Chapter 688: One Word and Nine Tripods (Two Changes)

At dusk, the battle of Yinzhou City slowly came to an end, and the Tatar soldiers and Warat soldiers suffered heavy casualties after a desperate battle in the southern city, and they chose to surrender under the appeasement of the Ming army.

Mansu's luck was relatively bad, and he was shot with a cold arrow in the chest, which happened to him in the chest, and he fell to the ground immediately.

Mu Du led his henchmen to hide in a mansion, and used the residents of the mansion as hostages to resist stubbornly, surrounded by the Ming army.

Li Yuntian frowned slightly after learning that Mu Du had kidnapped the residents of the house, it seemed that Mu Du was not ready to surrender, and planned to trap the beast and fight.

But then Li Yuntian's brows relaxed, this is good, and it also saves him from sending people to the Mongolian army to publicize the great victory of the Ming army in Kaiyuan City, Mu Du is undoubtedly the most suitable person to spread this news to the senior officials of Haizhou Chengbei.

Therefore, Li Yuntian did not order an attack on the courtyard where Mu Du was located, but sent people to negotiate with Mu Du, saying that as long as Mu Du released the residents of the house, then let them leave Kaiyuan City.

How could Mu Du believe that the Ming army would let them go, thinking that this was just a delaying tactic by the Ming army, so he disdained the conditions proposed by the military attache of the Xiaowu army who came to negotiate, and let the Ming army die of this heart, saying that he wanted to live and die with Yinzhou City.

Li Yuntian couldn't help but show a smile at the corner of his mouth after learning Mu Du's reaction, if Mu Du really wanted to fight to the death with the Ming army, he would have led the crowd to break through, and he would never be hiding in the mansion now, obviously he was worried that the Ming army would go back on his word, so he spoke wildly.

In fact, it was easy to kill Mu Du, but Li Yuntian felt that Mu Du had other uses, so he led Zhao Yong and the others to the mansion where Mu Du was hiding, preparing to give Mu Du a reassuring pill so that he could leave Yinzhou City.

The house where Mu Du was located was a large family in the south of the city, and at this time it had been surrounded by the Ming army, and the street in front of the courtyard was brightly lit and full of soldiers with torches.

Since the Ming army already knew that Mu was hiding inside, he was a high-ranking general of the Mongolian army, so many people were gearing up and wanted to catch him and make great achievements.

Unlike outside the door, the courtyard of the house was pitch black and eerily quiet, and if it weren't for the dense Ming army gathered around the streets, then no one would have thought that there were more than 200 Mongolian soldiers inside.

"Your Excellency!" Seeing Li Yuntian and his party coming, the soldiers on the street bowed down one after another to get out of the way.

"Sue SΓΉ Mudu, the official can promise him that as long as he releases the hostages inside, then the official will let him leave safely." After stopping in front of the courtyard gate, Li Yuntian said in a deep voice to a military attache of the Xiaowu Army, who immediately shouted loudly to the courtyard and conveyed Li Yuntian's meaning.

Soon after, a Mongolian soldier poked his head out of the wall, glanced at Li Yuntian and others who were surrounded by everyone in front of the door, and then shrank back, and then the closed courtyard door slowly opened, and a group of Mongolian soldiers with shields poured out, gathered at the door and confronted the Ming army with a nervous expression.

Under Li Yuntian's gaze, a stout man with two pigtails on his head walked out of the courtyard gate, followed by several Mongolians who looked like generals.

"You are Mu Du, the son of the Bald Polo of King Anle?" After glancing at the stout man, Li Yuntian asked quietly.

"It's Ben General, who are you?" King Anle is the title given by Emperor Yongle to Bald Polo, in a sense, Bald Polo is the king of the Ming Dynasty with a different surname, Mu Du glanced at Li Yuntian up and down, his eyes showed a suspicious look, could it be that the young man in front of him is the deputy chief soldier of Daming Liaodong?

"This official is the deputy commander-in-chief of Liaodong ordered by the emperor, you go back and bring a message to King Anle, Emperor Taizong is not kind to him, and named him the county king of my Ming Dynasty, and now he does not want to repay the emperor's grace but raises troops to stir up a war in Liaodong, which is really an unforgivable crime."

Li Yuntian bowed his head slightly when he heard this, and said solemnly, "The Buddha has a cloud, put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the ground, I hope that King Anle can repent and eliminate the Liaodong soldiers, and the emperor will be broad-minded and will definitely forgive him for his crimes." ”

"Joke, my Arutai Taishi defeated your emperor in the Yuqu River, 200,000 Ming troops were defeated in a battle, with heavy casualties, and now my army has come to Datong City, and your Shanxi Xingdu Division will be captured in the near future, and then our Great Khan will reign in Dadu and create the glory of my Dayuan again!"

The corners of Mu Du's mouth showed a trace of disdain, and he said coldly to Li Yuntian, "Although you have captured Kaiyuan City, our army still has more than 100,000 troops in Liaodong, and it will be wiped out by our army after all. ”

"Haha......"

Most of the capital in Mu Du's mouth is the capital of the Ming Dynasty, Li Yuntian immediately laughed out loud when he heard this, although he knew that Mu Du was telling the truth, but how could he admit it in front of the soldiers at the scene? Therefore, after laughing for a while, he said to Mu Du in a deep voice, "I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you, the emperor's triumphant official document has already been passed to the hands of this official, how can this official listen to your rumors!" ”

"The total population of Tatar and Warat is only a few million, and this southern invasion of my Ming Dynasty will only have an army of four or five hundred thousand even if he exerts all the strength of the whole country, can those old people and young people who have not yet been weakly crowned be called troops?"

As he spoke, Li Yuntian's face sank, and his words were full of a hint of mockery, "My Ming Dynasty has a population of trillions, millions of elite soldiers, thousands of good generals, a rich country and a strong people, and a strong army, what do you use to compete with my Ming Dynasty?" Is it just a boast? ”

"Haha......"

Hearing this, the Ming army at the scene suddenly burst into laughter, obviously no one took what Mu Du said to heart, thinking that Mu Du was just talking about it before.

"Damn!" Mu Du couldn't help but clench his fists when he saw the Ming army laughing at him, he knew that Li Yuntian was deliberately concealing the defeat of Emperor Xuande's northern expedition, so he kicked Li Yuntian viciously, "Our Great Khan is in Haizhou City, and he will definitely lead troops to come to conquer you, and I will see how long you can hide the defeat of your emperor." ”

"The official can't ask for it, I'm afraid he won't dare to come." Li Yuntian sneered, stretched out his hand and pointed at Mu Du and said loudly, "Sue your Adai Khan, this official will be waiting for him in Shenyang City at that time, and he will definitely take him to the capital to see the demeanor of Dadu under the rule of my great tomorrow!" ”

"Get out of the way." As he spoke, Li Yuntian waved his hand at the Ming army on the street, and issued a military order in a deep voice, "Pass the order, as long as they release the hostages, let them leave, no one is allowed to pursue, and those who violate the order will be killed!" ”

With a hula, accompanied by Li Yuntian's order, the Ming army on the street flashed to both sides like a tide, making way out of the city.

"Are you really going to let us go?" Mu Du was stunned when he saw this, and looked at Li Yuntian in disbelief.

"For this officer, the lives of those hostages are more important." Li Yuntian smiled slightly, and replied in a high-spirited manner, "Remember, since this official can arrest you once, then he can arrest you a second time, and next time this official hopes that you can show the courage of a soldier and no longer use civilians as talismans!" ”

Mu Du's face couldn't help but change a few times when he heard this, Li Yuntian, as the deputy chief soldier of Liaodong, should not break his promise if he let him go in public, but Li Yuntian's rampant made him feel very uncomfortable, wouldn't he lose face if he left like this?

"General, now that the enemy is strong and I am weak, it is better to take this opportunity to get out of trouble, and he will come to take revenge with the whole army in the future." At this time, a Mongolian general standing behind Mu Du stepped forward and whispered.

"General, the deputy general of the Ming army in Liaodong is young and strong, and we are just breaking through the siege, leaving the green mountains without worrying about no firewood." Another Mongol general also stepped forward to persuade Mudu that this was their only chance to escape, otherwise they would die here.

Mu Du glanced back when he heard this, and saw that the eyes of several Mongolian generals behind him showed expectant looks, knowing that they didn't want to miss such a good opportunity to escape, so he muttered for a while and waved at the Mongolian soldiers in the courtyard, signaling them to release the hostages.

After all, now that the Mongolian army has the upper hand in the war with the Ming Dynasty, no one wants to die in Yinzhou City like this, and watch the glory and wealth in their hands fly, which is not cost-effective.

After seeing Mu Du's gesture, the Mongolian soldiers in the courtyard escorted out a group of frightened old and young women and children, handed them over to the Ming army outside the door, and were taken down by the Ming army.

"My lord, please be the master of Xiaomin, Xiaomin's daughter-in-law committed suicide after being ruined by them, and his son was killed in order to save his daughter-in-law, poor Xiaomin's white-haired man sent a black-haired man!"

Just when people thought that the handover of the hostages was completed, a middle-aged man who was walking behind the hostages and was supported by two domestic servants suddenly pushed away the two domestic servants beside him, staggered towards Li Yuntian, and knelt down in front of him with a plop, kowtowing and crying bitterly.

"Who did it?" Faced with the sudden scene, Li Yuntian's brows suddenly frowned slightly, and then asked quietly.

"It's this thief!" Hearing this, the middle-aged man turned around, stretched out his hand and pointed at a bearded Mongolian general behind Mu Du, and said with a sad and angry face.

Seeing this, the eyes of the soldiers of the Ming army immediately focused on the bearded Mongolian general, and glared at him angrily, which made the atmosphere at the scene suddenly tense, and also made the bearded Mongolian general's expression become frightened.

"Is there such a thing?" Li Yuntian glanced at the bearded Mongolian general with a frightened face, and asked Mu Du in a deep voice with a cold expression, he never thought that Mu Du would be so stupid and hurt the hostages when the Ming army did not attack the house, it was obvious that the Ming army did not want to kill them.

"What, you can't regret it?" Mu Du's face couldn't help but become a little ugly, he didn't answer Li Yuntian's question, but asked Li Yuntian rhetorically, just now Li Yuntian promised to let them go.

"Can you tell him his name and identity?" Li Yuntian's brows suddenly furrowed, he didn't expect that Mu Du's people would do evil in the mansion, so he promised to let Mu Du and the others go before, but now if he repents, he will break his promise, so he asked with a deep groan.

"Ben's name is Hulegen, a thousand households of the Oirat Division." Mu Du suddenly fell silent when he heard this, he heard that Li Yuntian's words were not good, how could he come forward in front of so many people The bearded Mongolian general saw that the situation at the scene was at an impasse, so after weighing it, he pretended to be calm and said to Li Yuntian, after all, this matter was provoked by him, so naturally he can't back down now.

"Pass on this official order, in the future, whoever kills this person will be rewarded with one hundred taels of gold, and those who capture this person will be promoted to another level!" The corners of Li Yuntian's mouth showed a sneer, and he stretched out his hand and pointed at Hu Legen and gave an order in a deep voice, he wanted to give an explanation to the victimized middle-aged man.

Hu Legen's face suddenly turned blue when he heard this, and there was a look of horror in his eyes, Li Yuntian was obviously eyeing him, under the reward of gold and promotion to official position, the Ming army would definitely rush to him, and his life in Liaodong would not be easy in the future.