choke element

Chapter 113

The Mongols began to retreat.

The soldiers waiting in full force remained motionless, the entire army formation was like a rock, only occasionally someone scolded contemptuously.There was also a soldier in iron armor who fought back and forth twice, his whole body was soaked, his lips were dry and sticky, but his water bottle was already empty, so he quietly gestured to Alixi who was beside him for a drink.

The soldiers have all experienced hundreds of battles, and they fought more than once with the Mongolian army.They are well aware that the Mongolian army is accustomed to advancing and retreating rapidly, and its tactics are unpredictable, and its offensive and defensive momentum cannot be judged by the experience of the Central Plains.

Therefore, the soldiers kept calm and maintained a posture of alert.They watched the Mongolian battle flag retreat; they saw a group of elite cavalry divided into seemingly loose groups of four or five, and some people dismounted to rest directly, but maintained a cover formation; they watched the Mongolian light cavalry on both sides retreat first, and then the elite cavalry Get on the horse again, back up alternately, and slowly go to the end of the river beach.

The soldiers still did not relax.

Guo Ning waved his hand, and Ah Duo led the horse.He got on his horse and continued to watch, while saying in a deep voice, "Wait a minute."

After a while, in the distance covered by the continuous reeds, there was the sound of a large number of horses swimming across the water.In several key directions in the depths of the reeds, the regular melodious calls of certain birds sounded at the right time.

The Mongols went far away, and they lost this game.

Guo Ning untied the silk sash under his jaw, took off his helmet and held it in his arms.

He looked around to see those soldiers with minor injuries but strong fighting spirit.He saw Li Ting staring at the unswept battlefield in front of him, his eyes shining brightly; he saw Han Xuan's hands holding the handle of the gun trembling slightly due to loss of strength; he saw Ni Yi's body covered in blood, but his hands were still tightly Holding the flag tightly.

Guo Ning smiled and said, "We won."

Hundreds of people breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, and their long and exhaling voices gathered together, like a wave of air passing through the gaps in the army formation.Then everyone started cheering.The soldier who was drinking water yelled and threw the water bottle in his hand into the air; some soldiers followed suit and threw their helmets to high places, but when they fell, they hit their companions, causing loud laughter from the people around them. .

These soldiers are true warriors.On the way back to Hebei, they repeatedly entangled and fought fiercely with the Mongolian army. They were by no means helpless, and they also won.But at that time, the scale of victory was usually extremely limited, and most of them relied on the bravery of some soldiers to launch sneak attacks on three or five Mongols who were alone, and at most temporarily forced back [-] to [-] Mongolian sentinels.

It has never been possible to repel the Mongolian army head-on on a battlefield with thousands of people like now.

So the cheers of the soldiers continued one after another.Gradually, more and more people raised their weapons towards Guo Ning, shouting, shouting, and some people began to cry.

Amidst the noise, a soldier shouted, "Two Mongolian envoys are here!"

"Are you looking for death?"

"One of them is a Han! He said that his centurion brought a message from the fourth prince of Mongolia!"

The cries in the crowd suddenly faltered, and then someone yelled angrily: "Kill them! Just kill them! What are you talking about with the black tartars!"

Almost all the people present had deep hatred with the Mongols. After a fight, they all rushed forward with passion.Hearing his yelling, many people responded, and the surrounding area was in chaos.

Guo Ning scanned the crowd calmly.In an instant, the soldiers regained their tranquility.

"Bring them here." He said to the soldier who reported the message.

And Li Ting strode up to the happiest soldier just now, raised his leg and kicked: "Shut up! Do you have a share in this? Line up for me, cheer up and show the black tartars!"

The soldier was kicked in the chest, fell to the ground, then got up laughingly, and squeezed into the queue of his companions.

Two Mongolian envoys rode horses, passed through the army formation one after the other, and walked up to Guo Ning.Some soldiers came out of the queue and tried to pull them off their horses, but were stopped by their superiors.

Guo Ning looked at the two people calmly.

One of them was older, with braided hair and one eye with a shrunken eyelid and eyelid, and a popped eyeball.He wore a robe trimmed with lambskin, half of his arms were bare, and a leather armor was girded around his waist.Beside his horse, followed by a vigorous hound.

At this time, Li Ting came back from the queue at the headquarters. When the dog saw Li Ting, it immediately bared its teeth and barked twice fiercely.

The other person, the Han'er's attendant, was relatively young, and his robes were very worn out. He didn't even have shoes, and only wrapped animal skins around his feet.

The older one spoke Mongolian first, and then the Han'er followed him and said:

"His Royal Highness, the Fourth Prince Tuo Lei, ordered his centurion Naminfu to come, pay tribute to the heroic Jurchen General, and ask for your name. His Highness Tuo Lei said that he admired the general's talent, but the Great Mongolian Kingdom The army is as vigorous and brave as hunting dogs. After all, the Jurchens are just roe deer in the paddock. When the Kingdom of Jin is destroyed, the Jurchens will either die or become slaves, but His Highness is willing to accept the surrender of the general. At that time, you can do A thousand households, His Highness is still willing to become a family member with you, and you will live up to each other."

Gathered around Guo Ning, there were tens of hundreds of people who heard this, and their eyes immediately focused on Guo Ning's face.

"I am Guo Ning, Changzhou. You can tell your fourth prince my name. Besides... I am not a Jurchen. The soldiers who are fighting here today are not Jurchens, we are Han Chinese."

Guo Ning controlled the horse with one hand, tapped the saddle a few times with the whip, and continued unhurriedly:

"For thousands of years, the Huns, Xianbei, Rouran, Turks, and Khitans who once unified the grasslands... are now Mongols. However, the Han people are always there. Go tell the fourth prince that the former For thousands of years, and for thousands of years to come, the Han people will always be there.”

Wearing heavy armor, he fought twice in a row. He suffered several minor injuries and bled a lot. He was very tired, and his voice was not loud.The soldiers in the frontier are all rude people. To them, the meaning of Guo Ning's words is not easy to understand, but all the soldiers listened quietly.

The expression of Han'er's entourage is a bit complicated.He bowed his head slightly and relayed Guo Ning's words to the Mongolian centurion.

The centurion sneered twice, and turned his horse back.

The wind on the meadow also carried Guo Ning's voice farther away.

Jing Anmin, who was walking quickly towards the army formation, stopped for a while.

Leaning on an iron rod, Monk Luo walked beside Jing Anmin with his head held high.When he didn't pay attention, he realized that he had gone to the front, and he quickly stopped and turned around: "What's wrong?"

Jing Anmin looked at Monk Luo with some emotion, and then at Du Shisheng who was walking on the other side.

In the past two days, Du Shisheng set off from Pingluzhai with a few entourages, rode fast horses and galloped through several gathering places in the depths of the pond, and almost never rested. At this time, he lost a lot of weight. , The eye sockets were sunken severely, and both eyes were bloodshot.His walking posture is also a bit weird because the two strands are worn out by the saddle.

But Du Shisheng's expression was not in a state of embarrassment at all. Instead, he showed a tough and shrewd demeanor and a special sense of self-confidence.That kind of self-confidence has disappeared for decades after he was wanted by the court and wandered in lakes and abysses.

Seeing Jing Anmin's attention, Du Shisheng smiled and said, "Brother Anmin, are you really not going to see His Highness King Sheng?"

Jing Anmin quickened his pace: "Let's negotiate with Guo Liulang first!"

(End of this chapter)