"Woo~Woo~Woo~~~~~"

Dayan Khan ordered his guards to frantically blow trumpets and assemble, and gradually thousands of cavalry gathered around him.

Zhu Houzhao was in a state of high excitement at the moment, and he had completely lost his mind, so he only cared about leading the five hundred cavalry who had unloaded their heavy armor to chase and kill. When Dayan Khan was able to effectively gather troops, only Wang Yuan of the Ming army with 5,000 cavalry caught up, and the rest of the foot soldiers were all left behind by the emperor.

The Ming border army of the Zhengde Dynasty is not rotten, and the basic quality of the border generals is also good, not to mention that the generals who participated in this battle were carefully selected by Zhu Houzhao.

"It's broken!"

Seeing that the emperor was running farther and farther, all the border generals calmed down, and they were instantly cold and frightened. They were familiar with the tactics of the Mongol cavalry, and Dayan Khan was fully capable of gathering troops halfway through, and then suddenly killing a horse gun, and the previous rout could also turn into luring the enemy into depth.

The border generals immediately ordered the pursuit to be halted, and while gathering their men, they advanced slowly, and then marched towards the emperor in a hurry—if the emperor was countercharged, they could effectively respond to the rear as long as they were not killed on the spot.

The emperor and five hundred leopard cavalry, all of whom were carefully selected horses, were under his crotch.

Not to mention that the foot soldiers can't catch up, even the Ming cavalry can't catch up.

Wang Yuanzhi gave the order on the way, which delayed a lot of time. Now he can only let Yuan Da temporarily command the troops, and he rides Ah Hei to chase frantically, and when he catches up with the emperor, he has already entered the boundary of his mother's Shuozhou.

chased for dozens of miles!

"Your Majesty, stop the pursuit." Wang Yuan ran to Zhu Houzhao's side.

Zhu Houzhao looked back, and immediately urged: "Let your soldiers do it faster." ”

Wang Yuan shouted anxiously: "If you chase it again, you will fall into the Tartars' strategy to lure the enemy, Your Majesty, you are sober!" ”

Zhu Houzhao was stunned, instantly regained his senses, and hurriedly ordered to stop advancing.

Not far ahead, a Mongol leader shouted: "Great Khan, the Han emperor is not chasing!" ”

"Then let's go back." Dayan Khan smiled happily.

In addition to the cavalry that scattered and fled, at this moment, there were more than 20,000 horses and horses available for deployment around Dayan Khan. He stopped the rout halfway through, because these Tatar cavalry had long been accustomed to feints and lure the enemy, and at first they might have been blinded by the terrifying Ming fire, but how could they not recover after running for dozens of miles?

These Tartar cavalry not only revived their morale, but also showed their acting skills by the way, and always acted as if they were fleeing in a panic.

Its purpose is nothing more than to scatter the Ming army as much as possible, and lure the Han emperor as far away as possible.

Historically, there is no way to know the details of this battle, only that Zhu Houzhao personally led the army and chased it from Yingzhou to Shuozhou. Suddenly, there was a sandstorm, and the two sides had to withdraw their troops, and I don't know if Dayan Khan was lucky enough to escape, or if Zhu Houzhao escaped the lure of the Mongol cavalry.

Anyway, Zhu Houzhao returned to Beijing with his arms and legs complete, while Dayan Khan died soon after returning to the grassland.

In any case, now that the butterfly wings have been fanned, the time of the battle between the two sides has changed, and at least today it is impossible for a sandstorm to help break the siege.

When Zhu Houzhao and Wang Yuan retreated, Dayan Khan immediately turned around and counterattacked. In the sound of the earth-shattering horn, the Mongolian cavalry that was running indiscriminately also gradually converged from both wings, and a team of dozens or hundreds of people began to harass Zhu Houzhao.

The 500 leopard cavalry and the 5,000 light cavalry successfully converged, Wang Yuan waved his hand and gave the order, but did not choose the same way to return, but turned around and went straight north to the mountains.

To the north is the Hongtao Mountain Range, which stretches for hundreds of miles, which belongs to the remnants of the Yinshan Mountain Range.

Although they didn't know what Wang Yuan thought, the emperor and the soldiers chose to believe Wang Erlang. After running wildly for two quarters of an hour, everyone finally arrived at the mountain, and ran along the foot of the mountain, Wang Yuan saw a valley and rushed in.

The valley was so narrow that it could only accommodate two or three horsemen running at the same time, and a large cavalry force could not be deployed at all.

After marching in the valley for a quarter of an hour, Wang Yuan suddenly ordered: "All dismount and accumulate horsepower." Yuan Er, you take a few horses and continue to move forward to see what the situation is inside. ”

Outside the valley.

"Great Khan, do you want to chase it in?" A tribal leader asked.

Dayan Khan hesitated, and once he entered the valley, the Mongol cavalry had to be blinded. If the emperor cannot be taken down in a short time, when the large army of the Ming army arrives, all the cavalry chasing in will be blocked, and they will be attacked by the Ming army in front and rear.

But in the valley, it was the Han emperor, who missed this opportunity and had no possibility of seizing the emperor in the future.

It's a hard choice!

Dayan Khan succeeded to the throne at the age of seven and married his titular grandmother, his grandfather's second wife. With the assistance of his wife and grandmother, Dayan Khan began to conquer the more powerful Warat tribe before he could take charge of the government. Then, Dayan Khan conquered Duoyan Sanwei again, and united Duoyan Sanwei to defeat Ismain and snatch back his biological mother.

At this time, Dayan Khan was only thirteen years old.

At the age of fourteen, he became a pro-government, abolished the Northern Yuan form of government, and restored the old system of Genghis Khan. Then he conquered Ordos, Tumut and other tribes, reunified Mongolia, and was regarded as the lord of Mongolian Zhongxing, and everyone called him "Genghis Khan the second".

Today, Dayan Khan is only forty-four years old!

Over the years, Dayan Khan has fought in the south and the north, and he has never suffered such heavy losses as today. Nearly 5,000 Mongolian light cavalry were either killed on the spot or died on the way to the rout, and even the first fierce general under his command was killed.

Dayan Khan really couldn't swallow this evil breath, not to mention that there was an emperor tempting him.

"Arsu, you lead 15,000 cavalry to harass the Ming army behind," Dayan Khan immediately ordered, "not to kill or wound, but to drag them down." Find a few people who understand Chinese and shout 'The Han emperor is dead' in front of the battle, and the Ming army will definitely panic. If they didn't have a chance to defeat them in one fell swoop, they kept harassing them, leading these Ming troops in the direction of Shuozhou, so that they mistakenly thought that the Han emperor had gone to Shuozhou. ”

Arsu, also known as "Arsuborot", whose full name is "I Fold Huang Taiji Er Zhijin", is the fourth son of Dayan Khan and his grandmother, and is now the head of the Duolun Tumut tribe, and his territory is the Hetao region.

When the fourth son Arsu led his troops to leave, Dayan Khan immediately led more than 10,000 cavalry and plunged into the strange valley.

Wang Yuan sent two soldiers to climb to the top of the mountain and blow the horn in turn, so as to attract the Ming army to move closer to this side.

When Dayan Khan led his troops into the valley, Yuan Da, who was in charge of finding out the way ahead, sent someone back to report: "Your Majesty, Governor Wang, a few miles ahead, there is an open area, and there are even a few mountain dwellers. ”

"Let's go!" Wang Yuan immediately ordered.

Zhu Houzhao did not interrupt at this time, he was reflecting on his own mistakes, and all military power was handed over to Wang Yuan.

More than 5,000 cavalrymen, including men and horses, quickly passed through the narrow area, and the front suddenly opened up, and Wang Yuan also saw the smoke rising from the hillside.

Zhu Houzhao finally became happy, he was not afraid at all, and even said with a smile: "This place is easy to defend and difficult to attack. ”

It is indeed very easy to defend, and the valley when it comes can only accommodate two or three horsemen in parallel, and here more than ten people can stand side by side.

Wang Yuan is very lucky, this is an excellent terrain, no matter how many Mongolian Tatars come, they have to line up honestly to fight.

Of course, if the whole army is in a desperate situation due to bad luck, Wang Yuan will order to abandon the horse and take the emperor to climb the mountain to fight guerrillas.

Before, instead of returning the same way, he led the cavalry into the valley, the reason for which was the fear of going back and encountering the enemy. If Dayan Khan ambushed thousands of cavalry in Yingzhou, most of the pure infantry of the Ming army would not be able to stop it at all, and the emperor would inevitably be flanked from front to back at that time.

In fact, the third son of Dayan Khan, Balsborot, led tens of thousands of cavalry to cover up, but was repelled by the sharpshooter battalion and the Shenji battalion. He immediately made a detour in the direction of Shuozhou, and along the way, he also defeated the Zuoqin Division, which had not had time to complete the team, and continued to advance after a period of pursuit.

Other units of the Ming army have formed a team to block the attack. Seeing that there was no chance of a surprise attack, Balsborot went to Shuozhou to join Dayan Khan.

If Wang Yuan chooses to return the same way, he will inevitably collide with Balsborough.

When Wang Yuan came to the valley in a relatively open place, he immediately ordered his soldiers to cut down trees and move rocks to block the narrow valley behind him. Then he sent someone to "invite" the mountain people, and asked: "Fellow villagers, we are the Ming officials, but there are other ways out of the valley?" ”

The mountain people were so frightened that they trembled and did not dare to speak.

Zhu Houzhao untied the jade belt, handed it to an elderly mountain man, and said kindly: "Old man, is there any other way out of the valley?" ”

The old man knelt on the ground and kowtowed and said, "This general ...... General, there is indeed a mountain road over there, but it is not passable on horseback. You can go out of the mountain for two days, and go out and walk for half an hour to be the county seat of Shanyin. ”

Zhu Houzhao immediately took off the jade pendant and handed it to the two leopard house cronies: "When you arrive in Shanyin County, immediately ride a horse to report the news, and lead the army to block these Tartars in the valley!" ”