Chapter 457: Killing someone with a knife

Most of the generals present were arranged to kill Tumot Khan, and only Yang Chengzu was assigned to burn and kill the herdsmen in the scattered cavalry.

This made Yang Chengzu, who was arrogant and arrogant, unable to stand it anyway, but this arrangement did not mean anything discriminatory. The soldiers and horses of Jiaozhou camp arrived here early, and they were familiar with Chen Yongfu's troops and had a good connection. The troops led by Yang Chengzu were much later.

The military discipline and standardization of Shandong soldiers allowed them to cooperate easily with another unit, but the old-fashioned army Yang Chengzu's troops were not good. They were rashly integrated and it was easy to cause chaos.

The reason is that Yang Chengzu also obeyed orders on the surface, but in fact he was very angry. The key to the prosperity and wealth in the army is to look at the military general's bravery and military merits. If he is so despised, when will he be rich? So from the night attack, Yang Chengzu thought about performing well.

Although the iron cavalry formation walking on the central avenue was rushing straight, they had to maintain the formation, and there were gathered golden tent guards in front of them, and their speed might not be as fast as the scattered cavalry.

Especially Yang Chengzu led more than a hundred personal guards to kill and set fire along the way, and he really hit the right luck.

When Yang Chengzu was about to arrive at the flank of the king's tent, he saw several people wearing luxurious clothes surrounded by a group of decently dressed people and ran directly towards the northeast.

Before all the soldiers came to Tumot's army, someone told them what Tumot's dress was and what they looked like. Yang Chengzu was quite impatient at the time. Who would have thought that this time it would be used? When he looked at the group of people in front of him, he could be sure that this was Tumot's in the tent and his confidants around him.

Seeing that the target was right in front of him, he ran first. Yang Chengzu did not chase after him, but instead ordered the soldiers to search for nearby horses. It was so easy to find some horses in this golden tent and where the herdsmen gathered. In a blink of an eye, each of Yang Chengzu and others got a few horses.

By connecting these horses together with ropes, Yang Chengzu began to pursue this way.    When in Shaanxi and Henan, Luo Rucai's cavalry was often used. A cavalry had two or three horses. He could change the horses halfway through to ensure the speed of the horses and drink more. This was also the wisdom of the barbarian cavalry on the grassland, but Tumotekhan was in a hurry to escape.    It was too late to do so.

On the contrary, Yang Chengzu and his men made such preparations. At that time, the war was in chaos and noisy everywhere. No one could take care of the minor changes in a corner.

Yang Chengzu just gave an order to his subordinates. Then he rode his horse to chase. Outside the tent area where the gold tent was located, the fire that soared into the sky just reflected the traces of Mot Khan's group unearthed. Yang Chengzu was extremely excited at this time. He repeatedly urged the horses, shouted his subordinates, and chased after them.

If you pursue blindly, the grassland is vast and the night is dark, it will definitely be like looking for a needle in a haystack. But you have already found traces and chase them up. This is much more convenient.

The distance between the two sides was always only a hundred steps apart. When they just ran out of the flame light range, several soldiers who were guarding Tumot Khan turned around and wanted to retreat or kill these pursuers.

These guards surrounded by Tumot Khandi were all the first-class soldiers of the Tumot tribe, confident that they could defeat these invading enemies and bandits.

Under normal circumstances, these elite soldiers under Tumot Khan formed a formation to charge and fight, the land could indeed easily defeat several times their enemies, because they were all long-standing combat-ready officers and leaders who were systematically trained. But their land opponents were not chaotic.

Now this strength comparison is not more than a hundred years ago. At that time, Mongolian soldiers and Ming border soldiers were fighting hard to distinguish. Moreover, the Mongolians often have the advantage, and the elite soldiers around these Khan are often the decisive force to change the situation.

But in the past few decades, the troops and horses of various Mongolian troops have often been at a disadvantage in fighting against the Ming border soldiers. Even if they dispatch elite troops, it is a situation that is barely absent. When the border soldiers in the Ming Dynasty fight with the refugee army, they have not made any profit at all, and are often suppressed and beaten.

It can be imagined that the outcome of these so-called elites.

The distance between the two sides is so close, so don’t think about riding and shooting. Turn the horse around, draw a bow and rush the arrow. After these series of movements, the other party should rush in front of them. After these elite soldiers who sacrificed themselves and broke the back, they simply formed a team and rushed over directly.

However, these elite soldiers in the sweat tent did not expect that Yang Chengzu and his group of people who were chasing were all ready to shoot archery. The Jiaozhou Camp originally proposed to distribute the fire guns to them, but they couldn't use the light cavalry raid this time, and it was difficult to shoot skillfully in a hurry.

But for the elite Luo Rucai's subordinates who have been fighting for many years, shooting arrows on horseback is not difficult. The accuracy is difficult to guarantee, but a group of cavalrymen in front of him rushed up, as long as they pulled their bows and aimed in the approximate direction.

The arrow bag was hung on the edge of the saddle, and the bow was placed in front of him. If you want to shoot an arrow, you can pick it up and pull it. Moreover, the space on the grassland is vast. Yang Chengzu's team of chasing people still walked forward with their horses. Nearly a dozen people were placing arrows at the same time, and they whizzed and whizzed.

Over the years, the border soldiers and refugee troops of the Ming Dynasty have been constantly learning tactics and tactics on the grassland, but the Mongols on the grassland are becoming increasingly degenerate, and today, it is extremely obvious.

Chainmail and leather armor cannot be shot at the opponent's bow and arrow at a close distance. Moreover, for the convenience of movement, these golden guards usually wear half-body armor. The three cavalry who were the first to be unprepared immediately and were shot off the horse by arrows. At this moment, the Mongolian cavalry behind knew that they would die when they stepped forward.

But they still shouted and beat the horse and rushed forward. They were equivalent to the dead soldiers raised by Tumot Khan, and this was the time for them to die.

The speed of shooting around the horse is always faster than the speed of rushing over the horse, let alone the second arrow and the third arrow, and the arms are not tired.

After both sides approached, the accuracy of the bow and arrow improved a lot, but the bumpy horse back did have a great impact. This time the shooting did not harm people, but it shot the horse.

The horses were shot into the ground by arrows. They immediately jumped around, throwing the cavalry on their backs off, and at the same time hindering the movement of the people behind them, making a mess.

The speed on the opposite side was slower, but Yang Chengzu and the chasing cavalry were not slower. The few people in front shouted and suddenly whistled, and the cavalry team separated from it, trapping the team of Tumot cavalry rushing back in the center. Finally, the situation of close contact was reversed, but there were many people on both sides and few Tumot in the middle, and they were confused by the shocked horses.

By the time Yang Chengzu's cavalry passed by them, all the elite guards in the golden tent were chopped off from the horse.

At that time, Tumot Khan was running for the wrong time. He gathered more than 100 cavalry outside and rushed to escape. When he came out, he was running wildly. The horses still had to feed the fodder in the middle of the night. With such a sudden sprint, the horses could no longer bear it and their speed had slowed down.

But Yang Chengzu changed his horse halfway. The horse was light, but the burden was always light. He ran more and more powerfully, and he really got closer and closer.

In fact, there were only two battles on the pursuit road. After the second wave of pro-guard cavalry rushed back and was killed like the last time, no more battles occurred.

When Yang Chengzu and the others changed to the third horse, the horse under the crotch of Tumotshan, who was riding in front, finally couldn't hold on and fell to the ground suddenly. The people on the horse were also thrown off, which seemed like a signal. These people who had escaped for a long time could not hold on.

Some of the horses around them foamed at the mouth after rushing forward for more than ten steps. Some of the groundmen saw Tumot Khan falling down. After hesitating for a moment, they pulled out their weapons and jumped off their horses to protect Tumot Khan. Some people ignored them and simply rode the horse away.

Who knows if the one who escaped was a noble person, Yang Chengzu was not going to let him go. There were cavalry around him riding horses to follow him. Yang Chengzu and his men jumped off the horse.

The stars and moon are in the sky, but it is quite bright. The soldiers behind Yang Chengzu dismounted and lit the torches. They could vaguely see the Mongolian warriors over there holding weapons in their hands. After dismounting, one of Yang Chengzu's confidants shouted loudly:

"Be honest with me, don't seek death!"

It was a coincidence that as soon as he finished speaking, he heard the sound of breaking through the air. Yang Chengzu shouted and staggered back a few steps. Several guards surrounded him were shocked. Everyone was 120% careful in this pursuit. Someone was shooting arrows there. More than a dozen people behind Yang Chengzu were already arching arrows, and they shot back in the approximate direction without any mercy.

At this distance, he was dismounting and shooting again, and the accuracy was absolutely guaranteed. There were four or five people falling down there.

"My thief, if I hadn't taken off my mask, I would have been plotted against by these Tartars!!"

Yang Chengzu cursed viciously, and just heard the strong wind sounding. He just had time to turn his face, and an arrow hit his ground armor, and then slid away.

Although he could not shoot through the metal forged armor, the heavy blow still knocked Yang Chengzu a tooth, his mouth was covered in blood. When he heard Yang Chengzu's curse, his subordinates were relieved, but he was merciless when he started. Two more rounds of bows and arrows shot over, screaming again.

All the Mongolians standing on the ground were shot down, and only a young man was shouting loudly there. Then he heard a few sighs and his weapons were thrown in front.

Next I heard someone shouting in Chinese:

"I am the Khan of the Tumot tribe. I am willing to exchange my own life with gold, silver, cattle and horse. As long as you let me go, you will be rich and comparable to the country."

This is a Chinese language with a straightforward Chinese accent, and it also has a Mandarin accent. Yang Chengzu vomited blood from his mouth on the ground and walked over with a sneer. Now there are two people in front of him with small shields covering him, and the people behind him are all holding weapons and waiting for battle.

Yang Chengzu and his men had very strong accents in Shaanxi and western Henan, but they did not expect that the chief of the grassland could speak such fluent Chinese. It seemed that he had invited scholars from the Ming Dynasty to teach them. However, after reading too much, the wildness that the barbarians could rely on was exhausted and became what they are today.

Since Yang Chengzu joined the refugee army, he has been fighting almost every day. Although Tumot Khan is kneeling in front of him, he is even more careful.

The dozen soldiers following Yang Chengzu were aiming there with their bows and arrows. As Yang Chengzu walked in, the Mongolians kneeling on the ground became restless.

Kneeling there, he could not bend his bow and arrows. Someone suddenly wanted to go forward, but was immediately shot by the bow and arrow, and fell to the ground with screams. He walked in front of him. Yang Chengzu's team of pursuers had already surrounded them with torches. At this point, it was impossible to have any wrong thoughts.

The Tumot Mongols kneeling there were ordered to hand over the weapons in their hands. However, Yang Chengzu did not lift up his armor this time. He looked coldly behind the iron mask, which added a little murderous aura.

Among the Mongols on the ground, there was indeed one who matched the description of Tumote Khan. Seeing this, Yang Chengzu even sneered. This is not a Mongolian. It is possible that it is a wealthy Han young master who is pampered in the city. Yang Chengzu's condescending attitude made Tumote Khan kneeling there even more panic.

Can't help but stay there and said again:

"If you let me go, I. Tumot Khan will definitely let you rich princes and princes, and you can give you 50,000 taels... No, 100,000 taels of gold, just let me go. Everything is easy to say."

Ten thousand taels of gold, the people surrounding Tumote Khan all took a breath. Ten thousand taels of gold were nearly one million taels of silver. Such money really caught up with the savings of a second-class vassal king in the Ming Dynasty. If he could get this money, he would be glorious and prosperous for the rest of his life.

Looking at the hesitant expressions of everyone, a hint of excitement flashed through Tumot Khan's expression, and the wealth moved people's hearts. This sentence is indeed true. How could these Han people who don't know where they came from be moved when facing such a large amount of money?

Everyone around outside turned their attention to Yang Chengzu. He was the leader of everyone. Of course, he had to make decisions on what matters. However, Yang Chengzu had already closed his face armor again, and no one knew what he was thinking about now. The scene was quiet for a while.

He saw Yang Chengzu walking forward two steps. He suddenly raised his leg and kicked Tumotsang's stomach. The man caught off guard and reached out to cover him. He opened his mouth wide and lowered his head.

Yang Chengzu raised his sword and his head fell down. The people around Tumote Khan were frightened and flashed to the side. Yang Chengzu leaned over to pick up the head, waved another knife to the side, and said in a muffled voice:

"Let's kill them all. If we want to make a fortune, we will break any vassal palace in the Ming Dynasty, and the money will be more than this. After following the Duke of Qi, we are going to survive and to glorify our ancestors!!"

After a moment of pause, Yang Chengzu added:

"How could these Tartars be in such a hurry to carry gold, silver and treasures in their hands, let alone a 100,000 taels of 100,000 taels."

After saying this, the cavalrymen in the border town surrounding the group of people did not hesitate anymore and started to kill people. No matter according to the rules there, nobles like Tumot Khan and the people around them usually used to extort ransoms, and even if they wanted to kill, they would have to be arrested and held for a ceremony.

Tumot Khan is also a side branch of the Golden Family. As long as it can delay time, things will be repeated very much, and there may be a turning point. Who would have thought that the other party would kill so easily?

Compared to the time spent in pursuit, the killing was very short. Yang Chengzu ordered his men to search the bodies of these people carefully, and the heads were cut off.

I made some marks here and left them as marks for those who had just chased out. The group of people returned directly to the place where the land gold tent was located by the seaside.

Even if Tumot Khan could really take out 100,000 taels of gold here, Yang Chengzu would still cut off his head. Now he felt that joining Shandong was an extremely correct decision. If he made the right bet, he must seize it and not give up.

When Yang Chengzu took Tumot Khan's head turn, Chen Yongfu, Zhang Kun and others were envious and jealous in their hearts, but they were relieved that this mission was finally completed.

Several teams were left to guard the frightened prisoners, and the rest were urgently arranged to rest, because the defeated cavalry in Maoerzhuang should have returned here on the second day and must be fully prepared for the war.

On the morning of the next day, the team that arrived at this Jin'erhai Jinzhang was not the defeated cavalry of Tumot's troops, but the raid cavalry of Chen Yongfu and other raiders were replenished in the middle of the journey and transported them to the maintained convoy. The second large convoy of the relay point and the land was only thirty miles away from the Jinzhang, which happened to be here.

This large convoy also carried some firearms. The carts and the livestock pulling the carts were also somehow a supplement. Last night, the prisoners who were driven to work started to work. When they woke up in the early morning, they built walls outside this area under the threat of swords and swords.

However, the fortification was still covered with felt tents on the outside, and there was no change inside on the outside. The flag and various signs where the Tumott gold tent were hung up. From a distance, there was no abnormality. The gold tent seemed to be no different.

From near noon, there were dejected cavalry returning here. The defeated Mongolian cavalry who were killed by Oman Galis yesterday had to run towards their tribe, but most of them still had to return to the golden tent to wait for the next order.

No one would believe it. The officers and soldiers of Datong Border Town, who have always been mediocre and greedy for money, have not only bloomed in the design center to kill and wounded cavalry, but also dared to rush to the golden tent of Tumot Khan for a long distance. This strategy is really shocking. No one believes that the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty have such courage and ability.

As soon as these cavalrymen entered the golden tent, they were immediately disarmed by the cavalrymen in the border town, and there were very few people resisting.

Yesterday's failure, almost half a day and night of running away, scared these people out of fear. Not to mention the fatigue, the will to fight had disappeared. When I returned to the golden tent, I thought I could take a breath, but who would have thought that there were still fully armed enemies waiting. After hearing the news that I would not be killed if I handed over my weapons and dismounted, no one tried to do anything. Some people even fell to the ground after getting off the horse and had no strength at all.

As a result, for most of the day, the busiest people were not the officers and soldiers holding swords and weapons, but the women among the prisoners, who were ordered to take care of the tired tribe cavalry captives.

On this day, Chen Yongfu and his men who were raiding for a long distance yesterday were extremely relaxed. There was no battle, and three or four thousand cavalrymen came back here in scattered areas.

None of the cavalry entering the tent area went out again. So those Mongolian cavalry who came back. No one could tell the abnormality here.

At night, Oman Garris's large convoy. Almost three thousand infantrymen also took a cart to the camp where the golden tent was located. With the three thousand infantrymen joining and the firearms they brought, the defense here is more stable, and there is no need to worry about the chaos of the prisoners with the advantage of the number of people.

In the three days here, there were almost 9,000 cavalrymen returning, and then the number became very sparse. It was estimated that the rest of the cavalry had dispersed or returned to their own tribes.

Under the joint surveillance of Oman Garris and Chen Yongfu, five hundred escort teams with various teams joined the group, and a thousand old and weak Tumot captives, began to embark on their return journey with a large number of spoils.

Forage, food, various daily necessities, etc. were all unmoved, and livestock were just used to pull carts. The spoils brought back were all gold and silver treasures scavenged from the tents of the kings and the tents of the nobles. Tumot is a large tribe on the grassland, and the savings of the Khan and the nobles below were also amazing. These gold and silver treasures must be transported back and counted and handed over to the Duke of Qi to deal with them uniformly.

When Yang Chengzu saw these spoils, he couldn't help but secretly promised that he had foresight. The gold, silver and treasures were all on the side of the gold tent. Even if Tumot Khan gave him 100,000 taels of gold, could he still take it away?

Fifty thousand taels of gold, millions of taels of silver, many gold and silver vessels, as well as some precious objects with exotic atmosphere, Tumot Khan's savings were indeed amazingly rich.
To be continued...