Rao Yubeile-Abatai's mood is very complicated, he can be said to be both happy and depressed.
Happily, after waiting for such a long time, the Ming army finally came out.
What was depressing was that what came out was not the main force of the Ming army, but a small cavalry team of less than a hundred people, galloping back and forth in front of the two armies, shooting a few arrows, firing a few guns, and blowing horns from time to time.
But Abate soon felt relieved.
Lu Xiangsheng was not a fool. He knew that this battle was very dangerous, so before dispatching the main force, he sent a small cavalry team to test the situation. This was normal. If he were the commander of the Ming army, he would do the same thing.
Besides, now that the cavalry team has come out, the main force will be faster, so just wait patiently.
Sure enough, the cavalry team ran back and forth several times, and after some testing, they returned to the camp.
"Boom...boom!"
Half an hour later, with the sound of war drums, another Ming army rushed out. This time it was no longer a cavalry squad of less than a hundred people, but a cavalry squad of more than a hundred people. They galloped back and forth in front of the two armies, and from time to time Shoot a few arrows, fire a few shots, and then retreat.
In this way, the Ming army continuously sent out cavalry squads to test the reality, and then retreated, repeating the cycle... Until dawn, the main force of the Ming army still did not come out.
But tens of thousands of Jurchen troops were arrayed at the foot of the mountain. They had not slept all night, with dark circles under their eyes and little energy left.
Abatai realized that he might have been deceived. Lu Xiangsheng was not going to fight at night, but was using a fatigue strategy: constantly sending out small groups of cavalry to attract his own side's attention, and at the same time slowly consume his own side's energy, until he was ready. When exhausted, the main force will be dispatched for a decisive battle.
What an insidious strategy. How should I deal with it?
There is a way: divide the soldiers and horses into two and take turns to rest.
After the order was issued, half of the Jurchen soldiers stayed in place and continued to monitor the dynamics of the Ming army's camp, while the other half went back to the camp to rest.
"Master Beile, your injury has not healed yet, so you should go back to the military tent and take a rest!"
"Okay, you should always monitor the movements of the Ming army. If there is any situation, report it immediately!"
"twitter!"
Abatai was injured and had not rested for a whole day and night. His body really couldn't hold on any longer. So under the persuasion of his subordinates, he returned to the Chinese army's tent. Several Geshiha ran over and helped him take off his clothes. Heavy armor.
Then the army doctors came forward, untied the gauze on their bodies, washed the wounds with warm water, wiped them clean, and were about to reapply the medicine when a deafening shout of death suddenly came from outside the camp.
Immediately afterwards, a Gesheha rushed in: "Reporting to Lord Beile, the Ming army's large army has left the camp!"
"It's great to be out. Come here, beat the drums quickly and gather the troops. Follow Ben Beile out of the camp and kill the Ming army without leaving any trace behind!"
"Master Beile, the wounds on your body haven't been bandaged with medicine yet!"
"I can't worry about so much anymore. Quickly put on your armor, prepare your horse and carry your axe!"
Ignoring the persuasion of the doctors, Abatai forcibly put on double-layered heavy armor, carried a Xuanhua axe, mounted a curly-haired black horse, led the assembled men and horses, and rushed out of the camp in a mighty manner.
Then I took a closer look and saw that there was no large group of Ming soldiers at all.
"Damn it, who lied about military information?"
"Master Beile, the slaves did not lie about the military situation. The Ming army's large army really came out just now, but after turning around in a small circle, they retreated again!"
"You're back, you're playing tricks again, bah!"
Abatai was very depressed and had no other choice, so he had to lead his troops back to the camp and return to the Chinese army tent to continue applying medicine. Unexpectedly, he had just taken off half of his armor when Goshiha ran in again and reported: Mr. Beile, a large group of Ming army troops came out again. It's coming, waving flags and shouting to kill.
Abata did not dare to neglect, so he quickly put on his heavy armor again, picked up his ax and mounted his horse, and led the reassembled troops out of the camp, only to see the Ming army retreating again.
This situation happened four times in a row.
Abatai, who was half-dead from exhaustion, understood
, we can no longer be manipulated by the Ming army, otherwise we and our subordinates will be exhausted to death.
This tactic of recruiting exhausted troops is really ruthless and immoral!
Lu Xiangsheng has always been a gentleman, and he cannot think of such a harmful idea. There must be someone who can help make suggestions. Who is it?
Nine times out of ten, it's that Qin Feng. I've heard it from people a long time ago. He's a bad person and good at using conspiracies and tricks. This time I learned the lesson. He's really awesome!
More importantly, while using the exhaustion strategy, the Ming army continued to dig trenches and build barriers, and had already surrounded most of Xiaogushan. In a few days, they would all be surrounded.
At that time, tens of thousands of your own horses will have no chance of escaping. That's all. This time, you guys are really good. Ben Beile can't beat him. I won't try anymore. Thirty-six strategies, walking is the best strategy!
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Thinking of this, Abatai was ready to order an attack on the mountain. He would first wipe out the Ming army on the mountain and let out a bad breath. Then he would set up camp and lead the army to leave Xiaogushan. He would look for another favorable terrain and opportunity to fight the Ming army to the death.
Just as Nazhi was about to give the order, a Goshiha ran into the Chinese army's tent, holding an arrow without an arrowhead in his hand.
"Reporting to Baylor, the Ming army shot a headless arrow, and there was a letter tied to it. The envelope said: Please open it yourself and read it."
"Oh, bring it here!"
Abatai took the letter and opened it to read the contents. The letter was written by Lu Xiangsheng himself. It was quite long, but the front part was full of nonsense about benevolence, justice, morality, and nonsense... Finally, he got down to business: I hope the two sides will cease the war for the time being and are willing to send a gift. In order to show their sincerity, the Ming army temporarily stopped digging trenches and building barriers.
Immediately afterwards, Goshiha ran in and reported that the Ming army had really stopped digging trenches and building barriers.
"It's quite interesting to use money to redeem people!"
After reading the letter, Abatai pondered: Killing the Ming army on the mountain would do him no good, but if he could get a lot of property in exchange, it would be a good deal.
Moreover, the exchange of property for captives has been common throughout the ages. As for the amount of property, one has to be open-minded.
So he ordered someone to get pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and wrote a reply in person: Lu Xiangsheng was asked to spend 20,000 taels of gold, 200,000 taels of silver, 20,000 bolts of silk, 100,000 shi of grain, 10,000 shi of salt, 10,000 shi of tea, Five thousand boxes of porcelain were exchanged for Gao Qiqian and thousands of Ming army soldiers who were besieged on the mountain.
After the letter was written, he ordered people to shoot the Ming army with headless arrows.
Soon, the Ming army sent back another letter, which was also written by Lu Xiangsheng. The main idea was: The amount of property Abatai asked for was too much, and he could not satisfy it, so he hoped to reduce it.
Abatai immediately wrote a letter: The property he demanded cannot be reduced at all, otherwise he would attack Xiaogushan and kill all the besieged Ming troops. Then he tied the letter to a headless arrow and shot it at the Ming Dynasty again. The military side.
Soon, another letter came back, to the effect that the amount of property could be given according to Abatai's request, but there was not so much property in the Ming army camp, and it would take half a month to raise it. During the raising period, Both sides are not allowed to use troops, and they must also ensure the safety of the besieged Ming army.
Abatay wrote back again: It's okay not to move troops and ensure safety, but half a month is too long. He can't wait, so he only gives four days at most.
Lu Xiangsheng wrote back again: Four days is too short, at least twelve days.
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After repeated bargaining, the two parties finally reached an agreement: after eight days, property will be exchanged for people!
After the agreement was reached, Abatai was not at ease and worried that Lu Xiangsheng was secretly up to something, so he sent a large number of people to keep an eye on every move of the Ming army camp.
It was found that: apart from sending more than a dozen convoys to the surrounding states and counties to raise property, the Ming army did not make any changes. All trenches and barriers were also stopped, and no construction continued.
After receiving the report, Abatai felt much relieved and made up his mind: eight days later, when he received the property, he would immediately order an attack on the mountain and wipe out all the Ming troops on the mountain.
Breaking your promise?
never mind!
This is fighting, not doing business.
There is one thing to pay attention to when doing business: honesty and honesty.
The important thing in fighting is: be ruthless and ruthless!
If you are cheated, you can only blame yourself for being stupid, not others.
When the time comes, Lu Xiangsheng has lost a lot of property and cannot rescue the besieged people. He will definitely be so angry that he will vomit three liters of blood, haha!
In addition, he also spread rumors in the Ming Dynasty through the eight major Shanxi merchants: it was said that Lu Xiangsheng was dissatisfied with the imperial court and had a rebellious heart. He contacted the Jurchens privately, bribed a large amount of property, and prepared to defect.
The Jurchens are very welcoming. As long as Lu Xiangsheng comes over, they will give him a title and marry a girl from the Aixinjueluo family.
Emperor Chongzhen was a suspicious person. After hearing these rumors, he would definitely punish Lu Xiangsheng severely. It would be great if Lu Xiangsheng could be killed.
He was so smart to kill an important minister of the Ming Dynasty without spending a single soldier, haha!
Abata couldn't help laughing when he thought of his pride.
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Eight days passed in a blink of an eye, and the day for the agreed deal arrived, but instead of sending any property, the Ming army sent another letter.
After Abata received the letter, he immediately opened it and looked at it carefully. There were only six big words on it: I am scared, you have been fooled!
