly?"
Seeing the Mongolian cavalry retreating after receiving a round of musketry, Zhu Han suddenly became very angry.
The surrounding Yizhou rebels cheered and laughed at the fleeing Mongolian cavalry.
"The muskets are fierce, and the Tatars are not stupid either." Chang Yuchun couldn't help but say from the side.
Zhu Han nodded, "We can't keep that smart Tatar anymore! Send the order, and the whole army will attack!"
"As you command, deputy commander!"
As Zhu Han issued the order to attack the entire army, the rebels on the mountains dropped huge rocks and rolled logs one after another, blocking the Yuan army's retreat.
Tens of thousands of Yuan troops gathered on the plain under Qianniugu. Kong Kejian and Chahu'er joined forces and set up a turtle formation for defense. The dense infantry was arranged in a square formation, with Mongolian cavalry between the square formations. If the rebels advance to attack, they will be resisted by infantry. Once they are defeated and flee, they will be pursued by Mongolian cavalry.
"What a turtle formation!" Chang Yuchun said while looking at the Yuan army's formation.
"Haha, our new army is not afraid of this turtle formation!" Zhu Han said with a smile.
As the artillery pieces were pulled up, the Yuan army suddenly fell into a panic.
Boom boom boom!
Boom boom!
With the roar of artillery, the three-pounder cannon shells immediately set off a bloody storm among the Yuan army infantry array. Many Yuan army soldiers were killed on the spot, and their deaths were extremely tragic.
Zhu Han's three-pound cannon was extremely powerful and could almost destroy a row of soldiers. Among the infantry of the Yuan army, cracks were constantly bursting, blood spurted out, and screams were heard one after another.
"No, what kind of artillery is this!" Kong Kejian looked at the artillery that could kill a large area with one shot, and his face became ugly.
Artillery is Jingui's gadget. Kong Kejian never thought that the Yizhou rebels could have this thing.
"Shoot the arrow, shoot the arrow quickly!" Seeing this, Zahu'er immediately ordered loudly.
Under Chahu'er's order, waves of Mongolian cavalry rushed out of the array, carrying bows and crossbows, and constantly harassed the two wings of the rebel army.
Zhu Han knew that these missing arrows could not hurt the artillerymen at all, but they could cause great trouble to them, making them unable to continue shooting forward and could only stop the attack.
"Qi Xiang, attack and hit me hard!" Zhu Han ordered loudly.
"I will obey your orders!"
Upon hearing the order, Qi Xiang, the commander of the musketeers, immediately led the musketeers of the Red Scarf Army out of the array and launched a counterattack against the Yuan army.
I saw the musketeers of the Red Scarf Army approaching the Yuan Army infantry as if charging. They looked as if they were about to step on the enemy's formation. However, at a very close distance, the musketeers ran out of an arc again, from The Yuan army infantry bypassed the side.
While galloping in a semicircle, the muskets in the hands of the musketeers fired, spitting gunpowder and shooting at the Yuan army infantry.
boom!
Bang bang!
The attack power of the muskets was much more powerful than the archery power of the Mongolian cavalry. Even if they were protected by armor, the Yuan soldiers fell down one by one, screaming in agony and suffering heavy casualties.
Seeing that his infantry was being injured, Gua Hu suddenly became furious. He whipped the horse under him with a whip, urging the horse under him to continue rushing forward, trying to chase down the musketeers of the Red Turban Army.
However, the Red Turban Army's musketry cavalry were extremely lethal, and they fought and retreated with the Mongolian cavalry. At the same time, each round of shooting would take away the lives of at least a dozen Mongolian cavalry.
Seeing that the Mongolian cavalry under his command suffered heavy casualties, Zahu'er felt a pang of pain in his heart.
However, the Red Turban Army musketeers all wore light and strong breastplates and wide-brimmed helmets, and the Mongolian cavalry of Gua Huer had no way of shooting arrows.
As a result, he was in an embarrassing situation of being unable to catch up and kill him.
Seeing that he could not catch up, Zahu'er simply gave up the pursuit and instead ordered: "Send the order, retreat, no pursuit!"
"Yes, general." The deputy general heard the order and immediately gave it.
After the Yuan army retreated, Qi Xiang immediately followed up with the musketeers and continued shooting behind the retreating Mongolian cavalry.
boom!
Bang bang!
With a round of musket smoke, another group of Mongolian cavalry were shot and killed.
...
After several confrontations, when the Mongolian cavalry saw the musketeers continuing to pursue them, they were so frightened that they hurriedly turned their horses around and fled to the north.
