In the land of Liaodong, the ice and snow covering it has just melted, but the temperature feels much lower than before the snow melted. When the spring breeze blows, it is extremely cold.
In the newly built fortress of Jianlu located near the mouth of the Liao River, there was already one person patrolling every place early in the morning, looking particularly dedicated to his duties.
This man is a veteran of Jianlu. Erdenbu was deafened by the gunpowder explosion caused by the explosion of artillery in front of Shanhaiguan. It turned out that he withdrew from the army because of his deafness, and he never had military honors again.
fate.
Unexpectedly, in just one year, the Ming army defeated the Jianlu army several times, and the Denglai Ming army became particularly active and had good combat effectiveness. This made the Jianlu troops begin to be stretched thin, especially the Jianlu army.
Measures such as forts and mobile troops deployed in various places made the slave chiefs feel that they did not have enough troops.
Therefore, retired veterans like Erdenbu were reactivated and appointed as one of the commanders of the newly built fortress.
While Erdenbu was glad that he could earn military merit again, he worked extra hard in order to gain praise from his superiors so that he could go further, because he was short of money.
Erdenbu stood at the highest point of the fortress and scanned the spacious Liao River, but there was nothing on the river. The fact that he was so diligent was not because he thought the Ming army could fight in such terrible weather, but it was just a habit.
He stood there, facing the cold wind, thinking about his own things.
Originally, Erdenbu's wealth was enough to support him in his old age, and there were many Han people in his family, living the life of a landlord, which was very comfortable.
But he didn't expect that the Ming army would attack the hinterland of Dajin. Fortunately, he still had experience and escaped early when the opportunity came, so he was not caught by the Ming army. Afterwards, he learned that all his companions were captured by the Han slaves under the city of Shengjing.
After beheading him, he was secretly glad that he had escaped quickly. At the same time, he hated the Denglai Ming Army and some new Ming army.
Therefore, since he became the commander of the fort, he has worked hard on his men and trained them to use catapults.
It was also because of the lack of people to build the captives, so half of the fortresses were those Han people in their prime who were willing to shave their heads and change their clothes, and the other half were the old and middle-aged people who built the captives.
Erdenbu's purpose is that once the Ming army ships appear on the Liao River, they must hit the Ming army ships so that they can earn a share of military merit.
Just as his thoughts were wandering, he suddenly saw something moving out of the corner of his eye.
So, he quickly turned around and saw that it was a group of cavalry coming from the direction of Haizhou, heading towards the fortress.
Erdenbu quickly changed direction and looked at the cavalry group intently.
He was a veteran. Looking closer, he could see that there were about a hundred people in the cavalry, and they were all men and horses with white flags.
So, he hurriedly walked down the height and headed towards the platform at the door.
People in the fortress also heard the sound of horse hooves, some curious people looked outside, and more people huddled in sheltered places, not caring who came to inspect.
I saw the cavalry approaching the fortress in a swaggering manner. They were not afraid of rolling wood and rocks, and greeted them with bows, arrows and muskets. They walked straight to the gate of the fortress before reining in their horses. Then they looked up at the people on the platform of the fortress and shouted loudly in Jurchen dialect:
"Why don't you open the door quickly? What are you waiting for?"
Erdenbu couldn't hear what the man said, so he looked at one of his men. His Jurchen man asked the cavalry: "Excuse me..."
"Damn it, I'm going to freeze you to death before I open the door!" The leader looked very arrogant and did not give the Jurchens in the fortress a chance to question him.
The Jianlu guarding the fort shrank from being scolded, thinking that he must have come from Haizhou. He quickly gestured to Erdenbu, meaning that if he didn't open the door, the regular troops outside would get angry.
Erdenbu did not dare to offend the patrolling people. Seeing that many of the cavalrymen below were staring at him with dissatisfaction, he quickly ordered the door to be opened.
As soon as the door opened, the cavalry outside walked in. The Jianlu who had just spoken accompanied Erdenbu down the platform and greeted the cavalry respectfully. At the same time, he explained: "Our fort commander used to fight with the Ming army.
During the war, my ears were deafened, so I was a little negligent. Please forgive me."
About a hundred cavalry troops entered the fortress and began to dismount. After hearing the explanation, the leader glanced at Erdenbu and asked, "Where is the beacon tower? I want to check it out."
Jianlu was a little surprised. The man who came to inspect didn't know where the beacon tower was. However, seeing the man's fierce look, he didn't dare to neglect. He quickly pointed sideways to a position on the top of the fort and replied to the man: "It's right there.
There."
After hearing this, the man shook his head, and five or six of his men rushed towards the beacon tower.
Erdenbu couldn't hear the words, so he kept watching silently. He felt more and more that there was something wrong with this group of cavalry.
Although this group of cavalrymen all wore military uniforms with white flags and their bald foreheads could be seen on their helmets, he felt that it was not the same and a little strange.
So, he made a few gestures to the subordinate who was speaking, asking him to inquire about the situation of the cavalry.
But at this time, one of the cavalry soldiers who had gathered on the beacon walked out of the beacon, made a gesture to the leader below, and conveyed some information.
Just when the Jianlu who asked the question put a smile on his face and was about to open his mouth, he saw the leader pull out his sword and slashed at him with one blow.
The Jianlu's expression changed from laughter to shock, and he maintained that shocked look until his death. He didn't know why this man killed him. Could it be that his previous neglect had angered him, but there was no need to kill him.
ah!
Erdenbu saw the accident happen, and the cavalry troops began to attack the people in the fort one after another. He couldn't figure out what was going on, but at least he had to resist.
But just when he had this idea, he was already attacked by several swords and spears. He was unwilling to do so and had to report to the Yama Hall.
These people's fighting skills were superb, and they acted deliberately, and they were the first to attack. Therefore, many people in the fort did not even react, and their heads were dislocated.
At the end, some clever ones immediately knelt down and surrendered, shouting for mercy in Chinese, indicating that they were Han Chinese.
Even so, not many Baoyi survived by chance in the end, they were all killed too quickly.
A few lucky people were escorted in front of the leader, but the leader had no time to pay attention to them at first. After confirming that all the control in the fort was under control, he said to one of his subordinates: "Go and report to the Marquis that the Perak Brigade has captured the first place."
fortress."
"Yes, captain." The man agreed in Chinese, got on his horse, and drove away.
When the Han slaves heard this, they knew that these must be Ming troops, and it seemed that their lives could be saved.
The leader then came over to question them, and they told them everything they knew. They confessed everything they knew about Jianlu.
When they were imprisoned again, one of the Han slaves sighed in a low voice: "When will the Ming army dress up as Jianlu, and shave their hair into this pig whip like us!"
No one responded to him, but everyone showed approval on their faces. No one expected that the Ming army would do this.