At this time, the Ming army's delaying plan had become clear, and all the Tartar leaders understood it. Everyone was a little panicked, and looked at Wang Gao, waiting for him to make up his mind: Should we continue to fight here? Or start from the fields?
Take a detour?
When Su Bahai's general Mantu Duhai saw that the Jianzhou soldiers had been attacking for a long time without success, he couldn't hold back his heart. With a roar of a tiger, he took the Ming army's formation straight with his horse.
He was wearing iron armor, which is rare for Tartars, and was not afraid of ordinary bows and arrows. When he rushed forward, he swung his horse's spear diagonally from bottom to top, and swung away several spears in the front row. With the speed of his horse, he suddenly jumped from
He rushed in through the gap.
Seeing a fierce general rushing into the infantry square, the morale of the Tartars was greatly boosted, and they shouted to cheer him up. All the seahorses in the picture waved, and two or three Ming soldiers fell to the ground with screams. When he roared to expand the victory,
, but he heard a "hook" sound, and his chest felt as if he had been hit by a big hammer, and blood spattered out.
Mantuduhai looked at a loss, and when he looked up, he saw Baihu next to the opponent's general holding an iron bar to clean the gun in his hand. At this time, the distance between the two sides was more than a hundred steps, and he was wearing iron armor, but he was still being caught.
The blow hit the target. Mantu Duhai opened his mouth wide and wanted to roar again, but he only spat out a mouthful of blood foam and fell to the ground with a plop.
After cleaning the barrel of the gun, the hundred households took out a paper cylinder from their waist, bit it open with their teeth, poured the gunpowder inside into the barrel, tamped it with a stringer, then put in lead, and used a stringer to tamp it down.
Compact. Finally, carefully pour the remaining gunpowder in the paper box into the firing pool, close the lid, and then hang the gun on the hook beside the saddle.
After he finished his work, he saw that Li Rusong beside him stopped giving instructions and looked directly at him. The hundred households scratched their heads and said with a smile: "I practiced hundreds of rounds in Beijing a few years ago before I can be so accurate -
—Li Youyi, what’s wrong with you?”
Li Rusong wiped away his own saliva and said with a forced smile: "This thing can kill a fierce general within a hundred steps! As a martial artist, even if we can train to defeat hundreds of people in the future, what's the use of it?"
The hundred households waved their hands and said: "This thing is extremely expensive and very rare. I have this one. The Jiliao branch only gave it to me because I have to go to the battlefield. How can the army equip it?"
Li Rusong said: "You don't understand this. It's just expensive when you first come out. Wait a few times -" Before he finished speaking, he suddenly shouted: "The Tatars have retreated, they are going to run away!"
The death of Mantu Duhai became the straw that broke the camel's back. Wang Gao and others saw that it was impossible to break through the infantry phalanx in a short time, and they were not even sure whether they could break through it today. However, Li Chengliang's army was about to arrive, but they did not dare
wait.
After a brief discussion, the Tartars threw down the wounded soldiers and corpses all over the ground, divided them into three groups, and rushed into the muddy fields, preparing to bypass the infantry and escape separately.
Li Rusong breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the Tartar army was disheartened. He ordered: "Set off the fireworks quickly!" The soldiers who had been prepared for a long time put the fuse on the fuse, and the paper-shell fireworks sprayed out powder straight into the sky.
There was an explosion in the air.
Fireworks immediately responded from behind the hills on both sides of the battlefield. Then the horseshoes rumbled, and the main force of the Ming cavalry, which had already arrived at the battlefield, rushed down from the hills and caught the three cavalry groups that were about to escape.
In normal times, the Tartar cavalry would have to fight with the Ming cavalry, but at this time, the battles had been fruitless for a long time, their morale and physical strength were at a low point, and their morale had dropped. Seeing the Ming army encircling them, they did not dare to confront them directly.
You turn your horse left or right, but you still have to escape.
In a cavalry battle, if there is a direct confrontation, the main focus is on cavalry martial arts, equestrian skills and armor. But if one side goes sideways and exposes the belly of the team, it is undoubtedly seeking death. The cavalry of each team of the Ming army basically thrust into the Tartars like sharp knives.
In a single rush, each team shot down hundreds of Tartars and dismounted them.
Li Rusong saw him in the infantry formation and knew that the overall situation had been decided. He quickly ordered the troops to clean the battlefield and collect the heads. He also said to the hundreds of households around him: "Wang Baihu has killed the fierce general, frightened the enemy's courage, and promoted his defeat. This should be done for this reason."
First victory."
Wang Baihu was a man in his thirties. Hearing this, he smiled and said: "Young general, you don't have to report my merits to the military department. I just need to give you a seal. It doesn't matter what level you are at. Of course, the higher the proof, the better."
Just let me take the documents back." After hearing this, Li Rusong became more curious about the royal guards sent by the capital.
Seeing that people were being collected everywhere, Li Rusong relaxed and asked with a smile: "With Wang Baihu's contribution, he has been promoted to the rank of Qianhu at least among the Jinyi Guards, right?"
Wang Baihu still smiled and said: "We are different from you, we do not record merit by head. Our method of recording merit is by task: if your superiors ask you to take a fly leg from Gule City, but you take Wang Gao
If you take your head back, it won't be considered your credit, and you may still be guilty. If you kill Mantuduhai like you did today, the most you can receive is some reward."
After hearing this, Li Rusong probably knew something in his mind. He smiled and asked, "If the reward for killing Mantu Duhai was exchanged for reward, how much would he receive? If you don't want to tell me, Wang Baihu won't tell me."
After hearing this, Wang Baihu smiled and said: "What are you hiding? I want to trouble Li Youyi. If I kill Mantu Duhai, I estimate that I can get 700 taels." After saying that, he took out two pieces of paper from his arms.
He handed it to Li Rusong and said, "Li Youyi, please fill it out and sign it."
When Li Rusong looked at it, he saw printed on the form: "Feedback Form on the Work Situation of Wang Lihai (Hundred Households), Member of the Jinyiwei Working Group in Jiliao". There was a box form at the bottom. This form alone made Li Rusong stunned.
The first column of the form is the serial number, which is Suzhou code, and Li Rusong knows it. The content of the second column makes him speechless. The first line reads: The date when this employee reported (departed) to you; the second line whether the employee
Participate in military operations; line 3: whether the member spoke on combat command; line 4: whether the member accepted a banquet from you; line 5: whether the member accepted gifts or money; line 6: whether the member left the unit and acted alone, etc. 20
many lines.
Li Rusong turned over one side and saw that there were densely printed forms on the back. There were more than twenty questions, one of which even read: "As far as you know, does this employee have an affair with you of the opposite sex (including the same sex)?"
All contents are printed according to the standard, with the words "Printed by Jinyiwei Headquarters" printed at the bottom. Only the space for Wang Lihai's name on the form was originally blank, which he had filled in before, and he also filled in the arrival and departure dates on the first line.
Li Rusong looked at the form over and over, feeling like he wanted to vomit but couldn't. He couldn't help but feel sympathy in his eyes when he looked at Wang Baihu.
Wang Baihu said with a smile: "Li Youyi, please fill it out truthfully." Li Rusong pointed to the third line and said: "How to fill in here? Is it better for you to fill in or not to fill in?"
After hearing this, Wang Baihu stopped smiling and asked Li Rusong, "Have you ever spoken to me about combat command?" Seeing Li Rusong shaking his head seriously, he relaxed and said, "Li Youji, please fill it out truthfully."
Although Li Rusong has a calm temperament, he is still young after all. When he saw this form for the first time, he didn't think it was of any use, so he said proudly: "I'll just sign my name later. You can fill in the details yourself, and you can fill it out as you wish."
Wang Baihu smiled again and said: "Li Youyi is a kindhearted person, we have to remind you that when I arrived at your place, I will report everything I saw and heard including the details of this battle - if there is any inconvenience later, you can
There is no handhold at all.”
When Li Rusong heard this, his heart trembled. He couldn't tell whether he wanted to ask for a bribe or had some other purpose, and his face was uncertain.
Wang Baihu pointed towards the military formation and explained: "I don't mean anything else, and the headquarters didn't tell me to hide it. There are still spies sitting in the General Military Mansion - I don't know who they are or how many.
indivual."
"They must also report the situation of this battle and my performance to the superiors. If there are any discrepancies in the reports, the Jiliao branch will send personnel to investigate. Those who report discrepancies with the facts will be dealt with according to the family law."
After saying this, Wang Lihai sighed and said: "Li Youyi, please see, these two forms are exactly the same, you have to fill them out personally, and you have to keep one of them for future reference. This is the method of controlling the top and bottom, and secretly investigating from the side.
.”
"Wang Tongzhi, who devised this method, has the most sinister thoughts in people's minds - to be honest, I have been working in Jinyiwei for almost fifteen years, and now I feel that all my previous days have been in vain!"
After hearing this, Li Rusong felt horrified even though he had won a great victory. He stuttered and said, "With such supervision, who else in the world can rebel?"
Wang Lihai sneered after hearing this and said, "What the hell? After a few more years of monitoring, the Jin Yiwei will be able to measure the size of the local official's concubine's feet!"