In the Jiannu camp, the stars in the sky were sparse and the weather was getting colder. From the autumn of last year to the autumn of this year, time passed quickly, and Huang Taiji almost felt that he seemed to be old.
Huang Taiji is actually in his prime now. The past year has been the most difficult time in his life. In the past, no matter what difficulties he encountered, Huang Taiji would not feel confused. But this year, Huang Taiji became confused about his future life and felt that the future was becoming increasingly dark and heavy.
"Am I really old?" Huang Taiji asked himself. He was a peerless hero, and it was not easy for him to ask such a question. It can be seen how heavy the discouragement in his heart was.
Because of his initial hesitation, he didn't expect that he would be unable to leave later. The cunning Da'an people cut off his retreat. In the following nearly seven months, 10,000 Da'an people plus 10,000 Japanese were like a huge millstone, grinding down Huang Taiji's remaining 80,000 troops bit by bit until there were less than 40,000 left.
During this period, Huang Taiji organized several breakouts, but in the face of the enemy's powerful muskets, he paid a heavy price and did not shake the enemy's position at all. By now, the food he had looted had been consumed. In another ten days or half a month, even without the enemy fighting, his side would be almost starved to death.
"Great Khan..." someone called softly. Huang Taiji turned around and saw that the man was a leader of a Mongolian tribe. He was disheveled and looked like a beggar. There was some hesitation in his eyes, as if he had something to say.
"Well, do you have anything?" Huang Taiji hummed, and the confusion in his eyes disappeared completely, recovering his heroic character. Huang Taiji knew very well in his heart that he could not show any weakness in front of these subordinates.
"No, nothing, Khan. It's late at night. You should rest early." Under Huang Taiji's usual majesty, the man finally did not say what he wanted to say. At this time, anyone with a little bit of intelligence would know that Huang Taiji was actually in a bad mood. If you angered him at this time, there would be no end to it.
"Sir, Ge Erhanlin, you should also go to bed early." Seeing the evasive expression of the Mongolian tribe leader, Huang Taiji smiled bitterly in his heart, wondering how long his prestige could intimidate these people.
Ever since he met that powerful Tang general, he began to suffer bad luck. Every time he fought with him, he ended up in a miserable defeat. The enemy was powerful to an unbelievable degree. His invincible Jianzhou cavalry was like a paper figurine in front of his muskets.
To be honest, the Jiannu cavalry under Huang Taiji and Tang Tong's army were similar in terms of military discipline; both were well-trained elite troops of the era. However, Tang Tong's breech-loading rifles were a true rarity for the era. Huang Taiji, on the other hand, was completely unfamiliar with musketry. Every time he encountered Tang Tong's army, he was led by the nose. Huang Taiji used short weapons to attack long ones, attacking the enemy's well-prepared battle formations. Undoubtedly, he was defeated.
After Huang Taiji waited for the man to leave, he returned to his own tent. Inside were two Korean women, captured by the Jiannu. When Huang Taiji entered the tent, the two Korean women obediently came forward to serve him, helping him to bed.
While these two women were good-looking, they were far inferior to Dayu'er and the others. However, at this moment, Huang Taiji had no other women around him, so he had to make do with them. He tore open one of the women's clothes, revealing a snow-white body. With a low growl, Huang Taiji, like a trapped beast, picked the woman up and threw her onto the bed in the tent. Then, he stripped off the rest of his clothes and pounced on her.
Without any foreplay, the woman frowned in pain, but dared not utter a sound, allowing Huang Taiji to display his prowess on her. In the past few months, only at this moment did Huang Taiji feel that he was not old, that he could still gallop profusely on a woman, and that he could prove that he was a strong man.
But today, Huang Taiji quickly softened. This made him furious. He took a horse whip from the wall of the tent and lashed it hard at the woman. The whip tore through her skin and flesh, and she screamed miserably.
The woman, illuminated by the torches in the tent, saw the ferocious, bloodshot eyes of Huang Taiji. She was horrified, knowing her life was in jeopardy. Another woman, witnessing the sudden scene before her, shrank back in terror, her entire body trembling. The whipped woman's screams, like countless soul-snatching messengers, made the huddled woman feel as if she had seen her own end. These screams, however, stirred Huang Taiji's excitement.
When Huang Taiji was about to crack the whip for the first time, a loud bang sounded in the night sky outside the tent. It was very abrupt and could be heard from far away in the relatively quiet night. Huang Taiji was startled for a moment, then suddenly jumped up, put on a piece of clothing and rushed out of the tent.
Boom, boom, the sounds began to ring continuously. This was the cannons of Chen Zilong and his men bombarding the Jiannu camp. Every time they bombarded in the past, it was during the day, but this was the first time they bombarded at night.
Huang Taiji was a hero after all. After he ran out of the tent, he was blown by the cold wind and immediately calmed down. He began to command his men to prepare to meet the invading enemy. However, after waiting for a long time, the enemy did not appear, and the shells did not fall into the camp. Huang Taiji then realized that this was a strategy of the enemy to tire out the enemy.
The sound of the cannon stopped after a while, confirming Huang Taiji's judgment. Seeing this situation, Huang Taiji arranged his men to strengthen the defense and returned to the tent. At this time, Huang Taiji felt a little tired and had no mood to whip the woman. He took off his clothes and went to bed. However, just when he was about to fall asleep, the sound of the cannon rang again, dispelling Huang Taiji's sleepiness.
Huang Taiji stared at the ceiling with his eyes open for a while before he wanted to sleep again, but the disturbing sound of cannons rang out again. This went on for several times. When it was almost dawn, Huang Taiji was really annoyed by the sound of cannons. He could no longer open his eyelids and was about to fall into a deep sleep when the sound of cannons rang out again.
This time the sound of the cannon was denser and louder than before. Huang Taiji looked at
After two pauses, he managed to open his eyes, only to hear the shouts and neighing of horses from his own camp. Tai Chi shuddered violently and suddenly came to his senses, realizing that this time the enemy was really coming to attack him by surprise.
Huang Taiji got up, but before he could leave the tent, a personal guard ran in. Huang Taiji didn't need the personal guard to say anything, as he already understood what was going on. He waved his hand and took the personal guard out of the tent.
The tent was surrounded by Huang Taiji's personal guards. Looking up into the distance, Huang Taiji was shocked by the tragic scene before his eyes. Countless shells fell into the camp. These shells were no longer solid shells as before, but shrapnel shells. Every time a shrapnel shell fell, it took away several lives. Although the Jiannu army was well-trained, under such circumstances, the entire camp was in chaos.
Huang Taiji wanted to stand up and integrate the team. At this time, the sound of gunfire rang out. The Jiannu and Mongolians had just mounted their horses. When the sound of gunfire rang out, groups of people fell down immediately. Seeing this scene, Huang Taiji had only two words in his mind: It's over.
His own team was finished. This was the only thought in Huang Taiji's mind. Originally, Huang Taiji had planned to wait for the right time and break out no matter what the cost. However, he did not expect that the other party seemed to have calculated his thoughts and launched a surprise attack tonight. The current situation was that even if Sun Wu was reborn and Wu Qi came back, it would be difficult to save the defeat.
The gap in weapons between the two sides was too great. At that time, people still knew that technology was the primary productive force, nor did they understand what science was. At this time, Huang Taiji was terrified that the enemy's artillery and muskets were too powerful and could not be resisted by human flesh and blood.
At this time, the lack of military discipline and training was revealed. After Huang Taiji broke out, the Jiannu army once again operated in an orderly manner according to Huang Taiji's arrangements to resist the attacking enemy. The retreating troops also rushed in the direction of the breakout according to their orders, regardless of their own danger.
However, how far can they break out to? The roads forward and backward were blocked. Retreating would only allow the other party to compress their space for movement even smaller. When Huang Taiji got on his horse and left, he sighed deeply and watched the sky gradually brighten. The morning light with morning dew made Huang Taiji feel cold in his heart.
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