The Kuye River is a tributary of the Yellow River, two-thirds north of the Great Wall and one-third south of the Great Wall.

After crossing the Great Wall, the terrain became flatter and flatter, making it ideal for large-scale cavalry combat.

However, I did not rush to attack, as long as the Ming army continued to move forward, it would encounter several tributaries of the Kuye River. Now it is the period of high water, and the Mongols only need to release enough sentry horses to always find an opportunity to attack halfway.

"Haha, if it's really the dragon banner of the Han Emperor," I finally got the exact news, and said to the leaders of the various departments, "The Han Emperor is here ahead, this time let's learn from Warat, and then give the Han people a civil fort." ”

A tribal leader laughed and said, "No wonder it's been several days, and the Han army has only traveled a few dozen miles. With their emperor here, there must be many civil officials, can this go fast? ”

I held the hilt of the knife, gritted my teeth and said, "I want to avenge my grandfather (Dayan Khan) this time!" ”

"Deputy Khan, why don't you divide a few thousand cavalry and try to sneak attack at night?" Another tribal leader asked.

I replied after thinking about it carefully, and said: "If you ambush another 10,000 cavalry, even if the night attack fails, you can lure the Ming army out, and maybe you will kill their entire army and disperse." ”

The whole army marched, and they didn't go far, when suddenly a sentry horse rushed to report a letter: "Deputy Khan, the Ming army has withdrawn." ”

"Why did you retreat? Hurry up and explore again! I replied with a frown.

The next day, I replied that the Ming army had retreated sixty miles and was already close to Shenmu Fort and the Great Wall.

Why did you quit?

I always felt that something was wrong, and called a meeting of the heads of the various departments.

Everyone was talking, and suddenly someone said: "The Ming army in front of you is just a suspicious soldier, their real main force went to the north." ”

I replied and shook my head and said, "No, the situation in the north has been discovered." The Ming army that raided the Tumut Department had only three or four thousand horsemen, and the old generals were all unlucky and killed, and the Tumut cavalry was dispersed, otherwise the Ming army would not be able to defeat Bansheng City at all. There were only three or four thousand horsemen who detoured to our rear road, and I sent five thousand horsemen to escort the troops and the Eight White Rooms, so there would be no danger. These two Ming troops were mainly attacking and harassing, and the real enemy's main force was in front. ”

"Then why did they retreat suddenly?"

"Maybe you want to continue to increase the troops, I'm afraid that there are fewer people and you won't be able to beat us."

"Do you want to chase after it?"

"You can't chase them, if you chase them now, you'll scare them back to the Great Wall."

“……”

The leaders of the various departments, you say a word, I say a word, and seriously discuss the military situation.

The more I thought about it, the more wrong it became, and suddenly said: "Send 5,000 horsemen to the north, and increase troops to escort the troops and the Eight White Rooms." Once the main force of the Ming army was discovered, it immediately withdrew to the city (Dongsheng Right Acropolis, the main city of the Ordos Division). ”

Another half a day passed, and a horse from the north came galloping: "Deputy Khan, the city of Tutuo is besieged, and the main force of the Ming army is in the city of Tutuo (Dongsheng Zuo Acropolis, Tumut City)!" ”

"The main force of the Ming army is in the city?"

Altan Khan almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood, he was actually played by the enemy for seven or eight days!

……

Liu Fen, the chief soldier of Yansui, and Liang Zhen, the deputy chief soldier, finally came to the Guye River to join the main force after sweeping the small tribes along the way.

I saw the big camp by the river, which covered the sky and the sun, and it was full of flags, and the emperor's big silk and dragon flag were also planted in the camp.

The two camped against the main camp, and then went to meet the coach Wang Yuan.

Walking all the way, Liang Zhen said: "No, we are all from the south, why is Wang Shangshu's main force still here?" ”

Liu Fen said: "It may be waiting for us to come over and converge, our Southern Route Army has 10,000 regular soldiers and more than 10,000 auxiliary soldiers, and more than 20,000 people are more sure to win the battle." ”

Liang Zhen shook his head and said, "I have repeatedly deduced Wang Shangshu's previous battles, which is not like his fighting style. ”

"Don't think about it so much, you'll know when you see Wang Shangshu." Liu Fen said.

The two were soon taken to the manager's tent, and it was even more strange when they walked in. How can there be any boss, the one who sits in the main seat is actually a eunuch, and on both sides sit the generals of Datong and the generals of the four guards of Tengxiang.

The eunuch Zhu Hong smiled and said, "Two generals, please take a seat." ”

Liang Zhen subconsciously asked, "What about Wang Shangshu?" ”

Zhu Hong shook his head and replied, "I don't know." ”

"I don't know?" Liu Fen was also surprised.

Zhu Hong said: "Although our family is a prison sent by His Majesty, but Wang Shangshu is fighting, what is the use of supervising the army?" Wang Shangshu handed over to me 10,000 regular soldiers, 20,000 auxiliaries and hundreds of sentry cavalry, and told me to march only ten miles a day, with more banners and 300,000 banners along the way, and immediately retreat to the edge of the Great Wall after seven days of marching. As for where Wang Shangshu went, our family really didn't know, and we didn't dare to ask. He went north from Yatou Pass, and the places where he sent troops were different from mine. ”

This is to throw the eunuchs in charge of supervising the army, the Tengxiang Siwei who carries the dragon flag, and the Datong border generals all thrown on the side of the Guye River as bait.

Not only were the Mongols deceived, but also friendly armies from all walks of life, and even the eunuchs of the prison army did not know where the main force was going.

Where will the main force go?

To the northwest, you can attack the right acropolis of Dongsheng, which is the territory of the Ordos Department, and after taking this city, the Ordos Department has no more cities to defend.

Along the Yellow River to the north, you can attack the Dongshengzuo Acropolis, directly cut off the exercises of Ordos and Tumut, and at the same time cut off the main ferry port for the Ordos troops to flee north.

Wang Yuan didn't think about going to the Eight White Room to fight the enemy army at all, but led the main force to go straight to the enemy's rear.

While Liang Zhen admired, he smiled bitterly: "Dugong, then our Southern Route Army will also be used as bait here?" ”

Zhu Hong said: "I don't know, anyway, hundreds of sentry horses are scattered, and when I see that the situation is not good, I will retreat to the Great Wall." ”

Another day later, the sentry came to report: "Duke, the main Mongol force has withdrawn, and even the scouts have withdrawn." Our scouts walked for dozens of miles, and not a single Mongolian sentry was seen, so it may be that Wang Shangshu's main force had been discovered. ”

Zhu Hong breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that the Mongols have withdrawn, and our family has completed the task, and then the whole army will return to the Great Wall." ”

Liang Zhen left the table and knelt on the ground: "Please the Duke immediately march into the army and attack the enemy army in the north and south with Wang Shangshu!" ”

Zhu Hong waved his hand and said: "General Liang, don't harm me, we are full of suspicious soldiers, in case we encounter a counterattack from the Mongols, I am afraid that the whole army will be dispersed as soon as we meet the enemy." ”

Liang Zhen said: "There are 10,000 regular soldiers on the South Road, and the Governor also has 10,000 regular soldiers, and we have a total of thousands of cavalry and more than 30,000 auxiliary soldiers. With such tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, as long as they are careful all the way, it is more than enough to form a formation and defend themselves. Duke, how much war merit can be shared if you retreat to the Great Wall? What a great achievement it would be to be able to flank the Mongols? The governor is unwilling to make meritorious contributions? ”

Li Jin, the chief soldier of Datong, also knelt down from the table and said: "Please send troops immediately, and the soldiers of Datong will follow to the death!" ”

Zhu Hong rolled his eyes and asked the generals of Teng Xiang's four guards: "What about you?" ”

These guys mainly act as a guard of honor, and this Northern Expedition is specially responsible for carrying the dragon flag, and they have never seen blood since their grandfathers, where do they dare to run out to fight the Mongols? As soon as Zhu Hong asked, they shook their heads together.

Zhu Hong said to Liang Zhen and Li Jin: "Then you guys go, our family will take Tengxiang Siwei back to Shenmu Fort, after all, the Son of Heaven flag battle has to be protected." ”

"Thank you, Duke!"

Liang Zhen and Li Jin glanced at each other, and each other's eyes were full of eagerness to make meritorious contributions.

In fact, it doesn't matter if they go north or not, Wang Yuan can close the door and beat the dog. It's just that if they choose to go north, they can make Wang Yuan play more comfortably.