Minister

174 [The second year of Zhenglong]

The place where Wotulei's troops are stationed is called Pingjin. Pingjin Town is located on a plain, a certain distance from Lianzhu Mountain and Beicha River on the outskirts of Beijing.Chasing the reckless wasteland, you have to be quick-eyed.The reason why Wotulei didn't choose to approach directly is actually very simple - the capital is too prosperous, and the hundreds of miles in the suburbs are full of villages and towns, Caodu, if you really drive troops straight in, it is easy to be ambushed.Faced with such a big temptation in the capital, this experienced general maintained a calm mind.This really makes this person look very scary.

At the same time, the capital has already made complete preparations. Although the number of people in the city has increased sharply, it is still in order.

After all, this is the heyday of the dynasty, and the chaotic scene of disintegration that Vottore expects to appear is really difficult to achieve.After earnestly studying the latest captured map of the capital, Wo Tuo Lei gave the lineup for the first battle - in the civil war in Monan, Heshe Peigne, who was famous for his bravery, led [-] cavalry to lead the battle. Gurtai and Arovinda each led [-] cavalry to attack from the east and west, and Umuji Ji Shifengya led [-] infantry to the rear.

As soon as the order came out, many nobles and generals couldn't help laughing secretly: It seems that even if the chiefs are favored, they can't resist the serious nobles. Not only did Wo Tuo Lei agree to let He Shepeigne make the first contribution, but he even assisted in the attack. Aruowanda is his younger brother. From this, it can be seen that a slave will not be allowed to lead the army at a critical moment. Otherwise, if he becomes the emperor of the Central Plains in the future, he will have to say that the country was brought down by slaves. Isn't it a joke?

Yu Mian didn't know that the Monan people valued blood so much, and the information about He She Peigne presented by their spies definitely showed the great strength of this general.Facing this important minister who helped King Monan win the country, Yu Mian was full of confidence: "He She Peini's character is impetuous and aggressive, so he can't achieve great things. This first battle needs a big victory."

The civil and military officials are served by the cabinet, and now the Ministry of War is full of their own people.Seeing Master Yu's confident and hungry look, Wei Chi opened his mouth to reveal a foxy smile.Mao Yixuan participated in the battle for the first time, and he was still a little nervous: "He Shepei Nie seldom fails in battles, and the martial arts are superb. We can't underestimate the enemy."

The war is approaching, and Wei Chi seems to be less nervous: "Heshe Peigne is a great nobleman in Monan, unlike our Central Plains, in Monan, only nobles can be generals, this Heshe Peigne is from the background Not small, he is considered a direct relative of the royal family. This great nobleman has been active in the north for many years. There have been several famous battles, but they are all battles with more victories than few. Moreover, he himself likes to rush to the front in every battle. This kind of dismissal shows that he is very skilled in martial arts, but none of the generals who accompanied him were willing to join him, because he never considered cooperation. You see, this time, it was his own man—Aravinda who assisted in the attack. People are brothers, and their personalities are similar. In short, as long as you don't meet him head-on, it's easy to deceive with some tricks."

"Then what about this Kuzi Mangurtai?"

"I haven't heard of such a person in the Mangurtai family before. It seems that he is not leading the army of the Mangurtai family. This person was indeed very powerful in Jiaxing. Wotulei has always known people and made good use of them. , but did not send him to lead the battle, I think he must have been suppressed by Heshe Peigne, they probably wouldn't discuss the battle plan."

"And look..." Yu Mian nodded frequently to Wei Chi's analysis: "This deployment is very public, and the content is simple and straightforward. Wo Tuolei should be counted as the capital without a force that can compete with it. He is going to conquer the city in one fell swoop. Now he is back Relying on Jiaxing and sufficient supplies, if we defend the city, we will not be able to defend the city. We can only annihilate the enemy gradually. Therefore, this time is a rare opportunity. We can only use our advantages against their disadvantages and give them a siege war."

Seeing that Yu Mian had spoken, Mao Yixuan temporarily calmed down his heartbeat: "According to the plan, we need to divide our troops into three groups. Lin Hu said that he would lead a group of troops, and the last general would lead a group. Master Wei will take care of water, boats and artillery. Which general of the Route Army will be in command?"

Lin Huyan worked as a doctor in the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War was in charge of dispatching troops, so he did not lead soldiers. It stands to reason that the yamen that led soldiers could choose generals, but most of the officials in the capital had never experienced war. Although this Lin Huyan was old He was over fifty, but had led troops on the frontier for many years, and was more reliable than many young and strong men, so he commanded 5000 of the 6000 cavalry transferred from Hebei Wei.Mao Yixuan was appointed by Mr. Yu. He followed the promise and trained the [-] tenants who entered the city into infantry. Being able to complete this unusual task shows that Mr. Yu is quite capable of judging people.Wei Chi was one of the few people in the capital who had both fought in battle and was proficient in various types of firearms. Among the people transferred by Hebei Wei, [-] people belonged to the military aircraft battalion, and Wei Chi happened to be leading them.Who will command the remaining [-] cavalry of Hebei Guard?Yu Mian seems to be undecided.

"According to their marching speed, they will arrive at the scheduled village tomorrow morning." Wei Chi was also curious about the last general: "We must prepare immediately after the meeting."

"I'll lead the 5000 people." Yu Mian smiled lightly, he was already prepared.

"?!"

Wei Chi and Mao Yixuan looked at each other.

"Don't laugh at me because I'm old, I'm old enough to deal with Shepeigne."

If the upright and strong general He She Peigne knew that Da Qi had made such a decision, he might be pissed to death before going to war.Wei Chi and Mao Yixuan definitely didn't mean to laugh, but they did think that Mr. Yu was more than a little older.But their inability to laugh was not out of awe of Master Yu, but because of other more poignant reasons.

When the decision was made to defend the capital, the officials were furious. Once the decision was made, it turned out as Wei Chi had expected—there were not many who could fight in the Manchu Dynasty, and the few who could fight were either evading or complaining.The civil servants are too naive. These generals are used to seeing life and death, and they understand the benefits of Wotulei. After finally being transferred from outside the Great Wall to the capital for peace, they can't fall into this matter.Even if the city is broken, the capital is so big, there are plenty of opportunities to run.And Wo Tuo Lei would definitely not Tu Jing, after all, he is a general, not a robber, so it took so much trouble to come here, just to rob, wouldn't it be a big loss?At that time, I can't run, and it's not bad to say surrender.

Now, Yu Mian was going to go to battle in person, how helpless he was, but Lord Yu led his troops to come in person without hesitation, Wei Chi could only say one thing from the bottom of his heart: Admiration.

On February [-]th, the sun had just illuminated the earth, and the [-] cavalry led by Heshe Peigne arrived at the outskirts of the capital. This place is only more than [-] miles away from Pingjin, where the large troops are stationed. Standing here, you can clearly see the capital. The whole picture of it, it is so tall, it seems to be a city that is difficult to conquer, but He Shepei Nie understands how fragile it is, and the people inside are just like Jiaxing.

"Jiaxing has at least 3 soldiers, and the capital has only [-] soldiers from Hebei Wei. They didn't even abandon the city and escape. It can be seen that there are some pedantic nerds inside."

Arovinda and his brother had the same temper, and they laughed arrogantly for a while.

He Shepei Nie laughed enough, and then turned her head to exchange warm greetings with Eiz: "I stole your head, don't mind."

Zuzi saluted politely: "What do you say, but the time is approaching, it's better to continue marching."

Heshe Peigne snorted contemptuously: "You don't need to remind me."

5 people are divided into three teams here. This style of play seems simple, but it is very practical.After Wo Tuo Lei learned that the little emperor in the capital did not abandon the city and escape, he analyzed that the city must be ready for resistance.Who is this leading general?

Yu Mian?Minister of the Ministry of War?

A typical Central Plains appointment, is he really a leader?The old enemies were gone, and there seemed to be only Wei Chi who was somewhat famous.This person is not simply tough, he has learned his cunning.The capital city is too big. If it was Wei Chi's suggestion, he would never wait until his soldiers approached the city before launching a counterattack. He would definitely make full use of the complicated villages on the outskirts of Beijing to stop him from advancing.

Therefore, in order to ascertain the situation, and in order to proceed step by step, he chose to lead a large force to garrison Pingjin, and let He Shepei Nie lead the force to investigate first.The formation he arranged for He She Peigne was also very reasonable. In addition to the fact that the number of troops far exceeded that of the Hebei Wei garrison, he was also equipped with two teams to assist in the attack.

Yu Mian seemed to be able to surprise him.

Time passed slowly, Heshe Peigne and his party did not encounter any obstacles, and after half an hour of steady speed, the capital was already within easy reach.He Shepei Nie couldn't help being ecstatic and made the team speed up.

"General! The bridge ahead is destroyed!"

"Where is the front?"

"Pingtu kiln."

Ping kiln?A small village so small that it is not marked on the map.

Considering that he didn't know whether He Bing in the suburbs of Beijing was fruitful or not, He Shepei Nie ordered everyone to go through Pingtuyao Village and continue south without delay.

Votorley trusted the veteran's ability very much, and he only asked him one thing - not to venture into the village.

But He Shepeigne didn't seem to think that the small Pingtuyao Village was counted as a village. After all, he was a cavalry soldier, and it took less than a quarter of an hour to pass through the path squeezed out of these hundreds of houses.It's a pity that if He Shepeigne can look at the map as carefully as Wo Tuo Lei, he will find that the closer to the north gate of the capital, the fewer roads there will be. These man-made canals divide these villages. The kiln is the only way to the north gate.

He Shepei Nie walked out of Pingtuyao Village safely, outside the village was a wilderness, calm and desolate.

This is not a good place to ambush.

But suddenly, a gunshot rang out, and before Heshe Peine could react, the gunshots on the plain roared like the wind.The riders walking in front fell to the ground one after another, and a shot of gunpowder flew past Heshe Peigne's ear.

"Come on!" The range of the firecracker is not far, if you can break through the fire blockade, you will be able to turn defeat into victory.

Heshe Peigne is worthy of being a battle-tested veteran, and he has not lost his position.

It's a pity that this was a wrong decision. On the seemingly peaceful plain in front of him, trenches had already been dug by the militia, and Mao Yixuan's 5 people were all in ambush here to win his victory.Heshe Peigne is experienced with firecrackers and even shotguns, so there must be a gap for reloading behind the two rows of guns.But Qi Bing's way of loading is two people to fire, one person is responsible for reloading, a group of three, there are five guns in total, which can keep the firepower constant, but he doesn't know this.

The cavalry without cover could not withstand such a hail of bullets no matter how much they used, and they were completely suppressed at the head of the village.

A total of [-] cavalry were boiling in this palm-sized small village. The front road was blocked, and the back road was also cut off—the militiamen who had been lurking in the neighboring villages approached quietly. After they turned into the shooting point that had been hidden in advance, The seemingly peaceful path has become a blockade.

Even the well-trained Monan cavalry had to collapse. Under such a pincer attack, the cavalry was divided into two groups, and they risked their lives to cross the canals on the east and west sides to leave the village.

Daqi is a rich country. Not only is it well armed, but even the canals in the small villages are embankments made of stone bricks. Winter is a dry season, and the riverbed is quite far from the river bank. The ice is slippery, and Ma Ke can't stand it. Tossing, falling and neighing, it was in a state of chaos.

Mao Yixuan laughed, but there was another person who laughed more happily than him.

This person is Arovinda. He was attacked earlier than his brother, but the old man in the lead is so weak that it is not worth mentioning. Know how to shoot.Taking advantage of the gap between the opponent's cavalry reloading, the Monan cavalry sprinted fiercely a few times and completely defeated the opponent.During these rushes and runs, Arovinda deviated from the original route. Just as he defeated the enemy and was about to return, his soldiers were surprised to find the gold and silver treasures piled up in these scattered dwellings.

When the people of Daqi fled, they would leave behind gold and silver treasures?Arovinda still had this vigilance. Considering the strange actions of the Qi army just now, he noticed something wrong.

"Come back, don't grab it!"

It's a pity that not everyone has these awareness, robbing is the nature of Monan Bing, most people pretend not to hear.

It wasn't until there was a faint gunshot from the west that many people stopped their movements.

Oops, my brother must have been attacked!Aravenda broke into a cold sweat.

The gunshot reminded Aruowenda, and it was also the general attack order that Yu Mian had agreed with everyone.The 5000 people led by the old man just now reappeared in an instant. This time, it was not firecrackers that greeted the Monan cavalry. The long weapons they had worked so hard to memorize could be displayed.

Hebei Wei, as an elite force stationed in the suburbs of Beijing, if they rescue Jiaxing, even in an unfavorable location, they can inflict heavy damage on the people of Monan.Now that the conditions are met, how can Hebei Wei's reputation be ruined?What's more, the Minister of the Ministry of War personally led everyone to charge into battle!Facing the defeated Monan cavalry, everyone did not show any kindness.

This chase lasted more than ten miles before stopping, and Arovinda lost at least 2000 people.At this moment, the combat effectiveness of the Monan Army is still strong. If these 8000 people join with the remnants of He She Peigne, it will still be a tough nut to crack.However, Master Wei had already prepared presents for them one night in advance on the road ahead of Aruowanda.

The movement this time was far greater than Mao Yixuan's gunshots. Yu Mian's cavalry forced back Arovinda's open space was filled with earth mines. Unusually, and just to deal with the Monan cavalry, the lead wires of the earth mines are connected to each other, and if one is tripped, it will explode.This is the disaster that Aravenda's team suffered.

The explosion of the earth mines could be heard even by the people in the capital, so Kuzi naturally heard it.Not long after he set off, he also encountered a surprise attack from the Qi army, but he was extremely cautious and did not chase the enemy, but approached the capital according to the original battle plan.When he heard the loud noise, he noticed something strange—although all the cavalry dispatched this time were equipped with firearms, the firecrackers would never make such a loud noise, something must have happened.Chiefs decisively turned back to the east, ready for reinforcements.

The moment Kuzi left, Wei Chi felt very depressed!The original plan was for Lin Yanhu to lure Chief to approach the Beicha River in the west. The Beicha River was already full of warships deployed by Wei Chi. As long as the opponent came within range, these ambushed gunboats would fire all their guns.At that time, there will be a waterway in front of him, so he can only wait to be beaten, and Lin Yanhu's [-] cavalry will block him later, and it will be difficult for him to surrender.But by the time the east side had rang out, Wei Chi didn't even see a single Monan cavalry.

It seems that this leader has a lot of brains. Wei Chi hid on the deck and was extremely depressed, thinking that he must find out the details of this general.

Lin Yanhu was even more depressed. He pretended to be defeated many times, but the cavalry just didn't take the bait. When the general attack was launched, the cavalry was only a quarter of an hour away from Pingtuyao Village, and the opponent had more than [-] people. , if they converge, one side will definitely suffer!Now that he didn't care about that much anymore, Lin Yanhu had no choice but to chase after Qiuzi.

Although Monan is also a heavy cavalry, the overall load is still far lower than that of the Central Plains heavy cavalry. When Chiefs met Heshe Peigne, Lin Yanhu was already left behind by him.He She Peigne looked very embarrassed: "There is an ambush!"

"Is it cavalry or infantry?" Kuz pondered the tactics of the Qi army.

"They are all lying in ambush in the ditch next to the village, holding firecrackers! It is estimated that there are 3 to [-] people!"

While talking, Lin Yanhu's pursuers were about to arrive.

"Lord Heshe Peigne, we can't retreat. There are more than 1 cavalry behind me. Now we have to attack those infantry!"

He Shepeigne understood—those infantry were moving slowly, and they should be preparing to evacuate now. If they attack back at this moment, they can take advantage of it.But if you retreat to the northwest, you will encounter more than 1 cavalry, and it will be difficult to protect yourself.

"Okay! Attack back!"

At this moment, there were still 3000 people in Heshe Peigne's hands. After the two merged, they quickly left for Pingtuyao Village.Because of the previous knowledge of the terrain, the dirt ditches that hid the infantry were no longer hidden.This move caught Mao Yixuan by surprise, and he decisively ordered to stop the retreat and redeploy the firepower net.

But when he saw that not 3000 people came back, but more than 1 people, he was really a little frightened.

"It seems that there is a group of people who didn't get into the set!" Mao Yixuan scratched his scalp: "We don't have much ammunition!"

After the firecracker rang for a while, it stopped instantly.After that, the movement of the Qi army became extremely strange. Two shots were fired here and there, and two shots were fired there, but when the cavalry rushed over, no one could be found in the grass or ditches.

This is the cleverness of Mao Yixuan. He ordered all the teams to disperse, and everyone carried firecrackers to disperse the attack, but he demanded that they must fire one shot and run away.This made the enemy unable to find the north, but at the same time bought time for the reinforcements to arrive.

Seeing that the Qi army had changed their tactics, Chiefs did not order anyone to destroy the infantry, but regrouped the troops and retreated from the north direction while the firepower was sparse.

His decision was correct, because Lin Yanhu followed closely behind.Moreover, Zuzi knew that there were still [-] infantry in the rear who would join him soon, and the time to counterattack was coming.

On the battlefield at this moment, there are less than 3 of the [-] people in Monan.Yu Mian's side was strangling the rest of Aruowenda's troops, Lin Yanhu was chasing Kuiz and He Shepeigne, Mao Yixuan ordered his infantry to retreat as soon as possible, and Wei Chi was left to hang in the Beicha River outside the west gate.When the [-] infantry led by Umuji Shikfung joined the chiefs and Heshe Peine, the chiefs did not hesitate to ask for a counterattack, but this time Heshe Peine strongly opposed it.

Although Zuzi's personality was calm, he was still so angry that he couldn't speak at the moment.There is no room for discussion on the battlefield, everyone can only obey the supreme commander, and She Peigne deployed a simple retreat plan and left in a hurry.

Lin Yanhu was happily chasing, when he suddenly found that there seemed to be commotion ahead, and the enemy's team seemed to have doubled in size, so he had to force himself to calm down—although this time he failed to strangle the enemy as planned, it seemed that the enemy had reinforcements. There may be accidents in this love battle.Lin Yanhu secretly asked the soldiers to slow down, and deliberately opened the distance between the two, and gradually retreated until it was safe.

The people in the capital listened to the gunfire all day, and did not see the soldiers returning to the city until evening.The previous rumors about the Monan cavalry were horrific. The common people only knew that these aliens were brutal and tyrannical, and they only thought about what kind of bitter battle their own army would go through, but unexpectedly, this first battle ushered in a triumphant victory!When seeing Daqi's army returning in a heroic manner, the whole capital was boiling!Many ordinary people ran and shouted in the streets, and some even stood on the roofs and waved their sleeves to welcome the defenders.

Facing such a scene, Mao Yixuan couldn't help but feel like crying.Seeing his red eyes, Lin Yanhu secretly smiled and said, "Young man, this battle has just begun."

Indeed, the battle has only just begun.Although nearly 2 enemy troops were annihilated in the first battle, Pingjin still had 20 enemies. The victory in the first battle encouraged the soldiers and civilians in the capital, but it also aroused the vigilance of Wo Tuolei.Yu Mian knew that the real battle had not yet started, and the outcome of this duel between 10 people and 20 people was still uncertain.And Wang Yunyi, who was far away, was still watching, how long would he have to wait for the Jedi counterattack he was expecting?

Wei Chi had already returned to the city at this moment, sitting in front of the lobby of the Ministry of War and waiting for a discussion. This battle made her very interested in the leader of the West Route Army, but what made her even more interesting was the reinforcement general returned by the scout——Umuji . 妜 release seal 岈.

Second uncle, we actually met again.