Looking at the golden seal that he had longed for, Shi Niqian was filled with emotion: 'It turns out that the old man is not as bad as he thought, nor did he want Abu to take over. It seems that he is usually harsh on me.
I……'
At that moment, Shi Nigan, who had always been a bitch-hearted, his eyes were slightly moist, and his nose was sore. He looked at his old father with blurred eyes and slowly stretched out his hand.
Arutai was also filled with tears, and slowly handed over the golden seal. The hands of father and son were getting closer and closer, with a pair of old wrinkles and a pair of powerful holes, which symbolized the inheritance of incense.
Just when Shi Nigan was about to receive the golden seal, the raft suddenly swayed, Arutai became unstable, and the golden seal fell out of his hand and fell into the river!
"Ah!" Shi Nigan screamed and subconsciously reached out to pick up the golden seal. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and was agile, and rescued the golden seal.
At this moment, Shi Nigan was flying with one foot in the air and standing on the edge of the raft. His body was swaying again and again, trying to stabilize his balance. Suddenly, a huge force came from his buttocks, and he was kicked hard in the butt!
"Ah..." Shenigan screamed and was kicked into the air. He turned around with difficulty and saw that Arutai's right foot was still in the kicking posture...
Shi Nigan understood everything immediately. The old man was clearly using a trick to trap him into the water. He immediately yelled: "**** mother..." Before he could finish his words, he fell into the water with a thud. Driven by the instinct of survival, he
He started to flutter with his hands and feet, and soon his head popped up in the water, and continued to curse: "Aren't you a tiger poisonous person who doesn't eat his seeds?"
At this time, Arutai stood firmly on his feet, standing on the raft with his hands behind his hands, and said calmly: "I am a human, not a tiger. Of course, I choose myself among the two people who will survive..."
As he spoke, the sheepskin raft drifted away. Shi Nigan stared at Arutai's back, with only one thought in his mind, 'I want to live and settle the score with the old fox!' Then he threw himself to the shore, choking one after another.
After drinking some water, I finally passed out.
When he woke up, he found that he was not dead, but was washed to the shore by the current. After he recovered a little, he wanted to escape secretly, but unexpectedly he saw the Ming army's cavalry everywhere, with no chance to take advantage of it.
At that time, another dead horse was washed to the shore by the current. In his haste, Shi Nirgan suddenly wised up, took out the dagger from his boot, cut open the horse's belly and got in, hoping that he could get through and wait for the Ming army to withdraw before escaping.
Unexpectedly, the Ming army searched extremely carefully and found him out of the horse's belly again...
After listening to Shi Nigan's narration, Wang Xian and others refreshed their understanding of the Tatar Grand Master Arutai, and their hearts were full of the word "Follow". In order to escape, a person can deny even his own son.
If he is kicked into the water, I am afraid no one in the world can catch him.
Wang Xian played with the gold seal found from Shi Niqian, looked at Shi Niqian, and asked Xu Huaiqing: "How to deal with this person?"
Xu Huaiqing gritted his teeth and said: "In the battle of Tru River, he was the one who made the plan and killed my 20,000 Ming army! In the battle of Dawangcheng, he only knew how to attack the city. This time, he actually drove women and children to serve as shields! The crime is extremely heinous and full of crimes. He should be treated as a thousand swords."
Dead!"
Wang Xian nodded and sighed: "Forget about being cut into pieces with a thousand cuts. It's too troublesome. Let's cut the body into pieces."
"Yes!" Xu Huaiqing received the order and sent people to find horses to cut up Shi Niqian's body. Shi Niqian narrowly escaped death and survived only with the blessing of God. At this moment, he valued his own life more than anything else and hurriedly kowtowed.
He smashed the garlic and begged again and again: "Marshal, please spare my life! I still have great use! But I hope that my merits will be redeemed!"
"Your father already regards you as a dead person, so what's the use?" Wang Xian said disdainfully.
"I'm useful!" Shi Nie Gan hurried forward on his knees, trying to hug Wang Xian's thigh, but was stepped on the ground by a guard, unable to move. He raised his head desperately and said loudly: "Alutai is still alive.
Abu only has 20,000 cavalry, and there are countless Tatar tribesmen in Mobei! If the old thing is allowed to lead his army back, he will come back sooner or later. Not only will it cause harm to the people of the Ming Dynasty, but Marshal will have to go on another expedition!"
"Oh..." Wang Xian seemed to be moved, and looked at Shi Niqian with interest. When Shi Niqian saw that there was a way out, he confessed even more excitedly: "I can take you to find the old guy, and he and Abu will be the only ones."
An's army has been wiped out on the grassland! I can also bring all the Tatars in Mobei to the marshal for your disposal!"
Wang Xian knelt down, looked at Niegan's pig head and said, "You have enmity with your father, do you also have enmity with your own people?"
"I have no sworn relationship with the old man, and I have no enmity with my clansmen!" Shi Nigan looked at Wang Xian with a fawning look on his face and said, "I was saving them! Meng Yuan is in the past, and tomorrow's destiny will be restored, and there is such a marshal again.
God is in charge, and if the Tatars still persist in dreaming of a rich country, they will be exterminated sooner or later! Only by killing the rebel leader Arutai and his buddies, and bringing the Tatars to join the marshal, is the only way for my people to succeed.
A way out!"
"What you said makes sense, but I can't refute it..." Wang Xian smiled and patted Shi Nigan's head, stood up and said, "Then let's save your life first and see the consequences."
"Thank you Marshal for not killing me! I will definitely satisfy the Marshal!" Shi Nigan cried with excitement, finally escaping again.
Wang Xian carefully inquired about the current situation of Arutai and Abu Ji'an, and Shi Nigan naturally knew everything and talked about it. When he took him down, the scouts sent by Wang Xian to monitor the Tatars on the south bank came to report, and Abu only
An took 20,000 Tatar cavalry and fled eastward along the river, having gone fifty miles.
After Wang Xian heard the news, he thought for a moment and then ordered people to summon the generals to discuss the matter.
Liu Sheng, Mo Wen, Xu Huaiqing and other generals arrived soon. Wang Xian looked at them and sighed: "What's the next step? What do you think?"
The generals were already mentally prepared for Wang Xian's question. After hearing the words, they all expressed their opinions. The veterans, led by Liu Sheng, believed that after two consecutive victories, the mission of the Northern Expedition had been overfulfilled, and the army should return to the king.
City, take a rest and then return in triumph.
Xu Huaiqing and other young generals, however, insisted that killing the tiger would only lead to disaster, and they must take advantage of his illness to kill him and completely eliminate Arutai in this battle.
Both sides held their own opinions and gradually became red-faced.
"Xiao Xu, young man, don't be dazzled by victory. Arutai is not good at everything, but his ability to escape is the best in the world. The late emperor made him escape several times during the Northern Expedition. We only have this small force, do you think we can
More powerful than the late emperor?" Liu Sheng relied on his old age to betray his old age and attacked Xu Huaiqing and others.
"I'm sorry that I don't agree with what the Marquis said." Xu Huaiqing said unconvinced: "Every time the late Emperor went on an expedition, he used hundreds of thousands of cavalry on foot, so a large army is naturally slow. Our 40,000 cavalry are all light cavalry, so we need to go faster.
There are many, maybe we can’t catch up with Arutai!”
"You think too simply!" Liu Sheng shook his head and said, "Do you think the grasslands and deserts are as peaceful and simple as the Hetao? Let me tell you, the terrain in the depths of the grasslands is extremely complex, and the climate is even more changeable. Do you think you can race horses?
There is a grassy field, but as you go up it turns out to be a swamp that can kill people! One moment it was sunny and windy, but in the blink of an eye there is a strong wind that can sweep people up into the sky! There are also overwhelming mosquitoes, which can cause tremors if they bite.
You are so weak that you can only be left to fend for yourself... And in the desert, there is no water source for hundreds of miles. It is so hot during the day that you are sweating profusely, but at night you can freeze to death!"
When Liu Sheng talked about the horrors of the grasslands and deserts, the faces of the generals changed slightly. It was indeed like a nightmare to lead the army to march and fight in such an environment. When Liu Sheng saw this, he felt proud and said in a loud voice: "Every time during the Northern Expedition during the late Emperor's reign,
, far more soldiers died of illness than died in battle. The Tatars have lived in such an environment for generations, and we cannot tangle with them for a long time. If we chase them to the end, we may even be eaten by them.
!”
Liu Sheng's long speech really made the other party's voice quieter. Only Xu Huaiqing still said with emotion: "Even if there are many difficulties, we can't give up halfway! Otherwise, Alutai will definitely make a comeback!"
"So what if we make a comeback? Just send troops again." Liu Sheng said nonchalantly: "Aren't we just going to eat this bowl of rice? If we really kill all the Tatars, it won't be a good thing for us."
Wang Xian had been patiently listening to the argument between the two sides, but finally he couldn't stand it anymore. He looked at Mo Mo who had been silent and asked: "General Mo, what do you think?"
After Mo Wen heard this, he slowly said: "The final general thinks that we should pursue, we must pursue, and we can pursue."
"Oh, how do you say it?" Wang Xian asked with interest and a smile.
"First, our army has been preparing for this battle for a long time. Now it has entered the grassland for the first time, tried its best, won the first battle, and its morale is high. It is the time to march straight in and pursue the victory. This is called 'pursuing'. Second, Marshal Arutai
A hundred thousand troops came, but now there are only 20,000 defeated troops left, and they are thousands of miles away from their base in Mobei. It is a good time to annihilate them all. If this disaster can be eliminated, the northern border of the Ming Dynasty will have at least twenty years of peace.
, this is the one who ‘must pursue’.”
"Thirdly, it is the turn of spring and summer, the grassland is windy and sunny, and the war horses have no worries about forage. This is the time of my destiny. The Tatars will definitely go all the way east, and our army will not be too far away from the border, and there will be no worries about the supply of food and grass.
This is because the geographical advantage is mine; now our army's strength and morale are far superior to those of the enemy. The enemy has become frightened and has no intention of resisting. This is because of the people and the people. These three can be said to be 'pursuable'."
"What a pursuit! Mo Wen's words were well-founded, and all the generals nodded, which completely offset the effect of Marquis Anyuan's long speech. After saying that, Mo Wen looked at Wang Xiandao again: "Of course, pursuit and
It all depends on your father-in-law’s decision, and we will definitely obey your orders!”
"That's right! We will definitely obey your order!" Now even Liu Sheng had to express his position obediently.
"Okay..." Wang Xian walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, stood firm, looked at his generals with piercing eyes and said: "I have made up my mind, I will pursue them to the end, and I will not return them until I defeat the Tartars!"