Chapter 82 Ten Dead Five Pairs [Monthly Tickets and More Subscriptions Request]

Li Hao also has preliminary plans for his successor.

After the torture, the main thing they were fighting for was the Han dynasty, so his wife had to be a Han woman.

Taisong, who owns a small tribe, is actually of little use. For now, he can only be held as a card in his hand. What to do in the future depends on the specific situation.

"Take her back to Jinzhou and wait for the court to decide her fate."

Li Hao ordered his men to imprison Taisong together with many Mongolian taijis.

The Ming Dynasty servants who received double salaries were still very reliable in their work. After an hour and a half of chaos in the Chahar camp, the generals and the servants completed the inventory of seized materials and prisoners of war, and made a preliminary formation of the surrendered Mongolian soldiers.

"Reporting to the two commanders, previously the Chahar tribe captured more than 1,800 Mongolian soldiers from two major tribes. In this battle, the two towns' servants captured more than 1,350 people in total, including 22 Taijis from each tribe.

There were more than 6,000 animals of all kinds, including more than 2,200 medium-sized horses of 3 feet 9 inches and more than 2,400 short pack horses. There were also countless tents and tent bags.

Ji Yongyuan, the head of Mangui's servants, summarized the spoils of this battle.

All the generals in Ningyuan could not help but be delighted. The battle was fought beautifully and it would not be a problem for everyone to be promoted by two levels.

Only Li Hao was not satisfied. "The Chahar tribe brought 6,000 to 7,000 troops. How come we didn't even catch a quarter of them? A considerable number of the horses were brought here by the defeated soldiers of the two major tribes."

Three years ago, when Ligdan Khan was at the peak of his power, the number of able-bodied men in the tribes under his jurisdiction could reach more than 30,000. Before and after the fall of Guangning, he was able to send 10,000 soldiers to help the Ming Dynasty guard Shanhaiguan.

In the past two years, the Khorchin tribe no longer obeyed orders, and the Inner Khalkha tribe has always been controlled by the great leaders Chaohua, Zhaisai and others. Lindan Khan has only about 15,000 to 16,000 troops, and they may not all obey his orders.

Therefore, those who could be brought into this camp were all Ligdan Khan's core followers. Li Hao was really unwilling to let more than 4,000 people escape.

Man Gui, who was in a good mood, advised: "General Li, don't worry. In recent years, it has become popular among the grassland tribes to build large cities to protect against severe cold. Hudun Khan's capital is in Chaganhot, and Oba's capital is in the Nenkorchin tribe further north. They can't escape."

The capitals of the Mongolian tribes were all built relatively far to the north, while their grazing areas were in the south. For example, Liaohetao and Fuxin, located northeast of Guangning, were important grazing areas for several Mongolian tribes.

Li Hao reluctantly accepted this fact and proposed to divide the spoils, and he advocated a 50-50 split.

However, Man Gui believed that the battles of Yizhou and Zhen'anbao were both opportunities found by General Li, and it was mainly General Li and the servants of Jinzhou Town who dispersed the Mongolian soldiers, so he proposed that Jinzhou be divided into seven and Ningzhou be divided into three.

His speech was well-prepared.

"Then Jin Liu Ning Si, stop wasting your time talking and it's best to push it back as soon as possible."

Li Hao made the final decision, and with the help of the surrendered Mongolian soldiers, the generals and their servants began to slowly escort the large group of livestock to Yizhou in the south.

The return journey was much slower, and we had to rush through the afternoon of the 6th and the entire day of the 7th.

After arriving in Yizhou, the young Jinzhou general was waiting for a surprising and pleasant news.

"Hauge and Dudu's Tartars crossed the Shuangtaizi River and arrived at Guangning City yesterday. It is expected that they will demolish the city wall in the next two days. There are nearly a thousand Tartar soldiers accompanying the army, bringing a lot of fishing nets, ropes, muskets and other weapons. It seems that they are coming specifically for General Li. The leader of these nearly a thousand Tartars is a middle-aged Tartar."

In the dilapidated meeting hall of the Yizhou General's Mansion, the generals from Jinzhou and Ningyuan towns were listening to Zhu Mei's explanation of the current situation.

Man Gui was the first to react. "Are the Tartars going to abandon Guangning? We must not miss this opportunity. All the generals should discuss the aircraft maintenance tonight. Tomorrow morning, all the troops from Jinning and Ningzhen will go out to attack Guangning City."

The Ningyuan camps went north to drive away the aggressive Mongolian soldiers, but recovering Guangning was an unparalleled achievement, and the censors would never impeach Man Gui for changing his troops and attacking Guangning City in the west.

Among the generals, the veteran general Zuo Fu was a little worried. "Who is that middle-aged Tartar? Manggurtai or Yangguli? One of these two Tartars is reckless, and the other is shrewd. We must think of a good countermeasure."

After years of confrontation with the Later Jin, the Ming Dynasty was still able to understand the personalities of the enemy's main generals.

Li Hao, who was sitting on the main throne, shook his head slightly, "It's impossible for Manggurtai to be the leader. I killed him in a mountain gorge. The leader should be Yangguli."

When these words were spoken, all the generals were shocked.

"Why didn't General Li bring back Manggurtai's head?"

"Why is there no mention of such a great achievement in the Tang newspaper?"

"General Li is so confused. Why didn't he tell the Liao people who were eagerly waiting about the killing of such a great Tartar?"

The generals believed what the Jinzhou general said, but they were surprised why Li Hao did not bring back Manggurtai's head.

"It was broken a long time ago. The skull was cracked in two. I was in a hurry to catch up with the marching team, so I didn't have the heart to deal with it."

Li Hao told them what happened that day.

All the generals headed by Man Gui and Zhu Mei sighed after hearing this. The heads of the four great beiles could be lost at any time. Only Li Hao, who could kill hundreds of people a day, could ignore such military merit.

After sighing for a long time, he finally got back to the point. Since it was Yangguli, which was more shrewd, the marching routes of the Ming army in Jinning and Jinning had to be carefully selected.

"Just go along the Daling River Valley, head a little south in the front section, enter Lushan, and then turn northeast to Guangning City."

Man Gui chose a longer but wider road to prevent the Tatar's Solon soldiers from ambush the Ming army in Lushan Mountain.

There were no more large enemy forces nearby. Although Yizhou City was slightly broken, it was still possible to imprison the Mongolian prisoners. Therefore, Zhu Mei and another battalion were left behind, and the remaining five battalions set out early in the morning, all to attack Guangning City.

Because they captured a lot of livestock, the Ming army's animal power increased greatly, and it took them two full days to travel the more than 100 miles between the two places.

On the afternoon of the 9th, Li Hao had already rushed to the city with the cavalry servants of the two towns. After leading his troops to shoot along the four walls with bows and arrows, three-barreled guns, and muskets, the civilians who were demolishing the walls on the Later Jin side were frightened and fled into the city.

In three or four days, only several sections of Guangning city wall near the four city gates were demolished. It seemed that only the stone bricks on the demolished parts were removed, and the rammed earth in the middle had not been moved.

The underlying stone base is largely intact.

Three hundred years later, Italian cannons would have had difficulty demolishing such a city wall, and a few hundred civilians and more than a thousand Tartars could not do much.

The person in charge in the city was indeed Yangguli. He was well aware of the viciousness of General Li Hao, so he led his troops to guard the top of the city, and only used bows and arrows and a small amount of cannons and muskets to drive away the Ming army servants under the city.

The catapults and chariot camp were still on the way and would not arrive until the evening. The Jinzhou general had no choice but to take out bows and arrows to shoot. After shooting more than thirty Tartars, the Eight Banners soldiers on the top of the city dared not show their heads anymore. They all hid behind the battlements, sneaking glances at the situation outside the city from time to time.

Compared with the Ningyuan defense battle more than 70 days ago, the offensive and defensive situation has been reversed.

After the five battalions of Ming troops arrived, they hurriedly set up camp ten miles away from the city. As night fell quietly, the Ming soldiers worked with torches for an hour before they were able to settle down.

In the central army tent, the generals of the two towns and the captains and battalion commanders of each camp gathered together to discuss the details of tomorrow's siege.

The Ming army had a total of 9,000 armored soldiers, and they also had brave generals like the Jinzhou general who dared to attack first. It seemed that they could win the battle by steady steps. The only thing they needed to pay attention to was how to prevent the Tartar cavalry from escaping in all directions.

"Since Yangguli refuses to abandon the city, he will probably have a big fight with us. Tomorrow..."

The recovery of Guangning was imminent, and Man Gui was full of energy. With a few gestures on the geomancy map, he roughly arranged all matters related to the siege.

When it comes to deploying troops, he is much more experienced than the general of Jinzhou.

While studying, Li Hao said with emotion: "I have recruited some wall-climbing soldiers in Shanhaiguan. If they were there, we could climb in tonight and turn the city upside down."

He didn't know about the other thieves' abilities, but he had seen with his own eyes how well Ma Ze climbed the city wall.

It may be a bit of an exaggeration to describe it as "walking on flat ground", but it's not far off the mark.

Several camp commanders flattered the Jinzhou general, but Man Gui's face changed.

"That Yangguli is likely to come and rob the camp, so we must have a response. Send out some of the generals' servants to take turns guarding with the soldiers in the camp, and the rest of the soldiers will sleep with their armor on. Send out spies such as Yebushou to the surrounding areas to investigate the Tartar soldiers in Guangning City."

Dealing with the enemy raiding the camp is a difficult problem. If you are not careful, there will be tragedies such as camp bombing and camp howling. By that time, the enemy may not even need to do anything, as the Ming soldiers will be in chaos first.

Li Hao laughed, "This is a small matter. Let the brothers have a good rest tonight. I will wear armor and guard the main gate of the camp. I will place more spies and torches around. I will kill as many as Yangguli comes."

If there are two Tartars who dare to rob our camp, kill them as a pair; if there are ten, kill them as five pairs.

The generals in the tent tried to persuade him again and again.

"We still have to count on Li Shuai to kill the Tartars tomorrow. Why let him do such a tiring job?"

"Just let some soldiers guard it. General Li doesn't have to worry about it."

The Jinzhou general waved his hand and said, "It's settled. Go and make the arrangements."

The generals could not persuade him, so they had to arrange the night watch with General Li as the leader.

At four o'clock in the morning, when most of the soldiers in the camp were fast asleep, the Eight Banners cavalry, with their hooves wrapped and their mouths covered, really appeared outside the Ming army camp.

When the Ming army discovered this, the Tartar cavalry had already pressed to within 150 steps. The soldiers in the night watch camp hurriedly fired their guns to warn them, which made the Tartars speed up their horses.

"Hey, did you miss me?"

Although the soldiers in the camp were anxious, Li Hao was not panicked at all. He jumped down from the wooden wall only after the Eight Banners soldiers approached the camp.

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