Chapter 125: Annihilation of the Mongol Cavalry

Hearing Li Jing's gunshot, Zhang Zhimu, Chen Yufeng and others were overjoyed, and they knew that today's operation was half of the success.

The crossbowman, who had already taken aim, twisted the fire a little, and as soon as he pulled the trigger, fifty fire oil mines flew in the direction of the big tent.

At this time, Wan Hu who heard the gunshots in the big tent was shocked, and his perennial military career made him very vigilant, and he felt that this "bump" sound that he had never heard before sounded in the camp, which was definitely not a good thing. Especially in the past two days, there are so many things that he doesn't understand. He immediately rolled over and was about to call someone. However, several fire oil bombs fell on his big tent, and with the roaring explosion, the scattered fire oil suddenly set the big tent on fire. Smoke rushed in through the tent door. This ten thousand households found out that it was not good, and knew that if they didn't go out, they would turn into ashes with the big tent, but the tents had been sealed by fire. There was no way, but in a hurry, he grabbed a piece of sheepskin, wrapped his head, and rushed to the tent door. Outside the tent door, his own soldiers were about to rush into the tent, but the fire was too great for them to come forward, and then Wan Hu himself rushed out. They hurriedly stepped forward to help Wan Hu put out the fire on him. However, when this Wanhu rushed out, he was stained with the fire oil that flowed down from the tent, and the fire could not be extinguished for a while. There was no way that a few of his own soldiers were burned on their hands, so they used a knife to cut the clothes on Wanhu's body and took off their clothes, so that the fire on Wanhu's body was extinguished. However, this Wanhu has been choked on thick smoke, and has multiple severe burns on his face and hands, and is already in a coma.

While these soldiers were busy here to help this Wanhu fight the fire, the crossbowmen outside the camp had already shifted their targets and fired several batches of fire oil mines and explosive mines. Liu Yun, Liu Chenghuang, and Yang Jing had already rushed into the camp with cavalry like a torrent. Those Mongol soldiers who woke up from their dreams knew that someone had robbed the camp, and their first reaction when they turned over was to quickly run towards the horse pen, and only when they were on horseback could these Mongol cavalry find confidence. But when they ran to the stall, they were greeted by a volley of bullets. Each horse fence has ten Li Jing's special forces, and fifty Liu Yun's infantry who are ready to be officers' seeds. These infantrymen took advantage of the blazing fire in the camp to shoot all the Mongolian cavalry running over one by one, and the Mongol soldiers who kept coming in front of Ma Lanzi were stacked in front of Ma Lanzi, and the blood that flowed filled the small ditches on the ground. The marksmanship of these infantry was strictly trained by Liu Yun. The bullets each of them practiced were out of count. These people were not at all panicked in the face of the swarming Mongol soldiers, and the bullets they fired were often not dense, but they were basically guns and guns. So the horse fence they defended curved into a fan, forming a wall of corpses.

At this time, the whole camp was full of gunfire and explosions. The cavalry who rushed into the camp immediately rushed to kill everywhere in units of a hundred cavalry according to the general goal assigned, and the cavalry on the horse almost shot at the head with a shotgun at the Mongol soldiers who rushed out of the tent, and a ** a little farther away was thrown over. Sometimes two Mongol soldiers rushed up together, and the power of the shotgun was even more exerted, and it was solved with one shot at the two of them.

After a while, the kung fu camp was chaotic. In the end, three cavalrymen fought separately in a group, so that there were cavalry everywhere and gunfire everywhere. In the end, these Mongol warriors did not organize an effective resistance, because they never had a chance to get close to the horse pen, let alone a horse, so they could only run from place to place, and finally became the target of muskets. When the sky was about to dawn, the gunfire gradually died out. Liu Yun began to arrange for shards to search for Mongol soldiers in tents one by one. Then the surrendered Mongol soldiers were gathered together. By daybreak, the fighting in the camp had stopped.

But the 200 cavalrymen who attacked the village were in trouble.

When these cavalrymen stormed the village, they met stubborn resistance from the Mongols. The odious thing is that they used the captured Han compatriots as shields, and they also hid behind the captives to shoot arrows at the cavalry, but the cavalrymen could not shoot. So soon the cavalry suffered casualties. Fortunately, the two companies of cavalry of the two hundred men were headed by officers selected from among the prisoners of the smelter, and when they found that there was no other way to do it at night, they led the troops out of the village, but blocked several exits from the village outside the village.

When Zhang Zhimu, Chen Yufeng and others rushed to the front of the village, the two officers came over to report the situation of the previous night. Zhang Zhimu looked at these two very mature officers, and felt happier than they were to successfully take this village. Because they can make reasonable judgment and command according to the situation, which is more important than anything else. They knew that the battle would soon be resolved on the camp side, and there was no need to fight to the death here, as long as they held on and did not let them go, there would be more ways to deal with them during the day.

However, they reported that the howls and shouts of people in the village had been heard in the village last night, which made Zhang Zhimu very worried. He knew that these Mongol soldiers knew that they couldn't get out, so they took those captured personnel out of anger.

As soon as Ouyang He heard about this, he said, "There is a way." Go and bring out their ten thousand households, and then command them to surrender, and if they do not surrender, kill their ten thousand households in their presence. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Yes, we also want to fight poison with poison. ”

Liu Yun and his own soldiers carried Wanhu over, and they also brought a prisoner who knew Chinese. Let the captive shout, tell the Mongol soldiers in the village that their ten thousand households have surrendered, and order them to surrender as well.

But the Mongols in the village replied that they would not surrender until death.

Ouyang He said that if he told them not to surrender again, he would kill their ten thousand households in front of them. These 10,000 families had a high status and prestige among their tribes, and the Mongol soldiers in the village finally decided to surrender after a struggle. There were more than 300 Mongol soldiers in this village.

Zhang Zhimu ordered that all the captives who came out be tied up. Then he and Chen Yufeng led people to the village. When I saw it, I was shocked. This village was originally small, and a large part of the looted goods were occupied, and the rest of the place was densely packed with more than 10,000 people. These people eat and pull all together, and it already stinks here. Some people can't see it anymore. Zhang Zhang Zhimu ordered Liu Yun to send someone over immediately, help everyone here out, and immediately cook porridge for them to eat. But what made Zhang Zhimu feel strange was that a group of people against the wall were still tied hand and foot, and their bodies were already very weak. When I asked, I found out that these were some captured Ming soldiers, and the Mongols needed strong labor to not kill them, but they were afraid that they would be disobedient, so they tied them all up. However, if a person is tied for a long time, the blood flow is not good, and the body will soon fail. They only let go once a day, and that is because the Mongols are afraid that they will all die.

Not counting these three hundred people, Zhang Zhimu didn't expect to be able to capture so many prisoners at one time. It turned out that the so-called heroic and invincible Mongolian cavalry was also afraid of death.

After Zhang Bingchen finished treating his wounded and sick, Zhang Zhimu asked him to take his people and give those who were captured to take a good look at their illnesses. After reading it, Zhang Bingchen said: "Most of them are too weak, and a few of them are more seriously ill, so they have to slow down." Cook some mare's milk for them to drink these days, and they will get better faster. ”

Zhang Zhimu carefully asked these people what happened last night. These people were whimpering and couldn't speak, it turned out that last night, more than 200 people were pulled out by them, and they only heard the shouting, and they probably killed them. Usually these Mongols kill Han Chinese for fun, but last night they felt that they were going to be finished, so they killed desperately.

Zhang Zhimu said: "None of them ran out yesterday, and the people they killed must be in the village." Go to the village and look for it. ”

It turned out that they had thrown all the people they had killed yesterday into two wells in the village.

Zhang Zhimu asked to bring the heads of these three hundred people, and this head was also a thousand households newly mentioned. Zhang Zhimu asked him through the translator, "Why did you kill so many people last night?" ”

This guy also knew that it was troublesome to kill so many people, so he didn't admit it at first. Zhang Zhimu told him that the person who was killed had been found in the well. Only then did he say that he had not killed all those people, but only two of them.

Zhang Zhimu asked, "Why do you want to kill people?" He said, "Because they were surrounded, they couldn't take these people away, so they were killed." ”

Zhang Zhimu asked again: "Then can I kill you now?" ”

He said, "No, because I am a Mongolian, not a Han Chinese." So you can't kill me. ”

Zhang Zhimu's murderous intent gradually rose, and said, "Okay, take it down." ”

Zhang Zhimu beckoned to Liu Yun and said: "After cleaning the battlefield, ask those Mongol captives one by one, and those who are really willing to surrender will come over and kill the Mongolian soldiers captured in a village, and those who are unwilling to surrender will be killed just like the prisoners in this village." At this time, Zhang Zhimu's heart was very complicated. Originally, he came to modern times, and felt that war was a helpless thing, so he felt that he should reduce the killing as much as possible. But these Mongols made him very angry. When that Mongolian Qianhu said that he had killed two Han Chinese, he actually said that he had only killed two Han Chinese, and felt that killing two Han Chinese was a very small matter. If it was on the battlefield, he was completing his mission as a soldier, and Zhang Zhimu would not kill him no matter how many people he killed. But he is killing innocents indiscriminately here, and trapping the Han people together like animals, he really can't tolerate it. So he decided not to leave any prisoners in this village.

At this time, Ouyang He came over and said to Zhang Zhimu: "There are not many Mongolian soldiers who can slip through the net this time, Li Jing led people to search around to see if there are any that have escaped the net." I think let's let Liu Chenghuang send 200 people back to our camp and bring Lu Chengxiang and them here. Because there are too many things and people here, it is inconvenient to move. We can't divide it into two. ”

Zhang Zhimu felt that Ouyang He was right, now that the Mongolian cavalry in the brigade was gone, other threats were no longer a problem. It's easy to manage by bringing all the original people here. In addition, Lu Chengxiang is here, and he can also help count the goods. Now Lu Chengxiang is Zhang Zhimu's right-hand man, and with him, Zhang Zhimu doesn't have to worry about many things. Lu Chengxiang is an extremely energetic person. Once Zhang Zhimu joked with him: "Mr. Lu must pay attention to his body, we still have a lot to do." I don't want you to die of exhaustion so quickly. ”

Lu Chengxiang said: "Living until now, it is the most enjoyable time for me to live, and I also want to live a few more days." It's a blessing to be able to die like this. Don't worry, I know in my heart that I won't fall so soon. ”

Li Zhi also led a few of his people over, saw Zhang Zhimu and said, "We found two thousand households in the pile of prisoners. These two guys also changed into soldier clothes and wanted to fool the past. I interrogated them separately. ”

"Are these guys easy to deal with?" Zhang Zhimu asked: "They are all diehards. ”

Li Zhi replied: "There is nothing difficult to deal with, don't look at them as if they are usually fierce like heroes." But if you are more ruthless than they are, they will obey you. It didn't take two moments for them to be honest. ”

Zhang Zhimudao admired Li Zhi's words very much: "If you are more ruthless than them, they will obey you." It seems that convincing people with virtue is useful for those who are virtuous. Deal with them harder than they are. Thinking of this, Zhang Zhimu said: "After a while, you help Liu Yun and them interrogate the prisoners, and if you are really willing to surrender, you will stay and send them to the smelter to open a mine." If you don't want to surrender, let them be heroes. ”

Li Zhi said: "Yes, it is better to keep them to open the mine, than to kill them." Even if you want to kill, you will have to wait until I finish the trial before killing, and this time we can clearly understand the establishment, training, and equipment of the Mongolian cavalry. We'll sort it out when we get back. But Mr. Zhang, you still have to give us people. "Li Zhi lost no time in becoming an important person again.

Zhang Zhimu was happy when he heard it, and said: "Didn't I say it, you can choose any personnel." ”

Li Zhi said: "I am optimistic that the two people in the captives are a mixture of Han and Mongolian, and they both speak Sinicization and Mongolian. Do you think I'm going to take them down? ”

Zhang Zhimu asked: "Your department is a top-secret department. Do you dare to use them? ”

"No problem, since I dare to use them, I have a way to use them." Li Zhi said with a confident wave of his hand.

Zhang Zhimu really admires Li Zhi, a natural spy leader. Everyone in Yaogang felt that Li Zhi was a bit crazy, and his subordinates were even more afraid and respectful of him. Li Zhi himself hardly has any free time, as long as he is awake, he keeps spinning. So his subordinates followed him. But Li Zhi has one thing, he has no selfishness, he just devotes himself to his work, and he is very fair to people and things. Usually very kind to people.。 But no one dared to be sloppy in front of him. His staff subordinates felt that Li Zhi's eyes could see through their minds. So Li Zhi said that he dared to use these two people, and Zhang Zhimu didn't think it was strange. What's more, these two people are also foreign language talents. Foreign language talents are indispensable for intelligence work.

Zhang Zhimu joked: "Since Director Li dares to use it, I won't worry about it." See for yourself. We should be looking for some people who can understand the Mongolian language. Don't forget this when you go to Zhangjiakou this time. ”

Li Zhi said yes and left with his people.

Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He came over again. Chen Yufeng said: "Everything else is easy to do, how can the more than 10,000 people be arranged." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Isn't it enough to burn the remaining tents? ”

"It's enough to arrange them now. I'm talking about what to do in the future. Chen Yufeng said.

"When the body is well, each person will be given some food, and each family will give a horse to let them go home!" Zhang Zhimu replied.

Ouyang He smiled and said, "If it were so simple, I wouldn't use it here." ”

"Most of these people may not be able to return home. Almost all of their village was burned down by these beasts. If I go back, I won't be able to survive this winter without food. Chen Yufeng said.

"Have you counted the personnel?" Zhang Zhimu asked.

Ouyang He said: "I roughly clicked it." There were more than 3,000 young women and children. There were also more than 8,000 young and strong men. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "The most difficult thing is that there are more than 2,000 prisoners of the Ming army here. If they were captured by the Ming army, it would be a felony. If you don't get it right, you'll be cut down as a collaborator. ”

"One of the guards they guarded was breached by the Mongol army, and the official ran away first. The soldiers were left behind and taken prisoner. The old and infirm were killed by the Mongol army, because these captives were physically strong and they lacked labor, so they were always carried. This man can sell it for a good price on the grassland. Ouyang He said.

Zhang Zhimu said: "Aren't we just in need of these people? Stay, this is a ready-made soldier. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "That's what I mean. But I'm afraid that the Ming army will know about it and cause trouble for us. ”

"Don't be afraid, we're in a lot of trouble anyway. No matter how much you don't know. We can do their job first. Give them a brief introduction to our situation, at least if they volunteer. By the way, Duowai said that they were all killed in battle, and their families could still get some compensation and would not be implicated. We'll help them connect with their families later. Zhang Zhimu said.

Chen Yufeng said: "Then let Liu Yun and Liu Chenghuang do this." They've learned to do it with you now. ”

The three of them laughed together.

They haven't finished laughing yet. Li Jing came back with people on horseback and a puff of smoke and dust. Not only did they come back, but they also brought back a small group of men.

It turned out that Li Jing was afraid that there would be Mongolian soldiers who had slipped through the net, so he took his special forces to search around. Occasionally, a few people who slipped through the net were hacked to death. As they were making their rounds, they spotted a small group of men running in the distance. Li Jing hurriedly led people to hide in the Tibetan grass, and when one person arrived in front of them, they jumped up and surrounded them. These people did not show weakness, drew their blades and rushed forward, and at the same time shouted in a word that Li Jing had never heard, but Li Jing heard it. It means to let one of them run fast.

After Li Jing and the others cut down a few people, these people knew that they were invincible, so they all stopped resisting, saying in Chinese, as long as they let them go, they could leave everything behind. They regarded Li Jing and them as robbers.

Li Jing couldn't let them go, so she came back with them. But before they arrived at the camp, they felt that something was wrong, and they wanted to run, but they were killed by Li Jing and them, so they honestly followed back.

Zhang Zhimu said: "Give them to Li Zhi for interrogation." If you look at their performance, they are definitely a team with a special mission. ”

When Li Zhi came over and heard it, there was no expression on his white face, but there was a light in his eyes, which showed that he was very excited. "Give me a little time, and I'll let them tell the truth," Li said. ”

After this matter was over, Zhang Zhimu, Chen Yufeng, and Ouyang He began to discuss the arrangement of these personnel again.

Zhang Zhimu said: "It is estimated that there will not be many of these people who can go on their own, it is better to do this, we will leave more than 2,000 Ming troops, but we must tell them that our army is half-army and half-worker, and they work when they have work, and practice martial arts when they don't work." In addition, among these young people, select some young ones to also recruit into the army, and we can train them well and train them to become professional soldiers. ”

"Then recruit another 1,000 people, not counting Fan Chengkun's army, we now have 1,500 people, plus more than 2,000 Ming troops, recruit another 1,000 people. We have 4,5600 men. In normal times, he works when he has work, and when he goes out with a caravan, he does business with a caravan. In the future, our trade routes will definitely expand. Chen Yufeng said.

Zhang Zhimu explained: "We have more people, and we can also expand the transportation lines of our transportation company to all sides. All personnel and goods can be escorted by armed escort. ”

"What about the rest of the people?" Ouyang He asked.

This is a very difficult question to answer, so I can't bear to leave it alone. But let's take them all back to the kiln. These people can't be arranged all at once. In the end, Zhang Zhimu gritted his teeth and said: "The rest of the people are sent back to Yaogang, and our remaining grain will no longer be sold." If you don't have a place to live, you will first arrange it in a stall that has been set up. Then build some simple houses immediately, and it will be easy to do after this winter. ”

Chen Yufeng laughed and said, "Mr. Ouyang, what do I guess? "It turned out that when Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He discussed the arrangement of these personnel, they didn't come up with a good solution. Ouyang He said: "Then ask Mr. Zhang." Look what he means. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "I don't need to ask, I know what he means." He's going to get everyone back to the kiln. ”

The two came over to ask Zhang Zhimu what to do about this, and sure enough, Chen Yufeng guessed it. Zhang Zhimu wanted to bring the personnel back to the kiln gang.

Zhang Zhimu said: "Now bring them back, we will have some pressure. But if they don't bring it back, they won't survive this winter. If we bring them back now. They are our own people, and they will follow us loyally. Besides, when we go back, the scale of the factory will also be expanded, and we will be able to arrange many people. If you really can't do it, you will participate in road construction first. ”

As they were talking, Li Zhi ran over with a notebook. Zhang Zhimu is a little strange, this Li Zhi has always been calm and composed, what happened today.

Li Zhi ran over, looked around to see if there was anyone nearby, and then said to the three people: "The situation is not good, the person we interrogated just now is a liaison officer of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, at least 20,000 Manchu troops have broken through to the Great Wall, and they are here to contact this group of Mongolian soldiers to act together." ”

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By the way, I recommend "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty", similar to this article, it is also a "technology flow" through the novel, but it takes place in the Southern Song Dynasty, Yashan, Anti-Yuan, Restoration, and European World Wars.