My father is Jiajing

Chapter 142: The Great Victory at Huangyugou

Qiu Luan, who came from Juyongguan, was extremely leisurely and did not feel anxious at all. He was overjoyed after receiving the urgent imperial edict issued by Emperor Jiajing to assist the emperor.

"An Da has indeed invaded the capital. This overwhelming wealth and glory has finally come to me!"

Qiu Luan excitedly told his trusted subordinates Shi Yi and Hou Rong about his feelings at the moment.

Shi Yi and Hou Rong also bowed to Qiu Luan at this time, "Congratulations, Marshal. Congratulations, Marshal. The first merit in this campaign of serving the king must be yours."

When Qiu Luan heard what Shi Yi and Hou Rong said, the corners of his mouth could not help but smile, and his mood was so good.

He was the only one in the entire Ming Dynasty who knew best how Alda came to invade the capital. Therefore, in order to grasp this huge wealth, after Qiu Luan made the shameless agreement with Alda, he pretended to submit a hypocritical memorial to Emperor Jiajing, expressing his righteousness and responsibility.

Therefore, he was praised by Emperor Jiajing and allowed to lead his troops to station at the Juyongguan Great Wall not far from the capital. Just a few days after he arrived at the Juyongguan Great Wall, the Tatar army led by Altan gathered at the Gubeikou Great Wall in Jizhen and prepared to march south.

When Emperor Jiajing saw the Tatar army about to invade, he thought of what Qiu Luan had said in his memorial a few days ago: "I have discovered that the Tatars are heading east and are about to invade Jizhen. I am afraid that the capital will be shocked. Please respond as you see fit, either by fighting with the enemy or heading directly to Tongzhou for defense. I will follow your orders."

He suddenly felt that Qiu Luan was loyal and had extraordinary strategic vision, so he issued an edict to let him stay in Juyongguan to defend and provide support, and to enter the pass to rescue if he heard an alarm.

Now not only the alarm sounded, but even the imperial edict from Emperor Jiajing arrived.

So one can imagine Qiu Luan's excitement. He felt that this was another opportunity for him to rise to prominence and surpass his ancestors.

Therefore, Qiu Luan immediately ordered the 20,000 elite troops from Juyongguan to rush to the capital to provide assistance.

But Qiu Luan seemed to be overly excited and didn't use his brain at all. He led the deputy general Xu Jue, guerrilla general Zhang Teng and others, and hurriedly took the 20,000 soldiers of Juyongguan to catch this huge wealth.

But Qiu Luan actually forgot to arrange military rations. The food, drink, defecation and urination of these 20,000 troops was not a small number, and the capital was also on alert at this time. The logistics of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue were naturally affected by this sudden change, and they were unable to supply Qiu Luan's troops in time.

So the consequences are predictable. These spoiled soldiers who were brought from Xuan Da to Juyong Pass by Qiu Luan were only able to get a few pieces of bread every two or three days because of the incompetence of their commander and insufficient preparation. They also had no water bags or cauldrons (pots), so they were starving to the point of seeing stars.

When the soldiers were about to cause trouble, Qiu Luan actually allowed them to secretly braid their hair, pretend to be Tatars, break into the village, and rob the people to fill their stomachs. If they were caught, they would lie that they were from the Liaoyang Army, that is, the Three Guards of Doyan.

So just when Emperor Jiajing was expecting his mighty general, General Qiu Da, to come riding on a colorful cloud to rescue the capital from crisis, Qiu Luan's troops, which had already arrived in Tongzhou, not only did not engage in a fight with Anda's troops, but instead pretended to be the three guards of Doyan and started to rob in the countryside of Tongzhou.

At this time, Zhu Zaigui was still using the 2,500 troops he led as if he was dancing on a tightrope. If he was not careful, he might be caught by the cavalry sent by Anda.

But Zhu Zaigui still adhered to the sixteen-character guiding principle: harassing the main force of Anda at one moment, and running for life at another. Anyway, he did not give the main force of Anda a moment to relax.

It can be said that under the restraint of Zhu Zaigui, and under the pressure of the main force from Gubeikou mobilized by Wang Xiaoru and Luo Xihan, Anda is now feeling extremely depressed.

He originally wanted to turn around and destroy the main force of Gubeikou that was blocking him from behind, but fighting at night was too disadvantageous and he could not gain much advantage. However, as time went by, in the early morning of the next day, Wang Xiaoru finally pulled the baggage and artillery from Gubeikou over. The nearly 20,000 troops, with the blessing of baggage and artillery, made Anda even more depressed.

At that moment, he felt that entering the pass through the Pigeon Cave this time was like a trap. Now, no matter in front or behind, there was a Ming army blocking him, making it impossible for him to exert his full fighting power.

Especially the Ming army in the front was extremely cunning. From Huangyugou all the way to Shixiaying, this unknown number of Ming troops always harassed his vanguard troops in a mysterious way.

Moreover, the speed of this Ming army was extremely fast. As long as we gave the order to pursue them, they would turn around and run without hesitation.

Just when Anda thought that the Ming army had been frightened by his own military strength, the Ming army appeared again and fired cold shots. Although he didn't kill many people each time, the feeling was really frustrating.

As a result, the Anda army did not have a good rest for an hour that night, which also made the main force of Anda feel depressed in this area, making the soldiers and horses exhausted.

Finally, it was dawn and the visibility became better. Anda's depressed mood was swept away by the brilliance of the rising sun.

At this time, Anda's main force finally arrived at the open space of Shixiaying.

Immediately, Anda ordered the entire army to rest in Shixia Camp for half a day to recover their strength.

At the same time, the main force of Gubeikou, which had been fighting fearfully all night, was also at the end of its strength. Wang Xiaoru and Luo Xihan were also standing in the open space in front of Huangyugou, covered in blood. They looked at the Huangyugou mountain peak that had been burned into black soil, and looked at the river of blood in Huangyugou, where the remains of enemies were crushed and smashed by rocks and rolling logs everywhere. They couldn't help but smile at each other.

Wang Xiaoru laughed heartily and said, "The ambush in Huangyugou is really a surprise attack! Just looking at the corpses and remains in the ditch, there are no less than 3,000 people, and the charred corpses on the peaks on both sides are not counted. If these are added, I am afraid that at least 5,000 bandits have died here. I really don't know which general did it. I want to meet him. If he is just a guerrilla general, I will definitely support him as the general!"

Luo Xihan leaned on his long sword, which had been chopped to the point of bending the blade, and said with a smile: "We are not bad either. We killed nearly three to four thousand enemies this night, and there were corpses all over the ground behind us. The Tatars suffered a great loss this time!"

When Wang Xiaoru heard what Luo Xihan said, he felt so happy again. Although he had a very hard night and even faced life-and-death crises several times, he was lucky enough to escape.

However, Wang Xiaoru also saw it very clearly. He knew that he and Luo Xihan were able to achieve such a victory thanks to the surprise attack by the special forces who had set up an ambush in Huangyugou. Otherwise, they would definitely not have been able to seize such an opportunity and kill the arrogant Tatar bandits in this narrow space.

Wang Xiaoru said, "General Luo, send a cavalry unit to investigate the bandits' movements, and then lead the rest of the troops back to the Pigeon Cave Great Wall to rest. I will report the victory to His Majesty."

Luo Xihan hummed excitedly and bowed slightly: “Governor, please do as you please.”

Wang Xiaoru did not delay at all. He immediately called the military secretary over and dictated the victory report. After the secretary quickly recorded it, Wang Xiaoru read it again, checked for omissions, added some polishing words, and some things that he had not thought of when he was dictating.

He asked the secretary who was accompanying the emperor to copy it according to the official format of the report, then stamped it with his own silver seal, and had it delivered to the Wanshou Palace as soon as possible to formally report the victory of Huangyugou to Emperor Jiajing.

(End of this chapter)