The Red Mansion: From a Small Pawn to a Leader

With a loud bang, the city gate was hit hard by a huge tree and was on the verge of collapse.

The Jurchens on the city wall roared and shot arrows towards the city. Arrows rained down like rain, and the Mongols were knocked to the ground one by one. But more Mongols rushed up. They held up their shields to block the rain of arrows from the city, while pushing the huge battering ram to hit the city gate again. With a loud "bang", the city gate shook violently, as if the whole earth was shaking!

A Dashun officer dressed in the uniform of a guerrilla general shouted loudly: "Break open the city gate!"

The huge battering ram slammed into the city gate once again, and the dilapidated gate could no longer hold on and fell down with a loud bang. In the smoke and dust, countless Mongols rushed into the city waving scimitars, and the Jurchens fled in all directions.

The Hetao cavalry, who had been prepared for a long time, rushed in with the Mongols.
The sound of low horns resounded throughout the wilderness, and the overwhelming Tatar reinforcements came walking on the snow, with spears like a forest and murderous intent. The Eight Banners soldiers on both wings guarded the Han Army Banner spearmen, and charged towards Li Hu's army on the opposite side with an unstoppable momentum.

Opposite them, Li Hu's troops were waiting in battle array.

Except for the Mongols from the Four Princes' tribe and the Hetao cavalry who were attacking the city, Li Hu's more than 100,000 troops were all here.

The cold wind was howling, and the big flag with the word "Li" on it was blowing loudly.

Under the big flag, Li Huxiong sat on the big white horse, watching with cold eyes the Tartar reinforcements approaching step by step.

He also didn't expect that General Jilin's reaction speed was so fast. As soon as the army attacked Liaodong, General Jilin came to support. But it was a good thing this way, as it saved him the trouble of dividing his troops.

Soon, the Tartar reinforcements arrived at 300 steps. At this time, General Jilin shouted: "Kill!"

The Han army's flag spearmen suddenly accelerated, and they ran quickly, rushing towards the Dashun army.

Li Hu raised his eyebrows. So reckless!
Three thousand musketeers raised their muskets and aimed their black muzzles at the spearmen of the Han army flag.

Two hundred steps, one hundred and fifty steps, one hundred and thirty steps!

A shrill horn sounded, flames shot out from the muzzles of guns, and hundreds of unlucky people fell down.

The musketeers skillfully replaced the ammunition and fired their muskets again, this time causing greater damage to the Han army's spearmen.

Li Hu's army was in the upwind position, and the Mongolian cavalry also began to shoot arrows. More than ten thousand arrows were like a woven arrow net, piercing into the crowd with a whistling sound. Screams rang out one after another, and the spearmen were knocked to the ground one by one.

The speed of the spearmen was suppressed. Amid the earth-shaking sound of muskets, an overwhelming rain of arrows whizzed in, making it hard for the spearmen to breathe. Every step forward came at a huge price.

More and more people fell down, the Han army flag could no longer hold on, and the army formation was in chaos.

At this moment, the Eight Banners soldiers, using the Han Army flags as shields, came out from behind and rushed over on horseback.

Li Hu raised his hand.

Behind him, a messenger holding a red flag waved it forward.

The Yulin cavalry, which had been prepared long ago, rushed towards the Eight Banners troops under the leadership of General Zhang Xi.

The two armies collided like clashing tides, and the cavalry of the two armies engaged in a bloody battle on the snow.

Li Hu quickly scanned the battlefield and ordered the messenger beside him: "Let the Mongolian cavalry press forward, first defeat the Han army flag, and then encircle and annihilate the Eight Banners soldiers."

The "Woo-woo" horn was immediately blown, and several soldiers simultaneously issued flag signals for a full-scale attack to the Mongolian cavalry.

Tens of thousands of soldiers roared to the sky, and they rode their horses and drew their swords to charge forward.

Li Hu shook his head. Although they were all Mongolians, they were far inferior to the Hetao Cavalry and still needed to be trained!

Wang Daniu put down the telescope and shook his head slightly: "It's boring."

Li Hu said unhappily: "You go next time."

Wang Daniu coughed and said, "Well, before I left, my godfather told me to protect the prince."

Li Hu stopped teasing him and asked seriously, "Do you want to go out and lead the troops?"

Wang Daniu shook his head: "Like Sun Yang, I don't have big ambitions. Besides, if it were someone else, the princess and godfather would be worried."

Li Hu suddenly remembered: "If you dare to tell tales again next time, I will expose your skin."

Wang Daniu curled his lips and muttered, "It's been almost two years, and you're still digging up the past."

Li Hu glared at him.

At this time, a lieutenant general rode up to Li Hu, pulled the reins, jumped off his horse, and reported loudly: "Your Majesty, we have captured a few Jurchen Tartars, who said they were envoys from Shengjing City."

An envoy? Sent by Heshen?

Li Hulue thought for a moment and said, "Bring it up."

The lieutenant general left in response. Wang Daniu blinked his eyes and said, "Are you here to ask for peace?"

Li Hu: “I guess.” He raised the telescope.

The Han army's battle formation was in chaos, arrows rained down, and spearmen were knocked to the ground one by one.

The Yulin Cavalry and the Eight Banners Soldiers fought hard, but the Yulin Cavalry had the advantage in numbers and weapons and equipment, and were attacking the Eight Banners Soldiers' formation from both wings. As long as they could tear a hole in the formation, the battle would enter the countdown.

With the sound of horse hooves, the lieutenant general came leading a red hat.

Wang Daniu waved his hand and a personal soldier came over, searched him, and made sure there was no problem before letting him go.

When he came to the front, the man in the red hat bowed and said, "Greetings, Your Majesty."

Wang Daniu glared and said, "Kneel down!"

All the soldiers shouted in unison: "Kneel down!"

Seeing that Li Hu's eyes were fixed on the battlefield, the red-capped man gritted his teeth and knelt down.

Li Hu did not look at him, but asked, "Did Heshen send you here?"

The red-capped man quickly replied, "Yes. Our prime minister said that as long as the prince withdraws from Liaodong, any conditions can be negotiated."

Li Hu still looked at the battlefield: "Can he make the decision?"

The red hat: "Yes."

Li Hu laughed: "How can he, a servant, be the master of his master? Or has Niu Hulu become the master of Aixinjueluo?"

Wang Daniu and others all laughed.

The man in red hat looked unhappy and was about to speak.

Li Hu: "You know what kind of person Fu Kang'an is. Vows are like the wind, blowing away without a trace, and promises are like farts, making a sound and then disappearing. Besides, he didn't agree to this matter himself. Tell me, can I believe it?"

The man with the red hat blushed and stammered, "Our prime minister said that he could compensate the prince with some money, and even let the prince's people plunder Changtu Hall and Kaiyuan City."

Li Hu laughed angrily: "He Shen is really shameless!"

Wang Daniu: "We took over Changtu Hall the day before yesterday, and Kaiyuan will probably be taken over soon."

Before he finished speaking, a Hetao cavalryman ran over and reported to Li Hu: "Your Majesty, Kaiyuan has been captured!"

Li Hu smiled and nodded, then looked back at the red hat.

The red-capped man's eyes flashed: "What do you want, my Lord, to withdraw your troops?"

Li Hu: "It's not what I want. It's what you are willing to give to compensate Dashun. Do you understand?"

The man in the red hat nodded and said, "I will tell our prime minister what the prince said right away." After that, he turned around and was about to leave.

Li Hu: “Stop.”

The man in the red hat turned around and asked: "What else do you want, Your Majesty?"

Li Hu: "Tell He Shen that I must pay not a penny less of this year's interest."

The man in the red hat was startled at first, then he smiled and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty." After that, he turned around and strode away.

Wang Daniu: "Your Majesty, do we really want to negotiate peace with Heshen?"

Li Hu was silent for a moment: "He Shen must be mobilizing a large army. Shengjing City is not easy to attack! Tieling is probably under martial law."

Wang Daniu: "Negotiation?"

Li Hu rolled his eyes at him and said, "What the hell are you talking about? Let's take down Tieling first."

Wang Daniu nodded: "I want He Shen to kneel down and call me daddy!"

Li Hu glared at him.

At this moment, cheers of "Victory" rang out on the battlefield.

Wang Daniu: "We won." (End of this chapter)