After running for about five miles, he came to a fork in the road. Ma Xianglin found that the road heading west was still dusty, as if an army had just passed by.
After thinking about it for a moment, he realized that what was passing by at this time must be the Jianlu army.
Ma Xianglin immediately called a group of cavalry and asked them to follow them in the westward direction. Then he led the remaining cavalry to Qingshui Mingyue Pass.
Turning around the foot of the mountain, he was stunned by the sight before him. The white-poled cavalrymen behind him also exclaimed in surprise. The ground was full of corpses. Judging from their attire, they were the corpses of Jianlu.
They had just seen the Ming Dynasty cavalry being chased and killed several times by Jianlu, but now they found a large number of Jianlu dead on the ground, and they couldn't help but be surprised.
Ma Xianglin controlled the speed of his horse and moved forward slowly while inspecting the corpses on the ground, and then looked up at Qingshui Mingyue Pass in the distance.
He found that although the city was damaged, the red flag of the Ming Dynasty was still fluttering in the wind.
So, Ma Xianglin began to urge the horse to speed up.
The people at the top of the city spotted the Baigan Cavalry as soon as they turned around the foot of the mountain. When they got closer, Yan Yingyuan, who had the best eyesight, was the first to call out: "It's King Qin's army, and the horse commander is here." [
"Oh, Ma Xianglin, the handsome guy is here." Zhong Jinwei was in a good mood. When he heard that Xiao Ma Chao was coming, he joked with a smile.
Then Zhong Jinwei saw clearly that it was Ma Xianglin, and waved to the outside of the city.
Ma Xianglin was a little frightened at first when he saw many people wearing Jianlu attire at the top of the city, but then he noticed that the head shapes were different. Then he saw someone waving to him. After a closer look, he recognized it as Marquis Zhongxing. He was overjoyed and hurriedly urged his horse forward.
When he approached the city wall, he shouted to the top of the city: "The last general, Ma Xianglin, has seen the supervisory army. On the orders of my soldiers, he came to inspect the military situation at Qingshui Mingyue Pass."
Zhong Jinwei said with a smile at the top of the city: "Okay, everything is fine. Where is Old Man Sun?"
"We still have seven or eight miles to go," Ma Xianglin replied.
Suddenly, he remembered that he should report the good news to Sun Chengzong immediately, so he turned around and ordered a few cavalrymen to go back immediately to report the news.
A "squeak" sound sounded, and the city gate slowly opened.
Ma Xianglin got off his horse and walked into the city gate.
After entering the city gate, he found that there were traces of huge rocks smashed everywhere in the city, and many houses were even destroyed.
Ma Xianglin thought of the dilapidated city top he had just seen outside and understood that a battle had taken place here. He was slightly surprised by the three catapults in the city, and then quickly walked up to the city head to formally see the supervisory army.
Zhong Jinwei helped him up with a smile, and then asked: "Didn't you meet Jianlu when you came here?"
Ma Xianglin stood up and replied: "The general saw a large army passing by in the west. It should be Jianlu's army. He has sent people to follow him."
"It seems that Jianlu is going to Zunhua, and he is probably going to leave the customs there." Zhong Jinwei thought about it and guessed.
Yan Yingyuan also interjected: "I wonder if the Northern Route Army can intercept them? These Jianlu are at the end of their game!" [
Lu Xiangsheng listened to their conversation, thought for a moment, and said to Ma Xianglin: "Commander Ma, where are the cavalry of King Qin's army?"
When Ma Xianglin heard this, he showed a trace of disdain and replied to Lu Xiangsheng: "They were defeated by the Jianlu and are now coming here under the protection of the infantry."
Several people were shocked when they heard this and quickly asked about the specific situation. Ma Xianglin told them everything he knew about the situation.
As soon as Zhong Jinwei heard this, he scolded him for being a fool. If he had attacked from the beginning, with his superior strength and the tired Jianlu, he should have been able to take it easily.
Just as he was cursing, Youminzhuang shouted. He looked up and saw that the main force of the Ming army finally appeared in his field of vision.
Besides, Sun Chengzong was overjoyed after receiving the news and immediately ordered the entire army to speed up, so he rushed over quickly.
Seeing that the pass area was littered with corpses and the road was long and narrow, he ordered to find a place to camp at the foot of the mountain, and he led his generals to Qingshui Mingyue Pass.
When Sun Chengzong arrived at Qingshui Mingyue Pass, Zhong Jinwei had already led the people from the city to greet him.
"You, you, are so audacious. You dare to cut off the retreat of more than 7,000 rebels with only 800 people!" Sun Chengzong smiled and blamed Zhong Jinwei as soon as they met.
"I've seen the supervisory army." The general behind Sun Chengzong saw Zhong Jinwei and saluted quickly.
Zhong Jinwei was very dissatisfied that these generals could be defeated by the tired Jianlu under the overwhelming numbers of people. He just nodded and dealt with it, and then responded to Sun Chengzong's words: "Isn't it okay? These Jianlu are in the pass.
The crimes committed are too numerous to describe, if they are not made to pay the price, why should they explain to the people in the pass!"
When Sun Chengzong heard this, he felt a little ashamed, and then he asked: "I see the corpses of Jianluo everywhere, what is the result of the battle?"
Zhong Jinwei smiled slightly, raised his chin towards Lu Xiangsheng, and gave Lu Xiangsheng the honor of reporting the results of the battle.
The generals behind Sun Chengzong all looked at Lu Xiangsheng curiously, wondering how many Jianbu these civilians had killed.
Lu Xiangsheng took a step forward, clasped his fists and reported: "Report to my troops, 213 of our troops were killed and 156 wounded. A total of 1,567 captives were killed and the catapults were destroyed.
Three, captured three catapults, and captured the slave chief Aixinjueluo Amin alive."
Sun Chengzong and the generals behind him listened to Lu Xiangsheng's report of the battle results. The more they listened, the more surprised they became. Such a disparity in proportion led to the killing of so many captives. This was something that had never happened in the Ming Dynasty!
Then I heard that they actually captured the slave chief Aisin Gioro Amin alive, which was even more incredible.
If the number of people who killed Jianlu before may be exaggerated, then the capture of slave chiefs alive cannot be deceived.
Sun Chengzong stepped forward and grabbed Lu Xiangsheng's hand and asked: "You said you captured the slave chief Aixinjueluo Amin alive?"
Zhong Jinwei looked at these shocked people, feeling a little proud in his heart. He pretended to be calm and replied for Lu Xiangsheng: "That's right, they are locked up in the city."
"Let's go and take a look." Sun Chengzong said anxiously, a little lost his composure.
"Brother-in-law, lead the way." Zhong Jinwei ordered Yan Yingyuan.
So Yan Yingyuan led these newly arrived senior Ming army generals back to the city.
After arriving in the city, the senior generals of the Ming army found a corner of the city filled with corpses of Jianlu. They were secretly surprised. It seemed that the number of enemies killed was not false at all.
Sun Chengzong also saw it, but his thoughts were different from those of the generals. He thought that there were fierce battles inside and outside Qingshui Mingyue Pass. So many Jianlu people had invaded the pass and were defended by Zhongxing Hou.
What a miracle.
When Amin saw so many generals of the Ming army, he knew that he had either been destroyed or had escaped, and he felt extremely depressed.
He allowed the Ming generals to visit him like a monkey, with his eyes closed and motionless.
Sun Chengzong was naturally familiar with Jianlu's eight beile. Not only had they fought many times on the battlefield, but he had also seen portraits of these slave chiefs. Although the person in front of him looked old, he could still tell that they were the so-called "four" of Jianlu.
One of the great Belles, Aisin Gioro-Amin.
After visiting Amin, a group of people walked out of the prison.
There was no suitable place to discuss matters in the city, so they simply came to the top of the city.
Just when Sun Chengzong was about to speak, a messenger came to report that Zhu Min from Shanhaiguan had arrived.
After a while, Zhu Min came to the top of the city with a shocked face. He was obviously shocked by the corpses of Jianlu on the ground. He reported to Sun Chengzong and Zhong Jinwei: "The general has led a thousand cavalry and five thousand infantry according to the military order."
Come and kill the slaves."
When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he said to Sun Chengzong: "The Jianlu were fleeing to the west. I wonder if the Northern Route Army has joined forces with you?"
Sun Chengzong shook his head and said: "I received a report early this morning that they have recaptured Zunhua, and the three camps are on their way here."
"Then we should send the cavalry to pursue them. How many more cavalry are available?" Zhong Jinwei asked.
When Marquis Zhongxing said this, he obviously already knew the news of the cavalry's defeat. Compared with the results of the battle at Qingshui Mingyue Pass, the generals behind Sun Chengzong lowered their heads and did not dare to speak.
Sun Chengzong sighed secretly in his heart, and then said: "At present, there should be about 10,000 cavalry troops available."
"Report to my troops that Jianlu has reached the end of the war. I am willing to go with the cavalry to hunt down Jianlu." Lu Xiangsheng suddenly called for battle.
"Yes, it is estimated that the Northern Route Army cannot stop the Jianlu who fled west, so they must send out cavalry to pursue them." Zhong Jinwei also said.
Sun Chengzong pondered for a moment, and then issued an order: "Where is Qin Liangyu?"
"The end is here." Qin Liangyu came out of the queue and clasped his fists to plead for orders.
"You will lead the cavalry of your headquarters and all the cavalry that can fight. You will command them to hunt down the Jianlu." Sun Chengzong ordered.
"General, I obey," Qin Liangyu said loudly. Seeing that Lu Xiangsheng's Minzhuang army was able to kill so many captives, she could no longer restrain herself. If Sun Chengzong had called her later, she would have come out to ask for orders.
Sun Chengzong said to a group of general soldiers behind him: "You don't need to go. You only need to send the remaining capable troops to follow the orders of the Qin general soldiers."
He said this to prevent these general soldiers from disobeying orders or grabbing credit because they were at the same level as Qin Liangyu.
These generals had just suffered a disastrous defeat and did not know how their soldiers and the court would punish them, so they did not dare to go against Sun Chengzong's wishes and quickly asked his soldiers to coordinate with Qin Liangyu to mobilize troops.
So, Qin Liangyu led the remaining cavalry that could fight and pursued westward.