Chapter 607 Ajige was provoked

North Zhili, near Xianghe.

Scattered snowflakes kept falling, rendering the earth mottled white. Looking around, the entire field was covered with white space. However, there was no snow. The falling snowflakes would soon be trampled into distortion by the horse's hooves. After the black soil covered by the snowflakes was turned out by the horse's hooves, it looked like scars on the head of the bastard, which became very ugly.

At the canal ferry west of Xianghe, teams of Tartar cavalry were crossing the canal in an orderly manner here. A large number of boats and hay were piled up together to form a natural bridge, completely cutting off the canal. These sporadic snowflakes did not have any obstacles for the Tartars who lived in the snow all year round. They kept urging war horses to pass by the grass bridge.

There are a large number of shot corpses piled up in the upper reaches of the canal. There are corpses and ordinary boatmen. The blood on the corpses has been condensed by the cold. The falling snowflakes are trying to cover up their bodies. This is a team of canal boats coming from the south of the Yangtze River. Unexpectedly, the Tartars arrived so soon, and one of them was blocked by the Tartars. The canals who were guarding the canal were basically slaughtered, all the boatmen were killed, and the canal boats were sunk and turned into bridges.

Behind them, Xianghe County was also filled with fire. The fire was very fierce, which made the falling snowflakes no chance to land. Large swells of thick smoke kept rushing towards the sky. White snow, red slights, and black smoky smoke intertwined each other, forming a tragic picture. Xianghe County, which was slaughtered by the Tartars, was wailing in pain.

Xianghe is a very special county town. After the Ming Dynasty's founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang overthrew the Yuan Dynasty, the Yuan soldiers who fled to the north of the grassland often invaded the boundaries. So Zhu Yuanzhang appointed the fourth prince Zhu Di as the King of Yan, and took charge of the commander to sweep the north, and sent his military advisor Liu Bowen to go to war with the army. Soon, the King of Yan pacified the Yuan soldiers. At this time, the King of Yan deliberately established himself and sent Liu Bowen to find a place to build a capital.

One day, the King of Yan brought people to Shuyang Town, Xianghe. It was June, and Shuyang was surrounded by small rivers on all sides. The lotus in the water was in full bloom. The scenery was beautiful and the fragrance was amazing. The King of Yan praised it: "This place is really Xianghe!" When Liu Bowen saw that the King of Yan was interested in building the capital here, he surveyed and prepared the map. When the construction started, due to the lack of bricks and wood, he had to build a large picture and small building, which turned into a small town. It was one mile on the east, west, south and north, which was ten times smaller than Beijing. The four gates of the city were still the same as Beijing City, going straight out, without avoiding walls, and no escorting the official pavilion was built. Therefore, Xianghe City is known as the Little Beijing.

From the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, Xianghe County was directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court. No matter how high the official came, the Xianghe magistrate would not accept or send it, so it was called the Zhili Xianghe. The first two Tatars invasions, Xianghe luckily avoided the disaster. However, this time, they had no chance to hide. Ajige, who passed by, completely flattened the Xianghe River. More than 30,000 people hiding in the county were all killed.

"hurry up!"

"Hurry up!"

"Catch up with the person ahead of you!"

Azig waved his horse whip and kept shouting at the soldiers behind him.

He is a very tall slave chief, with a strong body, strong limbs and strong limbs. He has thick black and thick hair on his cheeks, arms, chest, and thighs. Generally, the words are used to describe Ajige - a tough and scheming, which means similar to being brave but not scheming. Ajige is quite self-aware of this, so he basically listens to his younger brother Dorgon, especially in political matters.

When Dorgon was active, Ajige made a lot of military achievements. He had a share in his expedition to Korea, and Lin Dankhan, and he also had a share in his two invasions. After Amin and Mangurtai, he, like Abatai, relied on his own bravery and repeatedly served as the vanguard of the Jin army to obtain military achievements. Ajige's bravery, Dorgon's deep cunning, and Dodo's youthful spirit formed a powerful iron triangle, making it difficult for Huang Taiji to attack.

Unfortunately, there was an unexpected situation in the world. Without any warning, Dorgon and Dodo were suddenly trapped in Dengzhou City, isolated from the world. Ajige suddenly felt isolated and helpless. With his own strength, it was absolutely impossible to deal with Huang Taiji. Therefore, under Huang Taiji's step-by-step pressure, he had to endure humiliation and give in continuously.

In the past few months, it was the most painful time for Ajige. The Zhenghong Banner, Dorgon's Zhengbai Banner, and Duoduo's Inlaid White Banner were all searched for various excuses by Huang Taiji and constantly weakening their power. Now, the Zhenghong Banner, which is only twenty Niulu, has been reduced by four from the original one. However, this is not the most deadly.

The worst thing is that almost every Niulu was not full, and some Niulu had only about 200 people. What made him feel even more frustrated was that the five most capable Niulu under his command were all transferred to Haoge's Huangqi in the name of war needs by Huang Taiji, and then five weak Niulu were added from the Huangqi. If there was no accident, it would be impossible for him to return to the original Niulu.

What made Ajige even more depressed was that during this military operation of the pass, Huang Taiji did not arrange for him to assist the Mongolian cavalry, nor did he have any other servants. Other slave chiefs, such as Haoge, Abatai, Yuetuo, etc., had a large number of Mongolian cavalry accompanying him, and some had a large number of servants, only Ajige had nothing.

Huang Taiji said that there were not many Mongolian cavalry and they could not be allocated. In this way, all Ajige had were pure Tartars, and even if they wanted to find a cannon fodder, they could not be found. In fact, this time, the number of Mongolian cavalry was more than that of the Eight Banners of Manchuria. How could there be any statement that they could not be allocated? It was entirely possible to dispatch several Mongolian thousand-person teams to him. Ajige knew that Huang Taiji was messing with the three brothers, but he had no choice.

As the marriage between the Mongolians and Manchus continued to strengthen, the Mongols' Korqin tribe, Tumote tribe, and Halashen tribe all became the help of Huang Taiji. The other Mongolian tribes were not as powerful as these three tribes. Therefore, Huang Taiji tried every means to strengthen the connection between himself and the three major Mongolian tribes.

Huang Taiji married several women from the Korqin tribe, and Haoge also married women from the Tumote and Halashen tribes. Later, Huang Taiji arranged for his daughter to marry the princes of the three major Mongolian tribes. He also made many children's marriages for both sides according to the customs of the Han people. He used any means to turn the two sides into a family. The current Mongolian cavalry did not feel like the alliance of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, but the thugs of Huang Taiji's family, and had no relationship with other Manchurian nobles.

Many Manchu nobles actually had opinions behind Huang Taiji's behavior. However, Huang Taiji's power was strong and they could not express their opinions. Ajige's opinion on Huang Taiji was getting bigger and bigger, but he was helpless. Because he was indeed not good at playing tricks except for war. If he wanted to deal with Huang Taiji, he had to rescue Dorgon first.

Dorgon was smart and confused for a lifetime, and accidentally fell into Dengzhou City. It was really unfair. His mistake in this operation not only greatly hurt his reputation, but also implicated Ajige. The Xianghe massacre city, Ajige wanted to vent his grievances. The massacre of the canal was also venting.

"Maybe Belle, Mafuta has disappeared for four days."

Suddenly, someone came to report to Ajig, and it was his confidant Turkun.

Turkun is the Jialazhangjing of Zhenghongqi. At present, there are only four Jialazhangjings in Zhenghongqi, and his status is still very important. At the same time, Turkun also has a daughter, Dorgon's concubine, which makes the relationship between the two sides much closer.

"Mafuta? Four days?"

Ajig's face suddenly became gloomy.

He knew Ma Futa's name, a very strong warrior, who is currently the identity of a red-armored soldier. After this invasion, he has great hope of becoming a white-armored soldier. He was sent as a scout to make military achievements as much as possible and then be promoted to a white-armored soldier. Has this guy forgotten the rules again?

The scouts of the Tartars are active outside all year round, which does not mean that they have completely herded sheep. During the four or five days, they always have to send people to contact the main force. First, they are to return the information they have detected, and second, they are to report their own safety. If there is no such regulation, even if the scout is killed, the main force will not know. How can this be done?

Mafuta disappeared for so many days and never showed her face. It was probably unexpected that she had encountered an unexpected situation. Ajige was very concerned about this. The origin of those who could destroy Mafuta must be not simple. Otherwise, with Mafuta's ability, even if it could not defeat the other party, it would be possible to escape and report the news. Since they could not even escape, it means that they had encountered a powerful opponent.

"Where is Hangou? from Beijing? from Tianjin?"

Ajig asked with a gloomy face.

"It's not clear yet."

Turkun answered helplessly.

"Did you find any abnormal situations around us?"

Azig asked with a frown.

"No."

Turkun answered cautiously.

"keep going!"

Azig said quickly.

Turkun agreed to go.

Ajige nodded thoughtfully and waved the whip in his hand hard. He wanted to eliminate this matter as soon as possible. It should not be a great thing for a team of scouts not to come back on time. Especially for a banner owner like him, it is completely negligible. If there are really a large number of enemies nearby, other scouts will definitely find it.

But, strangely, for some reason, the name Mafuta always lingers in Ajig's mind. He always has a strange feeling, as if something is going to happen. In the past, he served as a striker when he invaded the enemy twice, but he didn't feel that way. This time, it was really weird.

"Is there any powerful opponent lurking nearby?"

Azig was actually a little worried for the first time.

There are only two possibilities for the opponent to eat Mafuta in one breath. The first is that the opponent has a large number of people and hundreds of people besieged Mafuta and the others, and finally killed Mafuta. The second is that the opponent's combat power is stronger than Mafuta. Obviously, the second may not exist. They don't know the combat power of the Ming army around the capital. How could they be stronger than the warriors of the Great Jin Kingdom?

What's more, even if there is really a large Ming army around, Ajige has no need to worry. He has twenty Great Jin warriors of Niulu. Even if most Niulu is not full, there are always five thousand people. The Great Jin army of 5,000 is enough to deal with the Ming army of 50,000. Even if the Ming army of Jinzhou and Shanhaiguan is full of all, Ajige has no need to worry.

Too much worry.

It must be an over-consideration.

Azig nodded thoughtfully at last.

"Gedhon!"

After pondering for a while, Azig suddenly shouted.

"Master Bell, what are your instructions?"

A thin and tough-looking white-armored soldier arrived quickly.

"Double the scouts, pay close attention to the surroundings!"

Azige shouted.

"Abide by the order!"

The Tartar, named Gedhong, agreed to go.

"It should be fine, right?"

After Ajige sent a scout, he felt that his psychological shadow had finally disappeared slightly. If there were any unexpected situations, the scout would definitely discover it. On the ground near the capital, it was impossible for any Ming army to dare to go out of the city to fight against the Jin army. It must be because he was too sensitive.

Perhaps, Ma Futa and the others encountered something and forgot the time to report it, they couldn't tell whether they had forgotten the time to report it. Most of them had met beautiful Han women. These guys just felt a little bit beaten up and couldn't walk when they saw beautiful women. After they came back, they must teach them a good lesson.

"Beller, the vanguard troops met Hangou's cavalry!"

However, at this moment, someone rushed over and reported to Azig.

This person's name is Maobali, and he is also Ajige's confidant. He is also a striker arranged by Ajige. One of Maobali's cousins ​​and Ajige's concubines.

Azig shouted without hesitation: "Kill! What to report?"

Maobali looked strange, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't dare to say it directly. He said, "Master Beile, Hangou's cavalry just touched us for a moment and fled in a hurry."

Ajig frowned and said, "Bastard! Why not chase him?"

Maobali said with a strange expression, "I didn't catch up."

Ajige was so angry that he almost gave him a whip.

The great warriors of the Jin Kingdom couldn't even catch up with the cavalry of several Han dogs? When they said that, they didn't know where to put the face of Zhenghongqi! The cavalry of the Jin army has always been chasing the Han cavalry. Could it be that something happened today?

Maobali lowered his head and did not dare to say anything. He actually had a lot to say, but he did not dare to say it directly. The reason was very simple. Ajige had a bad temper and was prone to anger. He was prone to killing people when he was angry. He didn't want to be killed by Ajige accidentally. He wanted to say what he was trying to report slowly, slowly, little by little.

In fact, the cavalry of the Great Jin army rushed in from Xifengkou, and although there were two war horses rotating, they were still relatively tired. From the grassland outside the border, it was at least three to four thousand miles away. It was so long that even the legendary sweat-blooded BMW could not hold on. However, the cavalry of Hangou was waiting for it. It was caught off guard and it was indeed difficult to catch up with the other party.

Ajig bit his teeth hard and tried to calm himself down. Forget it, if he didn't catch up, he didn't catch up. If he didn't catch up this time, he would have a chance next time. He didn't believe it. The Hangou Cavalry had the courage to fight with the Great Jin Warriors. Suddenly, he felt something was wrong. Maobali lowered his head, as if he had something to say, but he didn't dare to say it. He asked irritably, "What else is there?"

Maobali said in a mosquito-like voice: "We were beaten to death seven people..."

Ajig was furious, his face turned red as if it was a cooked crab. He whipped the other party without thinking, and scolded in anger: "You! You waste!"

Of course, Maobali didn't dare to fight back, so he lowered his head and was beaten. Ajige was furious. After one whip, he felt that he was still not relieved and whipped another whip. After two whip, he still couldn't relieve his hatred and whipped the third whip. As a result, Maobali was firmly beaten by three whip. Even though he was blocked by thick bearskin clothes, he still felt pain. Ajige was very strong in his anger.

In fact, Maobali felt very wronged. The vanguard cavalry of the Great Jin army was thirty people, led by a white-armored soldier, galloping southward. There was nothing wrong, but the scouts along the way reported that it was okay. Who knew that suddenly a group of strangely dressed cavalry emerged from the front. As soon as the two sides fought, the other party turned around and ran away, and he couldn't catch up even if he wanted to chase them.

After Ajige beat the three horse whips, his anger subsided slightly, bent the horse whip in his hand into a shape of a twist, and shouted angrily: "How many dogs have you killed?"

Maobali's face became even more strange, and it could be described as pain and shame. The following words were not only insulting him, but also insulting the entire Jin army. However, he did not dare to lie in front of Ajig, so he had to say helplessly: "No one."

Ajig's cheeks suddenly twisted, and the whip was raised high, but it didn't hit him. He suddenly realized that even if he beat the other person to death, he could not vent his anger. The warriors of the Great Jin Kingdom were beaten to death, but they didn't even touch the other person's butt. It would be... It would be strange if the bastard Haoge knew that he would not laugh at him to death. When did such a miracle happen in the Great Jin Kingdom?

Since the Battle of Sarhu, the Jin army has always had the upper hand against the Ming army. Especially after the Battle of Dalinghe, the Ming army was no longer a united enemy of the Jin army. In the field, when the Ming army met the Jin army, they were only killed by two or two. It would be normal to say that seven Ming troops were killed, and the Jin army had no casualties. It would be normal to even kill seventy or seven hundred Ming troops, and the Jin army had no casualties. However, if it turned out to be reversed...

Azig suddenly said, "Maubali, are you wrong?"

Maobali said with a sad face: "I don't know what kind of musket the Hangou used was. He opened fire at us at a distance. We were killed seven people and injured five. The Hangou ran quickly without waiting for us to get closer."

Azig said angrily: "I'll go and see."

Maobali hurriedly brought Azig to the front line.

There were already many Great Jin troops gathering on the front line. Their expressions were a little weird. They seemed to be incredible, as if they were puzzled, and as if they were a little scared. Seeing Ajige arrive, they all silently gave way. This quiet and sad atmosphere made Ajige feel very uncomfortable. His last glimmer of hope was disillusioned. The one who was beaten to death was indeed the Great Jin army, not Maobali, who said it was wrong.
To be continued...