Chapter 142 The Great Victory of Huangyugou
Qiu Luan, who came from Juyongguan, was extremely leisurely and did not feel any urgency at all. He was even more overjoyed after receiving the urgent edict from King Qin from Emperor Jiajing.
"As expected, An Da has joined the imperial capital. It is finally my turn to be rich and powerful!"
Qiu Luan said excitedly to his close men Shi Yi and Hou Rong. According to my mood at the moment.
Shi Yi and Hou Rong also bowed to Qiu Luan at this time, "Congratulations to the commander-in-chief, congratulations to the commander-in-chief. This time King Qin's first contribution must be to the commander-in-chief."
When Qiu Luan heard what Shi Yi and Hou Rong said, he couldn't help but grin. Not to mention how good his mood was.
In the entire Ming Dynasty, he was the only one who knew best how An Da came to the capital to join the invaders. Therefore, in order to seize this wealth, Qiu Luan made an agreement with An Da not to see anyone, so he pretended to do it. He wrote a hypocritical memorial to Emperor Jiajing, showing his righteousness and responsibility.
So while being praised by Emperor Jiajing, he was also allowed to lead troops and stationed at the Juyongguan Great Wall not far from the capital. Just a few days after he arrived at the Juyongguan Great Wall, the Tatars led by Anda The army gathered at the Gubeikou Great Wall in Ji Town to prepare to move south.
Emperor Jiajing saw the Tatar army that was about to invade, and thought of the memorial written by Qiu Luan a few days ago: "I am investigating the eastward march of the captives, and they invade Ji Town. I am afraid that the capital will be shocked. Please He could use cheap means to support him, or fight with the thieves, or go to Tongzhou for defense, as ordered by his superiors. "
I felt that Qiu Luan was commendable for his loyalty and extraordinary strategic vision, so he issued an edict to let him. Stay at Juyong Pass to provide defensive support. If you hear the alarm, you will enter the pass for rescue.
Now not only did the alarm sound, but an edict from Emperor Jiajing came.
So Qiu Luan's excitement can be imagined. He feels that this is another opportunity for him to rise to prominence and an opportunity for him to surpass his ancestors.
So Qiu Luan immediately ordered 20,000 elite troops from Juyongguan to rush to the aid of the capital.
But Qiu Luan seemed to be too excited and had no idea at all. He led the deputy commander-in-chief Xu Jue, the guerrilla general Zhang Teng and others, and hurriedly took the 20,000 soldiers from Juyongguan to catch him. This heaven-shattering wealth.
But Qiu Luan actually forgot to arrange military rations. The food, drink and diarrhea of 20,000 people are not a small number. Moreover, the capital is also on alert at this time, and the logistics of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household will naturally be affected by this. Due to the sudden change, it was impossible to replenish King Qin's troops led by Qiu Luan in time.
So the consequences can be imagined. These arrogant soldiers who were brought to Juyongguan by Qiu Luan from Xuanda, because of the general's incompetence and lack of preparation, could only get a few pieces of cake in two or three days, and they did not have water bags or cauldrons. (Pot), so they were so hungry that stars appeared in their eyes.
Seeing that these soldiers were about to cause trouble, Qiu Luan actually allowed them to secretly tie their hair in braids, pretend to be Tatars, break into the village, and rob the people of their property to satisfy their hunger. If he is caught, he will lie and claim that he is a member of the Liaoyang Army and the Duoyan Sanwei.
So just when Emperor Jiajing was looking forward to his fierce general Qiu Dajun stepping on the colorful auspicious clouds to rescue the capital crisis, Qiu Luan's headquarters, which had arrived at the border of Tongzhou, not only failed to tell me The troops engaged in a fight, and instead they robbed Duoyan Sanwei in the countryside of Tongzhou.
At this time, Zhu Zaijing was still using the 2,500 men and horses he brought to dance on the tightrope. If he was not careful, his tail might be bitten by the cavalry sent by An Da.
But Zhu Zaijing still adhered to the sixteen-character guideline: one moment he was harassing the main force of Anda, and the next moment he was running away for his life. Anyway, Ida’s main force was not given any time to relax.
It can be said that under the restraint of Zhu Zaijing and the oppression of the main force of Gubeikou mobilized by Wang Xiaoru and Luo Xihan, Anda's current mood is extremely aggrieved.
Originally, he wanted to turn around and eliminate the main force blocking Gubeikou behind him, but fighting at night was too disadvantageous and he couldn't take much advantage at all. But as time went by, in the early morning of the next day, Wang Xiaoru finally pulled over the baggage and artillery from Gubeikou. These nearly 20,000 horses had the blessing of baggage and artillery, which made Anda even more depressed.
At this moment, he felt that entering the pass through the pigeon hole was like a trap. Now, whether in front or behind, there was a Ming army blocking him, making him Still unable to exert full combat power.
Especially the Ming army in front is extremely cunning. Starting from Huangyugou and ending at Shixiaying, this unknown number of Ming troops are always harassing his forward troops.
Moreover, this Ming army is extremely fast. As long as they give the order to pursue, they will turn around and run away without hesitation.
Just when Ada thought that this Ming army had been frightened by his own military strength, this Ming army came out again and fired cold shots, although not many of them were killed each time. But this feeling is too oppressive.
As a result, the Anda army did not have a good rest for an hour that night, which could not help but make the main force of Anda suffer in this area, making the men and horses exhausted.
At last dawn, the view became better, and Ida’s depressed mood was swept away by the brilliance of the rising sun.
At this time, the main force of Anda finally arrived at the open space of Shixia Camp.
Immediately, An Da immediately ordered the entire army to rest for half a day at Shixia Camp to regain their strength.
At the same time, the main force in Gubeikou, who had been fighting tremblingly all night, was at the end of its battle. Wang Xiaoru and Luo Xihan were also covered in blood and stood in the open space in front of Huangyugou, looking at what they had been burned to death. Looking at the black earth on the peak of Huangyugou, and looking at the river of blood in Huangyugou, with rocks and trees everywhere crushing and smashing the remains of the enemy, the two of them couldn't help but smile at each other.
Wang Xiaoru said with a hearty smile: "The ambush in Huangyugou is really a surprise! Just look at the corpses in the ditch alone. There are no less than three thousand people, and the charred corpses on the mountain peaks on both sides are not included. If we add these, at least five thousand thieves would have died here. I really don’t know which general did it. I want to meet him. If he was just a guerrilla general, I would definitely recommend him as the commander-in-chief! "
Luo Xihan leaned on the long knife that had been cut to the curled edge, and said with a smile: "We are not bad either. We killed nearly three to four thousand enemies this night, and the fields behind us were littered with corpses. The Tatars have suffered a big loss this time!”
When Wang Xiaoru heard what Luo Xihan said, he was in a good mood, even though he had a very hard night and even encountered life and death crises several times. , but luckily escaped.
However, Wang Xiaoru also saw it very clearly. He knew that he and Luo Xihan were able to achieve such results thanks to the surprise troops who set up an ambush in Huangyugou. Otherwise, they would definitely not be able to seize such an opportunity and defeat the arrogant Tatars. Tartar thieves blocked the small space and killed a wave of people.
Wang Xiaoru said: "Commander Luo, send a cavalry forward to detect the movements of the bandits, and then lead the rest of the people back to the Pigeon Cave Great Wall to rest. I am going to report my victory to the Holy Lord."
Luo Xihan hummed excitedly and bowed slightly: "At your mercy, Governor."
Wang Xiaoru did not delay at all, and immediately called the army secretary over, and then dictated the victory report. After the secretary quickly recorded it, , Wang Xiaoru read it again, checked for omissions and filled in some polishing words, as well as some things that he had never thought of when he was dictating.
I asked the accompanying secretary to copy it according to the formal report format, then stamped it with his own silver seal, and had it delivered to the Longevity Palace to formally report the victory of Huangyugou to Emperor Jiajing. .
(End of this chapter)