The Red Mansions

Chapter 944 Jia Heng: ...report victory to the imperial court.

In the evening, the setting sun was shining at night, and the gunpowder smoke filled the air. At this moment, there were only one unowned war horse, neighing beside its owner, and the sound of screaming was heard.

Remnants of broken guns and red embroidered flags burning with black smoke can be seen everywhere on the battlefield.

Under Jia Heng's order, Jiang Zining, his son Jiang Fan, and the generals of the Han army who had led the army in Datong pursued Jierhalang's troops.

At this moment, Jiang Zining was completely convinced. In the first battle just now, the Jurchens were defeated countless times, which was unprecedented in the past.

In fact, in the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the cavalry army of the Han Dynasty was still able to attack the tribes of the grassland, and the decline in combat power was only a matter of these 20 years.

Jia Heng ordered the generals to pursue Jierhalang's soldiers and horses with the inlaid blue flag, and then under the guard of Jinyifu and Chen Xiao, he drove the horses forward, looked at Pang Shili who was holding the head in his hand, and said with a little admiration in his eyes: "General Pang."

At this moment, Master Pang's face was full of excitement, just now he had just reached the sea with his sword, and his whole body was soaked in blood, but he felt the hot blood in his body rushing like a river, and said in a deep voice: "General, here is the head of the Tartar general!"

In the battle of the Central Plains, Pang Shili did not make any contributions. He waited until the Haimen and Chongmingsha victories before he followed Jia Heng to make some contributions.

Jia Heng nodded, looking at Pang Shifu's arm that was bleeding bright red, and said: "General Pang's wounds should be bandaged first, gather the troops and horses, and march tomorrow."

Because Pang Shili had already fought against the cavalry led by Jurchen, after a fight, his soldiers were exhausted, so Jia Heng didn't let Pang Shili lead the troops to chase after Jierhalang's remnants.

The surrounding Han army camps and Han army regiments surrounded and lived, holding knives and guns, staring closely, and escorting them to the east.

Han general Liu Zhiyuan lowered his head tightly at this moment, the bloody smell around his body was pungent, but his heart was extremely disturbed.

Originally, he didn't want to surrender, but Prince Zheng led the troops to leave first. Facing the densely packed Han army, there was no need for his soldiers to resist stubbornly.

On the other side, Jia Heng's eyes swept across the battlefield at this moment, and his eyes were in a daze for a moment.

Right now, this is a big victory since the reign of Longzhi. For the invincible Manchu Eight Banners, it is almost a big defeat that has not been seen in 20 years.

Nearly [-] pure Jurchen bannermen were annihilated in this battle. If it was usually enough to make a general a marquis for his meritorious service, of course he is now a first-class marquis.

Because the Han army in the past showed their hips stretched, the two armies fought against each other all at once, which seemed fruitful and rare.

But no matter what, spreading to the entire Han Dynasty, in the eyes of the courtiers, is undoubtedly an extremely brilliant victory.

At this moment, the morale of the entire Han army was greatly boosted. Although the Jurchens were fierce, they were also raised by their mothers and fathers. Under the strangulation of the Han army, they would also flee.

This is disenchantment!
This is indeed the case. For Jiang Zixing, who had already gone to chase the remnants of Jierhalang, he was even more excited. He led the five or six thousand cavalry sent by Datong to accompany the army and the two thousand cavalry from the Beijing camp to pursue Jierha Lang.

Chen Xiao was on the horse beside Jia Heng at the moment, looking at the Jurchen Banner Ding who was lying on the corpse, and the clear eyes under Xiuli's black eyebrows gradually became joyful.

Immediately, he cast his eyes on Jia Heng, looking at the young man's stern face, thinking back and forth.

After this battle, the morale of the Han army was greatly encouraged, and the fear of the Jurchen cavalry was overcome, and future battles would be easier to fight.

While Jia Heng sent soldiers and horses to gather up the wounded and clean the battlefield, at the same time he sent people to leave the battle area to set up camp and cook food.

In the camp, the lights were brightly lit, and soldiers and cavalry came and went to protect them.

Jia Heng and Chen Xiao sat at the table, eating food, and the casualties of the various troops were gradually collected. This battle not only wiped out more than 3000 Jurchen Xianglan Banners, but also captured more than [-] Zhenghuang Banners of the Han Army people.

But it was the Jurchen cavalry who fought desperately from the beginning. Of course, they also caused great casualties to the Han army. Although more victories were less, the exchange ratio was still nearly one to one.

The Han army also suffered 4000 casualties. Of course, some wounded soldiers can return to the army after treatment, and the actual battle damage is also 2000.

"There are not many troops in the Eight Banners of the Jurchen Headquarters. Nearly 4000 people died in this battle, and the Xianglan Banner was almost crippled. It's a great victory." Chen Xiao sat down, his eyes reflected the stern figure of the young man, and said in a low voice .

Jia Heng put down his chopsticks, his face was calm, and he said in a low voice: "A big victory is not really a big victory, a small victory, well, it is barely a medium victory. I will write a memorial later and report the victory to the court."

The small meaning is a bit crazy, but it is medium meaning.

In fact, he could imagine the uneasy mood of the emperor of Shenjing. This time, it was a battle between the soldiers of the whole country and the Jurchen, and he was under the pressure of decision-making against all opinions.

Keep an eye on the battle situation on the front line all the time. If you hear that you have won a battle in the front line, you will be more confident in the battle with the Jurchen Kingdom.

By the way, it can also calm down the negative impact of killing Taiyuan General Soldier and Xuanfu General Soldier earlier.

Killing the general without authorization, Wei Fu's own accusation has become, Lei Li is popular, decisive and capable.

In fact, this victory must be shared with the emperor and courtiers in time, otherwise, once this time point is missed, the effect will be lost.

Chen Xiao pursed her pink lips, and said softly: "But after this battle, Huang Taiji also knows that the strength of the cavalry army of the Han Dynasty should not be underestimated."

Jia Heng's eyes were dark, and he said: "Not necessarily, our army is [-], and the Donglu suddenly faced the battle, and the defeat was well-founded. In order to stabilize people's hearts, Jurchen will also find the reason for the defeat."

In fact, judging from the battle between the army and horses just now, the cavalry army, which poured all the power of a country, really won the battle by relying on its superiority in strength, and it was the Jurchen side who underestimated the enemy.

In many places, the cavalry of the Han army was also pierced repeatedly by the Jurchen cavalry, and the front line was a bit chaotic. If it wasn't for the large number of soldiers, plus he, the commander-in-chief, personally led the troops and horses to charge.

If the two sides really set out their chariots and horses and start fighting again, the Han army may not be as easy to win as it was just now.

The Jurchen is dissatisfied and invincible. There are indeed some sayings, mainly because the Jurchen elite have a relatively tenacious will to fight and resist.

Ten thousand fierce and fearless tiger and wolf divisions, in the hands of fierce generals like Xiang Yu and Sun Ce, can defeat a hundred thousand divisions if used properly.

In the history, there are too many such battles.

For some generals with mediocre talents, it would be a disaster to lead more soldiers.

Jia Heng turned to look at Chen Xiao, gently took the girl's plain hand, and said, "Now rest for the night, and go see Ezhe tomorrow morning."

Chen Xiaoyu's cheeks blushed slightly, her clear eyes carried a little anger, and she reprimanded: "In the military camp, you should be more solemn."

"What's wrong with pulling my wife's hand? Besides, there is no outsider here." Jia Heng said in a low voice.

Chen Xiao: "..."

Who is your wife? Has she agreed to marry him?
"Don't talk nonsense." Chen Xiao gently broke away from Jia Heng's hand, and said angrily.

Jia Heng said softly: "I think that when we arrive in Beijing, the Holy Majesty will also ask, what will you say then?"

He followed Xiaoxiao by his side, and after a long time, the emperor would definitely notice her, and then find out that it was his niece, so he might not be suspicious.

"It's better to say that the two of us have made a private decision for life." Jia Heng held Chen Xiao's slender catkin again, and said in a low voice.

Chen Xiao snorted coldly, and said in a low voice: "That one's biological daughter and nieces have all been fucked by you, and now there is one more... niece, you will have a woman from the old Chen's family."

Jia Heng said: "How can this be called a disaster? It can only be said that your old Chen family has the same vision and the same goal by different routes."

Chen Xiao: "..."

As Jia Heng said, he looked at the girl, got close to her beautiful cheek, and kissed her suddenly.

Chen Xiao's clear and beautiful cheeks were as blushing as clouds. It was obvious that she was overwhelmed with sweetness by the sudden pampering. She lowered her head and stretched out her hand to gently pinch Jia Heng's hand. Nonsense."

"During this period of time, the face and skin are not very delicate." Jia Heng smiled lightly and said.

Chen Xiao: "..."

If you are not delicate, then don't kiss her next time, and you will start to dislike her now.

Jia Heng looked at the delicate and angry girl, gently pulled the slender catkin, and said in a low voice, "Xiaoxiao."

In fact, the first victory over the Jurchens Man Qing iron cavalry, I was still a little happy in my heart.

Chen Xiao was about to speak, when suddenly, the voice of Li Shu, the guard of Jinyi Mansion, came from outside, saying: "General, Jia Guerrilla has returned."

Jia Fang led the soldiers and horses to pursue Jierhalang. At this point in the pursuit, she finally returned with the soldiers and horses of the guard.

Jia Heng said: "Let him in."

He got up and left the table, and sat down on the chair next to Shuai's case.

After a while, Jia Fang entered the army tent, clasped her fists and said, "General."

Jia Heng stared closely at the young general and asked, "Jia Fang, how is the situation?"

"Back to the general, Najier Harang led the troops and fled to the east, leaving behind [-] riders, who were wiped out by our army, but they disappeared. Our army dared not pursue them any more, so we came back." Jia Fang said He said, with a troubled expression on his face, "It's a pity that I failed to capture the hammer of the captive king Jierha."

Jierhalang also had no choice. If the cavalry of the Han army chased and killed them all the way, they would only lose more, and they could only leave behind the broken soldiers and horses.

Jia Heng smiled and said comfortingly: "That's all for now, such a victory is a great achievement, you lead the army down to rest first."

Jia Fang bowed her hand and said goodbye, then left.

Chen Xiao said: "This Jia Fang can be cultivated in the future."

Jia Heng looked at the girl beside him, smiled and nodded.

Not long after, the personal guard told Jiang Zining, his son Jiang Fan and other generals from Datong Town to return, with an unhappy look on their faces.

Jia Heng whispered, "General Jiang?"

Jiang Zining said in shame: "The Jurchen soldiers and horses rushed suddenly. Although four hundred enemy cavalry were wiped out, our troops suffered a lot of losses. Eight or nine hundred people were injured. Please forgive me, General."

It's shameful, just now I saw Jia Fang, he led three thousand troops to pursue the enemy and wiped out six hundred of them, but he pursued with six thousand cavalry, and this was the only result.

Hearing this, Jia Heng was silent for a moment, and said with relief: "Chief General Jiang doesn't need to blame himself. The troops in Datong Town have been out of battle for a long time, so the result of the battle is already very impressive."

Jiang Zining sighed after hearing the words.

Jia Heng said: "General Jiang, go to have a rest and eat first, and tomorrow we will have an alliance with Er Zhe."

So far, the Jurchen Xianglan Banner has 500 soldiers and horses, and almost [-] people have been lost. Jierhalang took [-] remnants of the defeated generals to see Huang Taiji.

For Jurchen, it was indeed a big defeat.

Jurchen's core elite has always been the Eight Banners. In fact, if you talk about it, [-] to [-] core elites are not a small number. Now more than [-] people have been injured, and nearly one-tenth of the soldiers and horses have been damaged. .

I think Ezhe should have confidence in the strength of the big man after receiving the news.

Jiang Zining cupped his hands and said, "Yes, General."

At this moment, whether it is attitude or voice, it is obviously a little more submissive than when I was in college.

After the generals dispersed, Chen Xiao said softly: "The Han general who surrendered to Jurchen is also captured at this moment, what do you plan to do with it?"

Jia Heng pondered and said: "I don't have time to pay attention to it now, first take these Jurchen captives to Datong City, and deal with them after returning to the division."

Chen Ling nodded, and said in a clear voice, "That's fine."

But on the other side, Prince Zheng Jierhalang of the Qing Army led the elite Xianglan Banner and galloped towards the northeast.

It wasn't until the hour of Hai, when people were tired and horses were exhausted, that the speed of the fleeing horse team slowly slowed down.

Prince Zheng Jierhalang, with a pale and bloodless face, stopped the horse under his crotch, took the water bag, and said weakly: "Count the number of people."

After a while, the accompanying retinues counted the participating soldiers and horses, and there were only 860 horses, which was a bit more than the number of casualties obtained by Jia Heng.

Because along the way, there are still many missing soldiers and horses, still fleeing to the boundless grassland.

Hearing this, Jierhalang almost felt as if he had been killed by lightning, his body swayed, and he felt like the sky was collapsing and the earth was falling.

There are only more than [-] soldiers left in a banner. This is a heavy loss, and it hurts...

"My lord, my subordinates are all tired, let's take a rest." At this moment, one of the chief officers was out of breath, and said anxiously, "Man can bear it, but a horse can't bear it either."

Jierharang waved his hand, and a hoarse and rough voice sounded: "Everyone get off their horses and rest."

Then, as the soldiers yelled to get off their horses and rest, the soldiers and horses with the Xianglan Banner almost fell off the horses and fell on the grass, gasping for breath.

In fact, it's not that Jurchen didn't think about rushing over, but at the end of her strength, she couldn't penetrate Lu Jin.

At this moment, Jierhalang looked at the flag soldiers around him by the bright moonlight above the sky, all of them were wounded, throwing away their helmets and armor, he couldn't help feeling sad, and sighed: "I missed my Jurchen, my good son!"

As he said, he pulled out a treasured knife from his waist with a "swish", put it across his own neck, raised his head, burst into tears, and said loudly: "Brother Emperor, it's because the younger brother is incompetent. He lost the army and lost the general, so he can only die to apologize gone."

As he spoke, he wanted to kill himself, but before he could do it, his personal guards grabbed Ji Erhalang's arm and said anxiously, "Your Majesty, don't do it!"

The generals persuaded each other hard, pulled Jierhalang's arm, and said: "Even though the prince is suffering in his heart, he still has to see the emperor. How can the prince explain to the emperor before our soldiers and horses return?"

Hearing this, Jierhalang's complexion changed, he let out a long sigh, and dropped the waist knife in his hand, his face was slumped, his limbs were cold.

He didn't know how to face the emperor's brother. Most of the Xianglan Banner was destroyed in the first battle.

The next day, the sky was bright, and the golden morning sun shone over the entire grassland. The lush grassland stretched as far as the eye could see, with no end in sight.

Jining Haizi
At this moment, Er Zhe sat slumped on a big tiger-skin chair in the military tent, his temples and jaws were unshaven, his face was extremely haggard, and his eyes were bloodshot.

"Big Khan, the Jurchens are coming fiercely, and they will be here in two or three days. It is not suitable to stay here for a long time." At this time, Uleji whispered.

Previously, E Zhe mobilized the young men of his tribe to gather enough 1 to [-] soldiers and horses, and dispatched an elite force of [-] cavalry, but they were defeated by Azig.

Wuleji said worriedly: "Big Han, it's better to get closer to Datong Town. The Han army is not saying that they want to respond."

Er Zhe looked worried, and said in a low voice: "We don't know the character of the Marquis of Yongning, so if we rush to Datong, we are afraid that the Han army will annex the tribe and become a servant."

In the pre-Ming Dynasty, there were servants such as Duoyan Sanwei, and earlier, there were Huns attached to him. E Zhe was deeply influenced by the culture of the Han family, and he was familiar with these allusions from the history.

As long as there is a slight possibility, the Jin family is not willing to lead the Mongolian tribe to rely on others, the Jurchen is like this, and the Han family is like this.

Even though they formed an alliance with the Han court, they could actually maintain a certain degree of independence under the pressure of Jurchen's powerful enemies.

Ezhe asked, "Have you sent an envoy to Datong?"

Uleji said in a deep voice, "Khan, I already sent generals over this morning."

Erzhe sighed, his face full of sadness.

At this moment, the voice of Ezhe's son, Agula, came from the outside. It was deep and thick, accompanied by several clear and silvery sounds.

"Father Khan." Ezhe's son Agula, wearing black iron armor, strode into the military tent, with his younger sister Yaruo at his side.

Ya Ruo is dressed as a warrior in a lotus-white samurai suit, her green hair is combed into a few braids, her face is slightly plateau red, her face is ruddy and shiny, and her bright eyes are as lively as a spring, with a hint of anxiety color.

Er Zhe frowned, his face slightly startled, and he asked: "You are not resting in the camp, what are you doing here?"

Agula looked worried, and asked, "Father, Uncle Daiqin said that the Jurchens defeated Uncle Battelle's troops."

E Zhe was in a state of irritability at the moment. Hearing this, he frowned, and was about to get angry when his daughter Ya Ruo grabbed his arm.

The sound of the ding-dong, which is as clear as a mountain spring, is sweet and clear, calming the restless mood, "Father, why did you scold brother?"

Er Zhe turned his head to look at his daughter, pretending to be angry and said, "It's all right, why are you making trouble?"

"Father Khan, Grandma said that if we lose, I will marry the Jurchen Prince Baylor." Ya Ruo raised her face and said in a clear voice, "Why don't I go make a wedding and let the Jurchen retreat."

In fact, according to the history of parallel time and space, not only Yaruo, but also Ezhe's mother would be arranged to marry other princes Baylor.

Seeing the resolute expression on his daughter's childish face, E Zhe smiled bitterly and said, "Jurchen wants to annex our tribe and shed blood for their great cause of going south, even if you go to Shengjing, Nor will they give up on bringing Father Khan to his knees."

"Then ask the Han army for help, aren't they going to send troops to rescue?" Ya Ruo said in a crisp voice.

"I have sent people to ask for help from the Han army, but I haven't seen any soldiers coming yet. The Han army... is actually not the Jurchen's opponent." E Zhe said with a sigh.

While the father and daughter were talking, a Mongolian guard said loudly: "Khan, the envoy of the Han people has come, and they said that the Han cavalry will arrive in a while."

When Er Zhe heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then he was overjoyed. He fixed his eyes on the Mongolian guard and asked, "Didn't the Han army leave yesterday, why did they arrive today?"

He didn't want to go to Datong, but if the Han army led cavalry to help, then things would turn around.

The Mongolian man shook his head and said, "They said they met the Jurchen cavalry and had a fight."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the sweat tent was startled and looked at each other in blank dismay.

Er Zhe quickly asked: "How is the battle? Is there any loss?"

Let alone those who came here after a defeated battle, is there any Jurchen cavalry chasing after them?
The Mongolian man said: "The big sweat, the little one doesn't know."

E Zhe sighed, and said, "Wulji, I'm afraid that this time it's a defeated army. If the Jurchens cut off the road to the south, we can only go west to Qinghai."

At this time, Ulji looked solemn, and said in a low voice: "Khan, let's go and have a look first."

At this moment, Ezhe nodded, and accompanied by the general and Wuleji, he came outside the sweat tent, and saw that the messenger was a young schoolboy, got off his horse, and under the guidance of the Mongolian soldiers, he clasped his fists and said: "But Ezhe Dahan is in front of him, and my general is behind!"

Hearing this, Er Zhe said in surprise, "Have Yongning Marquis come here in person?"

There was also a strange color on Ulji's old face.

And Ya Ruo looked at his elder brother Agula, with curious eyes in his agile eyes.

The young general said in a clear voice: "The general is already behind."

Er Zhe hurriedly asked again: "I heard that the Han army encountered the Jurchen brigade, did the Han army suffer any casualties?"

"Yesterday our army hastily encountered Jierhalang who led the Jurchen Xianglan Banner and the Han Eight Banners Zhenghuang Banner, defeated most of them, wiped out more than 3000 cavalry, beheaded a Jurchen capital commander, and captured the soldiers of the Han Army Zhenghuang Banner More than [-] people." The young general was high-spirited, with a clear and resonant voice.

Erzhe: "..."

No, what's going on?
There was already a turbulent wave in the heart lake, the Jurchens were dissatisfied with ten thousand and invincible, and more than four thousand Jurchen cavalry were wiped out.

Ya Ruo's big eyes with fluttering eyelashes were also inexplicably surprised.

(End of this chapter)