On December 16, the sixth year of Chongzhen, there was heavy snow.
At noon, Jurchen was inside the Chinese army's tent under the blue flag.
After some careful treatment by the doctors who accompanied the army, Mang Gurtai's condition improved a lot. He no longer had vomiting or diarrhea, but he was still tired and listless. He didn't even have the strength to sit for a long time, so he had to lie down on a bed. Recuperate on the soft sheepskin couch!
While he was recuperating, a Goshiha walked in quickly, knelt down on one knee and saluted, saying, "Master Beile, Jiala Zhangjing-Darhan is back. Have you heard about it?"
"Ahem...Here you go!"
"twitter!"
Darhan was one of Mang Gurtai's confidants. He was sent to ask for military supplies a few days ago. Did he bring the supplies back to the camp this time?
Soon, a strong black-faced man wearing pure blue armor came to the Chinese army's tent, then knelt down on one knee and saluted: "Slave Darhan, see Lord Beile!"
"Ahem... No need to worry. Have you brought back the military supplies?"
"As far as Lord Beile is concerned, no!"
"What? I didn't bring it back. Is it because Huang Taiji refused to allocate supplies?"
"When I return to Lord Beile, it's not that the Great Khan refuses to allocate it, but that the military supplies our army has hoarded have been burned by fire, so we can't allocate them!"
"Ahem...the supplies were burned. How is this possible?"
Mang Gurtai was shocked. Regardless of his weak body, he forcibly sat up from the soft couch with a look of disbelief on his face.
You should know that most of the supplies of the Jurchen Army are stored in Yunchuan Guard. Not only is the terrain difficult and easy to defend but difficult to attack, there are also a large number of troops stationed there, with multiple checkpoints set up and the defense is very tight.
A few days ago, Rao Yubeile-Abatai's troops also retreated to station near Yunchuan Guard to further strengthen the defense.
In this case, how could the supplies be burned? But looking at Darhan's vow, it didn't look like he was lying!
So, Mang Gurtai calmed down and asked, "Who did it?"
"If I go back to Master Beile, it was a mighty army of heaven that did it!"
"The Mighty Heavenly Army?"
Exactly, four days ago, a Tianwei army of about 4,000 people traveled hundreds of miles and quietly lurked near Yunchuan Guard. They ambushed one of our transport teams and obtained tokens, flags and other items. .
Then this Tianwei army disguised itself as a transportation team, and under the cover of night, used tokens and flags to pass through several checkpoints and entered the interior of Yunchuan Guard. Taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the defenders, they suddenly launched an attack and killed many people. Man, he also set a fire and burned eight out of ten of the military supplies we had worked so hard to hoard!
And during the melee, someone on our side recognized that the person leading this mighty Tianwei army to attack was none other than Yulin Town General Qin Feng! "
"Qin Feng, what a Qin Feng, he is so awesome!"
After listening to Darhan's story, Mang Gurtai's mood was very complicated. It can be said that he was half angry and half admired.
The accumulated military supplies were burned. Without supplies, it would be impossible to attack Baichengzi again. All the previous hard work had been in vain, so he was angry!
He personally led thousands of men and horses to attack hundreds of miles and burned the military supplies that were heavily guarded by his own troops in one fell swoop. Such courage and means are absolutely rare in the world. At least I would not dare to do so, so I admire him!
"How is the situation now?"
"Returning to Mr. Beile, after successfully burning the supplies, Qin Feng immediately led his troops to escape from the Yunchuan Guards. Rao Yubeile-Abatai sent people to report to the Great Khan while personally leading the army to pursue them.
On the other side, after receiving the report, the Great Khan immediately led his army to rush over, forming an east-west pincer attack with Rao Yubeile's army, and ordered all the bannermen and horses to destroy this mighty army of heaven and capture Qin Feng alive! "
"Capture Qin Feng alive. It seems that Huang Taiji is furious and wants to cut him into pieces to vent his hatred!"
"If I go back to Master Beile, this...this..."
"Speak directly if you have something to say, don't hesitate!"
"Hey, as far as I know, the Great Khan ordered that Qin Feng must be captured alive, not to
He would cut him into pieces with thousands of swords and kill him to vent his hatred, but he wanted to recruit him to surrender and use him for his own use! "
"How is this possible? This person surnamed Qin is the enemy of our Jurchens. Putting aside the matter of burning supplies, Anping Baylor Dudu was in the hands of Qin Feng. He was the nephew and confidant of the Great Khan. Don’t you hate Qin Feng and don’t want revenge?”
"Returning to Mr. Beile, regarding this matter, the Great Khan told the people around him: If you want to conquer the Central Plains and conquer the world, you must have the help of talented people. As for Dudu Beile's fighting skills, he is just a wolf. , Qin Feng is like a fierce tiger descending from the mountain, if you lose a wolf and gain a tiger, why should you hate it?"
"If you lose a wolf, you gain a tiger, you are really good at calculating!"
Mang Gurtai thought for a while and thought that Huang Taiji's words made sense. If he could conquer Qin Feng, he would indeed be much stronger than Du Du, and there would be no loss at all.
The question is, Qin Feng has always been as cunning as a fox. Can Huang Taiji catch him? Even if he catches him, can he be sure to persuade him to surrender?
Forget it, let these things give Huang Taiji a headache. His top priority is to protect the people of Zhenglan Banner.
Now there are more and more sick people in the army, and military supplies cannot be replenished. This war cannot be fought anymore, so we should withdraw the troops quickly and find a place to take a good rest!
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That night, Mang Gurtai led the Zhenglan Banner and the Ordos, Tumut, and Yongxiebu troops to quietly abandon the camp, and then retreated northeastward under the cover of night.
They retreated to the upper reaches of the Huangfu River, hundreds of miles away, and then stopped. Then they set up camp and tried their best to treat the diseases in the army and recuperate!
At this point, the Battle of Baichengzi came to an end, and the Tianwei Army won!
Baichengzi was saved, but what about the situation on Qin Feng's side?
very bad!
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In the morning, in a jujube forest on the west bank of the Yellow River, a Jurchen army of more than a thousand people was resting. They were all quiet and no one was making any noise.
Although they were resting, the soldiers did not relax their vigilance. They all held their weapons tightly and were ready to jump up and fight at any time. Many sentries were set up around Zaolin to keep an eye on the situation.
Why so vigilant?
It turns out that this army is not the Jurchen army at all, but the Tianwei army in disguise, and Qin Feng is also among them!
Yunchuanwei is on the east bank of the Yellow River, why did he come to the west bank of the Yellow River?
There was no other way. After successfully attacking Yunchuan Guards, Qin Feng wanted to immediately lead his troops to rush south and return to Shanxi-Datong Prefecture as quickly as possible.
But the Jurchen army responsible for guarding the Yunchuan Guards was like crazy. Under the leadership of Rao Yubeile Abatai, they chased, intercepted, and fought to the death, vowing to avenge the burning of military supplies!
Qin Feng led his team to charge several times, but could not get out at all. There was still the danger of being surrounded and annihilated. Finally, he had no choice but to change his route and run westward, crossing the Yellow River on a sheepskin raft and taking shelter on the west bank of the Yellow River.
Unexpectedly, Abatai pursued him so hard that he led his men and horses to the west bank of the Yellow River.
At the same time, Huang Taiji personally led tens of thousands of troops to attack from west to east, forming an encirclement with Abatai's army!
In desperation, Qin Feng had no choice but to lead his team to hide in Tibet and engage in guerrilla warfare. After a few days, he suffered heavy casualties and was exhausted, so he hid in the Elaeagnus elegans forest to take a rest.
Taking advantage of the rest time, Qin Feng counted the number of people. Including himself, there were 1,156 people left.
I remember that when we set out, there were a total of four thousand elite soldiers, but now there was less than a third of them, and almost everyone was injured, even himself. After a series of fierce fighting, he was hit by eight arrows.
Fortunately, the double armor protection blocked seven of the arrows and did not damage the flesh inside. However, there was still a wolf-fang arrow that hit the right calf, which was relatively weakly protected. The arrow penetrated deeply into the flesh.
The battle was so intense that there was no time to pull out the arrow, so I had to cut off the outer arrow shaft with a knife, then pulled out a piece of gauze, wrapped it randomly several times, and then continued to fight the Jurchen army in a bloody battle and break out of the siege.
Now while I'm resting, I'll just do it
Pull out the arrow and treat the wound.
"Xiong Da, Xiong Er, help me pull out the arrow!"
"As you command!"
The Xiong brothers were nearby. After agreeing, they immediately took action.
I saw Xiong Da taking out Jinshou Medicine, Zhixue Powder, and Shengji Powder, pouring them on a large piece of gauze, and pulled out a few long strips of cloth for later use.
Xiong Er pulled out a military thorn and carefully cut open the boot and trouser leg of Qin Feng's right calf, revealing a swollen wound like a small steamed bun, with the wolf tooth arrow inserted in the middle.
"Sir, the arrow shot a little deep and may have penetrated into the bone. There are barbs on both sides of the arrow. If you want to take it out, you have to cut open the wound. The process is a bit painful. Please bear with it!"
"I know, let's cut it!"
