On the tenth day of March in the second year of Wanli, the Jianzhou soldiers launched simultaneous attacks on Panshanyi and Huabao Forts. Jue Chang'an, the right guard of Jianzhou, commanded two thousand soldiers, horses and infantry, and attacked the border wall at Panshan Post, but returned without success.
In the direction of Huabao's attack on the fort, Wang Gao led his headquarters with 3,500 cavalry and 4,000 cavalry from the Tumote and Taining tribes. The total force was 7,500. They broke through the side wall and entered, rushing straight into the forts of Shenyang Guard and Liaoyang Guard. , ready to plunder.
Li Rusong, under the command of General Li Chengliang, led 200 cavalrymen to rush between the forts to provide reinforcements and command. Due to the early deployment, the border residents around the forts dragged their families into the city to avoid the war, and there was chaos everywhere. Li Rusong was on his back, and two horses were killed in two days.
Wang Gao divided his troops into eight horse teams to plunder, and he led his own 500 infantry and 800 horse troops as the central army. He was busy for two days and only broke through eight or nine small encirclements, and gained not much people and property.
Lai Lihong led the team to rush out for nearly a hundred miles, but still found nothing. On the third day, he returned to the Central Army and reported to Wang Gao: "Mafa, this time we entered the border, the location information must have been leaked. Normally at this time of year, the Han people have to work in the fields, why are there no people in these hundreds of miles of villages? My child. We have no provisions, if we go down further we will kill the horses!”
Wang Gao said thoughtfully: "Except for the fact that we deliberately let the Han steward Lang Maozi hear some rumors, the other council members are all Jurchens - so the letter the steward received is still false. How could it be like this?"
Lai Lihong spit out a mouthful of phlegm on his horse and cursed: "It must be those Aqina from Juechang'an family who tipped off the news, otherwise, it wouldn't be so strange!" Then he said sincerely: "Mafa, don't be fooled by his family. The little bitch is deceived, her family is not from the same family as ours!"
Jue Changan and Wang Gao have been married for many years. Wang Gao's daughter married Takeshi and gave birth to Nurhaci. One of Jue Chang'an's granddaughters married Wang Gao's son and had not yet given birth. Hearing that Li Hong was rude, Wang Gao glanced at him but said nothing.
After thinking about it carefully, Wang Gao felt the cold wind whistling on his back again, and his heart was pounding. Turning to Lai Lihong, he said: "If your prediction is correct, according to Li Chengliang's usual fighting style, we will definitely be blocked in our retreat. At this time, our retreat may have been cut off. Come here!"
Several messengers were called over and ordered: "Hurry out and ask each team to take back all the troops!"
On the evening of March 13th, Wang Gao gathered his troops. The Taining tribe was very lucky. They found four small enclosures in the direction of Fu'an where the people had not fled into the city. They killed all the old and weak, and led more than 250 Han men and women with straw ropes into the camp. Under the whip, these people did not dare to cry and could only cry in low voices.
According to the agreement between Wang Gao and Tumut and Taining, these slaves Jianzhou Jurchen will only receive 30%, and whoever robbed the other property will get it. There was no treasure in the small enclosure. The large and small bundles carried by the Mongolian cavalry contained iron pots, farm tools, cotton clothing and the like, which even the Jianzhou soldiers looked down upon.
When the generals entered Wang Gao's camp, they all compared their harvests, and most of them were empty-handed. Wang Gao signaled Lai Lihong to tell him about the leak of the news. After everyone listened, they were a little scared when they thought of Li Chengliang's illustrious reputation.
Wang Gao clapped his hands and shouted: "Everyone, there are two thousand horses on the right guard on the other side of the Hetao, pretending to attack Panshan. No one knows what will happen at this time. Look at our side, the Han people have been prepared, I guess the retreat has been cut off by Li Chengliang Got it!"
After hearing this, Ji Qing and Weizheng, both of whom were frightened by Li Chengliang, said quickly: "A Tuhan, why don't we withdraw."
Wang Gao heard this and sneered: "Where to retreat? And rush out from the flower bag? As expected, Li Chengliang must be waiting for us behind!"
So this time Wang Gao gathered his troops and Shu Bahai followed him. He always had some rules and regulations, and when he heard the words, he said: "Atuhan, the horses have been fatted after a winter, so we shouldn't raise troops. This time we planned to surprise. If the Han people were prepared, they would definitely lose money—— Why don't we fight forward? The Han infantry moves slowly and can't keep up with us. If we can capture a big stronghold, we can still grab some supplies."
Wang Gao listened and nodded and said: "Over the years, I have seen Li Chengliang's fighting style be one move. The infantry in front uses the stockade or formation to resist, and the left and right cavalry outflank the rear. It has been three days since we entered the border. I estimate that Li Chengliang's cavalry It should be less than a hundred miles away from us. If we retreat at this time, we will inevitably hit the net. I agree with the Great Khan - we all ride forward and fight forward, pass through Hupiyi, enter the Hetao from Changsheng Fort, and let him come Wear a pair!"
The plan was agreed upon, and Wang Gao sent out reconnaissance cavalry in all directions. Everyone ate some dried meat and had a hasty sleep.
Early the next morning, God was so kind that it actually started to rain. Everyone was overjoyed and said one after another: With the blessing of the Immortal God (shaman), the Han people's firearms are useless!
The cavalrymen with two or three horses gave up their horses for the infantry to ride on, killed all the slaves they had captured, and the group rushed forward. Along the way, reconnaissance riders went out to explore the surrounding movements.
Wang Gao's brigade had been walking for an hour and a half. Li Rubai led a dozen cavalrymen out of the mountain path and saw the traces of their camp.
He was wearing armor, with a raincoat over the armor, and was shivering with cold. The cavalry around him had been shuttling between the forts in the past few days. They were cold and tired, and all of them were blue in the face.
Li Rubai saw that the ground was full of feces and urine, and some sick horses that had been killed were lying on the ground. His heart skipped a beat, and he knew that he had touched Wang Gao's own team. He quickly approached and observed, and saw hundreds of Han men and women lying dead on the ground in the northwest corner of the camp. Their bodies were covered with stab wounds and arrow wounds, but there was not a single arrow on the bodies. This was exactly the Mongolian way of killing prisoners.
Li Rubai ordered: "See if there is anyone alive -" Before he could finish his words, he heard a shrill cry, and an unkempt woman sat up among the corpses.
The servant beside Li Rubai quickly pulled out his sword, came closer, helped the woman up, and brought her to Li Rubai.
Li Rubai saw that the woman was wearing a shabby jacket, revealing the knotted cotton. His body was strong and healthy as he moved. He didn't look injured, and he probably wasn't very old either. However, his hair was unkempt and his face was stained with blood. It was hard to tell what his original appearance was.
When she got there, the woman was crying and kowtow. Li Rubai asked: "Where are you from? What is your name?"
The woman replied: "General, my name is Erya, and my surname is Zhao. I belong to the carpenter Zhao's family in Zhaotun. Wuwu - I heard that the Tatars were coming, and everyone ran to hide in the Li family enclosure. The Tatars were there the day before yesterday. The fence is broken, wuwu——, I am the only one left in the whole family." After saying that, he cried again, and the tears rolled straight into Li Rubai's heart.
Li Rubai calmed down and asked, "How come you weren't killed?"
When the woman asked, she started to squirm again and stammered: "I, I was hiding in the vegetable cellar and was caught by a little Tatar. He - he took over my body. When the Tatar soldiers left, he asked me to smear it on my face. He pretended to be dead, and then stabbed the edge of my cotton-padded jacket twice with a knife." After saying that, he raised his arms, and there were indeed two holes in the jacket under his armpits.
Li Rubai exhaled and asked, "Where did the Tatar soldiers go? Did you see them?"
The woman pointed to the west and replied: "I didn't dare to move at that time. I heard someone shouting that the horse neighed, so he went to the west." Li Rubai waved his hand, and a cavalryman got on his horse and went to the west.
After a while, the servant came back and reported: "Second Master, the traces of the brigade are heading to the west. We can't hide them from anyone."
Li Rubai said happily when he heard this: "Father's prediction is good. This Wang Gao will definitely pass through Liaoyang. Ha, if they can cross Liaoyang, it is their ability!"
Then he asked the woman: "The Tatar soldiers left, why didn't you run away? What are you doing here?"
Erya pointed back and replied: "My father and brother both died here, and I don't know where to go? Just then I dug a hole with a wooden stick to bury them. When I heard the sound of people, I Hide among the dead and listen to the general speak Chinese before you dare to speak out."
Li Rubai almost shed tears after hearing this, and arranged for a cavalryman to say: "You take her to Tieling, and after the battle is over, let the elder brother place her - what the hell, you dog Tatars, I can't spare them this time!" "
After arranging two more cavalrymen to report the news to Li Chengliang, Li Rubai waved his hand and said: "The rest of us mount our horses and follow the Tatar brigade to see where they run!"
