Chapter 153 The ubiquitous commander
Qi Jiguang decided the strategy below, and the various units became busy. The defenders at the wall at the gate brought the equipment to the top of the city, installed rolling stones and wood, and prepared for the battle.
The 20,000 battalions of soldiers who left the pass to fight, led by Hu Shouren and Qi Jimei moved west to Qingshan Pass 30 miles away, and went out of the pass while the night was dark, and ambushed along the Dongmengou to Nianziyu area.
After everything was ready to stop, the Urianha tribe had only reached thirty miles away.
During this period, Qi Jiguang took off again. This time, he could see clearly without a telescope. The main force of the Mongolians went to Dongjiakou. In addition, two thousand troops were divided into two thousand troops towards the Xifengkou and two thousand troops towards Shijiayu. It was obvious that he wanted to make the Ming army in these two places dare not rashly reinforce Dongjiakou through feint attacks.
Dong Huli is as famous as his name, and he is indeed cunning. Unfortunately, the Ming army has hot air balloons and telescopes, and no matter what he does, he has, has no way to hide.
Qi Jiguang would not find such a battle boring. As long as he can annihilate more enemies and sacrifice less soldiers, he is willing to use any means.
"Tell Lao Hu and the others the situation." Getting off the hot air balloon, Qi Jiguang ordered Feng Ziming: "Then take it out every two hours to closely monitor the dynamics of the Tartars."
"Yes." Feng Ziming responded in a deep voice, and saw Qi Jiguang's personal soldiers leading the horse, and hurriedly asked, "Master, where are you going?"
"Dongjiakou." Qi Jiguang said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid they can't withstand the pressure."
Of course, Dong Huli didn't know that his every move had been seen by Qi Jiguang.
After sending two small troops to attack, he led the large troops to slowly approach Dongjiakou at his own pace.
Dong Huli knew that there must be spies from the Ming army secretly spyed, but he didn't care. Because he had been dealing with the Ming army for many years, he knew that with the Ming army's conduct, he would flee without expecting the wind, and be a hero who could defend himself. Still support each other? Don't dream.
So the two small troops he sent were not so much as a feint attack, but rather to give the Ming army a custody to refuse to save them. In this way, they could make sure that Dong's family was broken and there was reason to explain why there was no reinforcement afterwards.
It has been like this for many years, since before he was born, so in Dong Huli's opinion, this is natural.
"Brother, I heard that the general Qi Jiguang on the opposite side is very powerful." The person who spoke was his younger brother Chuktu, who was called "Changba" by the Han people. He was brave and a barbarian who was desperate for life. "I wonder if he could meet him this time."
"The Han people love bragging the most, and you believe it." Dong Huli sneered: "Their so-called famous generals all blow to the sky, but what are the consequences? No one can beat."
As he said that, he pointed at the distant ridge with a whip and said, "Would Qi Jiguang be so evident? He has been in Jizhou for three years, just to repair the border wall and never go to fight once? I think his name is almost the same as Qi Turtle!"
"Hahaha!" The Mongolians who were huddling in front of each other and laughed tilted on the horse's back.
Dong Huli was contemptuous, but his eyes were very serious. The walls on this side were so firmly built, and there were also hollow enemy platforms like turtle shells. They had no choice but to be passively beaten.
Last year, he, his younger brother and nephew, divided into three groups, and they all ran into blood and ended up returning empty-handed...
Thinking of the difficult year in the past, Dong Huli sighed and actually saw Bai Qi. It was only August! It was getting colder and earlier, so why would you let people live?
"This time, Xu Sheng is not allowed to lose!" Thinking of this, he suddenly shouted loudly: "I will supervise the formation myself. Whoever dares to retreat will shoot all the arrows to death!"
"Oh!" The leaders shouted loudly, looking very energetic.
In addition to courage and determination, Dong Hulu even spent several months preparing simple siege tools such as ladders, wooden shields, and siege rams. He dragged them all the way with a carriage, which was also because of their slow speed.
It was not until dark that Dong Fox's troops arrived outside the Dongjiakou Fortress.
That night, he camped outside the fortress, scattered horsemen and guarded the Mongolian tribes, and lived in nomadic places. This was naturally very skillful.
In the evening, the Mongolians lit a bonfire, killed cows and sheep, ate and drank, and were so excited that they sang and danced, shouting and screaming.
In addition to boosting morale and giving the men the strength to attack the city tomorrow, Dong Huli still deliberately showed it to the Ming army in the fortress.
If the Ming army was timid, they would be so scared that they could not sleep all night and would not have the strength to hold weapons tomorrow. If the Ming army was brave, they would tempt them to come out to steal the camp. Changtu and five thousand soldiers had long been ambushed in the dark, waiting for the Ming army to come...
Unfortunately, the Ming army was as timid as ever, which made Changtu wait for the whole night. However, it was not necessary to attack the city, so they could sleep during the day.
The mist faded away, and the sun slowly rose. The golden light shone between the desolate grasslands and the mountains that stretched for hundreds of miles, bringing a hint of warmth to the cold northern morning.
Amid the sound of desolate trumpets, the Mongolians who had eaten and drunk enough to rest for a night, carried the ladder, carried huge shields, and pushed the attacking rams out of the camp, and came to the Dongjiakou Fortress, which was more than two meters high in the mountain pass in front of them.
Dong Fox stood up a big flag on the hillside one mile away, sitting under the banner and staring at the Dongjiakou Fortress.
There were hundreds of small barriers like this on Jizhen’s defense line. Before he made a decision, the Ming army had no idea where they would attack, so naturally it was impossible to set up heavy troops one by one. It was impossible to build a strong city wall like Xifengkou, so Dong Hulu was still sure to break the city within two or three days.
The Ming army on the fortress looked nervously at the Mongolians getting closer and closer. Everyone could tell that the other party was coming to life this time. Most of them had never participated in the real battle. They were nervous and their mouths were dry and their hearts were about to jump out.
At this moment, the rumbling sound of war drums suddenly sounded behind them.
Amid the drums, a flag of the "Ji Town General Officer Qi" with a royal blue bottom slowly rose, and their general Qi Jiguang appeared majestic on the top of the city.
Seeing the invincible general coming in person, the soldiers immediately boosted their morale and shouted in unison: "Break the enemy! Break the enemy! Break the enemy!"
Cowardice disappeared in the shouts, replaced by unprecedented courage!
Qi Jiguang has never lost a battle yet. His appearance here represents victory!
On the hillside outside the border, Dong Huli finally saw the words on the flag clearly, and couldn't help but feel suddenly shrank, secretly saying unlucky... Why did he just meet Qi Jiguang?
The difficulty of siege must be greatly increased...
He said he was not afraid of Qi Jiguang, but he was very scared in his heart. This had nothing to do with courage or not, but because his goal was clear, he was here to rob him. Of course, he wanted to pick up soft persimmons and pinch them.
But I didn't turn back when I opened the bow, so I could only bite the bullet and go to it today.
The result was not surprising. After a day of attack, the Tartars never attacked the city head once. They could not even hit the wall with a siege ram. Instead, they were shot with bows, muskets, and rolling stones and wood.
Dong Huli finally got to the west and called out the gold medal early to withdraw his troops. The Tartars left hundreds of corpses and returned in vain.
"Brother, why did you withdraw your troops so early?" Changtu, who was commanding in front, returned to him with a reluctance and asked, "Why are our troops not going to fight? What's the use of relying on the waste from the Wuqiye tribe?!"
"Stop it, you..." Dong Huli looked at this careless guy helplessly, but he couldn't see that something was wrong? He told Changba about Qi Jiguang's accidental incident in Dongjiakou.
After thinking about it for more than a day, the final conclusion was that he was not lucky and happened to meet Qi Jiguang.
"Ah, that's great. I've long wanted to compete with this number one general in the Ming Dynasty!" Changtu was immediately overjoyed.
"Fart!" Dong Huli spat depressedly. "We are here to rob, not to chew tough things! It's not easy to meet Qi Jiguang? Tomorrow you can go to the city alone to challenge him!"
"It's a solution..." Changtu was actually moved.
Dong Huli almost got angry. She thought that they were all from the same mother's belly, so why is there such a big gap between her and herself?
"Shut up!" He turned his face and did not make noise with the squad. He ordered the leaders in a deep voice: "We don't need to fight head-on here. I decided to leave a group of people here to attack, and the rest followed me overnight and attack Shijiayu instead!"
As he said that, he couldn't help but smile proudly and said, "No matter how smart Qi Jiguang is, he wouldn't have thought that we were just a fake shot at Dongjiakou. The real target is actually Shijiayu!"
"Taiji Gao, it's really high!" The leaders hurriedly praised him. But they couldn't help but curse in their hearts. It's shameless...
So Dong Huli left only four thousand soldiers and horses under his command to attack here. He led the main force to move overnight. After a forced marching for one day, he appeared in Shijiayu that night.
More than 30,000 Tartar soldiers were trapped and were exhausted. This time, they didn’t bother to camp and make fire. After eating dry food, they snuggled up next to the war horse and fell asleep...
The next day, at dawn, the sound of desolate horns sounded again. The Tartar soldiers who had never stopped were driven to get up by the leader, carrying a ladder and a large shield, attacking towards the head of Shijiayu City.
Dong Huli stood on the hillside with a strong spirit, looking at the Shijiayu Fortress less than two feet away, she was in a good mood.
"What a bullshit Qi Jiguang, a famous general. I was fooled by me, Dong Huli!" He couldn't help but smile proudly at his left and right, "If he could still appear in Shijiayu, I think he has the ability!"
Before he finished speaking, he heard the familiar sound of war drums sounding at the top of the city. Then a large flag with a blue bottom and a battle slowly rose, with the six big words "Ji Town General Officer Qi" written on it.
The majestic Marshal Qi appeared again.
There was another shocking cheer from Shijiayu Fortress. The defenders were also infused with courage...
"What the hell is this?" Dong Huli's eyes were almost glaring. "Does Qi Jiguang know the clone technique?!"
Chapter completed!